Jump to content

Featured Replies

9 minutes ago, Fork 'em said:

Don't wanna burst any-ones bubble but we've never been a destination club.
Maybe in the 50's when they all wanted to play on the MCG.
The club and media made rumblings about being a destination club after the flag but who did we land?

Name me a big name recruit since .... Peter Moore and Templeton.
If we have their name escapes me.

Phil Carmen, Brent Crosswell, Graham Malloy, John Tillbrook ah the list goes on.

 

Aside from a fleeting post flag period we've never really been a top destination club. 

But we've never really been a bottom destination club either. Picking up our Mays, Levers etc. Top half of the league in terms of destinations, maybe more like a trip to Parramatta instead of Paris.

 

3 hours ago, Fork 'em said:

Don't wanna burst any-ones bubble but we've never been a destination club.
Maybe in the 50's when they all wanted to play on the MCG.
The club and media made rumblings about being a destination club after the flag but who did we land?

Name me a big name recruit since .... Peter Moore and Templeton.
If we have their name escapes me.

Jake Lever and Steven May to name a couple.

 

I think Dan Houston answered the question for us.

our biggest fish right now is an uncapped GWS VFL player we can’t even land  

Lever and  May are really the last big gets I can think of. 
 

I remember watching the doco “show me the money” And they spoke about how our pitch to Cerra was so impressive. Where is that Melbourne demons? 
 

we won a premiership in 2021 and the list of recruits since then is not very pretty. 
 

you want to be a destination club. Fix

Your culture. And take it seriously. 
 

ofherwise you’ll keep missing the big names that would’ve taken us to another premiership


It would be interesting to see a list of ‘big fish’ that have changed clubs and contributed to success to the clubs they have gone to over the last 10-20 years. 
Our flag was mostly built on recruiting (draft) and development apart from May and Lever. Do we class Ben Brown as a ‘big fish’ at the end of 2020?  
Tigers got Lynch after a dominant 2017-2018. Cats Danger and Jezza. Pies and Lions?

Edited by Dee Zephyr

DESTINATION CLUB?????? More like Deestroyation club!🤯

I can’t help but feel that the Grundy deal has hurt us in so many ways, the way that it unfolded has tarnished our reputation quite a bit. Thank goodness we have JT bringing in quality each year, really need to top up this year.

Edited by DeeZone

 

Was a pretty ordinary answer to a question that should be a layup. Lamb is supposed to be the guy selling the club to players so they come here and looked like a deer in the headlights when asked why a player should do exactly that.

2 hours ago, Dee Zephyr said:

It would be interesting to see a list of ‘big fish’ that have changed clubs and contributed to success to the clubs they have gone to over the last 10-20 years. 
Our flag was mostly built on recruiting (draft) and development apart from May and Lever. Do we class Ben Brown as a ‘big fish’ at the end of 2020?  
Tigers got Lynch after a dominant 2017-2018. Cats Danger and Jezza. Pies and Lions?

Lake and Frawley at Hawthorn, Neale at Brisbane come to mind.

Jury still out on JHF at Port and Jackson at Freo.

Wouldn't consider Brown a big fish at all. Was being pushed out by North and we paid cents on the dollar for him, he did enough in 2021 but his best footy was clearly behind him. May and Lever were our big fish.

Edited by KozzyCan


47 minutes ago, Mach5 said:

The term “destination club” is a furphy.

Used by the media or supporters of clubs they think are one.

I have supported this club for 66 yrs, since 1965 we have NOT been a destination club and trhat explains why we have only won one flag since then.

5 hours ago, Mach5 said:

The term “destination club” is a furphy.

I don't know so much. 

There's been a hell of a lot of folk who've made no secret of their love for Carlton or Collingwood...   eh Trac ;) 

Never ...  oooh.....oooh... gotta get to those Dees !!   Well I'm not aware 

Edited by beelzebub

5 hours ago, Mach5 said:

The term “destination club” is a furphy.

What does the term matter?

What do you call it when the players we actively pursue choose others clubs over us? Do you disagree with the notion that we're currently struggling to attract talent that can improve our list?


Not sure where to put this.

How much of 'MFC is a shambles' is a media construct and how much is the truth?

2 minutes ago, Clintosaurus said:

Not sure where to put this.

How much of 'MFC is a shambles' is a media construct and how much is the truth?

What if one's built upon the other ?? 

1 hour ago, beelzebub said:

I don't know so much. 

There's been a hell of a lot of folk who've made no secret of their love for Carlton or Collingwood...   eh Trac ;) 

Never ...  oooh.....oooh... gotta get to those Dees !!   Well I'm not aware 

@Mach5  ..  you palm...   but the reality is there ARE destination clubs whether you like it or not.  And we certainly aren't one.

Deal with it... perhaps clench palm and hit harder .... 

We are a destination for the old.. for those past their prime. Probably taken over from Noosa as a destination 

No not right now.

 

 

But we could be very quickly. & I’m fine with that.


Maybe Tim Lamb reads demonland and seeing a thread with “Should Tim Lamb go?” Has him questioning are the dees his destination club? 😏

16 hours ago, Clintosaurus said:

Not sure where to put this.

How much of 'MFC is a shambles' is a media construct and how much is the truth?

 

There’s always some truth to what reporters report and people in the industry know that, and hence why people like Sam McClure and Tom Morris are still in the job. Like them or not, fact of the matter is, if someone came in and just made up stories they would (a) never last in the industry; and (b) would get sued into oblivion. 

Where there is smoke, there is fire. As someone who re-watched Suits the other week, to quote Harvey Specter: “Get your [censored] together. Winners don't make excuses when the other side plays the game."

Point being, the media is part and parcel. Just gotta get our own backyard in order. Whingeing like Andrew Bassett does nothing but make you seem weak and insecure as both a club and a fanbase.

Big or small, anyone who thinks we don’t have problems are deluded. 

 

Edited by VNightCityLegend

 
17 hours ago, Clintosaurus said:

Not sure where to put this.

How much of 'MFC is a shambles' is a media construct and how much is the truth?

Maybe it was all just to teach us a lesson. Like at Christmas

I like Goody so this is not intended to be saying he should go.  But outside of sponsorship opportunities (eg big club like collingwood), surfcoast lifestyle / one team town (Geelong) and winning (we were the preferred destination of Cerra in 2021), I think part of what makes up a "destination club" is the gamestyle.

If you look at Collingwood (22-23), Hawthorn (24) etc the winning is most important but it is also about how they win.  Ie coach backing players to take risks.  A lot of it is hype and BS - but clearly players at other clubs eat this up.  

I think Goody is a bit hamstrung by the list he has (which is evolving), the instability around him (don't think that's his doing) and certainly tried to tweak this in the first half of the season this year - but I think he has to continue to work on this.  The setting up a defensive fortress and doing the percentage play makes a team too predictable and seemingly isn't as satisfying for players as well as supporters.


Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Unfortunately, your content contains terms that we do not allow. Please edit your content to remove the highlighted words below.
Reply to this topic...

Featured Content

  • NON-MFC: Round 15

    As the Demons head into their Bye Round, it's time to turn our attention to the other matches being played. Which teams are you tipping this week? And which results would be most favourable for the Demons if we can manage to turn our season around? Follow all the non-Melbourne games here and join the conversation as the ladder continues to take shape.

    • 275 replies
  • REPORT: Port Adelaide

    Of course, it’s not the backline, you might argue and you would probably be right. It’s the boot studder (do they still have them?), the midfield, the recruiting staff, the forward line, the kicking coach, the Board, the interchange bench, the supporters, the folk at Casey, the head coach and the club psychologist  It’s all of them and all of us for having expectations that were sufficiently high to have believed three weeks ago that a restoration of the Melbourne team to a position where we might still be in contention for a finals berth when the time for the midseason bye arrived. Now let’s look at what happened over the period of time since Melbourne overwhelmed the Sydney Swans at the MCG in late May when it kicked 8.2 to 5.3 in the final quarter (and that was after scoring 3.8 to two straight goals in the second term). 

    • 3 replies
  • CASEY: Essendon

    Casey’s unbeaten run was extended for at least another fortnight after the Demons overran a persistent Essendon line up by 29 points at ETU Stadium in Port Melbourne last night. After conceding the first goal of the evening, Casey went on a scoring spree from about ten minutes in, with five unanswered majors with its fleet of midsized runners headed by the much improved Paddy Cross who kicked two in quick succession and livewire Ricky Mentha who also kicked an early goal. Leading the charge was recruit of the year, Riley Bonner while Bailey Laurie continued his impressive vein of form. With Tom Campbell missing from the lineup, Will Verrall stepped up to the plate demonstrating his improvement under the veteran ruckman’s tutelage. The Demons were looking comfortable for much of the second quarter and held a 25-point lead until the Bombers struck back with two goals in the shadows of half time. On the other side of the main break their revival continued with first three goals of the half. Harry Sharp, who had been quiet scrambled in the Demons’ first score of the third term to bring the margin back to a single point at the 17 minute mark and the game became an arm-wrestle for the remainder of the quarter and into the final moments of the last.

    • 0 replies
  • PREGAME: Gold Coast

    The Demons have the Bye next week but then are on the road once again when they come up against the Gold Coast Suns on the Gold Coast in what could be a last ditch effort to salvage their season. Who comes in and who comes out?

      • Like
    • 113 replies
  • PODCAST: Port Adelaide

    The Demonland Podcast will air LIVE on Monday, 16th June @ 8:00pm. Join Binman, George & I as we dissect the Dees disappointing loss to the Power.
    Your questions and comments are a huge part of our podcast so please post anything you want to ask or say below and we'll give you a shout out on the show.
    Listen LIVE: https://demonland.com/

      • Thanks
      • Like
    • 32 replies
  • POSTGAME: Port Adelaide

    The Demons simply did not take their opportunities when they presented themselves and ultimately when down by 25 points effectively ending their finals chances. Goal kicking practice during the Bye?

      • Like
    • 252 replies