2 hours ago, bush demon said:

It was 1972. Mel 23.17 def NM 6.11.  Melbourne 11 goals to 0 at quarter time. From memory we had 7 goals on the board in first 5 minutes.

I was there and still in a daze long after the game finished.

On 14/02/2025 at 09:02, Ghostwriter said:

Saturday Feb 22nd at 11am followed by Casey vs North praccy at 2pm. It would be great for folks to stick around for the Casey  match if possible. 👍🏽

MT 64 look up the Melb fc website or the afl website or your local newspaper.

D/L is not necessarily a forum like these other social media or news outlets. 

You will get all the info re TV or transport or location also. 

Are you kayo subscribers getting any feed of the match sim with kangas?

13 minutes ago, 58er said:

MT 64 look up the Melb fc website or the afl website or your local newspaper.

D/L is not necessarily a forum like these other social media or news outlets. 

You will get all the info re TV or transport or location also. 

All good, 58er. No harm in posting match info on here. 🙂

6 minutes ago, Ghostwriter said:

All good, 58er. No harm in posting match info on here. 🙂

I am not happy and only in certain cases to advise on info that is readily available these days on the logical and well informed social media or selected Club or eg AFL websites. 

we should be looking up our Club website just as much or more than D/L. For the latest info.

D/L is usually served by Andy or WJ informing us but alternatively too much is provided in details which are not necessarily completely correct or opinion based to rely on. 

On the other hand some others in D/L have a wonderful knowledge of facts inside info and very helpful advice no doubt and can generally be relied upon.
 

But I still think the starting point is the Club Website for credibility reliability and accuracy. 

Opinions are added in our posts and this is where the info sometimes gets clouded due to this fact.

So I encourage an ability to source the info from appropriate forums but enjoy our different topics and posts on DL and contribute accordingly. 

17 minutes ago, 58er said:

I am not happy and only in certain cases to advise on info that is readily available these days on the logical and well informed social media or selected Club or eg AFL websites. 

we should be looking up our Club website just as much or more than D/L. For the latest info.

D/L is usually served by Andy or WJ informing us but alternatively too much is provided in details which are not necessarily completely correct or opinion based to rely on. 

On the other hand some others in D/L have a wonderful knowledge of facts inside info and very helpful advice no doubt and can generally be relied upon.
 

But I still think the starting point is the Club Website for credibility reliability and accuracy. 

Opinions are added in our posts and this is where the info sometimes gets clouded due to this fact.

So I encourage an ability to source the info from appropriate forums but enjoy our different topics and posts on DL and contribute accordingly. 

Not everyone is on the socials and not everyone goes on the club website. There are folks on here for whom Demonland is their sole way of gleaning info on all things Melbourne including training sessions and practice matches. Besides, up until recently, the website wasn’t updated on these matters as often as necessary.

And it’s funny you should choose the info about the Casey practice match this Saturday as an example of why folks should refer to the club website since there’s no mention of it there, or if there is it’s hard to find. 

56 minutes ago, 58er said:

I am not happy and only in certain cases to advise on info that is readily available these days on the logical and well informed social media or selected Club or eg AFL websites. 

we should be looking up our Club website just as much or more than D/L. For the latest info.

D/L is usually served by Andy or WJ informing us but alternatively too much is provided in details which are not necessarily completely correct or opinion based to rely on. 

On the other hand some others in D/L have a wonderful knowledge of facts inside info and very helpful advice no doubt and can generally be relied upon.
 

But I still think the starting point is the Club Website for credibility reliability and accuracy. 

Opinions are added in our posts and this is where the info sometimes gets clouded due to this fact.

So I encourage an ability to source the info from appropriate forums but enjoy our different topics and posts on DL and contribute accordingly. 

There's always Truth Social...

Haven't seen a thread for other team's practice games (uh, 'match simulations'?), so posting here.

So, Naughton's hit on Redman, how many weeks?

Went past the ball, and as you can see below the ball was behind him and below him before making contact. Obviously eyes off the ball unless he can literally see out his [censored].

Left the ground, tucked the shoulder and made contact to Redman's head with enough force to spin him a full 360 before he landed.

So, will this be adjudicated according to the Maynard ruleset or the Pickett ruleset?

2 hours ago, Little Goffy said:

Haven't seen a thread for other team's practice games (uh, 'match simulations'?), so posting here.

So, Naughton's hit on Redman, how many weeks?

Went past the ball, and as you can see below the ball was behind him and below him before making contact. Obviously eyes off the ball unless he can literally see out his [censored].

Left the ground, tucked the shoulder and made contact to Redman's head with enough force to spin him a full 360 before he landed.

So, will this be adjudicated according to the Maynard ruleset or the Pickett ruleset?

Second tier club. Pickett rule book

How does the OP not include a best 22?

17 minutes ago, rpfc said:

How does the OP not include a best 22?

On 14/02/2025 at 09:17, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Last time I went to Arden Street for a game,

beer cans were made of steel and you made a stand out of the empties

7 hours ago, bush demon said:

There's always Truth Social...

Thought you meant The Truth…but I don’t think I’ve seen that since around 1972 either. 

3 minutes ago, DiscoStu17 said:

Thought you meant The Truth…but I don’t think I’ve seen that since around 1972 either. 

I liked to get my early 70s football from The Sunday Observer...

5 hours ago, Little Goffy said:

Haven't seen a thread for other team's practice games (uh, 'match simulations'?), so posting here.

So, Naughton's hit on Redman, how many weeks?

Went past the ball, and as you can see below the ball was behind him and below him before making contact. Obviously eyes off the ball unless he can literally see out his [censored].

Left the ground, tucked the shoulder and made contact to Redman's head with enough force to spin him a full 360 before he landed.

So, will this be adjudicated according to the Maynard ruleset or the Pickett ruleset?

Many factors to be considered.  How soon are Footscray playing Collingwood?  Or don’t Christiansen / Gleeson partake in practice game assessment?

On 14/02/2025 at 09:20, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Sadly it was 2020 at Arden Street. 

https://www.nmfc.com.au/news/558823/roos-schedule-practice-match

In 2021 we beat Richmond in a match sim at Casey in front of closed doors and then lost to the Dogs at Marvel in the official AAMI practice match. 

Indeed. And as omens go, not great - a month later a world wide pandemic hit our shores.

I've posted this before, But it's worth posting again given we ate playing at Arden Street next weekend.

A terrific flash back to footy in the late 70s (its a shor doco about the roos preparing for their 1979 season) the last third or so is the roos v blues at Arden Street.

 

27 minutes ago, binman said:

Indeed. And as omens go, not great - a month later a world wide pandemic hit our shores.

This is tautological, for a pandemic is only ever world wide.

Soz Binman but I can never fault anything you say so I’m jumping on this. Consider it a compliment, albeit backhanded 😝

18 hours ago, Little Goffy said:

Haven't seen a thread for other team's practice games (uh, 'match simulations'?), so posting here.

So, Naughton's hit on Redman, how many weeks?

Went past the ball, and as you can see below the ball was behind him and below him before making contact. Obviously eyes off the ball unless he can literally see out his [censored].

Left the ground, tucked the shoulder and made contact to Redman's head with enough force to spin him a full 360 before he landed.

So, will this be adjudicated according to the Maynard ruleset or the Pickett ruleset?

I get your point LG but it’s Redman, and he plays for Essendon 🤮 so for mine, nothing to see here. 😅

37 minutes ago, Ghostwriter said:

This is tautological, for a pandemic is only ever world wide.

Soz Binman but I can never fault anything you say so I’m jumping on this. Consider it a compliment, albeit backhanded 😝

Well, you've taken on the wrong person to play the pedantry game with.

Pandemics are not by definition, world wide.

From wiki:

A pandemic (/pænˈdɛmɪk/ pan-DEM-ik) is an epidemic of an infectious disease that has a sudden increase in cases and spreads across a large region, for instance multiple continents OR world wide, affecting a substantial number of individuals.

From the Oxford dictionary:

a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease over a whole country OR the world at a particular time.

I’ll probably go assuming the trains aren’t all messed up

14 minutes ago, binman said:

Well, you've taken on the wrong person to play the pedantry game with.

Pandemics are not by definition, world wide.

From wiki:

A pandemic (/pænˈdɛmɪk/ pan-DEM-ik) is an epidemic of an infectious disease that has a sudden increase in cases and spreads across a large region, for instance multiple continents OR world wide, affecting a substantial number of individuals.

From the Oxford dictionary:

a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease over a whole country OR the world at a particular time.

peak demonland; proving that pandemic may - or may not - be a global phenomenon

fwiw, listened to an ny times daily podcast during the week about bird flu; it's a-comin'

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/podcasts/the-daily/bird-flu-eggs.html

sounds like veterinarians are coming down with it: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/science/cdc-bird-flu-infections.html

18 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

peak demonland; proving that pandemic may - or may not - be a global phenomenon

fwiw, listened to an ny times daily podcast during the week about bird flu; it's a-comin'

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/podcasts/the-daily/bird-flu-eggs.html

sounds like veterinarians are coming down with it: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/science/cdc-bird-flu-infections.html

Looks like The Crows, The Eagles, The Swans and Hawks could be in  for some grief...

22 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

peak demonland; proving that pandemic may - or may not - be a global phenomenon

fwiw, listened to an ny times daily podcast during the week about bird flu; it's a-comin'

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/podcasts/the-daily/bird-flu-eggs.html

sounds like veterinarians are coming down with it: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/science/cdc-bird-flu-infections.html

Relax. RFK Jnr is in charge now. 

20 minutes ago, bush demon said:

Looks like The Crows, The Eagles, The Swans and Hawks could be in  for some grief...

I've heard the prices to attend their games are going way up. 

Edited February 16Feb 16 by binman