On 05/03/2025 at 03:41, Ghostwriter said:

Like it’s not dangerous enough being directly behind the goals as it is. 😂

 

I expect the bowling pin costumes provide added protection via padding.
 

Net net a safer outcome for 10x DA’ers

  On 05/03/2025 at 02:16, george_on_the_outer said:

Where can I get tickets? 

Probably already sold out to people who want to go to watch football!!!

Silent auction? 

  On 04/03/2025 at 17:42, Frosticles said:

... or even ... 3D footy ... with added Snakes and Ladders

New half time activity Can you run as fast as PICKET FENCE With a Slithera in Pursuit ( Pick Slithera costume) 

Edited March 5Mar 5 by picket fence

  On 04/03/2025 at 13:10, Ethan Tremblay said:

Live broadcast of players’ getting surgery. 

And if it's a vasectomy, it'll be on OnlyFans, guaranteed to make the club a 💩tonne of $. 

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST ( RESURRECTED .T.V Show every Monday night podcast) 

THE BEAST ...... LIL OL PICKET FENCE

PANELISTS  ..... GHOSTY, SUE, TAYLAH HARRIS, PAXY AND DAISY PEARCE.

FORMAT... WE ANSWER THE MOST COMPLEX OF DEMONLANDERS QUESTIONS WHICH ARE EXPERIENCED IN THE DAILY LIVES OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. WE PROVIDE INTRISIC REMEDIES, HOMESPUN CANDOUR, SAGE ADVICE AND ULTIMATE PROFESSIONAL INTEGRITY WITH THE DEMONLAND COMMUNITIES WELLBEING AT THE VERY FOREFRONT OF OUR MANTRA!

ESSENTIAL VIEWING!

  On 05/03/2025 at 07:54, picket fence said:

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST ( RESURRECTED .T.V Show every Monday night podcast) 

THE BEAST ...... LIL OL PICKET FENCE

PANELISTS  ..... GHOSTY, SUE, TAYLAH HARRIS, PAXY AND DAISY PEARCE.

FORMAT... WE ANSWER THE MOST COMPLEX OF DEMONLANDERS QUESTIONS WHICH ARE EXPERIENCED IN THE DAILY LIVES OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. WE PROVIDE INTRISIC REMEDIES, HOMESPUN CANDOUR, SAGE ADVICE AND ULTIMATE PROFESSIONAL INTEGRITY WITH THE DEMONLAND COMMUNITIES WELLBEING AT THE VERY FOREFRONT OF OUR MANTRA!

ESSENTIAL VIEWING!

On Monday nights? Wouldn’t we be stealing the Demonland podcast’s listeners?

  On 05/03/2025 at 05:54, The Jackson FIX said:

I expect the bowling pin costumes provide added protection via padding.
 

Net net a safer outcome for 10x DA’ers

I suppose it would be nice and warm inside a bowling pin costume, as long as we don’t wear them when it’s hot. Last year we wore the Gussy helmets for round one and the temperature hovered around 30 degrees. It was the world’s worst case of mass bad hair day when the siren sounded and we ripped them off. Funnily enough, that match was a rare occasion where no one was hit in the head with the ball.  

Bring back the Onkaperinga Dressing Gowns and orange slices at 1/4 time and 3/4 time

What about team selection on a Thursday night but in the format of the early 90s game show Man-O-Man where the whole squad lines up next to a swimming pool to be considered by the selection committee and those unsuccessful at the selection table get pushed into the pool one by one.
 

On Fox Footy, hosted by Robbo who doesn’t even know half the names in each teams’ squads

Love the idea of this thread,   Was it called barn storming 40 years ago.  Throw up (pardon the pun) 20 crazy ideas and they can morf after a couple of iterations into something with merit.  Now that might just happen.    Keep going 

I thought this was a mea culpa. 

But if I can’t get an apology then a thread that has them all is something I suppose…

  On 05/03/2025 at 10:26, 640MD said:

Love the idea of this thread,   Was it called barn storming 40 years ago.  Throw up (pardon the pun) 20 crazy ideas and they can morf after a couple of iterations into something with merit.  Now that might just happen.    Keep going 

Brain storming?

  On 05/03/2025 at 08:47, Ghostwriter said:

On Monday nights? Wouldn’t we be stealing the Demonland podcast’s listeners?

Ok Ghosty Tuesday nights then... you in???

 Some ideas

Kids and big kids, having a kick to kick with the selected emergency players at half time.

Have some big kids kick the new balls around so as to wear them in for the game, pre game.

Ballot some tickets to the pregame official functions, to the GA members, on an opt-in type system.

Invite the board members of suburban and country clubs to a "week with the club". Practical knowledge that will help support these clubs. Some ideas: how to run clubs, financial acumen, creating elite pathways, modern coaching and training skills.

Invite these suburban and country clubs to bring in their promising juniors for an orientation program and "what it takes" to make it as a professional. 

Catch the new immigrants and turn them into Demon supporters. Free tickets and merchandise, instructions on the rules and approaches to the game.

Have a Demon radio program, that will broadcast the game on social media.

Much more official social media presence. 

Keep the official MFC website up to date.

Ask the coaches to write a spiel about their objectives and the implementation strategies. End of year summaries would also be welcome, including the system they were working on.

More information from the inner sanctum.

End of year player kit give aways and/or auctions. 

Get some kids to dress up in little Demon costumes and chase Checkers, Daisy, and Flash around pregame.

 

 

Edited March 5Mar 5 by Kev

  On 05/03/2025 at 10:38, picket fence said:

Ok Ghosty Tuesday nights then... you in???

See You Next Tuesday 😁

But I get to pick the music that opens our show, k? I don’t know what it will be but what I do know is that it’ll be better than the song that opens the Demonland podcast coz no song is as bad as that one. 

Send all these thoughts to the person in charge,  Who has Pert's job ??

Edited March 5Mar 5 by 640MD

  On 04/03/2025 at 23:03, Little Goffy said:

Annual low-key game.

For just one game each season, they don't set off fireworks, play junk noise in every pause in play, flick the lights on and off light a neurotic five year old, or have idiotic yelling about 'make some noiiiiiiiise' at any time during the day.

I'd be happy if they just turned the sound down to 130 decibels.

  On 05/03/2025 at 11:30, Kev said:

 Catch the new immigrants and turn them into Demon supporters. Free tickets and merchandise, instructions on the rules and approaches to the game.

Yes! In particular, folks from India. I’ve met two separate Indian spectators at training who’ve asked me about the Demon Army and both have signed up, one signed up his girlfriend and the other signed up her son. That’s four MFC & DA memberships.

They’ve told me they chose Melbourne upon arriving in Australia because it’s the name of the city they now call home. Besides that, they’re passionate Test Match cricket fans and that passion is easily funnelled into footy during winter.

There’s a market just waiting to be tapped into! 

Some good ideas from Kev. On the issue of getting kids on board… I was in a pub at Halloween last year full of partygoers wearing demon headbands with red flashing horns. Thought these would be brilliant for kids (and big kids, and the DA) at the G, particularly for a night game with the red horns glowing in the crowd. Get a sponsor to source them (with obligatory logo somewhere to justify their cost) and give them away to kids at the gate? Or sell in the Demon shop? Horned caps? Anyway, Hawthorn had their wizard hats last year so why not?

Other giveaways might be considered to boost attendances. Went to an early season baseball game in the US and a glossy A3 team poster was presented to the first 10k through the gates. A few of these had also been autographed by the team making them a sought after collectible (and on eBay the next day).  Again, all paid for by sponsors.

Apologies if the horns idea has previously been mentioned or even trialled by the Club. News takes time to get here.

PS: On my last visit to Melbourne, I wanted to take a British Nigerian (now Australian) friend’s two lads to the G to get them on board with the Demons. Dad, an evangelical Christian, refused, clearly worried I would turn them into devil-worshippers.

 

 

  On 05/03/2025 at 12:05, GBDee said:

demon headbands with red flashing horns

These were part of the membership package swag circa 2010.  Bring 'em back!

 

  On 04/03/2025 at 17:42, Frosticles said:

... or even ... 3D footy ... with added Snakes and Ladders

Mr Fence 🐍 would be horrified, though maybe a recent camping trip to the Otways may have desensitized him. Last time I walked to cape Otway from the car park I encountered 2 tiger snakes (and a dead one as well) in a few minutes.  

I love the HU - Wolf Totem!
Imagine 50,000 mad Dees fans chanting HU HU HU HU at the G on KB.  
Enough to make Maynard poo his pants!

 

The ring on Maysie’s finger (above) isn’t a fashion statement. It’s like a Fitbit but worn on the finger, not the wrist. It monitors sleep, energy expended, heart-rate etc.

How’s this for a half-baked idea:

At the Season Launch Salo took his ring off and handed it to me. I said imagine how funny it’d be if I wore it for the night. The Club would be justifiably worried sick about the data received and they’d be like wtf has happened to Christian? And they’d put him on the long-term injury list. 😅

We had a laugh about it but decided yeah nah, not funny at all. 

In line with Dee Spencer's original idea, could we give lucky ones a chance to get on the microphone to pump up there crowd? They could let their 'inner demon out' and yell "rahhhhhhhh" and the crowd joins in. 

Edited March 5Mar 5 by layzie

  On 05/03/2025 at 12:20, monoccular said:

Mr Fence 🐍 would be horrified, though maybe a recent camping trip to the Otways may have desensitized him. Last time I walked to cape Otway from the car park I encountered 2 tiger snakes (and a dead one as well) in a few minutes.  

At Beachport S.A and at the Caravan park in the toilets are signs warning of incressed Slithera activity I think this means outside and in YIKES 🐍