12 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

What exactly is wrong with what he is saying?

This whole we're the victim type mentality from supporters regarding the media is insufferable.

Club has brought this mess upon itself. When you dish up what we have over the best part of 2 years, then the heat comes down on the club.

Agree we are a soft target. But it’s almost weekly that it’s a pile in on the Dees. Even more than the Blues at times. Any good news to say … no just burn the joint down is the constant theme from the media. There’s more issues than just change the players. We are in a real red zone if the media inspired purge is a [censored] up and we go back to 2009 !!!

4 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Agree we are a soft target. But it’s almost weekly that it’s a pile in on the Dees. Even more than the Blues at times. Any good news to say … no just burn the joint down is the constant theme from the media. There’s more issues than just change the players. We are in a real red zone if the media inspired purge is a [censored] up and we go back to 2009 !!!

Clearly Pies and Cats want some of our players and their media mates are building the narrative. Club held strong last year so it starts again.

9 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Agree we are a soft target. But it’s almost weekly that it’s a pile in on the Dees. Even more than the Blues at times. Any good news to say … no just burn the joint down is the constant theme from the media. There’s more issues than just change the players. We are in a real red zone if the media inspired purge is a [censored] up and we go back to 2009 !!!

What's a good news from the past week that you want journos to report on?

Wins will give you good news stories. Losses such as the Carlton, Norf, St Kilda give you what you dont want to read.

It’s all so tired and repetitive

It’s about the 5th or 6th journo over the past 6 weeks. It’s the same regurgitation!! No play out in a proposed outcome. It’s another “get Oliver to Geelong” and “get Trac to Collingwood” story

Will the Dees pay for 1/2 their contracts to play at other clubs ?? wtf

In a weaker draft and compromised draft over the next two years and ahead, what value are these proven star players worth?? who wants Trac to be jettisoned for the pies 1st round pick !! At pick 27???

Trac has recovered this year and with another preseason will get back to his very best That’s why a Trac at 29yo is a sought after commodity by the Pies They can F/off

And adding Bailey Laurie as a key part of our base, Galah Gullan has no idea about the footy club

Get the development right Get the skills right Get the important moments right That’s the go And some accurate goalkicking will be a huge lift in 2026!

BTW Here’s the run of the article… sound familiar

Is Clayton Oliver at 28 still capable of being the 25-year-old version of Clayton Oliver? Moving Oliver because of his mega contract, which is believed to be somewhere between $1.2 million and $1.5 million per season, is almost impossible so if he wants out again, like he did last year, then it would be up to him to re-do his deal for less which would enable the Demons to get him somewhere else.

Can Christian Petracca at 29 after a horrible 12 months regain his spark? Petracca and Collingwood is a rumour that just won’t go away but the big issue is how the Magpies make it happen. Future draft picks is probably the answer, although it’s very complicated, but despite the denials the issues from last year are fixed, they still linger for both parties.

Jack Viney won the best and fairest last year and got a four-year contract to supposedly keep him from going to North Melbourne yet at 31 he’s served up a year where his place in the midfield is being questioned.

Steven May is 33 and trouble continues to follow him. Off field there is a yearly issue and on field he keeps finding them as well. Would a club like the Western Bulldogs, who are in the premiership window, look at him for a year?

They do have an underbelly of talented youngsters to play with. Harvey Langford is a star, Xavier Lindsay has talent while Kade Chandler, Bailey Laurie, Judd McVee, Trent Rivers, Jacob van Rooyen, Caleb Windsor and Bowey provide a good base.

There is one template they would do well to follow.

When Hawthorn traded Brownlow Medallist Tom Mitchell and high-priced midfield star Jaeger O’Meara at the end of 2022 the outrage was in overdrive. It was at the end of Sam Mitchell’s first year as coach and the critics were calling the move madness. Two years later Hawthorn finished sixth and this year they are again considered a premiership contender

5 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

It’s all so tired and repetitive

It’s about the 5th or 6th journo over the past 6 weeks. It’s the same regurgitation!! No play out in a proposed outcome. It’s another “get Oliver to Geelong” and “get Trac to Collingwood” story

Will the Dees pay for 1/2 their contracts to play at other clubs ?? wtf

In a weaker draft and compromised draft over the next two years and ahead, what value are these proven star players worth?? who wants Trac to be jettisoned for the pies 1st round pick !! At pick 27???

Trac has recovered this year and with another preseason will get back to his very best That’s why a Trac at 29yo is a sought after commodity by the Pies They can F/off

And adding Bailey Laurie as a key part of our base, Galah Gullan has no idea about the footy club

Get the development right Get the skills right Get the important moments right That’s the go And some accurate goalkicking will be a huge lift in 2026!

BTW Here’s the run of the article… sound familiar

Is Clayton Oliver at 28 still capable of being the 25-year-old version of Clayton Oliver? Moving Oliver because of his mega contract, which is believed to be somewhere between $1.2 million and $1.5 million per season, is almost impossible so if he wants out again, like he did last year, then it would be up to him to re-do his deal for less which would enable the Demons to get him somewhere else.

Can Christian Petracca at 29 after a horrible 12 months regain his spark? Petracca and Collingwood is a rumour that just won’t go away but the big issue is how the Magpies make it happen. Future draft picks is probably the answer, although it’s very complicated, but despite the denials the issues from last year are fixed, they still linger for both parties.

Jack Viney won the best and fairest last year and got a four-year contract to supposedly keep him from going to North Melbourne yet at 31 he’s served up a year where his place in the midfield is being questioned.

Steven May is 33 and trouble continues to follow him. Off field there is a yearly issue and on field he keeps finding them as well. Would a club like the Western Bulldogs, who are in the premiership window, look at him for a year?

They do have an underbelly of talented youngsters to play with. Harvey Langford is a star, Xavier Lindsay has talent while Kade Chandler, Bailey Laurie, Judd McVee, Trent Rivers, Jacob van Rooyen, Caleb Windsor and Bowey provide a good base.

There is one template they would do well to follow.

When Hawthorn traded Brownlow Medallist Tom Mitchell and high-priced midfield star Jaeger O’Meara at the end of 2022 the outrage was in overdrive. It was at the end of Sam Mitchell’s first year as coach and the critics were calling the move madness. Two years later Hawthorn finished sixth and this year they are again considered a premiership contender

They have played this song so many times over the past 18 months SONS, they want to see us wallow in the depths like Wet Toast, Roo’s and Saints. The majority of the press are like Hyenas they attack when they see any sign of weakness.

Anything this morning we can rail against?

Or do we have the unicorn moment when they're all absolutely correct?

Can't believe anyone is sooking about the media today.

On 27/07/2025 at 11:13, spirit of norm smith said:

It’s all so tired and repetitive

It’s about the 5th or 6th journo over the past 6 weeks. It’s the same regurgitation!! No play out in a proposed outcome. It’s another “get Oliver to Geelong” and “get Trac to Collingwood” story

Will the Dees pay for 1/2 their contracts to play at other clubs ?? wtf

In a weaker draft and compromised draft over the next two years and ahead, what value are these proven star players worth?? who wants Trac to be jettisoned for the pies 1st round pick !! At pick 27???

Trac has recovered this year and with another preseason will get back to his very best That’s why a Trac at 29yo is a sought after commodity by the Pies They can F/off

And adding Bailey Laurie as a key part of our base, Galah Gullan has no idea about the footy club

Get the development right Get the skills right Get the important moments right That’s the go And some accurate goalkicking will be a huge lift in 2026!

BTW Here’s the run of the article… sound familiar

Is Clayton Oliver at 28 still capable of being the 25-year-old version of Clayton Oliver? Moving Oliver because of his mega contract, which is believed to be somewhere between $1.2 million and $1.5 million per season, is almost impossible so if he wants out again, like he did last year, then it would be up to him to re-do his deal for less which would enable the Demons to get him somewhere else.

Can Christian Petracca at 29 after a horrible 12 months regain his spark? Petracca and Collingwood is a rumour that just won’t go away but the big issue is how the Magpies make it happen. Future draft picks is probably the answer, although it’s very complicated, but despite the denials the issues from last year are fixed, they still linger for both parties.

Jack Viney won the best and fairest last year and got a four-year contract to supposedly keep him from going to North Melbourne yet at 31 he’s served up a year where his place in the midfield is being questioned.

Steven May is 33 and trouble continues to follow him. Off field there is a yearly issue and on field he keeps finding them as well. Would a club like the Western Bulldogs, who are in the premiership window, look at him for a year?

They do have an underbelly of talented youngsters to play with. Harvey Langford is a star, Xavier Lindsay has talent while Kade Chandler, Bailey Laurie, Judd McVee, Trent Rivers, Jacob van Rooyen, Caleb Windsor and Bowey provide a good base.

There is one template they would do well to follow.

When Hawthorn traded Brownlow Medallist Tom Mitchell and high-priced midfield star Jaeger O’Meara at the end of 2022 the outrage was in overdrive. It was at the end of Sam Mitchell’s first year as coach and the critics were calling the move madness. Two years later Hawthorn finished sixth and this year they are again considered a premiership contender

Guess what SONS.. you're not going to enjoy what's coming our way this week.

Yeah it may be repetitive, but once again, we have ourselves to blame.

23 hours ago, DeeZone said:

They have played this song so many times over the past 18 months SONS, they want to see us wallow in the depths like Wet Toast, Roo’s and Saints. The majority of the press are like Hyenas they attack when they see any sign of weakness.

Because you mentioned Saints, we are pretty much wallowing those depths as we speak now.

So yes, we deserve every single heat that comes our way in the media this week.

Weakness, vulnerability.. whatever you call it, we are ripe for the picking.

Edited yesterday at 01:211 day by dazzledavey36

I hope the media absolutely destroys us this week.

Get ready to face the music again MFC!

@dazzledavey36 agree. Weakness, vulnerability.. whatever you call it, we are ripe for the picking. We are again being seen as irrelevant. A laughing stock. Who can argue with that!!! They want to pick at the MFC carcasse.

My point is that there is no constructive thought There is no question of the development … no question of the list changes of players lost … and the strategy of the trading since 2021

I just think the same story gets played by journos to sell off Oliver and Petracca and even Viney and May. Repetitive story … Dees need to trade out Petracca to the Pies and Oliver to the cats… by

Peter Ryan

Jay Clark

Jon Ralph

Scott Gullan

Sam McClure

Damien 666 Barrett

I very much doubt the news stories of Viney, Petracca, Oliver & Pickett in the media before the season helped our onfield form this year either, just another way of viewing it.