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 July 28Jul 28 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.

Clayton Oliver, Bayley Fritsch & Jake Lever (Melbourne)

“Similarly, significant change is coming at Melbourne on and off the field.

“Clayton Oliver’s huge salary works against him now if he wants to leave, which I believe he still does. There’s Bayley Fritsch and even Jake Lever there too. They’re two players to keep an eye on.”

Dart board journalism

As much as it is quite unpleasant the media blowtorch on the Melbourne Demons is probably justified this week....

2 hours ago, Supreme_Demon said:

As much as it is quite unpleasant the media blowtorch on the Melbourne Demons is probably justified this week....

Some deep analysis would be most justified. However the evidence of the past 48 hours is that the current media blowtorch consists of the usual buffoons (aka AFL accredited media) spouting further ill-informed speculation on who should be sacked or traded.

Nothing of substance; nothing showing any insight or analysis.

Edited July 29Jul 29 by Alex No Fancy-name

People are angry at the media?!

‘How dare they broadcast that last qtr1!1!1!!’

…

12 minutes ago, Alex No Fancy-name said:

Some deep analysis would be most justified. However the evidence of the past 48 hours is that the current media blowtorch consists of the usual buffoons (aka AFL accredited media) spouting further ill-informed speculation on who should be sacked or traded.

Nothing of substance; nothing showing any insight or analysis.

Really?

Which part have you missed this week in all the footy shows and radio staions where the analysis and dissecting of Sundays game?

Its been splashed all over the media as well as deep analysis into our inability to to just let St Kilda do what they did in the last.

When you lose a game in the manner that we did, with the the season we've, had then of course you're going to attract attention around the coaching future and players being traded.

I mean, it is justified..

Why would our players go to any other club to play at, period.

The maggots will still penalise the way they play. The maggot Media will still make fun of them behind their backs. The Tribunal will still say they are guilty under some obscure made up ruling.

No, why would they go anywhere that smells of sucking up to media who laugh at them, to suckiing up to umpires with sly smiles and picking up the ball and talking in between ball ups to grease a free kick that was obviously holding the ball.

But that's how cozy these two faced faeces like it. AND that's the times

Christian Petracca wants to leave at season's end, writes Jay Clark, there's an obvious destination.

THE TACKLE 👉 bit.ly/45gbW7h

On 28/07/2025 at 14:08, spirit of norm smith said:

@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

And yes another article that’s negative about the Dees and let’s trade Petracca

Clark is the head writer of the Hun

He genuinely hates the Dees

He always writes negative articles about the Dees

Maybe... Just maybe. The reason we get negative articles written about us in the media is because we have genuine issues.

54 minutes ago, KozzyCan said:

Maybe... Just maybe. The reason we get negative articles written about us in the media is because we have genuine issues.

we're also an easy target

no one cares about north being perpetually rubbish or aints being hot and cold

everyone is bored of the peptides being garbage, even their fans aren't rocking up in the hordes that they used to do

we and the baggers are the easy targets as we both had finals aspirations in 2025 and both have been abject since mid way thru 2024

Edited August 3Aug 3 by whatwhat say what

Jay must have just got a big boy pass to sit down with the rest of the has beens. I saw him today looking all muscled up for the pending rubbishing he'll inevitably have to survive.

1 hour ago, whatwhat say what said:

we're also an easy target

no one cares about north being perpetually rubbish or aints being hot and cold

everyone is bored of the peptides being garbage, even their fans aren't rocking up in the hordes that they used to do

we and the baggers are the easy targets as we both had finals aspirations in 2025 and both have been abject since mid way thru 2024

Hundred percent. That we were seen as the next big thing after 21 only to crash out a few years later is a juicy story.

On 27/07/2025 at 10:28, Clintosaurus said:

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.

This is pretty accurate I reckon.

But it's also funny how the narrative of close games are pushed, yet the rich get richer in the AFL's version of their socialist system... 🤔

Sorry I was meant to say their "fairness model"

Edited August 3Aug 3 by Golden fist