56 minutes ago, Dave1711 said:

Oliver will be, don’t know about Trac but he came second in BnF, hoping he stays, he will if Buckley is coach.

Brent Moloney won 2011 - what's your point?

7 hours ago, Adam The God said:

It's the elongated hyphen that gives away the chatgptness.

Damn, caught by my punctuation. I’ll swap the dash for a dodgy comma next time.”

7 hours ago, Clintosaurus said:

Can't believe anyone wants Trac to be traded.

3 hours ago, Demonland said:

PETRACCA RAISES EYEBROWS AT DEES’ B & F

Christian Petracca raised the eyebrows of former Melbourne players in the room with a curious answer to his motivations to returning to the club this year.

But he did appear to commit himself to the club for 2026 as he accepted his runner-up award in the best-and-fairest behind victor Max Gawn.

When asked by host Clint Stanaway how he had worked so hard to get back to playing after last year’s serious internal injuries he replied: “I get paid … It’s my job”.

Ex-players in the room had hoped he might have reflected on his love of the jumper or his club.

But to be fair to Petracca he quickly spoke about his passion for the game as he said he would work over the off-season to help restore the Demons to their 2021 premiership heights.

“It’s not just my job, it’s my passion. I love footy. I am competitive,” he said.

“When you have an injury like last year, some setback or traumatic injury it makes you realise how precious life is and also how appreciative we are for the job we have a players.

“It’s amazing walking back into the footy club and doing what we do every day which is being around the boys and kicking the footy.

“Day one of pre-season and over off-season I will reflect on the season we had but also how can I get better but also as a team. On behalf of all the players we are fortunate to have tasted success in 2021 and there is no greater feeling.”

9 hours ago, Adam The God said:

It's the elongated hyphen that gives away the chatgptness.

Uhm, it’s actually called an em rule (aka an em dash) and ChatGPT wouldn’t know an em rule if it jumped up and punched it in the throat. Idk what that even means but ‘elongated hyphen’ made me twitch 😆

50 minutes ago, Redlagged said:

  4 hours ago, Demonland said:

Yeah my ears pricked at this as well. I think it was a silly attempt to be funny, but it’s a bit of a Freudian slip as well. No doubt that this is probably what he tells himself from time to time.

9 hours ago, Adam The God said:

It's the elongated hyphen that gives away the chatgptness.

You can't spell elongated without 'long'!

I'll get my coat..

8 hours ago, Lucifers Hero said:

Me to!

Imagine the meltdown if he wins the NSM at another club or even plays a major role in another club's premiership.

To people wanting him traded: Careful what you wish for!

I’m going to taking names and reminding people.

…

yea I am that petty

What are the chances there will be a story about Trac meeting Mitchell between now and trade week.

8 hours ago, Billy said:

But does Trac want to stay with us, that’s the burning question

I don’t want to hang on with him for another year if he has his doubts

We need a united club

yes imo he does. His whole family had a table at the B&F last night, his parents won the raffle :)

Family wont go and splurge money on a end of year bnf for no reason. most other player parents were at home

1 hour ago, Tracca said:

yes imo he does. His whole family had a table at the B&F last night, his parents won the raffle :)

Family wont go and splurge money on a end of year bnf for no reason. most other player parents were at home

I agree that Tracc wants to stay but your reason (above) makes me laugh. His whole family had a table at the B&F and that’s a sign he’s staying? Would that it were so simple.

Also, “most other player [sic] parents were at home” because most players’ parents have to pay to attend. It’s predominantly players’ partners who accompany them because the players get a plus 1. Other family members have to pay. That said, I’d be surprised if the Petraccas had to pay at all.

25 minutes ago, Ghostwriter said:

Other family members have to pay. That said, I’d be surprised if the Petraccas had to pay at all.

I was thinking the same thing. A good will gesture after last year’s injury ordeal, or perhaps a few extra tickets because Trac was receiving his life membership.

Gawny said Jack Fitzpatrick was in attendance. I’m gonna guess he didn’t pay full price either for the pleasure of attending the worlds most boring award show 😂

First off, Sam Maclure is a grub.

His article today shows he has no bounds for his dislike of MFC. He states that it is (in his opinion) a bad look that Clayton and Christian accepted their life memberships last night after wanting to leave last season. He fails to mention that ten years of service and 200 games get you an automatic life membership. Does he think they should not have accepted this honour?Well, both players hit that target this season. At no stage last year did Trac ask to leave. The context of last night was that Clint asked why Trac was so dedicated. His answer is "It's my job"

Sam, if you view this site, you should be ashamed of yourself. You distort the facts and create chaos, and wonder if we started making up rumours about you. Trac is on the record that he is MFC through and through. He admits he wears his heart on his sleeve, but he is a thorough professional whose commitment to training and getting the best out of himself is obsessive.

Another tidbit. Yes, the attendance was down last night. Last year, there were about 110 tables of 10. Last night I saw about 70 tables of 10 with lots of MFC staff and past players at tables. Maybe that is how the numbers were swelled. A chat with the Demon Army confirmed they were given 2 dates, and that last night was changed from the original. This was confirmed by an MFC official who told me the club had moved the function forward. Some players, after their exit interview, were heading off to Europe today, having booked their tickets on Monday so they have clear air and do not need to return to the club for a while, unlike having a B&F in 2 weeks, which they would have to come back to. As it is, Max and a few others had spent the last 8 days in N.Z. having a post-season wind down (alias footy trip).

1 hour ago, Ghostwriter said:

Would that it were so simple.

Coen Brothers!!

Edited September 10, 2025Sep 10 by hardtack
because I’m an [censored]!

6 minutes ago, hardtack said:

Cohen Brothers!!

coen 😁

it's...complicated

5 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

coen 😁

it's...complicated

Fixed (and thank you)… but the word ‘I diot’ is censored? Seriously?

Hanging on every word Trac says .. he’s response was s as n attempt to be funny, no doubt what he’s gone through plus the culture player issues & now the coach sacked all players will be feeling anxious on the future, whoever gets the coaching role will need to galvanise the group again

4 hours ago, Ghostwriter said:

Uhm, it’s actually called an em rule (aka an em dash) and ChatGPT wouldn’t know an em rule if it jumped up and punched it in the throat. Idk what that even means but ‘elongated hyphen’ made me twitch 😆

Dibs on Ghosty for my scrabble team.

Those 'em' and 'en' scores are the 1%ers that get the win at the death after sitting in your hand since the start of the game. The proverbial David Swallows of scrabble.

15 hours ago, john delosa said:

When footy talk sounds too coherent, people assume AI — maybe that says more about the internet than us.

It was — 100% — ChatGPT’d, cuh.

Edited September 10, 2025Sep 10 by Ethan Tremblay

1 hour ago, Older demon said:

First off, Sam Maclure is a grub.

His article today shows he has no bounds for his dislike of MFC. He states that it is (in his opinion) a bad look that Clayton and Christian accepted their life memberships last night after wanting to leave last season. He fails to mention that ten years of service and 200 games get you an automatic life membership. Does he think they should not have accepted this honour?Well, both players hit that target this season. At no stage last year did Trac ask to leave. The context of last night was that Clint asked why Trac was so dedicated. His answer is "It's my job"

Sam, if you view this site, you should be ashamed of yourself. You distort the facts and create chaos, and wonder if we started making up rumours about you. Trac is on the record that he is MFC through and through. He admits he wears his heart on his sleeve, but he is a thorough professional whose commitment to training and getting the best out of himself is obsessive.

Another tidbit. Yes, the attendance was down last night. Last year, there were about 110 tables of 10. Last night I saw about 70 tables of 10 with lots of MFC staff and past players at tables. Maybe that is how the numbers were swelled. A chat with the Demon Army confirmed they were given 2 dates, and that last night was changed from the original. This was confirmed by an MFC official who told me the club had moved the function forward. Some players, after their exit interview, were heading off to Europe today, having booked their tickets on Monday so they have clear air and do not need to return to the club for a while, unlike having a B&F in 2 weeks, which they would have to come back to. As it is, Max and a few others had spent the last 8 days in N.Z. having a post-season wind down (alias footy trip).

He said 15,blokes in the footy trip, any idea on who was there and who wasn’t?

36 minutes ago, GS_1905 said:

He said 15,blokes in the footy trip, any idea on who was there and who wasn’t?

Well, there was a photo of Max, Ed Langdon and Melksham in bike-riding gear and tagged "NZ", so that's 3.

9 hours ago, jumbo returns said:

How do you know?

That's what new coaches do @jumbo returns they sort ch it out!

20 hours ago, praha said:

Worpel to Geelong lol they're taking the [censored] at this point.

They also want Curnow

7 hours ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

It was — 100% — ChatGPT’d, cuh.

If you reckon that was AI, then maybe you’ve just forgotten what a coherent argument looks like!
Funny — when someone strings a few coherent thoughts together online, the assumption is it must be a machine. Says a lot about the age we’re in.

7 hours ago, GS_1905 said:

He said 15,blokes in the footy trip, any idea on who was there and who wasn’t?

Wasn’t just footy players on the trip.