17 hours ago, Dee-tonator said:

Umpires, like players, make mistakes.

Fans always remember with anger the decisions that go against their team and conveniently forget those that favour their side.

It's called human nature.

I tend to think my memory is well able to remember the ones that went in our favour.

18 hours ago, Teufelmann said:

Others on this forum have often commented on what we Melbourne supporters certainly perceive as media bias-and I would suggest it’s more than a perception.It frequently seems like certain commentators are actively“barracking” for our opponents. This takes the form of validating highly dubious free kicks against Melbourne and being conspicuously silent when obvious kicks to Melbourne are not paid. Anything vaguely reportable by Melbourne player is often amplified in commentary. Can I point to a particular example of this? On the current AFL website there is some footage of the Stephen May incident with the caption “Reckless May hit sparks massive all-out brawl”. Of course, whether or not an action is “reckless” forms an element of whether the action is reportable and the penalty. Captioning the incident this way is clearly prejudicial. I wonder whether our club takes issue with this, especially as it seems we lower profile clubs are often seen as expendable by the MRO.

Reckon you could find supporters of every single club who thinks the media are biased against them.

3 minutes ago, KozzyCan said:

Reckon you could find supporters of every single club who thinks the media are biased against them.

So we are not objective observers....we are wingers. That my friend is an insult to my intelligence. PILSNERS AT NOON.

16 hours ago, deegirl said:

Personally I think that particular headline is a reflection of the frenetic clickbait nature of all AFL journalism. Every discussion is turned up to 11, every tiny incident is scrutinised & magnified. They all trade in hyperbole and drama. I don’t think they target MFC specifically but as we’re going badly we’re giving them plenty of cheap touches

regarding any MRO type incidents the media, in particular the commentators, seem to want to be judge and jury. Today [censored] Dwayne had Viney cited and suspended despite the umpire calling play on (though in this case Jackie might be in trouble😂). Same applies to the McVee bump against Port, they were talking like he was suspended before the game had even finished

Spot on Deegirl. And just when you think you could get away from clickbait journalism and find refuge in just supporting your team, it's in your face on steroids.

20 hours ago, Howard_Grimes said:

All clubs have one-eyed supporters who believe this to be true against 'their' club. They can't all be right can they?

It's the biggest load of tosh going on.

What's that saying HG, 'just because I'm paranoid, doesn't mean it isn't true'.

19 hours ago, Madz said:

I feel like on the Kayo broadcast Gerard Healy goes into bat for us and has a bit of love for (one of) his ex-teams but just about everyone else d-rides the opposition.

Huh???

Gerard Healy has a particular dislike for Melb, has for years. Supposedly stems back to how he perceives he was treated by the club when he left, but I'm not sure about that.

Even when we win he finds ways to make snide remarks, subtle backhanders that are wrapped up in an attempt at compliments.

I like him when it's not us playing, he's a good commentator with excellent insight.

Having said that, would rather him work a Melb game than Dermie, BT or screaming Brayshaw any day of the week

Nothing biased about this one. Fairly straightforward actually

22 hours ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

He definitely will be, slung Rowell whose head slammed the ground.

Said with such authority too.

I still think that "Viney already being in MRO trouble" was more than uncalled for by Dwayne Moron.

You wont get any argument from me.

The confusion caused by the inconsistent application of the rules leads to frustration of players who create incidents.

Kozzie was never tripped when he dropped the ball despite our plyers being penalised for a trip when a tackle slipped down to a trip. Different match and different interpretation.

Our players are constantly called to play on and then deliver off balance or to poor set up, our opponents are given time to set up downfield. and a demon player better not move off the mark or a fifty metre penalty is paid.

WE just cant seem to get it right

We should get the umpires down to our training to assist us in what we are doing wrong.

19 minutes ago, dpositive said:

You wont get any argument from me.

The confusion caused by the inconsistent application of the rules leads to frustration of players who create incidents.

Kozzie was never tripped when he dropped the ball despite our plyers being penalised for a trip when a tackle slipped down to a trip. Different match and different interpretation.

Our players are constantly called to play on and then deliver off balance or to poor set up, our opponents are given time to set up downfield. and a demon player better not move off the mark or a fifty metre penalty is paid.

WE just cant seem to get it right

We should get the umpires down to our training to assist us in what we are doing wrong.

Invite them all down and put them in the cooler..

You always see these threads when we are [censored]. Get over it. Half the [censored] you talk about doesn't even happen or it just happens for everyone.

1 hour ago, Willmoy1947 said:

Invite them all down and put them in the cooler..

“13 days in the Cooler…” 😁

On 28/06/2025 at 19:45, Dr. Gonzo said:

Sore losers blame media, umpires, anyone else except their own club for its incompetent performances.

Winners train,

Losers complain.

On 28/06/2025 at 19:46, Teufelmann said:

The point of my topic was really to ask whether our club goes into bat for its players when there’s a justifiable basis for doing so. When the AFL media website puts up vision of the May incident using the word “reckless“ in a caption I would generally describe as inflammatory, prior to any review by the MRO, I’m suggesting it’s obviously prejudicial. And this would be true of any club not just Melbourne. So it’s not really a question of whether Melbourne supporters are lacking objectivity. Any club should push back against this form of prejudicial publicity and I hope ours does and publicise the fact that he has done so.

'Pushing back against this form of prejudicial publicity' would be giving the media exactly what they'd relish - a reactionary club that 'can't take scrutiny'. It's just noise. Ignore it.

On 28/06/2025 at 19:21, Sir Why You Little said:

With performances like today, we give them a lot of Ammunition.

And justifiably so!

2 hours ago, picket fence said:

And justifiably so!

Listening Watching the game on Sat I, according to them all, apparently could have been excused for thinking why would such a Team like mine receive my time wasting support. I didn't feel like that though. I wanted to go back to the mob/pub I used to drink at and state my case. The reason I reasoned was that the pub folk were far better than this bunch of old crones that had established themselves as the Football Almaniacs. By God they were so breathtakingly dumb and rude and self opionated. At one point they just decided to talk amongst themselves about some non football issue.

We've come a long way when a dedicated football set of clowns forget they have an audience .

On 29/06/2025 at 18:49, Wizard of Koz said:

Said with such authority too.

I still think that "Viney already being in MRO trouble" was more than uncalled for by Dwayne Moron.

I'm stunned that Viney wasn't cited to be honest, just shows again the inconsistency/ineptitude of the MRO.

Edited yesterday at 02:291 day by Dr. Gonzo

1 hour ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

I'm stunned that Viney wasn't cited to be honest, just shows again the inconsistency/ineptitude of the MRO.

Arm free, head barely touched, possibly could have avoided the ground

On 01/07/2025 at 13:58, Willmoy1947 said:

Arm free, head barely touched, possibly could have avoided the ground

Are we talking about two separate incidents? In talking about the one where Viney got a free kick for holding the ball, his head absolutely slammed the ground.

We need to get Dennis back. He loved us.

54 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

Are we talking about two separate incidents? In talking about the one where Viney got a free kick for holding the ball, his head absolutely slammed the ground.

Perhaps, I was talking about where Viney was holding his opponent by the arm.