1 hour ago, Hopeful Demon said:

I'm in a weird mood atm but I find this really funny. Our coach is named after a horror writer, we have a player named after one of his novels (Salem's Lot) and our second name symbolised horror.

You can't really script all this 😅

Are you saying we are Gawn? 😅

When the undefeated Dees and Swans meet in round 8 next year . . .

SIZE MATTERS: BIG KING V BIG COX IN BLOCKBUSTER

Pinched this off instagram.
"We have the Duke, and now the King"

Well done Kingy and the MFC.

Remember you can do practically anything you like, provided you win.

Do we have to buy him a farm down Geelong way?

1 hour ago, SFebes said:

So 1 premiership & how many GF's, is it 3? Knows what it takes.

One premiership as a captain and player. Two premierships as an assistant (2016 and 2022). I hope he doesn't get 3 as an assistant. Sorry Kingy. You're one of us now.

3 minutes ago, Queanbeyan Demon said:

SIZE MATTERS: BIG KING V BIG COX IN BLOCKBUSTER

Go far, King.

Like it!

Didn't see that coming. Very glad there were no leaks

1 minute ago, Adam The God said:

One premiership as a captain and player. Two premierships as an assistant (2016 and 2022). I hope he doesn't get 3 as an assistant. Sorry Kingy. You're one of us now.

It’s OK Adam he didn’t return to Cats until 2024 so he missed the ‘22 flag.😁👍

11 minutes ago, Young Blood said:

If Geelong make the GF King will be pretty busy in the week leading into trade period. Seems pretty conflicted and messy to me.

Just another reason to wish failure upon Geelong

Now thats done, let's get to work: re sign Juddy and get into the ear of some oppo players to come across

1 hour ago, Little Goffy said:

We're going to need a dedicated thread just for horror gifs and random Demon King comments.

Is this the beginning of the end for the no-ts-no-bs thread? How much overt silliness can one footy forum retain?

Sacrilege! This will breathe new life into its!

46 minutes ago, RalphiusMaximus said:

Can someone explain to me why so many people wanted Buckley? He was a poor coach last time. He took over a side consistently playing finals and took them to the bottom. He was unpopular with the players. He never won a flag as a player or coach. What exactly does he bring to the table aside from a famous name?

Well he was a very good player, sound tactician, and a pretty humble sort of a bloke. Don't know him personally, and I generally don't agree with knocking down tall poppies. I know you aren't doing that. I would have liked to see what Buckley offered, but I'm all for the new guy now and we move on.

Welcome aboard Steven King great CV 16 years as an assistant coached backs and mids, Cats mids playing well at present. I was a bit surprised guess I was blindsided by Buckley, however this is hopefully the better choice for our footy club And we get back some IP from Geelong, they stole our runner, our VFL coach and Daisy to boot. Good luck Kingy and MFC.

19 out of the last 20 premierships have been won by first time senior coaches.

Glad they didn't pick Figjam

Were all aspects of this appointment fully considered i wonder?

I mean for a start.... how the bloody hell is Ghost Writer supposed to get up that high to apply her mandatory hugs!!??

On a more serious note... welcome to the mighty demons your highness.

My only word of advice...for your own sake, don't ever lose the King's birthday game!

He has inherited Salem's Lot! Good luck Kingy !

Edited 3 hours ago3 hr by picket fence

When I used this earlier this week, it was to support the appointment of Nathan Buckley.

But actually now in hindsight, I was closest to the pin !!!

LONG LIVE THE KING

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14 minutes ago, Fritta and Turner said:

Well done Kingy and the MFC.

Remember you can do practically anything you like, provided you win.

Do we have to buy him a farm down Geelong way?

I'm hoping he has contacts so we can offer farms to Rowell, Butters etc.

2 hours ago, Deez21 said:

The media reported that everyone else smashed their interview but the word from the club was this guy went in McRae style and brought a fresh new perspective.

Going to be interesting to find out what happened with Buckley.

No doubt his ego will tell us all something completely different. I'm stoked he is not the face of our football club, arrogant pig.

Well done Steven King, great appointment by the Dees, hopefully success follows him to demonland.

9 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

Just another reason to wish failure upon Geelong

By the looks of that, more likely the end of the wee & pooh's finals campaign

11 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

Just another reason to wish failure upon Geelong

By the looks of that doll, more likely the end of the pooh & wee's finals campaign!

Might be a long wait Nafan.

New era. Assistants? This Guy’s the new doorman at the ‘G change rooms.

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1 hour ago, Allen Jakovich said:

Has King applied and not been successful for any other senior AFL coaching roles?

Stupid irrelevant question unless you want to keep on harping about this every time we lose or fail. Get over it. All the coaches in the running had applied at least once for seniors AFL roles previously. Think Suns was one and possibly Eagles but he may have not put his hat into that ring.

While I would have been quite happy for Bucks to have succeeded I think this decision is one where we will see a greater change within the Club in it’s approach and more importantly in game day planning.

Chances were that Bucks game style IMO may not have been as modern as one if the very recent assistants. But he would have balanced that out with his undoubted knowledge and reputation in the recruiting area.

Now for the Assistants!!

BTW the approximate 25/30% who just said “ Don’t want Buckley” were typical MFC types with no reason being given. Not even a “ too ….” To add. ie the same who

Don’t like prime time night games ( too late getting home)

Don’t like Sunday 3.15 pm matches. ( too late for work or school on Monday)

Want to clear ALL players ( or about 90%) after 2 seasons whether trade draft or any other method of recruiting) PS were you one of the [censored] who wanted Trac offered for sale before his breakout year in 2020? Yes you !! About 25% of D/L Anders were in that mould.

We are the most impatient group of supporters around. Whilst I favoured strongly for Goody to be released ahead of his contract and to change our game plan to a more positive approach he still was a premiership Coach and there are only so many in the AFL.

Many D/Landers will put King on Buckley watch if he coaches the Devils ( if he he fails with us) and it will be a Green legacy no doubt. ( Guerra and Smithy will escape as they have not had 12. Mths of leading the Club like Brad. ) They have about 2 or 3 years ( possibly) under the Demonland time scale. Brad has 1 or 2 or none years depending upon your opinion on his previous 12months in the Interim Chair.

Incidentally he has 3 or 4 like the rest IMO to leave his mark!

Good luck Kingy a Red ( and Blue ) letter Day for you and approx. 300,000 other Demon hopefuls ( rusted or not) as we start our journey from Blank or a clear pattern again.

Get your tickets folks we don’t know what sort of a ride but don’t miss out.

Or is it Too late, too cold, too wet, to many train/ bus interceptions, too little trying to win or just TOO LAZY to get your Demon spirit into gear, or are you going to sit on the fence with or without an opinion.

Don’t too this or. Too that JUST DO !!! Please.

Hope the whiners about the club leaking will be happy. This was kept well quiet

Good decision from the club. No 1 to exit Simon, no 2 to go with a very experienced assistant that is at a club that knows how to contend

Should immediately gain the respect of the players and will bring some solid IP to the club, particularly if Geelong win the flag!

Looks like a great decision

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1 hour ago, darkhorse72 said:

As far as I can tell it's a good appointment. Be in multiple successfu system and worked with different coaches with different approaches.

Interesting they are allowing him to finish out the season, as they normally leave straight away, is the AFL maturing :)

If we can build a sustained model of competing at the top as promised after 2021, it will be a success.

I reckon he’ll be with us next week. Can’t see him riding out the season with the Cats