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found this on ology by a poster by the name of ox_5_demons

Hey all, I emailed this to the club earlier today. Let me know ya thoughts. I used a few comments from the passionate people on here and demonland throughout, so thanks for those.

Dear Dean, Steve and Paul,

I am writing to you in regards to the Chris Judd issue. I know you will get plenty of emails regarding this, but please take a moment to read this, and reply if you have a chance.

It is not in relation to Chris not accepting the MelbourneFC as his preferred new home, but more so the press release regarding the decision.

Steve, why did you feel the need to mention that we should feel proud to have played against the big boys, but lost. I should be accepting it, because that is Melbourne. But I cant. To me, that smacks of saying that we dont belong. That culture needs to be changed. Come out and take offence to his petty excuse. If he had rejected Collingw&%$ they would be highly offended and telling the world. You do the same.

More than ever, the Melbourne Football Club are not being taken seriously by the wider football public.

Dean, Melbourne need to use this enormous slap in the face as motivation. Judd can still be the catalyst for a monumental shift in the direction of this club, but for completely different reasons to the ones we were hoping for last week. This is a chance to say stand up for ourselves and tell the football world that we will no longer accept condescension and downright disrespect.

When we come up to play against Chris Judd, I hope you make the players feel as bad as the supporters do because of his excuse of poor training facilities. He is telling our players, our great players, such as Neita, Brock and Jonesy, that they are below his level, because they dont lift shiny weights, or they cant look at themselves in the mirror when they do so.

I hope you instruct the players to make the game for Chris Judd four quarters of hell. Play like Demons. Smack him into the turf on every occassion, make him feel it. Make him feel what shiny weights really do for you. Nothing more than old weights. Get them to remind him that even though he may be training on greener grass, or newer exercise bikes, that nothing can teach a man to be tough, nothing except whats inside of a man.

I want you to remind the players before the game of the great quote from Ali. "Champions are not made in the gym, but are made from something deep inside them... a dream... a vision... a desire". Hopefully Neita or Belly can whisper that in his ear as they grind him into the dirt after another ferocious tackle.

Take our pick 4 and 21, and along with Craig Cameron, lets get our own Chris Judd.

Paul, Congratulations on your effort to lure the man we thought would be the saviour to the club. But dont worry, we dont need a Chris Judd to love the MFC. However, I urge you to go the big business men that were set up to lure him, and urge them to dip their hands into their pockets and help out the MFC. We as supporters do not hear of it enough. We know they exist, but we never hear how much they care.

I hope you all read this, and I would love to hear from all of you. It would show that the club does care about a loyal members point of view.

Bring on 2008, and lets make it the year of the DEMON!

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Meh, at the end of the day I'd choose the lexus centre over our facilities...and if I wasn't sure which club to go to..i'd pick the pies too because the facilities is what separates us. Collingwood has a great young list too, but their list almost won a grand final..and ours was bottom 4(despite injuries).

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Meh, at the end of the day I'd choose the lexus centre over our facilities...and if I wasn't sure which club to go to..i'd pick the pies too because the facilities is what separates us. Collingwood has a great young list too, but their list almost won a grand final..and ours was bottom 4(despite injuries).

Try reading the post you're responding to next time.

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Meh, at the end of the day I'd choose the lexus centre over our facilities...and if I wasn't sure which club to go to..i'd pick the pies too because the facilities is what separates us. Collingwood has a great young list too, but their list almost won a grand final..and ours was bottom 4(despite injuries).

I'm sorry, but outstanding facilities are more of a luxury than a necessity. Our facilities aren't useless, but get the job done and have for years. Yes, we need an upgrade, but a hamstring injury playing in a Collingwood jumper doesn't mean you're going to get back onto the field quicker than you would if you were in a Melbourne jumper. Judd wants luxury and he'll get it. The Lexus Centre has gotten Collingwood to the finals just as many times as the crap Junction Oval so there goes your theory.

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Exactly how i feel. Melbourne is going places and Judd just missed the train

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After the initial dissappointment, i'm not that sad Judd didn't come to us. I feel we probably would have had to give up a crucial pick(4), as well as a good kid. We can't afford to give away anything especially a promising kid like eg. Petterd, Frawley, Jones etc, They will be our Judds. And i'm sure it will give us more satisfaction to have a player developed by the Dees. Our kids are as good as any in the AFL, if not better. Let them lead the way out of the wilderness.


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roll on queens birthday 2008 , our new look bailey inspired team

are gonna thump the pies

It's Carlton and the state of the art facilities at MC Labour Park that's attracted Judd. That and the fact that he'll play half his games at the Teslra Dome which should do wonders for that groin of his.

It was the money all the time and whatever shred of integrity was left in that tool has now evaporated into thin air.

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