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If the club did give up and move to the gold coast, how would you feel

i know its unlikely, and there are more likley otions etc, etc...im not worried

but if CC and PG came out tomoro and said, "hey everyone, we are now the Gold Coast Demons and will play every home game at the Gold Coast"..."we will guaranteed win a premiership in the next five years"...."we will have $100 mil from the AFL"..."we are gauranteed Natanui in the next draft"...."either Jonathon Brown or Ben Cuisins will come to play for us from 2009"..."we will still wear the red and blue"

how would you feel? would you change clubs?

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I guess I'd be a Gold Coast Demons member.

The truth is, either the Melbourne Demons or North Melbourne Kangaroos won't be around in 5 years. My guess is North, with Melbourne having a complete make-over and rebranding. But I'd support a GC move, as long as it's 100% in the best interest of the club and the absolute final option.

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I would prefer a merger. I want the club to stay in Victoria. The Kangaroos and Melbourne have been pro merger in the past. Melbourne are going away from the Demons brand both clubs are on their knees financially and have no growth areas. I would love us to be the dees 4ever but with Bailey as coach costing us about 10 to 15,000 members and major sponsors I think something has got to give.

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I support The Melbourne Demons who play Home games at the M C G. Fxck North Melbourne and Fxck the Gold Coast. I will support no one if Melbourne Demons are no more. I saw Stan Alves and "Crackers" Keenan win a Flag for North in '77 with Barassi as coach and it's always [censored] me off. I could never support the Kangaroos the same way i could never support the Hawks in '96. Simple

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Meter Maids, OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO YEAH! ( and no i dont mean that F%$k warrick capper!!)

On a serious note, F$%k a move to the Coast! I would still be a member, but I would be a sad one!

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If the club did give up and move to the gold coast, how would you feel

I know its unlikely, and there are more likley otions etc, etc...im not worried

how would you feel? would you change clubs?

NEVER! EVER! EVER! EVER! GIVEUP!!!!

We shouldn't even be giving this notion the airtime to breathe!

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... with Bailey as coach costing us about 10 to 15,000 members and major sponsors I think something has got to give.

You're telling me without Bailey we'd have 40,000 paid up members? Mate you're killing me!

FWIW I support the Melbourne Football Club, not some interstate mob wearing our jumper.

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If the jumper was the same and they called themselves the Demons I suppose I'd still support them but it wouldn't be the same unless they won a premiship I'd be right bakc on

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This Thread IS PISSING ME RIGHT OFF!! Whoever put it up needs to go to the Hall of Mirrors for a good HARD LOOK AT YOURSELF

i think you are misenterpreting the meaning of the thread...i am sorry if it has upset you, but i for one couldnt stand a move to the gold coast and i for one could not stand a merge

it is us (in a general sense) as melbourne supporters that voted for the 96 merger...and im interested to see what other supporters feelins are towards a move are.. i would much prefer to stay in melbourne as "melbourne fc or melbourne demons" and die trying to survive without a merge or move...

that fact is, the club is facing serious crisis and we need to get out of debt quick smart before we lose all funding...i will try to do as much as i can to make sure this crap doesnt happen...that means going to atleast everyhome game and buying the real membership. for me, it also means doing the little things like putting membership ads on youtube

i dont want you questioning my integrity and beliefs because in terms of helping this club, you have no idea what i have done...

the outrage you feel is what i want our supporters to feel but now we need to put that anger into brainstorming ideas to help out this battling club

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I support The Melbourne Demons who play Home games at the M C G. Fxck North Melbourne and Fxck the Gold Coast. I will support no one if Melbourne Demons are no more. I saw Stan Alves and "Crackers" Keenan win a Flag for North in '77 with Barassi as coach and it's always [censored] me off. I could never support the Kangaroos the same way i could never support the Hawks in '96. Simple

Fine Nugget But read this Carefully. Never ask me to Barrack for anything except the M F C. I will actually barrack for each team that plays against the GC Demons ok. I was at the Dallas Brooks Hall in '96, and i willnever believe that the Melbourne members voted for that Merger. Our votes were Played with like George Bush's Campaign in Florida in 2000. QED

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fair enough and its good that you feel that way...i dont want any of us to have to barrack for anything other than the MFC...but there is a minority of supporters at this club at the moment...everyweek, the supporter base is diminishing....i think we are on a similar page but it is about time that people got the fark out of their arm chair and go to the games. i am already worrying about the freo game and i dont think any adds in the paper will help

regardless of on field success, we are always going to be bad at some stage, we should not be facing oblivion

change is supposed to be happening and its not

something big needs to happen soon or the very topic of this contreversial thread could become reality

we cannot blame on field success because we shouldnt need that to be a financially stable club

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in all honesty we would prob make a pretty goo strong vfl club atm. 20K members, we would be competitive. we would still need a new home base of course. itd be like nothing had changed ;)

Ah yes, we DEMAND commitment, loyalty and integrity from our players.

Yet we cannot demand the same from our supporters?

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Melbourne Kangaroos. I doesn't exactly roll off the brain receptors, but if it was that or playing home games at the gold coast...

Quite honestly, it would be laughable to not have a club called Melbourne in the AFL. Despite the AFL's efforts to increase the sports' appeal interstate, it has it's roots in Melbourne, it's part of Melbourne culture, and to not have a club called Melbourne would be a down right farce.

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Nobody would barrack for the Gold Coast Demons-Get real. The AFL would have to prop that team up for years...

i dont think you understand what im saying, if that was a reply to my comments

I do NOT WANT anything to happen to melbourne, i DONT want a merge and i DONT want to relocate

what i want is a change, a change is president, a change in board members, somebody that is good at wooing members and the big sponsors...somebody that can gather donations, get us out of debt...if hawthorn can do it, we can too

as i said, i think we are on the same page...i couldnt think of anything worse than a gold coast side, i live for melbourne

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i dont think you understand what im saying, if that was a reply to my comments

No its just what i believe- Nobody would support the Gold Coast Demons. The changes are happening to melbourne but the on field concerns me as if it gets too bad the off field will collapse.

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Melbourne should play Monday night games in Launceston - create a new market away from Hawthorn's Tassy market - Gary Lyon mentioned this on Saturday - I reckon Melbourne should make it Monday night football from Tassy (4 Home games), plus two other Mondy night gmes interstate.

The home games could be against Hawthorn, Bulldogs, Freo and Port - we don't get good crowds against 3 of those sides and the Hawthorn one could be an annual challenge. The other Monday night games could be in Sydney and Adelaide - make Mondy night the Demon's night

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If my club relocated / merged / folded, I would walk away from footy in all forms, and never watch it again.

You don't support a club like ours for decades without having an emotional attachment to the club, and I'd be shattered if anything happened to the MFC.

In my mind, there is no AFL unless the MFC is in it!

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