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About 6 weeks ago, I found myself at Melbourne Airport on the way to New Zealand. As I sat waiting for my flight, I decided to email MFC and ask them if it was possible for my 93 year old father, my son and I to have our pictures taken with the 2021 premiership cup. I sent this email with absolutely no expectations, but hoping we might get the chance to have a quick snap with the cup. With Dad being 93, how many chances would we get to do it? The club replied. “We’d love to”, they said. “How about we bring the cup to your Dad’s house for 15 minutes and you can all get pics?” Wow!!!! So after a few emails back and forth, it was decided that the cup would attend my parent’s house in Cranbourne for 15 minutes on Monday, March 9th. So, I invited my big brother and his son, who are mad Demons as well, and we arrived at my parents early in expectation. I set up a small table in the middle of the lounge and warned them all that we most probably wouldn’t be able to touch the cup. We didn’t care!! I heard a noise at the front of the house, and up walked our new friend Avi, with the cup. “Here’, he said “You take it in!!” I walked into the house in my best Garry Lyon 2021 GF imitation with the cup. For the next 45, YES 45!!!! Minutes, we laughed, we told stories, we hugged, we took so many pics, and we had one of the great days of our life. We made a new friend in Avi, and we made memories we will never forget. The most poignant part of the day was when my Dad said he had only started barracking for Melbourne because in 1939, when he was in an orphans home, he was asked what team he barracked for, and he said Melbourne because they had just won the premiership and he didn’t know any other teams. After 45 minutes of bliss, the cup had to leave. We sat around talking and laughing about our day, and eventually, as we left, my Dad hugged me and with tears in his eyes, said “Thank you”. I have never been so proud to be a Melbourne supporter in my life. Sebastian at MFC and Avi are the greatest people, and we are lucky to have them at our club. I have attached some pics, but I just want to say that we are blessed to be Melbourne supporters, we have the greatest club and the greatest people involved in it. GO DEES.

Harry Sharp appreciation post

Turns out one team needs Christian Petracca and it ain’t us!!

Gawn is the greatest of them all!

One player who is becoming very valuable with a huge improvement in his output this season is Harry Sharp. he has shown himself to be very nippy around the ground . He has great speed and has great endurance. A very useful combination for AFL football. I was reading that he was an elite steeplechaser in his track and field days. This event being a very tough one means that he has a very big tank. His last quarters have shown this. Well done Harry. Keep up the good work and you will become a regular this season.

Jake Melksham is the Rising Star Nomination for Round 4

So many positives but Sparrow was an absolute maniac in that last quarter. Like an out of control boulder with vices for arms .

Give my boy some love. Incredibly underrated and rarely beaten and continued his fine form this year.

Whoever had the idea to recruit Jack Steele (and for peanuts) deserves a raise. Alongside the disposals and clearances, 15 tackles. Hard to imagine what the midfield would be without him in there.

Great game from Sparrow! Stood up when we needed him!

This morning, Andy and I went to a gathering at the AAMI centre of some of the MFC sponsors who missed the team photo opportunity a few weeks ago. There were a few players around and the impression I got was that the next full training session was to be at Casey Fields tomorrrow. The purpose of today's meeting for us was to meet our new Demonland Platinum Sponsorship player, Kalani White who is returning to training after a recent bout of glandular fever and is aware of the need for careful, conservative recuperation. He’s a credit to the family and I think Demon fans will enjoy having him at the club for years to come. We also met Ricky Mentha Jr, who is enjoying his preseason and hopeful of achieving senior honours this season. He’s another who looks determined to succeed and from what I've seen at the few times I attended training, he's a greatly improved player. We saw Latrelle, whom JV predicts will play in the upcoming game on Sunday afternoon. Jai Culley also appears ready to go, with the bandage on his arm seemingly shrinking each time I see it. As mentioned above, AMW is one who looks ready to play, and not only that, he appears physically bigger and stronger than when he suffered his ACL injury over 12 months ago. If he can overcome the initial rustiness of a return from major injury, he is my tip as the big improver of 2026. To those fretting about the Demons' lack of match play in the lead up to the season (and the ridiculous rule that prevented the club from playing anybody in the Casey game at the weekend), I was informed that the club had a full on training session at Casey before the VFL game vs Box Hill which included match sim and ... there were no injuries to be seen anywhere.

The Demons snatched Victory form the Jaws of Defeat as they clawed their way back from 43 points down to win by 23 points in Max Gawn and Tom McDonald's 250th matches at the MCG. Never in Doubt!!!

Very underrated game from Tholstrup today, went everywhere with Nas and really curbed his influence on the game. Yes he still kicked 3 but sometimes you just have to tip your hat to talent!

King has cured us of Long bombitis

AMW available for Sunday 🥳

After every one had long gone there was me and Kalani chatting for about half an hour. We talked about a bunch of things: his return to good health, his living sitch with Kolt and Luker, the things the whole group does together in their free time and (stop reading if you’re grossly offended by the mere mention of an 18yo boy talking to a middle-aged woman about his girlfriend and their relationship and about his ex and why that didn’t work out, etc., so grossly offended that you feel compelled to come post about your repulsion on here), a wide range of subjects. Anyways I mentioned Jeff then apologised adding he must be sick of his dad coming up in every convo with us sentimental fans. He surprised me with what he said about this. He said he not only understands it but he loves it and that Jeff has explained it to him. He said becoming a Demon was never in question and that’s largely because of what Jeff’s told him about our club and our fans. This is a wise head on young shoulders and we’re blessed to have him.

No Trac No Oliver No May No Umpires No worries!!!! God Save Our King

Never in doubt!!! In Steven King’s first game at the helm of the Melbourne Football Club, the Dees outlasted Saints in a wild, momentum-swinging thriller at the MCG, running out 13-point winners.

Mammoth last quarters by Maxy, Steele and Sharp of all players! What a way to start the King era!

Let's go Melbourne! I'll be watching on from the hospital. My wife just gave birth to our first child. ❤️💙

WTAF JUST HAPPENED! DID THAT REALLY HAPPEN?!! At halftime I was out having a ciggie with Mumma Frittata. I was crying and saying if I wasn’t in the cheer squad I’d bail in a heartbeat (I’ve been really unwell all week and shouldn’t have been off the sick couch). Mumma F told me to have faith, there’s still plenty of time, we might turn it around, etc. I smiled and nodded but was all the while thinking poor sweet Pauline, she’s about to be hit by the reality bus. But then that happened. I still don’t know how we pulled that off but I don’t care, we [censored] did it!

This has to be the time we make amends for losing to this mob regularly at Gather Round.

thought he was definitely one of our best on for the game, best game he's played for us through the midfield

The Demons put four quarters of hard contested, fast running and high pressure football to knock off the ladder leaders and early premiership contenders the Gold Suns by 20 points at the MCG on Easter Sunday.

God Save our gracious King, Long live our noble King, God save Steven King!!! Send him victorious, Happy and glorious, Long to reign over you, God Save our King!!!!

COLD COAST DEATHRIDE IS BACK ON BABY UP THE DEEEEEES

Can I just say how rapt I am we got jack steele. He has been great & today had the 15 tackles

I am getting emotional. 2 very strong beers in at a local pub and personally, a heavy few years full of transition. Sometimes I can't really cope anymore. Not suicidal, just nihilistic. None of this actually matters, not. one. bit. Not even this post on this forum. But gee... Tom McDonald... what a career, one of of re-invention, of adaptation, and as M.Turnbull would call it -' agility'. In terms of role, capacity, and breadth of skill. Holding down a backline post with J Frawley in 2011 at the 186 at Geelong (I was there...) to the reincarnation via Paul Roos' years, and Goodwin to being a dead eye [censored] dick (straight shooter) in front of goal. Very few players would have had a career as tumultuous as his. Severely underrated and extracted every little bit of himself - which speaks of professionalism, desire, high IQ and EQ , and will never get the kudos from the very average punter... (probs as he likes it eh)... [censored] minted gold legend.

Training hasn’t started yet but I’ve already got an update on Disco! Disco has a broken hand. He had surgery yesterday morning and is expected to be back in Round 4. This is from our head physio. I just ran into him at the cafe under AAMI.

Shaping up as a huge day for the club with Max Gawn set to play in his 250th game and potentially TMac (coming in for Disco) also set to play his 250th game. This is a must win. We owe Carlton big time.

The boys are out here now. I’m in my element! Luker is here and he said he’ll be be right for Casey round two which is a bye for Casey so it’ll have to be the following week. We had a long chat about what the club expects of him. Geez we have a great club. Bowser has been told he’s looking good for round 7. His post-goal song is Sexyback so it’s a good thing he’s a defender. 😁

Thank you Mr Steven King for reigniting my love for the Melbourne Footy Club again.. 😭🔵🔴

Petty is on a hiding to nothing, bloke has a go, great set of hands and brave as, far too many ready to sink the slipper in for my money. He plays a super tough position that magnifies any mistake, and he never drops his head even if he gets it wrong, he’s not perfect but he’s the best heavyweight defender we have.

Wanted to highlight Caleb Windsor third quarter blitz. Hopefully the coming of age for him because he really got us going i though. 12 disposals, 3 tackles, 3 score involvements, and staggering 249 metres gained.

Luker going down in Ballarat is even more of a disappointment considering he was told he’d be debuting in round one 😕 But in typical Luker style it’s water off a duck’s back. Nothing brings him down.

Can we acknowledge Checkerds performance today off the back of no game time at all during the pre season. Other then the blunder he was really up snd about. Very vocal and directing play and threw his weight around. Loved that Kingy threw him down back as a spare in the dying minutes of the game.

Not trying to be negative but I think we've done well parting ways with several players.

A game that could be the making of Sharp

(censored) it Give the Milkman another one year deal.

Shout out to Paddy Cross, that small fella was bringing every single high ball to the ground over Dean and Weiters in that final qtr. Great last qtr by him. It’s the little things that contribute without seeming like big moments. They always count!

Suck a big one Cripps. Strutting around like Grand Poobah in the first, trying to be a hero getting stuck in to Tholstrup early in the first when everything is going your way. Nowhere to be seen in the second half you false hero. At least you got to see first hand what a real captain is capable of.

im sure the gay players currently playing care alot. takes alot of courage to do this not as simple as “who cares” when he will now get hate on social media for simply coming out as gay

This is only a reality check if you got ahead of yourself. This was a totally unsurprising result. Honestly, winning two quarters after that nightmare start, and fighting back in the last, is to our credit. Losing Turner ruined our defence, highlighting that we were too short for Fremantle at selection. Ridiculous to see posters already piling on Langford, Lindsay and Windsor. In what world are they going to compete on a 6 day break, on a hot evening, against a midfield like Fremantle’s? Clearly work to do for them but FFS just bear in mind how much more experienced and talented the opposition were. Tholstrup’s job on Serong was fantastic, Gawn is ridiculous (Darcy’s a fail of a ruckman though), Langdon played his best game in ages, Chandler fought it out and Rivers looked a lot better this week IMO. We are going to be thrashed by a few sides this year. Next week should be a better showing.

What a win, but more importantly what a new enjoyable game, 18 goals, fast movement. Funny how fast movement to the forwards gives them space, and Rooter kicks 6.

The magnificent goal Latrelle kicked was the perfect example of why King targeted CJ and his role in the team and King's sytem. Maxy won the ball inside the Saints 50 and handballed (look away over his head mind you) to CJ who was boundary side to Max. Instead of going down the line, which was the percentage play, CJ ran and carried laterally to the opposite side (towards the members) and kicked long to Kolt, who had run off Nas. That opened up the Saints, Latrelle gut run into the space created by the switch, Kolt didn't take the short option, instead kicking a perfect 50 metre kick that hit Latrelle, who didn't have to break stride. One of the best, most exciting goals I've seen by a dees player in years. And it doesn't happen without CJ's dare, run and carry and preparedness to take on a high risk, high reward switch kick.

And as a tagger Kolt got it 17 times at 77% DE and set up a few goals Restricting Nas to 18 possessions was quite noteworthy. 2 clangers each but the match contained 107 turnovers Backed into a few packs today as well. I thought he played a fine game