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Heard on SEN this morning that the Hun is reporting that Bernie has re-signed. Nothing on the MFC website a this stage, but if true, I am rapt. Bernie has embraced the club fully since coming over from Adelaide and is a great character for the MFC.

Love it - thoughts?

Mate you watching the games? Against the pies he hit a leading forward lace out 3 times with run from half back , insane comment based on what is a common misconception.

Il just kindly walk out of this thread.

Offering him a 4-6 week deal as rehab group coach.

Sam Frost (born 28 August 1993) is a professional Australian rules footballer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Frost

Hopefully Viney demolishes Ablett's shoulder again before he demolishes us. It was a thing of beauty last season.

Oh! My Kingdom for a humble hyphen! (Hyphens are my friend! Especially if it means the difference between whether one of our stars stays or goes...!!) So, to be plain, we want Jeffie to RE-SIGN, and NOT to resign...!!

Yeah its in the paper. He needed to pay two more games to trigger the clause but the club got pro active and signed him to a better deal.

Or is it just because they are they 22 and 20 respectively? I reckon you only have to be 5% off the boil mentally to appear slow and lazy at AFL level, which renders you completely useless. I reckon it's just a function of inexperience, and the problem we have is that half our team is filled with players at this age and level of experience - if too many off them fall off the effort cliff at once, the results reflect accordingly. The question is, how do you address it? I doubt their lack of "putting in" is intentional (I definitely don't like the term "pick and choose"), just more a lack of recognising when the focus is off and lacking experience in breaking out of it. You could drop them, but in the case of Kent in particular, he's clearly best 22 - you risk hurting the team by doing this. I don't think dropping them is particularly productive, in the same sense that you wouldn't punish your kids for knocking over a glass of water - save the punishment type responses for the players who actively, consciously defy team rules. It needs to be responded to with education, and this is something that can happen while in the team still I think - until the player starts to become a real repeat offender then you're left with no choice. This is where Roos, Goodwin et al (should) earn their money IMO.

Just read in the paper that their is talk of covering the train line between the g and Melbourne park and putting parks and bars and the like in there. I think the club should get on their bike and lobby the state government to help provide a training ground for us in this plan. The area just to the west of the G would do nicely and if the area is used it would give us great publicity. It would also provide us the chance to potentially have all our organisation, including gyms etc within cooee of each other, maybe even under the one roof, and it is essentially based at OUR home. Eddie of course will try and stomp all over any such plan but it is about time us and the AFL told him to pull his head in.

If he can't get himself fit enough to play consistent footy (or at least on the park) then he might get the ultimate pay cut... 300k is way overs for someone that can't get on the park and has no other team knocking the door down to get him. We couldn't get a trade for Dawes if we tried. This could well be his last year at the club.

watched them live saturday night and they were worse than useless. So naturally as a melbourne supporter im very worried

Has anyone noticed if traffic in this thread increases around the time of a full moon?

Great news re Bernie. I hope Dawes is looking at a reduced term as well. In fact, I'd probably only offer him 1 year if he gets a contract at all.

I was, in full glory.

Most eccentrics do

vandenBerg's prognosis of 3-4 weeks hasn't changed for a fortnight. The poster who claimed he had surgery and would miss 8 weeks was probably onto something.

We will need to replace Salems kicking skills off half back... either Vince moves there or Mitch White comes in

I find that sensibility interesting. People are entitled to it... Personally, I put press conferences right at the bottom of my list of priorities when it comes to assessing a coach. If he uses management speak, I'm fine with that. Produce on the field, and everything else will be fine. I think 90% of the time coaches are just trying to deflect nonsense questions from the media. Many respect the media, or certain members, and that's fair enough too. Personally I don't really.

Presented plenty of stuff - just that the judge didn't regard it as evidence supporting his claims. Annoying to have people with legal training dismiss your carefully concocted narrative so arbitrarily. I'm sure Tania would have helped him with his submission though -if they're still talking that is.

Yes , a huge pay cut to $0 Surely wont be on the list next year

More weekends with Bernie.... Well done MFC

Glad you are being honest......

There are dog collars that deliver a shock if the animal strays from its territory. I wonder if one could be fitted to T Mac?

If I found a man driving a truck of chicken poo fertilizer lost in the wilderness, I would say unto him, brother, the address you seek is Punt Road (cnr Brunton Ave) Richmond 3121. If I saw a woman unable to melt her membership ticket because her microwave was broken, I would say unto her, here, sister. Use my microwave as it were yours. If I saw a man too dry and parched to spit on his coach, I would say unto him, come, father. Sup of my wine that you may salivate once more. And I would do these charitable acts for any the 17 clubs!

From the article. Cannot be serious, surely to god? Nobody was hurt more than richmond? So all other clubs had picks that were not affected by GWS priority picks? That article is insane.

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/collingwood-magpies/collingwood-jumper-like-youve-never-seen-it-before-20160430-goiw5m.html Pies wanting to launch the Women's Comp with a blockbuster game between Collingwood and Richmond. Just take your 11th hour bid and eff orf.

Off topic but no change required for Jack meets Gary part 2 - gazza talking about learning to trust his body again after injuries . Stay away from vines Gaz!!!!

Will return next week against the Bulldogs. Lock it in!

Just what I was going to say. He has some insane attributes for a key position player and has plenty of time to learn the game. I think Frost will be alright and needs game time.

What, the guy who organised the Trelor trade? Lol, GWS and the Tigers must be [censored] as!

Getting to 40,000 will not only be a fabulous achievement it will also make it a lot easier for PJ to get our major sponsors eg AHG to renew their contracts which expire this year. We need them on board as well as more members. Maybe 40,000 will help PJ flesh out some new sponsors!

I bought my 1 year old daughter a baby Dee membership for $50, got an email today that I now have a $75 new balance voucher to spend so technically I'm $25 in front

We also both belonged to the Craig Cameron Club of recruitment

Only pipped by the great Nottingham Forest winning back to back Eurpoean Cups under Brian Clough (see username). But seriously, it is a monumental achievement. As for its relevance to footy, I just can't see such an underdog winning a flag. Reason being in football/soccer, I think the lower scoring lends itself to upsets and more unpredictability. There is no chance of a team like Carlton this year coming out and consistently winning games of footy.

Kent and Harmes are interesting ones. Both were utterly appalling against Essendon but picked themselves up for North, Collingwood and Richmond (Kent especially). I've never seen Kent run so hard and work so hard as he did against Collingwood. But both then fell into bad habits against St Kilda. I'm not sure what the problem is. Do they pick and choose when to put in 100%? Are they not fit enough to do it weekly? Did they think the game was won early? Not sure what it is but we can't continue to play players like them who fluctuate from fantastic to abysmal like that.

As a lifelong Gunner i tip my hat to Leicester. They had the fire in the belly to not let go I hope Roosy talks to our players about what Leicester have done. They had no 5 year plan. They just went out there and DID IT Made heroes of themselves. What are you going to do next season Arsene? 4th again???

The beauty of Demonland, and other fan forums is that its a place to let off steam after a disappointing loss. Saty seems to not understand that., and I am not even sure why he visits here to be honest. Literally all his posts are just him whining about non footy related matters ie. posters on this forum.

Etihad tenant teams have been pushing to get more home games at the G. Especially Carlton and Essendon. Compare their ES vs G home games a few years ago to now. To accommodate that other vic clubs play home games at ES. However, the rub for us is that the likes of Hawthorn Richmond and Collingwood play heaps of away games at the G which we don't. Geelong have SS. So they all get more home ground advantage games than us. Our total games this year at the G is one of the lowest ever. Atmo we have no negotiating power with the afl. What little we have is used up trying to keep the ANZAC Eve and QB games. It might change if The 4 Vic Powerhouse clubs stay stuck at the bottom of the ladder for a few years?

I'm loving this new Tigerland forum, it sure beats talking about Melbourne.

I go every week, mate. I go to all the Melbourne-based matches. I'm going to Sydney next month and I always go to Geelong. I don't like others mocking my football club, but there's a line where as a supporter you can demand more. My experience of your posts, either directed at me or others, is that any questioning of the club is an affront to you. Pointing out weaknesses and things we could improve on doesn't necessarily translate to doom and gloom. As for expressing your disappointment to the club and players directly, that's why I go to the games. I let them know too. Over the fence. I also couldn't care if I was identified publicly, but you wear that pride with such disdain for others that it gets tiresome. And I think you 'baiting' posters is you hiding behind your keyboard. It's either trolling or you don't understand there are shades of grey.

The complaints were always going to get louder when the expansion clubs started winning.

That's a good post. Are you worried? Or more just hoping they tighten up? I remember thinking on the weekend that we saw things that were drastically out of character from everyone except Jesse. And that goes for Roosy too. how he didn't drop player back to stem the bleeding I'll never know. I saw 6 goals that could have been avoided with a decision or two from the box. To me, that gives me hope.

Why does it have to make money? If it's encouraging more young girls into footy then it's fulfilling it's purpose. There's more to sport than money you realize?

Just as there would be no AFL but for the pioneers, ahem... The Melbourne football ground and there would be no MCG if not for the first tenant, the Demons, there would be no women's league if not for the work of the pioneers, one being the AFL. If the season doesn't open with the only traditional rivalry in the women's game, then the AFL are and even bigger bunch of pr1cks than I thought they were (and that takes quite an effort).

The Dees do so much for women's footy we'd have to get the inaugural game. I'm the runner for my partner's VWFL team and my runner's vest, as does every other of the dozens of runner's in all the divisions, has a big MFC logo on the back. Can't say I've seen the pies logo out there

It fn annoys me at times as to the ideas of self entitlement some have. In this instance Eddie and his flogs. The opening game belongs to two clubs and two clubs only. The ones that have pioneered the ladies format. That would be our good selves and the Pups. I'd like to hear Jackson come out with that viewpoint and shove McGuire and his delinquents back where they belong. Bloody upstarts !!!

It's all part of the transition. Would you rather us go back to 2014/2015 where the defence is sound but the offence is distinctly average? Getting the balance right between both will take a little time, and as we ramp up the offence it will take us a while to make sure we integrate that well with our defence as well. Some on here are far too short sighted for their own good.