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Just a heads up gang - his basketball team and footy team will be there tomorrow as part of the guard of honour for the teams entrance to the game and 2 younger sisters running out with the team. Tickets provided by MFC for family members of both teams. Big congratulations to the the club for making this happen

After a hiatus caused by my Manorial duties your good old Uncle Bitter will be back at the G today to watch us play the Dorks. I'm [censored] that Viney is out as I love watching him play. He gets some stick on this forum - and that baffles me. I know he's not pretty but jeez I'd have his name inked onto the team sheet before the selection meeting starts. JVR comes in and needs to show what he can do. I saw him leading and taking one grabbers in the pre season and tipped him for a breakout year. Confidence is an elusive entity. Jeffo showed some promise before injury but he is still a question mark. However, as that esteemed judge of all things football @picket fence rates him highly, I expect him to do a bit. Clarrie is back - please show us you are still the champ we know. Some commentators on this forum expect Fritta to play a defensive forward role. It's not him. He's an opportunist and a goal kicker - give him licence to do that. If we are going to win today, we need score involvements from Fritsch. Turner will have to play back. That's not a bad thing as his athleticism will be handy against The Dork's small forwards. Max is coming up against a decent ruck today so a big one from him could decide the issue. This is a huge game for us and due to our ****ty start it will be genuinely season defining. We need a few things to click today but ...... Dees by 21 !

When this thread first appeared I was earnestly sympathetic. But now, at 30 weeks of bump and feeling heart-aching relief every time I get to feel new round of busy kicking and wriggling while my wife sleeps, I'm just beginning to get a glimpse. One different thing I am sensing when insomnia take me circles just how utterly, utterly lonely that grief would be. More than I ever thought, gestures like this matter and I'm really glad the club made the commitment.

https://www.melbournefc.com.au/video/1776495/honouring-jack-davey-jumper-presentation?videoId=1776495&modal=true&type=video&publishFrom=1746774021001

It’s game day and the Demons are chasing a fourth straight win as we take on the high flying Hawks at the G. After decades of being tormented by the Hawks the Dees will be keen to extend their 7 year dominance over Hawthorn.

❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙 Pffft, Hawks shmawks, amirite?!?! Us by Clarrie (13 ginger points) GO DEEEES !!! ❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙

I’ll be there with the kids. We have a perfect record against the dorks when I bring them along. I want to keep it perfect. Go dees

Looks like a cracker of a day. get there and support the boys, win (yes please), lose (yuk! To these vixxers!) or draw (I’d probably take that!)

I challenge you to watch it again.

Likewise, we’ll show Clarrie he’s still the champ we know… at the 13-min mark of the first quarter let’s bring the noise!

I’m quietly confident, which is a hell of a lot better than I would have been a month ago! We’ve been slowly building over the last there rounds, and if we can maintain the pressure for four quarters this arvo, I reckon we are ‘over the line’. The big question is can we do it without Vines? Of course we can! Dees by 15. ❤️💙

I had a touch of gout gout last month Only slowed me down

My kids will be kicked out of the house if they decide to follow the hawks or any other team for that matter. That won’t happen though. I’ve indoctrinated them well

Good to have you back Uncle. It's nice to have a decent wordsmith here at work with someone footy nous and positivity. My uncles have all gone to footy heaven except for Uncle Mex of course who was a rabid pies supporter. So I was wondering if you could adopt me as a footy nephew. I won't expect any birthday cards. It can be totally honorific in title but it would warm the cockles of my soul. Perhaps the sub cockle regions. It's seems all my Melbourne relatives are croaking. Most of them saw the 21 Gf at least except my dear departed dad who would have been happy as Larry. Well maybe happier because that was in fact his name. You don't meet too many Larry's these days. While it was only a couple of weeks ago, I was saying to my good wife Beatrice... coincidentally another unusually name that I've only met two Larry's ever. One being my dad and another at a servo in Bendigo one cold winters day. I said to him... Whoops ....I started to lose my train of thought there.....phew... Go Dees.

Max is a true leader of the club with humility and compassion for others. Well done to Max, Trac, the players and all at the Melbourne footy club. The family is part of the club. Supporters are connected. The loss of Jack 💔must have and still is devastating for the family. Hope they enjoy a good day at the footy 💙❤️

Hopefully we get a four quarter effort and some Kossie magic today.

Hope you have on your lucky socks little sheet rack.My A plan is finish a pack of cigs by 10am into the scotches by 1030am peaking at about 1pm then abuse the tv all game .

It’s 8 degrees!!!! 🥶

Gus was the heart and soul of this club. We've been on life support since he left, awaiting a transplant. Best wishes Gus.

Lurve this Ghosty, sensational!😍

I'm in

as if! in terms of a friday night clash i'll take that over another snorefest of geelong winning by 45 points

I had tonight's Blues-Saints game entirely muted even when I gave it my full attention tonight and it really is a much better experience. You see things more clearly; you notice facial expressions more, the play feels more dynamic, you piece together for yourself what the free kick was for, and if you comment about something yourself you don't have to talk over the bore wetting his pants on the microphone. Another thought I was reminded of from this game - did the media go on a sniping spree at the Saints for their flat 20k crowd against the Dockers, or is there a functional 25% adjustment when comparing to Melbourne crowds?

Great idea. I’m in. We all support Clarry and want him to be healthy and happy.

From the parts I watched, seemed like St Kilda's marking in connections kept them in the game, but their fumbling kept them out of it. Strange seeing the Saint's disposal efficiency being okay, but then you realise that a lot of those fumbles weren't even disposals but simply failing to pick up the ball cleanly and that sort of thing. Carlton supporters will be very pleased with the whole-team moment of gut running to lock up every St Kilda opponent as the Saints tried to bring it back quickly from a kick in. I think it ended in a Saad spoil-tackle which then led to the McKay sealer. I'm happy for McKay personally. Always good to see a redemption arc go 50m and through the middle.

Harry McKay kicking the sealer from the boundary. Excellent goal. 👏👏👏👏 Just got home. Watched the game from the top tier of the members with two mates who are Blues supporters. They enjoyed the moment. That is what footy moments are about. I actually hope Harry enjoyed it too. We all have our struggles and I thought it was good for him. Overall I also thought Saints were brave. They’ve got some good youngsters too.

My concern about this game - and its a huge one - is the fact that we aren't playing Campbell. Sam Mitchell was a great player but not the cleanest, and has taken his tactics to coaching. With the form that Max is in, I have absolutely no doubt that Lloyd Meek will be instructed to attack Max to the very edge of legality, if not beyond. If we had a genuine backup, that wouldn't happen because it wouldn't save Hawthorn from playing against a good ruckman. But I fear for the treatment that Max is going to get.

I hope Demonland lets this thread through. It's an opportunity for all of us to talk about the often ignored subject of mental health. And let's all be honest how not many people breeze though life without ever struggling at some point in their lives with anxiety or depression. Id day it's a very small percentage. So let's all chip in and say your not alone mate and try not to be afraid to talk about it. It will give others corage and quite possibly help a lot of people. Life is hard. There is a lot going on in the world today. It's also tough to be under performance standards at work all the time. So let's give a shout out to everyone suffering from the myriad of problems about. There is plenty of help available and new therapies and treatments are being developed every day. Let's assert there is no shame with any mental health issues and especially standing tall and getting treatment for it or discussing it. I mean a person with diabetes isn't different taking insulin. I'm not suggesting this is the case with anyone but if it were, I would admire their courage for going that route. We all have to look after ourselves and one another. So my warm wishes and support to anyone on this site and anywhere doing it tough. Take care And go Dees.

Compare and contrast Andy's interview with the bison with this interview: https://www.melbournefc.com.au/video/1745499/harvey-langford-rising-star?videoId=1745499&modal=true&type=video&publishFrom=1743400800001

binman. IF we are relying on Fritter to be a defensive anything we are in deep deep trouble. (Would just love to be proven wrong).

I respectfully say I’m staggered by your statement. IMHO it’s been Van Rooyens LACK of mobility that has seen him glued to goal square and behind his opponent in all his five games this season. He hasn’t seemed interested in offering a lead and the only mobility I’ve seen from him is when he jogs to the Centre to relieve Max in the ruck after a goal. The other knock on him, IMO, is he the opposite of agile. Petty, on the other hand, whilst not quick, does get mobile and certainly isn’t stationary close to goal. Our most mobile tall forward, by the length of the Flemington straight, is Dan Turner.

This is where the AFL failed in it's ability to argue to the case. There is no way in hell that if that's a Pies player below him (at training or in a match) that that thug compresses his body to make maximum impact to the vulnerable player. It was 5 minutes into a final, he wanted to make a physical impact, and he did. Now a player has retired because of his actions and the AFL tribunal gave it the tick of approval. It sickens me every time I think of it and I honestly struggle to watch ANY pies game now, but particularly whenever Maynard is on screen.

Yeah I’ll be there. You’re welcome to bring your son to the front of our bay before the match and he can grab a flag or a handheld banner or a giant head (if we bring them with). Just look out for me… I’ll be the one in red and blue 😜 hashtag never not funny

Sadly he doesn’t have the smarts and running patterns of ANB. Brisbane let him go because they felt like he was a headless chook and having watched him closely at games there’s not much rhyme or reason to a lot of his movement. Love to be proved wrong.

This is my list of good umpires: Put yours here: (Only half joking)

The defenders who run away from him must be all be gout gout level then.

Just checked and we had Umpire 22 for four out of the last five games. Not sure how that's even allowed. Granted, he wasn't too bad in the last couple, but I'm glad to see the back of him for at least a week.

It appears that Jack Viney might not be the only mystery injury of the week given that Jack Billings and Taj Woewodin are named as an out and playing in the AFL when they weren’t named as emergencies.

Sharp looked good when he came on last week. Perservere for a while to see him reproduce that consistently

Melksham is a huge out. He's our best ball user bringing the ball into 50. And by a long way. Adams should have been brought in to cover Petty to keep Turner forward. With Jeffo in i'm assuming we lose Turner who'll be covering for Petty down back? While Turner will be fine in that position, not having him play mostly forward is a big win for the Hawks.

Jackson working under Gawn is a vastly different proposition to Jackson working alongside a potato in Darcy. I would have him back in a second.

Pies had a great win and predicatably the media use the victory as validation of their premiership favoritism. And fair enough they earned that given how they managed their list, which put a spotlight on the sustainability of their system and method. Freo had every opportunity to win this game. You can mount a very legitimate argument that they dominated Pies in most areas except the scoreboard. Freo almost doubled Collingwood's entries last night (62 to 34), which underlined their inefficiency, 'purple mist' going forward. Collingwood continue to play this brand of defensive half scoring and are ridiculously efficient and good at it. Its funny because i remember hearing Simpson mention a few times that it is not a sustainable scoring source where-as forward half / mid field turnovers are more desirable. Pies were also a) very accurate b) incredibly efficient with their i50 >> score (Freo 19% vs 44% in goal effieiciy : inside 50's). Whilst Collingwood won, a team that is more efficient offensively would have mounted a considerable victory last night. So i wouldnt get too caught up with the Pies hype just yet. They are in form and found a way to win whilst resting their pensioners.

Firstly I reckon the Hawks are over rated. Secondly I think we're in reasonable form Thirdly I think they'll be coming off a little after their circle [censored] last week. Fourthly I hate em, all of them, the whole club, the supporters, the entirety. So we have to win, it's been glorious years beating them and I'd like it to continue.

Would just remind folks that within the last 5 weeks we’ve had plenty of posters suggest that Viney and Melksham are past it and Petty is useless. Now it feels devastating that they’re all out. Hopefully JVR and Jeffo surprise us and we all hope they’re in the side the rest of the season.

That's an incredible and horrible claim to notoriety for a player to have forever. It'd be rare that you could attribute a player's retirement to another player's actions. There would be drivers who have to live with someone's death or maiming due to their vehicle being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Of course many would be completely innocent and free of blame. But the authorities would thoroughly review every detail of the accident and find anything the driver did wrong. There is no way a Collingwood player would have jumped in the air so recklessly at a training session. If he did and a star such as Daicos then missed months with injury no one would have forgiven the act. Sorry, but it still rankles me how the whole Brayshaw incident was handled and how the instigator got off completely scot-free.

Hope is everything. Without hope, why bother with anything.

Jack reminds me of my own son at the same age. Very sporty/well liked ... and a Demon. My son is now 31, and hopefully he will well and truly outlive me. I have had the pleasure (mostly) of watching him grow into a fine young man. Jack and his family deserved the same. I cannot begin to comprehend the pain that Jack's family must be feeling. I think everyone, not just the family and those who knew Jack, is heartbroken. I am. My thoughts are also with the other children who were injured.