ManDee

Is it too early to get pre-match nerves? I hope we don't get hammered. Stick to the game plan, maintain possession, go deeeeeeees! Sweaty palms, so much at stake and it is only pre season. I really should get a life.

Where do you get this $4it? Never had a hobby? Bit twisted over somebody letting you down? The guy is trying, is respected and when he comes back I cannot imagine you standing in front of him. Get over it.

Col tried at times, but not enough. Rivers put his body on the line many times and I think he did his best. We lost with Rivers and won with Sylvia. Good luck to both of them.

Yes, I see what you mean. Had half a thought myself. Football, meat pies, kangaroos, and imported cars, that works.

I'm so old I thought that was a typo. However the interweb tells me :- Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter, simply known as Beyoncé, is an American recording artist and actress. Armed with that information, no.

Put in that perspective, I'm the lucky one. But consider this. I have tasted chocolate and I know what I'm missing. You can only imagine................it is better than that. Much better.

I would like to see the continuation of the game plan. The score is of secondary importance. This way I can still be happy if we lose. I think I have been following Melbourne too long. How long is too long? Four flags in my lifetime, mmm not bad really, now i'm talking to myself.

Agreed. But at the time it was a kick in the guts when you're down. We are still down but I think I see light..........please. Damn, I was seven years old sitting in my brothers Ford Anglia listening to our last flag, that was fifty years ago! He was there. Please let there be light.

I agree it is not worth worrying about but it would have to be pretty good compensation. Here we are talking about a player who may be considering his 3rd club and has not played a game yet.

Don't you just love being corrected on a mythical creature. I think that image is actually a Gawndog about to eat a strumpet.

Two more sleeps. Damn I'm getting excited again!

At this stage Gawn dog is almost 30% or second favorite. In 5 years he is favorite at over 60%. He is huge and a very likable bloke. The fact that some here would trade him amazes me. I would trade Jamar & Spencer before Gawn & Fitzpatrick. King is a long term project. In an ideal world Clark would ruck, swapping with Gawn at FF

All gate takings pooled and distributed evenly. Gate takings should be the AFL's. Members are excluded so that all clubs are motivated to promote an increase in membership Max. 50k members. If clubs like Collingwood don't like it take away Friday nights and share them. Or all gate takings from Friday nights go to the AFL. members of clubs playing to pay for Friday night matches.

When you win games they don't shut up, it's just that when you're winning you don't care. Just point at the scoreboard and laugh, they hate it.

Thanks for all the reports and photos. You guys do a great service for all of us who cannot attend. I'm excited.

Jimmy Stynes regularly had broken arms, legs and ribs but he was always there on game day. Miss you Jimmy

We the 382 watchers could talk amongst ourselves.

We are so impatient these days minutes.

So from --Jayden Hunt shows plenty of dash through the middle. Nothing happened for 21 minutes until the end?

Here in the bush we wonder what is going on. We wait, bated breath, nothing, we wait.....

So Groucho.

I am new here and I may have missed the point of Demonland, but I thought we were all here because of a common love , the MFC. The personal sniping is petty, if you don't agree with someone that's fine but try a rational argument. To question someones intellect or knowledge of the game says more about your inability to construct a rational argument than it does about the person you criticize. We are Melbourne supporters and there are not enough of us, how about we support each other. Go dees!

Paul Salmon went to Hawthorn as a 31 year old played 5 years 2 B&F.

A fit Mitch Clark with his attitude would be our best bet as 1st ruck 70% then resting at FF switching with Gawn or Fitzpatrick. In 5 years Gawn 70% 1st ruck switching to FF with Fitzpatrick, King or Clark. I don't think we can afford to rest the ruckman on the bench, we need midfielders. So 2 ruckmen on the ground at all times. The FF to do most of the ruck work in forward 50, with Hogan deep.

One improvement would be that a player cannot move from a bottom 4 side to a top 4 side. To get Nathan Fyfe - Dreaming