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Nathan Bassett has had a long and varied career in SNAFL and AFL, 210 games with Crows, Coached Redlegs to three consecutive Grand finals winning two, 2 years with bummers then 8 years with Port as fwd and backline coach finishing up at the end of 2023. Spent 2024 back at Redlegs in a FD management role and has a lot of experience with player development as well. We traded the boy back home due to serious injury, I am interested in seeing what the man can bring back to the Dees.

What a year, month and Day, we went collectively nuts at my daughters house sheer lightheaded delight and joy.❤️💙👍😁💕

That is the burning question Dee Boys, we know that three of them are on the rise, we need another three to show their worth next year and the other three to be ready to roll in ‘26. It all comes down to development, we need to snag a great forward & ruck coach asap. We do not want to waste these youngsters.😁

The good thing out of this is we are building a group of youngish talls with potential that we have previously lacked. Petty 197cm, Fullarton 200cm, Verrall 200cm, Adams 196cm, Jefferson 196cm, van Rooyen 194cm, Turner 194cm, Kentfield 194cm, Derksen 194? Maybe. This group have the potential to grow together and cover all KPF and KPB positions at VFL/AFL level given we have Max, May, Lever & TMac as our 4 tall leaders. We desperately need a mature tall to fill in for Max in an emergency.

Thanks WJ love these historical snippets 1925-26 was a critical period in time for the VFL and MFC.👏

You’ll get no argument from me 58er, we have the experience, class and exuberance of some quality youth, need our best fit and a memorable draft a La 2019 and we are on our way. Fingers crossed we get some Lady Luck in 2025-2026.

Obviously the umpires voting on Blues games are crippscentric and the umps voting the Pies Games are Nickcentric even when Josh is the best of the two. Those final count numbers are way off line for where both clubs finished and the closeness of some games!!!!

That is huge but he is a game changer and obviously no one taking votes off him.

Funnily enough I am hooked on it and I have gone right off the AFL. 😁

Good news indeed, good height, athletic can play forward, back or ruck, he’s 23 and has chosen us as his destination club, let’s hope we can get it done. We need talls with potential too cover for BBB, Schache and potentially Adam Tomlinson.

We certainly have a few glaring holes in our list SONS.

Is that you Tom???

Well picket it’s better than 0 - 8 but if we get a decent run at the preseason, we have a full list and don’t have a massive injury list we will think that 4 -4 is poor.

I don’t know Adam I’m not privy to any of the discussions that have taken place over the past 6 months.

That’s not how it works Adam and I don’t believe that any of the stakeholders are the ones trying to poke holes in it. Everyone needs to chill and see how the business plan works out, instead of jumping at shadows and supposition.

Our Premiership win in 2021 was absolutely breathtakingly brilliant, once we broke their momentum when they lead us by 19 points early in the 3rd we kicked 16 goals to their 1. I have never seen football like it before or since, that last 47 seconds in the 3rd where we slammed on 3 goals was superb. I have watched the Granny numerous times just to reassure myself just how good we were. I have also watched “Sound The Alarm” numerous times to get a handle on what was happening behind the scenes during the game. We would have won it anywhere in ‘21, that team had that something special about it that made them invincible on the day…Sigh…!!!

He’d be ok Bluey but he can’t get on the park, Tim Lamb would want to think long and hard about another NQR on the list.

I agree Katrina the Press have an Agenda against MFC, they have been hammering away at us all year, it’s like an inside ploy to spin a negative slur or attack on any bit of news that can detract from our club and blow it out of all proportion. To be honest the Clubs response of not commenting has worked to our detriment. There are several clubs out there very happy seeing us take the heat away from them, or is that part of the ploy. The word Culture appears to Trigger a lot of people in the Press in a negative manner.

RIP Ken Melville sounds like a great Melbourne Player and a gentleman in every way.❤️💙💕

It is very interesting times BScotti.

Yes the players are lining up to stay with us….!!

Not as much as we hate them Deespicable, swings and roundabouts, let’s hope we close them out when we have our next run at it…..!!

You are so right ww the character assassination on this site by supposedly MFC supporters is extraordinary to the extreme. The people who resided over our eventual rise up the ladder and success on and off the field have been pilloried mercilessly and no Credit accorded to them for any of our successes is pitiful.

I hope that is tongue in cheek M_9 we have been belted from pillar to post over the last couple of years.!! sorry M_9 I didn’t see your response.😁

I just opened a bottle of Chivas Regal to go with the BBQ, unfortunately the barbie is firing up a bit.😳😳