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I think that you hear what you want to hear, he said that he is excited by the changes at the club he enjoys being in the conversation each year as to who is the best big man in the league and hope he can remain in the conversation for the next couple of years. He said that everyone who knows Kingy say’s that he is a ripping bloke. He mentioned seeing Goody at the races and as mentioned he loves Claz and Tracc they will always be premiership heroes, etc but now understands that they need a change. He met the sponsor of the Best Big Man in the AFL competition and was very complimentary about all the Rucks that featured heavily in the competition ( Max was the clear winner racking up 60 votes next best 36). He mentioned that he is now in a heavy running program running around 50 km/week and breaks it up a bit doing some 10k runs and as DS mentioned he wants to run a marathon once he retires.

That should read I don’t mind this team at all, nice to see Kentfield recognised .

I don’t mind if have team at all.😁👍

Hoping for Andy LD-v C, haven’t heard any negatives to date.👍

Yes Binman he really looked at home on the wing in year 1. Now that we have CJ, a fit AMW and superfit XL it should free up Rivers and Windsor into the centreline.

Looking back through our win/loss run this year 7 wins and 6 close losses we weren’t that far off the pace apart from Round 2-5 where we were smashed. Given that we have lost our former champions in No.13 & 5 plus 4 & 9, I am expecting a slight drop off but with the inclusion of Jiath, Steele, Mihocek and Heath we have backfilled much better than I had expected. So with another year under their belts and a strong preseason our 25yo and youngsters will hopefully take that next step plus the Steven King and crew effect will provide a more cohesive and added enthusiasm within the list and the addition of another five quality youngsters could see us win 10-12 games in ‘26. I am expecting a 10-12th finish but won’t be surprised if we finish a little higher in the order, as previously mentioned by some of our more knowledgeable posters nothing ever stays the same, some will rise and some will fall why can’t we be one of them.

Did you watch the final series in ‘21 by chance, three super games in a row topped off by a 39 possession game in the Granny.

Yes I wasn’t aware of the Irish connection, I would have thought Swans, Blues and Cats, maybe Saints have a closer affinity with the Paddy Wagon🤪

I think that CJ is our fifth attempt so should go alright but now I am worrying about Max and Jack. 😁👍

To my mind Harvey it is all the negative press that we have incurred since we went out in straight sets at the end of 2022, we have wreaked the storm for failing not once but twice and had a number of negative player instances over this period as well, whereas the four teams that have been deliberately bottoming out for four or five years come up smelling roses. Our numbers have plummeted whilst theirs have increased steadily. Teams that have had similar instances of player issues don’t seem to have been impacted in the same manner as us and haven’t been impacted by supporter drop off. It could also be that we have dropped back to our poor numbers that we enjoyed prior to 2021 where we slowly dragged ourselves up from low thirties to low fifties during our mostly positive rebirth with PJ, Roos and the Pres that ended up suing us. Maybe our Reset at least starts us at that level again mid fifties with an expectation of restarting our climb back to relevance. A number of our Dee friends have dropped off and no longer read anything associated with us in the press. Quite depressing really.🤔

14 point win down at the Cattery take that every time.🙌

Great 3rd quarter really got on top.

Keep it going Dees.

Jeez statistically they are on top at half time, we need to lift in the second half to beat 12th placed Cats.🐱

Huge game tonight, just have to beat the dreaded Cats, Dees by 21 points.👍❤️💙

Thanks Ghostwriter thats good to know but I haven’t really seen much evidence of MEC, perhaps Binman should be part of that committee when you combine The Demon Army and Demonland as a group there is a high level of footy IQ and intimate club knowledge that could provide a great source of information to help promote the MEC to where it needs to be.

Agree MrFreeze the new ruck rules will suit him when he fills out a bit.

Hi Binman I think that it would be a good move for you to contact Steven directly with your thoughts and ability to back it up. Perhaps a sub committee that reports directly into the Executive Directors so that they are informed and in tune more closely with the supporter base. Undeniably they really need to be more closely aligned with the paid up members of our mighty club.

Agree Pates we really need to try and get Gus re involved in our great ( bruised and battered ) club, he would be a real tonic particularly interviewing all our youngsters and new arrivals. So well respected in the footy community, golf clinics, club functions, etc, personality and charisma personified.

Looks like the player we are missing up forward the “Big Unit”, could be handy in 2-3 years time when we start to come good.

Now that you are officially a Demon, Welcome aboard Oscar Berry, hope the memories come flooding back Aberfeldie B&F playing “Aussie Rules” junior football. 23yo 6’4”, decent basketballer, educated, good pedigree 😁, another 194cm player on the list, we were way to short in “22-23”. Thanks daisycutter😁👍

You are probably correct Demonology but great leaders rarely need to tear shreds off members of the group, a stare, touch on the shoulder an encouraging word is more Max’s style, taking someone into their inner sanctum to stop them wheel spinning in public. His strengths far outweigh his weaknesses and I wasn’t reacting to your comments so much as a number of others that made unsubstantiated references to Max’s behaviour on and off the field.👍

Loved Gus and Gawney bringing in all the new players and sharing the limelight with Ed, Kade and Ben Gibson, felt like we were in the loop. There has been a lot of change around the club and a hell of a lot of new Melbourne talent to be exposed to the MFC audience

In my mind and statistically we more than held our own in ‘21-‘23 NC.

And yet we had the best midfield for three years in a row lead by this man who everyone is now trying to pick apart.