Rodney (Balls) Grinter

I hate this stereotype of MFC supporters so much. Myself and my diehard Demons family are all from middle/working class roots and have gone to support the club on match day through the horror years that were 2007 - 2016. The hitting the snow slopes upper class MFC supporter might have been a thing 30 - 50 years ago, but I think it's pretty much a myth these days. Those supporters all jumped ship to clubs like Carlton, Essendon and Hawthorn long ago.

Gee Adam Tomlinson is looking like a great value FA right now. Still has the occational brain fart, like kicking it 20m out of a pack straight to the opposition in defense 50, but on the whole he has been super solid. Is often able to get a good fist on around the body of a player on a good lead. Lever is in some pretty rare form as well. I feel that May has been a little off the blistering pace he set in the first game or so, but that was a pretty high benchmark. Hunt killing it. Rivers is getting better and looking more confident and mature each week. Salem has been bloody brilliant. Hibberd getting the job done. Our defense is pretty much the envy of the comp at the moment and there would have to be 3 or 4 AA players there right now.

Classy. But what else do you expect from someone corrupted by that filthy black and white jumper.

So tired, and really need an early night, but just have to watch those 2nd and 3rd quarters again!

I'd actually like to see him get amoung the goals a bit. Certainly got that in his game and could be even more damaging to the opposition if he could float through half forward on the odd occasion and slot through a few sausage rolls.

T Mac was quite awsome tonight. Really stood up and took big marks and kicked big goals at a time in the game that solidified our lead and put us in a winning position. Back to his 2018 best IMHO. All those that wanted him traded at the end of last season, give yourselves an upper cut.

Agreed. Even when they jumped us at the start of the game, I still had confidence that we'd peg those back without letting them get a huge run on and the game getting away from us. Controlled the game almost entirely after that.

I know you're letting the maid go, but surely a good spanking would complete this night?

Well done Gus. Love your work. Has been putting on some great spoils and taking really courageous marks dropping back into defense with the flight of the ball. How about getting your brother to come play with us as well??!

15hrs later... 19 - he is only 19yo. Eating my words a little right now. That was a bloody rippa game from big Dogga Jacko Jackson. 19 - he is only 19yo ...19

6 - Christian SALEM 5 - Trac 4 - Clarry 3 - T Mac 2 - Gawn 1 - ANB

North have lost most games this season by ~50+ points. If we are not expecting to and planning to demolish them, we are effectively loosing ground on %to every other team in the comp. Bulldogs are stitting above us on the ladder at the moment largely because of their dismemberment of North. Want to see us get ruthless in how we go about putting away the rubbish teams of the comp. Personally, I've sat through the receiving end of enough thrashings over the years, that I'm going to enjoy whatever dominance we can achieve while it lasts. That 100+ point win we had over Carlton a few years back was very enjoyable.

Would much rather play them at the G than that [censored] hole Launceston. Looking forward to this game turning into a big percentage and confidence booster for the team. Would really love to stick it up North.

Loyalty

I think we get it. He's 19 yo, developing and he has tallent ;-) That all said, his kicking still needs considerable development. He's a pretty ordanary shot for goal so far this season and it's also fairly obvious neither he or his team mates have alot of confidence in his his feild kicking as almost every time he has a possession from a mark/free-kick type situation he dishes off a hand pass to a team mate around the back. This is all ok, because he is only 19 yo, extremely agile and mobile, we haven't had any better options to this point we are winning and getting the development into him is a big bonus. I personally still think he's probably the weakest link big man in the side at the moment and sooner or later we'll bring in Weid or BBB to replace him, which won't necessarily be a bad thing, because he's still young, probably somewhat physically underdeveloped and it's a long season. I suspect Tommy Mac will end up giving Max a chop out in the ruck.

The way some MFC supporters have turned on N.Jones is a 'F'ing disgrace. Have a look at what Kossie has tattooed to one of his arms. Jonesy carried the team for so many games in his career, even if he's a bit off the pace, he has earnt the right to be carried through a few by his mates. For what its worth, I think Jonesy is still contributing significantly to the team's performance. Often distributes the ball well into clear space in our attacking goal scoring chains and still stands up strong when it counts. I recall a key moment against the Saints earlier ths season, when the game was in the ballance, with St Kilda attacking and threatening to get off the chain a bit and Jonesy stood his ground, put on a big tackle/ripped the ball away from them as if he was saying "you're not getting through me". Congratulations Jonesy on an awsome 300 games. GO JONESY and GO THE MIGHTY DEMONS!! Tear the tigers a new one at the MCG on Saturday in front of the Melbourne faithful and the eyes of the AFL world.

And fight MND he does so well. If that doesn't inspire the MFC and N Jones to a win tomorrow night there's nothing that will.

So, a few of my takes are: The claws out for Melksham this week are pretty harsh. Bloke kicked 2.5 pretty good goals and setup the game turning Max bomb last week. Yes that's similar to M.Brown, but Milkshake has a bigger upside and is better embedded in the side; Weid has only averaged the same number of goals at VFL level over the past 2 weeks as our top goal scorers of last week and the same as B.Brown. How many people were singing the Weid's praise after his performance two weeks ago when he hardly touched it. I'm far happier to make bigger changes next week than this one. It's not like another run in the two's will do either of Sammy or BBB any real harm.

LET'S PLAY A GAME - I CALL IT CLICK BATE AFL Headline: "Dees Dump Three" MFC Headline: "Dees Receice Double Boost" ...you be the judge! Lol.

It probably helps when your media department has more $ to work with. High quality productions can cost money. Have a look at the difference in income/expenses between the MFC and Tigers about half way down this article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-22/how-afl-survived-a-big-hit-from-covid-19-coronavirus-football/100083470

I have personally found the clubs email IT to be pretty clunky and unreliable at times. When I've tried to switch my primary email address its often taken several attempts for it to come into effect. A bit disappointing, but that's the wounders of IT for you.

Member first email. A nice touch to make those supporters who take that further step of commitment to the club a little special. I like it.

Oooh yeah. Great news for the club to have locked away such a quality player and pillar of the team.

The other very worthy contributors to our backline are: 1. Max - his reading of the play and intercept marks are such an asset; 2. Angus Brayshaw - Although he's never going to be another Max, I've been similarly impressed with his ability to read the play and either mark or spoil to provide a bit of a chop-out for our defense in recent weeks. Think he has stated that defender is actually his second position at the moment.

Is it possible to be more tormented than we already are?