the article basically confirms what most of us have tried to deny...the Melbourne brand name isnt in itself going to save us.
If we dont get the house in order the AFL will be quite content with a national comp with no team called Melbourne
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sport/afl...2-19742,00.html
Barassi, who played 204 games for Melbourne and coached both clubs, said he would support the struggling Demons because they were his first club.
I think the saddest part of this plan is that they probably deemed it necessary to keep some of the older and more experiened deadwood to ensure that the kids they keep playing dont get smashed each week by whopping margins. Unfortunately this is happening regardless.
and the following week we got done by 90 odd points by the pies...
we then went and won the following week against the saints.(I am not holding any hopes for round 3, 2008 ).