Engorged Onion

@Skuit?

Feels like most supporters are ... anyway @The heart beats true

On the subject of Kozzie - would love the stats of how many times he has kicked the first goal of the game and we have gone on to lose the match. Feels an inevitability from my perspective as it seems to occur every single time. He kicked the goal last night and I went 'Ugh....here we go..." Someone correct my confirmation bias please 😎

I'll certainly be thinking of this match mid way through 2025 as a reason for where we are at...😎

Looking forward to some atrocious football* from the 10th to 18th teams. *This may include limited one way running facilitating enhanced scoring.

It's not just that Ted - it's the fact that it's 2024 and not 2004 or even 1984 where players were loyal to their club ie Chris Grant...effectively no matter what. But even the best player of all time (IMO) Garry Ablett Snr and his son changed clubs. Even Barassi, and even Jakovich Now I don't think a player has to be loyal to their club no matter what at all - > but player movement is now a very accepted practice within the industry and supporter bases have yet to catch up emotionally. And that makes sense as well.

That's all well and good - but then if we lose, it's inferred that we lacked defensive structure and accountability.

Checking in from Cairns Airport, fitting as there are a lot of vacant stares, sobbing and crying and a general malaise, waiting for something to end the boredom. Hi @Skuit 👋

Because that's what Demonlanders do! We never should have traded for Grundy for reasons X, Y Z but now that we had him, we never should have traded out Grundy for reasons X, Y Z people are [censored] [censored] on this site.

I'm not crying, you're crying. https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/1628214/a-bittersweet-decision-neal-bullens-reflections?fbclid=IwY2xjawEpOMxleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHfTn8gO0maYYZcAb3522wYxvdAj0Y9mrNO9PVB5jYGgMPggDeF0KlmM_5A_aem_wv68pzRg6w582F-U6NvjeA

This thread is like having a euology before you die. Brilliant. Good to see the love from most of the posters.

I might crack the 10,000 in 2024- if someone has the urge to click an opinion button, on this or the above thread 😁

Annus Horribilis. Thinking of 2025, it reminds me of this beauty from 1988* it's so good I chose to hide it behind this link.

Are they much like the one's who have a niggle about winning in Perth?

That's the spirit! Do you frequent the "Time To Go Goody" thread much?

Best question to ask is that one - who is part of the next flag? Now comparing these two isn’t fair due to age but 5 years ago there was no way ANB would have been seen as key part of the flag. AND sometimes people surprise us. You’d prefer it to be on Tom’s terms and it’s probably time to move on to a fine fine servant who had seen all the peaks and troughs of a club originally in disarray and rebuilt himself and his skill set numerous times. We don’t win the flag without him 😎

Wish I just had 8 mates…

Remind me to come back to this forum, only when we start winning premierships please. 😮‍💨

It proves how tight the industry really is - which you would hope transcends how its own supporters make sense of how the Dees have gone this year.

‘21 was fake news 😂

I'm glad I'm not quite on your ignore list yet Cranky 😍

oh and almost drowning!

I sometimes like to imagine the posters that like to use language like 'spuds, inept, disgraceful', 'soft mentality' being invited into the FD to have their critiques and 'robust' comments heard, whilst using the same language that they use on here. If it was face to face, eyeballing the coaching staff, eyeballing the players, I'd suggest the language wouldn't be as inflammatory, and you'd probably converse with respect and genuine curiosity in trying to make sense of why things play out they way they do. But, if you were the type to continue to use that language because, a) you can't read the room, or b) you dress it up in the guise of "fearless conversations" on behalf of an aggrieved supporter base, I'd imagine you'd be told by the employees of the MFC to politely come back at a later time. While enthusiasm for our club is commendable, it's important to remember that first hand experience in the industry offers unique insights and perspectives, that until you have it - you're just making uninformed statements.

looking forward to tagging this post when the draw is released 😍

Certainly detect an uptick in aggressive posting from either new posters or posters that have been dormant for a few years. I guess they've actually missed the mediocrity...