Deemania since 56

Lovely name. Why not keep it?

Thanks.

And so they should be ... we cannot accept mediocrity as it has appeared so often. Radical change is what we must be striving for every season and the Club officials have been responsible for these outcomes. I'd like to entice Paul Roos back to the Club as coach, ASAP.

What is the condition of T Smith? Is he ready or capable at this stage of playing in the firsts?

It was even less than that, it was laughable as a decision. Pure prejudice.

Great players.

A great backman moved on to the forward line, elite at both ends of the ground. Memory is a big issue for me, at times.

Really strong DA. Great players, all. Yep, Brett Lovett was intended. Sean Wight and Alan J were in my original list and accidentally overlooked around 4-6. I overlooked Yze only because of his frequent forward work. Frawley was good but to me, not as great. Jetta is definitely the best interceptor we have over the past two 'revival' years. Thanks for the comparisons. Always fun...

Really difficult to compare those great backmen of the recent past and to rank them as well; but, it is good to remember them and others who gave the MFC some respect in a difficult 20 years, or so. Here is my ranking, just for interest: 1. Hardeman 2. Steven Icke 3. Danny Hughes 4. Frank Davis 5. Brett Bailey 6. Graeme Yeats 7. Peter Rhode 8. Glenn Lovett 9. Matthew Whelan 10. Jared Rivers 11. Peter Giles There are, incidentally, many more that I really enjoyed watching their skills and efforts for a team that was regularly thumped.

Tom McD is an uncertain starter at this point, as well.

Over recent years, I have reduced expenditures that rather rapidly became either unnecessary or redundant from many such 'subscriptions, memberships, associations and/or services' without once missing or regretting such cancellations to prior folly. The processes and interrogations that you provide in these experiences were not merely yours. Each proved to be horribly complicated, actually resistant and contrary to my initial cancellation requests. I now save about $200 per month on these former superficialities to life by getting on with exactly that: life. With the MFC, I call the Membership department when I have a query or request and find that on many occasions, the same dogma tends to apply. This is particularly evident in attempting to utilise my annual 3 x complimentary MFC Members seats when I can get to the MCG for a match (in my case, that is after an interstate journey to get there). I am given an 'exclusive' offer of Ticketeck allocated seats instead, at $75 per seat. My wife and son are both members as well so if we all go to the footy, it's $225 for seats that the MFC would prefer us to obtain - over and above the MFC allocated seats in the bleaches that must comprise most of our membership fees. I therefore think that other than Club loyalties, and similar sentiments that work for the benefit of the Club, MFC Membership is rapidly becoming another 'unnecessary' folly. Is this the experience of others?

Tidy.

I had some experiences with youth in Adelaide from the Sudan. All of them had evacuated Sudan in murderous conditions to be placed in Ethiopia in 'refugee' camps - often for years, some up to a decade - living hand to mouth in treachery and horrible conditions to avoid a return to Sudan. In this Ethiopian phase of their homeland evacuation, they were allocated refugee immigration status in a Western nation, for example: Australia. There was little choice in this 'allocation' or when it might take place. One lad, having been forced to clap and laugh as he watched his parents being dismembered, hacked then shot in his Sudanese homeland - waited 12 years for an allocation to live - and if it had not eventually come through, he would have been 'eliminated' from the algorithm. We are possibly talking about many hundreds of thousands of young people here, for all of those years after the most horrific initiation to refugee desperation. Females, in general, suffered unquestionably worse. The silence of respect is due. Welcome to Australia, Goy Lok. Let us hope your sporting career brings you great joy.

I think we need a 'body' on Hawkins at all times. He can brush away 90% of his opponents to take clear marks, move to position, get shots at goal - and the latter are usually lethal. We currently have a full back that is still improving, yet is very light, moves out of position too readily and may not be completely fit due to recent injury during the JLT. Pedo or TMac may well be the answer for this man mountain. Jetta, Hibberd and Frosty can clear for us if we defensively bring the ball to ground, tap or punch the ball from him, cleverly.

As I wipe away the tears streaming down my face continuously since yesterday morning when I heard the news, I bleed for the prospects of poor, fate-stricken Geelong suffering a horrible, gaping wound in their team selection for Round 1, or is it 3 gaping wounds? Sadness like this is not something that occurs regularly and it is so pitiful that the poor and extremely humane, old MFC has to be given that short straw to earnestly seize the upper hand and destroy the pussycats in their darkest hour. Excuse me, I must dash for another box of tissues - I still cannot read the screen clearly. Sob, sob....

That is interesting and it must be time for us to play a spare ruck for Gawny to be capable across the whole game. He could kick us a few of his goals, too, thus occupying one of their key defenders or even two, and with our runners and allegedly new running game, that is another bonus. Hogan and Garlett, supported by Hannan, will have a field day! How is ANB progressing with Round 1 in mind?

How sad. Bernie gets a tick - too much of a confrontation - intimidating poor little 'umpires' mate, Patrick via the selectors' pen. Very sad. Oh well, it's allegedly his football, and he is taking it home, I guess.

Travis seemed to be a magician, so often. Yet, after a modest performance (rare) it looked like he was the forgotten man of the Club that was not being looked after as well as he could be. This affected his game, I thought at the time. Then, miraculously he would turn a game, running an entire field down the flanks doing things that 18 other players could not stop. Travis had it all.

Vagg was great. So were Hassa and Dicko. Gosh those were phantastique footy days.

Yep, it will provide Vince with another target on his body. Vince already controls his mind.

The dilemma continues and many of us will nearly always feel a loss. It is difficult to dismiss Jack now that he has left the Club and many of us wish him well in the greater football world. Now it is time for us sympathisers to heal; Jack has. We must move on with focus on the current bank balance and its possibilities. The problem with being a MFC supporter is that we are loyal as hell, forced to be reminiscent, living histories of neglect and poor decision-making, and consequently unsuccessful at the level of which we dream. Let's do it this time.

Go Kenty!

I feel that it is all a waste of time, AFLW. Never read the articles, just cannot watch a game - even televised. Quambatook Under 12s generally play a better game and exhibit better skills. Nar Nar Goon Under 13s are equally impressive as a training ground for future AFL stars. I know it is a little sexist to think this way but women cannot play footy. There are exceptions but a game is a game with nearly 40 players on the ground and I wouldn't attend to watch just one of them who might know what is required in this game. Send them on to the netball where they are more popular, or the hockey, or the basketball.

I thought it was radical.

Go Kenty!