Mel Bourne

So is it BEN-nell or ben-NELL? Or does nobody know?

Help me out here... Tim Watson says “ben-NELL”, whereas the reporter immediately calls him “BEN-nell”. Which one was correct?

Somewhere between 1861-1862.

Trying not to think of it actually.

The fact is our coach can’t even smile without making a mistake.

Didn’t know AFL players weren’t allowed to bet on AFL games. Didn’t think there was anything wrong with pestering Steven Dank for “the good stuff”. As somebody who followed the Essendon drug scandal very closely (my best mate’s little bro was in the team at the time), I was furious to learn of his appointment at our club. Have been trying to keep a cool head about it throughout my time on DL discussions. Failing miserably today. Sack him.

What on earth could you hope to glean from that dullard? Get rid of his toxic presence at our club.

The sooner I see the back of Simple Simon the better. The most glaring flaw last year was the inability to convert due to rubbish disposals going inside 50. How can a team emerge from months of training without this issue being absolutely and utterly addressed? There was not a modicum of improvement in that area. That game was like watching round 25 of the 2019 season. I cannot stand our coach. I am sick to the gills of watching his lights on, nobody home, deer in headlights face. He talks absolute corporate-speak nonsense, and he sucks at his job. I can't invest emotionally in this club anymore until that low IQ turkey is gone and replaced by somebody who can walk and chew gum at the same time.

Thus ends another disappointing season for the Melbourne Football Club.

Lever is a terrible kick. Just a terrible, terrible foot-passer of the game.

Wow. Spargo. Go away.

Kozzie and Lockhart must be wondering why they’re doing so much of the heavy lifting for all of these supposedly experienced professionals. Those two and Viney can hold their heads up.

Somebody should mention to Hibberd that we’re the ones in the red and [censored] blue jumpers.

So many player’s disposals have been terrible, but Hibberd’s have been nothing short of damaging to us. I’m annoyed that this season stoppage is going to take the heat off Goodwin. He’ll likely stay coach till 2021, by sheer default. I cannot wait till we have a real one.

This will be the most heavily analysed game in Demonland history.

Well.... I’ll just have to watch the [censored] out of this game then.

This 1895 portrait of the Melbourne Football Club is pretty marvellous, and a great glimpse into the team’s history of moustaches.

I know some folks from Macedon who would attest that he has been “happy with himself” from a young age. I’m hoping the big league, coupled with his far-from-impressive form of late, has been appropriately humbling for him.

Cancel season until Harley Bennell’s calves are ready.

It’s been a disastrous few days on that front. Many of us have very suddenly lost our entire income for the next few months. Tours are being cancelled as deep into the year as September, and there is absolutely nothing in place for such a bottoming-out except to get on Newstart.

I’m looking forward to seeing how great Lever is going to be for the Demons, rather than hearing about it. Until then...

Preach.

Probably mentioned already, but I’m quite looking forward to hearing just the player’s voices out there. Will be quite insightful.

Unpopular opinion to offload at the beginning of the season, but although so many players have gotten themselves in a much-improved physical (and hopefully mental) state for this season, I still can’t see Goodwin taking our team to a GF. A lot of people here thought it was highly commendable that he admitted to getting so many things wrong last year. I was very much unmoved by it. I don’t see why the guy deserves plaudits for recognising the bleeding obvious. After watching the docu-series, I was no less convinced that he’s not the guy who’s gonna do it. And yes, a spearhead forward. Though that could be Fritter this year (it won’t be TMac)!!

I’m all for it. Just a bit of cheeky banter. I prefer it to dull, “everybody’s great”, p.c bollocks.