Big Carl

On 29/11/2017 at 2:19 PM, Vagg said:

Maybe he should be called "Glenn" -- in honour of the Aussie music icon, Glenn A Baker...

or Garry!!

On 21/11/2017 at 11:14 PM, puntkick said:

WHY would you pay more money after round 23 ?

100% correct.

That performance was worse than some of our 100 point losses over the last 3 or 4 years. Had everything to play for and just didn't show up. Whoever referred to the soft underbelly at MFC on Demonland is spot on. Until I see a change in that I won't change my financial contribution.

21 hours ago, Smokey said:

> Hogan kicks 70

> Petracca breakout - club champion and top 5 Brownlow

> Lever to absolutely shut the naysayers up

> Tyson a regular feature in VFL

> Win a game in September, a fitting farewell gift to to Nathan Jones

 

 

Agree re Tyson and if we don't make significant progress in 2018 another 1 or 2 profile players will be traded at the end of the season.

20 hours ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

> Jones’ last season?

Jones has least 2 more years left.

On 05/11/2017 at 6:07 PM, Petraccattack said:

Number 9 - Neitz, Dixon, Fowler,  Alan Johnson

Its available with Trengoves departure.   Maybe Lever will take it.

Number 9 - Dixon, Fowler, Alan Johnson,

                     Neitz, Cuthbertson, Trengove

MFC ruckman and Test cricketer.

Back when Aussie Rules was played the way it was meant to be.

6 hours ago, tiers said:

1990 was the first year that we had a real chance of a flag since our resurrection began in 1987. In 1987 the lolly blues (think jumper colour change as a promotion for lolly manufacturer sponsor) were waiting to smash us even if we had got over the dorks.

In 1990, I recall that we had to play the dorks in the final round and the again in the first week of the finals. Two weeks in a row against the reigning premiers. Tony Campbell at full back (for those who remember set positions and man on man contests) beat the gorilla both weeks which made a major contribution to our successes.

The drawn final between the filth and wet toast caused us to lose any momentum and advantage in that finals series. Not for the first, or the last, time did over confidence seem to affect our game and we lost to the toasts and were eliminated.

The other years where we real chances were 1994 and, especially, 1998. In 1994 we had Schwarz and Lyon firing and, after smashing lolly blues and doggies, we had to confront the toast in WA at a time when they were dominant but still vulnerable. We ran out of puff.

In 1998 we beat the black birds by eight goals in the first week of the finals but did not get another crack at them after losing the prelim final to the marsupials due to being out-coached on the day.

In both years our team was good enough but couldn't last the four weeks of the finals. Since then we have struggled to put together a team and coach combination likely to contest. Things could be changing. 

From memory, in 1998 we were made to play North in the Prelim when we should have played Footscray. We had smashed Adelaide in week 1 of the finals but they ended up with the "softer" side of the finals draw.

On 10/11/2017 at 6:57 AM, Demonland said:

With 4, 8, 9, 20, 27, 31, 33 & 41 Vacant. 

What numbers do Jake Lever & Harley Balic get?

Do any current players get an upgrade?

Jayden Hunt upgrade to 4.

Joel Smith gets 29 (that his father wore).

Weideman gets 9.

Lever gets 8 (next locker to Jack Viney).

Balic gets 20.

18 hours ago, Matt Demon said:

Great player? I must've missed his B&Fs, All Australian, Brownlow's. 

In all seriousness I wish him well, he put up with a lot of scrutiny throughout his career at Melbourne but I can definitely see why he was traded. 

Time to move on now.

Finishing 21st in our B & F this year!

Comtrived result by MFC coaching staff. Just as believable as Jake Lever finishing outside Adelaide's top 10.

20 hours ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Great to watch

We really should have won the flag in 1990 but we fluffed it.

I agree. That was the year of our greatest opportunity. With the assistance of the unexpected week's break due to the Collingwood vs West Coast draw we should have done it easily. It was a very open finals series and anybody's flag.

Tony Campbell and Peter Rohde shut down Dunstall and Brereton respectively in consecutive weeks.

Ricky Jackson always managed to get fit for the finals.

1 minute ago, Big Carl said:

Just another change to our once great game!

it will be unrecognisable in 10 years!

Stupid away-strip jumpers, no melees, no power full forwards anymore kicking over 100 goals a season, no one on one duals like Jakovich on Carey or Knights on Van der Har.

Just teams full of midfielders racking up meaningless possessions in the backline, umpires who have selective vision and who suffer anxiety and workplace injuries over trying to bounce the ball.

What a joke.

Just another change to our once great game!

it will be unrecognisable in 10 years!

J McDonald and A Obst need to fit in there somewhere. Both better than G Parke

18

Robert B Johnson

 Brian Roet

John Tilbrook

Greg Hutchison

Steven Stretch

Sean Charles

Matthew Bishop

Brad Green

Daniel Cross

54 minutes ago, Old Bear said:

8 Tassie Johnson 

Keenan, Crosswell, Yeats, Frawley

27 minutes ago, Old Bear said:

Think people forget what a great Captain he was

Never gave up the fight no matter how many goals down we were

which was was often many

Even though we didn't have success he made up a great centre line in the 70's

Alves Wells Flower

25 minutes ago, Old Bear said:

Think people forget what a great Captain he was

Never gave up the fight no matter how many goals down we were

which was was often many

Also got pipped  in the 1975 Brownlow.

Great that he had success at North in 77.

33. Gary Hardeman, Greg Healy, Jeff 

       Farmer.

3 minutes ago, pineapple dee said:

24.    Greg Parke, Russell Robertson 

Ross Dillon wore 24

7 minutes ago, pineapple dee said:

4 Tony Sullivan, Peter Giles and............ Watts his name

Norm Smith, John Lord

Apart from 31 what is the most famous MFC jumper number?