Neil Crompton

Does anyone know how many Demonlanders we have?

Crikey, is this the second coming?

You may be right. I’m not going to argue the point simply because I don’t know. I’d just be surprised if that were true. Anyway, merry Christmas.

Of course not Redleg. I just wouldn’t have expected such an emphatic statement to have come from Goodwin, given the straight shooter he is, if the opposite were true. If there were other issues, I would have expected rumours to that effect to have emerged long before the trade period. While there has always been rumours about him going back to WA, I’ve certainly never heard of any other issues. Clubs are generally not good at keeping secrets on behaviour issues for long periods.

I have no “inside info” at all to base my comments on, yet I can fully understand from Godwin’s perspective that if Hogan could not commit long term to the MFC, then he had to go. However to insinuate that there were other reasons for trading him would fly in the face of comments Goodwin made before the trade period that “ Jesse loves Melbourne and Melbourne loves Jesse. He’s going nowhere”. I just don’t think Goodwin is the type of guy to not call a spade a spade. But like I said, I don’t have any inside info to back this up. whatever the story really is, and despite the fact that he is playing for Freo, I hope he is now content and is able to reach the full potential of his abilities - just not against us.

Barry Cable and Polly Farmer both coached at AFL / VFL level.

That's the thing Smokey, you don't have to make that choice, he's gone. I have no problem heaping praise on TMac - I just don't see the need to denigrate someone who did his best for us but who has left our club.

If Jetta were injured I'd like to see Nathan Jones given a chance back there. I think he could last a bit longer at the club in that role.

No need for a comment like that......

Great series of photos Saty. Thank you

In the dying seconds of the last quarter of the 2019 grand final, Nev leaves his man, races down field, steamrolls Dusty, picks up the ball and nails a snap from the forward flank to put us in front for the first time - and then the siren sounds.

Of course its up to Jeff. You had claimed he was finished ("Garlett is finished"). While i was extremely disappointed in Jeff's form last season, i would never make god like statements that a player was finished - i'd leave that to the selectors. I'd be extremely happy if he lifted his game to a level that makes him a best 22 selection. I simply asked if you'd be happy if he proved you wrong this season, that's all.

For Jeff's sake I hope he proves you wrong ProDee I'm sure you'd be happy if he did. Wouldn't you?

Melbourne premiers 2019

A contract extension is recognition of a job well done so far, and unfinished business. And rightly so. To me, a 3 year extension is the right length of time as it says we believe in what you are doing,, and believe you are the right man for the job, but that with the current squad we believe we should achieve at least one premiership in that 3 year period. If we don’t then we need a new man for the position.

God we must be bored if we’ve spent 4 pages discussing a visit by an actress some on here haven’t even heard of. Bring.on.the.footy!

So true Mr Hemingway. Great piece.

Given the improvement Frost showed last year, and he ended up best 18 let alone best 22, it would be a harsh call to drop him based on this body of work. As such, I’d like to see Goody give Frost a try on the wing. I think it could be an interesting experiment.

Surely we’d pick the best available players at 23 and 28, and if they happen to be a”fast outside mid and another tall” then great. But no use choosing them if they are not the best available IMO

I’m sure all players want to be a part of a premiership side. But all players are not solely motivated by this or else there would be no players left at bottom 8 sides. Hogan has “ given up success” because of a higher motivation, which would have made the decision to go so much harder. But as soon as it was evident Hogan could not be 100% invested in the MFC, then he had to be traded. Goody would have seen to that.

I don't believe Goody will want a player on his list next season that isn't 100% committed to the long term Demon cause. Nor should he. For that reason, i believe a deal will be done for Jesse next week.As much as I love Jesse as a player, he now has to go.

This thread is now getting deep.

I was from the camp that said we shouldn't be trading Hogan unless he wanted to leave. Well it seems he wanted to leave. And to me, given Freo's back peddle, i think this is now a major problem for us. If i was a player at Melbourne, i would not want to be going into battle with someone who no longer wants to be there. And if I were our coach, I'd be telling management to get him out of the club. For this reason i don't think our management are at all happy with Freo.

Ethan, what has given you this though?