phuket demon

4 hours ago, Engorged Onion said:

Woweee- why does this [censored] matter?

Should tell the boys pregame about this Peter "Johno" Johnston [censored]. That will fire them up.

55 minutes ago, binman said:

Wow.

You must be so proud. Insults. Great skill.

Oh cheers, thanks. 

1 hour ago, Demon_spurs said:

Ahh has there every  been a man that did less for this state than our Jeff? Maybe if he got all those pet members to turn up he'd fill the MCG twice over 

I think Joan Kirner was a man. So, yes...

On 5/8/2021 at 8:21 AM, Sir Why You Little said:

This thread is very strange. Similar to the video put up on the Club Website of LJ and Trent Rivers stealing Alan Richardson’s Jaguar. 
 

very strange

I agree with your post.

Nobody told me there would be days like this.

These Strange days indeed. How peculiar. NOBODY TOLD ME

8 hours ago, P-man said:

We can all speculate til the cows come home on how or why the penny has finally dropped and there’s no “right” answer. There can however be a temptation to dig too deep or look for too complex an answer.

If I had to reel them off, the main reasons for the season performance to date would be:

• a greater fitness base across the playing group that enables better execution of positioning on the ground
• key players hitting a critical mass of games played, otherwise known as maturity 
• Lever and May finally getting a stretch of games together and filling a leadership void 
• a functioning forward line with Fritta playing well and T Mac playing angry
• a genuine appreciation of roles on the field.

Having game changers of the ilk of Trac and Claz certainly doesn’t hurt, but without the rest, they would be the cream on a non-existent cake.

The coaches deserve some credit for the above, obviously, but it is the players who deserve most of the plaudits. 

Look at Hawthorn currently. You can have the greatest coaching group in the world but you’re going nowhere if you don’t have the cattle who are capable and want to take ownership of the outcome..

That said, the job is still miles away from done.

Bang on however keep in mind North started like this 5 years ago and it amounted to nothing. The centre clearance issue is a huge concern. I hope we get that sorted quickly otherwise team will exploit that before long.

9 minutes ago, Jaded said:

While I understand how 'nice' it would be to be close to the MCG, the land around there is in short supply.

Also maybe 1% of our members live in and around the Richmond area, lets be honest. Most members live in the inner suburbs of Melbourne, as do our players.

I would rather have a state of the art facility, MCG sized training ground and a social club / offices in one somewhere away from the MCG precinct, than wait another decade in the faint hope we will get this going in the perfect location.

To be honest I am not sure why we can't use Casey and just grow it. I don't live too far from here, and there are loads of Melbourne supporters in this area, and the entire city of Casey and Cardinia are being developed and re-developed at an insane rate. 

Wouldn't you rather get these local governments to chip in, maybe build an extra train station near the ground, some more parking etc and grow this as our hub? 

I feel like we are 1st home buyers. Naively waiting to buy a mansion in Toorak, but with a budget to buy a flat in Frankston. Sometimes you gotta be realistic and just get into the market. Having something is better than having nothing!

Would prefer a flat in Frankston over a Cranbourne dog box. Just sayin. Play on

Jordon Jones is going to be a rock in the coming years. Like his defensive work.

We definitely need another enforcer in the middle. Rivers is the man!

10 hours ago, DeeZee said:

Weed for Thommo 

Harmes for Melksham 

Chandler for Jones

Bedford for Baker

Looks about right. Maybe Sparrow for Baker who was in for Viney

16 hours ago, Demonland said:

6, 5, 4, 3, 2, & 1 please...

6. Max

5. Luke the Duke

4. Viney

3. Kozzie 

2. Salem

1. Langdon

Note: Sparrow is criminally underrated by some on here. Clean, reliable and strong. Coming along very nicely.

26 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

1 Jakovich

2 Farmer

3 Schwarz

4 Lyon

5 KOZZIE!!!

1. Flower

2. Oliver (Will be better than Rob over the career)

3. Gawn

4. Stynes

5. Petracca

3 current day players is a great thing

May, Kozzie, Jackson and potentially Rivers all with a bullet. Jackson is much much better than most seem to think. Extremely good tap ruckman with clever hands, space and time.

Correct me if I am wrong. But when it really really counts our boys show up against them. Touch wood,.

Correct me if I am wrong. But when it really really counts our boys show up against them. Touch wood,.

I thought Smith was dead. 

The animal snuck up behind Smith and king hit him. I was 10. I saw it, i heard it and i never really got over it. By far and away the most violent sound i have heard. 

On 2/26/2020 at 12:50 PM, Fork 'em said:

The goal at 1:49 against Hawthorn.
That was late in the last qr infront of me and he got a closeline shepard that should have been a free to Dawks.
Exciting game as a Melbourne supporter at the time as we were on the bottom as usual and the Hawks were on top and only lost by a kick.
Also read in Flowers book that the song was sung in the rooms by the players after the game despite the loss such was their excitement for pushing the dawks so close.
Which he found disappointing.

I was there too. I don't think they would have sung the song though. It just wouldn't be a possibility. Urban myth i am tipping. 

14 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Lets be honest, not surprising at all. Only reason why he was captain was the likes of McCartney and Goodwin who elevated him straight away. 

Now that the players have been given the opportunity to vote, this shows who they respect and look to as their leader. 

Never have rated Viney as a leader. I look at Lever, May and Gawn and they stand for everything you need in a leader. Commendable and respected. Viney is not that.

This comes across as quite pompous and naive. 

Viney had a bad year last year coming back from injury. He is a Demon through and through. Just like all of us here. This, along with the toughness that very few have, is surely enough to have you and anyone else show respect. The boy is one of us. He just gets to live our dreams as opposed to post about it. Don't bag him ffs. Look after and be proud of him. 

34 minutes ago, Elwood 3184 said:

I think he finished second behind Peter Moore for the 1984 Brownlow, played in a couple of premiership teams and captained the Tigers. 

While he often came across as being up himself, it’s hard on his record to say he was overrated.

If he was a Ruckman he averaged only 7 hit outs per game. 

If he was a forward he averaged less than a goal a game in a golden era for forwards. 

He played a lot of rubbish games. 

An extremely overrated footballer. Couldn't kick, incredibly slow and undisciplined.

He left not long after and chased the coin to Collingwood.

1 hour ago, whatwhatsaywhat said:

we won't draft him unless he actually wants to come to us

there's no point having an employee who doesn't want to be there

If course he will buy in. 

Don't even get in his ear. Let carlton think they can get him via the psd. 

Then let him and carlton know he is ours when Mahoney reads his name out. 

Hopeless 

True, but that still doesn't change the fact that he really is not that good. 

I don't think he is actually any good. I have watched him closely since mid last year when rumours started about him coming to Melbourne. His skills are not flash. Decision making isnt either. What do others see that i dont? 

Is he even playing footy anymore?