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You can't be serious. Gutnick was ousted in 2001 and up until then Olympic Park was in the hands of Athletics Victoria/Australia until Brumby, McGuire and Fildes did secret deals to obtain it for Collingwood in 2008. Gutnick, ignoring all his failings, deserves a life membership for helping Melbourne survive during the wretched merger period

https://www.afl.com.au/video/860771/draft-prospect-max-gruzewski Might be too small to be a key forward, but looks like a good player

And Misson as fitness coach 🤣

Eventually that is going to happen somewhere given the number of coaches that get sacked every year!

Templeton kicked 99 goals in 34 games and Moore got a Brownlow. Hardly nothing, but yes, seemed to offer a lot more at the time for the $300k price tag. The Phil Carman trade with Ross Brewer in '79 was worse. Carman played 1 [censored] season for us and Brewer went on to play in 2 (losing) grannies for Collingwood. Also, the Greg Wells trade in '81 to Carlton for $35k and Vinny Catoggio hurt too. And I know this will upset a lot of Demonlanders but arguably our worst trade of recent times was done during Prendergast's disastrous draft pick era (2008-2012): Mitch Clark (36 goals in 2 seasons) for pick 12 (Sam Docherty)

GC Suns of recent times (admittedly, most requested to be traded): Prestia, Dixon, O’Meara, Hall, Saad, Lynch, Lyons, Wright, May, Brodie, etc. And now Bowes and Rankine

Because Eddie always wanted Olympic Park and saw the perfect opportunity in 2005 to effectively steal it when he was appointed to the board of Athletics Australia thanks to his mate and former Pies player Rob Fildes. This article explains half the story behind the "acquisition" of Olympic Park: https://www.smh.com.au/national/collingwood-secretly-lobbied-for-park-20090811-egz0.html The real question is how did McGuire get on the board of Athletics Australia when he had no involvement whatsoever in Athletics up until then and what negotiations did he have with Brumby. It is just another classic example of ruthless opportunism by McGuire, one of the luckiest [censored] on the planet. It was also unfortunate that at the time (2007-2009) we were in our darkest period and had no hope of seizing the opportunity. That's what makes this current period in our history all the more important in finding a home.

He will say anything to bring us down. Has hated us from the day he was born.

Relax. Gawny and Jacko versus Fort and McStay. I think we'll be okay

- Small defender coach (Jetta) - Small forward coach (Davey)

That is truly awful

As selfish and as melodramatic as this sounds but I almost cried when Elliott kicked that goal at the 20 minute mark in the 3rd quarter yesterday. I honestly thought I am never going to see Melbourne win a premiership in person. Last year still doesn't feel real because it was on TV. For what it's worth, I predict we will make the 8 but we will go out in straight sets. Unfortunately this year the curse seems to be hanging over us again and we are not handling and absorbing the pressure in big games, unlike last year. Hope I am wrong

Lynch getting off...again. That's also a disgrace

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/time-catches-up-with-robbie-flower-20141009-113odk.html Flanagan also gave a nice little monologue on SEN just before the 2018 prelim

And always thought Kevin Caton (Eagles 88) looked like the Fine Young Cannibals lead singer

Dogga vs Zoot

Weids vs Batman

Yes, some commentators in the media also comparing us now to Richmond 2018: https://www.sen.com.au/news/2022/04/11/be-very-afraid-unbeaten-demons-have-huge-scope-for-improvement/ Can we hope of matching our club record of 7 consecutive GFs instead?!

Can't believe no mention whatsoever of Burgess or Taylor or Mahoney. And a one second reference of Peter Jackson. Those guys were pivotal in our rebuild and getting us to where we are today, in my opinion

Hope so. But maybe his knee is stuffed

Damn, couldn't see the picture of the naked lady on his wall again

Going to be interesting next year when we go to the footy, expecting them to win all the time! Strange times ahead

Heaven knows we have all wavered over the years here on Demonland but most media "experts" are particularly whimsical and inconsistent with their predictions. Take the guy who presented the cup for example: https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-2019-melbourne-great-garry-lyon-labels-demons-2018-season-an-aberration/news-story/11adfe12baf08bd32ec2849f34f483fd

Not sure if there is still an allocation but you could try via this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PQ93ZN2