Dee Dee

Agree with the above, as it has overall been a very positive year. Let me add one further thing, “Increased club membership”. To have over 44,000 members was great and looking at those crowds supporting Melbourne at the Geelong and Hawthorn finals (your point 10) it’s not unreasonable to aim for 50K + within the next few years.

I’m not too sure about TMac down back. But Hogan is versatile enough to play in a number of positions including CHB (where he’s played in his junior days). Keeping Hogan gives us more flexibility than letting him go. At his best the kid’s a beast - a beast with real talent. And they don’t grow on trees. And he could bite us in the bum playing for another team.

Last 2 minutes of game against bummers 2014, Pedo slippers tackle on half back boundary, fires off handball to Jordie McKenzie and ball eventually lands in Salem’s hands, Dee’s win by a couple of points. MAGIC! Thanks Cam, good to have had you on board.

Just wonderful! Flanagan has been my favourite sports journalist since many years ago he wrote a superb piece in The Age about Robert Flower. There is no one else in sports journalism who uses language as beautifully as he does. And his brother Richard’s rather good as well?.

The ground is crown land and the MCC are responsible for its maintenance with the state government looking over the MCC’s shoulder.

I attended a school in Brighton in the 50’s early 60’s, our football team wore a jumper exactly the same as Melbourne’s (same colours but different design these days). I can remember a few Melbourne players coming down to our ground to train on a couple of occasions, Mithen, Case not sure who else. Of course Melbourne was the absolute power house of the VFL in those days and the really really daggy team was Hawthorn. And just as an aside, one name that doesn’t crop up too often in discussions about the good old days is Brian “Doc” Roet, great sold half back who I believe went and practiced medicine in the UK. Otherwise if you’re looking for John Lord or Bryan Kenneally you’ll find them both working as volunteer tour guides for the MCC.

A couple of minutes into the first quarter. They kicked a point and Frost kicked the ball almost to the centre circle and after a couple of handballs the ball landed in Hannan’s hands who kicked it to Tom Mc D. Goal! End to end in 20 seconds - Magic!

That Frost torp set the tone for the night. And the crowd WOW. Don’t tell me we are a small club, there are too many supporters tucked away in greater metropolitan Melbourne just waiting for the revival to start - and it has, in the jargon of the marketing suits “the Melbourne Football Club has become very sexy”, Max, Viney, Brayshaw, Tom McD are among the most sellable players in the AFL, and games like last Friday nights did us no harm at all.

I’m too late but I want to acknowledge the fine work of, 6: Viney 5: Jetta 4: Oliver 3: Gawn 2: McDonald T. 1: Salem

If you go into the MCC membership office on the ground floor MCC entrance on a non match day they may well be able to help you find a couple of full members to sign your form. Then you just wait.......and wait...and wait, but it’s worth it!

For anyone with a Telstra account, get the AFL live app and watch full replays the next day. Not the best resolution but better than nothing. However the best option is to purchase a personal video recorder (PVR) and record from free to air when ever Melbourne is on ch7 ( quite often this year and probably more next)! PVR’s can be had for less than $300 and are a good investment for footy fans. Many also have archive capability so games can be transferred to USB stick or DVD.

Point 1) on topic: Max could do stand up, no worries. Point 2) off topic: try making your own pizza, easy, cheap and twice as good as thin crust commercial crap.

Apparently the GWS supporter caught the bus down from Sydney last Friday and was seen outside Myer Melbourne on Saturday calling for charitable supporters to accompany him to the match the next day. A few pitied him and turned up?.

The official estimate by the MCC was 37,000, with around19 to 20,000 estimated in the MCC reserve.

As exciting as Hunt but a damned sight more powerful. A great game yesterday, thrilling to watch.

6: Gawn 5: Brayshaw 4: Harmes 3: Frost 2: Salem 1: Hibberd and a Big thank you to all the rest.

Agree, Harmes has something about him that makes him very dangerous. The surprise packet of 2018. He’s an opportunist who is just beginning to realise how dangerous he could be.

And all the better to do it against them in the West. Great job boys yippee, yippee etc etc (I’m off to have a large beet)!

While I don’t think James Harmes will make the final 22 (but you never know), this nomination certainly recognises the sheer dedication this kid has put into his game since being elevated off the rookie list. Maybe not A grade but certainly a very solid B to B+.

6: Brayshaw 5: Harmes 4: Salem 3: Frost 2: Oliver 1: Tyson

And I Believe that prior to it’s erection Don Cordner -(who I think was MCC President at the time) opposed it, apparently saying something along the lines of not wanting a criminals statue outside the ground. Steve Smith’s mum chased Matthews around a supermarket soon after that incident with her son, giving him a bit of what for.

6: Oliver 5: Harmes 4: Gawn 3: ANB 2: Brayshaw 1: Frost

The Crows sure could have used Bernie over the last few seasons but... their loss..Our gain! Thanks Adelaide. Thanks Bernie.

In this world we are all just commodities in a faceless market place. And Max is useful to the market for the moment.

No. I spoke to Jim Stynes at a function just before the ‘08 draft, he was worried about the go home factor as well. It was a big factor in picking Watts, even though I had the feeling NicNat was rated higher.