Stiff Arm

Only covered stage 1, the new stalls and sunken mounting yard. Nothing on stage 2 or us

Fwiw, Ch 9 news has some coverage of Caufield Racecourse facilities coming up at 6:45 tonight

True, she can't keep up with my vigor anymore, dc Though I could possibly find space for both 😉

Ohhhh, I'd gladly roll over to make room for Tay-Tay, dc!!!

So let's look forward to the next 5 years, rather than look back 20 years. We need to have roots down somewhere soon, because who knows what might happen once our current era of success wanes, as it does for all successful premiership clubs. Run with me for a moment WYL... Imagine if mid year we announce a brand new facility at CRC with gym, pool, admin, large indoor space and 2 or 3 ovals AND we back that up with another flag in 2024. Another flag could help snare us a couple of gun FAs next year and extend our window. Or, we wait, and wait, and wait, and continue with our current s***house set up and slowly drop back to the cellar as Max, Maysie, Viney, Trac and Salo retire, and Goody moves on to a big 4 club

I put it to you that if we wait 10 years for new facilities, you might find that by then we are: A. Not in existence B. Relocated interstate (FNQ Crocs, anyone?) C. Still in Melbourne city, but known at the Melbourne Kangaroos or the Melbourne Saints CRC seems the best of the current options, if we can get the funds and the deal is long term. But I am just an average footy punter, like you 🤷 And I hate to tell you, but we are, and still would be "just a tennant" of the MCG, as much as we all hate to admit it

So I guess you don't like footy being played at the G because it's the Melbourne Cricket Ground? It's possible for a sporting facility to walk and chew gum at the same time And i thought only Pies supporters thought in black and white...

Based on an article in the HS? Wow

Green IN Fritter OUT

I read somewhere that Fullerton and BBB are possible inclusions for the next praccy game

Hard to read much from a practice match, but some positives so far: Windsor and Brown do not look out of place. Verrall also. Rivers strong improvement continues. McVee plays like he's been at this level for 10 years Kossie in the middle for more than the first bounce of each qtr is great Billings getting a bit of it. Viney is massive for our midfield A few negatives so far: The fumble attempts at marking, particularly by May and Lever Turn overs killing us, poor decision making and handball execution Lack of pressure in defence. Bolton must have the pox, he's that clear Still too many long bombs and poor conversion in front of goal Is Langdon playing? Just ran down an opponent, so just noticed him

Pressure in the defence: zero Time and time again

Yikes! No Salem in the 22?

Thanks Doc, I'll make an appointment to see you next week for my hemorrhoids

I'm eternally grateful that we have so many medical professionals here on Demonland that have reviewed the file of Ben Brown and are able to give us such confident prognosis on his future at Melbourne FC. Because otherwise we'd look like a bunch of amateur, blowhard quacks. Right? 🤔

The AFL sight saying Fullerton hammy is nasty. So much for our back up ruck plan... "...the Demons are bracing for Fullarton to have suffered a decent hamstring strain at best and potential tendon damage at worst"

There'd be something coming back for 'wiping' a loan. They don't get it for nothing. The AO has huge, world wide coverage

They'll aim to offload their 1st round pick, maybe as part of a Petty deal, rather than waste it in points for Welsh

By foot, terrible. Via handball, very good

I bought a new tv recently from JBHiFi. Included was 6 months of Kayo free starting from end of Feb. Will pay for a couple of months after that til end of Sept

No, it doesn't please me. But excuses clearly please you Chose Tmac over Schache and Grundy in the last final, poor coaching. We've dominated i50s and long bombed for the last four years without decent conversion, poor coaching A midfield whose kicking couldn't hit the ocean from the beach MFC won't be a top club for long. Max, Maysie, BBB, Tmac, Melk approaching retirement. Hibb retired. Petty a strong chance to return to SA. Oliver's future in limbo Without another flag soon we will struggle to keep relevant 2024 is a must win season

Best list we have seen for decades, multiple A grade players. 2022 should've been a premiership, given the mega start we had. 2023 was unforgivable for throwing away the flag. Injuries to Petty and Melk are weak excuses. Maysie was spot on, we missed a golden chance. Goody, Taylor and Lamb developed a super list that worked well in the 2021 hub, but couldn't perform or behave in the real AFL environment. Four home final losses in a row despite i50 domination, there are problems beyond a couple of injuries. IMO if we don't get our [censored] together on 2024, it's a long time until we will be able to compete again. Can you imagine how it might look if we slip to bottom 8, with no home base, a bunch of aging stars, a coach under the pump for performance on and off field, and the AFLs attention returning to their darling big 4??? We got comfortable believing the hype that the Club has returned to the powerhouse we were 60 years ago Fortunes can change very quickly

We did OK last year whilst Clarry was supposedly hamstrung. I'm confident that with Rivers spending more time midfield (not unlike Young at Freo) and Gus moving to the inside, we'll fill any need for midfield talent. My wish is that McQualter works on our midfield/forward connection. I have little faith that Goodwin can improve that without a fresh face on the coaching panel. Improve our i50 conversions and keep the injuries to a minimum and we should make the grannie