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Hello Bells / Enter Sandman I thought were ok. Whatever they changed to last season was awful

Not sure the doom and gloomers are going to have the patience for that.

"Onley sustained a hamstring injury in the final game of the national championships which caused him to miss combine testing and put his physical gifts on full display" https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/1933093/rookie-draft-pick-3-riley-onley Maybe just that? Matthews seemed to have dropped off the radar of other clubs for similar reasons

It is literally what he said in response to the question "you are also meeting the Pies sometime up here, what do you like about them?" (having just finished meeting GWS, whom the facilities question was about, not Collingwood). He could have answered that question about meeting the Pies without mentioning the MFC at all. There was no need for it and it was a clear backhander (imo) that was reflective of his feelings and state of mind at the time. This argument has been done to death though, so I guess lets just agree to disagree.

"What do I like about Collingwood? Well, they are better than Melbourne, that's for sure" Dead to me

As a big bodied mid they wanted him in the middle, but viewed him as too slow and not able to read the ball quick enough to make up for the lack of pace. He played a handful of games before doing his ACL, which kept him out for close to 12 months. When he came back Harley Reid was there and given WC already had a few other big bodied types he couldn't get back into the side. From what I've seen so far I don't see the issue with his speed. He is certainly not "slower than an average ruckman" as some Eagles fans have suggested. Off the mark he actually looks quite quick. He can obviously take a grab, looks pretty clean below his knees and kicks ok. So I'm not getting it either. Maybe WC just couldn't figure out how or where to play him?

Enter Sandman has been the best one we've had imo. This years one (whoever/what it was) was awful.

Moronic. Teams finishing 7th or 8th now have to win 5 games to win the flag and are at a huge disadvantage to 1-6 who all get a bye anyway. All so teams 9 & 10 who are highly unlikely to do anything in finals can be "engaged" for an extra week.

The delusional narcissism in this place is getting out of control

Demonland =/= all Melbourne supporters. CEO letter is a weird thing to nit pick

Comical moustache and TV commentators always go on about the size of his hands. Thats all I've got.

I don't get all the carry on about picks getting pushed out due to father/son or academy selections. eg picks 7/8 going to 11/12 Academy and father/sons aren't players we or any of the other 16 clubs would have had access to, so what difference does it make? We still get the 7th and 8th crack at the best of what is available.

Coaching and culture. They have a long standing habit of turning relative plodders from other clubs into very very good players.

Was it funny in your head?

"The issue What does a one-pan Honey Ginger Stir-fry and the next Adelaide Crows premiership have in common? Christian Petracca. We want him. We need him. Let’s get him. You don’t have to scroll too far in the AFL app stats to see it: Adelaide’s record-breaking plummet from minor premiers to straight-sets heartbreak wasn’t just bad luck. It was a lack of midfield class. It was a lack of experience. It was missing On Trac. And the rumours are swirling again, that Christian Petracca, Norm Smith medallist, A-Grade midfielder, masterchef, wants a fresh start. What better place than Adelaide? We’ve got Tasting Australia. We’ve got the Central Markets. The best seafood in the country (with a tasty side of algae). And best of all, you’re kilometres away from the sheer arrogance of Collingwood and Hawthorn, or the farm-loving Cats. It’s time to right a wrong. Danger sold his soul to the dark side in 2015. Now we can finally replace him with an A-Grade midfield star. Christian Petracca. Let’s get him in Crows colours. Sign up today, and then it’s over to you, Reidy"

Paying overs in trades? Losing players we shouldn't like Bedford? Three year contracts to guys like McAdam who can't get on the field? Even considering an old cooked spud like Mihocek? I'm not a massive fab of Lamb, but trying to make players nominating other clubs his fault too is a stretch. Is TDK also his fault? What about Worpel, or Draper, or Oscar Allen?

Players nominating for other clubs is now Lambs fault too?

NWM 1000000% definitely deserved the 3, but Viney had 16 tackles in that game, which is huge.

Simpkin is exactly the sort of player most here would be complaining about if he went elsewhere and played well, while we brought in someone else like McAdam or Sharp. "Asleep at the wheel" "Sack Lamb" etc etc

We could have lost everything by waiting. What do you think every other guy on the short-list would have done once they figured out it was Buckley's job if he wanted it, but they were going to get dicked around till the end of the month to find out? We'd have been left with no one except Buckley, who would probably still have half an eye on Tasmania anyway. Then come his GF timeline (and after more time for the AFL to get their hooks in) what if he turned it down? We'd be back to square one. Probably even worse than square one cause who from our short list would want to come back, having already been told we didn't want them? We have made the right call.

Until that "dud" is a D'Ambrosio or Voss or Martin or whoever and they play well in their new location? Then what, we revert back to the "MFC is asleep at the wheel" angle?

Buckley spoke about participating in the process and didn't seem to have any issue with this. He actually sounded quite interested in going through the process as he has never done it before himself, having simply being handed the keys last time

You're correct. Absolutely NOTHING to do with it. But hey, if you don't know just speculate right? 🙄

This cannot be accurate. The Demonland brains trust and this very thread says so.