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I guess this is the thread for it...

2026 MFC list build

So many cool little Easter Eggs in there, a few of which probably only we as supporters would get.

Whelan/Hird
Little Eddie/Culley
Hibberd running with Cup above his head one handed
Langdon on his bike
Steele at Luna Park

Kings face getting on the lift at the end was gold too

Social media team!! 👏

2 hours ago, picket fence said:

Um they only played 2 before this and jeffo starred in the first intraclub and Luther starred vs norf!

Got lots of possessions I assume?

24 minutes ago, picket fence said:

Chandler .... dont know why people on this site rave about him kicked a goal and did little else

Get off the couch, go along to the ground and watch him live for a full game — his pressure, off-ball work, repeat efforts and defensive running are why he is so highly regarded.
All the stuff that wins us the ball and creates goals but doesn’t put his name in bold on the stat sheet.

If you’re only judging him by one goal and a handful of touches, you’re missing half the job description.

Sat next to Goodwin and a couple of his Sydney colleagues at the game tonight, I guess scouting for their game vs Carlton in OR.

Poor guy almost wore a burger and two beers from a guy infront who tripped as he was climbing over the chairs hands free.

I was at the game tonight and was knee on knee or knee into opponent at almost every centre ball up.

Unofficial practise match stats:
https://dreamteamtalk.com/2026/02/21/match-simulation-fantasy-scores/

Chandler managed to get a hit out 🤣

One thing that stood out for me at the ground was Mooses enormous vertical leap.

If we go with two rucks I can see him being a regular attendee at centre balls ups, given the new rule doesn't really suit OG Max.

11 hours ago, old dee said:

I am hoping we don’t get belted like last season. If we can be close to the Roos it will be a good start.

Last time we played them we beat them by 6 goals.
And corresponding practise game last year we beat them by 40+

All I am hoping for besides another solid hit out is no injuries.

Sure AMW doesnt have fond memories of Norf in practise games 😫

Young Taylor looks like he has some wheels on him.

Didnt seem to have any trouble keeping up with Windsor after he burst away.

Apologies if this has been covered already - I haven't been following all the training threads.

I noticed Matthews in the match sim highlights. Is he back into full training now, or still rehabbing and just got a few minutes?

14 hours ago, GawnOfTheDead said:

I’ve always thought that Petty was a better forward than backman. If it was up to me, should have traded him when Adelaide were going to throw the world at him.

I think he struggles anywhere on the field and really needs to hit the gym. He’s always being out muscled.

Is this not just a myth created by Kane Cornes and repeated ad nauseum until it became accepted fact?

I've yet to see or hear anything about this supposed trade offer that doesn't eventually tie back to the original Cornes 'scoop'

1 hour ago, Ghostwriter said:

Jai has changed since he first came to us. The first time we spoke I got the impression he didn’t really rate himself. I don’t know if I’d say it’s arrogance but he’s definitely more confident and self-assured now. He’s quite a serious person but at the same time he’s pretty chill. He is rather reserved by nature but he has been more talkative of late and even on occasion a little cheeky 😊

Sounds a bit like Ed Langdon

17 hours ago, Greg Schneider said:

I've got an AFL membership and love it.

~$60/month, which gives you 40 games per season and seats on level 2.
(Also seats on level 1 and 4, but I almost always get a spot in 2 or 2A)

It's an extra $11.50 to book a reserved seat to big games and it can be a bit of a [censored] fight sometimes, but if you are organised and not super picky about where you sit for high demand games like ANZAC you wont miss out.

Also cheap tickets to rounds 1 and 2 of finals (presumably "wild card" round now too 🙄) and if you want a prelim ticket, you can usually get one.

Edit - if you nominate MFC as club of support you are counted in their member numbers and get the member pack with all the bits and pieces. Also gives you priority access to the GF if Melbourne make it. As a Silver member, I’m behind Golds for GF access, but I’d still have a decent chance at a seat relative to other comparable $/month options.

Edit 2 - I have an AFL membership cause I go to all the MFC games in VIC + a lot of other games with Carlton/Collingwood/Essendon friends.
Usually use up my 40 game membership entitlement, so it works out a lot cheaper than a H&A MFC membership + individual tickets to all the other games.

On 16/12/2025 at 20:12, BW511 said:

@dazzledavey36 you are the king of retrospectively picking people off or giving them the ‘I told you so’

You are so staunchly against Oliver but revel in bullying the hell out of anyone whose opinion differs from yours.

This thread could be many different things for many different members, he’s had an enormous impact on the club even if the last few years were not ideal.

By all means, have an opinion but there is absolutely nothing to say yours is more important than anyone else here.

You must be new here

Hello Bells / Enter Sandman I thought were ok.

Whatever they changed to last season was awful

12 minutes ago, rpfc said:

Well feel free to take the pressure off him with the ‘rpfc guarantee’ that he won’t play (but will stay on list) until at least 2030.

That’s another rpfc gaurantee!

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

20 minutes ago, rjay said:

Do you know why he dropped to the rookie draft 'dazz'? what are the knocks on him?

"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

58 minutes ago, waynewussell said:

Sucked in by a quick media grab. Clayton was responding to a question about club training resources. His answer was quickly interpreted as his feelings about the club in general.

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.

15 minutes ago, picket fence said:

And just on this it says PLENTY about the club and its opinion of Clarry!! An all time great of the club but rather than retire the number for the year out of respect, we just hand it over. Appalling to say the least!

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

Dead to me

19 minutes ago, YesitwasaWin4theAges said:

How did Wet Coke let this man go?

He literally just fell in our lap.

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.