JTR

Wouldnt overlook Brisbane either.....  /MFCSS

1 hour ago, Petraccattack said:

This is great.  Can't stand Dangerfield. He plays as an individual and you just know he cares more about the Brownlow than winning a flag.

This would have cut him deeply, and it makes me so happy.

Yes it is, though him playing and helping Geelong beat Sydney would probably have been handy for us in terms of ladder spots.

Cant have it both ways though I suppose!

Been listening to KB*** on SEN this morning re the Dangerfield issue and it has been driving me nuts.

He and some of the morons calling in are not happy with the Dangerfield suspension and are now pushing for the tackler of all players who hit their head and get concussed to be rubbed out.

Also ranting about inconsistency for tackles where players are concussed, using Kents tackle on Sloane and Burgoynes tackle on Reid last year as glaring examples of double standards because Kent/Burgoyne were not suspended.

Spot the difference KB/SEN callers, you flogs...

Kent DID NOT pin Sloanes arms

Burgoyne DID NOT pin Reids arms

Dangerfield PINNED Kruezers arms

Once the tackler pins the arms of a player and takes away their ability to stop their head hitting the ground, all onus is on the tackler.  Seems pretty simple to me.  

*** no need to say it.

1 hour ago, Soidee said:

1.  Play sides in NT we have a chance of winning against.  For example, not playing against him interstate teams.  I want to see us play another Melbourne based team in NT.  

2.   More Friday night games

3.   No games in Tasmania for 2018

Finally, this putrid record against North Melbourne (which may cost us a finals spot this year) MUST stop!  any self respecting sporting club that allows itself to be beaten 17 times in a row by the same opposite team is weak.  If it becomes 18 in a row, we stand for stuff all as a club.

1. from a purely financial point of view, we play interstate teams because those are the ones we pull low crowds for at home.  

Would you rather:

- Port at the MCG  (<30,000 crowd, which is ~ break even)

- Tigers in Darwin  (get our $500,000 or whatever it is for NT games)

Or:

- Port in Darwin  (get our $500,000 or whatever it is for NT games)

Tigers at MCG (>50,000 crowd, so healthy profit)

2.  I hate Friday night games, cause if we play crap and lose it wrecks the entire weekend and I have no interest in any of the other games.  When we play Sunday, the hope is there all weekend.   

3.  Agreed

All that said, the back to back to back 6 days breaks has been the issue this season.  We've been treading water since then

Guess I was watching a different game, as didn't think JKH was too bad yesterday. There were certainly plenty worse

I hate whinging about umpiring, as if we were good enough it shouldn't come down to that, but FMD what a disgrace!

How many times did they drop the ball cold when we had them pinned in their forward 50?

How many soft in the back calls were paid, especially for Swallow when he gets tacked and then just flops forward, dragging the tackler with him?

Etc etc e ****ing tc

1 hour ago, doc roet said:

Driving to leongatha today and only have car radio.Anyone know what radio station broadcasting?

Triple M, 3AW & ABC are all covering it

6 hours ago, Little Goffy said:

We'll know we have really succeeded as a club, financially and culturally, when we can let go of that part of our revenue stream.

Which brings the obvious question, what excuse do Carlton, Collingwood, Essendon and The Family Club(TM) have?

I may be recalling this completely incorrectly, but didn't PJ say at the last couple of AGM's that this is what we are doing?

In terms of personnel for tomorrow vs what we had in round 9 (I know some find this irrelevant but I like the comparison), we have changed a lot...

OUT:  Weideman, Pedersen, Jones, Vince, Wagner, Kent, & Bugg

IN:   Hogan, Gawn, ANB, Harmes, Melksham, Trengove & JKH

Also the rampaging TMac is now up forward.

North almost always get the jump on us in the first quarter.

2015 they kicked 7.4 to our 2.0 in the first, and went on to win by 35

2016 they kicked 8.2 to our 2.2, and went on to win by 5

Round 9 this year they kicked 6.7 (could have been a LOT worse) to our 2.5, and went on to win by 14 

Stating the bleeding obvious here, but if we can stick with them in the opening quarter tomorrow, we are well on the way.

50 minutes ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

Few points:

4.  What does the MFCSS stand for?  I mean I get the loose idea what it means from the numerous contexts I have seen it in, but don't understand the explicit acronym.

Melbourne Football Club Supporters Syndrome

Reiwoldt & Prestia both sidelined for Tigers this week while Gold Coast get Ablett & May back.

GC a sneaky chance? Definitely would help our push up the ladder if we can get over Norf and gain a couple of %

3 hours ago, Petraccattack said:

 

Saw this too, it was on last Sunday Footy Show.

His reply was a dead giveaway he will likely be a Demon next season.

I just shrugged my shoulders as I am not sure how he fits in when we are loaded with half backs and not sure he can play in the midfield.  Though we may have plans to move Hunt to a wing.

Not sure if serious...

I hope you are stirring 'cause I already have enough people on my 'propensity to make stuff up/misinterpret/embellish' list

1 hour ago, Thrice said:

Ah, no. 2 seperate trades.

I realise that.

Just trying to dumb it down to a simple what we gave up vs what we got back. 

We gave Picks 2, 20 and 72 and got back Tyson, 9 (Salem) and 53 (Hunt)

We gave Pick 23 (used by GWS to get McKenna) and got back Frost, 40 (ANB) and 53 (OMac) 

We then got McKenna back a couple of years later for basically nothing, which means we in effect got Frost, ANB, OMac for free.

14 hours ago, Demon77 said:

There's a lot of pages to scroll through and apologies if it's been mentioned already but that was our best 1st quarter of the season.

4 goals 4 behinds. 

Wow.

You would think that if we are going to make a strong case for September action we'll need to get a few more early goals on the board than that.

7 hours ago, monoccular said:

I see the helmet debate has resurfaced.

Does anyone know why Celeb Daniel wears one?  Has he  a history of concussions?  And the StKilda dude who wore one for many years - name escapes me (dementia)?

If he feels better wearing one, why not?  What proven negatives?

Nathan Burke. He has actually been helping young Gus work through his concussions issues...

http://m.melbournefc.com.au/news/2017-06-29/saint-great-helps-brayshaw-in-comeback

I was top deck in Olympic, right next to MCC and it wasn't too bad.

It's usually pretty sheltered up there, compared to Southern Stand

5 hours ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Does anyone have an idea of the prices for a trip to Hobart this weekend? Imagine a boat load of Dees supporters heading to Launceston and then bussing to Hobart.

I worked out very roughly last week that it'd cost ~$300 for return flight to Hobart (arrive early morning, leave same day late evening), car hire for a day and ticket to match.

Agreed!!

And I had this rant already over on joeboys thread...

5 hours ago, Sylvia Saint said:

Next time one of the uneducated bogans from the HS brings up Josh Kelly and Tyson/Salem, make sure the following year's trade is pointed out to them.

Melbourne traded pick 23 to GWS for Frost, pick 40 (Neal-Bullen) and pick 53 (Oscar McDonald).

The best part? GWS used pick 23 on Pat McKenna, who is now on our list.

That has to be the most one-sided trade we've ever done.

Anyway, ANB, tracking very nicely. Has gone from panic merchant to Mr. Cool with ball in hand. 

So in effect...

We traded - picks 2, 20 & 72 

We got - Tyson, Salem, Hunt, Frost, ANB, OMac & McKenna

Thanks GWS!  

Anyone got any info on Max? He was supposed to be on 'AFL Game Day' this morning but has been replaced on show as has an ankle problem. Didn't go into any detail

6 hours ago, praha said:

Good turnout imo.  Considering we struggled to crack 20k against the likes of Port and Freo during our finals years in the 00s yet have managed 27k against both this year despite not playing finals for a decade says we're doing okay. Collingwood a so called powerhouse managed 35k against them. I'd say that's a good ratio relative to membership and support numbers.

These are the member numbers we had during that time...

2000 - 18,227

2001 - 22,940

2002 - 20,152

2003 - 20,555

2004 - 20,647

2005 - 24,805

2006 - 24,698

So based on that vs an interstate side, 20,000 isn't too bad.

Last time I checked though, we have almost 42,000 members and in a game so pivotal to our finals chances, against a side we are directly competing against for a top 4 spot, in Trenners first game back in ages, on what is apparently everyones preferred day and timeslot for a match... etc etc etc, 27,000 is, imo, ordinary.

Powell-Pepper. I was just about to post the same thing. 

3 minutes ago, Roger Mellie said:

Is that so J T R ?

The OCD in me finds the use of spaces between M F C, G W S & W T F quite irritating...