Dreamin' Demon

You crack me up. You've made my day.

I too would be disappointed with "going for draft picks". The young players are very exciting for our future & injuries to key players may be the fast tracking that some of these young kids will be getting. I'll certainly support it rather than continue to play players that are out of form OR show no interest. I reckon Yze will be better for it now that he has no more baggage to carry. He'll have a blinder next week.

David Schwarz was saying on SEN last night that we were the fittest side coming out of the pre season. Our fitness was amongst the best in the competition. I dont think that is our problem. Our decision making, lack of confidence/form & discipline is creating our current headaches. Why is that?

Think of the cattle that we do have that arent injured & how badly they played over the last 2 weeks. Surely, if they snap out of their bad form, we can win a few of the MCG games!!! Hell, maybe even pinch some games interstate & TD. I'm holding out hope - we cant get any worse.

Skills

Dorks got 6 goals from Melbourne free kicks/50 metres

We've got to focus on our centre clearances. They killed us again from there.

Gotta hand it to him though, he seems to do this every year, but he gets fit pretty quickly.

Matthews is a very intelligent coach. He manages to not only extract the best from what he has, but does enough homework on the other team. He's frustrate two teams in a row & prevented them from playing their game style. To a point where they lose confidence & begin to turnover the ball big time. The experts are saying that the Hawks & Saints didnt go out there to play crap, they were forced to by the lions choking game style.

The hawks have always killed us in the ruck, because their clearances were one of the best in the AFL. Everitt was good for them. Mitchell & Hodge would feed off him. Without Everitt, we may have a chance to fix that problem. If you stop them in the centre, they'll panic & fall into their old game play. That's when we demolish them.

What about Neil Sedaka?

Last Thursday, I dreamt that I was sitting at the front row on the ground level of the Great Southern Stand & watched in sadness as our team walked off the ground with their hands on their hips & heads down. They had just lost their first game of the season. It was heartbreaking however, when I realised that the team celebrating on the other side of the ground was Richmond!!! I woke up & thought, what a crap dream & not a good omen. Unfortunately, the result of the dream came true that Friday night against St Kilda instead. Last night I had another dream. This time it was a night game at a very packed MCG. The teams were Melbourne & Hawthorn. It was the last quarter & we were 2 points in front with the only seconds left on the clock. The ball was in our centre half forward position, very close to the 50-metre line. Byron Picket running at full speed scooped up the ball & bombed a torpedo post high through the goals. The crowd erupted in an almighty loud roar that made me feel proud & then the siren sounded - Melbourne had won by 8 points. I would have liked a 70 points thumping, but at this stage, I would take any win. GO demons.

If we lose this Monday, then the [censored] will really hit the fan. We cant possibly begin the season as we did last season. We MUST win as many games as we can in the 1st half of the season. Have a look at the fixture for the 2nd half of the season!!!

That game plan failed in the NAB cup, yet we continued with it in the main season - whata joke. Hopefully this will be the last time we see it. Better a loss now.

Does anyone know what the current membership tally is? It doesn't seem to appear on the website any longer? I'd like to know when the MFC numbers begin to kick in & we can break the 30,000 barrier.

And yet the AFL site has no audio - another black hole in the broadcasting deal!!

You'd think the AFL would allow regional games like these to broadcast over the internet by 5AA. This is a joke by the AFL.

Great idea. Bragging rights when it comes to membership numbers is always a good thing. It will not only attract interest from sponsors & advertisers, but potential new members that want to join the largest membership based club in Victoria.

If there is a reply paid envelope in there, put all the crap in there & send it back. That way they have to pay for the return mail as well.

Wow, with all the younglings borns on this site, we'll be pushing 35,000 members before too long.

I just finished putting my stickers on the car today. I'll be mighty p....d of if they fade like 2005.

Maybe it cant be done because its used in my name :D