Go Ds

But we like Roy https://frinkiac.com/video/S05E07/31mXjIhfPCza1im1ckHMyz_1f6E=.gif

So with the new upgrade can we choose which Demon player reads out posts over our shoulder? @Ghostwriter , can you and your inner sanctum friends help set this up. 😁

I trust the MFC brains trusts knows more than me. But with hindsight it could be that we couldn't go for some more Moneyball-type players who would've added more value It could also be that Reid ends up more the standard of Travis Johnstone as opposed to Judd, D Martin or Fyfe.

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Only cos of the real games in recent years where goal accuracy cost us. If we had instead kicked 16.10 last week and kick 8.20 this Sunday basically the goal kicking complaints would've just been postponed a fortnight.

They did reach 90 points on a hot day in windy conditions jetting across the country with some newbies with few or zero interstate games under their belt at a ground possibly no player's ever set foot on. On top of that our main forward probably only played for one minute and another played only the last quarter. Plus Freo had a much harder game against the Indigenous All Stars while we had a match simulation against the North almost-all No Stars so probably they were more matchfit anyway. (Oh and Tracc hadn't played any games since last June.) Given all this I choose to be 'glass-half-full'. BTW in their practice matches Sydney beat Suns by 4 goals, Collingwood beat Tiges by 14 goals (and N Daicos supposedly had one hand on this year's Brownlow). But in the real games Hawks (beaten 2 goals by a depleted Doggies) and Giants ( beaten 10 goals by Carlton) made a mockery of the pre-season form. Honestly can you remember any non-Melbourne practice matches pre-2025? No one's gonna even care about the recent ones come Sunday night.

Looks like we'll have to go back to writing on the cubicle walls in the public toilets at Casey. 😁

Indeed. People that are professional get when to be serious and when to focus. But a bit of fun or frivolity can be useful some other times. Often people will work better if they enjoy their job and workplace and be likely not to leave as quickly. Surely every Dees fan wants the players playing better and not looking to leave. I don't understand the original comment.

I've always FELT it is both.

They will re-mayne anonymous? 😉

Didn't some irate Richmond supporter years ago get a truckload of manure dropped outside Richmond headquarters? It wouldn't be original but it'd be a heartfelt message I'm sending the Filth.

Hey! This is a family site! 😂😂😂

Almost half a decade? In 2021, even 2022, weren't they still hoping that BBB, TMac be holding down forward positions? In 2022 they would have hoped that in his last year Weid could step up and maybe Tracc could play more forward if someone could close to match his midfield input.

Apparently the Herald Sun sells way more copies if the Filth are mentioned on the front page

God knows how good the Giants are. But one game under the belt compared to our none is a big advantage. Also they have a bye straight afterwards so they can throw themslves around even further knowing they have a long recovery time. Geez, it'll be good if we beat them!

I've arranged it with the boys. Next week he goes down in the 'thoid'.

I'd bet my life savings that the grand final won't be between North and West Coast and that Sydney and Brisbane won't be fighting it out for the wooden spoon. But, otherwise, there are surprises every year. It could easily turn out that we were better served by the actual results of this weekend.

I still remember decades ago holidaying in Tassie. We were probably down near Hobart watching the cricket from the 'G' on TV. It started to rain forcing players off the field. But funnily enough at the exact same second it started raining outside. Surely it's impossible but could the same rain cloud span 100s of kms? :)

If Hawthorn play in the '25 grand final against Collingwood or Geelong I almost think I won't watch any of it!

It's kinda frustrating knowing who to barrack for earlier in the season. Sure, I despise Collingwood and will cheer GWS today. But at the end of the year Collingwood might be games below the Giants and we're lamenting that the GWS defeat of Collingwood means they finish half a game ahead of us knocking us out of 2nd, 5th, 8th place etc

I really don't get this. Surely the AFL want people watching their sport. Is it really that hard for channel 7 to make a profit from their accompanying ads on Saturday night? I mean if nowadays the scores usually look like those from the AFLW (and hence few ads during play) But they just aren't.

He might end up one of the recruits of the year

Yep. It's no surprise that midfielders do so well in awards. They connect up either end of the ground , and if a team's midfield is being dominated by their counterparts it almost doesn't matter that their teammates are controlling the other zones. Such games would be played in the opposition's forward half and eventually the dam wall would break. It's very exciting to dream about what these 4 will do. If in 10 years time we're saying that 3 of them are an even better midfield than Tracc , Clarrie and Viney (and maybe the 4th is the new Langdon or Salem) then wow!

Remember that players all spend time on the bench. I guess at times he could replace players in the forward line, midfield, perhaps defence and maybe the wing.

Wouldn't any player improving significantly this year do this? Even if the improvement is just 4 more marks or kicks or clearances per game, but they still play in the same manner, this will improve the sum total of Melbourne's output/success, yes?