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Deeoldfart

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  1. Agree .... particularly the fact that we can build on it from year to year. Already installed it as my pc wallpaper.
  2. CULTURE = another word. IMO it is even more important than confidence, but they clearly go 'hand in glove'. We need to develop a winning culture so that we don't need special motivation to fire us up. This needs to be the norm with only rare exceptions, rather than vice versa. Such a culture is elusive and multi-faceted, but it's one of the reasons that the best teams can have a bad day or even a longer-term form slump, but still prevail over the opposition. Clearly a team needs to start winning games regularly to develop a winning culture, but what are the key factors necessary to develop such a culture? Talent and experience are a couple of obvious ones, and team depth to seamlessly cover injuries and ensure stiff competition for places in the senior team is another. Others include excellent coaching and off-field support and facilities; strong on-field leadership and widely held respect for the leaders; pride in individual and team performance including preparedness to sacrifice individual accolades for the good of the team; comraderie amongst the playing group; etc, etc. Most of us around here would acknowledge that the Melbourne Footy Club is currently well down the 'learning curve' in many or most of these areas. When you start from a very low base like Melbourne has, the qualities mentioned above take time to develop. That's why patience is critical. However, for the first time in many years, I have every confidence that our patience will be rewarded.
  3. I love Dean's quiet self-assuredness expressed in the very last sentence of the article. When the players develop this type of self-belief, both individually and as a team, we will be on the way. It will take time, but it will happen.
  4. 1) Definitely! I find his interviews enjoyable and informative. Yesterday for example, was the first time I had heard about Max Gawn's progress on the track. 2) IYO.
  5. With very few exceptions, you will only see "average players become good, and good players become great" when those average and good players are part of a good or great team. We needed the high draft picks, to develop into a good or great team.
  6. Great response. I knew we fielded a young and inexperienced team, but the numbers bring it into stark perspective. Bailey has talked repeatedly about the need to get games into the kids. Games will bring confidence. Confidence, combined with the talent we know we have, will bring success.
  7. It appears that there has been a change of plan. This message was posted on Twitter around midday today: "DemonsHQ We now have an open training session this week. Friday 26th Feb, 10am Junction Oval, please note this will be only a short skills session."
  8. Thanks Fairbump, for bringing some reality to this debate!!
  9. Wouldn't miss it for anything. Will be leaving Canberra at 4:30am to drive down with a couple of fellow Demon members. Can't wait!!
  10. I can't help but admire them for that. Don't like them for a second, but have to admire their achievements, and hope like hell that we can start to emulate them in the not too distant future.
  11. Well written Roost. My sentiments expressed far more eloquently than I could have managed.
  12. Definately! I love the new culture which Jimma, Bails et al are slowly but surely establishing at our great Club. Just compare Jordie's decision with that of Chris Johnson just over 12 months earlier, or Brock McLean's more recently.
  13. Nice article. Great to read that they are already good mates.
  14. Good solid squad. With a number of key players unavailable through injury or not selected for other reasons, it's very pleasing to see the depth we are starting to accumulate. Bodes well for the future.
  15. Perfect reply to a silly, short-sighted post Mikey.
  16. Disappointing, but I'm sure the conservative approach which the Club is adopting is best for the longer-term futures of Watts and the other youngsters.
  17. Hey Rhino, I know it's all semantic, but I reckon you are being pretty harsh describing Frank Davis as a 'battler'. He wasn't a high profile or classy player like the others you mention, but he was reliability personified. He played 150+ games for the Dees, was captain for three years, represented Victoria and won a Bluey. I know most this was in an era when we really struggled for success (aside from the '64 Flag which was in Frank's first year), but if only we had had a few more 'battlers' with his credentials in the ensuing 40 odd years.
  18. I love the new design. Lots of information, easy to understand, simple to navigate. Being from interstate, I especially appreciate the news links.
  19. Outstanding initiative and fantastic design Jaded. My order is on the way.
  20. I'm sure there was an article on the MFC site about a month ago which indicated that Jack had been ill before Christmas, but he was now back on the track and a possibility for Round 1. Also, there were reports on here of him doing some ruck-work at training on 8 Feb., and I can't imagine that this would be the case if he had a long-term injury.
  21. Hey Keyser, there's nothing wrong with optimism at this time of year! We are trying to build our membership base, and a large large % of prospective first time members are genuinely optimistic for the first time in the best part of a decade. Don't be such a 'party pooper'!! (tongue slightly in cheek).
  22. Demonland is an absolute credit to Andy and his team.
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