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Na I've been clicking on Melb vs Brisbane Q1, Q2,Q3, Q4 and highlights and it still ask's me to sign up....

International subscribers = $60 per annum

Well sh!t. Everytime I click on it, it says: "authentication required. The content you have selected can only be veiwed by Telstra bigpond members. please log in or join below."

And it is not just a register your details joining page, they want you to sign up to a broadband package.....

Hi All,

If you or anyone you know lives in South London/South East London the Dulwich Dragons are playing in the SOCIAL league of the BARFL (British Aussie Rules Footy League).

They are a new club this season and if anyone wants a game please come on down. 3 games to go in the social league season.

The Dragons will be training at Peckham Rye Common from now on. The Dulwich Harps Gaelic Football Club train there and have asked us to join them each Thursday at 7.30pm. A few of the Harps lads have come down and had success with us this season. See http://www.dulwich-harps.com

Please call me if you need directions. There is a map on the Harps website.

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Cheers

Mark de Stefanis

07917 054 615

[email protected]

Awesome to read about...

If the ankle is bad, few weeks out to get it right? No need to force him through on it if it is not good.

http://bigpondvideo.com/MelbourneTV/60998

Can watch all 4 quarters on bigpond for free, just click Q1 or whatever quarter you want to watch and off you go!

You have to be a member of bigpond broadband to watch it!!!! Farken hell. I might have to go and as the Slug in Fulham for a copy of it....

A great idea. Possibly it will rob some income from the club (I am going to the presidents luncheon this Sunday just to hear the address), however the benefits to the greater majority may outweigh this.

No offence to the guys mentioned, but would you really pay $400+ to spend time with these guys?

Would need to make a MINIMUM $100k+ to justify disrupting a preseason IMO. I know we are after every $ we can get, but the line has to be drawn here surely. (100 people @ 1K?)

Go for it!

Hate, being a knocker, but they are my opinions. Presidents luncheon address is a great idea. We somehow have to make our home games feel like home games. The shorts colour is just about the only way to tell currently!

Gold

Mate ideas are meant to be discussed and thrown around to make saure said idea has merit or not.

I was not being to serious with the mentioned names. It would be more along the lines of the best and most loved players.

It could be a seperate weekend, not a preseason weekend. Something to allow the people putting up the cash to feel like they are part of it.

He was a fantastic player for our club and in general, although he has not played as well over the last few years in his hey day he was an All Aust ruckman and one of the first players picked. Is it his fault that we have no other ruckman once we traded our two next best?

Give the bloke a break for farks sake.

Ha ha ha.... Lapricorn.....

But the first round of suggestions have merrit. Not too sure on dress up day though....

http://deadspin.com/5019790/the-western-mi...to-the-universe

You raise a good point.

The players elected the leaders on the basis of who they believe are the leaders. They also make the changes to the leaders to remove those players who dont provide appropriate leadership. I think player ownership of the leadeship group appointment based on criteria set by the football department creates responsibility and accountability on both the leadership and voting group. The group that voted at the start of the year included 11 new players to the club with many others that have not much more experience. The fact that they have now reviewed and altered the group to reflect a truer group of leaders is a positive learning experience for such a young list. It hardly makes a mockery of the senior leadership group when the players have voted that their not the leaders!

agree, the players made the descisions the ball falls into the players court. Maybe they will understand there choices and the ramifications for next season with further review....

The adjusted squad after allowing for the four players on the interchange for the Melbourne v Brisbane game. Should we assume Jeff White goes into the ruck ahead of Meesen?

SANDRINGHAM

Backs McNamara Frawley Bell

Half Backs Biddlecombe Lamb Petterd

Centreline T Johnston Summers Waller

Half Forwards McConnell Crowe Poyas

Forwards Monaghan Sautner C Liddell

Followers Meesen Tregear M Johnston

Interchange (from) Cheney Carroll Dean Maric Morton Newton White Yze

I was going to go out on a limb and suggest they might be resting White for this week to give hime a two week rest before the run home... Looking at the side that would be doubtful

But the first round of suggestions have merrit. Not too sure on dress up day though....

One of the funniest things I've ever seen was the 45/50 yr old bloke dressed up as Gary Pert in an old 'Roys jumper after the MFC vs Freo game earlier this year. The jumper, shorts and footy sox were circa 80's and the bloke was about 15 kilos over fitting the jumper and shorts.....

I was thinking of a good way to get young kids more interested. i remember when i was young my dad took me to a training session for the dees and got to watch up front have a kick on the ground afterwards and then they allowd the kids into the rooms after training to meet the players and get some autographs and photos ect. I still have the photo of me and garry Lyon! haha

anyway i thought we could have a father son type night where dads, or mothers for that matter, could bring their kids to training and then meet all the players after the game. If they do it 2 or 3 times a year and can get an extra 10 or 20 kids per session hooked on the demons then thats the sort of thing that we need. We need to get young kids in early who are going to be life long members.

Ahh nice one Don!!! Get the kiddies involved. I like it. THats one... come on folks lets get more up and running

Ok we have had some cracking ideas from posters on here and other forums I've seen over the last 10 or so months, how about we put some more ideas to the MFC to differentiate ourselves from what other clubs are doing. On game day for the supporters, What our players can doing in the community, Advertising ourselves differently in the oversaturated footy environment, Fan involvement on game days etc etc. Basically any ideas that you can think of, steal from other codes countries or businesses that will potentially bring more supporters to our club. (Winning is not a new idea either...)

1) (Borrowed from Demonology) The Presidents game day address; Can we have it broadcast into the G at home games for the members to see on the big screens?

2) (Similar to one from the $4.5mill debt thread) Fans can pay to spend the day with an ex-champion, or not so champion of the club, on match day. You get to meet them on match day, go to presidents luncheon or something similar then watch the match with the. Generate some revenue for the club, fan interest etc. I'd pay to hang with Phil Gilbert or a Craig Nettlebeck or a Shane Woey!

3) (Borrowed from the $4.5mill debt thread) Fans get to pay to go on the preseason camp for a night or two. You are assigned a player and you get to participate in some of the preseason training with the players. Team meetings etc etc. Gives the fans a feel for the whole process and raises $$ for club. Love this idea!!

4) Dress as you Favorite player game. Roll up to the G as you favorite Ex-Demons player. Prizes for best dressed etc etc

It's on! Demons hit the jackpot

I like the sound of saying that, but really I have no clue on the matter. However I've always loved all things Indian so this would be a perfect fit for mine.

We have had some funny, silly and down right farken stupid rumours this year on the Demons message boards but this one has to take the cake. Even if it is true in the sense that we are laying prostrate at the feet of an Indian Prince begging him for his cash it is so far left field it is not funny.

And what is this from another thread about Macca playing at the All England Tennis Club with the said Indian Prince??? I might have to duck down the road and have a look see to be sure. (By duck down the road I mean take 3 trains and a bus.... bloody London transport)

I'll believe it when I see it on the website.

20m. I'm too scared to believe it is true as that would be ridiculously big for the club.

Website? Do you live in a bubble or something my good man?

If it does happen I think it will be a rather large news for the footy club and the AFL, it will be an annoucement for more than just the website muscles.

But the issue Roost raised is valid... were are we getting the coin from to do BOTH. We all think it is the right way to go for us to have both but have we got the cash to support both if the article from the other thread (which came from MFC website) asking for $500k?

So has anybody else thought of any new ideas to help get rid of the $4.5 million dollar debt?

I read about this on the MELBOURNEfc website today: http://www.melbournefc.com.au/tabid/7415/D...px?newsid=61916

Below I have included a quote from the article.

Basically we need to raise another $500,000 to help the MFC and the Red & Blue Foundation with setting up our new home base at the Olympic Park football stadium. Along with having a Summer training base at Casey Fields I think having a state-of-the-art training facility will really give our players and our club a competitive edge.

C'mon! We need to get behind this!

MELBOURNE DEMONS FOREVER!!!

Is that fair dinkum?? Sooooo the deal is done for us to move in..... but we actually can not afford to move in and set it up? WTF!?

I don't think we need another $500k, we need to be have enough cash to get us into the OPRS (oly park rectan stad) whilst bringing down the debt to a sustainble level whilst still having cash to spend.

It amazes me to still see that we are $500k short to set this up yet we have been hearing that it is a done deal for how long now.

To everyone who thinks we are all clear with Jim coming onboard and for us to stay in the comp and not relocate wake up. We have no 2'nds team for next year, we have no training base as yet and we still have no admin base at OPRS as yet, and seem to be seeping money like an ebola victim.

We need to role the sleeves up even further it seems...

He is a fantastic player... As the Age article, and Jaded suggested, "Goodes is the thief booked for jaywalking". Shame he got rubbed out for a soft one when he has other priors that are viewed as worse.

I also admire the man for his longevity along with Yze and the great Jim Stynes, the last time the swans played without Goodes was round 21 in August, 1999 FFS!!! I watched him play in the under 18 granny in '95 on the G, he played well that day. He was not viewed as going to be anything special and he worked his @rse off to become a champion of our game.

Cale Morton and Tom McNamara among the Zebs best IMO.

Good to see young TMac continuing improving, being the youngest player in the AFL great to see him in the best

Christ I am angry! :angry:

relax Mon.... chill mate. I think we all want to see Valent's in the side (He must have sh!t in Bails dinner when Bails visited all the players at there homes during preseason) but at the same time Bode needs a number of weeks in the side to see if he can lift to that next level like the Garlands, Warnock's and CJ's seem to be doing.

A decent run in the 1's to see if they will be on the list for next season.

I want Valent's to have the same opportunity too and hopefully it will come before the year is out.

A hack??

Carved up by dunn?

I wouldn't go that far. I'm sure you loved how he played as we all did when he was with us.

It's just his attitude that was the problem.

Whats that saying.... is it 90% of the game is played above the shoulders. He is soft as butter and weak minded. He could have been one of the greats.

Old Valenti just can't seem to crack it.

Milne gaaawwwnn

Delboy is unlucky one of the group being sent a message. At the start of the season looking at the list and there preseason form I thought genuine top 4....

So why did St Kilda sack one G Thomas again??? The president should get the chop for one of the worst descisions ever. A descision based on a personal feud instead of what is best for the club.

Very very sad indeed.

Changing fo the guard backed up by Bails...

Youngsters have led Demons: Bailey

Melbourne coach Dean Bailey has praised his young players for lifting the mood at the embattled AFL club.

While the bottom-placed Demons have won just one match and have lost the heart of their forward line, they have put a nightmare opening behind them, which included dropping the opening two games to Hawthorn and the Western Bulldogs by a total of 199 points.

And Bailey has given the credit to the youngsters who have been pressed into service to help cover losses like the retirement of David Neitz and season-ending injury to fellow forward Russell Robertson.

"Round one and round two, they were terrible, they were unacceptable on every level that you could think of really," Bailey said.

"But we've played Hawthorn again and we've improved on that game.

"We've got the Dogs in a few weeks time (round 15) and that's going to be the next challenge.

"I think the progression has come from some of our younger players."

Bailey singled out first-year midfielder Cale Morton and defenders Colin Garland and Matthew Warnock for special praise.

"And in the last couple of weeks (Jace) Bode and Chris Johnson I thought on the weekend was good, Lynden Dunn, he's been in and out of the team but had a very good game last week on (Richmond midfielder Nathan) Foley," said Bailey.

"They're making some good steps and inwardly the leadership things they are doing around the club has been very positive as well.

"Even though we've lost a few real key players those young players are trying to step into the breach and they're actually embracing it."

Melbourne is keen to double its home-game commitment to two matches per year in Canberra from 2009, with the club playing its only game in the national capital this year against Sydney on Sunday.

Bailey backs the move but says the club needs to show its fans it is improving wherever it plays.

"I think the club is keen to promote Melbourne where we can and obviously in the capital in Canberra would be an ideal opportunity for us," he said.

"But from our point of view the game is important, how we play is important because our members back here and our supporters are going to see where our development is coming from against a really strong one-one-one team.

"We hope to prove that we're still progressing.

"The Swans are in excellent form, they play very strong contested footy and we've been trying to focus in on that for most of the year.

"It's going to be a really good challenge for our guys to play against one of the best clubs and probably the best teams at it."

Players are already made to do xyz - going out to schools would be one more thing. Ofc it'd be a Club initiative, and not player-driven. What sort of feasability study would you do with the concept of school trips*?

*not taking a jab; it's a fair call re: some of the ideas, but I'm not sure many fans have the time, skills, and inclination to create business proposals etc

I always assumed that players are forced out into the community and to schools, would be good to see and hear about what we are doing as a club. Also I'd like to see the players take some "ownership" (working in a office too long..) of that side of things. Have the off field staff oversee it but the boys take it on as something they can "own" and run... They all go on how they are doing these courses and uni degrees in the back ground to help them with life after footy, here is another way they can develop planning skills and implementation skills, project management and projct delivery skills...

* was speaking general terms and hoping we could get some actual buy in instead of hot air that permeates these dark and dingy message boards my good man. From our current financial position i suspect the club can not put as many $$ into these kind of opportunities so we the fans should step up and try and help with these things, from idea generation to understanding pro's and cons, market research, to delivery.

Hawthorn has been doing this for years in the Casey area through their multicultural program (A program MFC doesn't have).

Most kids in the Casey area are already Hawthorn supporters.

As usual, Melbourne are getting into something much too late.

Negative.... thats a yellow card mr1. next time it is a red card.

Lets be positive about it.. what do the people and kids of the area want... how can we do it differently to the Hawks and steal a march on them? Again I look to the refugee community that anicdotally is forming up in some of the areas of Casey. How do we help refugees assimilate to the community and make there transition easier into our way of life whilst trying to gather the next generation of MFC supporters?