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Colin Graham

You were beaten to it yesterday SD!!

Great write up! I thought the majority of the responses on this site yesterday were bordering on hysteria. You`d have thought we had just lost a grand final or a round 22 match to get us in finals! Alas, it was the first hit out of the year in a NAB Cup match against the reigning premiers albeit with a few key players out! Its likely that the players will gain more out of this loss by losing a game at the death that they surely should have won, rather than just falling across the line in a crumbled heap with a lucky win. Be grateful for the fact that we were far more competitive yesterday than we were for the majority of the past 2 seasons and rest assured there is some exciting times in the coming years. If any supporter thinks we are going to turn the corner this year and be a threat to make finals footy you are sadly mistaken. Just sit back and watch things unfold throughout the year without too much expectations and you just might enjoy yourselves as I guarantee we will begin to show signs later this year that perhaps even in 2010 we will not be far off from knocking on the finals door. Our backline is starting to take shape and we will have one of the best going around within 2 years and as Kevin Sheedy has written in his recent book ``stand your ground``, that is where premierships are won! Bring on 2009!

Kyle Cheney looks the goods! A chance of playing Round 1

Prediction: Jack Grimes will be top 5 in the Bluey if he stays injury free and will give the Rising Star a shake! Other positives. I am positive that Newton is a disgrace to the jumper

Luckiest person to be on a list in the AFL. Aside from that, I think a few of you are getting a bit carried away. Its only NAB Cup. OK They had 9 premiership players out but I think many of you are expecting a little too much. Remember, we are the worst team in the AFL by a long way. If anything, I think there were more positives than negatives out of this game (Newton aside). I have no doubt that DB will take them to school on trying to save the game in the last quarter instead of playing the same attacking, hard tackling footy which would have won the game of footy. There are signs that they can play very good footy at times. They will learn to play it more consistently as the season progresses. Only downside for me is missing out on some very handy cash!

Yep, I better go lie down! 5 weeks tomorrow just quietly!

Has anyone seen the wikipedia file on matty whelan? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Whelan Did anyone on here do this?

What concerns me is that we have 32 to 33 fit players. Yes it is more fit players than last year but that still equates to a lot of unfit players! Please dont let injury ruin our year before it begins for a 3rd year. Is it too much to ask to have just a lazy half a dozen injuries please? :angry:

Care to elaborate?

In fact, they have a poor attendance record when the team is flying!

Yep, Id be very interested to hear about Grimes! Any mail out there?? Thanks for the updates guys!

Agree Pringle. I am extremely concerned. Even if we do manage to pick up a major sponsor in the coming weeks I think we will be very fortunate in this economic climate if any company out there will be willing to give up a quarter mill let alone the million a year that will be required to keep our head above the water. I would be stoked even to get a 1 year deal this year. The player group have an enormous amount of presure on them this year for the existence of the Melbourne Demons. If we can start to show some true form toward the end of this year which is possible in my mind then maybe someone will want to come on board and as Jimma says, get themselves a deal with the amount of exposure potentially coming there way when we are a force again in 2 years time. Without a decent sponsor this year and if we continue to perform badly as we have the last 2 years just wait and see the AFL and the media circling like sharks. Too many supporters think ``she`ll be right`` we are Melbourne we will always be in the AFL... Yes, you may be right , but we just might be the Melbourne Kangaroos.

Sorry to those that have asked for a link but I cant figure out how to do it from a personal email address and it is nowhere to be seen on the MFC website (curiously) Just be grateful you cant see it , or if you are really desperate, i suggest you become a member and you will certainly be offered the said exclusive polo! In all seriousness, in reference to what DT just said previously, i think the merchandise team could have done far better by perhaps coming up with a few designs and ask the Melbourne supporters what their preferred designs would be, so we might actually sell more than half a dozen!

I am baffled AD. I would gladly spend $60 bucks on a good quality simple blue polo with our logo on it but do they honestly think this poor excuse for a table cloth is gonna sell?? We desperately need more supporters wearing Dees merchandise and putting more money in the coffers but I doubt we will see too many of these on show at the G this year unless the poor players have to wear them for media gigs and functions.

Now I know there is a bit of negativity out there re our lack of sponsorship, debt etc but my friends we have just hit a new low! Has anyone else received an email flogging these Polo tops yet? You`d have thought that our merchandise department would have done a little more research than pick up a David Jones catalogue from 1975 and decide to go with this! Now I am no fashionado, I love my shorts, thongs and singlet, but this is just awful!

I heard discussions today that cloke and santa have been at each other for some time, not just today. I think the AFL might actually step in here. Not so much for the punch but kicking a bloke while is out for the count is a dog of a low act. That is placing the game into disrepute. I saw a similar thing happen 20 years ago in a Federal league match, Clayton v someone and a player who kicked a bloke when he was on the ground out cold was marched off the ground by an off duty cop! On a side note Carazzo has a broken forearm and will miss 6 to 7 weeks. That will certainly stuff his fitness up til mid year Id reckon Thanks carltank for taking our woes out of the media spotlight for a few days. Couldnt happen to nicer bunch!

That would be a big step for the club. Is he looking forward because it is a done deal or is he looking forward to it possibly happening??

Cheers WJ. This is a good read! We won`t have to worry about reading it in the paper tomorrow now either!

Wow, that is an inpiring read. Lets just hope we can hang onto him and he does not want to return home. We hear of guys coming down from Darwin or Alice Springs who just can not handle a metropolis like melbourne. Can u imagine some of the trepidation this young bloke must have felt when he came here for the 1st time and possibly still feels today. I have a lot of faith in wheels and Flash who will nurture him and who knows we may have one of the best long shot draft pickups the AFL has ever seen. Good luck LJ

I hope you are right. I am also pondering if they are just waiting for the Tennis to finish so we can get maximum press exposure with an announcement. It just seems awfully quiet on the whole sponsorship issue from the club ATM

I am confident we are gonna see a lot of Jack Grimes this year. This bloke will be every bit as important as the other Jack for our future and I will not be at all surprised to see him start on the bench in Round 1

Does anyone know the latest numbers? We must be nudging 20k by now. I signed up last night as a Trident member. I have always been happy with just the normal 16 game m`ship but thought I would help add to the coffers of the club and of course enjoy the best seat in the house on the second level of the Olympic Stand. BTW, doing it online does not actually allow you to choose which of the Olympic or GS Stand you want to sit in. Does anyone know what happens in this instance. Do I get a call from the club soon or am i best to call myself?? I always go to the footy alone so I look forward to having a beer with any Trident Demonlanders up there!

I can`t for the life of me understand how Newton can be thought of as having potential to be a superior player?? Maybe when our midfield can consistently hit him lace out every time he leads he may start to look like a player, but he certainly cares little about the ball when its not in his hands. We know he can mark and we know he can kick very well. So can 98% of the comp. Apart from 2 or 3 games of his short career he has been nothing but a disappointment. You are not the only poster that thinks he has talent so I`ll wait patiently for him to show us some of that potential that you and many others feel he is capable of in 2009

I would have preferred Chook as skipper but he is probably not quite ready for the responsibility at this stage. I still beleive he will be skipper after Jmac whether that be in 1 year or 2! Despite that I am thrilled for Junior, he thoroughly deserves the gig. He may not be the player he was a few years back but he will demand courage and hardness from our young team and show them how it`s done in the process. 2 Blueys! That`s enough to sell me on him being our leader. Well done Junior!