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58 minutes ago, deva5610 said:

Actually that's a great point, so here it is.

Last Quarters - F/A
Collingwood - 191/93
Melbourne - 243/106

I still think in terms of fourth quarters we are as good, if not better than Collingwood. The only reason Collingwood get the media attention is due to the fact it looks exciting because they're always coming back from behind and barely getting the win.

You might need to look at who they've played and who we've played. They've had a tougher draw for sure.

Can't wait for King's Birthday, could be the biggest home n away crowd we've ever played in front of if weather is good to us.

Hate saying it but they are a super impressive team and enjoyable to watch.

Didn't know where to put this, here is as good as any.....as good as last night was and yes we are on top of the ladder, a little reality check may be required.

We have played one team in the current top 8.

4 hours ago, At the break of Gawn said:

I was at the game last night and I found the atmosphere very flat and almost eerily quiet for most of the match. I suppose that’s what happens when you nail 5 goals in the first few minutes against a team who is massive underdogs and everyone in the crowd thinks “ok this is going exactly to script”. 

I’m genuinely surprised any North fans stayed after halftime. After being really poor the last two weeks, they were horrible in the opening qtr.

Yeah it was flat as a tack last night. Zero atmosphere but I only lasted the first half due to a cracking headache and 2 bored kids.

I have never left so early in fact stayed til final siren even in the Neeld era but I was struck by how many fans of both teams left at halftime, couldn't believe it actually.

8 hours ago, deegirl said:

Comben went down right in front of us. What I thought was the sound of the contest wasn’t 😬 not a pretty sight 

This may be hyper critical but it felt like the North staff took ages to recognise how injured he was and call for the stretcher. 
 

Here’s to his recovery. 

Yeah right in front of me too. He waved in distress to the bench for an eternity holding his lower leg as soon as he hit the ground.

Poor kid has played 7 games in 4 years mostly due to injury.

Umps were oblivious too, played for a good 20 seconds after.

4 hours ago, Lucifers Hero said:

Did he?  He didn't say a word.  He was genuinely undecided as one would expect of a 21 y.o. 

The system doesn't allow a player to publicly say he is leaving.  He stayed silent.  It was the media and to a lesser extent Freo that fed the circus.

Correct, he didn't say a word at the time.

But he is quoted the day after he signed with Freo that after meeting with them mid season he knew that was where he wanted to be.

That does not sound genuinely undecided to most.

58 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

Did Rivers hurt his leg? Looked lame in his last horrible turnover kick then subbed off? Fritsch and Hibberd both had ice on their feet in the rooms post game too  

Wouldn’t be surprised to see May “managed” with a sore calf, maybe Turner in. 

Spargo will miss and I’m pretty sure we won’t see Brown or McDonald after the Casey loss.

Rivers was cramping only seconds before that awful turnover to Baker. Was subbed out not long later.

There were a lot of very sore boys from both teams in the last who could barely run. I'd be expecting several changes to rest some sore boys and reward some performances in the 2s with a short break coming up 

9 minutes ago, I'va Worn Smith said:

Is there a MRO for umpires?  To me the turning point in the game was when Spargs copped a hit to the head, was done for holding the ball and went off concussed.  I don't give a fig for free stats.  It is where they are given and when.   To me,  the Spargo incident was the turning point.  I am not saying we would have won otherwise, but momentum certainly shifted at that stage.  

You might want to watch it again. He had prior and ducked his head. Harsh, but right decision.

18 minutes ago, HarpenDee said:

Umpiring absolutely putrid, epitomised in the last with the 2 non - frees. Hind caught HTB by Viney, and then the deliberate OOB with no bomber within 50m.

Would have only lost by 3 goals if we were given a fair crack. Should write to the AFL and demand an explanation.

You must be taking the pizz surely? Umps had zero impact on the game and the scoreboard flattered us big time.

We won the free kick count by the way 23-19.

55 tackles for a match in those conditions is damning.

They had 71 and clearly wanted it more.

That was quite pathetic really. Credit to Bombers they dominated a flag favourite who appeared to roll over.

Really disappointed. 2 very uncharacteristic defeats in 5 games so it's hard to know who we really are right now after looking unstoppable in the other 3.

18 hours ago, beelzebub said:

Isn't this a very curious and interesting subject for some ,or a bugbear for others.

Oh where oh where shall thy Demon heart reside for all eternity ? ( henceforth )

Where indeed. 

Despite what some proffer (or prefer) we do actually live in a very binary world. You're either dead, or you're not. You're pregnant  or your not. You're either a Melbourne supporter or you're not. See a trend ?? Life is essentially about choices, most often 2, to do what is in front of you  .....or ....I know you  know this.....or not !!

So he we are with our eternal favourite kicking toy the question of where we shall be. Over the years there have been many a good idea and/or recommendation and  yet strangely enough despite being the founders of this fair game we've been kicked from pillar to post and dealt rotten hands. None of that really matters because that was then and this is the NOW and it's in the now we must be bold and make clever and informed decisions.

Some can not grasp that we are never going to get that 'deserved home" , that grandiose location of 'somewhere near the G'  Why ? Why they can't grasp ?  Well  it's hard to let go of a dream. I get it.  If the world was fair ( in our minds  we would live at the MCG, or something akin to Richmond's setup, but better.  We've tried that path...not happening.  We could have had the Olympic Park site...well... 'nuff said !!  That too a fizzer.   Now we arrive a little further down Swan Street to Gosch's. Not called a Paddock without reason in my thinking. Padocks are very usefull...Go find some cows, some horses perhaps , sheep, whatever as that's what paddocks are for. It's a ham fisted convoluted compromise at the very best ( no matter what $$$ are thrown at it ) . It's second rate.Better than a Container at someone else's  Cricket Ground perhaps... Goschs is  entirely befitting a Soccer Club or some other silly game. Not ours and not this club, my club, your club...The ONE and ONLY MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB.. Yes I'm yelling...I need that to sink in. We are a very unique Club, in any form of code or Sport.

Much is made of proximity.. We NEED to be close to the G.  Well given our very essence is inscribed upon the walls of that great Stadium I'm not sure how we aren't.  No matter where we are...we ARE Melbourne. We aren't anyone else.

I go back to the idea that we are unique. We are so SO UNIQUE that we hold a position in this game no other club can. The game evolved out of Melbourne. The very soul of the game lives in the annals of the recorded history of Footy/VFL/AFL. It does because WE put it there. Who doesn't get goosebumps sometimes when you walk down through the G, through the Members, see all the Pictures, the Cups, the History.

We are Melbourne.  That's something else that needs to sink in for some I feel.   We and ONLY we are Melbourne. And again I retrace our point of difference, our uniqueness our major asset of assets. Our name, Melbourne.  We are not  incidentals like those suburban clubs. We aren't defined by a mere locality , not defined by proximity to a pub, a river, a beach or any such trivial and limiting precinct. We're Melbourne..We embody everything this great city is and has been. 

For a long while this circumstance has served to hinder our embrace of everywhere and everything that IS Melbourne. We though, seemingly that we were an odd fit  as where did we belong.  The answer has been staring us in the face all along..Quite Simply...We are Melbounre. We are ALL of it...not just a bit...ALL of it. And only we can...  It's time to step up and claim that historic inheritance and stamp ourselves as THAT Club that can be for everyone that is Melbourne at heart.

Heart.  The very essence of a person, a club, a city, a passion. How often do you hear  she's the heart  of .......  this place runs to the blood of ....some bloke.   Heart. It's where it all emanates. Everything that courses through our veins as Demon Supporters comes from the heart.

Every once in a while "OPPORTUNITY" stares you in the face. And like all those other decisions in life you either do....or don't.  We are at that Crossroads where you have to either turn left or right. The road directly ahead ( for this prose I suggest it's the road to the G ) is not available.  There's a track to a paddock or theres a road to a greener field..

I've included a map below. Would anyone like to guess what's located as near if not at that crossroads ( as it were ) ...i.e  the point where the two RED lines  cross ??  That Boys and Girls, is the land of Opportunity.  It's all but smack bang middle of this wonderful City of ours, located pretty much in ITS Heartland.   For those following at home the Geo Centre of Melbounre for the last 20/30 odd years has been the Southern part of Geln Iris.  I know Glen Iris well as I grew up there but i digress...lol....  The point is  Melbourne is much more that the CBD. It's much more than the MCG ( by a smidge ....)  ....it's a bloody big place and there's ONLY ONE.....repeat ONLY ONE football club that can claim its entirity by right of fact that we are the Heart of the Game.   We need to stop limiting ourselves  and embrace everythingand everywhere that falls within our ardour. Let's be that Melbourne that we've always dreamt we SHOULD be....the one and only Melbourne.  The MFC.

As such we CAN be located at Caulfield , quite possibly /probably in truly State of the Art  facilities. Take it as a positive by stamping ourselves in the very Middle of Melbourne that we lay claim to everywhere, everywhere that is Melbourne...today, tomorrow and the next.

In footy there are times to lower one's eyes, in life there are occasions to lift them and think big... hmmmmmm...Think Big...there's an Omen.

Nice Bub....as good as Al Pacinos speech in Scent of a Woman 

7 minutes ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

Really difficult to decide

Grundy

Fritta

Oliver

Petracca

Rivers

Kozzie

So difficult you forgot number 7 Bitter! 

Harmes out for personal reasons. Tommo dropped 

4 minutes ago, Bang Bang Bang said:

I think it got swept under the rug because we won... and.... it's.... Clarry. But it was maybe the dumbest thing I've ever seen a Melbourne player do on the field. Up there with ANB playing on from out of bounds in the 2018 prelim.

You've never heard of Jack Fitzpatrick I assume....

5 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

Yep. If he flattened out Smith it would be worse. in a week that ex players are putting a case together & with the AFL trying to cut out the head high contact he'll get something 

Zero weeks......because Patrick Cripps.

Bailey Laurie, Tommo, McVee and Chandler all getting games. 

Backline looks completely different without May.

Another game we were well and truly in control and looked unstoppable......then we stopped! Was Round 19 fyi.

Viney played didn't he? Have barely seen his name mentioned....can anyone enlighten?

On 2/20/2023 at 5:58 PM, Fanatique Demon said:

Over the weekend I watched our last two games against Brisbane last year.  Aside from Petracca’s “broken leg” there were no obviously banged up players in my view. And Trac actually played well. The difference between the drubbing we handed them and the disappointment of the final seemed to be lack of dare. When we were desperate in the last few minutes we kicked two quick goals. Of course Lever’s brain fade and Kosi’s ill-discipline (two down the field frees for late tackles and a 50m penalty) didn’t help us. But it seemed to me that in the final we were going through the motions, thinking the game was ours any time we wanted it. Then all of a sudden, reality dawned on us, but too late. That’s mind-set, not fitness or injuries. Bath water, anyone?

Was at the final and watched us closely in the warm up and knew we were in trouble.

Ben Brown, Lever, Trac, Gawn and Salem all looked lame. No doubt a touch of bathwater , but we were ripe for the picking. If we were not playing so hurt Brisbane would not have got near us.

13 minutes ago, Return to Glory said:

Yes, it may be me but this thread has all the hallmarks of a self-fulfilling prophecy. 
 

I'm with you Mr Partridge! 

Kane Cornes was belittled by a lot on here after being the first to suggest he is gettable before anyone else raised it. Gee I hope he's wrong but you'd expect his mail from Port would be strong.

Would hate to lose him, but if he helps us get a flag this year he can go with my blessings, we'd have to get a seriously good player in return.

Poor kid. 3 month hammy confirmed. Hope he recovers and has a good career up there but that is a serious injury.

17 hours ago, Whispering_Jack said:

He’s an Old Haileyburyian like a certain former No 1 draft pick who isn’t well thought of among many MFC fans. Perhaps, he can have a stellar career and atone for the other bloke’s sin of walking out after being lured by treasure from up north.

Kye Turns Heads to Become A Demon

Jack Watts went to Brighton Grammar....oh heck hang on!

34 minutes ago, Satyriconhome said:

Rivers in the midfield is not the only difference during a game we may see.

Our main midfield group, Petracca, Oliver, Viney need a chop out more during games.

The game will be even faster this year.

Noting we already have another big bodied midfielder in Grundy, who looked in great nick yesterday.

Saty in a training thread....as rare as a Mr snuffleupagus appearance in Sesame Street!! 

Don't be a stranger! 

15 hours ago, djr said:

JJ is tracking similar to Simon Black. See a lot of traits that are alike.

Pretty sure Jordan Lewis said exactly this 2 years ago or so.