Ron Burgundy
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The MFC is a competent outfit now.
Weid was in the starting 18 until he was injured prior to the first game of the season. Then, without any reasonable foreseeability, Tommy Mac rediscovered his 2018 form and Weid hasn’t been able to get back into the team in the short term. We’re 7-0.
That said, I’ve no doubt the club is in his ear, and that he is aware that he is in the club’s short, medium and long term plans. I’m also confident he has sufficient maturity and professionalism to understand that the team is flying and there is presently no good reason to change a winning formula. He will get his turn in due course, and the club will want him to be ready to own it when the opportunity presents itself.
In short, I don’t think his horses are restless, nor should they be.
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3 minutes ago, Brettmcg said:
Melbourne’s new $6 million man Christian Petracca signs on for life
Melbourne will announce Christian Petracca’s mammoth contract extension as early as Wednesday.
Foxfooty.com.au has confirmed Channel 7’s report, which revealed the Demons star would shun rival clubs to pen a long-term extension.
The Demons were planning on making the good news public on Wednesday.
I'm crying!
He's a lifer. Just like us!
Go Trac!
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... immediately give the middle digit to all of my mates, my work colleagues, various general acquaintances, strangers on the street, anyone who’s given me carp over the last 20 years for supporting the Demons - and then remind all of those people that I told them that we’d win the flag this year and that they know nothing, before drinking all the booze in Victoria in one single session.
That’s how I’d roll.
It’d probably lead to a few regrets by Monday morning. And possibly also a little bit of time spent at her Majesty’s pleasure.
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I’d be absolutely (pleasantly) astonished if May can play this Saturday.
I had resigned myself to him being out for 3 months when I first saw his injury.
I find this news in the first moon-landing territory of remarkableness - surely it can’t be true.
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1 hour ago, Cards13 said:
And the fact he makes extra $$$ from his in club hairdressing business, he’s staying for sure.
Salem’s Salon.
Clayton Oliver is apparently a regular in there.
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On 3/29/2021 at 9:06 PM, deelusions from afar said:
Interesting that Ratten said on 360 that they felt they'd got the game back on their terms and then a 10-15 period from Pickett turned the game. Never comes down to one player but pretty high praise coming from the other side.
Interesting to read this. I was discussing the game with a mate yesterday (Dees supporter), and he said - ‘we were really up against it until Kossie turned the entire game in its head, single handedly’.
This then caused me to reflect on Kossie’s contribution - I immediately thought, ‘yep, you’re spot on’.
Kossie turned this game for us - Ratten is absolutely on the money. And he’s a good bloke for acknowledging this.
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36 minutes ago, old dee said:
Similar things were said about his father when he joined the Dees.
And he won a Brownlow.
Sure - Shane W may not have been the best player in that year, but he was a dedicated, loyal Demon and he was ultimately let down by the club and by many supporters.
The club, at the time, which was run by a stack of tres ordinaire lawyers and accountants with limited EQ and probably limited IQ, didn’t recognise this - and they stuffed it up. 2003 was a disaster as a direct result.
I just hope we’ll be better going forward.
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I loved Danny Frawley. He struck me as a rare, and caring, and very funny, individual.
It’s desperately sad that he couldn’t see the positives in his life and that he cut it tragically short.
Some of the posts here are just ridiculous - I can’t believe I’m actually reading them.
I hope his struggles ultimately enable others to seek help. Round 2 each year is now a very important round.
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5 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:
I hope whoever did the votes for The Age is suitably embarrassed. Didn't have May in the top 5 players on the ground.
Probably didn't watch the game.
Or, if they did, they plainly didn't understand what they were watching.
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I genuinely thought I was watching James McDonald playing for us again yesterday.
And it’s not because this dude was wearing number 23. Well, not entirely because of that.
He seems to be the type of hard working, no nonsense, selfless, working class but effective, midfielder we’ve been missing.
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6 minutes ago, picket fence said:
Should have led the team out yesterday Didnt, Should have tossed the Coin yesterday Didnt, should have been hoisted on someones shoulders in acknowledgement of probably the best first 100 games ever. Wasn't, Massive question WHY NOT??
What argument are you trying to win here?
The club loves the bloke, he is plainly the future of the joint, and I expect they’re desperately trying to get him to commit to a long term deal.
So what’s your point? They should should be being more naff, more cliched, less cool?
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19 minutes ago, At the break of Gawn said:This has a bit of round 1 2013 feel to it. I hope I’m wrong but a loss on Saturday will signify the beginning of the end for Goodwin.
Nothing surprises me with this club anymore so a comfortable win could also easily happen
Perhaps more like round 1 2019 v Port.
Similarly bad outcome.
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There is a steady stream of players who leave the club each year, whether it be their choice or the club’s choice.
And, of them, there are some players whom you wish all the best - you kind of want to see them do well following their departure from the MFC, even if it is with another AFL club.
Oscar McDonald is in this category. Good luck to the young man - he strikes me as a quality individual.
Let’s be better than to simply run him down, he was a devoted Demon - wish him luck, if only to make you look better as a human.
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It'd be great to see Tom recapture his 2018 form, ideally during the warm up immediately prior to the first practice match this preseason.
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I’m not (currently) worried about our list. It has sufficient quality, depth and diversity.
However, I still have question marks about the quality and dynamism of our coaching (outside of the Ooze and Mr Williams).
Goodwin (potentially) still has a dynamic forward line available to him early this year. As stated in the opening post, this however will require some flair and out of the box thinking.
It’ll be interesting to see if Goodwin can will himself to get him there and smash the traditional, formulaic, old school paradigm-based forward line thinking. This is the zone in which the good coaches earn their pay.
Quite simply, we need to kick more goals this year. Goodwin knows this. Time will tell if he can execute/achieve this.
In the meantime, stay classy San Diego.
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12 hours ago, BAMF said:
Man he looks happy.
I hope we offer him a contract.
It just feels like the right thing to do - for us, for him, and for the sake of humanity.
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It’s not great news but at least it’s early Feb, we still have T Mac (who’s super fit with a point to prove), Mitch Brown, Jackson and a stack of other mid and small forward options.
We’re better when we’re not drinking our own bath water.
It’s not over yet. In fact, the season’s not yet even started.
And we’re not Collingwood.
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Coach Killers
in Melbourne Demons
And, he was so bad, that he led to us landing Paul Roos, which is the most significant signature in this club’s history.
Everything we are now seeing flowed from that. Roos needs to be immortalised.