Sir Why You Little

Filth kicked bady. They should have Beaten Vegas, but Cameron was deadly. 
good result

Filth are still in this…

Lions turn it on at home. Not surprised at all

hopefully they keep losing on the road

58 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

No, it wasn't 'Hi Ho' - he changed clubs during the off season.

It's bugging me now.  I just looked up Russell Greene and Michael Byrne and it wasn't them either.

No. Fuschini definitely changed Clubs Mid Season 

Great article. It was pure genius to get Hunter, the way we did. I knew it would be a winner 

2 Gun “Specialist” Wingmen will cause many opposition Headaches 

Also glad to see Oskar getting Senior games

Not a Fan at all. Get your list management sorted in October/November. 
The Filth stuffed up and now want other Clubs to take the Burden. 
They realize how good Brodie still is. 
 

Deal with it and keep paying his wage please

17 minutes ago, IRW said:

Look at the stats...Viney ( and Trac) had the most " crtl errors" ( leading to turnovers)in the team ( 6 each) no one else got close.

Trac had a lot more possessions though

But you cannot always be clean out of the middle 

Pressure is flat out. Stats don’t take that into account 

2 hours ago, demon3165 said:

If the lions game had not been stopped do you really think we would have come back like that no way, so let's not get carried away with that one.

 

It could have gone the other way. But it didn’t. 
We came home hard. Grundy got serious. We lost by 11 points 

Saved a lot of %

2 minutes ago, Demon Dynasty said:

The same MCC that took our home ground advantage away when they stopped us training at the G in 1985 SW

It ceased to be our genuine home ground from then onwards.

The thought that we have always been a part of the MCC is a nice bit of football romance from yesteryear but in reality the connection was only marginally kept afloat for some time by the MFC/MCC offering dual memberships for those MCC members who wanted to take them up.

The FD & players garnered no match day advantage (when playing at the G) vs most other Vic clubs, other than those that rarely play there including interstate clubs, from 85 onwards.

As you know we were cast out and ended up at the junction to train where no VFL matches were played at all from the time we commenced training there in 85 so no home ground advantage here either.

Since then (until maybe post the Stynes / Bailey era?) we have always been treated as the poor cousin by the MCC and asked to train in a cow paddock (until very recently) down the road at Gosch's and share facilities with multiple other codes.

This romantic view that we must be 'near' our sprititual home (in a training/HQ sense) is a lovely idea but that's all it will ever be until or unless we are willing to look at something that offers a realistic development opportunity somewhere away from and outside of the CBD/MCG precinct.

Where, as Old Dee has succinctly pointed out infinitum, all possible alternatives within those inner Melb precincts have been well and truly considered previously and are now defunct.

Even if there is some sort of development at Gosch's, surely given the constraints of all the various parties and their self-interests/agendas, we will end up in a massively compromised outcome that is not even close to A grade vs the rest of the comp?

I Repeat

The MCG is home. 
If we move away from it, other Clubs will move in. 
 

The ONLY decent thing Schwab did for this Club was to bring us back into the MCC

16 minutes ago, george_on_the_outer said:

Apart from 2021 when there was a big jump toward the end of the season, for obvious reasons, there hasn't been much change historically from the increase in numbers from about early April. 

i.e. we are up by about 2-3,000 on last year, which will get us to about 68-69k by year end.

As long as young kids jump on Board. That’s the lifeblood we need to target 

Solid wins against good teams is what gets a kid’s attention 

3 minutes ago, Mazer Rackham said:

Here are some things these delightful people said on reddit a couple of days ago:

• Melbourne were dog[censored] in 2019 after we demolished them in the 2018 prelim
   
• God what a [censored] day that was, was almost as good as winning the grand final. I just remember all the media saying Melbourne were the favourites, they were so desperate for it to be melbournes year and for us, the team predicted to not even make finals, to absolutely blow them out of the water was just chefs kiss
   
• It was also made more delicious by them wanting to be able to beam in video of Melbourne supporters to negate our home crowd advantage. In retrospect I kind of wish they went ahead with it

 

Truly Hideous Creatures 

Still have not paid any Penalties for the Rampant Drug Use of the early 2000’s

Play Kozzie as the Sub..He will be raring to go when opportunity arises. 
no one in last week’s Win deserves to be dropped. 
 

The Melbourne Football Club originated and grew from the MCC/MCG not from the City of Melbourne 

The MCG is Home

Develop Gosch’s Paddock

build facilities underground if needed

We are not a Horse Racing Franchise 

1 hour ago, Grapeviney said:

This is the one. 

 

A question for you @WalkingCivilWar, something which Andy pointed out the other day.

How come the cheersquad no longer shows off both sides of the banner to all parts of the ground?

This used to be standard procedure, which meant everyone got to see the main design and the sponsors advertising.

Is it a case of not risking it coming apart by putting it up and down multiple times?

Yes that’s the book!!!

With 8-9 guys running through the Midfield Chandler will have a serious spot in the side this year

Mistakes were made last year. 

It was like watching The Ox in 1992. Raw Talent, and he fully backed himself 

About Time we had a Serious Forward 

Superb work DFA

It just shows that players may be given Coaches instructions that do not show up on the stats.

Sparrow does a heap of work in the middle, and that is not often seen by many. 
It’s a team game. Our Players work for The Melbourne Football Club 

I love The Gameday Threads. Pure literary genius. 
Particularly when o/s it is a great way to stay connected. 
I love it when some random says “Game Over” and you realize it’s the 2nd Quarter and we are up by 5 points! 
Gameday Posters expect Melbourne to win every contested possession, never drop a mark and to pin point every kick, no matter how much pressure is being applied 

i try to be positive on Gameday Threads. It’s a lot easier now than 10-12 years ago. 

Just finished listening to the Podcast. Excellent discussion. Glad you mentioned Petty in the Fwd Line. Some on here are calling for him to be dropped.
Laughable 

His Stats weren’t huge but he allowed Van Rooyen space to weave his magic, and was also important once Benny went off with his bad back. 
Not everyone has to Blitz the stat sheet 

We kicked 21 goals as a functional Fwd line with 12 Goalkickers

Petty did his bit, as did others

The vibes are good 

I think Koz realizes that he owes the Team for his report in Round 1

Great to have Uncle Byron on our side 

Fantastic.

i have a book of Banners from 1988 somewhere at home. I must find it. 
They have been such a huge part of the game

11 hours ago, WERRIDEE said:

He was pantsed by Ryan. He would have been pantsed by Naughton if he kicked straight. He got pantsed by the worst footballer in the league Daniher. He was ordinary up forward didn't do any better than what McDonald would have done. He's been our worst performer by a mile this year. Tomlinson's form has been better and he's in the reserves.

Max is out for 6 weeks. Petty is needed. It’s that simple 

14 minutes ago, WERRIDEE said:

He was ordinary. He's been ordinary all year even in the practice games.

I think you need to watch a little bit closer

28 minutes ago, WERRIDEE said:

After watching the VFL replay I wonder if Howes will debut. been in good form I'd have him replacing Petty as the 7th backman. If McDonald can be dropped after 2 ordinary games Petty could be dropped after 3 ordinary games.

Are you on valium Tonight?

Petty won’t get dropped. Do you watch the Seniors game or just Casey?