bush demon

31 minutes ago, WAGSLEFTFOOT said:

A sunrise 🌅 

A hayride?

He doesn't really explain why MtScopus acquisition is a problem, just seems to imply that it is.

25 minutes ago, binman said:

Better hope Kolt doesn't come in here than.

"The Colt from Old Regret".

On 14/12/2024 at 16:46, DeeZone said:

Please excuse the pun but it looks like MFC are - “Off To The Races”.😁👍

Don't "gallop" to conclusions.

6 hours ago, Gator said:

Yep, 6 premierships from 7 grand finals is a sound record when it matters most.

Have we won abt 14 from 16 in finals since the war?

14 hours ago, Fat Tony said:

Can we take him under the flora son rule?

Or the "Fuchsia-son" rule, when it is introduced.

7 hours ago, Macca said:

The use of the knee to inflict damage is probably one of the few acts that goes unpunished (mostly, or nearly all of the time) 

At suburban level back in the day, the use of the knee as a weapon was quite rampant 

Do people here remember when Hogan suffered vertebrae damage in a practice match against Geelong before he had played a senior AFL game? 

Can't remember which Geelong player inflicted the damage to Hogan but it might have even been 2 Geelong players (Hogan was playing in front) 

Missed the whole of the 2014 season (which was meant to be his debut season)

I was watching some Rhettrospective on YouTube(inc. games from the 1960s) and it is interesting to note how umpires protected the ball-carrier, and a player's back couldn't be rammed and targeted, as is now commonplace. 

On 21/11/2024 at 18:29, Dee Dee said:

And Scott Pendlebury grew up a Melbourne supporter and loves Collingwood!

Norm Smith was a Collingwood supporter, just saying.

1 hour ago, Demonland said:

Something new from a “discipline” perspective as opposed to previous preseasons. Whenever a drill is finished and they go to get water on the boundary. They have to sprint to the boundary. Nothing groundbreaking but reckon it sets a standard. 

There may not be enough water for everyone.

Skilton and Ridley did a great job with available cattle.

On 07/11/2024 at 20:06, The Jackson FIX said:

Putting 2 + 2 together it appears to me the club review uncovered that they need to relax and have more fun in their approach to footy.  That was Hawthorn last year and it sounds like Goody was told to lighten up. 

Maybe we should get Fev & Capper down to the club on a consulting basis?

Don't you mean Wacko Jacko and a few hand stands in the goal square?

On 30/10/2024 at 16:03, Wilson7 said:

The Eagles game was in Portland, We also beat Sydney & North in Vancouver in 1987 and Geelong in Honolulu and San Francisco in 1963

Didn't we also beat Sydney Swans in NZ around those years?

23 minutes ago, Supreme_Demon said:

Sadly, Sam Weideman just didn't have the aggression and determination to be an AFL forward. He lacked mongrel.

Same as Josh Schache.

Both were "powder puff princesses" when it came to hardness at the ball.

Maybe Collingwood might take a punt getting the Grandson of Murray Weideman over to the Club?

Anyway, I know Sam is a "nice bloke" but when it comes to playing as a forward at AFL level you gotta make an impact.

The Demons lost patience with him and I guess so did the Bombers now too...

Congratulations on making it to AFL level football, Sam. And anyone good enough to play for the mighty Red and Blue deserves the highest of praise.

7 minutes ago, picket fence said:

Why wreck my morning talking about Toumpas?? He was a poor mans Diamond Jim Tillbrook

Diamond Jim was tracking upwards in his last season until he got injured. Diamonds are forever.

1 hour ago, deejammin' said:

Where it gets blurry is when it’s published on the official AFL website. By publishing that content and supporting it there is a tacit imputation that the AFL condones or even shares the opinion. That’s not something a governing body should be doing and should Pert end up suing for unfair dismissal, industrial relations issues or defamation I wouldn’t be wanting to defend it legally.

The AFL are essentially a gambling organisation with a commentary overlay and a bit of footy on the side. 

Oh dear, Carol bangs on about her mighty Dees but meanwhile at Tiger land who is going to whip their suffering fans into a frenzy with four leaving...

Are you insinuating something?

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I wouldn't be going too hard against Swans, they just peaked too early. It's a bit like the Melbourne cup. Swans gave their supporters a lot to cheer about during the season. They were actually very lucky to get past GWS, virtue of some last minute heroics. We should worry about our poor ladder position.

I wonder if any other demon tragics are dining out on these glorious black and white, kick and hope uploads by son of Kevin Bartlett, Rhett Bartlett. This latest game l had only previously seen bits of. Now a massive upload, with our lack of forward line on full display. Both sides struggling to string together passages of play. No doubt the injury to Barassi (plus dubious umpiring) led to this loss. Fortunately we avenged ourselves ('88, '89 from memory).

21 hours ago, Whispering_Jack said:

Today is the 64th anniversary of Melbourne’s 1960 premiership - its 11th flag. The victory against Collingwood was achieved in pouring rain with the Pies held to the lowest grand final score in VFL/AFL history 2.2.14 to the Demons’ 8.14.62. A fortnight earlier, they kept Fitzroy to four goals.

Pictured, getting a kick away in the slush  is Trevor Johnson.

Wondering how the pic was added, because there seems to be a 5.58KB limit to attachments...

On 11/09/2024 at 10:58, Lucifers Hero said:

I wonder if the AFLPA review is what did/didn't happen in the 2nd qtr.  Tracc went back onto the ground at approx the 8-10 min mark. 

iirc he was left on till half time approx 20 min without an interchange.  That seems a long stint even if no injury had occurred.   We will never know what additional damage/risk occurred during that 20 min. 

The AFLPA would rightly ask questions of doctors/sports science/coach why he had no interchange and no injury/welfare check during that time. 

If the doctors (mfc and afl) left it up to Trac to come off that is a lack of care.  He was in no condition to make that decision.  A duty of care suggests they should have brought him to the bench at regular intervals.  Gawn didn't help by telling Trac to 'toughen the **** up' when Trac struggled.  Maxi's own words.

In the post match press conf Goodwin said Trac was given pain relief.

iirc the AFL review concluded the process mfc/afl doctors followed was 'adequate'.   I wonder if the process is written?  Either way I suspect the process is moot on letting a player continue and is left up to medical discretion.  Only guessing but I doubt it allows for player discretion.  Even if it does doctors can't abdicate that responsibility.

The simple question is did the doctors do everything they could to safeguard his well being in those early stages?

An interesting task for the AFLPA.  

There is an ad on TV at the moment where Heeney takes a speccy on Petracca's back. Of course ball-player Heeney does not dig the knee in, he turns a bit to the side to complete the mark. If any duty of care is to be discussed re Petracca it should start with some of the poentially life-threatening football acts of digging the knee into a vulnerable part of an opponent's body.

Blaming the GPs for all of this is just - in the words of Jihn Kennedy, just kicking the can down the road.

37 minutes ago, DeelightfulPlay said:

*provided you're allowed to benefit from such systems by the AFL rules

The AFL is the father, Brisbane and Swans are the sons.

Good luck to the ghosts of South and Fitzroy.

On 20/09/2024 at 18:49, Dr. Gonzo said:

Rhett Bartlett (son of Kevin) unearthed the full broadcast of the Toby Charlton/Norm Smith interview. He said he understands the full FTA (channel 7/9?) broadcast of quarters 3 and 4 of this GF exist and he has been trying for years to get his hands on it. Would be amazing if that came to light, this footage is great but nowhere near the same as the footage available for the 1961, 1962 and 1965 GFs.

Some of the FTA footage has been shown and is in YouTube (extended highlights are on the MFC history DVD) but it is still just snippets.

I paid big bucks to get the Ken Dakin ABC radio commentary and it seems this was a very scrappy game. Barry Bourke takes a match-saving mark on the goal line just before siren. Minutes before he was part of a chain of handballs and passes which got the ball to Hassa. Hassa the misses a sitter but moments later winds up with Dixon, then Crompton, then history.

Fun facts: Ron Barassi kicked 0.4 and Barrie Vagg, 0.5.

13 hours ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

Rhett Bartlett (son of Kevin) unearthed the full broadcast of the Toby Charlton/Norm Smith interview. He said he understands the full FTA (channel 7/9?) broadcast of quarters 3 and 4 of this GF exist and he has been trying for years to get his hands on it. Would be amazing if that came to light, this footage is great but nowhere near the same as the footage available for the 1961, 1962 and 1965 GFs.

Some of the FTA footage has been shown and is in YouTube (extended highlights are on the MFC history DVD) but it is still just snippets.

I was once told that the (channel 9) videos were once destroyed in an act of petulance when channel 9 lost TV rights.