bush demon

This is a truly legendary post. Hassa Mann was The Man after Barassi left the club.

On 24/11/2025 at 00:41, Fanatique Demon said:

It was the difference between finishing first (enabling us to win the premiership) and fifth (missing the finals altogether).

So, a premiership goal.

Well we probably would have pulled our finger out against Footscray, in that case.

The magic of two "bros" working together in the forward lines adds a little magic to the mix. Brodie Mihocek may get that silver service after all.

2 hours ago, Dannyz said:

I don’t see a great deal of pace between W. Ashcroft, Neale, McLuggage and Dunkley?

Pace on ball is a myth. Pace on the outside is a reality.

Well spoken. Ie Greg Williams, a famous dawdler from the past. If you do happen to be a bit slow opening the jam jar, a set of beady eyes and bullet hand passing are essentials ..

He's got bony knees, like David Schwarz.

"Good fit" should be banned from reputable journalistic organs. Unless, of course there is somewhere it can fit.

This is another bread and circuses fiasco. Meanwhile, crackheads and kitchen weaponry starting up a breakaway competition.

Early re-union of the/Melbourne midfield.

6 minutes ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

Post it, bd.

Cropped screenshot works best. Least file size.

BTW the way, l wish him well but he is definitely a different version to '21. It was on the news.

After seeing him kitted out today in Sergio Silvagni's old shorts l think he could now fairly be labelled "Traccta".

So many parallels with Barassi, who left without saying goodbye. Fortunately it only took 57 years to snag our next flag.

7 minutes ago, Bates Mate said:

Amen jtr.

It's a load dice to get the rugby states on the mcg in September.

2 hours ago, Red But Mostly Blue said:

A perfect storm that pretty much could only happen to us.

A drought-breaking premiership we couldn't see (in person) because of a....once in a lifetime pandemic.

Two generational talents pi**ed away because of a perfect storm of player behaviour/a self-preservation coach/broken and spineless board/gutter rat media who don't give the same scrutiny to other clubs, life-threatening injury and perhaps in the background some family issues.

Loss of guys like Mac due to the AFL hilariously changing the rules, then changing them back.

Norm Smith's curse lives on, flag or not!!

Nah.... The '21 flag was sublime, especially the part after Bontempelli's victory goal. There is no entitlement to follow-up premierships, just ask StKilda. We are living in times where AFL head office are trying to force-feed a flag into franchise rugby states. At least there is the fig-leaf of compensation, not like the old days when Barassi, Alves, Wells, Keenan etc could just walk out the door.

CP5 and CO13, two sides of a faded, yet highly collectable penny.

We let Barassi go in '65, now we are (possibly) letting Petracca go in 2025. I smell a rat.

6 hours ago, Wells 11 said:

was it at a bbq?

We need to snag a few midfielders.

Petracca to Melbourne, Humphrey to Playschool.

11 minutes ago, Very Jaded said:

Moe is closest to Casey of all the other training grounds…

I’m just saying

51 minutes ago, Bates Mate said:

this happens multiple times every year what is he talking about

Elegantly framing this as a one-off situation in order to prevent a stampede.

44 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

He's ignoring that Melbourne today is not the Melb of last handful of years.

But he's good at skirting inconvenient truths.

I would say Essendon's situation is a disaster, and we haven't hird anything about that.

16 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

Im very much caught between roads of thought about #13

I do wish him well but I think as the old adage goes about square pegs and round holes he now finds himself outside of the parameters King is setting for us.

He might not be gone ...but he might be going.

Bitter-sweet.

As Mr Smith once suggested.."I'm a Melbourne man"

Im just hoping for what's best for us.

Certainly adds context to getting King hit

How would Geelong Bayley Smith fit into this new governance, one wonders.

18 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

Im very much caught between roads of thought about #13

I do wish him well but I think as the old adage goes about square pegs and round holes he now finds himself outside of the parameters King is setting for us.

He might not be gone ...but he might be going.

Bitter-sweet.

As Mr Smith once suggested.."I'm a Melbourne man"

Im just hoping for what's best for us.

Certainly adds context to getting King hit

18 hours ago, GawnOfTheDead said:

Yep. Just a joke. I forgot that’s not all have the same humor as me. No, I don’t wish a serious injury.

https://youtu.be/TcOyoDIoQFQ?si=CQ_5mwO_mcJ9KUbY

7 hours ago, Redlagged said:

  On 24/09/2025 at 10:55, demoncat said:

Cal Twomey reporting that Trac is open to a move to Gold Coast

"Gettable" are the AFL proxies for killing off the middle tier Victorian clubs and establishing phoney franchises in the badlands

Naah, The Fitzroy/Brisbane combine will entrench Aussie Rules in the heathen states.

16 hours ago, BKKBooga said:

Doess anybody really want to see Trac running around in another club jumper and winning games against us? I doubt it.

In a purely playing sense, Petracca is Barassi in another era. That is not undervaluing Barassi who was a Captain an multiple premiership player and coach. It's simply a like for like playing wise in another era.

Many parallels with Barassi, except that Barassi left in the dead of night, with no compensation. No doubt Christian is holding off before deciding whether Steven King can lead MFC back to the promised land.

One of only the very few times Collingwood has beaten the MFC in a finals game.