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Marngrook is the real deal. dry wit and genuine cameraderie of the panel makes for a relaxed Thursday night. PS Gary Lyons' deflection of Sam's serial wit should be put into an anti-bullying programs and put through the schools. better still, play footy show for the naughty boys.

I am sure if you rang the channel they would help you out with a clip or a link to their show.

Yes, I Utubed Jimmy after watching MGrook and couldn't decide on the title, too hazed out to review your suggestion but I dip my lid to you. I was there in the 60's that's why i can't remember it. Really impressed with how lucid and together jimmy was post-performance, and how at-one he was with the Demons. He should be pushed up to the stratosphere; 1. For being an A-Grade legend of the 60's; 2. For wearing his heart on his sleeve for our colours.

THE MFC is serially ridiculed by prominent media commentators as a blood sport, and this has spilled over into the community mindset, and by extension the club's and players' own self-perceptions. Newman and Champion two typical examples of this 'fit'. This stems from original jealousy of Melbourne's power era which the suburban clubs have never allowed us to forget.. By the end of 1964 we were the superpower of the competition, a juggernaut which infuriated many. unfortunately we let the rival clubs 'have the Anzac Cup' by surrendering our fortress, the MCG and by donating our intellectual property and spirit to rival Carlton.

Did anyone just see the legendary jimmy keays sing the legendary 'Do what you want to do' from Master's Apprentices wearing the Red and Blue scarf on Marngrook just now? He has supported the Dees since 1967. He followed the Red n blue Norwood team in S.A.

As Reported in the HS: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/afl/more-news/manager-says-brent-moloney-could-move-in-search-of-success/story-e6frf9jf-1226350350030 google this title to read...

By definition it is head-high contact, the AFL are either protecting ball players or they are not. if this happened outside of a football ground the offender would be charged with criminal assault. It's not the Tom Wills or the Leigh Matthews era of anything goes.

What about The Tassie T***S?

BT is quite entertaining and he was giving reasonable assessments of what Melbourne had to do to stay in the game. If you want sledging dressed up as commentary try Mark Maclure and to a lesser extent Stan Alves on ABC when the dees are down, they really go to town.

Bail!

Davey! SAints a shambles at present

Hijacking of Anzac Day

Too many questions...

Some good, insightful commentary on our beloved Demons: http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/starting-over-20120421-1xe4r.html

When NicNat starts holding some of those big pack marks he will be sensational. Both Watts and he will be great footballers of the modern era, glad we got Watts. As for the game. Well apparently the Viking spacecraft is now heading past the outer heliosphere one hundred times the distance of the Sun to Pluto. That's about how far Melbourne is from these two teams and going in the wrong direction. PS Neeld would do well to start teaching some of our Dee boys how to do those bullet handpasses transacted by the Hawk players.

AFter visiting the MCG twice in recent weeks, listening to informed commentators in the papers and on the telly, and reading the (many) informed comments on here - plus 'ology - I feel that we have become a victim of a serial make-over. That's when a new administration comes in, bringing with it a new administration not to mention a new mantra. The mantra both spoken and unspoken, is that 'we' have all the answers (fitness/ structures/ game plan/ leadership groups etc) whereas 'before', 'they' were doing it wrongly ie 'couldn't believe how unfit they were and 'no game plan' etc The sudden drop-off of the senior players i don't think has to do with sooking as such but the lack of 'buy-in' and the unwillingness of our senior crew to put their dementia-inducing 'heads over the ball' to get the footy and win the points. if the older players are going to be dumped en masse, frankly davis i can't blame them. As two examples, Moloney and Jones must surely have been retained in some seniority position if only to maintain their footballing honour. those guys have given plenty. Finally, I don't agree with all the Green bashing that goes on. That guy has taken some huge hits in recent years and performed acts of courage which defy belief, he just isn't capable of that any more. we just don't seem to have the 'backs against the wall' mentality of teams like North. As for 1979, this year is beginning to stink far worse than the end of that decade. And, yes i did stay till the final siren on Saturday despite nearly being sucked up in a vortex of departing dee supporters.

Just want to get in first. C'wood have been in doldrums since late last year, not a patch on their pre-Buckley-conjecture era. The fallout may be spectacular.

When I first read the title of this thread I assumed that someone at Demonland was suggesting the players were applying themselves like androids, which may explain our poor performance over the first two rounds. If this is the case, could Hymie from Get Smart be rookied as a gorilla-forward? Daleks could be used on the interchange bench to zap a few opponents and the robot from Lost In Space could be used as a runner and cry, "Danger, Danger!" if Jack Riewoldt starts taking a few grabs. A cheer squad of fembots wouldn't go astray either...

A friend told me this morning that G. Ablett flew to the U.S during last year's grand final because he couldn't bear to watch Geelong playing. Does anyone else have any memories of this?

How many would the Cats have had missing from their best 18? Menzel, Vardy...?

Hawkins' kicking is worse than TS! All credit to Geelong, they had not won a flag since '63 under Bobby Davis, despite maintaining an attractive style of football. Have stayed thereabouts over this period and survived four heartbreaking flag losses in late 80's and 90's and now are reaping the bounty of their brilliant footballing style. it is not a matter of demanding standards; the players demand it of themselves, and it shows. i would like to see their new recruits lined up beside our draft-assisted assets over the last few years, incredibly they would come out ahead.

struck me as mechanistic and robotic... same as they play... i think the players have overdosed on 'system', 'structure' and sermonising.

"All Good". (Jack Watts to ABC reporter getting off the plane at Tullamarine)

smith got sacked because of his role in barassi's departure. both barasssi and smith were considering their options vis a vis carlton and richmond at the end of '64 (Red Fox). Melbourne's list was heading south around this time. no full forward no centre half forward no ruck. over-reliance on smith's despotism. other clubs using money to buy premierships. this trend continue until late '80's and more money buying premierships. finals-wise we have had a pretty good run in the afl until the end of the daniher era, we now seem to be reverting to type. melbourne still seen as a team of gentleman footballers a la tom wills and current-day player blazers.

"Just when things couldn't get any worse". ps what does faulty debt mean? i put it like that because the club is currently being trivialised in the media by the use of headlines which 'say it all' ie yesterday's murdoch-son-sun: Dees self-deestruct. i am hopping mad how the press are trying to kill off our club... smith says we are dysfunctional... have richmond or footscray or essendon tin rattlers knocked off $5m like our club just did?