whatwhat say what

nice use of tame impala

2 hours ago, adonski said:

SCOUT BOOST

As the Dees sweat out pre-season on the track, they have had a boost off-field by adding experienced footy head Shane Joules to their recruiting team.

Joules spent 16 years at Collingwood in various roles including an opposition analyst and pro scout under coaches Mick Malthouse and Nathan Buckley, before running VFL club Northern Bullants, and most recently a stint working at the AFL as a conduit between schools and AFL HQ.

He boosts one of footy’s most experienced recruiting and list teams, led by list boss Tim Lamb and recruiting head Jason Taylor.

The Demons lost recruiter and AFLW list head Todd Patterson to the Tasmania Devils midway through 2025.

ned guy effect?

18 hours ago, Redleg said:

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don't full stop us @Redleg

yr a font of positivity that is much needed in this thread

On 09/01/2026 at 16:59, Diamond_Jim said:

Next stop... ban password sharing and bring on more ads.

password sharing banning is inevitable and that's when i think it'll be interesting to see what decision people make about how important 'seeing' the footy on tv actually is

we might be going back to the 90s where if you didn't go to the game, radio was yr best bet

no ads siren-to-siren is one of their major marketing callouts that you'd think they would be reluctant to lose

Pass mark is making finals

Anything less is a fail

My expectation is that we will fail, but I also didn’t think we’d make finals in 2021

this one belongs to my mother, but i've adopted it, used it as my own...

in mid-air, there's one person going up and one going down

the one going down says to the one going up, "excuse me, but do you know anything about parachutes?"

the one going up says to the one going down, "no, sorry... do you know anything about pop-up toasters?"

i have no idea why, but it's always amused me

10 minutes ago, 2029_brownlow_medalist said:

pity the only thing you can’t illegally stream is footy😞😞 nba cricket f1 all covered

it can be found, if you look hard enough

15 minutes ago, GawnOfTheDead said:

This is the new world, with everyone moving to subscriptions. Everyone’s paying so much a year for all their various things.

and this is why piracy is on the rise, again

kayo price going up again

https://au.finance.yahoo.com/news/foxtels-kayo-sports-increases-streaming-fees-as-aussies-set-for-72-yearly-hike-time-to-boycott-042959308.html

the oztrayan cricket team keeps winning

the mfc does not

3 hours ago, Gouga said:

I know people want to keep things positive, but our last formal update was september 24. Paid up members are in the dark and its just not good enough.

people want to keep things positive? that's very un-mfcss

2 hours ago, bluey said:

Time for Guerra to stand down, got no idea.

so not the right guy?

give the gig to ned?

1 hour ago, Dee Viney Intervention said:

All good questions DeeZone. Be interesting to know the job description and is it a match day “strategy” role or more an off field direction of the club “ strategy” role.

I was hoping for a Craig Jennings type role.

it has nothing to do with on-field

from my understanding, ned is a massive mfc fan

i'm sorry, but i only have this to say to the people in charge...

12 minutes ago, Redleg said:

Is it the Bombers?

would make sense

he was never likely to stay after being passed over as ceo

we sure do love a leadership consultant appointment

15 minutes ago, rpfc said:

I put some sadness in it.

What a place to be in; high paid CEO who requires development and training in THE INDUSTRY HE WAS HIRED FOR.

It’s laughable really.

yes and no - i mean, obviously ever senior exec / ceo i've had the (mis)fortune to deal with has had some sort of mentor / consultant that they have used as a leadership guide etc. etc.

but it's still hard to disagree with what you have written

10 minutes ago, rpfc said:

They should all just shut up until they have something to announce.

They are just the most naive when it comes to messaging and their own image with their stakeholders.

Nearly every time each one of them talk - I cringe. For I know ‘that was not what they meant to say’ or ‘they can’t say more than that’ or they are ‘not across it entirely yet.’

SAD!

they kind of HAVE shut up about it tho

"nothing to announce, hopefully more soon... now, moving on to our next item of business..."

2 hours ago, DistrACTION Jackson said:

But I will say I like the current emblem a lot more than the monstrosity that Cameron Schwab came up with

and no white either

we're melbourne, red and blue, not red, blue, and white - that's footscray colours

12 minutes ago, Trident22 said:

Only that they are looking for an experienced coach.

that's interesting cos shae sloane has been talked about in dispatches as taking on the role

chalk me down as another who is looking at the 'rehab' group and seeing reasons to be concerned

the general rule of thumb is that in order to prepare for a good season you need to have fully completed 80% of all pre-season sessions

we look set to go into 2026 with a lot of players who won't come close to that mark

just gotta hope the foot injury is not going to hamper him longer term

any club worth their salt should be sniffing around him as a free agent

3 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

And you'd think the team would have taken some key learnings on how to win a close game since the semi final of 2023.

Instead we've somehow managed to go 1-9 in games that have resulted in 6 point margins or less. And that even continued after Goodwin was dismissed as we lost 2 close ones to the Dogs and Collingwood.

We might jump up the ladder if we can address that fine line of losing close games instead of winning them.

put simply, the team has a history of bottling it in the big moments since mid way through 2022

Just now, Redleg said:

Well the President did say "we are really close and we will share more as soon as we are able to."

I guess that means that we are not allowed to announce anything yet and I assume that is because one of the stakeholders has told us not to.

Caulfield will happen and it will just need a bit more patience before it is officially announced.

It is disappointing though that the President couldn't elaborate a bit more, without making an official announcement.

I am as frustrated at that as everyone else on here.

this was exactly as predicted

no update outside of 'more updates soon'

frustrating, but better than 'it's dead, and we're back to square one'

Just now, BC_1718_DC said:

No announcement available as per the new President, Steven Smith. Disappointing but no real surprise.

the important announcement is that the possibility of caulfield is yet to be snuffed out