beelzebub

Got to give the Sun's their Dew

love the optimism....dont share it....but love it

they canna looky....but no touchy !!!!

footy really isnt complicated is it..;) Hit the scoreboard....not the stats sheet...and you win

we have very much over complicated what all of this NT was/is about Its called MONEY We whored ourselves..simple as. In destitute times we panhandled and took the first bus to Moneysville .......and then some bright sparks/spin monkeys tried to dress it all up as another really good idea. ( mutton dressed as lamb ) It's never been a good idea to play up there. Yes by all means camps.,..pretend games etc etc...but to go there in the real season...as a HOME game...is again....all about the money Surely we dont need this anymore and the tradeoffs far outweigh any gain these days. Common sense would dictate bringing it to an amicable end. Common sense .....hmmmmmmm its about money....nothing to do with growing memberships...nothing to do with finding our 'roots' ....its been about money.

Just quickly Daughter and I watched TV one sat Arvo. World's most dangerous ...etc. #1 Lukla We joked...you'd be fun mad ... 6 months later we were off on a Nepalese adventure. Before going as checking itenary...I noticed something. Popped it up on laptop ...I was laughing quite heartedly by now... When asked...I turned screen around....some jaws dropped

Try landing at Lukla

Game has evolved...get rid of runners....get rid of half the umps out there too

Not much ?? No room !! Everyone is playing ' blink' now. We need to win...win...win... Every game we lose from here on makes it doubly hard / likely thereafter. If we lose these next two....? ☹️☹️☹️ Any more injuries....not good. If we haven't won 14... it'll be a major struggle.....even if we do fall in. Others have said....those games we lost...that we should not have....coming back to gnaw on our behind now. Put up or shut up time for the club.

Some see forests...some trees. Finals are not the end all....though they end all too soon for some. Finals are but a means to an end. If by chance your inference of b/w infers I see the game as winning/ losing then in the main you're correct. Though isn't any game that's scored about winning/losing. I enjoy the spectacle of us playing well, but I want to win. I want us to be successful. I want us to win Premierships. In the meantime many seem content among the nuances. Win...lose.... it's actually a very b/w notion....even for us Red and Blue.

Why is any announcement required ? Surely businesses conduct reviews on an ongoing basis ? All rather odd.

You and those with similar view to finals seem to be fixated with this notion it's about DESERVING to play finals. Fine ...enjoy basking in the limelight. It's not about DESERVING. Anyone who makes it there has done just that.....but ONLY that. Made it into the finals. It's totally irrelevant if you're incapable of actually competing in them meaningfully. Finals is NOTHING. PREMIERSHIPs are everything. Be satisfied with 'deserving' We have a very different metric of success.

I think some need a dose of clarity come understanding September. The goal of any club is to win the premiership. To do so you must be in the finals , but that alone means nothing. It just gets you a seat on the bus. If your form going in is so-so it's rare that it improves. Invariably those who make up the numbers are the first victims of the September cull. Other than getting to play another game there's not much to shout about. You need to be going into finals with form, with as full a list as possible....and with fanatical endeavour. Finals isn't a goal...it's a path. A slippery path. If you're not in the business end of September then you've no real business being there.

Very much so. There's two things as outcomes ( for mine ) 1) how savvy the team is if coached well. Do they play with verve and gusto ( or .... ) 2) simply wins/ losses The second decides fate for 2018 The prior decides fate of those carrying out the club's efforts .

14 wins >>>most likely 5th or 6th. Do that ... you're in the game. Anything else this year....nada gunna go very far. That's just the reality. With pig out . Todd jnr out....others...who knows... We are unlikely to trouble anyone of note. ( I'm not a fan of KoolAid )

Lol...so you want to fall back into the 8...then get your botty summarily spanked on the way out again ? If you've only won 12...well you haven't beaten any other contender most likely. If we haven't won 14...we haven't really done squat.

Wouldn't want to go to Kittyland without Pig ?

Last time we played them they looked pretty spineless

We luv ya Charlie....bvgger what the propagandists spout ??? Go you good Dee

Sorry to single you out Jaded...as I don't mean to. However the wording of your last sentence resonates as it's seemingly a theme among many. I speak of the idea that Jones, having carried the burden , as it were, for many seasons, is now afforded the most golden of tickets ? Is this what people seriously suggest ? He did ALL that ...so get off his back when he's having a less than brilliant patch ? Bernie lowered his colours...back to the Magoos , but there's in reality no checking possible with Nathan. I sense he's carrying a niggle again. If we're really to consider ourselves ( MFC) a professional outfit...all are accountable... equally... surely.

My.... aren't we clever at Melbourne !!!??? Memo to Mr Pert.....have a good looky look at the FD when you get here ??

It's now a game of 'blink'

All we need to do is channel the Dees of '87 ( Except that bit with #11 ??)

Just think... another preseason or two... another 25-50 games !!! This lad could really be something

Can we clone him ? About 4 would do ????