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  1. 43 minutes ago, Colin B. Flaubert said:

    I guess you could say it was a positive in the same way that Black Plague was great for Europe in that it created labor shortages which saw the emergence of a middle class in that continent.

    It’s just a shame people had to die in unimaginable agony while hacking their lungs up to do so.😳

    Well at least Melbourne players didn't have pupas and sing rig a Ring a Rosey It certainly was a bleak time though

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  2. 10 hours ago, Maldonboy38 said:

    So often, players like Harmes, ANB, Hunt, Sparrow, Rivers etc... don't get enough acclaim. Harmes was very good tonight, and Hunt had some moments, but the other three were poor. Twice, ANB did not commit when he should have and that is so unlike him. And Rivers' kicking has been a liability in the past 2 games.

    The team is winning but our basic skills over the first 3 games have been absolute junk. 

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    I agree that this was not our most skillful game but for years I used to go and watch perhaps the most skillful and entertaining  player who has donned the Melbourne jumper - Robert Flower. His ability to read the play and deliver the ball from impossible situations has never been surpassed. The only problem was that we never won, despite Robbie's brilliance.

    I would much rather the present situation.

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  3. On 10/11/2021 at 2:13 PM, rpfc said:

    As we all love the slide down the ladder of the Hawks I thought it be good if we talk about the current mistakes that Sam “I’m too good to let one of the greatest coaches ever have a dignified exit” Mitchell is repeating. 

    We all know how them pushing out Hodge and Lewis and co broke their culture (could have learnt something there Sam)…

    And now they are doing the same with established senior players: 

    https://www.afl.com.au/news/683923
     

    Wingard on the table but he doesn’t want to be on the table… 

    Mess.

    When TMac and ANB were on the table last year, they were told they should move on and it wasn’t a surprise and they should try to control their own destiny. 

    Nothing concrete materialised and you know the rest. 

    But Hawthorn are shopping people that have not been brought on that journey; something tells me the results they will get owing me sane that we saw from TMac and ANB.

    Discuss.

    Shouldn't this subject be in code . I would hate Hawthorn escaping their just deserts by learning something from rebirth following our long history as a laughing stock . I am so enjoying Hawthorns demise and sincerely hope that they end up in the lowest division of whatever suburban league will have them, perhaps in E grade Amateurs where I played a couple of very ordinary games. My only regrets about their slide down the ladder to a very just demise is that the perpetrators of the very ugly Hawthorn culture have long since departed football at least as active participants. For example: John Kennedy an over zealous school teacher [censored] torturer, this fanaticism lead to the rise of the club and the obsolescence of players like Mick Nolan, the galloping gasometer whose skills took precedence over his fitness. Delicate Des Dickson, something from a B grade horror movie, Robert DiPierdomenica whose training routine largely consisted of cool down sessions dictated by the AFL tribunal and the list goes on. 

  4. The 1964 grand final was the first I attended at the age of thirteen  with my dad and younger brother.  We were seated in the Olympic stand and if I can recall correctly we were sitting in the top level for the second semi final where we beat Collingwood by thirteen goals. We met a family of  Collingwood supporters who were allocated seats next to us.  Over the course of the game we got chatting to them and, surprisingly, they seemed to be reasonable. I had  lived in West Heidelberg and had a fairly jaundiced view of Collingwood. Despite the loss and obvious disappointment they departed quietly.

    Somehow Collingwood managed to beat Geelong by four points in the Preliminary final and the Collingwood family reappeared next to us. Well the rest is history My memories were of John Lord kicking two goals and of course Ray Gabelich's famous run from half forward to the goal square and goaled. Somehow the video or film clip gives a different impression to that which I recall from all those years ago. I remembered Gabelich's run as being a lot longer and more ponderous and his bouncing of the ball being more erratic  than the records showed. And from memory it really was a tortoise and hair situation with Tassie Johnson closing in on Ray but not quite getting there.

    I missed Neill Crompton's winning goal because the shadow from the stand complete blocked the view of the far goal mouth area.

    As soon as the siren sounded dad whisked us away as the looks on the Collingwood faces signaled murderous intent. A great feeling not repeated until last Saturday night.

  5. 1 hour ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    End of September i reckon

    Yes, It could be worse We have the Rugby League followers up here who seem top hate Aussie rules and won't miss an opportunity to "enhance" our decorations.

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  6. On 9/8/2021 at 12:35 PM, Jaded said:

    One of my new favorite lockdown activities is trying to spot Demon flags and other items on my daily 5km radius walk. I seem to live near quite a few Melbourne supporters. Our front yard has had the Melbourne flag up since post round 23!

    Jaded

    You would have to walk a long way to spot me on my daily walk I usually wear one of the many scarves I have accumulated over the years, especially during the many frosts we get here. My front gate was festooned with them. Yesterday I might have done a "Sheedy" a couple of times

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  7. On 9/23/2021 at 7:54 PM, BDA said:

    Tough on Hunt and others who miss out but what about young Jake Bowey. 6 games into his career, he has cemented his spot in the side and will run out to play in the big one tomorrow. The kid must be pinching himself. 

    As long as he is doing the pinching not the hamstring

  8. 1 hour ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    Is anyone else planning to open The Robbie 2 Flower Tawny Port late tomorrow night if we win 🏆 it?

    Or the Shane Wowoedin Tawny?

    i have both, just found them

    No I am having a good champagne. From Rheims  If we lose a beer

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  9. 30 minutes ago, faultydet said:

    Nice words mate. Many things have happened since we last held the cup aloft.

    if we get up I will break my self imposed (health related) abstinence to have a drink in memory of all Dees who are not around to share the celebrations.

     

    I would love to be with you for that

     

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  10. To continue

    I am sure that almost every supporter will have similar experiences with their deceased  loved ones, but we all should be proud of those friends and family who contributed through the bleak times and  stuck fast.

    Through those times I encountered some remarkable examples of people who stood tall while many others did nothing much. I left Melbourne to take up a job interstate in 1993. At this stage Melbourne was languishing on the bottom of the ladder (10th).  Melbourne games were rarely televised on TV and we would rely on Video tapes to see the games after they were played, Most of the time we didn't get to see our team. Rod Grinter seemed to get the job of liaising with the interstate .  supporter groups. He would send us Video tapes of the games which always arrived. I will never forget that.

    Similarly a friend of mine's father transferred from Collingwood to Melbourne in the1930s and played 1 game for us ,his only senior game for both clubs. As an MFC member I undertook to find out more about his football career The archivist was passionate about the background and playing information on all players. These people actually gave a stuff.

     

    All the best Tomorrow I will be watching but with a heart pang because I can't be there

     

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  11. Tomorrow night, if there is any justice left on the planet, Melbourne players will be celebrating a historic premiership which will finally end years of disappointment for everyone associated with the club. It almost goes without saying that the congratulatory focus will be with those most prominently involved on the day such as : the players,  coaches and the club president. 

    However there are many many more people who have made a contribution which is largely overlooked. The first of these is the supporters who have passed away since 1964. In my case, my brother who had been a member of the coterie passed away in Papua New Guinea in 2011 as well as another member of the Bull Ring group who was killed in a traffic accident near the Botanical Gardens ,

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  12. 5 hours ago, Demon_spurs said:

    Carlton should take the AFL up on an offer to move to Tassie, I've suggested this to my Carlton mates, hasn't gone down well

    I prefer that when they reached Hobart they just kept going south.

  13. 13 hours ago, monoccular said:

    I guess the AFL have copped some criticism for not acting on well publicised acts so why not kicking a MFC player down?

    It seems the usual thing setting precedents - ANB, Jakovic (only player suspended for wrestling), Trengove v Dangerfield, Viney v Lynch, even Grinter v Wallace. 

    Barassi v Squealer Dean

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  14. 1 hour ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

    The Age has written:

    Patrick Dangerfield said Viney’s suspension was “probably about right” but admitted it reflected poorly on the game.  

    “I’m sure Jack would admit this – it’s not something we want to see in our game. It’s certainly something that we want to stamp out,” Dangerfield said on SEN.

    “It’s an ugly look, there’s no doubt about it. Jack plays on the edge, he’s an aggressive player, but I also believe him to be a fair player as well. I don’t think we should hang him out to dry.

    “He’s copped his whack, he’ll no doubt be disappointed and we all move on and learn from it as a code and individually, and we get better from it.” 

    I dislike Danger intensely but I don't have much of a problem with his comments in this instance.  Jack did say at the Tribunal that it wasn't a good look for the game so no problem with that part of Dangers' comment.  Yes, he said 2 weeks was about right and we would all disagree.  

    But, I like what seems to be genuine praise for Jack, which I have bolded.  Hopefully, that quietens the idiots saying it should be 3 or 4 weeks.

    Sorry I don't think thugs like Dangerfield should be commenting on this matter. It seems to me that the Sporting Press, such as it is, tries to whitewash its favorite thugs  so that they can be elevated to "idyllic sportsmen" after retirement. As they can no longer portray them as loveable rogues, like Jack Dyer, if they can ignore the continual thuggery that marked their playing days and call for their expert comments, usually with a touch of outrage, when the next generation tries to maim someone on field in the future.

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  15. John came along to the Canberra Demons supporter group in the 1990s and gave a wonderful talk on his career with Melbourne, the 1964 finals and the lives of the team members afterwards.

    It was a memorable night and he was a wonderful gentleman.

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  16. 2 hours ago, Ollie fan said:

    It may be one of the worst club decisions in the history of the game, but it still pales into insignificance besides sacking a coach who had been in four premierships as a player, six premierships as coach, and has an inferior side at the top of the ladder, on the basis that you don’t like his attitude to the committee……..

    To quote that coach" They made me eat humble pie"

  17. 6 hours ago, Lace Out said:

    Can't see them going for an untried coach. Too much pressure comes with Collingwood and they're in a world of pain given their off season. They'll need to spin this as a positive and only someone of the caliber of Clarkson or Longmire etc would keep the members happy.

     

    Hopefully Mark Neeld will get the job., He fits all the necessary criteria. as far as I am concerned.

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  18. 5 minutes ago, Neil Crompton said:

    I know venting is good for the soul, so here's my vent:

    - I'm so over people calling or inferring that umpires are cheats - umpires need to show more consistency, yes; they make mistakes, yes; but cheating?, a definite no.

    - we did not lose that game due to umpiring mistakes - we lost because of our own mistakes - end of story.

     

    True, I don't think that there was any malfeasance demonstrated, although the correct decision which would have enraged the Adelaide crowd on their home turf, may have swayed the umpire.to make the easier decision,. In any case when the level of umpiring  plunges to the depths shown on Saturday  there is an absolute  need for drastic action. Obviously this umpire was not up to the task on Saturday and it is to the game's detriment that he could be allowed to continue umpiring at this level. I think that promotion and relegation of umpires needs to become a normal; consequence of incompetence with penalties applying through loss of income upon relegation.. The relegation and promotion process needs to be open and the arbitrators need to be broadly based with representatives primarily coming from the clubs with minimal interference from the AFL.

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  19. On 3/25/2021 at 3:07 PM, Sir Why You Little said:

    Yep. I am not joking 

    We didn’t get Roos and PJ into the Club for nothing

    I have no intention of being a Member of a Club that gets raided for Talent every 5 years. 
     

    Time to win

    Exactly, I recall Footscray many years ago being stripped of its best players, Kelvin Templeton (capt), Garry Baker,  Alan Stoneham,, Laurie Sandilands (capt) Robbie McGhie, Bernie Quinlan to name a few. It ripped the guts out of the club and broke their supporters hearts.

    I would hate it if Melbourne was seen as a development  centre for the larger clubs and would lose interest. 

  20. A good friend of mine went to school with Murray Weideman. He roved to Murray at primary school, taught him everything he knew about football. On a more serious note he said that he was a genial person -in other words a good bloke.

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  21. 11 hours ago, Roost it far said:

    He had plenty of time to mend his and the clubs ways. You’d of thought the Goodes saga would of been his wake up call......No to that. The guys a pleb and I won’t miss him. He failed football, society and in the end his club. Let’s hope he heads off down his hole for good. He’s a racist, sexist and homophobic pig of a human and belongs in the dustbin of history

    Exactly, He is a bully who mocks and picks on the weakest sections of Australian society. In particular the aboriginals.  

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