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People seem to be avoiding Melbourne like the plague.

Thread title made me die a little inside.

Exactly!

http://beingademonsfan.tumblr.com/post/46924154640/cameron-schwabs-whiteboard-wednesday I used to fall for his jargon inspirational quotes, too. The guy is a revolutionary. Great vision and ambition but ultimately just not a very good business man. Was only reinstated when his mates (I won't name names out of fear of being ostracised by some here) got into power at the club and for whatever reason felt it necessary to bring back those that had already failed to terribly in the past. Schwab's "best of intentions" almost killed the club. I'm sure Hitler also had the "best of intentions". It's all relative, man.

IMO the club appears very desperate. Its act to sell of pick 2 as aggressively as it is...if they have to resort to the draft again, that's not what they want.

Not the end of the world.

*Can't stand up against GWS *Will stand up on GF Day

Pick 2, sign-and-trade with Sylvia, throw in Frawley. Do it. Anywayyyy, Swans have a few players retiring and Mumford looks set to go so could probably afford him. They wouldn't be the only team in the league with two 700k+ players in the team.

Don't underestimate the benefit of having an X-factor in your team. You say Buddy soaked up a defender: would the players they get in if they lose Buddy dictate similarly aggressive defense from the opposition? Yeah, they can win a flag, but they're a better system with him.

You been recruiting for Melbourne for the past decade by any chance?

The Footy Show is still going? I stopped watching in 2003.

Is this a serious post?

It's pathetic, isn't it? If I were a player in that change I'd give either King or someone at the club a pasting. Fancy allowing despots like that into the change rooms. Is King an idiot or what?

Twitter IS SEN's source.

Just cleaner, more confidence, looked more natural. Early in the season he looked like a kid among men. Still did towards the end but certainly improved.

My source is SEN okay?

Watts for Shaw. Straight trade. Come at me haters.

Being overpaid and living in Sydney also helps.

Aus media really needs to start differentiating North Melbourne "Roos" and Paul "Roos", because sometimes I see "Roos" in a headline and get excited, only for it to be about North Melbourne, and then see an article from the same publication with "Roos" and it's about Melbourne *faceplam*

I think that considering the disparity between 4th and 5th, and the depth of top-8 candidates going down to 10th and 11th, nothing's impossible. I'd say 2015 is a realistic expectations. But 2014 is stretching it. If the team isn't playing finals by 2016 then the club might be looking ant yet another regime change.

Poor Melbourne, not get favourable media coverage even in light of outrageously inept business decisions. Damn you Barrett and your frustration at reward for ineptness!

Lacks Schwab.

Ah yes, good ol' Jimmy provided a great bandaid solution -- like those before him -- in keeping Melbourne afloat for a few more seasons. His overseeing of Bailey, Schwab, 186 and beyond are indicative of a fantastic stint as club President... With all due respect, Jimmy was a fantastic man and servent of the club, but his legacy was and will remain the Schwab era of the Melbourne Football Club. Jackson and Roos are basically starting from scratch and have very little to salvage from the era before them. Let's get real. Jackson has been a far more important figure in 6 months than Stynes was in his time. Granted he demolished the 3-mill debt, but let's not thank Robin Hood for throwing money at a town but being unable to create a system that constructively uses the money to maintain sustainability. Best we forget the Stynes era. His hard work would have been forgotten and ridiculed if he were still alive considering the eventual path the club took. And yes, I think we'd still be in this position if he were still alive. 186 happened under his watch. Harsh truth.

Our B&F winner is a midfielder. We have Viney and Toumpas. There is no lack of talent in our midfield. It lacks one piece imo. We should use both picks to trade for a star.

Don't mind the club, players or coach, but I simply cannot stand Eagles fans. I always seem to have trouble with them at the MCG. Sometimes I have to remind them where they are.