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I actually didn't know that. I thought he was an Adelaide boy.

I just broke a funny bone. I haven't seen that in about 15 years. I still have it on VHS. Absolutely hilarious. I love how there is a random 2 seconds of women jumping around in leotards.

Nice work.

I think Victory have done an amazing job. I'm not worried at all about them taking the Melbourne name from us in essence, because they represent the entire city. Whereas in the AFL, clubs are designated to a specific area. We can all say we are "Melbourne", but we grew out of a stadium, not the city itself. Whereas Victory have really stamped themselves within the city, hence why they've gotten such strong support. One of the A-League's focus was to create teams with no cultural significance so as not to create racial rivalries. So what you have are Melbourne Knights and South Melbourne fans all uniting to support Victory. If anything, we should be proud that the club has done so well for the city. Also, soccer is a non-issue during football season. No one gives a rat about it until the Premier League starts overseas and people need it to cover them until footy starts again. Same with basketball and the NBA. And let's not forget how Melbourne Demons doesn't really have an identity yet. We've got more of an identity then we did 5 years ago, but we went a good 40 years with a poor brand and little to no marketing presence. Things are starting to pick up finally. In saying all of that, I love going to Victory matches and hearing the chants. They're a lot of fun and give each team their own personality. I wish we did more of that in the AFL instead of the dull "Melbourne *clap clap clap*".

98 was our year. We were the best side going in to the finals series. Only 2 games separated 4th and 1st. North weren't a 5-goal better team than us. At least they weren't playing like one leading in. Retarded finals system screwed us. And it took Carlton making the GF in 99 after getting thrashed in the first week of the finals for the AFL to realise. We could have played North first up, and considering our form going in to the first week of the finals, could have beaten them, booking ourselves a Prelim home final. Oh well.

I just threw up in my mouth a bit.

Yeah, this article is stupid. As if I give a flying crap when they start pre-season. I love how they speak on behalf of Demons fans. Or at least think they are. They're making out that starting pre-season before the Spring Racing Carnival is suicide. I thought it was a natural occurrence for teams that didn't play finals to slowly start up training around mid-late October?

This.

I remember that Carlton game like it was yesterday. Such a good win.

Ask Allen Jackovich. After Paul was inducted into Melbourne's best players ahead of him, Jacko collected every piece of Hopgood footage to see why he wasn't as good a footballer as Paul.

Good stuff.

My head just exploded.

It's not very good, but it's better than this POS:

I think he's referring to the colours. I can't imagine the collar ever coming back.

Didn't Rivers debut in 04?

I still have my 2007 ones on my car Let's just say they look more like the black and white of Collingwood rather than the red and blue of Melbourne.

Oh I don't think that was a reason. But it seems to be the "in" thing for departing players to bag the club that gave them their one and only opportunity, so I guess he's just going with the trend.

"Purchased all 12 of the mini Premiership Cups. I have left room on the shelf for a few more. Might need a bigger shelf " lol Good one, Cam!

I see where he is coming from and always thought for the location of Casey to be a problem for the players, not necessarily the club in moving forward. Hopefully not many other players feel his pain, although I guess some would.

Yes good point. Although, Hall spoke as if he was already a Doggie on the footy show. I assume the two parties have a private agreement that the Dogs will sign him.

Dogs will be getting Hall. Perhaps a three-way trade? Fev to Swans, Hall to Dogs, Ablett and a Bulldogs player to Blues?

http://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/newsart...96/default.aspx Can a mod change the title of this thread to simply "Davey resigns for 4 years".

What a brilliant game! Spent it with friends.

I somewhat understand his argument though. The Bulls did the same thing after the Jordon years, snubbing several older but still very good players for young talent. What ensued was a lack of leadership and ultimately, six years at the bottom. Not only that, but several potential superstar free agents snubbed the Bulls, citing their treatment for older players as their reason for not signing on. I seriously think we're going to struggle to resign Davey. But I guess the bright side of him leaving would be another top 20 pick + a good young player.

"love" is such a strong word.