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Now... We expect a win. I anticpate a loss.

I think a Saturday night GF would be sensational. Can you imagine the energy in the city during the day and then at night, both in the city and at the G???? It would be a feeling you jsut wouldnt experience at 2:30 on a Saturday. As traditional and great the Saturday afternoon GF is, get with the times; there is a 100% success rate around the world. Day is old fashioned... I mean, Premier League night matches > PL Day matches. I've never been over there to see a match, but in the extremely rare occurance a game is at night, it looks so energetic and amazing at night. Even AFL games over here look better at night.

Same. I was actually thinking, "We should be 7-0." It's the first time in the 20 years I've been alive that I've actually had enough confidence about the Melbourne Football Club to say they'd be 7-0. And yet, they disappointed yet again...they bring it down to an artform, as I've said before.

Yah. Johnson is as Victorian as you can get (whatever that means lol). I remembering him quoting somewhere how he hated talking to his parents on the phone and he was over the moon to be coming back to Melbourne.

As much as I genuinly dislike Daniher as coach of this football club right now (I've never liked him as Melbourne coach ever since 03) I think it would be a financial disaster for the club to sack him right now, and they just won't. Unless he resigns and forfeits his payment, he will remain coach for the rest of year.

From what I understand, Victory and Storm are already based at Olympic Park. Throw in the new stadium, offices that can accompany all three clubs as well as state-of-the-art facilities. We train next door or on the new stadium, though the ground where the maggies train seems the most likely and logical.

100+ years of history as opposed to 8 and 2... hmm, if they aren't, they'll have to get over it very quickly.

How could you forget about Judd??

We had a superstar His name was Garry Lyon. He played 10 games. Hence the luck of the MFC.

It's hardly being naive. I think the "merger" days are well and truely over for any club, including the Kangaroos. It just won't happen anymore.

You invest for the expectations of success. We'll keep doing it for ever and ever, even when we do eventually "succeed".

Well, I actually meant my family, since the 60s, on memberships. Now it's passed down for (I pay for myself, sisters and mum). My family (starting with my dad) have paid well over 10k on membership. It probably even exceeds 20k.

Yeah, because tens of thousands of dollars i've spent on this football club doesnt justify complaining about performance which I'm paying to be a part of. Investing in a sporting club is like investing in a business; you expect success and nothing less. To not winge about the consistent failture of something you invest your hard earned money would be an insult to yourself.

Yep. I was gonna say that before I read that last night. And the red sox went through a hell of a lot more than we'll ever have to go through.

If I remember correctly, Richmond's last premiership was 27 years ago. Ours was 43 years ago. Hell of a difference. Also, you seem to have missed my point. Richmond have been consistently "bad" for 20+ years; they're not "up and down". They havnt set any standards. Melbourne hasn't been "bad" for the entire time without a premiership, but the past 20 years have been disappointing; they NEVER live up to what they're thought to. They touch what people say they should reach, and then fall off the ladder. That's disappointment. To me, Richmond and Melbourne are on different wave lengths. Richmond always have the expectations of being a mediocre football club, whereas we are expected to be the inconsistent club that never achieves what it should. To me, Melbourne is the more disappointing. That's what I mean.

london for 3 days, contiki for 17 days (european whirl, all over), spain for 7, italy for 2 weeks

My cousins wants to make a banner and bring it to the game against the roos. "Re-hire Norm..." That'd be funny. I'd clearly want no part of that, but it would be an easy path to getting on TV for a few seconds.

Fixed.

I really hope so. I was actually cursing how many games I was originally going to miss. I still am, but gee, not as much anyone. Last game is Melb v Adel. Should be a beauty

Good to see everyone's changes. Now, here is my predicition of the MFC selector's changes: In: McLean, Rivers, Robertson Out: Fergeson, Pettard, Ward

My life is alright. I'm going to Europe in 20 days lol But yeah, life's [censored]...

They had a meeting. The meeting went like this. "So, I got in the Delorean with Doc and went to 2007. We're supposed to be the laughing stock of the AFL; a prissy club with no aggression or success. The only choice is too sack Norm and therefore lead this club to half a century of disappointment." Now, that sounds dumb. But it sounds a hell of a lot smarter than sacking a man for no known reason, who may just be the one of the most successful coaches in AFL history.

I can't help but wonder if there really is a curse on this club. I think that it's getting to a stage now where we are consistently disappointing, rather than being consistently "bad". It plays on my mind, it really does. The culture went down the drain with his depature. The day a man leads this club to greatness once again is the day that curse will be broken. Until then, all we can do is deal with mediocrity; at an on-field level and at a board-room level. Nothing will change until someone comes in with a passion that cannot be exceeded by anyone, anywhere. Someone that will die for this club, and I don't think we're had someone like that lead this club since Norm Smith.

lol you're great. true though... haha

Seriously, has any other team in the past decade or so led it's supporters through such a rollarcoaster ride? We always have these high expectations and are ALWAYS disappointed. Firstly, this year was meant to be our year, but an 0-7 start. That was disappointment 1. Then secondly, we were meant to be in for a good, hard fought contest against WC, only to play probably one of our worst games in 20 years. That was disappointment 2. Now, in the situation we are in, a finishing anywhere between 9th-12th would be disappointing when we could finish 13th-16th and get a good, high and solid draft pick. My bet is that we will finish 10th, capping off disappointment number 3 for the year. Who would have thought losing would lead to so much disappointment that it would therefore transform into a positive and set us up for even more disappointment through winning... Only Melbourne...