Dr. Gonzo

Great news on the eve of the season. Happy to have him locked in and out of the reach of Tassie's concessions, let the other clubs worry about that. Only one season under his belt but plays with a cool demeanour beyond his years, tough, rugged, skillful and knows where the big sticks are.

Or just play other teams who played OR.

List/cap management has been horrific.

We also have the Suns on Easter Sunday, will be lucky to crack 15k for that one too.

An MFC legend, without him I doubt our much vaunted defence during the early 2020's gets us that drought breaking flag. Had an unmatched desire to win/hatred of defeat and that bit of agro that is necessary for successful clubs.

If you check out 3/4 time during the Hawks game at Princes Park above I kept in some footage of the crowd when Northey brought the players over near the supporters on the far wing. I've edited most of these videos to clip the length during the quarter and half time breaks but many of these video's have footage of the crowd interspersed when it's taken from a non-broadcast feed (eg the Hawks and Cats games above). Here's the next game after the debacle against the Cats and back on the winners list.

Has the G ever been in worse condition than this? This game was every bit as scarring to me as a kid as ANZAC Day 92 (up 47 points vs Essendon and losing), 88 and 2000 GFs, 186 etc Only kicking 2 goals for an entire game, my 7 year old brain couldn't comprehend it! Especially after beating the Hawks the week before and the run we'd been on the couple of months prior. PS @binman I found you in the crowd and used as the thumbnail 😂😂😂

18 teams, 10 make finals 🙄 Why even bother trying for the first half of the season.

MCG should be number 31, ie 31 Barassi Way

Grand Final replay, Queens Birthday 1989 in the slop at Princes Park.

The next one is Queens bday game v Hawks in a quagmire at Princes Park. Round 12 we play the Cats in another mudheap at the G, can't remember the G being such a state before or since.

And https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/inside-carlton-headquarters-at-princes-park-as-blues-go-green-with-renewable-and-sustainable-energy/news-story/4c514afe761232dd99ad1eb4947bc37e?amp

Schwab

If players have the option of playing for Melbourne who train out in the boondocks or Collingwood/Carlton/Richmond etc who are based in the heart of the inner city, which do you think they'd prefer? It's not really comparable to Geelong, Geelong has the surf coast down the road with the lifestyle that entails to appeal to certain demographics of players, the peninsula isn't exactly the same.

Here's another heart stopper against the Eagles DZ, we were making a habit of it against them 🙂

What if a player is injured during training and needs to leave in the cart? The cart would need to cross the track which could be more of an issue than players walking across.

And the Pies were missing their ruckman and both Daicos boys. Not sure who else was out but it was far from a full strength Collingwood side.

Calm down, it was against Collingwood's B team in February.

Like I said originally, I'm disappointed he left and how it ended but I hold no grudges against him. If others want to that's their prerogative.

Only seen the 1st quarter so far but looks like a decent hit out, good way to blow out the cobwebs in Feb. Mihocek, Steele, Jiath and Heath all slotted in well and the Pickett² combo is gonna be a fun watch.

He wants to be part of a successful club and can see a limited window as he come towards the last stretch of his career. He said it himself when he was drafted, he wants to be a HOF'er, 1 flag and a Norm Smith is good but he wants to be in that elite company. Right or wrong I think he got fed up seeing it wasn't gonna happen at the Demons.