Supermercado

If they played one game a year there it would probably be against us so no harm done.

I'm semi-optimistic about next year (at least in it not being a debacle), but #9 is the worst entry* in any list ever put together. * slight hyperbole

And after ranking 10/18, the next story will be that old chestnut about how Sydney has the most fans of any team in Australia.

Stopped watching regularly when I lost all interest in non-MFC topics, but in an industry full of clickbait wankers I appreciated Robbo's unpolished, man on the street personality. He didn't always get it right or said things in a weird way but the less fake people im the media the better.

What about the vox pop fans waiting to find out more before having a strong opinion? Now they'd show a Tiktok of somebody fake emoting for likes.

Next they'll have an Opening Round Eve

I don't think much of Petracca in all this, but the players who blabbed to a journalist about the private meeting are absolute clowns. The place is burning down and three of them are happy stoking the fire by giving tips to the media. Everyone seems to be in this for themselves, which explains a bit...

Is this really the week to punch on over administrative issues?* * unless trying to capitalise on cranky fans

Easier commute directly from training to making weird Colgate ads!

It wouldn't be hard to choose between permanent inner-city (or close to it) facilities or regular trips to Cranbourne but it's not like he thought we were leaving Casey when he signed the contract so it would be an interesting excuse if true.

I reckon he shows a bit up the ground but has NFI inside 50. Could work if we had other really good key forwards to kick to but for now JVR and Turner are just learning so you can't tell me he wouldn't provide more value as a defender. Appreciate his effort, resilience, and 33% goal increase last week but his lack of scoring has been a dead weight on our forward line this year.

Put Petty back

He's stuffed because rightly or wrongly that's where tribunal decisions are heading, but if not the collective melt of Pies fans will be tremendous.

I pay next to no attention to other clubs, so humour me please on whether there are any realistic options for somebody who is competent playing ruck and forward so JVR can stay put and concentrate on kicking goals. Not necessarily Peter Wright, but somebody of that ilk.

We could simultaneously acknowledge Brown, Hunter and Schache for their part in the 2021 premiership.

I was foolishly holding out hope (without evidence it was possible) that we'd catch fire at the end of the year, but when GWS kicked four goals in four minutes I knew the situation was hopeless. Even if we'd come back to win it would have been like unnecessarily keeping somebody on life support when you know they're not going to recover. Realistically, it was the second Freo game. The West Coast loss or the Alice Springs debacle could have been written off as blips, but we looked like Melbourne 10 years ago that day and I still can't work out how the margin wasn't more than our first game against them.

Hopefully Collingwood is confirmed out by then so we can go and watch a dead rubber in peace.

And if he were out of contact he'd be a free agent anyway.

Can I get in early with my excuse for Saturday - I hate this season.

I'd reluctantly take an 8th vs 9th Double Secret Elimination Final, but anything below that is charity for average sides.

Would be the greatest name redemption in history if he showed up and became a beloved club figure.

And why is it always assumed that the same thing would've happened at the MCG? Especially the way we played there against GWS, Footscray and Hawthorn. I'd rather celebrate a premiership in the bank no matter where it happened than get upset about hypotheticals.

Considering we were winning about once every six months at the time, the sealer from the boundary line against Carlton ranks as one of the great modern MFC goals.

Annnnnd just as I posted this it's temporarily down again, but we're getting there...

Fact fans, you may have noticed the site has been functioning like the MFC forward line recently. We've got it back online now but all the images are broken due to a much needed update of the 2009 software update. The design is also a bit funky at the moment and you may find some other strange things that need fixing, but the good news is we can serve you 1978 Under 19s season details again. On that note, if anyone's got info to add or correct please DM me or email [email protected]. Appreciate everyone's support over the last 15 years!