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spalding

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  1. spalding replied to Demonland's post in a topic in Melbourne Demons
    Nope - flicked on to the racing channel, had dinner with a few mates, and watched a few minutes from time to time. Maybe it’s the lack of a crowd but never been so underwhelmed by the start of a season. Hope our game vs Eagles is better.
  2. spalding replied to Demonland's post in a topic in Melbourne Demons
    This is unwatchable
  3. Just cancel the first 2 weeks of the season and start at round 3 ?
  4. AVB

    spalding replied to Borgzilla's post in a topic in Melbourne Demons
    As it was a contact injury for AVB I was hoping it was not serious and unrelated to the issues he had before - but the delay in any update is troubling. Suggests there may be more going on.
  5. Anyone know where any vfl 2020 premiership odds have been posted?
  6. spalding replied to one_demon's post in a topic in Melbourne Demons
    Petty when fit is an option, but still some work to do. Lockhart’s calmness in the backline on the weekend was a bit of a revelation too. Might be a good lock down option when teams have multiple small forwards or backup for Nev. Frostball was fun, but too many turnovers if we want to be serious.
  7. Waiting for some of the usual posters to say it just shows what an amateur club we are, run by people who have no idea, to pick obviously injured players such as MCDonald, Abv, spargo, smith and Tomlinson.
  8. I think Norm Smith was more responsible for that era - and was probably undervalued as a player. directly involved in all but 2 of our premierships. without him our history would look more like st Kildas.
  9. I don’t say it very often, but I couldn’t agree more with Gary Lyons response.
  10. Anyone else a Vikes fan, or do you all think you suffer enough as Demons supporters? Go Chiefs - but hard to dislike the 49ers after the way they smashed Green Bay!
  11. spalding replied to Demonland's post in a topic in Melbourne Demons
    Nope - can’t top that. Good work!
  12. spalding replied to Demonland's post in a topic in Melbourne Demons
    That’s good to know. Roll on 2021 !
  13. spalding replied to Demonland's post in a topic in Melbourne Demons
    Nope - can’t claim that! I signed her up for a family membership in feb2004 and added Emily with a birthday of ? July 2004 -Even though my wife was only 4 months or so pregnant with her. we had 4 kids in 5 years so I think I called her sex from the scan before the gyno did as I had seen so many of them in Singapore! . shes a rusted on demon and says one of her life goals is to be the oldest demon member with the longest record of continuous membership: god I hope she doesn’t have to wait as long as I do for a premiership ( 53 years and counting).
  14. spalding replied to Demonland's post in a topic in Melbourne Demons
    My daughter who turns 16 in July is a 17 consecutive year member - does that compete? they do a lot more ultrasounds in Singapore where she was made!
  15. Exactly - it seems typical that when we get injuries it always our best players, and hopefully it’s not a major issue, but if our worst fears are realised, maybe it gives Preuss and Jackson a run at it that fast tracks their development.
  16. I’d play Fritsch there and try and isolate him as much as possible. He would be a tough match up with his one on one footy iq. Only works though if we are not bombing to the top of the square.
  17. spalding replied to Demonland's post in a topic in Melbourne Demons
    hopefully the new game plan referred to is dealing with the weaknesses that st Kilda under Richo found so easy to exploit and therefore us so easy to beat. Happy to have him on board
  18. I reckon Frisch will kick 40+ goals if they play him forward for the full year. He’s a smart footballer and a tough match up.
  19. There are a lot of self proclaimed draft experts here - I’m not one of them, but if we were keen enough on Kozzie to have used pick 8 originally (and no-one knows for sure if this is the case), then Rivers is a free set of steak knives. Seems like they executed a good trading strategy.
  20. Great - there’s going to be nothing in the tank for round 1 according to Melkshake! Seemed like that strategy didn’t work too well in the last qtr in Rd 1 Port in 2019
  21. It seems clear that you are far intellectually superior to the rest of us on these boards, so perhaps you might feel better suited with your peers, and your current favourite player, at the brown and gold?
  22. Thanks AF - you answered it perfectly. ill do what I can. Support the MFC with 6 memberships from my family per year, organise a support group in my region (central vic) which raises money to buy more memberships and to hold functions and arrange buses to take supporters to games, and give the club feedback (in a constructive way) in anyway I can. but if you think it’s more helpful to [censored] and moan about how bad we are via the internet - then that’s fine, I can do that too.
  23. Maybe it’s more like an “angry old men yelling at clouds” site. Same names, some complaints yet different topic. and before you tee-off on me I am also (relatively) old, a long time member who is angry about MFC and 2019. Just don’t feel the need to keep harping on about the same problems day after day.
  24. What hope? There is no hope. Haven’t you read the other topics? apparently everyone is fighting with each other, the two afl quality players we have want to leave, and we are broke. i hope I get my 2020 membership subs back if we fold before the season starts