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I am usually optimistic, but the past few weeks have seen my optimism stretched to the point where I’m happy that we’ll not put in as bad a performance against Port as did the Swans!

if we do win I’ll be over the moon, but failing that, I’m hopeful that the likes of Jefferson and Verrall etc might get games in the final two rounds.

2 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

Really? That’s ridiculous. Ok, maybe Matthew Mitcham is unavailable but surely we have a raft of former divers who could commentate. 

He does have a fellow commentator who I think is a former diver, but Tubby tends to hog the commentary 😁

16 hours ago, Moonshadow said:

He and Dutton both!

Literally a Spud (in all senses of the word)!

1 minute ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

That buffoon should’ve been banned from Olympics commentary after his deplorable gaffe at the 2010 (or 2014 🤔) Winter Olympics. The Men’s Halfpipe Snowboarding final and American Shaun White absolutely carved up all competition. Immediately afterwards, McGuire had two of our Aussies, one being Scotty James (our best in this event), neither of whom medalled and both of whom were gutted, live at the desk. He said let’s show the footage of the final again. That was bad enough. Then he says to Scotty James, “wanna talk us through Shaun’s incredible gold medal run?” 😳 I was watching it at the time and Scotty’s face said what I and probs everyone in the entire world was thinking, ie. Are you [censored] serious??? Did you just ask a devastated losing Olympic hopeful to describe blow by blow the gold medal winner’s run????” Absolutely inexcusable, and awkward af.

The good part: after the self-absorbed eejit asked the question Scotty simply said, “No.” Just like that. Legend. 👊🏼

Never mind that fact that our Olympic diving expert is Tubby Taylor!

1 minute ago, sue said:

Is there a reason the score review shows useless camera angles for over a minute and only after that show the snickometer result?    (I mean a genusine reason, not some AFL crud reason.)

 

Beat me to it by a few seconds 😁

These score reviews can be so annoying!! When it’s for a possible ‘hit the post’, why don’t they go straight to the snicko thingy, rather than first trying to establish whether or not it touched, using vision that looks like it was taken from the other end of the ground and with pretty much just the one angle!!

As it would seem unlikely there will be many, if any, gettable ‘big name’ key position forwards up for trade, is Adelaide’s Riley Thilthorpe a player that could be lured away if targeted? I’ve liked what I have seen of him, even though I haven’t seen a lot.  A great forward target with a very good pair of hands.

BTW Is there any way to search within the topic you’re currently viewing (it could save me asking questions that have already been answered)?

Firstly, I’m a paid up member living in Sydney who is financially bereft and therefore can’t afford the fare to Melbourne and necessary accommodation.

Secondly, as a result of six months worth of chemotherapy, I have rather severe peripheral neuropathy that has somewhat affected my mobility.

It would have been nice to see more punters there, as I believe that’s the kind of thing that can get us over the line in those close games, but like me, I’m sure there are many who have their valid reasons for not attending; particularly given the predicted weather conditions, the lack of parking, and, I’m led to believe, the interrupted train services.

15 hours ago, Demon17 said:

Well said. I've got us 5th even with freo loss

For what it’s worth, Hodge has us finishing the home and away season with one loss and in 4th spot! 

5 hours ago, At the break of Gawn said:

Have you seen the weather forecast? It’s going to be wet. Darcy will be a liability out there.

Unfortunately you’re a day out…

I’m guessing that the spelling is the same, but is the Mynott playing for Frankston, any relation to the former St Kilda great?

3 hours ago, BLWNBA said:

Dear Straight Set Simon, 

I look forward to only having to lose one final this year. 

W⚓️

3 hours ago, binman said:

The Kids are alright

Who?

On 01/07/2024 at 17:06, roy11 said:

And another live track from my favourite artist of the last 5 years or so, The Bones of J.R Jones.

 

Now THAT is my kind of music! He reminds me a little of the Melbourne based singer, Archer.

This following song however, is in a style far removed from Jones’s bones’s. I love the fragility of the vocals and the sound in general; a great band in my opinion.

Collingwood

and then in no particular order:

Essendon, Carlton, Brisbane, Port

While it’s been terrific seeing all of the multiple goal kickers (particularly Roo) and Melksham’s fantastic return, possibly the greatest thing to come out of this game, assuming we keep piling on the goals, will be the pleasure of knocking Collingwood out of the eight!

On 20/06/2024 at 14:36, layzie said:

First music from MC5 in 53 years..

There will be critiscm of the production no doubt, the vocals and drums are mixed quite high and the guitairs are a bit low (for an MC5 song anyway).

Personally though I love the track, it's a fresh sound and great to hear these guys with today's production standards.

Interested to hear what you guys think.

I like it, but it is a bit (well, a lot, really) over-produced and it does lack the frenetic raw energy (‘power’ belongs to Iggy), of the MC5 of old.

2 hours ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

I’ve seen this game before. Collingwood kick the next goal and win by 1 point. 

Prescient!!

1 hour ago, Sydee said:

Political reporter writing about football - yeah nah!

So that invalidates most of us here on Demonland who write about football? As was stated above by Bing181, it’s an opinion piece by a Dees supporter; he has his platform, we have ours.

3 hours ago, John Demonic said:

Huh? Roco has been running a good footy website with decent editorials as well as having his podcast reviewing and previewing every match of every round before it was even a thing for 8 or so  years now. I don't know anybody else that has given so much energy and time to watching and discussing the actual games and not just the news and off-field stuff. Why are you potting him?  

I wasn’t potting him… it was a, as it turns out, very poor attempt at a good humoured shot at the use of ‘RoCo’… not keeping up with the ‘socials’ and X in particular, I hadn’t known that he went by that ScoMo-like nomenclature.

2 hours ago, layzie said:

Sorry what are we angry about again? The fact that they pulled him up on it, the rule being stupid, AFL acting 2 weeks later or the fact that the media reported on it?

Asking for a friend. 

Or ‘e) All of the above’.

I’d much rather see us make a play for Max King. Yes he’s contracted until the end of 2026, but that doesn’t mean he’s not gettable.

I’m usually the ‘eternal optimist’, but I cannot see any way out of the hole we have dug ourselves into. We had lost pretty much ALL momentum (not that we had a lot to begin with), even before the loss of Trac!

The only way we could have any hope, would be if Oliver and Viney magically found form and showed some real leadership. Max can’t do it on his own, and even after Lever returns, it’s going to be a big ask. I fear that our chances of making the eight, have vanished with the loss of Trac.  I consider Hawthorn a better chance to play finals, than the Dees.

RoCo??? Oh spare me, please!! I suppose he’ll be listing himself as an ‘Influencer’ or ‘Digital Creator’, soon.

On 10/06/2024 at 17:44, Demon Disciple said:

Fully agree with you Dazzle. Enough is enough. Goodwin has to go.

The tripe we are currently serving up is disgusting. We have had how many years to fix our forward issues (delivery, set shots & personnel) and have failed dismally in all 3.

Stafford can go, so can Mark Williams. Then there’s our coach who has managed to turn an awesome team into a pile of garbage inside of 3 years when it was all there to go again and win another flag. His game plan is ugly and boring that doesn’t value scoring.

Now for the board. They have overseen all this with an arrogant iron fist. They were/are so afraid of change or a different opinion, this is on their heads too. Don’t get me started on the farce that is the promise of a home base. It’s been 3 years since Roffey came to power, and we are no closer to finding a new home. She needs to go as well.

I remember at the start of 2022 of all this talk from the club about not becoming complacent. Well mission accomplished, the coaches, board & players are all guilty of being just that these past 3 years. Kudos for ruining a once good team who gave their all, into one bereft of skill, guts and determination.

MFC Headquarters, January 2025…