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14 hours ago, Chook said:

Let's keep it going. I think we're a threat to top 16 this year!

Nah, a threat to the top eight…

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59 minutes ago, Greg Schneider said:

Considering retirement to open up a list spot in the mid season draft according to Gettable

Weird! I wonder if they have bugs installed in my apartment, as my son and I were discussing precisely that, just yesterday evening!

Anyone want their fortune told? Mates’ rates!

2 hours ago, jnrmac said:

Yeah, replay showed it conclusively. Raynor's face also gave it away.

He really is unlikeable

Yeah, it definitely hit the ground and yes, Raynor is unlikeable, but geeez, I wish he played for us.

4 hours ago, JOHNNY DEE said:

Hey what about the insult to me about spelling and grammar I laughed it off you know why because it was just poor form .IS he some sacred cow that cannot be touched at Demonland, Waverly pointed out Roos general play over 4 Q even then he could not say that he maybe got it wrong .Waverly thanks mate the slab of 24 MELB BITTER on its way

You’d already dealt with his insults, and yes, I do not think belittling people for their grammar is at all funny, or necessary (even though I’m probably guilty of it myself, as I’m sure most of us are)…I was simply pointing out the double standard when Waverly called out joeboy, and then proceeded to do the same thing himself.

To be honest, I think that whole exchange was incredibly pointless…yet here I am 😉

11 hours ago, Waverley said:

When the argument is lost by losers or you've got is insults

In your initial post directed at JoeBoy, you started well, citing actual stats in defence of Johnny Dee. If you hadn’t then felt the need to add, “but of course people like you just make stuff up as they go along, just to suit there narrative, this is one of pet hates”, you might have got a more civil response; there was no need for you to resort to what is, in essence, an insult.

1 hour ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

Thanks, DD.

But what does it mean????

To regulate is to control, so I’m guessing that it was telling the players to settle, and play controlled footy, without taking too many chances. It came out, from memory, maybe 5 minutes from the end of the quarter, so that would make sense.

4 hours ago, In Harmes Way said:

All of those reasons are why you go to the footy with your boy rather than just watch it in the telly. I love the days I get to go with my boy and my old man, they’re the memories I take with me.

I’m so jealous!

6 hours ago, BDA said:

Saw footage on first crack last night of a collision in a marking contest in the second quarter. Looked innocuous at the time. They reckon that collision caused concussion. That’s their opinion. Hasn’t been confirmed by the club yet

That still doesn’t explain his terrible kick in the first where he gave it straight to a Lions player who then kicked an easy goal. After his ‘collapse’, I was left wondering whether he had some other issue such as Vertigo or Arrhythmia.

23 hours ago, demon3165 said:

If that's their game style, Casey is in for a world of pain for the year. I have said it time and time again: allowing the opposition backline to move the ball around at will and then transfer it up the ground unopposed is just suicide. It virtually happened three goals in a row, you can can say oh there is no depth, and that's fair enough, but it doesn't excuse effort to man up or run hard.

That’s pretty much what the AFL team was doing and I must say I was concerned at the amount of freedom we were giving the opposition, meaning that they were able to move the ball to their forward line, practically unopposed. Despite beating the Lions, in my opinion, our midfield really needs to get its act together.

On 13/04/2026 at 16:17, Tommy_Wolfe7 said:

Hi all,

Full transparency from the outset, I’m not a Dees supporter.

If that’s an issue - and I understand how these spaces work - then I’m more than happy for this account to be deactivated.

What I am is a footy person. Someone who watches closely, thinks about the game a lot, and spends a fair bit of time trying to put those thoughts into words. I run a small website focused on the game through a fan’s lens, with an additional emphasis on the draft and the under-18 pathway.

I’m not here to push my work or drop links into every conversation. In fact, I won’t be posting any of my work unless I’m asked for it.

I’m here because these forums tend to house the most considered, passionate and honest discussions about a club. I’d like to contribute where I can, particularly around draft and trade conversations, and offer some perspective on the emerging talent pool. Just as importantly, I’m here to listen. To get a better feel for how Melbourne supporters see their list, their direction, and the game more broadly.

The hope for me, is that this leads to more informed and more grounded writing on my end.

If I step out of line, miss the tone, or post something that doesn’t sit right, feel free to call it out. I’m not here to offend - I’m here to learn (and hopefully contribute positively).

Appreciate you having me (if you decide to let me stay),

Tommy Wolfe

Welcome, and I wish you the best of luck sorting the wheat from the chaff!

11 minutes ago, Demonised said:

You are the eggman?

I’m a shell of the man I used to be.

6 minutes ago, Fanatique Demon said:

Changing your moniker to Eggman, or Walrus?

I was thinking maybe ‘Lenin’.

15 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Im crying.

🔵🔴🔵🔴

Yes, I know this is a pointless response, but I blame it on the high to which this win has transported me!

Sitting on a corn flake
Waiting for the van to come
Corporation T-shirt, stupid bloody Tuesday
Man you've been a naughty boy
You let your face grow long

In the words of Saville’s brother Normie, “Que sera, sera!”.

12 hours ago, whatwhat say what said:

i hope yr giving it an occasional 'YOU'VE BEEN PAYING IT ALL DAY' and 'FREE KICK ESSENDON? WHAT WAS THAT FOR??!?' and then a big 'BBBBBBBBAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLL'

What, no, “How much are they payin’ yah?!!??”

On 14/04/2026 at 20:21, Macca said:

Many of the reviews of the film describe it as a Dark Comedy but also as Epic Sci-fi, which I'm thinking will suit your taste!

Anyway, how are holding up with your treatment?

I’ll definitely give both the book and the movie a go, thanks Macca!

Treatment is going along ok… had a CT scan yesterday so we can see how the traces in the lungs and liver are travelling, and to see if the main colorectal tumour has grown or shrunk… all the blood test results are looking pretty good, but they’re probably just half the picture, I suspect.

It was great to be able to do our gig a couple of weeks ago, and my donations shout out managed to raise $1k for the Cancer Council of NSW, which was a good result.

3 hours ago, Macca said:

A recently released movie, based on the book, has already grossed half a billion dollars! (Stars Ryan Gosling)

I’ve heard that the film is a little disappointing. I’ll still watch it once it hits the streaming platforms though. I’ll grab the book in the meantime, so thanks for the reminder.

3 hours ago, jnrmac said:

I guess the point being that he was never tried there...

Fair point.

6 hours ago, jnrmac said:

Steven May playing forward. What a revelation

People on this very forum suggested this only around 1900 times.

In all fairness, I’m not sure that 2 or even 3 goals for Ringwood East would translate to much in the AFL.

25 minutes ago, Dees1911 said:

Probably cos 75% of his hit outs and disposals go to opposition !!

I can’t say I disagree, but in many cases it is because our mids are not imposing themselves on the contest.

My issue was that we were slow, disinterested, displayed appalling skills, our mids were practically non existent, our defenders looked discombobulated, our forwards were…um…did we field a forward line?

While Max has had much better games, how is it possible that someone so dominant in the ruck (28 disposals and 34 hit-outs to their total of 22), how is it that he could get so little assistance?

Overall, it was a terrible performance.

And please, please let’s not bring the umpires into this… yes they were bad, but they missed a lot of frees in both directions. They had no impact on the end result.

What a snooze fest!! A draw would be the only fair outcome.

1 hour ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

So, I then looked up 'turn off JavaScript' for Androids, and google AI tells us "To turn off JavaScript in Chrome on Android, open the app, tap the three-dot menu, go to Settings > Site Settings > JavaScript, and toggle it off. This disables JavaScript for all websites, which can improve loading speeds but may cause some sites to display improperly."

But did you try it and did it work? 😊

On 24/03/2026 at 18:16, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

It starts with 'pay' and ends in 'wall', I'm afraid, Greg.

Copy, synopsis or a 'get-around' reminder, someone?

This works for the Sydney Morning Herald, but I don’t know if it is good for all sites… for iPhone, scroll to bottom and choose Apps, select Safari and scroll to the bottom and choose Advanced, then turn off Java Script.