old dee

On 28/02/2026 at 11:03, rumpole said:

One good thing about the game being abandoned so early is the fact that I’ve now been able to watch the replay twice.

Are Richmond getting closer?

13 hours ago, hardtack said:

Sorry, but as terrible as this is for poor Luker, the comments here are just so typical of why the MFCSS acronym was ‘coined’. Sure he kicked 24 in 17 VFL matches last season, but it’s no guarantee he will have continued success at AFL level. I want him to succeed, and I also want Jeffo to succeed, but the fact that they are unavailable for the start of the season, is not the end of the world as the tone of some of the comments might suggest - I mean to say, we don’t even know the results of the scans yet, so how about we shelve the doom and gloom stuff at least until we learn what damage has been done (then we can panic!!! j/k).

In the meantime we have Mihocek and Melksham who we know are proven goal scorers, and as was shown in Friday’s ‘game’, we are now looking for leading forwards as opposed to just bombing it long and hoping. If we can stick to King’s game plan, I see plenty of reason to be optimistic.

The difference is he was showing good form and then played well against North. He showed more in a 3-4 practise games than Jefferson has shown in 3 years.

39 minutes ago, Pennant St Dee said:

Don’t worry about Luker, he’s a tough kid

He needs to be PSD he has had a terrible run.

3 minutes ago, DeeZone said:

That is the burning question old Dee, shades of ‘22-23.

Oh God no! I don't think I could take that. That is definate a pull the dohna over my head and forget football stuff.

Gee this kid is so unlucky, he gets picked up in mid season draft then 6 months later he cannot do preason because he is in hospital with a bad viral lung infection. 12 months rolls around and on top of his game and looking a first season game in the senior side and goes down with a serious knee injury 3 minutes into a practise game after marking in front of goal. Hang loss Batman.

4 minutes ago, Redleg said:

Would think Heath would play against Saints and gives Max cover and another tall forward.

With those two unavaible for the first 3 months I think it might be time to break the incase of emergencys milkshake case.

1 hour ago, sisso said:

My guess is out 4-6....

Days, weeks or months?

How did Kolt play in everyone's opinion?

Just now, ucanchoose said:

I think because it's windy

Well an easy goal went begging.

Just now, beelzebub said:

It's a dumb choice, no other way to describe it..

There is a time for around the corner kicks that wasn't one. How could you not just kick it straight 25 metres!

Rivers had a very good first half.

25 metres out on a 30 degree angle and he cannot kick an easy straight forward goal. Oh know for unknown reasons he does an around the corner kick and misses Why? I could have kick that goal.

My Kayo picture is good today, the best ever.

Some days I think this club is cursed . Doesn’t look good Batman looks to have a bad knee injury.

4 hours ago, SPC said:

4:10 start. Taking my 7 year old daughter out of school to watch Kos. What a time to be alive!

It's Always great to be alive SPC

5 hours ago, Macca said:

So we're going with just the 2 KPF's (Kentfield & JVR) against the Tiges

With 1 of the 2 (probably Luker) expected to be the back-up ruckman

With Max to rest forward so as to maintain 2 bigs up forward? If not, JVR will be the lone KPF

It's all pointing to a more mobile forward line

For round one in the serious stuff, Moose can come into the team if Mihocek doesn't present fit (2 KF's & 2 Ruckmen)

Macca it is 17 days till our first game Mihocek will be cherry ripe by then. No doubt in my mind he will play the first round.

4 hours ago, daisycutter said:

all probably true

i'm still hoping caulfied happens. might require a miracle

the lack of any progress news is a bit worrying ☹️

I still believe is the broke state government that is the main problem.

27 minutes ago, rjay said:

To be honest 'old dee', I had the same feeling with the AFL mens competition...

A lot of games I lost interest in and went and did something more productive.

Yes I needed to cut my nails and other important things.

On 25/02/2026 at 12:39, Ghostwriter said:

But we’re not the only club pulling small crowds. Even the Collingwoods and Carltons attract low numbers. Imo that’s not on the individual clubs, that’s on the AFL.

The AFL expanded the comp too fast and as a result the quality player pool could not supply enough players. There are lots of games that are of poor quality. Hence the punters have a poor view of the competition and stay home. I tuned into quite a few games last season ( non MFC) and after a quarter my interest went elsewhere.

10 minutes ago, DiscoStu17 said:

Looks like there’s still going to be a few good spots if you get there early.

See you at the back of the new extension.

Might need to bring your hardhat, and nail gun.

Lucky we got the ground for the Friday game – could be a bit dodgy by Sunday if there’s going to be a bit of rain. Probably still not as bad as that [censored] in Sydney though.

But but the weather is always great up there, must have been outside of Sydney.

36 minutes ago, Demonland said:

He makes it sound like Jefferson has been the chief key forward ahead of JVR and everyone else. Jefferson out means little he has never been above poor at senior level. And these guys get paid to write this [censored].

If it replaces BT then it has my vote. Only joking I hope it never replaces BT even though I wish another human would. AI will replace humans and make more unemployed. How are we going to cope with unemployment at 10 or 15% on a perment basis.

Just now, Neil Crompton said:

Haha OD. Your pessimism levels have just about hit an all time high.

NC you surely don't think either will play a meaningful part in 2026 do you?

I think you need new batteries in your optimism meter.

On 01/02/2026 at 14:53, daisycutter said:

other clubs got funding from the federal gov as well as the state gov, so not needing 70 from state. also if get an umpiring home training centre the afl might chip in a little.

Because IMO Dc they had grounds already e.g. The Dogs. we have zero as they wont let us on our home the G.

15 minutes ago, Demonland said:

Mihocek? Culley? Viney & Bowey when they return?

I had forgotten the first two. The other two will struggle to get games this year. Viney has had no pre season and Bowey's injury will see him miss most of the season if not all.

55 minutes ago, Pennant St Dee said:

No doubt it will be due to Goodwin’s mismanagement of Jeffo and no ther reason

No doubt PSD. Hmm there might be a small bit of NQR involved.