old dee

14 hours ago, The heart beats true said:

Interesting to see McVee playing as a lockdown on Rankine. Didn’t he leave Melbourne because he wanted to not be a lockdown defender?

Rowe come on down, he left so he play as a forward. How did that go. I always thought it was a [censored] statement. Just a handy excuse when the real reason was he just wanted to move to the pies.

20 minutes ago, Madz said:

When its Carlton, me.

Or Collingwood or Essendon or ..........

17 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

I'm just disappointed that nobody got the joke. ☹️

I got it but I could not resist. Sorry DS.

29 minutes ago, BDA said:

i know Voss will ultimately pay but where were Carltons on-field leaders in the last quarter

The same as where they were last week. For a couple of years now I have been of the belief that they don't have the players. They over estimate the quality of there list.

1 hour ago, Demonstone said:

Carlton should have a big enough half-time lead to coast home from here.

Famous last words.

5 hours ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Agree but those Bears are definitely back on track.

Still wouldn't it be good for the game to have a Bears v Suns GF !!

PS: Just installing everything on a new phone and it told me Demonland had an App which I've now installed. Had not realised that before. Thanks Andy and team for your wonderful work. Must be time for another donation drive !

Go Dees

A large number of us pay a membership fee DJ.

Any weekend that starts with a Pies loss is a good one.

The 3 who drop out will be Batman, Heath and Laurie.

On 30/03/2026 at 15:57, Diamond_Jim said:

Easter Sunday morning at Cranbourne/Casey.

Could break the all time low attendance record. Not that this is relevant anymore to the VFL.

Seriously what was wrong with 1:30pm Saturday ??

Nothing DJ, do really expect sanity from the vfl? The media just seem to ignore this shambles of a feeder competition.

3 hours ago, binman said:

In the sense that whilst King has suggested he's carrying some niggles, I suspect there's some aspect of his game King wants him to work on.

And to do so likely requires some time at Casey.

And if he does have some niggles, is one week not playing at senior level going to do much to help him get over them?

And again the ridiculous vfl competition comes to light again, no game last week for Casey they had a bye so players returning from injury / form have to sit on there hands.

The Sun's had a good first up win against Geelong however their next two were Richmond and the Eagles. Both poor sides who have been filling bottom 4 sports for some time. I think we start on fairly equal terms.

3 hours ago, binman said:

Money spinner for the dees - and we need the money old

Yes but by the time everyone gets their cut we will probably get $5 a jumper.

1 minute ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Do you not recall the 26 point zone of death in '23 OD.

How many times did we get up by 26 points in the third quarter but lost.

36 points up is my comfort zone these days but even then...........

I think I am back to the worried no matter how far in front we are.

20 hours ago, MurDoc516 said:

We should play in 23 different guernseys

You mean we don't now?

22 hours ago, DubDee said:

Why is there a new jersey for gather round?

Just another money spinner DD. The AFL cannot help themselves.

55 minutes ago, hardtack said:

It’s funny, our apartment block’s general handyguy is a Carlton supporter and when I spoke to him on Monday, he told me that at half time he told his friends who were all happy for him, that they were going to lose… it’s all a matter of perspective OD 🤣

I remember us going through a period where I didn't care what the margin was our way I would be worried we would lose. It was only after Lever and May join that I got confident that we could defend a winning margin.

Last season I made an effort to watch some games on tv. Generally I think the MFC women's team is a reasonable standard and is worth watching however some games were a poor watch as the other team played a negative defensive style as they did not have enough skilled players. I watched some games that did not include the dees. Mostly I gave up after a couple of quarters of poor play. IMO the AFL expanded the league too quickly and the talent pool is stretched too far to produce good games. Now there are some good quality teams and games but too many are poor games. Would I go to games? Probably not, I don't go to all men's games in fact I get to 6 or7 these days. I cannot see attendance at games improving this year with big increases in petrol costs and many households are struggling to have any disposable income.

It seems strange that there is no coach this long after the end of last season. I hope it is not the same selection group as the ones working on the move to Caulfield.

1 hour ago, Ghostwriter said:

I spoke to Cub (Taylor Whitford). Paddy has a broken thumb. Won’t be available this week of course but “won’t be out of the game for too long.” Cub also said they’re really pleased with his performance on Sunday

Thanks for the info GW. I have to say at half time on Sunday I had tossed in the towel.

I don't think it would have increased Trac's brand so best he stayed away.

5 hours ago, The heart beats true said:

I think if you look at the consistency of our centre square attendances, and how consistent that was in this game compared to the previous games, it’s pretty obvious the plan was to try and break even in the little circle (knowing that would be our weakness), and get them on the outside.

Pittonet really worked hard early to nullify Max, but he just couldn’t do it for 4 quarters. Max is the only player in the competition that looks at a broken hand as a chance to be fitter. He’s absolutely grinding players into the dust because of his aerobic capacity.

Sparrow also has to get credit for his ability to break away in his first 2-3 steps. I reckon it was his best game for the club.

Way back when Max had just joined the club he was a bit of a clown. Roos wS I his first year as coach. He told max he could keep doing it and play a number of games or change his attitude and become one of the best ruckman. We all know the result. I think after all the things he did for Oliver he would be disappointed that he did not make the event of Max and Tmac. Exactly the reason we let him go.

46 minutes ago, Deestar9 said:

Believe you said that about Tholstrup &

Sharp …possibly others …

Correct, it's only my opinion. While I doubt Jefferson's talent, he cannot stay on the park which doesn't help. I did give Kolt a positive rap on the other thread.

2 hours ago, jnrmac said:

Kolt went to half back when CJ went down. Played a pretty good game back there

I have been a big critic of Kolt. But this year he has been better, I think because he has an actual role, playing back I think suits him a lot more than the forward line.

3 minutes ago, roy11 said:

New game plan suits him too, hopefully the likes of Jeffo/Laurie get some exposure to it before decisions are made on their future

I already have, neither has senior level talent.

18 hours ago, layzie said:

We really aren't

18 hours ago, Ditcha said:

What a great comeback to win the game. I walked home to Richmond very happy. Still a lot of work to do, but we are only 3 games in to the new era. I will watch the last quarter again tonight.

2 out of 3 is a good start imo.