old dee

47 minutes ago, Redleg said:

And I think it is only fitting that a statue of the creator of the thread, be erected at the MCG and also another at the new home base,  which will thereby encapsulate his two sporting loves.

Holding a banana in his right hand! 

I see the censors have struck again. Another tread shut. 

Kick straight!

3 hours ago, Redleg said:

Can’t wait for the draft to be over, so we call in the builders, to repair all the houses that we will be training down in the pre season.

Perhaps we should rename as the Whelans. 

2 hours ago, daisycutter said:

just looking around

the afl and mfc web sites don't have the goody rescue story

this is really odd. almost like it didn't happen

just did a search on abc (all sites) and it's not there either

what's going on

It’s not bad news dc. 

On 25/10/2023 at 08:20, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

if Caulfield's a thing:

If Porz, Rennick and Roffey can't swing a deal, not sure who can.

So far a F for the trio. Casey forever? 

20 hours ago, Antioch said:

And will Damian Barrett have something good to say about Goodwin and MFC? He’s very annoying.

I basically ignore him and a number of others. It's all about looking relevant to keep their jobs. 

3 minutes ago, monoccular said:

But was Nick Riewoldt jumping on top of Joel?

I guess that all depends n whether he was going to drown  without help or not?  Swimming with a dislocated shoulder can be challenging. 

Oh no Mono you have said the unspeakable words!

I didn't think we were allowed to say his name let alone a whole thread!

I see the person we are not allowed to discuss has made the headlines this afternoon after saving a guy while surfing. Seems the guy dislocated his shoulder in the water in Bali. Good work SG. 

30 minutes ago, Demon Dynasty said:

I had no idea Mrs Old was also a Demons supporter before you met her. 

Impeccable taste OD.

Sadly she is actually a pie DD.

5 hours ago, Demon Dynasty said:

No better time than '74' LD.

One Aussie dollar was buying 1.48 USDs!

Unfortunatley it has spiralled into insignificance ever since being floated with one very short lived exception in 2010.

I got married in 1974, best decision ever. 

28 minutes ago, 58er said:

Read my post on this matter I feel it had nothing to do with Clarry or Joel. 

Who are they 58er. They have both vanished from demonland? 

I haven't been on for a few days. It seems Demonland has suffered a bout of censorship. Are we now so sensitive that we cannot take bad news?

11 hours ago, layzie said:

I can assure it too, fairly safely.

I am not surprised layzie. Casey/Goschs  it is for us. It is time we accepted it and got on with it. The rest are pipe dreams. 

7 hours ago, Redleg said:

There are probably bigger questions too, like lease or licence length, especially when you are spending a fortune to set it up.

We would never own the land.

Then how much of the area would we need and how often, more related to ovals etc.

Plenty of things to sort out.

Mr Leg it appears to me that while Caulfield is probably the best option I struggle with (a will we have a case that will satisfy a number of interested groups and ( b will it happen this decade it is only 10 weeks till the start of 2024. Seems we will be at Goschs for a long time yet.

When do we think Petty will play his first game in 2024? With the type of injury he has I would be surprised if it is before June. 

13 minutes ago, Redleg said:

5th, got out too late. Cox Plate next.

Hmm not sure what to make of that!

It is not beyond the realms that Petty will not play a game until well into the second half of next season. So if we intend to trade him next season two things will happen imo. He comes back strong and leads us to a GF or he struggles with the injury and his value drops significantly. Let's hope for the first and we can ask for the earth in return. 

This is still the major failing of this club over the last decade. For the vast majority of the time the silence is deafening. Dates come and go. I have every confidence at the next AGM it will be raised and the confidentiality card will again be played. Does anyone know if there are any time lines for the Caulfield redevelopment? If it is waiting for  state government funding it will be another ten years as they are up to their eyes in debt. 

13 hours ago, Redleg said:

I was at our new training base on saturday. I had a runner in the last.

And?

On 13/10/2023 at 09:47, waynewussell said:

The ground measured 142 x 155m fence-to-fence.

Compared to?

This thread never ceases to suck me in. I see new comments and think there maybe news. Today's it's about  the Lions and the Gabba. Is there no end to the torture? 

On 10/10/2023 at 22:58, Redleg said:

Anyone familiar with the Weis bar?  They are now half the size.

Funny you raise that Mr. Leg I had one last night and thought similar. 

Just now, Macca said:

Yeah but they are playing hard ball and we probably won't get what we want

Not sure who is playing the hardest Macca, time will tell.