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Redleg you may get your wish and we will not need to tank either. However we have no chief of recruiting who is going to pick them? But then again it seems the chiefs of the last ten years have not set the world on fire. Perhaps we are better of without one, It is hard to believe you could not do as well picking them out of a barrel.

Late yesterday i had taken about all I could concerning AFL Football and the MFC. So I made myself a promise that I would Ignore anything to do with the AFL and the MFC for 24 hours. All was was going well till I picked up todays Hun and wham what a head line. But I held fast and did not read any of the story ( that was really hard ), I avoided radio by listening to a CD when out in the car. The result has been unexpected, I feel very calm and I have a new prospective on my liesure time. You know there are 1 billion people in China who do even know that the MFC exists. So I am now looking at the MFC in a new light. DO NOT OBSESS We are a football club that is towards the bottom of the competition in a number of areas. So what I have had a lot of fun times as well as a lot of crap. We may well be crap for the balance of this decade but i have been here before I know what to expect. I find it hard to believe we will win on saturday in Perth but who knows the margin might be less than I think. I get a lot of fun out of Demonland and the majority of you dees supporters out there even if as a football team we are very ordinary. I cannot change what happens to the MFC, if it fails to exist in 2020 so be it i might not exist either. The up side is enjoy life do not let the Bloody AFL get you down. Carn the Dees

No seems the same to me Redleg

Have not tried for some time so lets see what happens

I am going OS in two weeks oh how I wish it was this weekend. The next week is going to be agony.

Redleg I feel like a towel that has just come out the washing machine. Unless the informant is discovered / outed before saturday we could easlier produce another 186 performance. And if they are outed it is still on the cards. I thought I had been through some black periods but this must take the cake

No Striker but that may be because mine are not as important to me as they were 10 years ago

That was why I made my comment here Redleg but seems I am on my own with trying to keep the thread count down. Sorry you and me Redleg

Last time I had one was January 1971. Now that is a long time ago Me and three mates drove across the Nulabor, 300 miles of dirt in those days for Summer holidays. No air con in the HD Arh those were the days

No problem OMEB hope it has some small effect. By the way can you still get "Emu Bitter"

No Redleg but I reckon they might be ok in the forward line

I can only imagine what it will feel like this time next week DC As strange as it sounds there were times yesterday when I would have happily gone back to the DB game plan.

You know the one about your uncle and aunty

Well the first tragedy of 2012 is now almost 24 hours ago And there has been an explosion on new threads so I thought I would put my thoughts on this one. Not sure if it fits but here goes. I ask myself what has changed in the last 48 years? For the majority of that time not a lot. Here we are after game 1 of 2012 with a bad loss to a bottom four side from last year. A list of average players at best. A new coaching panel ( how many of those have there been over that 48 year period ) A game plan that I have no idea how it is meant to work, I doubt the players do either. A depresseing year awaits me. With the prospect of another rebuild. "Hang in there fellers we will get there" is again the cry. So as I said not a lot has changed. But there is one big change for me. I AM ALMOST WORN OUT BY THE MFC I have had it with the 40 medicore years of the last 48. I no longer want to wander off to the G with hope in my heart and then wander home with the same sick in the guts feeling that once again I am supporting a team of modest performers who tear my guts out. Once again I will be the butt of jokes from other club supporters. What has faithful support for 48 years got me! 8 years of joy and 40 years of misery. I have a solution to save my sanity. I have put away my new maroon and blue scarf, I have placed my members card at the back of the draw. I have taken the stickers off my car. I will return to the MCG when the MFC shows they deserve my support. Until then ( if I live long enough ) I will be an anonymous citzen in the fabric of Melbourne. Away from the scorn of the general football world. no more "carn the dees" Put up MFC and I will show up

Aint that the truth.

Business as usual for the Blues 7 goal winners over the Tigers. The more things change the more they stay the same

My guess on those options is 25 a winning margin of 5 points

What is a good crowd RL?

Now there is a surprise!

Can never quite work out why everyone dislikes this bloke so much!!!!!

Redleg I have been trying really hard not to say anything tonight because all the blind optimists on demonland will say I am delighting in our sambolic performance. This could not be further from the truth I am hurting as badly as any Dees supporter on this earth. My worst fears are unfolding before me. But i cannot help myself any longer. Mate you are watching a very poor team, we were crap in 2011 and all sorts of excuses were made, crap coach, poor game plan, problems between the FD and Manangement. The answer is and I keep saying it we have a poor group of players. End of story. At least now we will not go into 2012 with over stated expectations. But to answer your Question. For a very long time

Life is wonderful is it not Just noticed on the MFC website that a membership will get you into the game against Port for free. Gee we should all race over there to take advantage of that great offer. Not much money will be expended on that one!

Interesting article on SEN this morning. During the Eddy debarcle from sunday night discussion he raised the subject of Indigenous players and lower stamina levels. He said he would be doing a segment next sunday on Indigenous players and the extra effort required in maitiance especially when they are young. It was mainly about recruiting players to AFL clubs too young. There appears to be an idea to increase the age to 19. It was supported by KB and Patrick Smith who said a number of managers have raised the issue.

Kicking skill or the lack of it kept Richmond down for 20 years. How many games did they kick it to Richardson's feet or over his head or the left when he led right. Thanks for the reply Redleg I did read it on the other thread.

Hi Redleg I have not seen your thoughts or have I missed them? Did you see any improvement? I was struggling it had all the earmarks of Geelong last July. God what does that hold in 2012!