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For a tiny clip up there Grundy looked like he was moving well.

2 hours ago, Webber said:

 Just love Tyla Hanks instinct for best option disposal and opening up the game.  

Funny how people see different things.
My thoughts are her skills are probably the best in the side but decision making is suspect.
I saw alot of handballs go to someone less than a meter away who'd then fumble and get pounced on though Hanks is not the Lone Ranger for that.
I try to like the womens game but as a spectacle it's mostly awful with flashes of competence here and there.
But it is getting better.

2 hours ago, chook fowler said:

I wish I could be pleased with this - but I’m not.

I'm picking up what you're putting down man.
As good as they've been, it just tells me we don't have the youth pushing them out.
But I'm happy for both players they get to around again.

On 10/30/2022 at 11:53 AM, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Was really annoyed at the end of 2002 that we let a genuinely good player in Stephen Powell go to St Kilda due to a contract dispute. IIRC he was picked up in the pre season draft so we didn’t even get any compo for him. Powell then became a very good player for St Kilda including playing in all their finals from 04-06.

He only played 2 seasons for us (2000 and 2002) but he was key cog in our midfield as a goal kicking mid. Also kicked 10 goals in the 2000 finals series.

Will always remember the young cocky Luke Hodge getting in his face in his 1st or 2nd year.
Powell gave him a biatch slap Nate Diaz would've been proud of.
He was a tough uncompromising footballer not about to take rubbish from a snotbag kid.

Pretty sure Powell got a week or 2 for it but I'm sure Hodge learnt his lesson.
You don't fork with Stephen Powell.

1 hour ago, YesitwasaWin4theAges said:

Didn't even read it to know this is the biggest load of [censored] I've ever seen.

You mustn't read Lord Nevs posts.

9 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Just posing a question to the forum's members on an important policy announcement by president Roffey.

Well .... As disappointed as I am he's gone.
He'll be forever smiling at me with 23 other fellas and their Premiership medals from my shed wall.
And I'll be smiling back.

Even further immortalised by handballing to Oliver which I would argue will be the most watched goal by Melbourne supporters ever.
Whenever we look back in the future we'll always make sure to watch those 3 goals late in the 3rd.
And there Jackson will be, right in the middle of it.

I'd be disappointed if he didn't get life membership for what that Premiership meant to the supporters, and the club.

1 hour ago, mo64 said:

 Not many Demonlanders can say that they've witnessed Melbourne winning a World Cup.

Let alone a Premiership 🙄

On 9/24/2022 at 11:28 PM, Lord Nev said:

This will be my last reply ok, you're just going around in circles with this narrative you've created in your mind.

These footy nights are completely normal and happen every year. Given we were reigning premiers I'm sure the players involved talked about winning a flag.

 

My god you're full of carp.
There were footy nights booked all over the state with 2-3 players in attendance at all of them.
To make out that this is normal stuff is just total BS.

Just admit you're wrong and shut ya mouth for once.

On 6/27/2006 at 9:27 PM, Rhino Richards said:

 David Cordner was the blue blood blonder hair 6'4" adonis who kick 100+ goals in the U19 and would be an answer to MFC's prayers 20 years ago. Unfortunately did not like the hard stuff and dipped his head when he went for a mark. Oppositions prayed upon it. He disappeared to Sydney and did little.

They sure did.
Was watching from the fence behind the goals one game and Cordner took a strong grab right in front of us.
He got belted 3 times in the face while being dragged to the ground.
Still held the ball out in front of him and didn't retaliate at all.
I was amazed both at what he copped and his resigned reaction.
Was always gonna be a tough career if you put up with that every week.

16 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Were a Sleeping Giant. They are too internal. You only have to listen to coterie members who jump on the radio

Still living under the Sheedy canvas

 
 
Whatever the coterie members say or do is irrelevant.
You saw how Richmond supporters come out've the woodwork when they got on a roll.
 Essendon would have more, they were dominant throughout the late eighties and again in the late 90s'-2000' while Richmond were struggling.
They fill the 'G' on ANZAC day regardless of how the club's going.
 I'd only put them behind Collingwood for total support, They not part of the big 4 for nothin'.

2 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

 They still see themselves as a power club .

Like it or not, they're a sleeping giant.

12 minutes ago, Lord Nev said:

Typically one sided take from you.

The other side of the coin is just as bad, if not worse, where victims have either not been heard, not been believed or not even spoken out due to those first two factors. That's what systemic racism does.

It's not as black and white as you want to make it.

Or as you want to make it.
You've just picked your side of the coin as usual without facts or context, just hearsay.
Ever had a mate who was seeing a toxic nutcase and told him he'd be better off without 'em?

3 hours ago, rpfc said:

When he played in the Prelim for Casey after our season was done, I thought to myself ‘why?’

It may be a sign of the respect between clubs and the playing group but the risk did not outweigh that benefit.

And here we are.

I remember asking myself "Why" when watching Schwarz run around like a man possessed in a pre-season game starring in the 2s at Lavington after his 1st or 2nd knee reco.
Popped it again early in the 3rd qtr.
 
In the 2s, playing like it was a final during pre-season.
Could not believe what I was watching.

I admire the way the Pies go about it.
They just will not lay down.
As a supporter you couldn't ask for anything more.

1 hour ago, BDA said:

People probably though the same of the pies players after they finished bottom 4 last year. 

Pendlebury and Sidebottom alone are head and shoulders above anyone we have.
Now they've added another Daicos.
And they didn't have too much trouble picking their way through our famous defence last year either.


 

On 9/12/2022 at 1:38 PM, BDA said:

Poach the Collingwood ball movement coach

Wouldn't work.
Very few of our players have the disposal skills needed.
 
 

3 minutes ago, binman said:

From memory it was only just behind the ball, as i was watching the ball and still saw Smith go down. And yes, Matthews was behind Smith, such a dog act - on any player of course, but Smith was as fair a player as they day is long.

It was a genius coaching move putting the much taller Smith on Matthews. Was thrashing him and Matthews, who was in the last part of his career, couldn't handle it.

Iron or sew on?

Iron on ... 
Sewing skills were learnt on the badges 😉👍

11 minutes ago, McQueen said:

I reckon Collingwood can get it done this year. 
There’s just something about them…

Beat Sydney and I’m all in. 

 Abit of magic about their season.
Similar feel to ours last year.

4 minutes ago, The heart beats true said:

They aren’t going harder, they have more to give. Our boys tried their hearts out this year, but they didn’t have the petrol tickets.

Dunno what their numbers were this week but last game Selwood and Danger only played about 8-9minutes per qtr.
When they were on they'd go flat out.

1 minute ago, monoccular said:

Last year’s was OK as I remember 🤗❤️💙

 

Last years was fantastic.
I still listen to it.

13 minutes ago, Stiff Arm said:

The scary thing is that quite a few star Cats have been relatively quiet tonight. Rohan, Cameron, Guthrie, Stengle, Smith

They will absolutely slaughter Sydney or Collingwood 

Well ... They didn't slaughter Collingwood 2 weeks ago.

On 9/15/2022 at 11:01 AM, binman said:

I was at opposite end of the ground - standing behind the goals at the Royal Parade end.

I have hated Matthews ever since. 

That was such a satisfying win.

I was behind the goals and had to look past the goal umpire to see Matthews clock Smith with a similar swinging arm he got Bruns with but from behind.
Was off the ball but couldn't believe the umpire didn't see anything.
Didn't get reported.

And Smith was also a favourite of mine.
Saved up my pennys over the off season to run the #35 on the prized duffle coat.
Then he runs out rd1 wearing #1.
Gotta be kidding me, coulda saved myself about $6 🙄😅

28 minutes ago, DeeMee said:

I have a newly discovered dislike of the Lions but I don’t think that can compete with decades of Pies and years of Cats loathing.

For me an ideal GF now would be Swans Lions with Swans winning to take all the media love of Pies and Cats away. I appear to be bitter and twisted.

Reality is there is only one Premier and all the rest lose. We did pretty damn well this year.

I only know one Lions supporter who's a pretty quiet fella.
So I'll go with them.
 

And our record for actually redeeming ourselves and earning back respect isn't very good.
But as Bates Mates stated " Time will tell I guess."

1 hour ago, Bates Mate said:

We were similarly hurting after getting embarrassed in the prelim of 2018 ,  failing to make finals in2017, 2019 and 2020. Time will tell I guess

Holy smoke man.
The embarrassment list is far longer than that.
Seemed like every second week we were gonna redeem ourselves and earn back respect for awhile there.