Grapeviney

paul prymke used to remind me of a young giraffe, all gangly and awkward in the legs..

but he developed into a pretty solid defender

i'm glad someone mentioned paul hopgood, he could always be counted upon to cough it up

FB: Tapscott Frawley Garland

HB: Grimes Mcdonald Bartram

C: Watts Maloney Bail

HF: Sylvia Clark Petterd

FF: Watts Howe Green

Foll: Jamar Trengove Mckenzie

Int: Martin/MacDonald Bate Rivers Gysberts

No spots for new draftees; or Jarrah and Davey until they prove themselves. Morton is gone. I rate Clarke more as a CHF than a FF. Howe has played plenty as a FF (in Tas).

Ed: rookies excluded

i agree watts will be in the best 22 but i think you're asking a lot of him to play both wing and forward pocket at the same time mono

The offer's been extended until 31 December - I got a neat little FOXTEL promo card in the mail today in the shape of a Melbourne jumper with my name on the back and a big number 5.

I gotta say, I'm pretty tempted, not so much for Melbourne games (upgraded to 17-game membership next year), but for the uninterrupted coverage of the other 8 matches..

The downside is that I know I'll just end up watching a bunch of other garbage on it that I can really live without.

greg champion also had a great version of that song

"timmy watson to michael long..."

etc

he'd be better off closing his mouth and letting his football do the talking out on the field

well, that's my 0.02c anyway

Great game that one. Last time i ventured to windy hill. Ian Robertson's commentary of that match was first class.

O'dwyer v Madden. Teeth were left on the ground that day.

and most of them belonged to alan ezard, who was poleaxed into the turf by a bonecrunching todd viney tackle during the last quarter

good times

and i agree with you about robbo's commentary WYL... used to really enjoy his calls

There is a fabulous photo of Northey glaring at a crestfallen Stynes in the rooms after the PF. Picture tells a 1000 words.

courtesy of the good folk at demon wiki

http://demonwiki.org/image2455

Looking forward to the years ahead when we can snare a few more Friday night games

And we can practice for those Fri night games this year by playing under lights in the last quarters of those 3.15pm games...

Got a tough six-game streak between rounds 5-11 - not unlike what we faced this year - witrh games against the Saints, the Cats, Hawks, Swans, Blues, Dons and Pies...

Other than that I reckon we're OK

Looking forward to the years ahead when we can snare a few more Friday night games

hehe there's some great material on that white maggott website, i like this one too

"In a public relations coup for the largely irrelevant organisation, the North Melbourne Football Club was named Australia’s leading not-for-profit organisation at the annual SHUNPROFIT awards overnight.

The Kangaroos beat home The Smith Family, MS Australia, World Vision and a raft of community-based West African NGO’s to take out the coveted prize.

Club president James Brayshaw said the award recognised North Melbourne’s steadfast commitment to maintaining a steadily increasing and unsustainable defecit for the past thirty years.

“No other club could’ve operated under these conditions” Brayshaw said as stared at the black hole which doubles as the club’s balance sheet. “And I’m not speaking out of pride… we haven’t been a going concern since 1997… legally, no other club could’ve operated under these conditions… we’ve just somehow slipped through the cracks.”

Brayshaw, who earlier this year was investigated by ASIC after he attempted to treat the “shinboner spirit” as an intangible asset for the purposes of the club’s financial reports, then took the opporunity to launch the Kangaroos’ innovative 2012 funding campaign.

“I’m proud to announce that from 2012 the North Melbourne Football Club will be treated as a charity for the purposes of the Income Tax Assessment Act” Brayshaw said. “It’s only fair given we’ve fed, clothed and sheltered Nathan Grima and Scott Thompson all these years.”

schoenmakers' dropped mark cost them the game ultimately, b/c from that stoppage ball goaled

he's had a shocker of a finals series i reckon, a weak link

awesome, intense game

MFC has a long way to go

I have no idea but it seems to me that the longer it goes without a coach being announced the more it looks like MM

The earliest The pies will be finished is 25/9.

So every day that passes without an announcement it seems to me the odds on MM shorten.

i reckon you're right old dee - i've got my fingers crossed

what are these guys doing at training!?

certainly not working on their foot skills, that's for sure..

i just love the idea of a game finishing and two minutes later lighting up

Why wait till after the game? Crackers Keenan used to smoke at 3/4 time by all accounts

Was Robbie Flower's game-winning goal against Footscray in 1981 after the siren? Or just late in the game?

Todd decides to up and leave the game to be a tennis coach on the eve of the new season

Long before Todd briefly left the MFC to coach the 'poo, he was providing tennis tuition to young Demons supporters with stars in their eyes.

I know this because I was one of them (along with Demonland's Andy)

Todd advertised his services in what was then the club newspaper, and for a cool $80 an hour IIRC, you could have teenis lessons with the gun Melbourne midfielder.

It was a small if extravagant price to pay to hang out with Todd..

I certainly don't remember any of the tennis tips he might have passed on, but I do remember him lecturing us about the dangers of drinking and driving, as it was not long after the death of Darren Millane.

/ end glory story about how I was one of the first people to be coached by Todd Viney / B)

Been awhile since i posted in here...anyone want to write my essay for me? Don't really feel like researching the Russian Revolution

jamar has been a great asset to this club... shouldnt be too hard to bash out a few hundred words

they said concussion but ok on ch.10

As a fellow Demonlander said to me, he's a class above his team-mates

In all seriousness though, I am extremely disappointed that I have lost interest in this season. I am still going to all of the games in Victoria, including Geelong on saturday, despite having two horses running at Caulfield. What has ruined my enjoyment is the inconsistent performances of the team, the speculation over you know who, the inability to beat victorian teams other than Richmond and Essendon, pathetic performances at Etihad, players getting injured or ill and pulling out on the day of games, Jurrah not dominating like I had hoped, some players not progressing in their football and others going backwards, speculation about the Coach and fixturing that leaves so much to be desired ( such as 4 games in 23 days and always playing at Geelong), seeing Carlton doing well, etc, etc.

In many ways I wish the season would end so I can look forward to 2012.

To add some balance, I have enjoyed our wins and the fact that we have blooded new players and that some of our boys have kicked on. I am optimistic for the future with our list of young players but I am getting impatient to see some consistent winning football from my team.

pretty much sums it up for me redleg, especially the bit about jurrah

i was so excited pre-season in anticipation of the dazzling feats he was going to perform but the x-factor has been missing from his game this year

and while he might be grabbing a couple of goals a match, he's really failed to impose himself on games - 2nd quarter effort against Port notwithstanding

Just ordered my copy through the club, looking forward to this

great read from flanagan

that quote about david kantilla - that his genius was that he could cope - is telling i think

Fearless player with unquestionable courage, was a highly-rated defender during an era that boasted three of the game's greatest all-time forwards in Lockett, Dunstall and Ablett.

Condolences to Sean's family and the entire MFC community.

The scoreboards all had their codes for all the other games

could never work it out why they didn't just go in order a vs. b, c vs. d.... it was always k vs. n , r vs. s etc !!

very impressive game today, easily his best, good hands, runs hard..