Macca

Here's a nice track from "Pieces of a Dream" Certainly has a "jazzy" feel to it ! Macca 2.2

Sydney and to a lesser extent North often seem to beat those who they should beat . Sounds simple but I reckon it takes a lot of discipline to not "drop your guard" against teams of the same ilk . I put this down to good coaching . Out of the 6 teams that you mentioned we should be aiming at beating most , if not all of them . They're not that good and we need to start having some decent aims . Cheers

Yep , Ablett is very strong . You're right and maybe not a great example but ..............................when he puts his head over the ball he can still get whacked . Most of the little fella's these days have a bit of muscle on them so it's all relative to a certain extent . I like that little Nahas bloke at the Tigers . Got some go in him . Last year , we didn't win enough contested footy . Especially in the midfield . Cheers

Yes , there were some positive signs . This Saturday night is another little stepping stone . I'll be looking for the same sort of attack on the ball , regardless of who Hawthorn put up against us . A win will be a bonus . Cheers

Don't agree 'Wyl' , I've seen hundreds of little fella's win the hard ball all game , on numerous occasions . We were dubbed "bruise free" for a very good reason . And we've still got that tag unless we do something about it . And "Good Times Grimes" , this post applies to your post as well . As an example , Mark Murphy won hundreds of contested ball last year . Hardly a big body . According to afl stats - contested possessions last season - Murphy 306 , Moloney 271 . Gary Ablett jr isn't exactly the "Incredible Hulk" either . Cheers .

Yep , but ........ you don't need to be big to win contested footy . Needs a strong will and plenty of courage . Having a big body helps but it's not a prerequisite . Getting players to win contested footy can be coached . Some players are just naturals but many others need to be inspired to do it consistantly . Cheers

"Back to basics" might not be that difficult for our players . They probably spent most of their junior careers doing the basics . Cheers

Excellent point , though I'd make it 8 per quarter . Anything to stop 36 players being in one quarter of the ground - it's a total eyesore and should have been fixed a few years ago . Restrict the interchange and coaches will stop running their players up and down the ground all day . We might even see positional football again . Cheers

Amazing what happens when you can stick to the fundamentals . Coaches who go away from this eventually get found out . The top 5 teams from last year all had what I would describe as "nuts and bolts" coaches . All those teams were generally................. Excellent at contested ball , won the clearances , beat their man to the ball , put their body on the line . Have forwards who play in front all the time and can "keep the ball in" . Tackle well , pressure well , have numbers at the ball , create space , shepherd , block , Have defence's that work as a team and are miserly . etc , etc , etc The above could well describe footy of any era . It's not all about talent , many fundamentals are a mindset . And it's hard enough learning all the fundamentals . It's even harder to do them all the time . We're starting to see the signs in the nab cup . Cheers

Maybe it was our "Red Sox" that did it ?

I remember seeing 3 dimensional chess on "Star Trek" ! That looked like a big ask . Draughts or ludo takes most of my brain power . Cheers

Ha ! Jim Keays could go alright though . Cheers

Don't know a great deal about him . Left arm quickish . Can bit a bit . Originally from Canberra ? Certainly a bit of a race for the shield final now . Points :- WA 34 , QLD 30, Tas 30 and the Vics 30 . One full round to go (next weekend). Tas vs WA , QLD vs SA and Vic vs NSW Cheers

And let's hope he falls apart and they can't rebuild him . Cheers

Here's a few celebrities ! ............... http://www.australianrulesfootball.com.au/pages/CSHOF#melbourne%20demons

Wow , I'm gonna have to use that line if ya don't mind 'Yossarian' . A beauty ! lol .

We had 179 kicks and only 81 handballs . It was so much different to how we have been playing in the last 4 years . Longer kicking , far more direct and our attack on the ball and general endeavor was 1st rate . We also had a few notable outs - Clark , Moloney , Rivers , Tapscott , Trengove , Grimes , Bartram , McKenzie , Jurrah and Morton . Our new players continue to impress . Especially Magner . He's a ripper ! And Martin provided an excellent target up forward . He knows how to play in front . Jones was excellent . Magner very good . Martin , Green , Jamar , Garland , Frawley , Petterd , Sylvia , Sellar , Bate , Couch and Nicholson all put in and had good games . Thought Davis did some nice things as well . All in all , a good solid hitout . The win was a nice bonus . Some very good signs . Cheers

Yes 'skills' . Flooding used to be called "Stacking the backline" . The forward press is not entirely new either . I reckon I saw a version of it a "back in the day" . The "Backmen pushing up" is about all I can remember it being called . Cheers .

You and I are talking about different issues surrounding the same subject matter . You're talking about the stance that each side took . I'm talking about the process of getting the vote through . Happy to move on by the way , but not on how our fans were made to look disloyal . Cheers

It's funny , nearly all the Fitzroy fans I know , now follow Brisbane . And in most cases they get to see their team on tele every week . Seeing them live is a different story of course . I view it as I view all our fans/members who live permanently interstate or overseas . Many are on this site . Good luck to them . There are millions of fanatical fans of various sporting clubs around the world who never get to see their team 'live' . Many fork out the dosh for memberships . But .......it must be a gut wrenching thing to come to terms with your club relocating 'interstate' . I hope North get to stay in Victoria forever . Cheers

But it was the "process" ( for want of a better word ) that was the real issue . Most people I know have/had no idea about the 'proxy' vote situation . And the sad bit is that a lot of Demon fans believe that the 'rank and file' members voted for the merger . Just ask anyone whether our club voted itself out of existence . There's an excellent chance they will come back with the answer of 'Yes' . But .......there's an almost equal chance that there will be no mention of 'proxy votes' Sheahan is there to sell newspapers . As you no doubt know , often the truth gets lost when this endeavor is embarked upon . Fin ? not yet . Cheers .

Here's one of my favourites from Aerosmith Macca 6.7

It's an important issue , this merger rubbish . All our fans should know the truth . If it was a fair meeting at the time , the vote would never have got through , in my opinion . Cheers

Yep , there were all sorts of shenanigans going on . I've yet to run into a supporter who voted for the merger . Not that they'd want to admit it . Cheers .

Yep , and the worst bit is that a lot of our fans actually believe that the rank and file member voted for the merger . It's simply not true . I can understand many not wanting to try and explain the proxy vote system because often the person you're telling it to "roll their eyes" in disbelief . Everybody I know , knows the truth (now). So , Ridley and his Committee have roughly 3000 votes under their belts ( carefully collected in the preceeding month or 2 ) . They then organise another 600 - 700 to turn up early to a 3,500 capacity venue . Impossible to lose . Cheers Wyl