13thFlagIsComing

Calling it now and starting the petition. If and when the new training facility @ Gosch's Paddock is completed, it is called "The Nathan Jones Centre"

Couple of sneaky Friday afternoon work frothys in and Emerson, Lake and Palmer are starting the pre-match mix (headphones in of course)

Week 1 (When hope turns into happiness /despair) Port to hold off a fast finishing Cats by 5 points Bombers to cause an upset and knock out the Dogs (who look completely lost right now) by 17 points Melbourne to put in a 4 quarter professional performance and defeat Brisbane by 22 points (even after a 3rd quarter fightback from the Lions) GWS to be the anti-GWS and out grind the grinding Swans in a 2 point thriller Week 2 (Usually the most one-sided week of finals) Lions to take care of the Bombers by 30-36 points. Just too strong and the Bombers will run out of momentum. Cats to defeat a gallant GWS by 20-25 points. The benefit of this matchup is that Geelong's older playing list will be hanging on by a thread. Week 3 (The Cox Plate -The best weekend of Football all year) Demons to overrun a lethargic but determined Geelong with a last quarter 6-8 goal blitz. Dees by 30-40 points. Port Adelaide in another Preliminary Final classic but this time it goes the way of the Power. Port to defeat Brisbane by 2 points. Week 4 (The one where we win the whole F*cking thing) Grand Final will be held at Optus Stadium. A heavyweight title fight between the best 2 teams of the home and away season. After a tough 3 quarters where both sides have momentum but can't take advantage, I have the Dees in front at 3/4 time by 4 points. The lead won't blow out to more than 12 points for either side during the game. Our superior fitness will see us push out to a 24 point lead with 7 minutes to play. Port will kick a goal to bring it back to 18 points with 6 minutes to go. A steadier from Ben Brown will take the margin back out to 24 with 4 and a half to play. The "built for finals" gameplan will see us run the clock down with stoppage after stoppage for a 23 point win.

Gees that Demon looks like it's about to be on an episode of "Botched"

Unfortunately, the site won't allow me to paste images but i think the best design for the facility would be based on the new Tottenham Hotspur Training Facility. We could have it constructed on the Car Park facing our oval (and not the Collingwood Football Club) and build it up to 5-6 stories tall (with underground parking for the existing Medical Clinics, offices etc) Based off Google Earth the dimensions of the rectangular Car Park and the area with the shed and storage tanks just to the south of it the building could be 150m long and 40m wide which would be more than enough room for a world class facility! Main Entrance to Demon Shop / Cafe-Social Club / Offices would be from the AAMI park concourse level. If i can figure out how to use Sketchup 3D i'll try and come up with a mock design. https://www.mclarengroup.com/projects/tottenham-hotspur-football-club-training-academy/

Solid effort by the Crows but our ability to absorb pressure was sensational. Bring on next Saturday night!

The only reason I believe there is a knock on him this year is his lack of defensive pressure. There have been numerous examples of opposition players stepping around him too easily with only an outstretched arm as a form of a tackle. I can't remember him chasing down an opponent (even to cause a spoil) so while I can appreciate his offensive work (which clearly he is brilliant at especially his body positioning in a contest) his lack of any defensive pressure is obvious to see.

So to summarise... - Storm are building a facility to house their youth and women's teams @ Broadmeadows. Their men's team will still train and be based at AAMI Park. It will be their version of Casey Fields. - Rebels are training at Princes Park full time? - Victory still training at AAMI Park. Won't see that changing anytime soon as their proposed Footscray Park redevelopment was shot down. Only chance would be to have another council assist Victory with a new facility like Casey did with City.

The best Dees set shot I've ever seen live for the MFC has been Jack Watts. Minimal body movement during the run up which kept the arms straight, ball drop was minimal and never tried to either drive through the ball or chip it towards goal. Watts accuracy was 67% (161 goals , 79 behinds)

Had a bit of a play with how a redeveloped Gosch's Paddock could look. Summary: Collingwood sized oval and running track MFC Facility with Pool / Gym / Offices (and the "Social Club / Function Centre") - 3 stories high. Approx Increased underground car parking Indoor Hall (like the EFC Hangar) towards the end of the facility. Modelled on the Casey Fields hall currently being developed but size increased to fit as much hall as possible. Can be used by Melb Victory / Storm. 2 x Rugby / Football pitches along Punt Road Upgraded running tracks around and between ovals Re-aligned off-ramp from City Link to meet up with Kelso Street intersection. Increased parkland. Common grass area. Small hill for oval viewing in top right hand corner. Upgraded seating, playground, exercise facilities placed around the park. Thoughts?

A big no for me and has been a big no for 2 years. Field Kicking is suspect. Went back to his old habit of holding on to the ball too long and looping it over his head with both arms to find time. On average 5-6 times out of 10 gets tackled from behind or to the side as a result...needs to work on peripheral vision. (in fact they all do) Cannot hit a target at close range by hand or foot, especially when a player is running past. Usually goes straight to their feet. Tackling pressure is minimal. A lot of pressure for midfield spots. But if there is no option where we can tack him on as part of a trade...re-invent him as a small forward. His goal kicking is decent. Need a left footer in forward line.

If we lose today I'll do some serious Footloose dancing!

The coaches speech when Hoges and Weid are playing together for the first time....

All the teams that beat us at Etihad beat us by doing one thing... run and spread + switching across the ground from half back. If you look at the amount of times the ball for example was in our forward line about 30 m out towards the pocket and the Saints won possession...they got on their bikes and switched the play to the opposite side of the ground as they knew their leg speed would beat us every time. The Doggies did it time after time last year when we lost by 100+ So whilst we go chasing the players across the ground one or two Saints ran back towards the goal, one peeled off at their half forward line as the link man and one kept floating towards goal...usually we ended up as a one on two and we were caught in the middle. Oh and another thing... It didn't help that our corridor centric mentality made us centre the ball with a risky 30m kick rather than kick down the line to a contest. How many times have we witnessed it over the years? For the love of God MFC coaching staff...direct your players NOT TO KICK INTO THE CORRIDOR AT ETIHAD PAST HALF BACK - GO DOWN THE LINE!!

Can't see where he would fit with us but would fit in with the excess of medium sized players that Collingwood have picked up over the past 2 years. If he was delisted then what about a rookie listing?

Thanks for that crunching tackle against the Crows a couple years ago Dawsey but it's time to move on. I won't repeat what I said about him whilst watching the game yesterday but needless to say it wasn't kind.

Ahh Beijing. Where in 2004 I shanked a drop punt in Tiananmen Square and falconed an unsuspecting Chinese national. Next thing you know a white Tarago full of Chinese army soldiers wanted to know what happened. Needless to say kick to kick isn't appreciated in China as much as it is here. Got my footy back though!

Agreed. Keep the traditional jumper for QB.

Not that the money's important....

Same here Pipes. Love my MCC membership and up until this year was getting very good use out of it. Always signed up as an MCC/MFC member. How could I not!

Is Dank / Saty the real Keyser Soze?

Draw a salary or create a legacy...it's your call MFC.

After the disaster that was bringing Brayshaw back into the team last wee, I'm prepared to wait it out. Brayshaw & Lumumba...who else saw that last Thursday and went..."huh?"

Just make the side panels blue and the MFC logo red, would look even better...can someone make a mockup?

Goodwin + Melksham + Fresh Start + Walk Up Start in our defence (For Dunn or Garland) = A very very good pickup.