Blinkybill

1 minute ago, Nasher said:

How good is that photo? 

Looks freezing. 

Speaks volumes about our culture. I’m certain attendance wasn’t compulsory, yet less than 24 hours after a bruising game they turned up on a cold wintery day.

I hope Vince is under consideration for next week. I think he is still in our best 22.

5 minutes ago, Dee Zephyr said:

So far, it looks like the bay we’ve been allocated is full of Hawks, this should be a lot of fun and as I type this I received the following text....

This is a joke, right?

Just now, forever demons said:

[censored] em

Really? I get the passion, but I hope most act with a touch of class.

2 minutes ago, McQueen said:

I just arrived at beer deluxe and the place is packed. Asked if I could sit down at a reserved table that was only half full of Hawks supporters while I wait for my sister and her bloke. “Only if you buy me a beer” one of them says. 

Sat down with my back to him.

End of story. 

A bit of civility wouldn’t go astray.

Kennett aside I have nothing against the Hawks. If we go out, this is the team I would hope to win. 

Purely hypothetically of course.

Two things I’m sick of hearing:

1. The last game we played the Hawks. It was bloody 5 months ago. Countries reunite in a shorter time.

2. Clarkson. He’s not going to pull on the boots and I think Goody has him covered in the ciache’s box.

Dees by 35.

Not a dilemma, but the day after the GF I will be heading to Nepal. I will either be walking on clouds, or preparing to.

Cat scum out. Hawthorn next.

How long before the highlights become available?

1 minute ago, DavidNeitz9 said:

Agreed, They chose to televise tonights Richmond game instead, why noy both ?

Absolutely agreed. I thought with no AFL all VFL finals would be televised. 

Can this year get better????

Bloody oath it can

Well done Max

23 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

Gee..a little unkind..lol. The design harks back to a much simpler era.

But as you say... I wonder who among us here actually had their mum knit them a jumper. Mine did when I was a lil tacker. There was no shame. Many of us had knitted jumpers The best ones were Red and Blue of course. Some interesting shades of blue though....often what was on special at the Haberdasher's

Hey, as a kid I never had a “proper” jumper. ? Even as an adult, when I was a Fitzroy supporter my wife knitted me a scarf with three different shades of blue (she refused to waste wool). I wore it with pride.

To me it looked like one mum would make a kid when she couldn’t afford to buy a proper one.

I really like Grimes. I saw him grow up as a junior footballer, and he has courage to burn. But he is a terrible kick and has his fair share of changers. Jetta would have been a better pick.

Up yours Judd.

The start won the game. That intensity against anyone will win.

Watch out.

Umpires are insisting on being ridiculously wrong in such an inconsequential match.

Now that was the worst passage of play this year.

I don’t think lazy football is good preparation for what is ahead of us. I expect an increase in intensity (and accurate kicking) in the second half.

I just hope Pert respects the hard working staff and doesn’t try to restructure and/or bring in a bunch of mates. PJ has done a great job developing his team. 

9 hours ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

"...understood to have beaten" isn't quite the same as confirmation, though. It may be true...and it may not. The writers (Peter Ryan and Jake Niall) have clearly hedged their bets with that language. If they were certain, they would have written it with less ambiguity, such as "He beat a field of internal candidates..."

Probably a bit off topic, but the language of recruitment is obtuse. Anyone who can manage a computer generated resume can be a “candidate”. Even being on a “short list” is not necessarily a big deal. I once found myself on a short list and was asked to attend an interview for a very senior job I didn’t apply for and wouldn’t take as it was in a different city.

There would no doubt have been internal candidates, and good ones at that. How close they got is anyone’s guess, and journos aren’t that good at guessing.

5 hours ago, PJ_12345 said:

North Melbourne has been doing it for some time...

Correct. And Richmond is the other hipster team of choice. We need to target this demographic aggressively or be left behind. 

Thankfully we have good marketing staff in the club.

9 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

I don’t care what you wish to believe

there are 4-5 generations of supporters who have walked away from supporting the club, because we have been so bad for so long. Some jumped ship and are lost, others just don’t support. Some of them returned 30 years ago in ‘87 briefly, but it was a false dawn and they retreated. 

60 years ago we were THE big club, we can get back there. But if supporters keep tthinking small it will be a lot harder

Dwelling on the past, as this post seems to do, is not going to win new members. The club needs to show a vision which appeals to the massive number of young inner urban dwellers with no or weak alliegences. 

7 hours ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

A little bit underwhelmed, Bb?

No, not at all. I was a Fitzroy supporter back in the Roos and Pert days  (and Osborne, Conlan etc etc, what a ride). I met him several times when he was playing and afterwards. A very impressive human being. He has the background and the skills. He upset some Collingwood staff? Show me a manager who hasn’t upset anyone, and I’ll show you a time serving slug. 

I wish him well, but one person, even the CEO, can’t run a club, and I hope he can keep supporters, sponsors, staff and other stakeholders united and following the dream.