The heart beats true

I’m very happy for any non Victorian team to win the flag, as it’ll feel like it didn’t really happen here, but… I’m super nervous about what that means for the fixture next year. AFL will be keen to recoup losses, so expect 2025 to see Collingwood and Carlton schedules for 12 games each against Richmond - to make sure they are both top 4 by season end.

Yes. Doesn’t change the fact I pay for something that has literally no value.

‘If you took off your red and blue googles for just a second you could clearly see that X is happening!’

Oh, I thought this bump was going to be someone selling ‘I survived Brand Petracca’ merch.

We are Demons Seats Plus Undercover in M55. I need the cover for my folks as they are older. Everyone in our area was so annoyed every game. We pay $580 a year, but we won’t again because we know that for the cost of a standard $200 or so membership we can rock up 90% of the time and sit wherever. The club is very aware of all of our frustration, and have done absolutely nothing about it - which I understand is difficult, but if they aren’t protecting the value of our spend they are the ones who’ll miss out next year.

This year I was a Reserved Seats member for the second season. It was a joke. 9 games I had to kick people out of our seats, and each week I was surrounded by different people, and quite often they were opposition supporters. I wrote to the club 3 times about it and they said they’d notify the MCG staff. It never got better. I saw so many people just wonder in and sit wherever they wanted. I realise to an extent it’s not the clubs fault, but if nobody is protecting the value of our memberships then it makes it next to impossible to justify paying for them. I know of 20 members in our section, and we all said we’d never pay for the reserved seats again. That seems like such a shame.

I’m sad about this. We lost a really good one.

Well at least we can agree on that.

I was going to go with… ’Dude, WTF?’

Every time I read this thread my spleen hurts.

I love Max. I’ve never appreciated him more than I do right now.

I don’t mind it. Salem’s body struggles with the demands of modern footy. Daniels is a backup for that role if Christian keeps breaking down.

If anyone from the club is reading this forum I’d like to formally put my hand up to be drafted. Admittedly I am 46, and have no left foot, but I can absolutely promise you I have no desire to move closer to my family. Ever.

I think Barrett is HQ’s mouthpiece in a lot of ways. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that he’s pushing the selfish angle. The AFL needs to protect itself and its clubs first, and this feels like a turning of the tide in terms of public perception. HQ are making Christian a whole lot less palatable, because they can’t have a situation where players just walk to big clubs by acting out. They can’t say anything publicly, but they have ways.

I think Tracc thinks he’s Noel, but he’s acting like Liam.

The article in The Age today says no one has the space or capital to make a trade happen. It also states he’s not interested in going to Essendon or St Kilda. So he’s not going anywhere, and this has all been for nothing - except massive damage to both brands? What a debacle.

Garbage

There’s an AFL grievance council? I could keep them busy for a decade.

I’m surprisingly philosophical about it all. I’ve always been a Melbourne supporter, and whether I like it or not that’s never going to change. So I follow along all the drama, but in the end I know I’m here for life, and there’s nothing that will change that. Besides, what else am I going to do with my weekends? Spend time with my family? No thanks.

Let me dream damn it! Richmond ain’t my problem to solve.

All these people who have good mail really annoy me. My mail is only Dominos vouchers, and letters from the Electoral Commission.

Or 1 and 6 go the Eagles and Harley comes home, where he belongs.

Tigers asking for pick 6 for Rioli from the Suns. Suns don’t need to play that hard due to academy players coming through that they can get for combined picks. Tigers then offer us Pick 1 and 6 for Tracc. We then take 1,5 and 6 at the draft. Tracc goes to a bigger Vic club, and sees he’s old mate Yze.

The tigers have twice the followers on Instagram compared to us. Pick 1 and Pick 6 please!

Agree. He had no preseason, and then came into the side when we were playing some of our worst football of the last 5 years. Get him fit and confident, and get the ball to him, and it can all come together quickly.