Diamond_Jim

If Watts is not selected it is another stuff up by the new management. (The other was the co-captaincy) Watts is clearly best 22... ok he could be better.... but this will make the weekend all about Watts and not about team improvement. Hopefully Watts is selected... we have a win and can get the season away to a decent start. MFCSS says otherwise of course !!

The website is not very interesting but I think it has a lot to do with the AFL having primary control of the club internet rights. You could use club websites as online portals with ads etc but in reality what would happen is that the big clubs with big supporter bases would benefit the most and the gap between them and us would just grow larger. Let's face it club communication in public is understandably bland and the website will almost always be full of puffery. I follow the Redskins.... (they used to be good like Melbourne) so I go to their website occasionally to check their performance. It is chock a block with info but of course a lot more money in the NFL due to the one team cities.

Beware... I lived through the late 60's... started barracking for Melbourne in '63 or '64.... was away overseas for most of 64 but I can remember a game at Glenferrie against Hawthorn late in 64. The start of 65 was not too bad and then a friend came home breathlessly telling me how St Kilda beat Melbourne. If I recall we won few games after that and the decline began. After the GF in 2000 I looked at the team and thought this was our time.... it wasn't. Is now our time ..... perhaps but like the Bulldogs we will have to be lucky... we are not Hawthorn... that team built up dominance over 30 years... probbaly just like Melbourne in the fifties To win as a Melbourne team you have to be good. Interstate teams have an easier home and away and therefore their chances of making the big one are higher. Hope is a wonderful thing but blind faith is just that..........blind Go Dees and let's hope we are there late in September

1964-1987= 23 years without a finals appearance Not sure if any other club has ever had such a bad performance

Richmond v Carlton tomorrow night.... they are talking 75,000 Richmond.... mid -level 9-14 Carlton 17-18 We can only dream of such crowds

The West Coast allegations deserve consideration but not in a way that detracts from the Essendon saga

One can however see the problem in the report. Means we have the least upside in turning supporters into members and attendees. And of course as it is expressed in percentage terms rather than outright numbers it ignores the sheer dominance of the larger clubs. Adelaide has an almost entire city backing it. We really need some success to improve our supporter base amongst the young .... 23 years between finals appearances and then 52 years since the last flag is an abysmal performance. Perhaps we need to market ourselves as a boutique club for the thinking supporter ...... a glass of pinot anyone?

The clue is in the names of the teams.... we are irrelevant

Must say I keep recalling his last game played in anger.... the VFL Grand Final.... was not his best day All I can think of is that it is some master plan to leverage Gawn

All good young man.... hope you enjoy the win !!!

That area shows tickets at $51 but perhaps they sell some cheapies to surround the cheer squad thus acting as a buffer to opposing supporters... makes sense PS I just did some more clicking and sure enough just behind the goals at one end there are seats at $18-$51. I see that when you click around on areas up on level 3 in the away section it is showing seats from $11. Plus of course the most expensive printing fee ever of $8 !!!! (When is the ACCC going to have a go at these guys)

Am I one of the few people in the world who has never heard an Adele song Until she had her disagreement with Spotify I had never heard of her I obviously should get out more PS Is she like Sherbet ?

Must say it seems a bit light price wise binman the link below is to the AFL seat pricing for this game and it shows the lowest price being general admission at $25 http://www.afl.com.au/tickets/seat-pricing-guide perhaps email the club... I would hate for you to rock up and miss out or spend an hour in the queue and miss our 10 goal to nil match winning first quarter !!

Good to see a little resistance 13 runs behind ...... 20 minutes until tea on the last day and six wickets in hand the next hour's play will be fascinating As an aside... I know we don't play Khawaja because of his difficulty with spin ... but Warner's tour has been diabolical

Ah... remember their first ground manager.... who famously said .... "no more walk ups... the people will have to get used to buying tickets in advance". I think he lasted a month before he was moved on

Actually it is up against qualifying 5pm- 6pm which is probably the most exciting part of Formula 1 bar the first lap

The disappointing thing is the traditional vision impaired Frederick could have seen this coming. What makes it worse is that the Adele concerts were only organised and approved for Etihad AFTER the AFL took full ownership and management of the venue. They have no one else to blame. Of course the venue hire fees would have been useful but it's time they put in place some non discretionary criteria such as no events within X weeks of a football game that involve useage of the the turf.

One really has to be concerned about the Etihad surface https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/mar/20/doubts-persist-over-gabba-pitch-five-days-out-from-aflw-grand-final The Adele concert in Brisbane was on 4 March !!! "The AFLW grand final between Brisbane and Adelaide will be played at Metricon Stadium on the Gold Coast after the Gabba pitch was deemed unsuitable to host the inaugural title decider. Brisbane finished top of the ladder to claim hosting rights but the playing surface at the Gabba was damaged by an Adele concert earlier this month to such an extent that an alternative venue had to be found."

Must say I share dawi's view on the use of apps on the mobile phone. It just seems that smart phones are set up for apps and where you go through the web you seem to have more lag, page set up issues etc that are not there with a well designed app. That being said websites are far more powerful and readable than apps when it comes to using a desktop/laptop Oh the problems of the first world Keep up the good work on Demonland..... love it

The other problem with Etihad is that they gave all the prime seats to the Medallion club who more often than not do not turn up for Melbourne games. Viewing from ground level is not optimal and the higher level above the Medallion club area is less than perfect. Perhaps I am too used to the MCG where as an AFL member I can sit on level 3 in the winter sunshine and have a whole section of the stand to myself (Ah the joys of being an anti social MFC supporter.. or is it an easier way to deal with defeat.... I was different in the '80's and '90's and enjoyed the arrogance of the crowd.... Oh what is must be to be a Hawthorn supporter) ... but I digress

The old way of playing the second ruck was from the bench. With interchange rules the bench became a mid field resting zone and there was not much room in the rotations for a ruckman on the bench. With decreased interchange perhaps there is now room for Spencer to be a bench ruckman. Gawn to the forward line while Spencer rucks and then Spencer to the bench while Gawn rucks. One also has to be realistic about what we are trying to achieve with Spencer. Is it just nullifying the other ruck and allowing others who could have played the spot (Watts) to be more damaging. The problem is that there is no real position anymore of "resting" in the forward pocket for a ruckman .... perhaps we could re-invent it

Three or so years ago we thought we had a great back line but no forward line and a very average midfield At least this year we look like having two out of three !

Jurrah was very special If he had continued.. and we built a successful team around him...he would have added another 10,000 to our membership I went to a Box Hill VFL game just to watch him Anyway back to Allen J .... those videos remind me of the importance of leading ...but just by a metre or two.. he wasn't a great overhead mark like Neitz but his one on one was spectacular Now.... imagine him today..... where and how would you play him??????

He was of course constantly compared to his brother (Glen Jakovich). They played on each other in a final. And he even gave his brother a kiss after kicking a goal on him during an MCG home and away match. His approach to football could not have been any more different than that of his brother. Come to think of it the MFC has had its fair share of colourful footballers over the years.

As you say a real issue. And then there are the byes (only two this year I think) Add in our interstate games (two of which are our own fault) where players are taken as emergencies plus any where the VFL game is played before or close in time to the AFL game thus again taking emergencies out of play and one can see how hard it is for players on the fringe to get real game time