Everything posted by CBDees
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Demons Grand Plan for Yarra Park Training HQ
The site mooted is the most feasible as it overlooks the only large area of (under-utilised) open space in Yarra Park plus offers street frontage and is not compromised by the mega tram stop in the next block (which would create logistic problems during construction)! It is offers direct access to train and trams and is only a block from the Punt Road/Hoddle Street bus. ?
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Demons Grand Plan for Yarra Park Training HQ
????? This is the area talked about. Cut off from the majority of East Melbourne residents by rail tracks and popular primarily with dog-walkers! ?????
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Demons Grand Plan for Yarra Park Training HQ
The current President of the âEast Melbourne Groupâ is possibly the inner suburbâs biggest NIMBY!
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Demons Grand Plan for Yarra Park Training HQ
Like Copuchas, l also live in East Melbourne, one block away (and have done so for 38 years)! Yarra Park is administered by the MCC who have spent a lot of money improving its amenity (such as a large underground water storage area)! I, frankly, canât see that a training oval would compromise local residents use of the park (for exercising their dogs) as the area wouldnât be permanently alienated (any more than Goschâs Paddock currently is)! I am not sure about DSâs claim that âEast Melbourne residents are certain typesâ other than the fact that we have a higher proportion of Demon supporters than any other suburb. The land over the rail is owned/controlled by VicTrack however I am sure that the MFC could secure a 99 year lease should the proposal gain State Government support and a six storey structure should not genuinely impact when one considers that most similar height building opposite in Wellington Parade (built in the seventies) are progressively being converted from office to residential use! In my view the project has massive merit, with rail and tram right on the doorstop and the âGâ 100 metres away.
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2018 Membership Thread
Had we of won yesterday and gone to second on the AFL ladder, we wouldâve closed in on 45,000 this week! Now even that has suddenly become a pipe dream, let alone 50K by end of July!
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2018 Membership Thread
There is no such thing as a ânon member but a supporterâ as you have to join the Club to support it. Maybe you are confusing them with barrackers who donât support the Club! Starting with your âfamily membersâ, perhaps if all Demonlanders enlisted 2-3 new members tomorrow (after our decisive win against Collingwood) then we will coast past 50,000 members for the first me! ?
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2018 Membership Thread
It is not just 92 since the previous tally, but 1200 in the last week. If we win on Monday, I expect that we will soar past 45,000 in the coming week and close in on 50,000 for the first time. It is up to the MFC (and all Demonlanders) to capitalise on our current momentum and ensure that we reach this milestone!
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2018 Membership Thread
Weâll pass the Doggies soon and if the Club gives a massive push, maybe we can all help recruiting members to get to 45,000 by the end of the Queenâs Birthday weekend? Beating Collingwood (and looking like certainties to finish Top Four) should build a nice momentum (to regain what we lost in the early matches)! 50,000 by end July cut-off should be our new realistic target! ??
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When will Melbourne break these embarrassing records?
You need to add: âWin four in a rowâ ( broken 20\05\2018) and âWin five in a rowâ (next weekend?)
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Brendan McCartney - Moved to the bench
He developed a group of Premiership players that Beveridge was the beneficiary of!
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Family Day 2018 Returns to the 'G (Sunday 4/3/18)
I am not there [and frankly didn't know about it] however as an East Melbourne resident I was cursing about all the loud speaker announcements blaring out for the last few hours. Suddenly I heard "A Grand Old Flag" [1st verse only] sung with gusto. Now they can make as much noise as they like!
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Ollie Wines
If Port had of had the selection before us they would also have selected (South Australian) Toumpas (leaving us with Wines) as that was clearly the ranking at that stage. Whilst we knew the type of player Wines was, I suspect we envisaged that Toumpas was destined to be Robbie Flower reincarnated and that we had pulled off a coup. Things donât always turn out as scripted! ?
- The Jack Watts in 2018 Thread
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2018 Membership Thread
My brotherâs first wife was a Collingwood supporter and his daughter followed Collingwood and his son the Demons. Then Dermott Brererton joined Collingwood (who she hated) and she has been a Melbourne supporter ever since.
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2018 Membership Thread
My 92yo father came to the football with me, my daughter and my brother and saw a win just before he passed away. He had not renewed his membership because of his mobility problems however the Club still sent him a scarf. He died thinking we might be Premiering contenders this year.
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2018 Membership Thread
Try Airbnb. You should be able to get $80-100/night close to the âGâ!
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WELCOME TO THE MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB - CHARLIE SPARGO
The paper had North Melbourne recruiting a ruckman 76cm tall and weighing 201kg! Donât believe everything you read! ?
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WELCOME TO THE MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB - CHARLIE SPARGO
Todayâs Australian did a nice article on him! In fact it is interesting that they selected him to do a feature article on rather than any of the First Round draft picks! ?
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2017 AFL National Draft prospects: The next batch
Do we have a Rookie pic? I thought that it was only four pics in the main draft.?
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No White for MFC Clash Jumpers for Season 2018
We donât clash with anyone however the white makes us clash with St Kilda. Why do we need an away jumper? In the old days it was black and white shorts (and those were the days when a mud patch in the centre and in front of goals ensured both teams had black shorts at the end)! These days there is no such problem (plus we have red socks as well)!
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No White for MFC Clash Jumpers for Season 2018
We donât clash with anyone however the white makes us clash with St Kilda. Why do we need an away jumper? In the old days it was black and white shorts (and those were the days when a mud patch in the centre and in front of goals ensured both teams had black shorts at the end)! These days there is no such problem (plus we have red socks as well)!
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Jack Trengove signed by Port Adelaide as a Delisted Free Agent
As far as Iâm concerned, I just want to see them finish above Essendon (& well outside the eight)!
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Jack Trengove signed by Port Adelaide as a Delisted Free Agent
Wrapt for Jack if it works. Gun player if only he had regained his speed. Sorry in a way that the MFC didnât find a role for him (such as leading the Casey Demons to a Premiership) however having Watts as a teammate should make him pretty happy!?
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Jack Trengove signed by Port Adelaide as a Delisted Free Agent
I see no reason why the MFC canât facilitate Jack having a major leadership role at Casey, maybe involving a coaching component. Presuming, if he was AFL ineligible, he could retain the same overall salary package (but outside of the cap) and he would certainly be worth the investment both in a AFL/VFL mentoring role and as a VFL player. I am sure that Casey would appreciate entering their 2018 campaign with their 2017 B&F player on their list.
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Millionaire Ex-Demon
Nice to see such a young bloke steering a $100,000,000.00+ company! Not many people on this planet have achieved that plus an AFL career! ?