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Yes, perfect match up for Cameron this week. It will be quick!

Try Maxie’s goal after the siren to put us top of the list at Geelong last year in the final round. That was pretty wild - and arguably most influential. Still l’ll take the great win. Go Dees - we are re-emerging at the right time…..

It could be a perfect lead-in to the finals next week if we play our best football. I have a feeling we will…

Turned it off 4 minutes to go to watch a great German serial on SBS. Couldn’t believe the result 60 minutes later. Can’t wait for a closer examination when it is posted. Hope now this shows us building into finals form at right time of year. No where near 2021 form but at least we have a chance from here. Next week will be a good indicator. Top 2 is still within reach….

I think/hope that Goodwin is positioning the side for success as we run into the finals as we did last year. It will be more difficult this year as we are the hunted rather than the hunter, also injuries/form is not as good, and neither is our coaching - at least from the outside. Still l remember expressing similar doubts this time last year and look what happened. The next three weeks will be critical though. We can only hope l guess!

I remember when l was a university student in the 1970s, and l used to do a barman’s job on game day at the Hawke’s Club house next to Glenferrie Oval. . Inevitably you talked to the increasingly drunk members after the game. At that time they despaired about their low membership (from memory about 25,000) and would make very rude remarks when l said l was an MFC/MFC member which l think was about 30k at the time. Their attitude was that the Melbourne establishment was against them and they will never be allowed to exceed their 30k ceiling. How wrong they were as they became a power club with their current membership l think above 80k, and generally regarded as one of the five “power clubs” of the AFL in Victoria. My point is that if they can do it so can we. The critical points are on-field success and good administration. I think we now have both, and for what it is worth l predict by 2025 our membership will exceed 100k and be above the Hawks, and so we can take our rightful place as a power club of the AFL. For what it is worth l also predict there will be declines in membership of some of the so called power clubs over the next five years viz Carlton, Hawthorn, Richmond and Essendon! Good riddance…..

No!!!

We must remember that BB is our most accurate kick for goal (closely followed by BF). It should not be underestimated.

And he kicks straight….

There is little point in his going to a mid list club and potentially condemning himself to mid list mediocrity. He can do that in the latter stages of his career when, if it is as successful as we all believe it to be will make him on of the best paid players in the AFL. He has to show that tho consistently in finals and he has to do that in a top club. Neither WA clubs are likely to be that in the next five years.

As l said earlier in this thread, Caro has been a good AFL journalist, but has passed her “use by date”. Nothing better illustrates this than her increasing tendency for partisanship when it comes to Richmond (and her bias against the MFC). Indon’t think she can stand the thought that we just might be becoming an AFL. Superpower, more powerful than Richmond ever were, hence her coverage of thing MFC is consistently biased and offensive.

Happy to keep under the radar, which makes it so much more joyful when we blow them all away in September!

Partially agree, except l think the Cats are too old, and will be (again!) seriously found out come finals.

We will beat them anyway. Cats the most over-rated team in the AFL - also the oldest….they won’t get within 5 goals of us.

Quite. As l said, we select on merit and team structures!

The melbourne way has been we select on merit. It has proved to be successful in the past, at least recently, and in my view should not change it.

I think Caro and Eddie are both as bad as each other. Eddie is the ultimate ego maniac and has no real feel for normal social interaction cos he’s so obsessed with his own ego. The upheaval on social issues and racism at Collingwood since he left can be directly attributed to Eddie’s insensitivity and his self obsession. It was all outlined in the disgraceful facts surrounding Collingwood’s so called “Do Better Report” into Collingwood's systemic racism, which when it was released Eddie amazingly described it as “a great day for the Collingwood Football Club”. This directly led to his being sacked as Pies’ President and his leaving the Board for which Collingwood deserves a great deal of credit. Nevertheless, Maguire continues to push the same insensitive attitudes on Footy Classified on Channel Nine which makes it from my point of view unwatchable, particularly as that Eddie “clone” Ross Lyon is still there as well. As far as Caro is concerned, l think she has been an outstanding AFL journalist in the past, but has well and truly gone past her “use-by date”. It is time for her to retire gracefully before her good name is soiled by those quacks Messrs Mecguire and Lyon. Alternatively, change shows. They are toxic!

Agree. I think this hysteria around Carlton is totally overblown, fanned by ex Blue-baggers in the media. Still, if it takes space from Caroline Wilson’s relentless propaganda about the Tigers it will be a relief. She can’t help herself that woman. l could list them, but there seems little point. I used to think she was one of the more astute journos on AFL issues, but this year it has become a single minded focus on all things Tiger almost to the exclusion of all else. She finished her summary of last week’s matches by the single sentence on the Dees “l don’t know what to say about melbourne”, and then left it.

David Neitz 195 cm. That should tell us all we need to know…

I agree. I hold no issues with his going to the bullies. It was a rational decision for him. It says something though that he would not have made the Dees GF side. He will not be the only one over the next 3 years….

Hannan left cos he realised he would not make our GF side. Simple as that......

I will only list coaches of teams i personally saw play. The first game I saw was as an eight year old being the 1960 grand final. i was away for most of the 1990s when i lived in Europe and Asia. I have seen every final the MFC has played since then with the exception of 2021. My list is: 1. Smith: the greatest of all time, probably of any sport 2. Goodwin: breaking the 57 year drought speaks for itself 3. Daniher: great record with an ordinary list 4. Barassi: although he did not have great success with the MFC, he set us up for later success under Northy and Daniher 5 Northy: did the best he could with a limited list

We can’t be fully on every week, and we did have 8 out due to the bug including our champion coach. I think in the circumstances the club did well. Personally I’d take 7-0 this time of the year. Don’t you remember the past?

It will be interesting to see what the Swans do. I suspect they will try chaos football and try to out-score us, and not have a single minded emphasis on Defence. It would make for an interesting game, especially seeing our forwards fully unleashed. I would still back in our backline and mids to keep their score in check.

Well he was committed enough to volunteer unprompted on 360 30 years later that he was a Dees fan as a kid. I think that is significant…..