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In light of remarks recently of the ilk as spewed by sycophants such as Denham or not so long ago by the Imperial Leader himself much is , or had been made of Melbourne as a listless, stand for nothing mob treading water whilst waiting for a bus that never comes. To be honest, some was more than a bit deserved. False start after false start heralded in , well, heralded in nothing. The club had attempted over the years to rebuild and recast itself in some image akin to a competitiive football side. Occasionally we resembled one without ever becoming one. Ive followed this team all my life, as I have no doubt has anyone reading this. Soome of us have done it for quite a while. In my case 47 years. Strangely and the irony isnt lost on me the same period since our last piece of major Silverware. I swear it isnt my fault. ( hope not) The last time I saw anything that resembled a transformation into something potent were the Swooper years, now long gone. I cant remember ever witnessing such a wholesale change of identity as that which weve just seen. From a spark lit as Stynes came to oversee our recovery to flames fanned by a major overhaul of not only who this club is but what it stands for. A football dept that not so long ago stood impotent to affect change to an almost unrecognisable version of self has just landed a coup in this trade week. Its not so much the player himself thats coming that bodes well in my mind ( though I have hopes too) but its the actuality of the event. We did somethiing. We havent been able todo much for more years than I can remember. We were not thought of in glowing terms by the football fraternity nor its public. So, in repeating the topic, how are we now percieved ? Or how will we be. The National drafts loom and after all teams finalise lists the media as well as the football following public will discuss ( ad nauseum) the potentials for all teams in this coming season. I wonder if our desire to open a window will now be heard with belief. I also wonder now after all the change how we will stand in the great pecking order of things football. I sense weve fiinally come to play for keeps.