Being a Demons fan ...

[Tubby]

What does this achieve exactly

Nothing !!!

[RustyCage]

Talking to a friend who is a Melbourne member, she says Schwab should have gone earlier as it was him who forced Scully out of the club after a disagreement with him

[helicopterking]

It only gets worse for you.
Neil Craig has taken over as head coach

[Magpiespower]

Saw something pretty unusual at the shops yesterday.

War-torn immigrant wearing a Melbourne scarf and beanie.

Fled from one disaster zone to another.

Poor b@st@rd.

[saintal]

Mumbles is back!

First game against the Saints. Surely we will still win

[Lightning McQueen]

It only gets worse for you.
Neil Craig has taken over as head coach

Ahhh, the guest speaker, you have to guess what he's speaking.

[Dogwatcher]

What you think Ronald Dale Barassi

Dog_ger, you have raised a pertinent point.
Ron 'Hitler' Barassi has been very quiet during all of this. Given his very, very strong historical connections to the club and his family's involvement in the legend of Melbourne, you'd have thought there would be something from him.
Is there a bridge that needs to be mended? Anyone know?

[Gozu]

What you think Ronald Dale Barassi

Dog_ger, you have raised a pertinent point.
Ron 'Hitler' Barassi has been very quiet during all of this. Given his very, very strong historical connections to the club and his family's involvement in the legend of Melbourne, you'd have thought there would be something from him.
Is there a bridge that needs to be mended? Anyone know?

TISM broke up years ago

[Rik E Boy]

What you think Ronald Dale Barassi

Dog_ger, you have raised a pertinent point.
Ron 'Hitler' Barassi has been very quiet during all of this. Given his very, very strong historical connections to the club and his family's involvement in the legend of Melbourne, you'd have thought there would be something from him.
Is there a bridge that needs to be mended? Anyone know?

Surely he has nothing left to prove. We aren't talking Gazza Lyon here. Barassi did put his reputation on the line when he coached the Demons in the early 1980's.

regards,

REB

[Dogwatcher]

What you think Ronald Dale Barassi

Dog_ger, you have raised a pertinent point.
Ron 'Hitler' Barassi has been very quiet during all of this. Given his very, very strong historical connections to the club and his family's involvement in the legend of Melbourne, you'd have thought there would be something from him.
Is there a bridge that needs to be mended? Anyone know?

Surely he has nothing left to prove. We aren't talking Gazza Lyon here. Barassi did put his reputation on the line when he coached the Demons in the early 1980's.

regards,

REB

I'm not saying he has to take over the reins, or prove anything. He's proved more than any of us ever have.
However, he could provide a bit of that ol' Demon passion. Be a rallying point, negotiator etc, who can help get his club off the mat. The man still has fire in the belly, that's for certain.

[woodublieve12]

i'd imagine it would feel alot like this being a dees fan

[Dogwatcher]

Demons or Saints...

[Booney]

Demons or Saints or Richmond or Bulldogs..

[woodublieve12]

Demons or Saints or Richmond or Bulldogs..

[Dogwatcher]

Nah, I don't rate the Bullies in the same place as Melbourne and the Saints.
Bullies are battlers, always have been, always will be. They do their best with what they've got.
Richmond are a strange breed, just can't make the finals (although that seems to be about to happen).

Saints and Demons, on the other hand, just can't help but find ways to shoot themselves in the foot. If there's a way to do something wrong, they'll find it. Sad to watch sometimes.

[Booney]

Nah, I don't rate the Bullies in the same place as Melbourne and the Saints.
Bullies are battlers, always have been, always will be. They do their best with what they've got.
Richmond are a strange breed, just can't make the finals (although that seems to be about to happen).

Saints and Demons, on the other hand, just can't help but find ways to shoot themselves in the foot. If there's a way to do something wrong, they'll find it. Sad to watch sometimes.

Some would say thats exactly what Richmond do. Look like world beaters (often early in the year they are) and then somehow manage to drop a game here and there and miss finals action.

IMO, they would be the most frustrating team to support.

[Dogwatcher]

Sure the Tiges f up, but they don't do it in the way the Saints and Demons do.

And besides, they've got the best theme song in the AFL.

[Strawb]

What you think Ronald Dale Barassi

Dog_ger, you have raised a pertinent point.
Ron 'Hitler' Barassi has been very quiet during all of this. Given his very, very strong historical connections to the club and his family's involvement in the legend of Melbourne, you'd have thought there would be something from him.
Is there a bridge that needs to be mended? Anyone know?

TISM broke up years ago

Well played Gozu Well played

[Turbo]

What you think Ronald Dale Barassi

Dog_ger, you have raised a pertinent point.
Ron 'Hitler' Barassi has been very quiet during all of this. Given his very, very strong historical connections to the club and his family's involvement in the legend of Melbourne, you'd have thought there would be something from him.
Is there a bridge that needs to be mended? Anyone know?

TISM broke up years ago

What a band though!!!

[Rik E Boy]

I'm not saying he has to take over the reins, or prove anything. He's proved more than any of us ever have.
However, he could provide a bit of that ol' Demon passion. Be a rallying point, negotiator etc, who can help get his club off the mat. The man still has fire in the belly, that's for certain.

My point was more 'leave the guy in peace, he's done more than enough'. Links back to the glorious past have a place but the passion has to come from within, when the players say 'enough is enough'

eg...

Geelong 'pact'
Hawthorn 'line in the sand'
Lions 'if it bleeds we can kill it'..

that sort of thing.

regards,

REB