CowboyFromHell
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Yeah. One. Who doesn't play anymore.
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Yeah. One. Who doesn't play anymore.
And Richmond have been so much better this season Einstein.
You have played two games and you already have supporters talking about finishing on the bottom and getting the number 1 draft pick... LOL at Melbourne.
Wonaeamirri33
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Wonaeamirri33
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maxmustard
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The second last Pratt face off one is brilliant.
CowboyFromHell
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You support Ninthmond... LOL2002OMGBBQ at Ninthmond.
lanky_wes
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Pretty sure as a Richmond supporter you can't laugh at others teams success and culture. Sure we have been crap but you guys haven't been any better for 30 years and your supporters are known to be the biggest bandwagon supporters in the comp!
tugga
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You're all just jealous coz you don't have this (you can take the boy out of Adelaide...)
We have 47,000 members and haven't made the finals in over 10 years. So I don't know where you get bandwagon supporters from?
tugga
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This is a crock...we aspire to finish to 9th.
SuburbanMe
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You're all just jealous coz you don't have this (you can take the boy out of Adelaide...)
A w***er with a bad hair cut?
lanky_wes
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Name another club who has had members microwave their memberships. Then there is the spitting on players...
tugga
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Get your facts right idiot...we spit on our coaches.
CowboyFromHell
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Wonaeamirri33
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Bluelegs
Celebrating what we're good at
Errr... Hawthorn.
lanky_wes
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Nice read Biff, looks like I’m not the only one who’s been busy?!
The Melbourne football club has recently descended to depths seldom seen in our countries favourite football code. Not since Fitzroy in ’96 has a league club looked so abject. Their senior players are so devoid of leadership that a perpetually injured 22 yr old and a kid in his 3rd year of league footy were made co-captains. Their star forward has a violent knife problem. Their new coach has near on lost his playing group after two rounds and is in serious need of media training. Their only major sponsor is a racist… sorry; they don’t have a major sponsor. Their list is full of pea hearts that couldn’t muster much more than a whimper to honour the great Jim Stynes… I could go on but I won’t.
I decided to infiltrate AAMI Park to see if I could discover just how and why a supposedly professional club could spiral so far out of control. No internet message board moderator had to assign me with this task, something inside of me made me feel compelled to make this particular trip…
AAMI Park– 2:00PM. I walked briskly past the offices of some rugby and soccer clubs before finding the cluttered and metaphor riddled emblem of the Melbourne Football Club. A secretary was manning the front desk. I’d have to mount a diversion to get inside.
“Quick, he’s at it again, he’s got a machete!” I screamed as I opened the door. The receptionist ran faster than Aaron Davey away from a hard ball get, out of the office, giving me a simple entry into the MFC corridors of power.
The first door along the corridor read Chris Connolly – General Manager - Club Development. What exactly that role entails is anyone’s guess. I’m guessing Connels has a few incriminating photos of Cam Schwab from their Freo days and has been gifted a position at the club to keep quiet. There are only so many times you can move someone sideways until the public will get a sniff. I opened the door and poked my head in. The office was empty. Four and Twenty wrappers and coke cans covered the desk, a tacky semi-pornographic calendar hung from the wall. Looks like Chris wouldn’t be shedding any light on the Demons woes…
Next was Neil Craig - Director of Sports Performance. Again, a strange title, as you’d expect there only to be one sport to concentrate on at a football club. Still, after two rounds of the season, you could be fooled into thinking Craigy has been drilling the lads in touch rugby, as poor as the tackling has been. Behind the door I could hear the muffled sounds of an organ. It was Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor. I opened the door “The Great and Powerful Professor knows why you have come! Step forward!” came the cackle from behind the organ. I’ve never been a fan of the Wizard of Oz so retreated back out into the corridor.
Next was Mark Neeld’s office. I could hear noises from behind the door so peeked through the keyhole. Neeld was busy addressing the entire indigenous playing group as a collective – Davey didn’t look too happy about it. But they looked busy, so I decided not to interfere…
The next door belonged to Cameron Schwab – his name and position were both etched in marble on the door, at no small expense I bet. His office too was empty. In the centre sat a desk that would have made Vito Corleone blush. On his desk was an ink pot and parchment. The scribble on the ancient paper read: “When this great club was founded back in 1858, we played with no jumper sponsors. The recent termination of Energy Watch as our major sponsor allows us to embrace this tradition once again”. Looks like Cameron was back doing what he does best, blowing dust off the history books and neglecting the present day.
I’d seen enough – I’d not managed to uncover the reasons behind the recent Melbourne implosion, but then again I’d seen nothing suggest there will be any end to the turmoil. No unfinished ring of stars on the back of a Guernsey or fancy blazers are going to help break a premiership drought of 48 years.
Tiges by 27
The Melbourne football club has recently descended to depths seldom seen in our countries favourite football code. Not since Fitzroy in ’96 has a league club looked so abject. Their senior players are so devoid of leadership that a perpetually injured 22 yr old and a kid in his 3rd year of league footy were made co-captains. Their star forward has a violent knife problem. Their new coach has near on lost his playing group after two rounds and is in serious need of media training. Their only major sponsor is a racist… sorry; they don’t have a major sponsor. Their list is full of pea hearts that couldn’t muster much more than a whimper to honour the great Jim Stynes… I could go on but I won’t.
I decided to infiltrate AAMI Park to see if I could discover just how and why a supposedly professional club could spiral so far out of control. No internet message board moderator had to assign me with this task, something inside of me made me feel compelled to make this particular trip…
AAMI Park– 2:00PM. I walked briskly past the offices of some rugby and soccer clubs before finding the cluttered and metaphor riddled emblem of the Melbourne Football Club. A secretary was manning the front desk. I’d have to mount a diversion to get inside.
“Quick, he’s at it again, he’s got a machete!” I screamed as I opened the door. The receptionist ran faster than Aaron Davey away from a hard ball get, out of the office, giving me a simple entry into the MFC corridors of power.
The first door along the corridor read Chris Connolly – General Manager - Club Development. What exactly that role entails is anyone’s guess. I’m guessing Connels has a few incriminating photos of Cam Schwab from their Freo days and has been gifted a position at the club to keep quiet. There are only so many times you can move someone sideways until the public will get a sniff. I opened the door and poked my head in. The office was empty. Four and Twenty wrappers and coke cans covered the desk, a tacky semi-pornographic calendar hung from the wall. Looks like Chris wouldn’t be shedding any light on the Demons woes…
Next was Neil Craig - Director of Sports Performance. Again, a strange title, as you’d expect there only to be one sport to concentrate on at a football club. Still, after two rounds of the season, you could be fooled into thinking Craigy has been drilling the lads in touch rugby, as poor as the tackling has been. Behind the door I could hear the muffled sounds of an organ. It was Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor. I opened the door “The Great and Powerful Professor knows why you have come! Step forward!” came the cackle from behind the organ. I’ve never been a fan of the Wizard of Oz so retreated back out into the corridor.
Next was Mark Neeld’s office. I could hear noises from behind the door so peeked through the keyhole. Neeld was busy addressing the entire indigenous playing group as a collective – Davey didn’t look too happy about it. But they looked busy, so I decided not to interfere…
The next door belonged to Cameron Schwab – his name and position were both etched in marble on the door, at no small expense I bet. His office too was empty. In the centre sat a desk that would have made Vito Corleone blush. On his desk was an ink pot and parchment. The scribble on the ancient paper read: “When this great club was founded back in 1858, we played with no jumper sponsors. The recent termination of Energy Watch as our major sponsor allows us to embrace this tradition once again”. Looks like Cameron was back doing what he does best, blowing dust off the history books and neglecting the present day.
I’d seen enough – I’d not managed to uncover the reasons behind the recent Melbourne implosion, but then again I’d seen nothing suggest there will be any end to the turmoil. No unfinished ring of stars on the back of a Guernsey or fancy blazers are going to help break a premiership drought of 48 years.
Tiges by 27
Tulip
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You're all just jealous coz you don't have this (you can take the boy out of Adelaide...)
tugga, you're so timid today that you might as well have worn the number 15 out on the Lane last night. Get fierce!
Or the 26
tugga
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Spurs and Richmond. Really starting to wonder what sort of **** I was in my previous life.tugga, you're so timid today that you might as well have worn the number 15 out on the Lane last night. Get fierce!
Or the 26
tugga
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Inaccurate reporting.
We simply don't spit on our players.
Our saliva is reserved for coaches and coaches only.
It's likely these supporters simply saw Richo kick 3.7 that day and just missed too.
Bluelegs
Celebrating what we're good at
I'll admit I laughed at this bit.
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73,74,80,17,19,20
We'll be "Far Beyond Driven" to give you guys a "Great Southern Trendkill" mate.
Cowboy, from my perspective Richmond will "Reign in Blood" and will send MFC into "Seasons in the Abyss"
[FONT="]Mark Neeld is the one I feel sorry for in all this.
He used to be a happy go lucky assistant coach
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This is what he looks like 2 weeks into his new job.
Seen happier faces at Guantanamo Bay. Never mind. Please take better care of him. He's an ex-Richmond player, so we have a soft spot for the lad.
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He used to be a happy go lucky assistant coach
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This is what he looks like 2 weeks into his new job.
Seen happier faces at Guantanamo Bay. Never mind. Please take better care of him. He's an ex-Richmond player, so we have a soft spot for the lad.
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ah one member you mean.
I'm sure their are things that have happened to Melbourne lately that you wouldn't all want to be lumbered with, I would prefer one member microwave his membership or dump chicken s**t at our ground once in a while, rather than accepting mediocrity week after week just waiting for the ski season to start.
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