10 years on

[jnash196]

It has been 10 years since a supposed Melbourne-Hawthorn merger. Which club has had the better 10 years.
IMO Melbourne has been better.

 

[Upgrayedd]

10 years on its melbourne with the competitive list while it is the hawks with the money, completely opposite to 10 years ago

 

[parrot]

They'll be merged.

 

[Coin_Toss]

Neither have been great. But Melbourne, although they've won the Wooden Spoon.

 

[Mitchell Madness]

Personally, i believe it is about even, but since there was no "neither" option, i voted for the hawks

 

[Heisenberg_]

The dees fairly easily, apart from the couple of bad years they have had

 

[KUNG FU]

On field: Melbourne
Off field: Hawks

 

[Richo83]

Melbourne. Regular finalists, they made a GF in the past decade. Hawthorn have made the finals a couple of times but not as regulary as the demons, and not as far (2000).

 

[bellzy]

Personally, i believe it is about even, but since there was no "neither" option, i voted for the hawks

I wonder Why?

 

[Hawkk]

We've been ******** since 1995.

Melbourne have been by far more successful on the field. However I still think we are closer to winning the premiership

 

[don vito of fitzroy]

Melbourne. No contest. All the Demons need is more luck and the flag will be in the bag.

 

[Catnip]

Melbourne. No contest. All the Demons need is more luck and the flag will be in the bag.

and a shorter season with no road trips....

 

[Jeremias]

and a shorter season with no road trips....

or games against Carlton...........................


On topic, Melbourne has been better. Easily.

 

[rick James]

melbourne

 

[westdog54]

On field: Melbourne
Off field: Hawks

Seconded. It was Melbourne who wanted the merger for off-field reasons

 

[rick James]

Seconded. It was Melbourne who wanted the merger for off-field reasons

Not really, we had more cash at the time, we REALLY wanted the Hawks players more than anything else.

 

[BedlamHawk]

It doesn't take a genius to realise that this has probly been our worst decade of on-field performance since the 1950s. If you were to compare us with the other 15 teams we would rank somewhere in the bottom 4 along with with probly Fremantle, Richmond and Carlton. Hopefully a changing of the guard is coming

 

[Johnny_3]

or games against Carlton...........................


On topic, Melbourne has been better. Easily.

that wouldn't help them at all. as you might remember melbourne were carltons b1tches in 2006.

 

[Yze_13]

Melbourne,

Soon Melbourne's Young Forwards Bate, Dunn, Miller and Davey Will Dominate In The Forward Line Midfields McLean, Sylvia, And Moloney Then We Have A Talented Backman J.Rivers (Rising Star 2004) Who Will Be One Of Melbournes Best Backman We Will Pick Up People In The Draft And Those Will Fill In The Other Spots, Might Get Some Trades In.

PS: Cant Wait Till Frawley Gets In Action!

 

[Scruba]

Melbourne

 

[Hawkk]

Not really, we had more cash at the time, we REALLY wanted the Hawks players more than anything else.

Very true, having said that you could argue both sides are at the opposite spectrum 10 years on...

What Melbourne failed to realise at the time was that the majority of Hawthorn's quality players were coming towards the end of their careers...the past decade has proven that the youngsters coming through were far less valuable then the older players coming towards the end of their careers.

 

[westdog54]

Not really, we had more cash at the time, we REALLY wanted the Hawks players more than anything else.

Wasn't specifically referring to cash as such, but one of the reasons was that Hawthorn had a social venue, permanent training base etc, which Melbourne didn't. It was those sorts of things that brought up the merger idea IIRC, not necessarily cash.

 

[Hawkk]

Wasn't specifically referring to cash as such, but one of the reasons was that Hawthorn had a social venue, permanent training base etc, which Melbourne didn't. It was those sorts of things that brought up the merger idea IIRC, not necessarily cash.

Funnily enough, both aren't used anymore

 

[rick James]

It is very odd isn't it, but I think if anything it showed how short-sighted the merger proposal really was.

Both teams are viable in the current competition with Melbourne soon to come off the CBF and with a "home base" on the way and with Hawthorn having probably hte best facilities in the comp and running a profit in spite of poor on-field performance.

More interesting is to wonder how succesful the Melbourne Hawks would have been, I'd wager they'd have snared about 3 flags during that decade.

 

[rick James]

Wasn't specifically referring to cash as such, but one of the reasons was that Hawthorn had a social venue, permanent training base etc, which Melbourne didn't. It was those sorts of things that brought up the merger idea IIRC, not necessarily cash.

Yeah that's correct, the AFL was offering 6 million in cash to Melbourne to make it happen as well.