Mega Thread General MFC Discussion Part III

[Dark Avenger]

Favourite Bernie moment was when we were garbage and had to play Adelaide over in Adelaide when they were quite good.

He went straight to Dangerfield and scragged him all day in front of a hostile crowd. We lost but played really well given the gulf in talent between the two teams. Made me proud to be a Melbourne supporter after 10~ years of being a joke.

I remember Danger sooking to the umpires all day.

 

[ImissFrosty]

I miss the long bomb goals from Bernie, just hanging around whispering in his team mates ear. He missed a lot more than he kicked though lol.

 

[Proper Gander]

Favourite Bernie moment was when we were garbage and had to play Adelaide over in Adelaide when they were quite good.

He went straight to Dangerfield and scragged him all day in front of a hostile crowd. We lost but played really well given the gulf in talent between the two teams. Made me proud to be a Melbourne supporter after 10~ years of being a joke.

The other great thing about Bernies game that day was him winning a great clearance and kicking in the wrong direction. Hilarious stuff. I loved it

 

[Topkent]

I was at that game.

During the game I couldn't work out why Vince was getting boo'ed so hard (mind you my mate and I had knocked back a lot of beers). It wasn't until later that night watching the highlights we worked out why the crowd was so hostile towards him

My main memory from that game was Watts shirking a marking contest in the middle of the ground and Taylor Walker absolutely giving it to him

It's great cause even 5 years ago I remember thinking he'd get pinged for it because that games soft.

Imagine how much s**t he'd cop now for the same game

 

[Crimson Azure]

fu** yeah that might be one of my favourite all time Melbourne games individually. What a legend.

Add to that, in the last couple of seconds of the video Kent violently throws a crows player to the ground to then just strolls off. What a Kent!

 

[Topkent]

Add to that, in the last couple of seconds of the video Kent violently throws a crows player to the ground to then just strolls off. What a Kent!

Alpha as *

 

[Gysberts2Bate]

He could have been anything Bernie, certainly wasn’t lacking the talent. One of those ones where I’d take one year of Bernie over Matt Crouch

5

Matt Crouch

Age

29

Ht

183cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

28.4

5star

K

12.0

4star

HB

16.4

5star

M

3.3

3star

T

3.9

5star

CL

4.8

5star

D

24.9

5star

K

9.7

4star

HB

15.1

5star

M

2.4

3star

T

2.4

3star

CL

4.4

5star

D

21.2

5star

K

10.4

4star

HB

10.8

5star

M

4.4

4star

T

3.4

5star

CL

2.0

4star

’s entire career any day

 

[PerfectFooty]

I have this nasty feeling that out MCG home game will be moved so Essendon and hawthron can pull a bigger crowd

 

[PerfectFooty]

With bruce retiring, other than the 'the dees are gonna be something' this was one of my fav calls from a melbourne perspective

 

[Blackas87]

I have this nasty feeling that out MCG home game will be moved so Essendon and hawthron can pull a bigger crowd

Essendon Hawthorn can move to the Sunday and play at the G. North and Port can move to the Saturday. Simple fix

 

[jhong]

If they are going to go down the road of "Crowd Maximisation" then maybe the opening match of the season should be Tigers v Pies . Why the Blues get it is a mystery , maybe some one should suggest this to that SEN flog .

 

[markm106]

I have this nasty feeling that out MCG home game will be moved so Essendon and hawthron can pull a bigger crowd

At worst we get moved to Sunday at the G. No way we’re being moved to Marvel.

 

[Dory_77]

If they are going to go down the road of "Crowd Maximisation" then maybe the opening match of the season should be Tigers v Pies . Why the Blues get it is a mystery , maybe some one should suggest this to that SEN flog .

Round 1 is the only time there's hype for Carlton until their late season surge to get folks on the bandwagon again for next season.

 

[TheCount]

Round 1 is the only time there's hype for Carlton until their late season surge to get folks on the bandwagon again for next season.

I genuinely enjoy this routine each year.

 

[jhong]

I genuinely enjoy this routine each year.

Bit like a cat (Tigers) toying with a mouse (Blues) .

 

[Grimesy87]

Round 1 is the only time there's hype for Carlton until their late season surge to get folks on the bandwagon again for next season.

You actually forgot to break round 1 down though.

There's the first half, that Richmond usually get 30-40 points ahead and breaks all that spirit again.

Then there is the second half comeback where Carlton get within 18-25 points after Richmond take the foot off the gas. This is usually enough to leave those same deflated blues fans optimistic and "just take out that slow second quarter and we matched Richmond, we can definitely match the best teams!"

Typically leads into another week of optimism, especially when some hyped up campaigner kicks 3 second half junk goals for the media to annoying him the next future star, before getting blown out in round 2 by Freo or north.

And that, ladies and gentleman, is why Carlton should be allowed to kick the season off every year.

 

[00Stinger]

Melbourne emphatically rules out Round 1 fixture movement

“The reality is the game will take place at the MCG.”

www.sen.com.au

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[00Stinger]

so what is the deal for our home game with regards to seats for members?

If you have reserved seating, do you get those seats? do you have to book in advance if you are a member?

 

[TheCount]

so what is the deal for our home game with regards to seats for members?

If you have reserved seating, do you get those seats? do you have to book in advance if you are a member?

I'd say you'd need to book purely for COVID tracing reasons, but I'd imagine they'll cross the members allocation bridge when they come to it, which you'd think it will come to given how long its been since anyone has seen footy from the G

 

[Toump Ass]

I genuinely enjoy this routine each year.

I genuinely hate it.

It's been "tradition" for barely a moment yet it's treated as sacrosanct. It's rarely an interesting result and it rewards a team who have been truly hideous for most of the last two decades, while teams who have genuinely earned prime-time slots are neglected, further entrenching the inequality between the rich and the poor clubs.


Also, * Carlton.

 

[Gysberts2Bate]

Even for Dees R1 games I like playing a different team each year, makes it more interesting even if it’s usually an interstate side. Don’t really see the appeal for traditional games except for the ones where the two clubs actually started off the tradition of playing on a given day, like QB, ANZAC eve/day and Easter Monday, which repeated R1 clashes certainly do not qualify as

 

[TheCount]

I genuinely hate it.

It's been "tradition" for barely a moment yet it's treated as sacrosanct. It's rarely an interesting result and it rewards a team who have been truly hideous for most of the last two decades, while teams who are have genuinely earned prime-time slots are neglected, further entrenching the inequality between the rich and the poor clubs.


Also, fu** Carlton.

For clarity, I was referring to the routine of "this year is Carlton's year" before a reality check at half time

Handing them the first game of the year despite constant poor-mediocre performances year on year is, and always has been absurd.

 

[Toump Ass]

For clarity, I was referring to the routine of "this year is Carlton's year" before a reality check at half time

Ahh, of course. Fair call.

 

[PerfectFooty]

I genuinely hate it.

It's been "tradition" for barely a moment yet it's treated as sacrosanct. It's rarely an interesting result and it rewards a team who have been truly hideous for most of the last two decades, while teams who have genuinely earned prime-time slots are neglected, further entrenching the inequality between the rich and the poor clubs.


Also, fu** Carlton.

i'd agree with you but the AFL have persisted with the s**t we've served up on QB for longer. I mean * carlton but we really can't throw stones. Plus when it started richmond where the ones getting reammed at the start of the year

 

[Toump Ass]

i'd agree with you but the AFL have persisted with the sh*t we've served up on QB for longer. I mean fu** carlton but we really can't throw stones. Plus when it started richmond where the ones getting reammed at the start of the year

I'd be happy for all the blockbusters to be rotated to be honest.

Fair call we have been terrible for most QB clashes, but at least we're not the first game of the year. It's such an uninspiring start- a replay of the GF would be great IMO