Rock bottom

[Crimson Azure]

So we can get lower, who'd have thought?

 

[Tulip]

The Richmond Doom Loop with no money and no fans.

Unless everything clicks, the club will be on its knees and finished within 5 years.

The worst part is that we don't have anywhere to pack up and leave a ghost town. They'll empty the offices they share with the rugby sides and evacuate the field we share with 3 other teams.

No home, no identity. Just a club in the way.

 

[Tulip]

Even worse: Right now, I couldn't kneel and tell you that I honestly give a stuff what happens.

So over it all. I have 90% bad memories of supporting the Demons.

 

[Supermercado]

I understand everyone hates life, but before you ditch your MFC memberships for AFL ones en masse can I point out that the club gets a measly $138 from your 'club support', so switch if you must but consider that it's not even giving the club the equivalent of an 11 game adult membership.

 

[Gysberts2Bate]

I understand everyone hates life, but before you ditch your MFC memberships for AFL ones en masse can I point out that the club gets a measly $138 from your 'club support', so switch if you must but consider that it's not even giving the club the equivalent of an 11 game adult membership.

To be fair we're going to be getting a fair bit of money from the AFL soon...

 

[Supermercado]

To be fair we're going to be getting a fair bit of money from the AFL soon...

So what? That would be the worst reason to pull back on what you give the club. The AFL isn't going to fund us forever - if this money goes straight down the black hole then good luck getting another big payout.

 

[Gysberts2Bate]

So what? That would be the worst reason to pull back on what you give the club. The AFL isn't going to fund us forever - if this money goes straight down the black hole then good luck getting another big payout.

So I'm saying that in the short term switching over to an AFL membership isn't a move of Judas proportions if you get conceivable benefits out of it, given the club won't be hurting too much for funding. And before members and supporters are willing again to pay for things like memberships and go to watch the Dees play every week, as opposed to buying an AFL membership and being able to watch any game you'd like where you'll get an actual contest (I'm talking about the broader Demons community, as opposed to the BigFooty loyalists here) it'd be good for the club to show they're going to spend the money responsibly and effectively when it comes to selection of the new board and coaching staff.

 

[CTHORANGE]

We've been crap for 7 years now (bar partially being ok in 2010), and this year we are the worst we have been in that 7 year period. Realistically we can't make finals for a minimum of 3 more years, by then that's a decade. That almost kills a generation of future Demon followers who are kids / teenagers right now saying I'm not following this sport or I'm gonna barrack for someone else. We are still in free fall and have no choice but to nail this coaching appointment and trade / draft. If we are still at the bottom and showing zero signs of improvement in three years, I have severe doubts that AFL will bail us out again.

 

[Gysberts2Bate]

OR we could switch over to being the AFL's first ever hipster franchise. The notion of a franchise being hipster in itself is already ironic. We would then perpetuate this irony by losing every week deliberately whilst simultaneously having no chance of winning, which we would then ironically celebrate.

The ever-growing Melbourne hipster community would ironically begin following us. It'd be an ironically enormous commercial success.

 

[Praetorian]

OR we could switch over to being the AFL's first ever hipster franchise. The notion of a franchise being hipster in itself is already ironic. We would then perpetuate this irony by losing every week deliberately whilst simultaneously having no chance of winning, which we would then ironically celebrate.

The ever-growing Melbourne hipster community would ironically begin following us. It'd be an ironically enormous commercial success.

I can say I was a Melbourne supporter before it was cool

 

[Gysberts2Bate]

I can say I was a Melbourne supporter before it was cool

Was it ever?

 

[Devastating Boris]

Was it ever?

Is in my family

 

[Supermercado]

So I'm saying that in the short term switching over to an AFL membership isn't a move of Judas proportions if you get conceivable benefits out of it, given the club won't be hurting too much for funding. And before members and supporters are willing again to pay for things like memberships and go to watch the Dees play every week, as opposed to buying an AFL membership and being able to watch any game you'd like where you'll get an actual contest (I'm talking about the broader Demons community, as opposed to the BigFooty loyalists here) it'd be good for the club to show they're going to spend the money responsibly and effectively when it comes to selection of the new board and coaching staff.

How many people ditch an AFL Membership once 'things get better'? Once they've paid the joining fee and are on the (admittedly good) gravy train? Nobody. It's lost money forever.

 

[rhaz]

I have to stop reading Demonland. Now they're saying we should try to trade Howe.

Seriously, compared to that joint, we're all massive massive optimists here.

 

[AFL is Number One]

Might be saved by St Kilda, but I'm not holding my breath.

Who are we realistically better than?

Very good question......I thought maybe the GWS....but they bit us a few weeks back.....um.....who is left.....??...oh yeah....no one. We are pretty much bottom of e barrel

We are shit.

 

[LeverPuller]

I have to stop reading Demonland. Now they're saying we should try to trade Howe.

Seriously, compared to that joint, we're all massive massive optimists here.

They're idiots over there. Seriously.

It's been awful this year, but the delusions of grandeur over on Land would make you think the world wss ending.

 

[Freomaniac]

I know its a bad time for your club... But that chrono Trigger theme brought back some memores of my past.

 

[ExTasDeeMan]

I just can't handle that the Doggies are now showing footballing coherence and a definite amount of improvement, as opposed to our lemons running around. Sickens me.

 

[CTHORANGE]

I just can't handle that the Doggies are now showing footballing coherence and a definite amount of improvement, as opposed to our lemons running around. Sickens me.

You picked the wrong team if you're allergic to lemons.

 

[Captain Jack]

I just can't handle that the Doggies are now showing footballing coherence and a definite amount of improvement, as opposed to our lemons running around. Sickens me.

It is so frustrating how even they go past us at a rate of knots, having looked so inept in the first half of the year.

That said, I wouldn't wish our continued struggles on them as a fellow struggling club. Good luck to them.

 

[LeverPuller]

It is so frustrating how even they go past us at a rate of knots, having looked so inept in the first half of the year.

That said, I wouldn't wish our continued struggles on them as a fellow struggling club. Good luck to them.

I just want competitiveness at this point. Being a supporter of the Giants and in it for 3 quarters would be fantastic.

 

[Major Colvin]

Last 7 years have sapped any energy or passion I have left for the club. They have irreparably embarrassed themselves and their supporters, I doubt there's any coming back from this. I'll always maintain an interest in the hope that it will turn around one day - but it won't.

 

[LeverPuller]

It's interesting. After Round 1 my dad said to one of his close mates jokingly, 'See you next year.'

He wasn't far wrong. We haven't really given a peep.

In many ways, it's been an amazing season for all the wrong reasons. Our percentage is downright awful. Only 3 times have we kept teams to under 100 points, and of those 3 times, 1 was in the wet and another was in Darwin. We've been beaten by 10 goals or more on 11 occasions - more than half our games. There's been no game I can point to where I can really go 'yeah, they put in a four-quarter effort.' Our leading goalkicker has scored a mere 25 goals - by comparison, we've had a bloke playing for Casey put up 30+ in less games.

 

[Viney]

It's interesting. After Round 1 my dad said to one of his close mates jokingly, 'See you next year.'

He wasn't far wrong. We haven't really given a peep.

In many ways, it's been an amazing season for all the wrong reasons. Our percentage is downright awful. Only 3 times have we kept teams to under 100 points, and of those 3 times, 1 was in the wet and another was in Darwin. We've been beaten by 10 goals or more on 11 occasions - more than half our games. There's been no game I can point to where I can really go 'yeah, they put in a four-quarter effort.' Our leading goalkicker has scored a mere 25 goals - by comparison, we've had a bloke playing for Casey put up 30+ in less games.

MFC, the gift that keeps on finding a new rock bottom

2 other stats that would be interesting

How many players have accrued 30+ possessions in a game? My guess, perhaps Jones once
How many times have the opposition have +100 possessions more than us

 

[ponsdale]

How many players have accrued 30+ possessions in a game? My guess, perhaps Jones once

How many opposition players have got 30+ against us?