Mega Thread General MFC Discussion Part III

[A11dAtP0w3R]

Troll, surely

master troll, 12 months building up his character to the board with similar types of posts. I tip my cap to the commitment if so.

 

[Bluelegs]

 

[SugarHealey]

I cant explain how painfully embarrassing this is, if you did indeed pull players aside and have a word to them you should be ashamed of yourself honestly.

Not at all alldatpower.

To the contrary, he took it as an insult, initially, but in times at future games/events, we had some good cheer, and got him in a headlock and put my arm around him.
Many times future, we exchanged laughs and smiles.

Same with young skipper Grimes, years later.

Oh, and I nearly forgot, also did similar with Jamar, down at Port Melb, and it turned him around in that second half, and he went from poor ruckmen to starting to make it in the AFL, and he had a senior career following that. He was very nearly on the scrap heap. An atitude shift is all it took. a little embarrassment, a little challenge. And knowing what your doing.

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

Haven't had a laugh like this in a while, great stuff mate. Keep the stories coming.

 

[Headless]

The Russian did have a great second half of his career - even made the AA side.

I always wondered what the firestarter was.

 

[The Dr]

I don't think you get it.

My efforts were from a single person, mentioning possible big failings of a one player, as he gets to the big stage. and weeks ahead of the finals. Giving him time to hear of it, and time to contemplate it with games to adjust his mindset and efforts, before the finals started.

No doubt his teammates would have reinforced him, during the weeks preceding, and he would have thought of it from time to time.

Come the finals and he was ready had all bases mentally covered, and he had extra motivation to prove some keyboard hero wrong. And I say, good on him.

He didn't fluff his lines, and instead, he was one of our best players thru the series.

And a big relief to me. Because our whole team worked beautifully. And we won some chocolates.

No need for a repeat this year., as our team now is matured in Finals footy.

Not blowing my trumpet but just trying to defend my honor. After the event.

Lol lol lol lol lol


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[Bluelegs]

I can only imagine being a player after training walking to the car park when they see SH approaching to give them some wisdom and possibly manhandle them. Nightmare fuel.

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

The Russian did have a great second half of his career - even made the AA side.

I always wondered what the firestarter was.

More Dwayne Russell please

 

[Meds]

I don't think you get it.

My efforts were from a single person, mentioning possible big failings of a one player, as he gets to the big stage. and weeks ahead of the finals. Giving him time to hear of it, and time to contemplate it with games to adjust his mindset and efforts, before the finals started.

No doubt his teammates would have reinforced him, during the weeks preceding, and he would have thought of it from time to time.

Come the finals and he was ready had all bases mentally covered, and he had extra motivation to prove some keyboard hero wrong. And I say, good on him.

He didn't fluff his lines, and instead, he was one of our best players thru the series.

And a big relief to me. Because our whole team worked beautifully. And we won some chocolates.

No need for a repeat this year., as our team now is matured in Finals footy.

Not blowing my trumpet but just trying to defend my honor. After the event.

In that case, can you get a message to Bowza that he needs to develop a left-handed handball. If you put it out in the ether tonight then he should hear about it before the bye and can organise some extra sessions with Choco over the break to sort it out.

 

[The Dr]

In that case, can you get a message to Bowza that he needs to develop a left-handed handball. If you put it out in the ether tonight then he should hear about it before the bye and can organise some extra sessions with Choco over the break to sort it out.

Also, SH should ask each and every player on our list to develop superhuman powers and skills so we don’t lost a game for the rest of eternity. If he asked, I’m sure it’ll happen.

Thanks in advance.


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[Meds]

Supporters and members can force change, at board level.
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This is selective in timeline.

I'm obviously older than you, so my mind takes in all footy that I have witnessed over the decades. And particularly thru Sheed's time. Also the Blues thru Parkins time.

And these two clubs supporters were aggressive, and loud, and would not suffer any period of loss. They're fans would be on the march, if the team started to play below themselves.
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The AFL fans have forced club changes, and board change, and can make board members move uneasily in their seats, from time to time.


By contrast, most past Melbourne supporters don't raise hell much at all, IMO, because we are a very conservative (at least in the past) lot and tend to be more unassuming and fall into line, far too easily. Accepting what is dished up to them.


I hope this conservative way of the Melbourne people, becomes far more assertive, individually and collectively, for our future.

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You're proving my point for me.

These same Essendon and Carlton fans from yesteryear that didn't rest until they saw success are the same fans that are there now, saying the same old stuff but the premiership cupboard is bare. It was Sheedy and Parkin, their administration and their on-field leaders that drove success.

Members can get angry and can vote boards out but they don't get to choose who runs. They don't get to choose the CEO or the coach. They don't get to decide which players influence the group more than others.

Melbourne supporters are "conservative" because we're smart enough to realise our role.

 

[SugarHealey]

I don't see why any of you guys shouldn't have the lid off already...miles ahead of anyone else IMO. Brisbane the only real threat but for me defense is what will win you flags.

The minute a team starts to believe they are miles ahead of the competition, they are already on the way back down.

 

[Headless]

Who are some of your favourites from across the years, SugarHealey?

 

[George]

The minute a team starts to believe they are miles ahead of the competition, they are already on the way back down.

I don't think that's the position MFC hold thankfully.

 

[mrmonkey]

I remember watching a game as a kid, I reckon it was 1997 and Melbourne were getting smashed by Collingwood. I was sitting on the bottom level on the wing in the great Southern stand (now known as the Shane Warne stand) I decided to put my hand up throughthe centre,with my palm facing Collingwood's goal, hoping I would somehow create an invisible barrier across the centre to stop Collingwood scoring. Did it work? I doubt it as we lost by 107 points.

 

[deeco]

So piecing this together... SugarHealey is Mike Shehan and has either had a massive stroke or hit the bags hard all week?

 

[SugarHealey]

These same Essendon and Carlton fans from yesteryear that didn't rest until they saw success are the same fans that are there now, saying the same old stuff but the premiership cupboard is bare.

No, I don't agree with that, it was a time of amateur, or semi Pro footy.
And clubs had not gotten ahead of themselves, as things have panned out in the Pro AFL days.

Fans mattered to clubs, and there was more honesty and less marketing speak, leading supporters on.
Fans could get heard, and were allowed even into change rooms at training, week days.

These days there is a lot more market speak, towing marketing lines, & telling people what they like to hear. sell more memberships.


These days the collective is the way to get things to shift. And through social media helps.


Essendon fans have indeed been unhappy this past decade, and to some extent I think they've been silenced by there own modern manners. This is to their detriment.

Before that, 05 to 010, I reckon the drugs saga left them in shame, and without a strong voice to raise... maybe that still bedraggles them. but they do seem more subdued. Not that I watch them much.


I think there is a place for Melbourne fans to fill that void now, and take the mantle as a new power club of this century. Via louder voice and actions.

The old power clubs are all struggling... Pies, Bummers, Blues, Hawks Cats... we should be establishing ourselves as the modern power club of the 2020's.

And it would need our supporters to get louder, and bolder.

 

[SugarHealey]

So piecing this together... SugarHealey is Mike Shehan and has either had a massive stroke or hit the bags hard all week?

Journalistic privilege, as this is social media, deeks.

I'm not going to give myself away, to make someone feel happier, at my expence. I'm just a small fish, who fights hard to do the right thing, and tries to help things along.

 

[schmuttt]

Mods please

 

[SugarHealey]

It's amazing what eventually winning a flag can do for how you view past disasters. Now we look back at Neeld, Schwab, Diamond Joe, tanking, wasted draft picks, terrible trades, etc with a certain amused affection. All you need is some Benny Hill music and it's a jolly good romp.

Yes but all this is a product of really weak Boards. with no balls, and little vision. Small thinkers.
Small thinkers, as leaders make small decisions, and of little gain.

We might just get lucky with Gosch's... after missing out on the swimming centre, to Ee McGuire and pies.
Eddie would have put the pies into hock, to get the job done. He has balls, even if they are dead.

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

Mods please

you be quiet, I want to hear more from coke'd up Mike Sheahan.

 

[SugarHealey]

I cant explain how painfully embarrassing this is, if you did indeed pull players aside and have a word to them you should be ashamed of yourself honestly.

I think your possibly being hampered by your own lack of self trust, and of maybe, having a go, desperation mixed with determination.?

 

[SugarHealey]

imagine thinking that highly of yourself that you'd go over the coaches head to give a player a rev up. fmd.

Indeed.

I see, as a supporter you put club players and officials up on a pedestal in your mind. I stopped doing that a long, long, time back.

This is what stops, you I imagine.
And maybe why some supporters here can feel incensed that someone might be closer to the action than others here; a sort of jealousy, or envy.?
Wasted emotions, when only they are competing with someone, who isn't competing with them.

 

[A11dAtP0w3R]

I think your possibly being hampered by your own lack of self trust, and of maybe, having a go, desperation mixed with determination.?

id have to hit the booze as hard as I ever have and get someone to pay me $100 before id even consider it.

 

[SugarHealey]

Can we get a whiteboard wednesday on your profound impact on our culture and success please

No, as I am only a small catalyst, at the start, enabling others to carry on momentum to a much bigger shift, in the right direction.
That initial nudge of the culture was shortlived for me, and others needed to carry the ball. They did some what, but not nearly enough, and after another say 8 years, we were drifting back again. sadly to me.

my time is done and well truly cooked.

But a good word here or there, sometimes helps, but rarely hurts matters.