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    Re: The Melbourne Narrative

    Quote Originally Posted by bornadog View Post
    my wife just saw me write that and said how would I feel reading something about myself like get rid of that stomach.
    Have you named your stomach yet?
    Nobody's looking for a puppeteer in today's wintry economic climate.

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    Have you named your stomach yet?
    yes hope it is Gawn soon
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    Re: The Melbourne Narrative

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    They do have an interesting dichotomy in their supporter base, however. It's not an even contrast, though there's genuine hard up battlers in the Melbourne supporter base who have similar backgrounds to a lot of us and are probably tortured by being classified with the Tory fans Melbourne is usually associated with.

    I don't feel sorry for them however, and I also don't want to give them an inch.

    Also, Max Gawn is probably an OK guy but for the love of all things sacred liking coffee and toasted sandwiches whilst having a beard made you cool for a brief moment in time more than ten years ago and it's completely done with now. If anything, my rule of if an AFL player is doing it and promoting it now, it's already out of fashion applies more than ever to Max Gawn.
    I've always thought that's exactly why the poor people who follow Melbourne did it. Because they think that the rich and wealthy type "success" vibes rub off on them. They put the skis they never use on the roof rack, stick the MFC member sticker on the rear window and away they go into full on delusion mode.

    Same reason the Alf Garnetts of the world vote Tory.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Twodogs View Post
    I've always thought that's exactly why the poor people who follow Melbourne did it. Because they think that the rich and wealthy type "success" vibes rub off on them. They put the skis they never use on the roof rack, stick the MFC member sticker on the rear window and away they go into full on delusion mode.

    Same reason the Alf Garnetts of the world vote Tory.
    Not sure how many poor folk own roof rack skis.
    Nobody's looking for a puppeteer in today's wintry economic climate.

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    Re: The Melbourne Narrative

    Read this and vomit

    Move over Western Bulldogs, you’ve had your AFL fairytale. It’s the Demons’ turn now

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    Happy to keep my lunch down and ignore it.
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    Re: The Melbourne Narrative

    Quote Originally Posted by Dry Rot View Post
    Read this and vomit

    Move over Western Bulldogs, you’ve had your AFL fairytale. It’s the Demons’ turn now

    https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...CMP=GTAU_email
    It is good for them to get their hopes up.

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    Re: The Melbourne Narrative

    Quote Originally Posted by Dry Rot View Post
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    Move over Western Bulldogs, you’ve had your AFL fairytale. It’s the Demons’ turn now

    https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...CMP=GTAU_email
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    Re: The Melbourne Narrative

    Quote Originally Posted by Happy Days View Post
    Tell me you went to private school without telling me you went to private school.
    Was it the round the country trip or the scholarship to Beijing that did it?
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    Quote Originally Posted by comrade View Post
    Was it the round the country trip or the scholarship to Beijing that did it?
    Yeah I was gonna give it the “say the line Bart” treatment but was too exhausted by the end of the article.
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    Re: The Melbourne Narrative

    Quote Originally Posted by Dry Rot View Post
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    Move over Western Bulldogs, you’ve had your AFL fairytale. It’s the Demons’ turn now

    https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...CMP=GTAU_email
    Giant eye roll and whatevs…
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    Exactly. As soon as Nathan Brown mocked 'double denim' I knew it was cool.

    Quote Originally Posted by jeemak View Post
    They do have an interesting dichotomy in their supporter base, however. It's not an even contrast, though there's genuine hard up battlers in the Melbourne supporter base who have similar backgrounds to a lot of us and are probably tortured by being classified with the Tory fans Melbourne is usually associated with.

    I don't feel sorry for them however, and I also don't want to give them an inch.

    Also, Max Gawn is probably an OK guy but for the love of all things sacred liking coffee and toasted sandwiches whilst having a beard made you cool for a brief moment in time more than ten years ago and it's completely done with now. If anything, my rule of if an AFL player is doing it and promoting it now, it's already out of fashion applies more than ever to Max Gawn.



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    https://amp.theage.com.au/sport/afl/....co/2AHZHkZ5xX

    Fair enough playing for his late brother, but playing the GF for his drug cheat 34 ex-teammates? I suppose being one of 34 drug cheats constitutes a 'special bond' lol
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    Re: The Melbourne Narrative

    Quote Originally Posted by Sedat View Post
    https://amp.theage.com.au/sport/afl/....co/2AHZHkZ5xX

    Fair enough playing for his late brother, but playing the GF for his drug cheat 34 ex-teammates? I suppose being one of 34 drug cheats constitutes a 'special bond' lol
    Just when you thought they'd explored all the angles.

    Can we do it for Crammers?

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    Re: The Melbourne Narrative

    Quote Originally Posted by Grantysghost View Post
    Just when you thought they'd explored all the angles.

    Can we do it for Crammers?
    We’ve already done it for Crammers.

    Wonder if he’s got a 5 year wedding anniversary party planned next Saturday.

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