Another wonderful piece on Melbourne by Martin Flanagan:-

High in class but starved of success, Dees are pumped for a shot at the Pies

Melbourne has a habit of disappointing terribly and Collingwood may well chop the Dees up, but the Pies have big names out and last year the Dees got close to the eventual premiers twice. There is undeniable excitement in the Melbourne camp about Monday's game. The Demons will never admit it but beating Collingwood in front of their biggest crowd of the year would be like a grand final.

Another good article from Flanagan.

This time there is a very good couple of lines on Jordie McKenzie one of them comparing him to Mitch Robinson.

Great article that one.

Rich man's Mitch Robinson..... love it

Martin Flanagan is not just the best football writer there is, but one of the best full stop. Love reading his stuff, footy or not.

If only it were more the likes of he and John Harms that garnered the attention of the football reading world, not Mark Robinson and Mike Sheahan.

Great article that one.

Rich man's Mitch Robinson..... love it

Yes. Jordie McKenzie IS a rich Man's Mitch Robinson. I wish I'd said that. I probably will.

Hated that last line though.

Hated that last line though.

Yeah, this is nothing like a grand final.

Goes with the territory. They always make it sound like winning QB is more important than finals for Melb.

Very annoying - you don't hear the same about Anzac Day for example

I don't like it either - but we all know the point he's making is that given Melbourne is a stretch to play finals and hasn't played in the big one for a decade, this is the next best thing. And it's true. I'm absolutely psyched for this match (have to admit, my hatred for Collingwood is far less than for Carlton - but they'll get theirs soon enough).

Hated that last line though.

Make no mistake , if we can roll the Pies this place will go into meltdown asif we did win the flag .

Bombers and Pies in consecutive weeks .... Beautiful .