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2 minutes ago, picket fence said:

Ah yes can definately agree but hasten to add, When I PLAYED just think a combo of Stevie J, Adem Yze and Bomber Hendrie! 

When I was on song Sheeeit I was breathtaking  LOL ! :P

When I played - think Simon Godfrey disposal, Tony Libratore marking, Aaron Sandilands pace,  and the heart of Joel Bowden - I was the complete package 

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When I played - think Simon Godfrey disposal, Tony Libratore marking, Aaron Sandilands pace,  and the heart of Joel Bowden - I was the complete package 

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I'm not sure what's so difficult to understand about managing a first year player's workload. It's obvious Oliver is best 22 on ability, but clearly his tank is inadequate at this stage. It doesn't do

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The term "not impressed" tends to suggest that he thinks he's being hard done by. I could understand if he's disappointed, because most players are when they're dropped. But his form to date doesn't w

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1 minute ago, nutbean said:

When I played - think Simon Godfrey disposal, Tony Libratore marking, Aaron Sandilands pace,  and the heart of Joel Bowden - I was the complete package 

Just reading that gives me shivers.

You must have been damn scary, nut.

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2 minutes ago, Choke said:

Just reading that gives me shivers.

You must have been damn scary, nut.

I was well loved by my team mates ( that's because no matter how badly they played I always played worse)

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Apologies for hijacking this thread with a serious question...

I'm heading to the game tomorrow.  As a MFC member, and given it's our home game, do we get allocated a section to sit in?  I'd much prefer to sit on ground level, so any direction as to the best gate to head to would be appreciated.

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18 hours ago, Hell Bent said:

$1.58 favourites...we`re in trouble!

$1.80 now, Saints have come in. 

12 minutes ago, GoldMember said:

Hi Billy,

Their is a small allocation for MFC members on Lvl 1 Aisles 36/37 & 37/38. I suggest getting there a bit early! :pj:

You'd think as a home game, there would be a lot more allocation than just 2 Aisles for MFC members for level 1.

 

On 4/26/2016 at 7:24 AM, Demonland said:

THE NEW REALITY by Whispering Jack

Melbourne has not beaten St Kilda in an AFL premiership match since the 2006 Elimination Final when it recorded a three goal victory at the MCG.

There's a lot of boxes, hoodoo's, records to be ticked off. This is right up there along with Nth Melbourne's streak.

This sucks.

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Tell me about it,hopefully they open up a couple more bays... the club wonders why they never get fans to turn up. I hate Etihad but i'll be there with Bells on for this game!

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16 hours ago, demon9 said:

Any predictions on whether the roof will be closed or not?

Closed. They wont want the feral Saints yelling to disturb the people working in nearby offices..

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Despite the odds, St Kilda will go into this game thinking they will win. They clearly have it over us and despite our win at Ethiad last year our record is flimsy there to say the least.

However our boys are going in with 2 wins behind them and a solid game against Norf when the umpires stuffed it up.

This is a confident Demons side and rightfully so. Lets hope the saints underestimate us at their peril. Should beinteresting but I think we will get across the line.

Would love to see us win with a big big score for once. That would really get us up and about.

 

 

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For the past 3 weeks, the odds for our opponents have shortened dramatically after the teams were announced. I could understand the Collingwood game with Sidebottom and Varcoe in as against Vince out and no Garlett. Couldn't work out the Richmond game with Maric in versus Vince and Garlett. And I would have thought that the exclusion of McCartin was a win for us. Let's hope the bookies/punters get in wrong 3 weeks in a row.

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20 hours ago, Josh said:

I wonder weather Jake Melkshem would get a game if he were available next week?

Was thinking on that , I reckon Bugg Salem and lamumba are ahead of him, surely he is not playing before Oliver brayshaw or trac - vandas and trenners in the mix also tough gig . Id say he doesnt play . 

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4 minutes ago, CityDee said:

Was thinking on that , I reckon Bugg Salem and lamumba are ahead of him, surely he is not playing before Oliver brayshaw or trac - vandas and trenners in the mix also tough gig . Id say he doesnt play . 

I was thinking that too but I was also thinking that Melksham would have had 3 games at Casey where he would have had 75 possessions a game and kicked 5 goals per game from half back.

Seriously, two months ago people were arguing on why we had even recruited Bugg and at the same time suggesting that Trengove wouldn't even get on the field again.

How on earth can you measure Melksham who hasn't played at all since last year and we haven't really seen him up close for any great length of time against players who are playing right now.  

I use Bernie Vince as an example of a player that when he arrived there was some degree of skepticism around how much value he would be - he is now arguably one of the first picked every week.

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47 minutes ago, mo64 said:

For the past 3 weeks, the odds for our opponents have shortened dramatically after the teams were announced. I could understand the Collingwood game with Sidebottom and Varcoe in as against Vince out and no Garlett. Couldn't work out the Richmond game with Maric in versus Vince and Garlett. And I would have thought that the exclusion of McCartin was a win for us. Let's hope the bookies/punters get in wrong 3 weeks in a row.

Odds are about money wagered, not logic. Some delusional Toiges fans must have cousins from Moorabbin :rolleyes:

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20 minutes ago, Gorgoroth said:

I'm not nervous...

This is weird...

Not really. I haven't been nervous before most games in recent years. It was hard to get into a state worrying whether we'd lose by x or y points.  Now I worry in every match.

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6 hours ago, Bossdog said:

North play 3 tall forwards (Petrie, Waite and Brown) to great effect but none of them are what you would call fast.

They seem to be going alright at the moment but it will be interesting how they go against the speedy Dogs tonight at the dome where the roof will be closed.

Big men don't get shorter during a game

I thought this game was at the G, hence why we aren't playing there, but it isn't WTF!!!???

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Just now, AzzKikA said:

I thought this game was at the G, hence why we aren't playing there, but it isn't WTF!!!???

Rich play a home game at the G against Port on Saturday

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Dees by 24 points, 

I think the Saints still rely far to much on the older boys which is where we're a long way ahead of them, i reckon Roo and Joey if they play won't be 100% and that hurts them a lot! 

I think we can get on top of the mids and really give our forwards good supply against an undermanned defense, Fisher and Dempster rely on extra numbers to help them punch above their weight, last week the Giants fast ball movement really exposed how much they struggle one on one with the big forwards

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