If ever anything could bring our players and coaches together more, it would be this weeks result. 

Even this far out, there looks to be some real bonds being established here, even though  i can only sense them from what is visible on TV. Maybe this is what is worrying the scornful media and opposition so much. They can feel the love, and they are not part of it.........

4 hours ago, ProDee said:

I don't usually watch "Talking Footy" on 7mate, but thought I'd tune in tonight on the back of a great victory.

Without exaggeration, with 8 minutes to go (after ad break) they haven't complimented Melbourne.  The first part of their program was all about what's wrong with the Dogs.  I wasted an hour.

That's what I was eluding to yesterday ProDee you think your going to get anything positive about the Dees out of Carey, Watson and the team you just wiped the floor with Darcy no chance.

Still don't rate Melbourne.

1 hour ago, Deemented Are Go! said:

Just watched on the couch replay - good old Jonno Brown continues to pump us up. David Kind even brought up a graph titled 'premiership contenders?' (Notably though, showing we are #1 pressure side).

what with the nature of this season and the fleeting form lines of all teams, perhaps a tightly fitting lid is called for...

Lots of time 4 Johnno Brown.

4 hours ago, Jaded said:

Buckley on Footy Classifieds is so bitter about us... said "they played a good 4 quarter game last week. They had to". Then went on to say "they are only a game ahead of the Dogs" 

Bitter Buckley. Bitter. I love it!

I don't mind this at all. Buckley needs to talk to his own supporters and board - and Eddie! Of course he is going  to say that about us. I really enjoy annoying the Pies....

4 hours ago, Deestroy All said:

Something overshadows us every time we get a decent win, some sort of scandal, or Richmond losing the unlosable or the team we beat is in crisis because they lost to us. So we get some small mention at best. That Talking Footy [censored] is the worst, I assume it'd be like a wake tonight with Darcy, like Classified was last week with Bucks. 

360 is usually ok for a bit of a pump up. 

Hasn't anyone noticed that whenever we beat someone, they are immediately put into crisis mode. 

You will know we have arrived when they simply accept it as the usual which is not too far off actually I reckon. 

4 hours ago, Deestroy All said:

Something overshadows us every time we get a decent win, some sort of scandal, or Richmond losing the unlosable or the team we beat is in crisis because they lost to us. So we get some small mention at best. That Talking Footy [censored] is the worst, I assume it'd be like a wake tonight with Darcy, like Classified was last week with Bucks. 

360 is usually ok for a bit of a pump up. 

Hasn't anyone noticed that whenever we beat someone, they are immediately put into crisis mode. 

You will know we have arrived when they simply accept it as the usual which is not too far off actually I reckon. 

Anyone else feel we had a certain extra maturity on the weekend? It's probably because we did.

Total games per team:

Melbourne 2050 d. Western 1877

I'm aware of how easily altered the figure can be by the inclusion of a single Jordan Lewis for example, but it's become a fairly reliable predictor of our results as the season has settled in.

Melbourne 2028 d. Collingwood 1658

Melbourne 1984 d. Gold Coast 1446

North Melb 2296 d. Melbourne 1895

Melbourne 1873 d. Adelaide 2186

Hawthorn 2959 d. Melbourne 1860

Melbourne 1921 d. Essendon 1864

Richmond 1750 d. Melbourne 1611

Fremantle 1876 d. Melbourne 1588.

We had 1492 games of experience vs. Geelong's 2279 so have added over 550 since round 3. But West Coast went in with 2760 games vs. Geelong (2422) last week, so our only real hope is if Jones, Watts and Hibberd come up, and Garland and Trengove come in to replace Oscar and Hunt . . . 

 

12 hours ago, deejammin' said:

Sorry mate but this has been overplayed and is wrong. Bugg bumped Easton Wood after the goal, it was cheeky but not free kick worthy, Wood got him back and clearly hits him in the face with a round arm while bumping him from behind. That's too high and a free kick every day of the week. Bugg milked it but he also bled from the face so he milked it a lot less than both Cripps and Rowe against our players. 

Brad Johnstone* clearly finds Bugg annoying and so failed to point out the high contact in the commentary but it was clear as day at the ground and the right decision. Stupid act from Wood who should've just bumped him back without smacking him in the face.

Don't buy into the Bugg-haters, it was a clear free kick and if it had happened to one of the media favourites they would be screaming for a suspension for high contact outside the play. The MRP would've suspended a MFC player for 3 weeks if they'd done it, but hey, everyone can see that double standard.

 

Edit: Brad Johnstone sooking it up about the Bugg hit not Johnno Brown

Didn't say it was a wrong call, free kick was there. But bugg set him up for it and wood fell for it. I bet but was grinning like a cat  with wood on top of him knowing that he sucked him in

Edited June 19, 20178 yr by Rocknroll

13 hours ago, binman said:

Don't want him. Selfish player. Burnt teammates twice in a couple of minutes in the last q going for hero goals. Not on

I suspect Ron might have been a lil tongue in cheek there at the end.

Suspect the fortunes of puppy land burnt all too bright. Landed them a cup ( drool ) but it's flash in the pan stuff. The dishlickers are now back to fighting over bones.

Very hard to keep purposeful momentum. They dont have Macca anymore. An irony is the pups would bleed for Bevo, but Macca was/is a better footy whisperer. 

That Bulldog jumper is unraveling by a string 

2 hours ago, Skuit said:

Anyone else feel we had a certain extra maturity on the weekend? It's probably because we did.

Total games per team:

Melbourne 2050 d. Western 1877

I'm aware of how easily altered the figure can be by the inclusion of a single Jordan Lewis for example, but it's become a fairly reliable predictor of our results as the season has settled in.

Melbourne 2028 d. Collingwood 1658

Melbourne 1984 d. Gold Coast 1446

North Melb 2296 d. Melbourne 1895

Melbourne 1873 d. Adelaide 2186

Hawthorn 2959 d. Melbourne 1860

Melbourne 1921 d. Essendon 1864

Richmond 1750 d. Melbourne 1611

Fremantle 1876 d. Melbourne 1588.

We had 1492 games of experience vs. Geelong's 2279 so have added over 550 since round 3. But West Coast went in with 2760 games vs. Geelong (2422) last week, so our only real hope is if Jones, Watts and Hibberd come up, and Garland and Trengove come in to replace Oscar and Hunt . . . 

 

That hadn't struck me to be honest. Interesting. The aberration almost more.

It looked like the Dees were auditioning for a film about Viking raids. 

Without doubt, experience helps.

2 hours ago, Skuit said:

Anyone else feel we had a certain extra maturity on the weekend? It's probably because we did.

Total games per team:

Melbourne 2050 d. Western 1877

I'm aware of how easily altered the figure can be by the inclusion of a single Jordan Lewis for example, but it's become a fairly reliable predictor of our results as the season has settled in.

Melbourne 2028 d. Collingwood 1658

Melbourne 1984 d. Gold Coast 1446

North Melb 2296 d. Melbourne 1895

Melbourne 1873 d. Adelaide 2186

Hawthorn 2959 d. Melbourne 1860

Melbourne 1921 d. Essendon 1864

Richmond 1750 d. Melbourne 1611

Fremantle 1876 d. Melbourne 1588.

We had 1492 games of experience vs. Geelong's 2279 so have added over 550 since round 3. But West Coast went in with 2760 games vs. Geelong (2422) last week, so our only real hope is if Jones, Watts and Hibberd come up, and Garland and Trengove come in to replace Oscar and Hunt . . . 

 

Was evident when the Dogs had their tantie in the second and threw everything at us, kicked a couple, and we calmly continued with the business of spanking them...

Edited June 20, 20178 yr by PaulRB

13 hours ago, ProDee said:

I don't have strong memories of Geoff (or Jeff).

McClure is an old Xav and friend of my Nephew.

He's constantly ragged on SEN mornings by Lyon and I sense they see him as a kid with not much clue.

My bad, i thought his dad was Mark McClure. 

You're right about him getting stick from Lyon, though i don't usually listen to SEN 9i actually quite like RSNs footy discussion).

Even on Talking Footy the others seem pretty dismissive of him - but to be fair to Sam that might be the standard 'you've never played at the elite level like us' routine ex players seem to love so much. Also risible. 

47 minutes ago, binman said:

My bad, i thought his dad was Mark McClure. 

You're right about him getting stick from Lyon, though i don't usually listen to SEN 9i actually quite like RSNs footy discussion).

Even on Talking Footy the others seem pretty dismissive of him - but to be fair to Sam that might be the standard 'you've never played at the elite level like us' routine ex players seem to love so much. Also risible. 

Yes, his Father Geoff McClure was a sports journalist who died in 2010.

Just watched the replay for about the 10th time - magnificent performance, and made the visit to the-venue-that-must-not-be-named a totally different experience!

But Hudson's commentary? The most biased pro-Footscray commentary. Watts goal early in Quarter 3 "What a disaster!" - Brown corrected him "But good news for Melbourne"

That sort of stuff all the way through

 

I thought he was Hawthorn?

 

Commentators don't like it when all their brainless stereotypical cliches are rendered useless. They're not ready for an aggressive, skilled and successful MFC. 

Makes their brains hurt. 

27 minutes ago, frankie_d said:

But Hudson's commentary? The most biased pro-Footscray commentary. Watts goal early in Quarter 3 "What a disaster!" - Brown corrected him "But good news for Melbourne"

"What a disaster! Now this game will be a blowout and it's going to make it very hard for us up here to make it entertaining. Because let's face it, we're the real entertainers around here."

 

27 minutes ago, frankie_d said:

I thought he was Hawthorn?

Geelong.

4 hours ago, Rocknroll said:

Didn't say it was a wrong call, free kick was there. But bugg set him up for it and wood fell for it. I bet but was grinning like a cat  with wood on top of him knowing that he sucked him in

No worries mate. I was getting sick of whinging dogs supporters sooking it up about the umpiring (the hypocrisy!). I hope Buggy keeps it up, I was also grinning!

Edited June 20, 20178 yr by deejammin'

15 hours ago, Biffen said:

Stringer is only about 23.

The must get hitched young in Bendigo.

So I take it Jake will not be nominated for Father of the year?

If your 16 and pregnant in Bendigo you're classified as an elderly primagravida!

Hudson is actually one of he best commentators, his commentary was fine.

Having Brad Johnson in there was painful on the other hand.

2 hours ago, frankie_d said:

Just watched the replay for about the 10th time - magnificent performance, and made the visit to the-venue-that-must-not-be-named a totally different experience!

But Hudson's commentary? The most biased pro-Footscray commentary. Watts goal early in Quarter 3 "What a disaster!" - Brown corrected him "But good news for Melbourne"

That sort of stuff all the way through

 

I thought he was Hawthorn?

 

I agree he really annoyed our household with his biased call, he is a staunch cats man, almost as bad as Blights call during the 2000 final against carlton that still rankles me when I re-watch it. LOL111

On 18/06/2017 at 6:44 PM, Pates said:

I was watching on TV (from London) but yeah it didn't look great from our representation. I know the fans don't like the place but we are playing great footy and I'd go watch them at Vic Park if I had to. 

The fans need to get over the hatred of the ground especially since we've played some bloody awesome footy there. 

agreed, but the afl (now it's theirs) really need to offer a better seating deal to visiting teams, especially when they know it won't be a sellout

14 hours ago, Deemented Are Go! said:

Just watched on the couch replay - good old Jonno Brown continues to pump us up. David Kind even brought up a graph titled 'premiership contenders?' (Notably though, showing we are #1 pressure side).

what with the nature of this season and the fleeting form lines of all teams, perhaps a tightly fitting lid is called for...

Brown and King are fans, you can tell

29 minutes ago, Clint Bizkit said:

Hudson is actually one of he best commentators, his commentary was fine.

Having Brad Johnson in there was painful on the other hand.

Agree both, Clint. Johnson was a great player, but can't hide his dogginess. BTW, did you enjoy Dom Tyson's goal on Sunday? Hit it bang on the 50 metre line, landed it by my rough count 7 rows back. So what, 60-65 metres? Makes him comfortably one of the longest kicks at the club I'd reckon. Whaddya say? Oh, no tail wind either ?

Reckon Melksham would contest for longest kick, his deep kick, start of the third, that Watts marked in the goal square was also a 65+ metre bomb.

been any training ?