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5 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

It's pretty much a lose-lose game.

If we win, we'll either struggle (fail), or it'll be a ho-hum performance (fail), or we'll smash them, in which case it will be either "where was that last week" or "flat track bullies/pretenders" again.

It's only a lose-lose game for those who want it to be that way.  

For me, I'll be happy with a win to help kick start our season again.  I still firmly believe that our best footy can match it with any team in the league (with the exception possibly being the Tigers at the MCG) and we have plenty of time to correct the mistakes we've been making and right the ship.  We can do that with a win tonight and I see that as a positive thing, regardless of how it is achieved.

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    Already 27 degrees and 62% humidity at the ground.  Does the humidity change much after the sun goes down?

    With tonights game in the bag by 10 goals, I'm already thinking of our recovery next week for the Dogs game.   

    3 hours ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

    Bitter has risen in Katherine 

    I shall end my perilous outback odyssey in Darwin this afternoon and make a grand entrance at the football this evening 

    I expect the team to be inspired by my presence and thrash those Westralians soundly!

    I see images of Immortan Joe's speech to the starving masses at his compound in the early scenes of Mad Max when I think of that.

     

    Think today should be ok, more concerned about how they back up next week and the week after. 

    We should win this but I will be more interested in the skill level which was appaling against StKilda.


    betting.JPG.a382779a56344f36b5724fd52785376e.JPGWhat are the betting agencies thinking? Dont they know anything about MFC and its recent form?

    I have never gambled on footy, but it is seriously tempting to throw a few dollars at the Dockers.

    We should win, but we should have won several times lately. 

    11 minutes ago, ding said:

    betting.JPG.a382779a56344f36b5724fd52785376e.JPGWhat are the betting agencies thinking? Dont they know anything about MFC and its recent form?

    I have never gambled on footy, but it is seriously tempting to throw a few dollars at the Dockers.

    We should win, but we should have won several times lately. 

    Into $1.11 on Sportsbet, and Freo out to $6.70 after being $5.80 during the week. Ludicrous odds, just like last week when Saints were $7. Melb should NEVER be 10 to 1 on in a contest. 

    Lose tonight it’s season over, win tonight we live in hope for 1 more week at least, just win Melbourne FFS 

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    Its pretty simple. Were in the top 8 (just) have 4 points up for grabs and with a healthy percentage, and a tight race for top 4 and top 8 and some tight ganes coming up against sides that dont lose by big margins, need to boost our percentage where we can. Go Melbourne! 

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    1 hour ago, titan_uranus said:

    It's pretty much a lose-lose game.

    If we win, we'll either struggle (fail), or it'll be a ho-hum performance (fail), or we'll smash them, in which case it will be either "where was that last week" or "flat track bullies/pretenders" again.

    T_U, your definition of lose-lose seems to be what people / commentators might say. As far as I am concerned losing or winning is purely about the result of the game and its consequences for our season. The commentary is hot air, just as it was when we were winning.

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    The 4 points is best to expect. Forward efficiency and solid defence will be a bonus. But we don’t want to see cheap goals conceded from rebounds. The Crystal ball  will still remain opaque win or lose. 

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    Footy coach at burwood many years ago said remember the 4 Cs ,cool ,calm,collected and concentrate ,thats all we need to do to beat this mob

    8 minutes ago, xarronn said:

    T_U, your definition of lose-lose seems to be what people / commentators might say. As far as I am concerned losing or winning is purely about the result of the game and its consequences for our season. The commentary is hot air, just as it was when we were winning.

    That.  I'm not sure whether I find the positive commentary when we are winning more or less annoying than the negative when we lose.  I try to avoid both.   I guess if we were winning continually, I may feel more relaxed about the positive commentary, but till then it just reinforces my MFCSS.

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    32 minutes ago, bobby1554 said:

    Into $1.11 on Sportsbet, and Freo out to $6.70 after being $5.80 during the week. Ludicrous odds, just like last week when Saints were $7. Melb should NEVER be 10 to 1 on in a contest. 

    Interesting...line at 45

    Would the game be that lopsided..and high in score ?

    Doubt it


    39 minutes ago, bobby1554 said:

    Into $1.11 on Sportsbet, and Freo out to $6.70 after being $5.80 during the week. Ludicrous odds, just like last week when Saints were $7. Melb should NEVER be 10 to 1 on in a contest. 

    Its tempting to drop a $20 on Freo for the win to hedge bets in case we lose. 

    5 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

    Out of all the must win games this is the must winningest

    Lose... season over

    Win...still no guarantee...

    So very Melbourne :(

    Not sure how I’d handle another biased pathetic umpiring performance and a sub par performance by our boys.

    Heartened by the selections made for pace as we got it wrong last week . And was good to hear Maxys veiw on the club podcast .

    Dee’s by 36 

    3 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

    Lose... season over

    Win...still no guarantee...

    So very Melbourne :(

    Yep sure is , win last week and tonight, pies and west coast get rolled and we would have been 2nd.

    Everytime we play poorly that Jones statement after R23 makes my blood boil.

    Pay on performance is so suited to Melbourne.

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    1 hour ago, —coach— said:

    If you bump into my dad while your up there say helllo for me. He lives not far from you actually, in Trentham.

    Edit: Sorry meant to send this to Bitter!

    Must be a tough bugger to live in Trentham

    Nice people but worst Football team I ever played against


    NO WAY WE LOSE THIS GAME!!!......

    .....but if we do, can we open the drafting and trading forum please?

    Dees by 48

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    17 minutes ago, R.I.P. Troy said:

    NO WAY WE LOSE THIS GAME!!!......

    .....but if we do, can we open the drafting and trading forum please?

    Dees by 48

    If so we could make a deal with Adelaide. They trade us Sloan and we tank so that they get a better first round draft pick. 

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    Gee I wish I was in Darwin to get some warm weather. Would feel more confident if this game was at the G. Have no idea what to expect tonight. But as I wrote last week it would be good to see Jesse kick some goals. 

    Would love to see Jeffy crumb some goals to. I just hope we win and win well. 

    1 hour ago, chookrat said:

    Its tempting to drop a $20 on Freo for the win to hedge bets in case we lose. 

    I did during the week. I think we're a 50 50 proposition. $6 against MFC is insane


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