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GAMEDAY: Rd 01 vs Port Adelaide


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10 minutes ago, Jaded said:

Nervous. Very. Very. Nervous. 

I don’t have a good feeling about today and the miserable Melbourne weather isn’t helping. 

Go Dees!

Indeed. I have a negative feel about today as well but I have been wrong many times.

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Melbourne is now paying $1.17 and Port is out to $4.60. Feels a lot closer than that to me.

Have they made the call to take Ryder out of the game maybe?

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I'm pumped!

Dropped the girl at gymnastics.

Dropped the dead fridge and two out of date gas cylinders at the waste recycle centre so I feel I've done stuff.

One of the non-dead fridges is full of home brew and I am ready to start working on the footy season a.s.s. groove on the couch...bring it!

 

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I can't believe we are at game day round 1. 

Lets hope we get off to a much better start than our last game we played. 

I just hope we win well and it's not close in the final minutes. 

Looking forward to see Maxy dominate and see how our forward line looks without Hogan.

Hopefully the weather clears. I know we are in desperate need for rain, but not today. 

Come one deees get it done. 

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Let's roll DEMONS

Any win is a good win today being Round 1

Could be 100 points or 2 points

Just win

Win it for Max, Win it for the Club Members, Win it for yourselves.

Believe that you can win every quarter...

Go in hard...

 

 

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5 hours ago, Skuit said:

Can't believe this is really happening. 2019!

I'll be comfortable with a 35 point win considering we're underdone. Otherwise I'm tearing up the joint.

Also, can someone help me with the time difference - do I really have to wake up at/not go till bed till 4am to watch from Europe?

After a shortened preseason for a number of our better players and poor preseason form I will be happy with a one goal win. We are lucky not be starting the year at Geelong or we would start 0 and 1. 

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15 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

I can't believe we are at game day round 1. 

Lets hope we get off to a much better start than our last game we played. 

I just hope we win well and it's not close in the final minutes. 

Looking forward to see Maxy dominate and see how our forward line looks without Hogan.

Hopefully the weather clears. I know we are in desperate need for rain, but not today. 

Come one deees get it done. 

A couple of mm is max. Will be excellent ground condition by 1.45. Heat will be the problem not rain.

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Would not be surprised to see a scratchy start from us. Nothing really stood out in the JLT. The betting odds are way over the top and are bathwater drinking inducing.  Should be closer than pundits think. I predict an ugly win by less than 20 points. 

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2 minutes ago, binman said:

Blood y hell has it started?

Relax binnie. 

My IQ box is in Perf. 

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I wouldn’t worry about JLT form, you watch our intensity lift, especially with Viney in the middle.

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1 minute ago, DeeZee said:

I wouldn’t worry about JLT form, you watch our intensity lift, especially with Viney in the middle.

Throw in Gawny's 100th game.

God i just hope we win, just to see who it is that puts him on their shoulders!

Game day baby!!!!!!!

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7 minutes ago, DeeZee said:

I wouldn’t worry about JLT form, you watch our intensity lift, especially with Viney in the middle.

Yep that’s my theory too. Our game plan only really works with 95% effort from everyone. Contested footy. It falls apart with the 75% effort brought in the JLT matches. 

As long as we step up, it may be ugly, but we will win

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Can someone make the case for why Hore is playing ahead of others like Petty today?

I was generally pretty unimpressed by Hore's preseason performances.  Didn't think he contested that well to win the ball and also thought he was pretty untidy with his disposal at times.  But I guess the coaches were happy with his form and performances otherwise he wouldn't be out there.

Perhaps it was about him completing the defensive assignments set for him well, which doesn't nessasrily come across on the telecast?

Can someone elaborate?

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Just now, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

Can someone make the case for why Hore is playing ahead of others like Petty today?

I was generally pretty unimpressed by Hore's preseason performances.  Didn't think he contested that well to win the ball and also thought he was pretty untidy with his disposal at times.  But I guess the coaches were happy with his form and performances otherwise he wouldn't be out there.

Perhaps it was about him completing the defensive assignments set for him well, which doesn't nessasrily come across on the telecast?

Can someone elaborate?

Hore is a pretty handy mature aged intercept marking defender , will give us good coverage for the likes of Lever who is still 5 weeks away.

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UPDATE

the north has been surprisingly kind to this Dees supporter! Several MFC types doing morning shopping at Norflands, knowing nods. 

Then Only had to go 2 stations on bus, now getting a train from Bell. Carriage with a smattering of Dees fans. Just had a chin wag with a toothless, neck-tattooed Dees fan from Epping. 

Good times! 

CARN THE MIGHTY DEES!!!

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