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20 minutes ago, dl4e said:

Only one melbourne player. Good. I must admit I got a laugh seeing Gresham, Moore and Saad named in the vic squad. You have to be joking.

Based on 2019, I'm not sure which MFC players you'd replace those guys with. They need to field over 50 players, and not all players are available for selection. There were always going to be some lesser names make the cut.

Incidentally, I would take any of Gresham, Moore (uninjured version) or Saad at the dees in a heartbeat. They're all very good footballers.

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I think it’s a bit of a reality check for those who think it’s going to be anything but a struggle to win more than five games in 2020.

unless Clarry or Trac or Gus or Salem or Weed can become matchwinners it’s looking ominous... even with a better draw...and less injuries.

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4 hours ago, Accepting Mediocrity said:

Gresham's nowhere near as good as Oliver, but he is a better forward - it wouldn't make sense to stack the interchange with midfielders. Oliver would have been on the cusp of the team - but I don't think we can claim he was robbed on 2019 form.

[censored] look at his contested ball and numbers 

Gresham???????? I would rather play Clarry as Forward

Too Much Politics at play

Softwick probably thinks of himself akin to Norn Smith

IM SERIOUSLY [censored] OF AT THIS

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1 hour ago, Demonland said:

Clarry doesn't even make a Best of the Rest team. 

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Docherty who hasn't kicked a pill in anger for two years?

Boak > Oliver?

Pfft.

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Let's fly under the radar, bugger em! Clarry definitely should be in the best of the rest FFS though.

Well done to Nev, hope he gets through unscathed and represents the club well.

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9 hours ago, Mel Bourne said:

Sure, but isn’t there an argument that if all teams started out “rusty” then it’s just an aspect of the regular season? I guess my point is that the nature of the game these days is so much more physical and high-risk, that any kind of match that takes place with your team’s best players on the ground should be for premiership points. 

Plus, the nature of pre-season training/intra-club matches these days is so intensive that I don’t think you’re going to see any teams start out rusty in any overt way. 

I realise it’s an unpopular opinion, but if I see any of our players injured in this series I’ll only dig my heels in on it more. And I’ll also swear. Swear a lot. 

I think there is something in this. 

From memory it has been floated but clubs want some proper practice games and the AFL want to monetise them.

We are choosing to have two additional practice games so clubs must want them.

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13 hours ago, grey wolf said:

I think it’s a bit of a reality check for those who think it’s going to be anything but a struggle to win more than five games in 2020.

unless Clarry or Trac or Gus or Salem or Weed can become matchwinners it’s looking ominous... even with a better draw...and less injuries.

So our players getting selected or not in an exhibition game will determine or is some kind of indicator of the season ahead?  Yeah right.

I agree with others that this is all based on 2019 performances.  If this game was played at the start of 2019 when we were flavor of the month with all the so called 'experts', there probably would have been half a dozen MFC players in the game.

So fickle.

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16 hours ago, Demonland said:

Rushed last minute and obviously unused "artwork".

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He would have looked good in the Big V.

My general reactions to the this topic are:

1.  So much better to bring back state of origin which actually meant something to the football public than have that other AFLX rubbish with the Patrick Dangerfield Lightening bolts or whatever;

2.   Would be better to have the Vics playing WA or SA than this  concocted 'All Stars' thing;

3.  Perhaps if it is a huge crowd drawer and ratings puller, the AFL could/might consider dropping a few home and away games (thus creating an even draw) and substituting them with a few SoA games - perhaps even a series;

4.  If we win a flag or two, I couldn't care how many of our players get into the state of origin games - heck half the side could be made up of MFC players for all care and if we were to get a few minor injuries out of it, then so be it.

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For those concerned about having only Jetta chosen play this game, these are the players chosen from the teams we play in the first two weeks of the season. 

Yeo

Sheppard

 

Coniglio

Cameron 

Haynes

Whitfield 
Kelly 

Greene

If I’m a GWS supporter in particular I’d be pooing myself about injuries to any of those players. No way I want our equivalent (Gawn, Oliver, Petracca, TMac, Viney) playing this game. It’s not worth it

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This should be the greatest motivator to the whole team all year.

This is an indication of how the AFL and your competitorclubs feel about you. 

YOU DO NOT EXIST, YOUE ARE NOT TO BE CONSIDERED AMONGST THE BEST.

YOU MUST PROVE THEM WRONG,

Now go and get em GO DEES,

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On 2/18/2020 at 12:19 PM, Demonland said:

Nev Jetta is our only representative in the match.

 

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Lucky to get a gig.  Gives away maximum frees since the grappling crackdown.  Stellar 2018.  Poor 2019.

 

Who is emergency?  Bennell?

 

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Seeing Jetta limping a bit at the end of the Adelaide match made me wonder if we might pull him out of the match. 

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7 hours ago, JakovichScissorKick said:

 

Lets hope so.

I'd have mixed feelings, I'd be a little disappointed at not having any representatives, but then it's not like we wouldn't have any because we don't have any that is rated high enough, it would be a case of not having any fit representatives. 

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