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11 hours ago, dworship said:

Unless something has changed recently, it's like Gosch's anyone can just walk up to the oval boundary fence. Take a look on street view.

In the past at Arden St they've put up temporary fencing to block the view. Not sure if it's the case this time

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    3 hours ago, blue and red in the head said:

    Am I correct in thinking the game will be available to watch on the club website after the fact as myself and many others have work commitments.  

    I wouldn't bank on it being available after the fact. I can't remember what the situation was last year with the Collingwood game and whether it was available post match.

    The wording of the announcement of the stream only mentions "if you can't make it to Arden Street for the clash, you'll be able to watch the game live on melbournefc.com.au and via the club's mobile app".

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    4 minutes ago, Demonland said:

    I wouldn't bank on it being available after the fact. I can't remember what the situation was last year with the Collingwood game and whether it was available post match.

    The wording of the announcement of the stream only mentions "if you can't make it to Arden Street for the clash, you'll be able to watch the game live on melbournefc.com.au and via the club's mobile app".

    We were able to watch a replay of the Collingwood match. They put all 4 quarters up as separate segments on the website. With commentary and all.

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    4 hours ago, Moonshadow said:

    In the past at Arden St they've put up temporary fencing to block the view. Not sure if it's the case this time

    Drove past this morning and stopped for 15mins to watch Norf men train.

    No fences up, so assume it is open to all on Friday.

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    6 hours ago, Josh said:

    I wonder if Weideman will get a chance to play forward. Seems unfair to play him out of position all pre season and judge him on that. I guess we don't have too many other ootions

    Weid really enjoyed it, I asked,  19 touches and all over the ground, could be the making of him

     

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    1 hour ago, Satyriconhome said:

    Weid really enjoyed it, I asked,  19 touches and all over the ground, could be the making of him

     

    Good to hear Saty we might have a ruckman on hand, are any of the Casey players allowed to play in this game?

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    of the guys that played Saturday id have Melksham, Harmes, ANB, Sparrow, Lockhart, Spargo, Brown and OMac go around again. save the rest for MS2.

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    19 minutes ago, Demon Dude said:

    of the guys that played Saturday id have Melksham, Harmes, ANB, Sparrow, Lockhart, Spargo and OMac go around again. save the rest for MS2.

    You would expect that something along these lines will be the case.  Being a practice game outside the Marsh Series, you'd think we might experiment a little, playing some for just a half or three quarters and so forth.  Some of the older brigade might get a little more of a rest while some (like Hunt and Wagner) might get full games after missing out on the weekend and playing with Casey.

    If we come out if with no injuries and more game time in the legs then it's a big win regardless of the scoreboard.

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    23 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

    You would expect that something along these lines will be the case.  Being a practice game outside the Marsh Series, you'd think we might experiment a little, playing some for just a half or three quarters and so forth.  Some of the older brigade might get a little more of a rest while some (like Hunt and Wagner) might get full games after missing out on the weekend and playing with Casey.

    If we come out if with no injuries and more game time in the legs then it's a big win regardless of the scoreboard.

    Agree except I want to win!

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    Just now, old dee said:

    Agree except I want to win!

    Yeah I'm really in the same boat - I'd much rather a win - but as this is an extra practice game, you would expect us to potentially rest more players, trial a few different things and so forth, so that's probably more important than the overall outcome in this instance.

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    25 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

    Yeah I'm really in the same boat - I'd much rather a win - but as this is an extra practice game, you would expect us to potentially rest more players, trial a few different things and so forth, so that's probably more important than the overall outcome in this instance.

    yeah I think the practice game is best used as to working out who's in the best form and likely to step up if needed out of the fringe players that are around the mark, like Sparrow, Lockhart etc. and those that are recognized best 22 that still look a bit short of a decent gallop, like Melk, Harmes etc, that could play half a game or so and it wouldn't do their preparation any harm.

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    2 hours ago, Satyriconhome said:

    Weid really enjoyed it, I asked,  19 touches and all over the ground, could be the making of him

     

    Weidemans confidence will skyrocket when he starts to clunk those high balls. 

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    2 hours ago, I'va Worn Smith said:

    I thought Weid's work rate on Saturday was excellent and he will only benefit from his (enforced) role he played in that game.

     

    Agree. I reckon he is a pretty good ruck. I thought that when he did a bit of ruck work (having done a fair bit at Casey iirc) when he came back into the side in 2018. Didn't do any last year which surprised me until I read about his issues with his hips.

    I reckon weed and jackson represent fantastic back up options and create real versatility. For example max can drop back or roll forward and weed or jackson can take ruck duties in general play for a few minutes.

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    29 minutes ago, binman said:

    Agree. I reckon he is a pretty good ruck. I thought that when he did a bit of ruck work (having done a fair bit at Casey iirc) when he came back into the side in 2018. Didn't do any last year which surprised me until I read about his issues with his hips.

    I reckon weed and jackson represent fantastic back up options and create real versatility. For example max can drop back or roll forward and weed or jackson can take ruck duties in general play for a few minutes.

    Agree binman but is it a bit early forJackson ?

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    4 minutes ago, old dee said:

    Agree binman but is it a bit early forJackson ?

    Maybe.

    But i reckon given he represents such a tricky match up up forward (they have to play a tall on him) and his leap means he can take centre bounces without getting buffeted too much that they will want to play him round one. particularly if Weed can give Maxy a chop out occasionally (and Tomlinson around the ground).

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    5 minutes ago, binman said:

    Maybe.

    But i reckon given he represents such a tricky match up up forward (they have to play a tall on him) and his leap means he can take centre bounces without getting buffeted too much that they will want to play him round one. particularly if Weed can give Maxy a chop out occasionally (and Tomlinson around the ground).

    Can we fit Gawn, Jackson, Brown, Tom Mac and Weideman in the same team?  I don't think we can.  I do believe Brown will get a gig come Round 1.

    I'd say Gawn rucks 85% with a 15% chop out from Weid, while Brown and Tom Mac are the stay at home forwards.

    I'm excited for Jackson's future and think he could be a phenomenal player, but I just don't think he is quite ready just yet.  Pickett, on the other hand, should have a spot come Round 1.

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    42 minutes ago, I'va Worn Smith said:

    I reckon he'd be running on empty.

     

    I made this Joke 3 weeks ago.....got nothing

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    36 minutes ago, Demon_spurs said:

    I made this Joke 3 weeks ago.....got nothing

    Maybe you were the pretender....

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    1 hour ago, Wiseblood said:

    Can we fit Gawn, Jackson, Brown, Tom Mac and Weideman in the same team?  I don't think we can.  I do believe Brown will get a gig come Round 1.

    I'd say Gawn rucks 85% with a 15% chop out from Weid, while Brown and Tom Mac are the stay at home forwards.

    I'm excited for Jackson's future and think he could be a phenomenal player, but I just don't think he is quite ready just yet.  Pickett, on the other hand, should have a spot come Round 1.

    Agree, I think Brown will be given the gig and Jackson more time to develop at Casey

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    I'll probably go to this on Friday.

    What are the chances of there being a sausage sizzle, canteen and/or canned drinks being sold? Can anyone remember from the Pies game last year?

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    I got a call from the club today to sort the FY20 membership.

    Indicated Max would play some minutes despite the presser yesterday. 

     

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    19 hours ago, McQueen said:

    I’ll be in town and attending. 
     

    Anyone else going along?

    I work in Docklands, so will finish up at lunchtime, walk to Arden street for the scratch match, then head back to Marvel for our AFLW game vs the Filth and State of Origin after that. 

    Big day! 

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