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GAMEDAY: Rd 04 vs Geelong

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9 minutes ago, Satyriconhome said:

I am going to, get ready to watch the game at local pub

Nice chicken parma, few schooners of summer able, hopefully watch an entertaining game 

A Melb win, looking forward to seeing AVB and Hannan, black, sad Nev is not out there, form dropped a bit

Nobody will die if we lose, it is only footy

That’s better. ??

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    42 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

    I reckon we should keep bombing it into the 50, eventually the players will click. 

    Well it is the age of the internet...

    Click and Connect

    :)

    Edited by ding

     

    Really don't know what to expect today. A part of me hopes the players are still [censored] off for missing last week and we'll take out all their frustration in this game.

    The other part could be we come out sluggish and play catch up all day.

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    2 minutes ago, whatwhatsaywhat said:

    based on how rusty and then exhausted the peptides looked last night after one game in three months, i don't hold out a huge amount of hope tbh

    cats by 42

    Don’t forget that they couldn’t train and didn’t have an intraclub game on Sunday so we shouldn’t be rusty but this is melbourne so u just never know. 

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    23 minutes ago, Satyriconhome said:

    I am going to, get ready to watch the game at local pub

    Nice chicken parma, few schooners of summer able, hopefully watch an entertaining game 

    A Melb win, looking forward to seeing AVB and Hannan, black, sad Nev is not out there, form dropped a bit

    Nobody will die if we lose, it is only footy

    Is that some of that awful warm pommy cat's [censored] Saty?

    Gulp a few Shiraz instead

    Edited by Bitter but optimistic

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    There are only three clubs yet to lose a game post-Covid: Port Adelaide (1st), Gold Coast (2nd) and us.

    A win today will send us as high as 6th, subject to percentage (we're -26 in the points differential so a 26-point win would level our percentage at 100% and that would move us up to at least 9th), but with a game in hand over everyone except Essendon.

    For all our disappointment at our second half vs Carlton, we're not as far off it as many of us think.

    Edited by titan_uranus

     

    Who knows what could happen today.

    In the interest of manifesting positive energy, I'm expecting Tommy Mac to find his feet and stand up as our focal point up forward. 7 goals and 3 or 4 contested marks.

    Dees by 44.

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    32 minutes ago, Satyriconhome said:

    few schooners of summer able

    Not in Victoria obviously 

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    7 hours ago, loges said:

    One thing that will really annoy today, if Hibberd keeps kicking his long bombs to no one that seem to hang in the air forever, allowing the defenders to zone off.  Has he lowered his eyes ever ?

    Beyond me how this ball-butcher gets a game.

    1 minute ago, Queanbeyan Demon said:

    Beyond me how this ball-butcher gets a game.

    I believe someone said that Mahony this week during one of those member Zoom calls that Hibberd is going to take Harmes' spot in the backline to free Harmes up to play midfield.

    If that is correct, I think it's a reasonable call. Although we cannot tolerate Hibberd kicking it like he did in Round 1 vs West Coast.

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    7 hours ago, Rednblueriseing said:

    Kossi with 4 goals 

     

    3 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    Petracca will kick 5

     

    1 hour ago, TheKozzieExperience said:

    Fritsch to cut loose today with 6 goals

     

    1 hour ago, Pulp Fritschon said:

    Handgun Hannan 4 goals.

     

    33 minutes ago, Luther said:

    In the interest of manifesting positive energy, I'm expecting Tommy Mac to find his feet and stand up as our focal point up forward. 7 goals and 3 or 4 contested marks.

    Bases on this, I'm tipping a big win.

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    Big performance required today, I know it will be tough coming off a scratch match but I want to see the dare and confidence we had in that first quarter against Carlton. Lower the eyes, short kicks into the 50 and only the bomb when we really have to. This team needs to show they can stick with the process, even if that process isn't perfect right now. Need to show we can withstand pressure and when the tide turns in a game and it will, we show that we can still win that hard ball or kick that settling goal. Consistency of effort is key here. 

     

     

     

    Thanks' @Lord Nev'...that was so funny.

    Still got the tears streaming down my face.

    Edited by rjay

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    1 hour ago, MF-C said:

    I've tipped us. 

    On paper they look very good, but I think if Gawn can get on top we should be able to control the game. 

    My biggest worry is who is going to kick goals? Would love Tmac to kick a few, he needs some confidence badly 

     

    You’ve just doomed us!

    Never, ever tip Melbourne!

    ???

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    I'm in a wonderful frame of mind. I'm imagining us winning by 5 goals which will have us in the eight by the end of the round with a game in hand.

    Of course, within the hour I may have had my happy thoughts disposed with.

    29 minutes ago, rjay said:

    Thanks' @Lord Nev'...that was so funny.

    Still got the tears streaming down my face.

    Can’t believe it’s been censored! 
     

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    3 hours ago, McQueen said:

    I think we’ll be okay today. Pretty much every expert I’ve read of or listened to has tipped Geelong but I reckon we’ll carve them up in the guts and be too strong around the ball. 
    I expect Gawn to be BOG today and be super solid floating back at times and palming it beautifully to the mids at stoppage. 
    We must win today if we think we’re a finals side. 
    A loss and the media will ****kick the hell out of us. 

    I fully expect Gawn to dominate the ruck in the first quarter and then get ahead of himself and start deft flicking balls over his head, despite no midfielder being aware of what he is doing. Often the trend with his ‘ruck craft‘.

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    We'll need to dominate from the stoppages to have a chance of winning ... the backline is adequate without being outstanding whilst the forward line is often dysfynctional

    So we need to excel from the set plays to beat a team like Geelong.

    So having a dominant ruckman like Gawn with a midfield consisting of Oliver,  Viney,  Brayshaw,  Petracca & maybe Harmes has to be a big advantage for us ... unless it isn't.

    You'd like to imagine that Plapp & Matthews would have a playbook consisting of 250 - 300 different types of plays from the various stpppages but is that a thing?  If not,  it should be.

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    1 minute ago, Macca said:

    We'll need to dominate from the stoppages to have a chance of winning ... the backline is adequate without being outstanding whilst the forward line is often dysfynctional

    So we need to excel from the set plays to beat a team like Geelong.

    So having a dominant ruckman like Gawn with a midfield consisting of Oliver,  Viney,  Brayshaw,  Petracca & maybe Harmes has to be a big advantage for us ... unless it isn't.

    You'd like to imagine that Plapp & Matthews would have a playbook consisting of 250 - 300 different types of plays from the various stpppages but is that a thing?  If not,  it should be.

    Sounds very NFL.

    Agree - we're 0% chance if we're not on top in the middle.

    I don't see us generating our scores from the defensive 50, I think we'll do better generating them from stoppages.

    Being on top in the middle won't necessarily be enough though - the long up-and-under inside 50 bomb will be a recipe for disaster against a side like Geelong.

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    6 minutes ago, Cards13 said:

    Can’t believe it’s been censored! 
     

    Really???

    mmmm, sense of humour switch on zero today.

    Ablett              348   

    Selwood          298     

    Dangerfield     251     

    Jack  Steven     184

     

    Viney            121

    Petracca           87

    Oliver              84

    Brayshaw        82

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