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6 hours ago, Lord Travis said:

I still have flashbacks to the mid 2000s when we were top of the ladder and somehow lost to bottom placed Carlton. It's a very Melbourne thing to do. If we lose this one then we may as well shut up shop.

We SHOULD win by 30+. Just get it done Dees!

Remember it well my Carlton supporting wife went into labor the next morning with our first son.

Sure enough the following season when both sides met again. Carlton rolled us and son #2 came along

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    6 hours ago, Lord Travis said:

    I still have flashbacks to the mid 2000s when we were top of the ladder and somehow lost to bottom placed Carlton. It's a very Melbourne thing to do. If we lose this one then we may as well shut up shop.

    We SHOULD win by 30+. Just get it done Dees!

    2006, Travis.

    Round 1 we lost to Carlton. We then lost to them again in Round 18 whilst sitting 3rd on the later. Two of their three wins for the year came against us. We missed out on the top 4 by half a game.

    So very, very Melbourne.

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    10 minutes ago, praha said:

    2006, Travis.

    Round 1 we lost to Carlton. We then lost to them again in Round 18 whilst sitting 3rd on the later. Two of their three wins for the year came against us. We missed out on the top 4 by half a game.

    So very, very Melbourne.

    Yep we’ve been producing nothing but [censored] for 60 years.  Even when we made a grand final we managed to get smashed 

    I reckon last week’s effort was as dismal a performance as I ever seen

    I’m still bloody depressed!

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    6 minutes ago, praha said:

    2006, Travis.

    Round 1 we lost to Carlton. We then lost to them again in Round 18 whilst sitting 3rd on the later. Two of their three wins for the year came against us. We missed out on the top 4 by half a game.

    So very, very Melbourne.

    Sounds about right. From memory we lost a few after that and struggled to recover form. Bloody embarrassing to lose to the bottom placed team twice in one year, and that's back when we were a good team!

    We should win by 30+ tonight. Heaven help my voicebox if we lose.


    A piece of trivia:  This whole season only 1 or 2 teams that were behind at 3/4 time won the game. 

    So watch the 3/4 score folks and if in front hope we hang on...if behind go to bed or have another drink!  It will delay the pain.

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    32 minutes ago, praha said:

    2006, Travis.

    Round 1 we lost to Carlton. We then lost to them again in Round 18 whilst sitting 3rd on the later. Two of their three wins for the year came against us. We missed out on the top 4 by half a game.

    So very, very Melbourne.

    I remember it well. 2 of their 3 wins. Even when they are carp other teams think they can beat melbourne. We're too soft

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    Losing to Essendon in their suspension year was one of our worst.

    Breaking the Crows duck would be up there. 

    Hopefully the game is decided by half time. A 2019 GCS result would be hard to take.

     

    We JUST have to win this. Surely the Mids can finally get it right and win plenty of the pill and actually deliver it tonight. They basically have M. Crouch and Smith as the only decent mids. If our guys stuff up in the midfield tonight LOOK OUT

    1 hour ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

    Yep we’ve been producing nothing but [censored] for 60 years.  Even when we made a grand final we managed to get smashed 

    I reckon last week’s effort was as dismal a performance as I ever seen

    I’m still bloody depressed!

    GF smashings  x 2


    I’ll be shocked if we lose this.

    Ultra professional, well coached, trustworthy sides such as Melbourne would never lose a game to a 0-9 side.

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    5 minutes ago, bingers said:

    GF smashings  x 2

     

    Jimmy running over the mark in 87 saved us from  back to back Grand Final embarrassments.

    See, its not all bad.

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    I've carefully evaluated the data from our recent games against the Crows and can confirm that the losing team's score will be divisible by 11. 

    This is a peer-reviewable valid discovery. At probability of  1/11  x 1/11 x 1/11 the chances of it being just a fluke are about 0.07%, or one in 1,400. Clear scientific validity.

    Finally I have mastered "P-value hacking." I can now get my accreditation as an epidemiologist.  

    I have no idea what to expect. If we lose it wouldn't surprise me. I've been a melbourne fan long enough to know tonight is a danger game. 

    But I expect us to win and if we do it probably still won't satisfy the media or fans. 

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    57 minutes ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

    A piece of trivia:  This whole season only 1 or 2 teams that were behind at 3/4 time won the game. 

    So watch the 3/4 score folks and if in front hope we hang on...if behind go to bed or have another drink!  It will delay the pain.

    Another piece of trivia, all these coaches started their careers 0-9:

    Ratten
    Hardwick
    Neeld
    Nicks

    The first 3 all won their 10th game. Nicks has his tonight...

     

    Reckon we'll definitely win tonight. But then, I was confident last week as well...

    Their side looks pretty good on paper. However, no Sloane or Crouch will really hurt their midfield. It's ours to lose, I can't see it happening, I think they're on the tank also. Even if we win, I'm still going to be looking hard at the fundamentals and execution of our game plan and cohesion, lets see if Stubborn Simon gets the lads firing.


    Jeez.  I’m starting to struggle. I’ve finished a Taylors and well into a Wynns.  Neither special but first bounce is still a while away

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    18 minutes ago, A F said:

    https://www.melbournefc.com.au/video/789774/rd-10-before-the-bounce?videoId=789774&modal=true&type=video&publishFrom=1596611756001

    Well done, Benny.

    Nice work Ben

    Pointing out Rubbish from last week, i like it. 

    This has never been done before, I wonder if Pert has had a word to The Media Dept. to Ramp it up

    We are watching...

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    I did some extra hours at work today so I could stay up late on a school night, watch the whole game and go into work a bit later tomorrow.

    I hope I'm happy about that decision in a few hours time :)

     

     

     

    First time I can recall feeling like this but my care factor for this game is damn close to zero.

    I usually make sure I can watch the game live so I can ride every bump, mark, kick and tackle, but not today. I have a lovely day in europe and I am going to take advantage of it and go and have a round of golf.

    They will need to show a hell of a lot more than they showed last week for me TGAF.

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    13 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    Nice work Ben

    Pointing out Rubbish from last week, i like it. 

    This has never been done before, I wonder if Pert has had a word to The Media Dept. to Ramp it up

    We are watching...

    Don't know, but holy [censored] its ballsy and I bloody love it.

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