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Max and Pruess 

  • Grundy is gonna get thrown to the wolves if he has to face Gawn after another 4 day break. He's been playing sore for 5-6 weeks now.
  • I’m tipping Gawn will not be 100% fit according Media reports.
  • Gawn is even more banged up than Grundy.
  • It's clear that Grundy is fatigued, and that Gawn is not 100%.
  • Gawn won’t get up it looks like. That’ll hurt Melbourne a lot.
  • Bare in mind, Preuss only hasn’t played games because he’s been behind Goldstein and Gawn! He’s no pushover!
  • Pruess will be out to hurt Grundy.
  • So if Gawn doesn’t play, it certainly levels the game up very quickly.
  • Gawn hasn't been named. Scared of getting the usual bath from Grundy, I suppose.
  • Pruess be a Poor Man Mumford by trying to Rough up Grundy.
  • Pruess isn’t a real ruck, I actually rate him, but he’s a Mumford crash and bash type who’ll try to hurt his opponent.
  • Grundy the only ruck option we have to match Pruess’s physicality.

Everything else

  • Melbourne will definitely believe their own hype going into this game. We must jump them early.
  • There's plenty of talk that they're one of the fittest teams in the competition. If that's true they could definitely cause us problems late in the game.
  • Melbourne aren't a fast side - especially their on-ballers.
  • Thomas and Mihocek have always caused Melbourne big headaches. Could Dunn play forward?
  • Melbourne is a genuine opponent. We need our best players on the park against them.
  • It's Melbourne. Smash into the contest, choke their ball movement and they'll capitulate.
  • The way to beat Melbourne is to pressure the ball carrier. Their kicking is usually quite suspect. Hopefully Maynard blankets Petrecca.
  • Norf showed the blueprint to beat us last year. Play the man hard and we go to pieces.
  • Melbourne don't have a great record at the Gabba. Their last 6 games there have been loses. In contrast, we have won most of our recent games there.
  • Who plays on Petracca? Greenwood would be handy right now to play a lockdown role on him.
  • I just hope we belt this pathetic mob on Saturday evening.
  • Hope we lose to show what a disaster our match committee is.
  • Let’s omit our second highest goal scorer and keep two forwards who don’t score in the team.
  • The only thing Ben Reid brings to ground is himself in a marking contest. Worst forward in the competition.
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29 minutes ago, bingers said:

Point of order ... The filth headquarters/training facilities are in Olympic Boulevard, not Swan Street. 

Agreed. It should be What they’re saying at Lulie Street (which abuts the traditional home at Victoria Park).

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1 hour ago, Queanbeyan Demon said:

 

  • Melbourne will definitely believe their own hype going into this game. We must jump them early.
  • Melbourne aren't a fast side - especially their on-ballers.
  • Thomas and Mihocek have always caused Melbourne big headaches. Could Dunn play forward?
  • It's Melbourne. Smash into the contest, choke their ball movement and they'll capitulate.
  • The way to beat Melbourne is to pressure the ball carrier. Their kicking is usually quite suspect. Hopefully Maynard blankets Petrecca.
  • Melbourne don't have a great record at the Gabba. Their last 6 games there have been loses. In contrast, we have won most of our recent games there.

Can't disagree with any of this. Let's hope we prove them wrong.

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1 hour ago, Wiseblood said:

These can't be real.  There aren't enough spelling errors.

Agreed.  Collingwood supporters obviously use Airtasker. Putting so many words together beyond their capabilities.

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It is actually filth park.

The remark about the gabba stirred some interest.

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2 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

I stopped reading when some bloke said our last 6 games at the GABBA have been losses 

We won twice at the Gabba in 2018 by a combined total of about 100 points.
 

'Research' and 'Collingwood supporter' never go in the same sentence.

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Posted
1 hour ago, Dame Gaga said:

Agreed.  Collingwood supporters obviously use Airtasker. Putting so many words together beyond their capabilities.

Just for “deliveries”.

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Posted
6 hours ago, Whispering_Jack said:

Agreed. It should be What they’re saying at Lulie Street (which abuts the traditional home at Victoria Park).

Or at least Hoddle St

Posted
2 hours ago, bingers said:

The filth have no connection with Victoria Park other than their VFL side plays home games there. 

Wrong. They have a historical connection - that’s their birthplace and their original home. The MCG is ours and we should never let them forget it (even when we play them on foreign soil).

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3 hours ago, bingers said:

The filth have no connection with Victoria Park other than their VFL side plays home games there. 

You've obviously not been spat on their. 

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2 hours ago, Wrecker45 said:

You've obviously not been spat on their. 

I went to the last Game played there

we had a win and the crowd were filthy and threatening

One of my best ever Dees memories

Then they shut the joint and the smaller cockroaches took over

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In the game preview.

"It’s a big week for Darcy Cameron this week. The tall forward finally arrived on to the scene with a strong performance. Now all eyes are on him to back it up with another strong performance. It’s all set up for him to put up a strong performance, with the Demons backline undermanned and struggling."

Last time I checked our backline was doing ok?

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5 minutes ago, BigFez said:

In the game preview.

"It’s a big week for Darcy Cameron this week. The tall forward finally arrived on to the scene with a strong performance. Now all eyes are on him to back it up with another strong performance. It’s all set up for him to put up a strong performance, with the Demons backline undermanned and struggling."

Last time I checked our backline was doing ok?

Would it be possible to fit another "strong performance" into a paragraph of that size? 

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4 minutes ago, gs77 said:

Would it be possible to fit another "strong performance" into a paragraph of that size? 

Ha I didn't even notice.  Sounds ridiculous now you've pointed it out.  Think I was too busy shaking my head at the assertion our backine is struggling.

Posted
17 minutes ago, BigFez said:

In the game preview.

"It’s a big week for Darcy Cameron this week. The tall forward finally arrived on to the scene with a strong performance. Now all eyes are on him to back it up with another strong performance. It’s all set up for him to put up a strong performance, with the Demons backline undermanned and struggling."

Last time I checked our backline was doing ok?

Haven't conceded more than 40 points in the last two games.

Who are these flogs writing these poor articles?

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Another thing that surprises me is opposition supporters don't seem to rate Oliver.  There's always talk of Gawn and Petracca, and to a lesser extent Brayshaw and Viney.  Any theories?

Posted
3 minutes ago, BigFez said:

Another thing that surprises me is opposition supporters don't seem to rate Oliver.  There's always talk of Gawn and Petracca, and to a lesser extent Brayshaw and Viney.  Any theories?

most non-dees supporters seem to think he's got a face worth punching

oppo supporters REALLY don't like him

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16 minutes ago, BigFez said:

Another thing that surprises me is opposition supporters don't seem to rate Oliver.  There's always talk of Gawn and Petracca, and to a lesser extent Brayshaw and Viney.  Any theories?

They believe that Oliver isn't damaging, despite his elite stats.  That was fairly true until about 3 weeks ago. 

They haven't seen the 'new' Clarry at work.  They are in for a big surprise!! 

He will thrash their hobbling midfield.

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