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PREGAME: Rd 01 vs Fremantle

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  On 15/03/2021 at 12:01, Lord Nev said:

Wasn't told much about it as a concept. So not sure if it's just a sometime thing or a more settled role, but given he was our number 1 for tackles inside 50 last year (and he got his first goal that way in the VFL practice match too!) I would be VERY surprised if it was a full time role.

Just happy they are trying things a bit outside the box.   A few of Kossies runs through the backline and midfield were some of his most scintillating pieces of play last year.  You  get the sense he is going to be much more valuable than a forward pocket in the long run.  With his skillset he may well end up the Liam Ryan type, creating nightmares for opposition up and down the ground.  Only his 2nd year, we got a ripper here i reckon!

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    My pre game team this is the last one I promise.

    B: HIBBERD, MAY, LEVER

    HB: SALEM, TOMLINSON, HUNT

    C: LANGDON, PETRACCA, BOWEY

    HF: PICKETT, MCDONALD, NEAL-BULLEN

    F: FRITSCH, GAWN, CHANDLER

    FOLL: JACKSON, OLIVER, BRAYSHAW

    IC: HARMES, JONES, MELKSHAM, RIVERS

    EMERG: JORDON, SPARROW, VANDENBERG, BAKER

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    Who’s going to use injures as an excuse if we get done considering Freo are missing their forward fire power in Walters and Lobbe as well as a few other best 22 players?

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      On 15/03/2021 at 20:34, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    Who’s going to use injures as an excuse if we get done considering Freo are missing their forward fire power in Walters and Lobbe as well as a few other best 22 players?

    Lol probably me. I’ve drunkenly thrown my scarf in a bin Rd 1 before so I’ll need something to convince there is some light in some tunnel somewhere so I don’t chuck another scarf. 

      On 15/03/2021 at 12:34, WERRIDEE said:

    My pre game team this is the last one I promise.

    B: HIBBERD, MAY, LEVER

    HB: SALEM, TOMLINSON, HUNT

    C: LANGDON, PETRACCA, BOWEY

    HF: PICKETT, MCDONALD, NEAL-BULLEN

    F: FRITSCH, GAWN, CHANDLER

    FOLL: JACKSON, OLIVER, BRAYSHAW

    IC: HARMES, JONES, MELKSHAM, RIVERS

    EMERG: JORDON, SPARROW, VANDENBERG, BAKER

    Gee i'm not sure Bowey is ready? Happy to eat me words and hat if he has a blinder!

    And will The Pig be ready?


      On 15/03/2021 at 20:39, The Jackson 6 said:

    Lol probably me. I’ve drunkenly thrown my scarf in a bin Rd 1 before so I’ll need something to convince there is some light in some tunnel somewhere so I don’t chuck another scarf. 

    I [censored] on mine after we lost to the saints in 2018

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      On 15/03/2021 at 10:28, Better days ahead said:

    I’m confident we will beat Freo because Walters is out and Taberner has been poor in the preseason games. I don’t know who will score for them. Defences will be on top but I think in Fritsch, Petracca and Max (reckon he’ll clunk a few inside 50 and convert) we will score 2-3 more goals than them.

    I reckon they will play Fyfe fwd 70% and leave the midfield to the young lads. 

    hopefully May can handle Fyfe. We cant let him have a clear run and jump at the ball

      On 14/03/2021 at 22:11, Drunkn167 said:

    Can’t bloody wait

    Ditto.    But I can’t get down, so it’s down to the local and I hope some other poor sod will be watching. So we can cheer or cry foul.

    Go you mighty Demons !!

     
      On 15/03/2021 at 20:34, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    Who’s going to use injures as an excuse if we get done considering Freo are missing their forward fire power in Walters and Lobbe as well as a few other best 22 players?

    If you lose x% of your best 22, by definition you're going to underperform, and that's true even if you win.

    Whether that underperforming team will be enough, time will tell.

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      On 15/03/2021 at 12:34, WERRIDEE said:

    My pre game team this is the last one I promise.

    B: HIBBERD, MAY, LEVER

    HB: SALEM, TOMLINSON, HUNT

    C: LANGDON, PETRACCA, BOWEY

    HF: PICKETT, MCDONALD, NEAL-BULLEN

    F: FRITSCH, GAWN, CHANDLER

    FOLL: JACKSON, OLIVER, BRAYSHAW

    IC: HARMES, JONES, MELKSHAM, RIVERS

    EMERG: JORDON, SPARROW, VANDENBERG, BAKER

    Until Burgess injury update today or tomorrow....


    Got my tickets!

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      On 15/03/2021 at 22:38, Pickett2Jackson said:

    Until Burgess injury update today or tomorrow....

    Burgess was on Gus and Gawn podcast, didn't talk much injury news but Benny Gibson mentioned a few 

    Salem was precautionarily left out of the Box Hill game but expected to be available

    Hibbard, Kozzie and Gus as we know all played and should be available

    But by the sounds of it Melksham's not ruled out yet but very unlikely, Viney we already knew

    And Joel Smith just about snapped his finger off

     

     

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      On 15/03/2021 at 23:11, ArtificialWisdom said:

    Burgess was on Gus and Gawn podcast, didn't talk much injury news but Benny Gibson mentioned a few 

    Salem was precautionarily left out of the Box Hill game but expected to be available

    Hibbard, Kozzie and Gus as we know all played and should be available

    But by the sounds of it Melksham's not ruled out yet but very unlikely, Viney we already knew

    And Joel Smith just about snapped his finger off

     

     

     

    Awesome, cheers.  Likely to have Salem, Gus, Kozzie and Hibbo out there.  No excuses!

    Not thrilled... lovely day to sit in the sunshine and it's allocated level 1 undercover as best available in the AFL reserve.

    My usual seating for a game like this is half a stand to myself on level 3.

    Will I bother going... not sure

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      On 15/03/2021 at 21:38, bing181 said:

    If you lose x% of your best 22, by definition you're going to underperform, and that's true even if you win.

    Whether that underperforming team will be enough, time will tell.

    You can bet your last $ Bing that if we lose the media and us long suffering supporters will get stuck into the players and Goody. Then if we win the media will say we beat a depleted team. We do not win any which way which is the norm with us until we get some consistent performances in.

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      On 15/03/2021 at 20:34, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    Who’s going to use injures as an excuse if we get done considering Freo are missing their forward fire power in Walters and Lobbe as well as a few other best 22 players?

    Lobb is a dud and we will have bigger outs than them.

    Still no excuses of course.

     

    "Tell me you're a Melbourne supporter without telling me you're a Melbourne supporter":

      On 16/03/2021 at 00:14, Diamond_Jim said:

    Not thrilled... lovely day to sit in the sunshine and it's allocated level 1 undercover as best available in the AFL reserve.

    My usual seating for a game like this is half a stand to myself on level 3.

    Will I bother going... not sure

     

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      On 15/03/2021 at 23:07, praha said:

    Got my tickets!

    Did you get a follow up SMS from ticketek after you booked it?

    I'm still waiting for mine but I'm assuming you can access the ticket via email.

      On 16/03/2021 at 01:07, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    Did you get a follow up SMS from ticketek after you booked it?

    I'm still waiting for mine but I'm assuming you can access the ticket via email.

    you can access via email. two of my three tickets came via sms about 40 mins later.

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      On 16/03/2021 at 01:07, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    Did you get a follow up SMS from ticketek after you booked it?

    I'm still waiting for mine but I'm assuming you can access the ticket via email.

    I didn’t receive an sms at first but contacted Ticketek via Twitter and they reissued the tickets and I got the sms then (they were quite quick actually). I didn’t see the barcode to scan on the confirmation email so I would be wary of assuming you can access the ground via the ‘confirmation’ email.


      On 16/03/2021 at 01:17, The Jackson 6 said:

    I didn’t receive an sms at first but contacted Ticketek via Twitter and they reissued the tickets and I got the sms then (they were quite quick actually). I didn’t see the barcode to scan on the confirmation email so I would be wary of assuming you can access the ground via the ‘confirmation’ email.

    the email contains individual links for each ticket beneath the "important ticket delivery information" section close to the bottom of the email. Click the link and it takes you to the ticket. 

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    Somehow Ive ended up in the Ponsford stand...for a home game as a Redlegs member...weird but whatever I dont mind the Ponsford

     

    Got tix, but my wife and I are on opposite wings. Couldn't work out how to get two at a time (drop down only gave 1 as an option - 1 per barcode, even though we had both ready to go). So that's pretty crap. I mean, very glad to be going, but not a great user exp. which seems typical of MFC on their platforms. Or I could have missed something, I suppose...


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