THE LAST TIME THEY MET: vs Fremantle

[Demonland 73,168]

Way up in FNQ  - the team that dropped the ball and helped us finish 9th

THE TEAMS 

MELBOURNE 

FB Michael Hibberd Steven May Joel Smith

HB Trent Rivers Jake Lever Christian Salem

C Ed Langdon Christian Petracca Adam Tomlinson

HF Alex Neal-Bullen Sam Weideman Aaron vandenBerg

FF Kysaiah Pickett Bayley Fritsch Jake Melksham

FOL Max Gawn Jack Viney Clayton Oliver

I/C Oskar Baker Toby Bedford Jayden Hunt Braydon Preuss

EMG Mitch Brown Neville Jetta Jay Lockhart Charlie Spargo

IN Oskar Baker Bedford Michael Hibberd Jayden Hunt Kysaiah Pickett Braydon Preuss Aaron vandenBerg

OUT Angus Brayshaw (foot) Mitch Brown (omitted) James Harmes (hamstring) Nathan Jones (quad) Oscar McDonald (omitted) Charlie Spargo (omitted) Josh Wagner (omitted)

FREMANTLE 

FB Brennan Cox Reece Conca Nathan Wilson

HB Taylin Duman Luke Ryan Ethan Hughes

C Adam Cerra Nat Fyfe James Aish

HF Michael Walters Matt Taberner Mitch Crowden

FF Lachie Schultz Rory Lobb Jesse Hogan

FOL Sean Darcy David Mundy Andrew Brayshaw

I/C Blake Acres Michael Frederick Stephen Hill Caleb Serong

EMG Connor Blakely Travis Colyer Luke Valente Tobe Watson

[BDA 22,899]

No wind forecast for Saturday.

We'll win.

[At Least I Saw a Flag 5,276]

Do we really want to be reminded?

[whatwhat say what 22,950]

4 minutes ago, Better days ahead said:

No wind forecast for Saturday.

We'll win.

i'm more worried about the heat - 26 and mostly sunny

not only do we melt in the rain but we tend to run outta puff in the heat

conditions need to be 'just right' for us to do our best

[Diamond_Jim 12,628]

On paper that team from last year looks as good as the one we are likely to field on Saturday

[BDA 22,899]

1 hour ago, whatwhat say what said:

i'm more worried about the heat - 26 and mostly sunny

not only do we melt in the rain but we tend to run outta puff in the heat

conditions need to be 'just right' for us to do our best

Burgess will have us primed. We'll run it out ok.

MFCSS will be at its strongest from now until ball up. Try to resist.

[Bring-Back-Powell 14,945]

1 hour ago, Diamond_Jim said:

On paper that team from last year looks as good as the one we are likely to field on Saturday

Agreed. I'd be quite comfortable putting that side on the park on Saturday aside from Preuss. And who's idea was it to play a 215cm giraffe at full forward in a tropical monsoon?

Not sure which Cairns debacle was worse. The Freo or the Sydney?

[Mr Steve 3,820]

8 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Agreed. I'd be quite comfortable putting that side on the park on Saturday aside from Preuss. And who's idea was it to play a 215cm giraffe at full forward in a tropical monsoon?

Not sure which Cairns debacle was worse. The Freo or the Sydney?

The second one. Should have been raging inside after the first loss.