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POLL: Preliminary Final Opponent


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POLL: Preliminary Final Opponent  

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  1. 1. Who would you prefer to play and why?

  2. 2. Who do you think we will play and why?


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  • Poll closed on 03/09/21 at 09:50


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5 hours ago, Jaded said:

I definitely prefer to play GWS, but Greene just made sure that won't happen.

Beating Geelong 3 times in one season is going to be a big ask. On the other hand, they will be exhausted and we will be fresh. Their old legs might give out.

I still hate both these teams with a passion and I hope they bash each other badly this weekend.

Gee what did GWS do to you Jaded, is it the Russian marching band theme song?? 

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13 minutes ago, Mono said:

Giants beat Geelong by 3 goals round 21 with 10 of best 22 out. And it was in Geelong.

Reckon they're a strong chance.

Yeah, but Geelong kicked 8.17 and Greene kicked 4, Dangerfield had 3 possessions, that isn’t happening this week

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5 hours ago, FarNorthernD said:

I want to play Geelong and I want to beat Geelong.
None of this Paul Keating ‘doing them slowly’ nonsense either. I want it over by 1/4 time and to pull away from there. I want it to be emphatic.

I want to run them off their feet. For Oliver to run Selwood stupid and to see the look in Dangerfields eyes when he realises that there will be no fairytale flag for him.

It will be obvious to one and all that their era is over, forever done and dusted, and we, Melbourne, landed the knockdown punch.

Aside from that I’m not that fussed. 

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I would hate to lose to Geelong more than GWS. But I would also take greater pleasure in beating Geelong. Losing to Geelong would be a souring footnote to the round 23 win and it would change the way I think about that game. As it was probably my happiest sporting experience in recent memory I sincerely hope that doesn’t happen.

But part of me also says that’s a defeatist frame of mind. We should want to play the best team and expect to win.

And we are that good that we should expect to win.

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Dilemma for me.  Geelong are ageing; GWS will be under-manned.

Conclusion:  Prefer GWS, but expect it to be Geelong.

Bottom line:  We will run either team off their legs in the last (if not earlier).  Comfortable progress to the Granny.

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Can the geriatric cats even play out 4 qtrs at this late stage of the year? Even without Tom 'the martyr' Greene out, GWS could still do the biz against them. While that is a little worrying given our loss to GWS earlier this year, we're not the same team. We're bigger, badder, uglier (think Dogga's tooth, grrr). Relentless. 

TL;DR - don't care who we play, it'll just be a stat on our way to the GF.

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Prefer to play GWS because they struck it lucky in the battle of the bridge and looked gone at the end. The Cats are also looking cooked. It’s been a long hard year for them but they will have far too much experience for the Giants without Greene.

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Geelong is a lock for us.

Port is a lock for us.

Flag is a lock for us.

Wake up and smell the coffee Mrs Bueller! Your MFCSS is still leeeeeading you down the disbelieving path!

Yes both teams have game-breakers that can turn it on when 'let off the chain' but unfortunately for them - we have double the list who have the ball on a chain.

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Sorry, didn't cast the vote. I don't have a clear preference. What I'd like to see is a hard-fought and hard-won, margin within 5 points game. Rohan kicked 3.3 somehow, Hawkins kicked 1.2 and superstar Cameron kicked 0.5. Captain Selwood and Co. got caught 5 times for their skillful hand ball pass -- throw -- they did it to us in Rd 23, Selwood's one resulting in Hawkin's 3rd goal. 

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After beating Geelong twice, I'd rather not play them a 3rd time. Beating a team 3 times in one season is hard. Geelong have caused us enough heartbreak over the years. I'd rather them not have the opportunity to do it again.

 

On the other side of the poll, and especially with Toby out? I think Geelong will win. And thus.. I'm [censored] my pants 😅😅. I hate geelong, so much.

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2 hours ago, wisedog said:

I would hate to lose to Geelong more than GWS. But I would also take greater pleasure in beating Geelong. Losing to Geelong would be a souring footnote to the round 23 win and it would change the way I think about that game. As it was probably my happiest sporting experience in recent memory I sincerely hope that doesn’t happen.

But part of me also says that’s a defeatist frame of mind. We should want to play the best team and expect to win.

And we are that good that we should expect to win.

We will.

And we will.

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For some reason I’m more nervous about the prelim, I think if we can win then we will steam roll who ever we play in the GF. I also think the Giants can beat the Cats this weekend, I think they’ll be steeling themselves for this game and make it a tough contested match. In the other game I think the Lions will easily account for the Dogs and I wouldn’t put it past them to beat Port either. This is unfamiliar territory for a Dees supporter to be sitting back in semi’s week watching our likely opponents battle it out, something I could quite easily become used to.

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Bit like above, the tougher this game the better. We need our PF to be against an opponent that is similar to Port, which in effect is a combination of what both these Teams bring to the table, short passing of Cats with variation in forwards, less Greeens of course in GWS line-up.

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Want to play and think we'll play Geelong.

GWS are without some key players, but their midfield core are still in tact and genuinely worry me. They always seem to be show up against us and they are contested, smart and clean. A bit like the Bulldogs outfit but better. Mumford also seems to play to hurt so could cause some injuries to our midfield group. 

Geelong are old and slow and invite pressure. It is no surprise that they seem to drop out of finals consistently in recent times as their gameplan simply does not hold up in finals. We will be fresh, hungry and are in great form. Given Connors is gone, they really don't have another full time tagger which plays to our strength. Their forward line is worrying but under finals intensity, we should limit clean supply at the source. 

They are no certainty against GWS so will boil down to which team has more energy. 

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Q1/ GWS because I'd like to see the entitlement attitude I've encountered with many Hand-bagger supporters crushed by a straight-sets elimination.

Q2/ I really have no idea who will win this one - and that's a good thing.

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On 8/31/2021 at 4:32 PM, GCDee said:

We will play the cats because the giants are a absolutely cooked and losing both Greene's will hurt. 

Want to play the cats even though they are a tougher opponent beating them in a preliminary final will be more satisfying. If we are lucky enough to win and make it through to the big dance I also think I a tougher hit out in the preliminary final will be important especially with the pre granny bye.

That's generally my view too.

My main hope is that GWS can still be compeditive enough against Geelong that they give them the hardest game possible and pummel the absolute crap out of each other.  A few more pulled hammies etc for dad's army would be a great outcome as well.

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As it's turned out, I think finishing on top was a big advantage to us as well.  I expect the other prelim to be between Port or the Bulldogs and both of them look far more formidable in the current circumstances than Geelong or GWS. 

If we make it through to the GF, our opponent will have had to work far harder than us to get their, which I think is an advantage this time of year as so many MFC teams have found getting to the GF in a dilapidated state though having to fight every inch of the way there.

One game at a time, but I really do think we have set ourselves up in a great position to this point.

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If we do make it this will only be the fourth time we’ve played a non-Collingwood/Essendon team in the grand final. From 16 of them.

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