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GRAND FINAL: Melbourne vs Western Bulldogs

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6 minutes ago, At the break of Gawn said:

To make me feel better, can anyone mount a case why playing the Dogs is better for us than Port (if they had shown up?

Port have a far superior forward line than the Dogs. The biggest worry heading in would be the smalls. Port also have the better defence over the dogs. 

We cover the dogs in both the fwd + backline. If the mids can at least break even we should win.

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    15 minutes ago, CYB said:

     

    update: 11 - 25 free kick count.

    That [censored] won’t fly, not in another GF with the Dogs in it (after Longmuires uproar in 2016).

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    18 minutes ago, godees said:

    Important to keep in check are:

    Naughton - May or Petty

    Libba - Harmes (hard tag at contest then run off him)

    Smith - Brayshaw

    Daniel - ANB (or Spargo)

    We have plenty of weapons that they will also have to counter.

    We didn’t tag Bont last time, he murdered us. I wouldn’t say no to first bounce Trac goes next to him but either way there needs to be a plan. 

    The big thing they did which every team who beat us did was not allow our defenders the chance to mark. They are very good at the fall of the ball in the forward line. 

    We will be favourites but I see it as line ball. Dogs have their bite back. 

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    5 minutes ago, adonski said:

    Port have a far superior forward line than the Dogs. The biggest worry heading in would be the smalls. Port also have the better defence over the dogs. 

    We cover the dogs in both the fwd + backline. If the mids can at least break even we should win.

    No

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    1 minute ago, Return to Glory said:

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    They do? Dogs forward line is [censored] grim 

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    Without trying to sound cheesy

    "The harder the fight, the bigger the prize."

    Dogs have been as good as us all year until a 3 week blip.

    This will be our hardest fight. But i'm confident we will knock them down.

     

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    5 minutes ago, adonski said:

    They do? Dogs forward line is [censored] grim 

    Where do I start? Aaron Naughton v Charlie Dixon to kick things off. Then you've got Cody Weightman returning. They're not world beters but Port forwards were bordering on fraudulent tonight.

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    Bloody bring it on!!! We want to be the best. We need to beat the best. Dogs are a fun side to watch. 
     

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    Schache as a fwd tag on Aliir Aliir was interesting. He was literally spoiling rather than attempting the mark at times. I'd assume he will do the same to Lever in the Grandy.

    Caught Port off guard, we have 2 weeks to plan for it.

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    17 minutes ago, godees said:

    I distinctly remember being unworried by the dogs after that game. Everything went right for them and still we almost got them. Anything can happen in a GF but we should go in with a lot of confidence.

    They got us good that game and were the better team on the night. The umpiring and our inaccuracy sucked that night but the Dogs were good.  

    Lead from start to finish and deserved the win. 

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    My biggest concern about the game is Bailey Smith has the best mullett and Libba has a better Mo than lever.

    Other than that I am confident about the result.

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    46 minutes ago, —coach— said:

    Alright so tips on how to play this, my wife follows the dogs, me and the kids are all demons 😬

    Go the maysie route, I love you honey despite what happens 👍

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    Same as the Geelong game , we have to win the scores from clearances and at least break even on centre bounce clearances. 
    The back line will do their job .

    The long arms and big frame of Benny Brown will be hard for the dogs to counter but Nibbler , Kozzie and Spargo have to put Dale and Daniel under heaps of pressure.

    Itll be a ballistic game 

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    34 minutes ago, dieter said:

    Will this be a repeat of 1954???Smith had resurrected the Demons, the doggies won their first flag.

    Oi weh, here's hoping history does not repeat.

    'The season opened with a loss, and Melbourne barely scraped into the finals with a last round win against South Melbourne despite having a percentage below a hundred. They then pulled off a shock victory against North Melbourne in the Semi Final before pulling off an even bigger upset in the Preliminary Final to send minor premiers Geelong out of the finals in straight sets.'

    That was 1954...

    If  history were to repeat and we lost this one but went on to win 5 of the next 6 and snagged another 4 years after that, then I’d have no problems dropping this one. 

    All of us Demons are conflicted now. Of course we want to win in 2 weeks and break our drought but it wasn’t supposed to be like this. I was overseas in 2000 and promised myself after that that I would never be in a position where I could have to miss a MFC GF again.  I have dreamed about this all my life. I have planned GF week - going to training, seeing the parade, meeting up with family before and after the game and just being there! 

    F… COVID 

    C’Mon Dees

     

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    41 minutes ago, CYB said:

    Stat wise it was very even that second game. If memory serves me right we got murdered by the umps and d50 stoppages and inaccuracy in front.
     

    update: 11 - 25 free kick count.

    2-10 last Quarter.

     

    Same number of scoring shots too. We failed to make the most of our opportunities and they got some dubious free in front of goal. Most notable was the free for holding the ball against Brayshaw 

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    55 minutes ago, CYB said:

    Big call. At best , it’s even Steven.

    No, I truely believe our midfield is better, fitter and more in form

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    I hope that Daniels can be curbed his influence infuriated me in our last encounter.

    Edited by 1 red eye 1 blue eye

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    8 minutes ago, Demonland said:

     

    Not that big of an out. Would have probably been swapped for Weightman.

    Lucky injury for them but poor fella.

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    4 minutes ago, 1 red eye 1 blue eye said:

    For one I'd like to see us target Daniel, his influence infuriated me in our last encounter his accuracy is too good to be left unchecked.

    Nibbler?

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    18 minutes ago, Big Col said:

    If  history were to repeat and we lost this one but went on to win 5 of the next 6 and snagged another 4 years after that, then I’d have no problems dropping this one. 

    All of us Demons are conflicted now. Of course we want to win in 2 weeks and break our drought but it wasn’t supposed to be like this. I was overseas in 2000 and promised myself after that that I would never be in a position where I could have to miss a MFC GF again.  I have dreamed about this all my life. I have planned GF week - going to training, seeing the parade, meeting up with family before and after the game and just being there! 

    F… COVID 

    C’Mon Dees

     

    I 100% agree with this.

    There’s no sugar coating this - the Victorian MFC people ranging from Demon Royalty (Barassi, Daniher, Neitz) to the rank and file member with a GF guarantee membership have been robbed the opportunity of a life time thanks to COVID and a couple of NSW removalists.

    Edited by Bring-Back-Powell

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    8 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    I 100% agree with this.

    There’s no sugar coating this - the Victorian MFC people ranging from Demon Royalty (Barassi, Daniher, Neitz) to the rank and file member with a GF guarantee membership have been robbed the opportunity of a life time thanks to COVID and a couple of NSW removalists.

    Those [censored] removalists!!! Grrr

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