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Talk about backs against the wall - the Dogs will have all the ammunition being in quarantine up until the day. 

Not that anyone needs much motivation for a GF.

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    Well that didn't take long. Kane Cornes has declared the Dogs will win the GF after they embarrassed that rabble team of his, Port.  I'm sure, he has been on us all year right up until now.

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    8 minutes ago, wizardinoz said:

    Well that didn't take long. Kane Cornes has declared the Dogs will win the GF after they embarrassed that rabble team of his, Port.  I'm sure, he has been on us all year right up until now.

    Personally I find that reassuring.

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    42 minutes ago, SPC said:

    I know that 57 years comes with a weight of expectation, but enjoy it Demonlanders. It’s great to be in a position to win a premiership, great to be in the spotlight, great to be relevant. If we win, we deserve it. If we lose, it will be to a better side on the day. 

    Yup SPC. Had to remind myself today as well that ours isn't a flash-in-the-pan team either. No matter how our last grand final outings felt, this MFC squad is right in its prime and built to contend for a number of years. Should we be beaten by a better team on the day, it won't be the end of the story. It may sound like softening any potential blow in advance, but until Gawn, May and Brown start fading we're not going to go backwards.

    This is just the start of our window. I feel quite serene about any outcome, as if my hard work as a supporter over the past however many years during our darkest of times has already been done. I might even 'retire' once Oliver and Trac are done - can't remotely stomach the thought of going through our next rebuild - and hopefully we snag a few flags before then. That said, I hope our older, potentially fading members get a chance at glory this year. 

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    We deserve to be favourites. Our finals form us very good. Most of our team is in terrific form and no injuries. 

    The dogs defence is average. Ours is excellent and I think that’ll win the game for us. Bring our usual intensity and we should break even in the middle

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    18 minutes ago, wizardinoz said:

    Well that didn't take long. Kane Cornes has declared the Dogs will win the GF after they embarrassed that rabble team of his, Port.  I'm sure, he has been on us all year right up until now.

    Is that the same Kane Cornes who was saying that he thought Port’s small forwards could be the difference if they met in the GF?

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    1 minute ago, DubDee said:

    We deserve to be favourites. Our finals form us very good. Most of our team is in terrific form and no injuries. 

    The dogs defence is average. Ours is excellent and I think that’ll win the game for us. Bring our usual intensity and we should break even in the middle

    It harks all the way back to Roosy's philosophy... defence wins premierships.

    All hail the great man.

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    44 minutes ago, Demonland said:

    How many times do you think we'll hear about this in the next 2 Weeks?

     

    They can use the same violin and that Scott uses when he craps on about Geelong. 

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    Jack Viney has played 149 games of AFL Football thus far, we have our own internal drivers for motivation. The dogs are only Favourites because we played first

    Jack’s 150’th

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    3 hours ago, one_demon said:

    Dogs will properly use Stefan Martin to tag Gawn.  They'll use Schache as a defensive forward on Lever.  

    That wont work. Did you see Martin last night? He's cooked.

    He'll compete in the ruck, but I don't think he is any chance of keeping up with Gawn or Jackson around the ground.

    It's an area we can, and need to, exploit.

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    Gawn will dominate Martin and with Viney back in form, added to Petracca & Oliver our midfield will more than match it with the Dogs.

     

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    6 minutes ago, Skuit said:

     This is just the start of our window. I feel quite serene about any outcome, as if my hard work as a supporter over the past however many years during our darkest of times has already been done. I might even 'retire' once Oliver and Trac are done - can't remotely stomach the thought of going through our next rebuild - and hopefully we snag a few flags before then. That said, I hope our older, potentially fading members get a chance at glory this year. 

    They've got the chance.
    Now they've gotta take it.
     And they'll do it with both hands.
    It'll be the best team in the competition unleashing all the weapons.
    And we've got plenty.

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    Gawn to dominate full stop. Just watching Max again just seems rejuvenated, running goals marking everything but the thing that got me was the closing speed on the Rohan tackle. he's just motoring. Won't be able to counter him.

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    8 minutes ago, Demonland said:

    Poor form. 

     

    This will not do…..

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    5 minutes ago, loges said:

    Gawn to dominate full stop. Just watching Max again just seems rejuvenated, running goals marking everything but the thing that got me was the closing speed on the Rohan tackle. he's just motoring. Won't be able to counter him.

    Stefan looked very slow last night and I think Jackson has it all over English so I don't think the rucks will be a worry. It is getting it out of the centre bounce which concerns me. Why don't we tag the taggers for the first 5-10 minutes or what I really liked was starting Kossie in there.

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    10 minutes ago, Demonland said:

    Poor form. 

     

    She just made the nightly news. Pathetic.

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    We can analyse the forward and backline matches up until the cows come home, but IMO it all pales in comparison to two things:

    1. the battle for CPs, clearances and ground ball gets; and
    2. goal kicking accuracy.

    If they dominate us in CPs, clearances and ground ball gets, we'll be in trouble. Conversely, if we take that part of their game away from them (whether we dominate or we just break even), that does heaps for us - their game stems from those areas and if they don't control them, they don't set up as well.

    Goal kicking accuracy is the other big one. We had our chances in Round 19 but kicked 9.11 to their 13.7. If we get chances early, we have to take them. We've already lost games this year due to poor kicking, I don't want to lose the biggest one of all of our lives. 

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    36 minutes ago, DubDee said:

    We deserve to be favourites. Our finals form us very good. Most of our team is in terrific form and no injuries. 

    The dogs defence is average. Ours is excellent and I think that’ll win the game for us. Bring our usual intensity and we should break even in the middle

    Melb vs top 8 sides (incl, finals): 10-2

    Dogs vs top 8 sides (incl. finals): 7-5

    Port vs top 8 sides (incl. finals): 5-5

    We’re a different kettle of fish.

    Edited by At the break of Gawn

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    3 minutes ago, At the break of Gawn said:

    Melb vs top 8 sides (incl, finals): 10-2

    Dogs vs top 8 sides (incl. finals): 7-5

    Port vs top 8 sides (incl. finals): 5-5

    We’re a different kettle of fish.

    Always knew port would lose, they only won 1 game against a top 4 side, when that side was in the top 4, how a team players in the home and away season is they way they play in finals, 

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    20 minutes ago, Demonland said:

    Poor form. 

     

    Was just on channel 8 plus 1

    surely she was breaching curfew at 1 am

    Let alone property damage 

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    2 minutes ago, Satan said:

    Was just on channel 8 plus 1

    surely she was breaching curfew at 1 am

    Let alone property damage 

    And no mask. And the scarf is a 2017 EJ club which only has 500 members. The club can provide all names to police. Here’s to a 5k fine.

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    1 minute ago, Gorgoroth said:

    And no mask. And the scarf is a 2017 EJ club which only has 500 members. The club can provide all names to police. Here’s to a 5k fine.

    If ex pm get pinged so can doggie supporters

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    19 hours 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.

    Just watche dgame again.

    Umps killed us 19-6 at 3/4 time. Some howlers they scored direct goals.

    We missed at least 5 goals. Kicked 9 g 11b Fritsch and Brown were main offenders

    Got cleaned up in the stoppages 31-27. They got several fwd stoppage goals

    Got back to within 4 points in the last despite the free kick count killing us in the last. The kicked the last 3.

    It was pouring with rain in the 1st qtr and we missed our chances, That break was essentially the game.

    Keith went off with a hammy in the first.

    Schache tagged lever. Daniel was left alone 'out the back' - cannot do that again. Langdon played on JJ, Brayshaw on Hunter

    They used a lot of short kicks to break through our defence. Los of throws and dropped balls. They had often 2 extras at the stoppages

    They don't scare me at all. But we need to play the game on our terms and pressure them reentlessly

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