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Firstly, good luck to all players selected to represent the Melbourne Football Club on AFL's biggest stage, it is such an honour.

I am certain the preparation has been thorough and consistent with the season to date.

The forecast of 27 degrees and light breezes, provides a wonderful basis for both teams to showcase their talents, I certainly hope this will be the case.

I am confident that the Melbourne team structure and roles, will enable us to have the edge when the final siren sounds.

I believe there will be times throughout the game, when both sides will dominate, however it will be our superior desire to win, together with fitness that will see us holding the premiership cup aloft.

Every player needs to play their part, and the old saying, that you are only as strong as your weakest link, will never be truer on Saturday.

Thank you to all players, coaching staff and support staff for making this season memorable.

Now is your opportunity to make it unforgettable!!

Go Dees!!!!!!

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Im pretty sure the dogs will target Max at every opportunity. He has been a real standout player of late. The odd knee, push, arm chop and extra tackle.

But this may lead to Jackson having a big day out.

The same with our midfield.

They can focus on Oliver but Trac may be the real danger.

Also having Viney back in great form will be another problem for the dogs.

With JV in great form, I actually think it is our midfield that is the real danger one.

Our fwd line is much more dangerous too.

Bbb has been quietly improving and may finally kick four or five.

Im sure on the big stage Tmac will finally have an impact. He probably isnt percieved as a problem to the opposition. Bbb and Fritta will be their main concern. But if Tmac plays his best circa earlier this year, it could game over.

Truth be told he has been a long way from his best but in a grand final it may inspire him to take no prisoners. I would love to see him crash a few packs and get a couple of goals early on. Aside the port game , He has slowed very much in his goal tally the last ten games. So some early confidence would be great. He is certainly a wild card in this game. 

Fritta is of course our most dominant scorer and hard to man up on but Kozzie our second highest has the wow factor that could cause some serious scoreboard havoc for the dogs.

I just hope the umpires dont give us another 11 frees to 25 against count again.

Plus if we jump out of the blocks the dogs will struggle as we are a team that has finished strong all year. 

Aside from Tmac, the ones to watch I reckon will be our smalls up fwd in Nibbler and Spargo. Both to cause problems as well.  Our fwd line is working really well getting the ball to ground and locking it in. 

Because I believe our fwd line is stronger, I also hope conditions are dry.

The dogs even though they have done it before have a a statistical disadvantage in coming from outside the top four. Even if it was by the smallest %. The travelling too may take its toll on them. 

Then again we have two weeks off after having two weeks off not long ago. This is very unusual. I wonder if it will have an impact.

Bloody hell. Im really nervous two days away.

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43 minutes ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

I wouldn't mind if one of our defenders gets into Naughton's path occasionally in a manner that he can't flop around 'begging' for a blocking free.  Or May put a bit of side ways body contact on him before he takes his leap/takes a run.

I'm expecting their staging exaggeration to be at an all time high, especially Hunter and Weightman.  Both very good at throwing the head back for a 'high' free and leaning back into their opp as if being held, especially when they know they can't get to the ball!  Not to mention others who drop the ball before being tackled and get a 'holding' free.  They know all the tricks and will exploit them.  

Definitely can't let Naughton get a free jump at it. Needs body contact or a Demon jumping for the ball in front of him/from the side

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Another article. Bowey like Whitfield.  I hope the Dees have switched off all the social media and news articles. I think 17-18 players have had feature articles across the last fortnight. Nice to get but I’m hoping that the “bath water syndrome” doesn’t kick in. 

We need one more win. Only then should they write all the glossy features.
 

We must win. 

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55 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Another article. Bowey like Whitfield.  I hope the Dees have switched off all the social media and news articles. I think 17-18 players have had feature articles across the last fortnight. Nice to get but I’m hoping that the “bath water syndrome” doesn’t kick in. 

We need one more win. Only then should they write all the glossy features.
 

We must win. 

I know you've been banging on about this for the past week but you do know the doggies are getting their fair share of articles also?

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57 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Another article. Bowey like Whitfield.  I hope the Dees have switched off all the social media and news articles. I think 17-18 players have had feature articles across the last fortnight. Nice to get but I’m hoping that the “bath water syndrome” doesn’t kick in. 

We need one more win. Only then should they write all the glossy features.
 

We must win. 

most players don't sit around reading afl articles like fans

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14 hours ago, rpfc said:

Lyon predicted that Geelong would 'get it done' two weeks ago. And Fatso McCreary is the biggest contrarian in the media.

Caro wants us to win and Lloyd is a talking wooden plank.

So that leaves us nowhere - that's Classified for you...

Ross Lyon hasn’t rated us all year. He would hate the fact if Goody broke a massive premiership drought but he couldn’t at the Saints.

Lloyd to be fair has been on us from about rnd 18 or 19. 
 

I was surprised Cornes tipped us considering two weeks ago on the Sunday Footy show he had picked the Dogs to win following their win over his beloved Port.

 

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7 minutes ago, At the break of Gawn said:

Ross Lyon hasn’t rated us all year. He would hate the fact if Goody broke a massive premiership drought but he couldn’t at the Saints.

Lloyd to be fair has been on us from about rnd 18 or 19. 
 

I was surprised Cornes tipped us considering two weeks ago on the Sunday Footy show he had picked the Dogs to win following their win over his beloved Port.

 

Who cares what lyons thinks his credabilty was lost when he shafted stkilda,as for Lloyd just jumps from horse to horse mid race ,no credibilty at all .The less said about Cornes the better just a hack FW

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Ross Lyon.

I pay no attention to a guy that paid hush money for a sexual harassment incident that swept under the carpet. Up there with Wayne Carey as the biggest oxygen thief out there.

I did laugh at this but..

 

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With all of the talk of Gawn being targeted physically to slow his ability to get to positions, I wonder if there will be a plan for the Dees to do the same to certain dogs players and who would be the candidates?

The dogs are known from bringing up their HB flankers to support the contests, so perhaps we may deploy some physical tactics on them?  While there has been plenty of talk of Harmes going to Libba due to his success in the first matchup - I reckon Viney's recent form gives him first crack at that as he naturally plays a defensive midfield role.  This would leave Harmes able to play a lock down role on Caleb Daniels, who they love to use as a release player out of the back half.  Harmes would be dangerous overhead as well, so poses an offensive threat and getting physically stuck into Daniels could keep him out of dangerous positions.

The other candidate I can see is Bailey Dale.  If Harmes can curtail Daniels it would seem that ANB could matchup on Dale.  I would assume if this were to happen that the doggies would try to work to swap this matchup, but Dale is another one that could be physically targeted to put his mind on something other than clean possessions.

Any others that could feel the Dees heat? 

 

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2 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Ross Lyon.

I pay no attention to a guy that paid hush money for a sexual harassment incident that swept under the carpet. Up there with Wayne Carey as the biggest oxygen thief out there.

I did laugh at this but..

 

Yeah because Goodwin on the bench and 4 tactical coaches in the box has worked out really badly for us all year 🙄

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2 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Ross Lyon.

I pay no attention to a guy that paid hush money for a sexual harassment incident that swept under the carpet. Up there with Wayne Carey as the biggest oxygen thief out there.

I did laugh at this but..

 

You are so right

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4 hours ago, Redleg said:

Don’t think the throat is dependant on build. If I remember correctly, Wallis smashed Green in the throat and sent him to hospital with a fractured larynx. No doubt Sheedy orchestrated it. He then in another game wrongly accused an Eagle of sniping his player and made the throat cut sign with his hand and was fined by the AFL.

There have been no dirty hits in recent years in GF’s just a few suspect tackles.

Actually meant height  not build

 

 

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20 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Ross Lyon.

I pay no attention to a guy that paid hush money for a sexual harassment incident that swept under the carpet. Up there with Wayne Carey as the biggest oxygen thief out there.

I did laugh at this but..

 

Ross Lyon must know we finished on top.  He must know Goody has coached from the bench.  Lyon consistently shows himself to be a total tool !!! 

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3 hours ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

I wouldn't mind if one of our defenders gets into Naughton's path occasionally in a manner that he can't flop around 'begging' for a blocking free.  Or May put a bit of side ways body contact on him before he takes his leap/takes a run.

I'm expecting their staging exaggeration to be at an all time high, especially Hunter and Weightman.  Both very good at throwing the head back for a 'high' free and leaning back into their opp as if being held, especially when they know they can't get to the ball!  Not to mention others who drop the ball before being tackled and get a 'holding' free.  They know all the tricks and will exploit them.  

Watch the arms go up as soon as they drop the ball. Holding the man. Watch for the continuous calls for deliberate out of bounds. I hate to say it but we need unfortunately to be a little more proactive when it comes to these ugly "tricks". 

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39 minutes ago, Satan said:

Actually meant height  not build

 

 

Watching that bought all the horrible memories of that day. I know Sheehan said that someone should have flown the flag but my memory was that Schwarta came flying in to "fly the flag" and was subsequently suspended. Sorry to hijack the topic. No more from me.

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1 hour ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Ross Lyon.

I pay no attention to a guy that paid hush money for a sexual harassment incident that swept under the carpet. Up there with Wayne Carey as the biggest oxygen thief out there.

I did laugh at this but..

 

With Yze in the Box upstairs, and a direct headset connection to Goody?

Lyon just shows he's now a dinosaur. 

This is a coaching Team approach and has been all year, adding Chaplin, Choco etc.

Bevo's probbaly a control freak like Lyon would have been.

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1 hour ago, At the break of Gawn said:

Ross Lyon hasn’t rated us all year. He would hate the fact if Goody broke a massive premiership drought but he couldn’t at the Saints.

Lloyd to be fair has been on us from about rnd 18 or 19. 
 

I was surprised Cornes tipped us considering two weeks ago on the Sunday Footy show he had picked the Dogs to win following their win over his beloved Port.

 

Lyon tips the Dogs and Max for BOG.

Fair dinkum?  If Max is BOG we win by 6 goals.

Is Ross for real these days????

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Wrote a little ode to our Demons, to channel some of my nervous energy toward something...

 

We are the Demons.

We are the 12-premiership fallen behemoth, the sleeping giant and at one time the most famous sporting club in the land. We wrote the rules and are the keeper of the game, 163 years strong and counting.

We are the team of 18-goal-in-a-game Fred Fanning, of 10 premiership Norm Smith with his name on the Medal. We are the team of Ronald Dale.

We are the team of war heroes, more fallen wearing the red and blue than any other team in league history.

We are strong, proud, resilient and fiercely, fire-breathingly loyal.

We are Melbourne. We are the Redlegs, and we are here to reclaim our rightful place.

We’ll fight, tackle hard, kick truly and make the game ours.

The Era of the Demon is here.

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