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PREGAME: Rd 01 vs Western Bulldogs

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2 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

First sign of team selection. 

 

Dropped on form?

 

More like buckled at the knee's.

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    1 hour ago, Sideshow Bob said:

    Reminds me too much of this old pearler.

    With the 'WTF is this?' Caption 

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    "is this someone's idea of a joke? I mean, I told the boys I could murder a beer, but I'm not THAT thirsty. Take this stupid thing away. Bloody ridiculous."

    1 hour ago, Winners at last said:

    Apparently Hunter isn't in the Doggies' side.

    Possibly practising his limbo dancing? Or driving practice/lessons? 

    Am I the only one that can't stand that bloke?

    Someone broke into our house on the weekend and stole our limbo sticks . 

    How low can you go ??????

     
    1 minute ago, pineapple dee said:

    Someone broke into our house on the weekend and stole our limbo sticks . 

    How low can you go ??????

    Don't want to do a facepalm, but that is cringingly bad 😋

    I love it!!

    5 minutes ago, Left Foot Snap said:

    Don't want to do a facepalm, but that is cringingly bad 😋

    I love it!!

    Well someone's got to lower the standards on Demonland with some crappp jokes, which is where I come in.

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    2 hours ago, Cards13 said:

    …” an erotic tale”.”(for all Dees fans)

    Reminds me of Rochelle Rochelle from Milan to Minsk

    trac Trac from melb to Perth??

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    9 hours ago, pineapple dee said:

    Well someone's got to lower the standards on Demonland with some crappp jokes, which is where I come in.

    @Demonstone says 👋 

    11 hours ago, Cards13 said:

    …” an erotic tale”.”(for all Dees fans)

    Not just BBO ?

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    14 hours ago, Dee Zephyr said:

    With Rivers and Petty missing from the GF side Gus’s selections are Hunt and Smith to replace them and Max has gone with Hunt and Tomlinson. This is from their ‘selection segment’ on their podcast unless there’s a left field selection. 
    Pretty obvious it would be those 3, interesting to see who misses out. 

    I would say Max is more on the money with Tomlinson over Smith. Both played the entire pre season but you'd imagine they'd go with Tomlinson who has had more runs on the board and is probably more dependable than Smith.

    Hunt would need to dramatically improve his performance from the Carlton game if he's selected. However we need a medium sized defender to replace Rivers.

    Jordon would have to be some sort of chance given he's always the 22nd/23rd player in the mix?

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    13 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    I would say Max is more on the money with Tomlinson over Smith. Both played the entire pre season but you'd imagine they'd go with Tomlinson who has had more runs on the board and is probably more dependable than Smith.

    Hunt would need to dramatically improve his performance from the Carlton game if he's selected. However we need a medium sized defender to replace Rivers.

    Jordon would have to be some sort of chance given he's always the 22nd/23rd player in the mix?

    I just read Hibbo has been ruled out today, he hasn’t overcome some calf issue from a few weeks ago. 

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    3 minutes ago, Dee Zephyr said:

    I just read Hibbo has been ruled out today, he hasn’t overcome some calf issue from a few weeks ago. 

    An old boys calf - doesn't bode well.

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    On 3/13/2022 at 10:29 PM, gs77 said:

    I can not believe they are still going on about that song! It's one thing to get inside the oppositions' heads, it's another when they seem hellbent on keeping us in there. 

    I hope we put them to the sword on Wednesday.

    It's really just embarrassing for them that it's still coming up. I'm sure they've got a lot more to worry about than some song. FFS

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    13 minutes ago, Dee Zephyr said:

    I just read Hibbo has been ruled out today, he hasn’t overcome some calf issue from a few weeks ago. 

    Thanks for the info.

    As long as our 'Generals' (May, Salem and Lever) are fully fit (they all missed one practice game) I'm pretty confident our back line won't miss a beat.  Bowey is still in.  Tomlinson is a strong addition and Smith/Hunt can be the role players.

    I just hope we don't put Gus down back like against the Carlton game.

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    so that's 3 of our premiership back 6 missing in petty, rivers, and now hibberd

    it is amazing that a premiership team has never played together again across the course of the history of the vfl / afl competition


    Hibberd's calf not too bad apparently, confirmed will miss, but not too far off.

    Also interesting we did the captain's run at Port Melbourne.

     

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    On AFL 360 Goodwin said the players won't be on the ground when the flag is unfurled as it doesn't fit into pre-game prep timelines.

    Is that typical?

    As he said it is for the fans so I'm happy.

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    Possible Melbourne line up

    B: J.Smith, May, Lever

    HB: Salem, Tomlinson, Bowey

    C: Langdon, Petracca, Brayshaw

    HF: Neal-Bullen, McDonald, Pickett

    F: Fritsch, B.Brown, Spargo

    FOLL: Gawn, Oliver, Viney

    IC: Harmes, Hunt, Jackson, Sparrow

    SUB: Jordon

    EMERG: Weideman, Chandler, Dunstan

     

    Possible Casey line up

    B:  Buntine, Turner, D.Smith

    HB: Baker, White, Reid

    C: Zaharakis, Dunstan, Howes

    HF: Melksham, van Rooyen, Chandler

    F: Lonie, Weideman, M.Brown

    FOLL: Daw, Jordon, Munro

    IC: Laurie, Rosman, Woewodin, Bedford 

    EMERG: McVee, Moniz-Wakefield, Grey

     

    I think Turner maybe injured if so Buntine goes to full back, McVee to the back pocket. I'll be going to the practice match on Thursday so I will try and keep everyone up to date.

     

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    52 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

    so that's 3 of our premiership back 6 missing in petty, rivers, and now hibberd

    it is amazing that a premiership team has never played together again across the course of the history of the vfl / afl competition

    Not really given unchanged linesup are rare during a season, let alone after an entire off season. We got close though.


    1 hour ago, whatwhat say what said:

    so that's 3 of our premiership back 6 missing in petty, rivers, and now hibberd

    it is amazing that a premiership team has never played together again across the course of the history of the vfl / afl competition

    And being  nerd I looked at the last 50 years of VFL/AFL and the most common by a long way of changes from the Flag team to the Round 1 team the next year is 3.

    So we've now got our 3 identified.   I was rapt Hibberd was in the team once May went down in the PF.  Huge fan.

    This time hoping May/Lever and the rest stand up for the full game. 

    46 minutes ago, Lord Nev said:

    Hibberd's calf not too bad apparently, confirmed will miss, but not too far off.

    Also interesting we did the captain's run at Port Melbourne.

     

    A well thought out move.  Keeps players fresh avoiding long drive to Casey day befroe the game. (Langdon's not a big fan of the Fitzroy to Cranbourne trip)

    Easier media acces.

    Has anyone seen a running sheet with the times of the Flag unveiling and other parts of the before game activities?

     
    6 minutes ago, hells bells said:

    Has anyone seen a running sheet with the times of the Flag unveiling and other parts of the before game activities?

    Haven't seen a program, per se but someone (on AFL 360 or OTC) said flag unfurling @ 6.35.  Goodwin (AFL 360) said players not on field.

    Then game proceedings as usual for a start time of 7.10 pm.


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