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7 minutes ago, pineapple dee said:

What I want to see this week more than anything else is Wet Toast being kept to 3-4 goals max. whilst we rack up 18-20 ourselves .

We need to boost the % to the max while we have the chance !!!

I think our fwd line still needs some tweaking (i.e. can be improved) Surely they benefit of the next two games to gain more confidence and build up momentum.

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We are a 3 goal a qtr better side as a minimum. Less than a 12 goal win would be a wasted opportunity.

Could give 186 a shake :blink:

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7 minutes ago, Darkhorse72 said:

Going to he game.  But not expecting a great spectacle.  I don't think we'll smash them.  We just play our system and accumulate a score around 100 I think.  Their lowest score ever was 1.12 in 1989, I'd like to see us break that :)
 

 

May and Petty are hard body defenders. Which leads to 1-2 goals a game from weak free kicks. Kennedy will bank a few from that alone.

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5 hours ago, ArtificialWisdom said:

If I was a West coast fan, I wouldn't be fearing a 150 point loss, that's not the Melbourne way.

What I might be fearing is sitting there at 3/4 time without a goal on the board. Guarantee that'll be the only number Melbourne cares about.

Yes… we don’t need a massive win to increase our percentage; just restrict them to as low a score as possible, and a 50-60 point margin is suddenly a big percentage boost.

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I wouldn't be surprised if this is a repeat of the North game last year where they were given no chance.

Down at half time by a couple of goals. Cop a rocket at half time. Hold a 2 goal lead at 3 qtr time and then run away with it in the last qtr to win by 6-7 goals.

As good as we've been since round 1 2021, we've only dished out one genuine flogging in a game against a bottom side (GC at Marvel). Not sure if that's by design or they can't mentally get themselves up for a four quarter master piece.

 

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Might be time for the team to review the 2018 Preliminary Final...

 

... it's time for the old payback.

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7 hours ago, In Harmes Way said:

Got this from BF, I'd have to admit feeling like this in the past.

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Demons odds on Sportsbet have eased dramatically ... by 100%. Demons now paying $1.02 for the win, and W. Coast shortened to $17.

Hmm, wonder if the bookies have got some inside mail  🤔

 

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8 hours ago, Mazer Rackham said:

Adam Simpson on Sunday morning:

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That's me doing the pre-game no major injury prayer.

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11 hours ago, Winners at last said:

Demons odds on Sportsbet have eased dramatically ... by 100%. Demons now paying $1.02 for the win, and W. Coast shortened to $17.

Hmm, wonder if the bookies have got some inside mail  🤔

 

$19 for a two horse race is outrageous.  not sure I've ever seen it, not even at our worst or even when GC/GWS first entered the league.  I reckon a few have thrown a bit of money at it purely for that reason, shortening the odds slightly.

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11 hours ago, Winners at last said:

Demons odds on Sportsbet have eased dramatically ... by 100%. Demons now paying $1.02 for the win, and W. Coast shortened to $17.

Hmm, wonder if the bookies have got some inside mail  🤔

 

Yeah they probably got mail that Gawn and Lever will be rested, making us only 17 times more likely to win the game. 

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Elliott Yeo out with H&S Protocols

Rioli out 

Hurn may be rested!

 

They can' take a trick

 

Crush them Deees. No mercy

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I don't think we'll win by anywhere near as much as what people think, it'll still be comfortable but I'm sure the coaches will press home playing to the system rather than trying to destroy them. After every win, we're still hearing the players and coaches talking about 'learnings', 'structures', 'game plan implementation' etc. So I think they'll value a player committing to their role, more than running forward so we get another goal. Of course WC might be that bad that it turns into a thrashing, but I don't think that'll be by design. 

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4 hours ago, BigFez said:

$19 for a two horse race is outrageous.  not sure I've ever seen it, not even at our worst or even when GC/GWS first entered the league.  I reckon a few have thrown a bit of money at it purely for that reason, shortening the odds slightly.

WC are only missing 8 first 22 players and are playing at home.

The coaches will be mainly working on keep our mentality strong this week on the track

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