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TEAMS: Rd 18 vs Port Adelaide

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1 hour ago, DeeZone said:

Just on a lighter side of the coin I ran into Adem Yze earlier today I was coming back from the laundry and Adem opened the door for me.  My wife came scorching down the stairs and said hello and wished him and the team all the best. Then whilst walking into Alice we passed Ed Langdon and Adam Tomlinson on the Todd River bridge and Ed gave us a big hello and we responded and wished them all the best for tomorrow, how nice was that.!!!

That's a great start to the weekend Deezone - hope it ends even better !!!!!!!

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    28 minutes ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

    That's a great start to the weekend Deezone - hope it ends even better !!!!!!!

    Thanks BBO it’s going to be a long quiet trip home otherwise. I am hoping for a 24 point win.!!!

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    4 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

    I also can put up with negative comments. Here’s the thing…

    THESE ARE NOT JUST NEGATIVE COMMENTS!!! THESE ARE MEAN AND HEARTLESS BARBS DIRECTED AT ONE OF OUR OWN PLAYERS!!!

    To refer to Jake as “Goody’s peptide mate” ???? Really? REALLY??!!!!

    I realise you didn’t make that comment. However, you did say you acknowledge only 86 of his 200 games, the other 114 mean nothing. Didn’t hear you say that about BBB. 🤔But, whatevs.  

    Anyways, go ahead and refrain from posting in this thread again, that’s your prerogative. Just as it is mine to call out each and every nasty personal attack on one of our players. And I’m sure if Andy has an issue with that HE’LL let me know. 

     

    5 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

    Yeah coz this is the first time that this has ever happened on DL. There’s simply NEVER been a single instance of pointless bickering, nor put-downs masquerading as banter. Ever. 🙄 


    Speaking of pointless (and tiresome), you’re quick to take me to task yet I’ve not seen you address DD’s endless display of nasty, unproductive insults directed specifically at Jake Melksham, you know, that bloke that plays for Melbourne. Oh, that’s right, you wouldn’t say [censored] to DD since you’re almost as malicious in your appraisal of Jake. Maybe an end to this vitriolic attack on him will signal an end to pointless bickering and whatever else. 

    Jesus christ calm ya farm...

    I have not once said anything personal about Jake as a person. All my criticism is purely about his football ability and more so on the coaching staff more then anything

    You come flying in on your high horse everytime someone on here has anything negative to say. 

    If you can't hack what's written on here half the time then best advise would be to deactivate your account.

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    On 7/14/2022 at 7:56 PM, Megatron said:

    I’m picking Viney to have another Brisbane like performance.

    When needed, Viney will produce. I hope some of his opponents have unfortunate injuries, as well, just to temper their levels of rule-breaking enthusiasm by which they are characterised. 

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    In Jake we trust! Go easy him and rack off if you don’t believe in him!

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    Jake Melksham will have a 3 goal 18 possession game and be a key contributor towards a much needed win tomorrow.

    If Goodwin didn’t believe Melk would have a positive impact on the game, he wouldn’t have got selected.

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    This game simply has to have immense pressure through the game. We can see all the other contenders well on top of their game - doesn’t matter who wins out of the Cats and Blues, they’ll both be in the PF with this type of football.

    If we rock up with the intensity of the last month and half, it will be a wasted season as we won’t get past the first week of finals. 

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    12 minutes ago, CYB said:

    This game simply has to have immense pressure through the game. We can see all the other contenders well on top of their game - doesn’t matter who wins out of the Cats and Blues, they’ll both be in the PF with this type of football.

    If we rock up with the intensity of the last month and half, it will be a wasted season as we won’t get past the first week of finals. 

    We need to bring the same effort as the Lions game.

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    I'm backing Melks in, he's a veteran that I reckon will be given a job to do. He's still one of the best at delivering to our forwards (something we have been lacking at lately).

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    1 hour ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    Jake Melksham will have a 3 goal 18 possession game and be a key contributor towards a much needed win tomorrow.

    Zero chance

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    13 hours ago, Winners at last said:

    The Age tipsters ... 14-0 Demons.

    Incredible. Surely close to an even money match?

    A lot of those tipsters have a real nerve calling themselves tipsters. 

     

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    7 hours ago, DeeZone said:

    Just on a lighter side of the coin I ran into Adem Yze earlier today I was coming back from the laundry and Adem opened the door for me.  My wife came scorching down the stairs and said hello and wished him and the team all the best. Then whilst walking into Alice we passed Ed Langdon and Adam Tomlinson on the Todd River bridge and Ed gave us a big hello and we responded and wished them all the best for tomorrow, how nice was that.!!!

    Just to add to our great day we had dinner with four Dee supporters at our Hotel restaurant and our whole team had dinner in a function room next to the restaurant. Tracc’s mum and several other parents were seated several tables over from ours so got to see Tracc, Sparrow, Salo and a grumpy Clarry up close. We didn’t get to speak to them but it was fun seeing the boys wanders around whilst we ate and kept an eye on the scores. It was a bit surreal to be honest.!!!!

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    The Demon needs to shine through tomorrow like it has in this thread. Everyone here is doing their bit, love it.

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    1 hour ago, DeeZone said:

    Just to add to our great day we had dinner with four Dee supporters at our Hotel restaurant and our whole team had dinner in a function room next to the restaurant. Tracc’s mum and several other parents were seated several tables over from ours so got to see Tracc, Sparrow, Salo and a grumpy Clarry up close. We didn’t get to speak to them but it was fun seeing the boys wanders around whilst we ate and kept an eye on the scores. It was a bit surreal to be honest.!!!!

    What Hotel are you and the team staying at if you don't mind me asking DZ?

    For future reference.

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    If it's predominately long bombs in to Fwd 50 we'll struggle. Ben Brown and the resting ruck as our fwd targets and a big Power backline. Forward smalls have to come to the party if we're going to win

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    8 hours ago, YesitwasaWin4theAges said:

    What Hotel are you and the team staying at if you don't mind me asking DZ?

    For future reference.

    The Mercure.😀

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    13 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    Jake Melksham will have a 3 goal 18 possession game and be a key contributor towards a much needed win tomorrow.

    If Goodwin didn’t believe Melk would have a positive impact on the game, he wouldn’t have got selected.

    Jake is going to have to put in a very, very mobile game to make a contribution. No standing around. 

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    14 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    Jake Melksham will have a 3 goal 18 possession game and be a key contributor towards a much needed win tomorrow.

    If Goodwin didn’t believe Melk would have a positive impact on the game, he wouldn’t have got selected.

    Have you considered there is no one else!

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    11 hours ago, DeeZone said:

    Just to add to our great day we had dinner with four Dee supporters at our Hotel restaurant and our whole team had dinner in a function room next to the restaurant. Tracc’s mum and several other parents were seated several tables over from ours so got to see Tracc, Sparrow, Salo and a grumpy Clarry up close. We didn’t get to speak to them but it was fun seeing the boys wanders around whilst we ate and kept an eye on the scores. It was a bit surreal to be honest.!!!!

    We went down for a latish breakfast and we’re sitting there eating breakfast with the majority of players standing and sitting around the pool chatting and texting just outside the restaurant window. They look really good, then at 10:00 the whole squad and coaches headed off for a walk together. We are heading off to the ground at 1:00 so fingers crossed we can have a win. So happy the Roos and Swans won.!!!

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    I reckon, Jake's role will be to guard the corridor to stop Port rebounding from our forward line through the corridor, Cats pulled us apart that way last week, and avoided the Gawn, May wall. Melksham's experience and leadership in that phase may be all he needs to do...

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    On 7/16/2022 at 3:53 PM, bing181 said:

    Good story bro.

    Jake Melksham, Kangaroos + Dockers: 9 kicks.

    For comparison, Chandler (one of your faves I believe) for his last two AFL games managed  ... *checks notes* ... 2 kicks. Total.

    https://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/pg-melbourne-demons--jake-melksham

    I'm sure your notes also show the time on ground too

    Melksham - 78% and 79%

    Chandler - 22% and 13%

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    On 7/16/2022 at 11:28 PM, layzie said:

    A lot of those tipsters have a real nerve calling themselves tipsters. 

     

    20/20 hindsight - they were spot on 😀

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    2 hours ago, Sydee said:

    20/20 hindsight - they were spot on 😀

    Oh yes they're very good tipsters! Don't know why anyone ever doubted them 😉

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    On 7/15/2022 at 9:41 PM, Clayton spirit said:

    Melksham to play defensive forward on Aliir I would think

    Good call.

    He was picked to play a specific role - defensive forward.

    Split his time between aliir and cluery . Neither had an impact  and critically had bugger all intercept marks.

    Big tick for Jake.

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