PREGAME: Rd 01 vs Western Bulldogs

[Nascent 9,320]

Looking forward to seeing McVee and Laurie in their debut games tomorrow night. Not enough positivity around this for my liking.

[Deemania since 56 6,763]

55 minutes ago, Roost it far said:

$161 for 3 people to have a reserved seat at the footy is nuts. We’ve all be fooled

That is for sure! Who are these rancid, isolated opportunists?

[Nascent 9,320]

7 hours ago, Jaded No More said:

And lastly, I bet that when Bowey debuted you thought "who and why", and he turned out to be a gun and best 22 players.

I remember getting into an argument with a poster here (can't remember who) that slammed Boweys selection. They more or less wrote him off from the start of the year because of his build stating he would get destroyed in finals. Was one of the more odd interactions I've had on here.

Edited March 17, 2023 by Nascent

[Supermercado 2,802]

20 hours ago, ucanchoose said:

Top level of the ponsford is shut.

 

Where will @Supermercado and I sit instead?

They're not doing this nonsense again are they? People's ground my [censored].

[Bring-Back-Powell 15,251]

36 minutes ago, Vipercrunch said:

I've been watching our round 23 game from last season.  The one where we were up by 66 points at half time against the Lions and playing some great footy.  If we play anywhere near that level, the Bulldogs don't stand a chance.

Assuming Melksham who trained with the main squad at training today is the sub, the team changes from that night to tomorrow night are:-

OUT: Hibberd, May, Hunt, Jackson, Viney, Fritsch, Jordon (came on as medi-sub for Jackson)

IN: McVee, Tomlinson, Hunter, Grundy, Laurie, McDonald, Chandler

I'm not going to try and mount a case either way as to which night was the better line-up because as far as I see it, it's really quite close.

The outs are better than the ins. 

We lose our premier defender and our premier forward.

There are some terrific ins in Hunter, Grundy and T Mac, but I just feel the loss of May and Fritta tip the scales to last year's round 23 squad. We saw how we functioned without May in the Sydney, Collingwood (and most of Freo) losses and it wasn't great.

[Bring-Back-Powell 15,251]

2 minutes ago, Supermercado said:

They're not doing this nonsense again are they? People's ground my [censored].

Must be predicting a crowd of sub 30,000 if they're closing the top of the Ponsford.

If they opened it up for the Melb V Freo game last year where just a couple of blokes and a dog sat up there, then surely it's opened for this one. 

[layzie 34,336]

As if the top of the Ponsford is closed for Round 1? Just seems really odd. 

[Supermercado 2,802]

1 hour ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Must be predicting a crowd of sub 30,000 if they're closing the top of the Ponsford.

If they opened it up for the Melb V Freo game last year where just a couple of blokes and a dog sat up there, then surely it's opened for this one. 

There was one game last year - either GWS or Freo - where they opened it by mistake and went around kicking people out at quarter time.

Edited March 17, 2023 by Supermercado

[Dee Zephyr 19,269]

39 minutes ago, layzie said:

As if the top of the Ponsford is closed for Round 1? Just seems really odd. 

Yeah layz,  it states it on the MCG website when I last checked…baffling.

[CHF 2,817]

A lot of negativity with regard to the Tomlinson selection but we will not know how good or bad the selection is until the game is played. We could see Tmac and Tomlinson swapping ends if the game is going against us.  

Will be watching a replay during a stop over in KSA.

[whatwhat say what 23,428]

2 hours ago, Dee Zephyr said:

Yeah layz,  it states it on the MCG website when I last checked…baffling.

indicates they're expecting a pretty small crowd

[Demonland 73,485]

 

[Jaded No More 68,975]

11 minutes ago, Demonland said:

 

We still live rent free in their heads. I love it. 

[Demonland 73,485]

5 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

We still live rent free in their heads. I love it. 

[DemonOX 8,837]

28 minutes ago, Demonland said:

 

This would be my responce

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10.6 (66)

😁🏆😁🏆😁🏆😁🏆😁🏆😁🏆

[Jaded No More 68,975]

2 minutes ago, DemonOX said:

This would be my responce

21.14 (140)

10.6 (66)

😁🏆😁🏆😁🏆😁🏆😁🏆😁🏆

Go read the comments. They’re not far off. Pretty good. 

[BDA 23,016]

Would have gone Turner myself but i back the FD to make the right decision.

And best of luck Tommo. He deserves a bit more love around here given he was in AA form until he was injured in 21. And missed out on a premiership because of it.

[Tarax Club 4,093]

 

Eat rubber!

Edited March 17, 2023 by Tarax Club

[JimmyGadson 3,455]

13 hours ago, layzie said:

Come back more!

Please don't! 

[AzzKikA 2,371]

1 hour ago, Tarax Club said:

 

Eat rubber!

That is freakin awesome!

[AzzKikA 2,371]

https://www.melbournefc.com.au/video/1283732/off-the-track-adam-tomlinson?videoId=1283732&modal=true&type=video

 

[monoccular 17,642]

8 hours ago, Deebauched said:

How could sportsbet have us as favourites?

Bulldogs must be a huge chance now that May is also out.

There will be alot of money going on the dogs today before the odds even up.

I hope they know something we dont.

Who actually cares what those parasitic blights say about us?

[The Swimming Dee 1,907]

28 minutes ago, AzzKikA said:

https://www.melbournefc.com.au/video/1283732/off-the-track-adam-tomlinson?videoId=1283732&modal=true&type=video

 

Quality bloke. I like Thommo and hope he goes well tomorrow. I reckon he will do is proud

[Demonland 73,485]

Take the discussion to the first proper GameDay Thread for the season: https://demonland.com/forums/topic/55024-gameday-rd-01-vs-western-bulldogs/