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GAMEDAY: Rd 01 vs Western Bulldogs

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Make the MCG our fortress. Petty to hold down back. The mids hunt them, Tracc and Clarrie feed the footy. Our transitioning is legendary. We get an extensive list of goalscorers, play a great 3rd quarter and roll on nicely. Sharp, quick, intensive.

Go Dees. 

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    I love the optimism some of you have. The 4 outs are too important players. No side in the AFL can cover such losses. My MFCSS is spiralling around the milky way atm. I see a 5 goal loss. Hope I am wrong.

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    13 minutes ago, dl4e said:

    I love the optimism some of you have. The 4 outs are too important players. No side in the AFL can cover such losses. My MFCSS is spiralling around the milky way atm. I see a 5 goal loss. Hope I am wrong.

    Our bottom 6 players are equivalent to their bottom 6 players, but our top 16 players [censored] all over theirs. We’ve got this.

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    10 hours to go. Time passes slowly on gameday.

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    25 minutes ago, dl4e said:

    I love the optimism some of you have. The 4 outs are too important players. No side in the AFL can cover such losses. My MFCSS is spiralling around the milky way atm. I see a 5 goal loss. Hope I am wrong.

    That's understandable as they are certainty top tier players out for us.

    But I think this game will be won in the middle.

    Edited by leave it to deever

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    10 minutes ago, BDA said:

    10 hours to go. Time passes slowly on gameday.

    Agreed, it's like being at work 😩

    Edited by AzzKikA

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    Parkrun. Check

    Home brewed coffee and fruit sourdough. Check.

    Mow lawns. Starting soon.

    Shower and nap.

    Then into the car for a 3 hour drive to watch the boys tonight, with my Dees-mad daughter.

    I am not sure what to expect with 4 of our best out with injury/illness, and the surface is a disgrace. But I think our better players are a cut above theirs (Bont aside) so am hoping for a 10 point win.

    Then the horrible 3 hour drive home. Will be a late one.

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    4 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

    That's understandable as they are certainty top tier players out for us.

    But I think this game will be won in the middle.

    that may be true but their midfield is still strong as well. Libba, Bontimpelli and McCrea are very good players and we are missing Viney as our starter motor. 

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    41 minutes ago, dl4e said:

    I love the optimism some of you have. The 4 outs are too important players. No side in the AFL can cover such losses. My MFCSS is spiralling around the milky way atm. I see a 5 goal loss. Hope I am wrong.

    agree

    if dogs had Libba, Naughton, Daniel and Keath out it would be a different ball game

    After waiting for months the day has finally arrived and getting to and from game is proving to be interesting. I only go to night games at this time of the year however tonight is testing my resolve. Train trip will take 1 hour 40 mins with three changes, normally 45 mins. Limited parking at the G so looks like I am parking in the city and traming it to the G. Is it any wonder people don’t go to games. Couple of Pie friends ( yes I have some) took 2 hours to get home last night when it is usually 40 minutes. After looking for an upside the only one I can think of is it may stop a lot of dogs fans going.

    Go Dees! 

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    tear em up dees , but im a bit nervous about this game 

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    Think it was 59k for last year’s opening GF replay, though that was a Wednesday. Might struggle to get over 50k tonight. 

    8 minutes ago, old dee said:

    After waiting for months the day has finally arrived and getting to and from game is proving to be interesting. I only go to night games at this time of the year however tonight is testing my resolve. Train trip will take 1 hour 40 mins with three changes, normally 45 mins. Limited parking at the G so looks like I am parking in the city and traming it to the G. Is it any wonder people don’t go to games. Couple of Pie friends ( yes I have some) took 2 hours to get home last night when it is usually 40 minutes. After looking for an upside the only one I can think of is it may stop a lot of dogs fans going.

    Go Dees! 

    We have coach replacements from Gisborne. If i leave at 4:30PM and then walk from Southern Cross station, I should arrive at 3 quarter time.

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    5 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

    like others i am suffering from a severe case of gameday mfcss

    Me too, hard to shake after 57 years of it…

    1 hour ago, ElDiablo14 said:

    How many expected today at the G'?

    Hoping we get close to 70k 🤞🏻

    I'll be there

    1 hour ago, dl4e said:

    I love the optimism some of you have. The 4 outs are too important players. No side in the AFL can cover such losses. My MFCSS is spiralling around the milky way atm. I see a 5 goal loss. Hope I am wrong.

    Fortunately you will be.

    Weightman out for them is huge - who is going to win the ground ball inside 50 given their other small forward option Arthur Jones is also out?

    The struggle defensively, so Gardiner out hurts. 

    And they are also missing vandemeer and Rorke Smith.

    Don't think smith is best 22.

    But that still means in Weightman, vandermeer and gardiner they are missing 3 of their best 22 (though probably only Weightman is in their top 10 like all of May, Salem, Fritter and Viney). 

    They are learning a new system. 

    Four talls is an experiment.

    One not yet tested in the crucible of  an AFL game, let alone against a defensive system as strong as ours. 

    We are so well drilled we could continue to roll along even if the lights go out. 

    We are as fit as I've ever seen any AFL team. 

    Dees by 34

    Edited by binman

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    Don’t know what to expect after the first two games. 
    Carlton/Richmond were scrapping ugly at both ends of the ground and Collingwood/Geelong were running each other off their feet in a reckless shootout. 
    Just happy with a win and no injuries. 

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    for some reason games with the dogs are usually momentum swingers. us being up by 34 in the second quarter will give me no comfort. on the other bring down i’ll back to us to come back 

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    21 minutes ago, binman said:

    Fortunately you will be.

    Weightman out for them is huge - who is going to win the ground ball inside 50 given their other small forward option Arthur Jones is also out?

    The struggle defensively, so Gardiner out hurts. 

    And they are also missing vandemeer and Rorke Smith.

    Don't think smith is best 22.

    But that still means in Weightman, vandermeer and gardiner they are missing 3 of their best 22 (though probably only Weightman is in their top 10 like all of May, Salem, Fritter and Viney). 

    They are learning a new system. 

    Four talls is an experiment.

    One not yet tested in the crucible of  an AFL game, let alone against a defensive system as strong as ours. 

    We are so well drilled we could continue to roll along even if the lights go out. 

    We are as fit as I've ever seen any AFL team. 

    Dees by 34

    While I think your summation is fine, you can’t have certainty of our fitness and how well drilled we are after 2 practice games.

    I am appreciative that we seem to have learned the lesson of last year and not played under prepared players ahead of our depth, and that we look to have good synergy leading into this game.

    But that is as certain as I will be.

    Dees by 28

    38 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

    like others i am suffering from a severe case of gameday mfcss

    Mine is completely off the rails this morning.

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    27 minutes ago, binman said:

    Fortunately you will be.

    Weightman out for them is huge - who is going to win the ground ball inside 50 given their other small forward option Arthur Jones is also out?

    The struggle defensively, so Gardiner out hurts. 

    And they are also missing vandemeer and Rorke Smith.

    Don't think smith is best 22.

    But that still means in Weightman, vandermeer and gardiner they are missing 3 of their best 22 (though probably only Weightman is in their top 10 like all of May, Salem, Fritter and Viney). 

    They are learning a new system. 

    Four talls is an experiment.

    One not yet tested in the crucible of  an AFL game, let alone against a defensive system as strong as ours. 

    We are so well drilled we could continue to roll along even if the lights go out. 

    We are as fit as I've ever seen any AFL team. 

    Dees by 34

    How much will the Grundy - Gawn dominance impact today's game? 

    Will it translate to territory dominance, ergo few fwd 50 entries for the dogs? 

    44 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

    50k tops

    Well that would be underwhelming, surely it could have more than last year's R1 (it was a Wednesday night).


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