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9 hours ago, Tarax Club said:

 Swooper would have this in a heartbeat. DBA4D5C6-E70C-4B24-9D2A-939B25DE8E01.jpeg.4223fb54d5eef77eec506ee3e0a6a96e.jpeg

Redundant communist era propaganda from the brain’s trust at the Footscray Soviet. 

Demons we are not intimidated by the bully boys from out west. Throw this puerile nonsense back over the Maribyrnong. The taller the monolithic facade the greater the fall. 
 

 

I actually think that's quite clever with his foot on the ball. reminded me of one of one of our beautiful bull mastiffs.

 
1 hour ago, He de mon said:

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.

Perfect. Just in time to sing the song and start the trek back home in time for work on Monday.

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    19 minutes ago, ElDiablo14 said:

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

    average home and away crowd between these two sides is sub 30k

    last year was almost double that after a premiership, and i'd say 85% mfc fans

    footscray have a tiny supporter base and their record of crowds at the mcg indicates their fans don't attend there

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    Will get a few more tonight with Dees losing 4 players it evens the odds.

    Should be an intense close game.

    Crowd?  45- 50k tops. Bulldogs have a small following.

    Player to watch.. Kosi.

    Lets see what all this media hype was about. 

     


    I think we can cover Viney and Fritsch and I'm not sure Salem is best 22 after last years performances but May is a massive loss. Have no faith in Tomlinson hoping to be proven wrong and happy to give an apology after the game if he does his job.

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    51 minutes ago, Jontee said:

    I'll be there

     

    6 minutes ago, chook fowler said:

    Quality not quantity 

    Exactly, CF! There mightn’t be as many of us there tonight as we’d like, but those who do attend will more than make up for it since we have indisputably the most passionate supporters of all clubs. It’s a fact! even if based on nothing other than coz I said so. 😆

    4 minutes ago, WERRIDEE said:

    I think we can cover Viney and Fritsch and I'm not sure Salem is best 22 after last years performances but May is a massive loss. Have no faith in Tomlinson hoping to be proven wrong and happy to give an apology after the game if he does his job.

    Not sure we can cover our best goal kicking player, unless BBB goes back to his best

     
    1 hour ago, binman said:

    Four talls is an experiment.

    A bit like our experiment with Gawn and Grundy 

    Usual worrywarts predicting doom. Relax, we got this.  

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    1 minute ago, ElDiablo14 said:

    Not sure we can cover our best goal kicking player, unless BBB goes back to his best

    I think Chandler can play a bit if he kicks one of two goals he's done his job. We easily accounted for Richmond without Fritsch.

    11 minutes ago, WERRIDEE said:

    Have no faith in Tomlinson 

    Yes that's a big concern for me too.  Jamara made a mess of him last time

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    11 minutes ago, WERRIDEE said:

    I think we can cover Viney and Fritsch and I'm not sure Salem is best 22 after last years performances but May is a massive loss. Have no faith in Tomlinson hoping to be proven wrong and happy to give an apology after the game if he does his job.

    So much wrong in one post 😂

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    Wish I could be there tonight, hopefully the Demons get off to a great start of the season. If we lose its not the end of the world but still, I'd like to win.

    Go Demons!

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    3 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

    So much wrong in one post 😂

    And I’m guessing you don’t just mean the punctuation. 😁


    2 hours ago, ElDiablo14 said:

    How many expected today at the G'?

    Hoping we get close to 70k 🤞🏻

    Not even close by the sounds of it.

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    3 hours ago, titan_uranus said:

    Not sure if this is for Melbourne? BOM says only a 5% chance of rain tonight. 

    The app I use reckons no rain tonight. Draws on BOM data but interprets it differently (not so conservative as BOM) and in my opinion is far more realistic and representative of what we are in for. GO DEES!

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    2 hours 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.

    Yeah, nah I think you are wrong……(I hope)!

    55k tonight easily.


    AFL and TV exec's will be drinking champagne after the first two nights of R1  175000.

    They'll come back down to earth will a dull thud by late tonight.   Grimsby Port all round!

    Go Dees. Tomlinson better stand up otherwise we're cactus.

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    26 minutes ago, Orion said:

    A bit like our experiment with Gawn and Grundy 

    I reckon the notion that it’s a significant experiment is grossly overstated. How is it so different to the Gawn/Jackson combo?  

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    21 minutes ago, layzie said:

    Welcome to gameday everyone. You can smell it in the air!

     

    10 minutes ago, Deebauched said:

    Tomlinson better stand up otherwise we're cactus.

    Can smell something in the air, Layz.

    #💩

     
    42 minutes ago, Orion said:

    A bit like our experiment with Gawn and Grundy 

    Sure.

    But i'll take an experiment involving two AA rucks sharing ruck and forward duties (as vipercrunch notes, not far away the same set up as Jackson/Gawn - the only difference would appear to be Max will play forward more often) over:

    • four key talls in the forward line
    • with one being second year bean pole
    • another an inconsistent blow in like blobb
    • and a third player in UH who has undeniable talent but like Lobb goes missing.

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    26 minutes ago, layzie said:

    Welcome to gameday everyone. You can smell it in the air!

    That’ll be the Dogs cheer squad. Best to stay down wind.

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