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Back the Milkshake, never hurts to play against an old side.

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    13 minutes ago, YearOfTheDees said:

    Word is BBB will be a late out. Not Offical yet. 

    Here's hoping. I can legit see Brown in our GF side, just not there today. 

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    18 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

    It's Brodie's birthday today. Lets get the win & make his day special 

    He doesn't have to play for The Filth anymore, everyday is special now.

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    1 minute ago, Chook said:

    Here's hoping. I can legit see Brown in our GF side, just not there today. 

    He'll be back!

    Don't mind Jake in the side today. He'll offer more than Brown if the heavens open.


    2 minutes ago, Demon Jack said:

    Don't mind Jake in the side today. He'll offer more than Brown if the heavens open.

    Just offers a bit more flexibility. Happy with it too.

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    Just now, Bitter but optimistic said:

    Will Milkshake be in the starting 22 or sub?

    Starting 22.

    Jordon listed as sub again.

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    1 hour ago, Demonland said:

    Walking around the mean streets of Adelaide I feel like I’ve seen a lot more Essendon paraphernalia wearing people than Dees. 

    image.thumb.jpeg.2fddeb9ec61fb401ed7b58dc34cbcab9.jpegessendrug paraphernalia 

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    8 hours ago, Little Goffy said:

    Ugh. Working in a secure environment until about 6.30. Not even phones.

    Boooooo.

    Add an extra yell for me, all right?

    I'll probably watch the game on replay anyway, so if it is a proper thriller please name the match thread 'Spoiler Alert'.

    Are there any players you’d like us to be irrationally critical of?  This is the DL Gameday thread after all, where pretty much compulsory for all posters.

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    2 hours ago, Rod Grinter Riot Squad said:

    If BBB is training, hard to see him playing IMO

    Well called.


    Bowser having shots on goal from the pocket during the warmup, and nailing them.  Interesting!

    9 minutes ago, Vipercrunch said:

    Are there any players you’d like us to be irrationally critical of?  This is the DL Gameday thread after all, where pretty much compulsory for all posters.

    Great idea! We should take orders like coffees :P

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    3 minutes ago, Gorgoroth said:

    Melksham over JJ… oh yeah… ok… sure… why not…

    I’d prefer it the other way round myself.

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    8 minutes ago, Deeoldfart said:

    Bowser having shots on goal from the pocket during the warmup, and nailing them.  Interesting!

    I'd love to see how he would go as HFF/small forward


    10 minutes ago, Gorgoroth said:

    Melksham over JJ… oh yeah… ok… sure… why not…

    It’s JJ’s 50th and 31 year old Melksham in probably his last year, has hardly played any decent footy this season and he is preferred to JJ.

    Wow!

    Are we determined to p-ss this kid off and drive him away in his FA year? Apparently so.

    Hope Goody has had a chat with JJ to explain the rationale of the selection.

    Well I suppose Melk can have a great game and justify it, but initially it seems hard on JJ, on a small milestone game.

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    Ugh.  A spot opens up and we go with Melksham over JJ, relegating Jordon to sub on his 50th game.  JJ averages 14.5 disposals this year; Melksham 3.7.  <grumpy>

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    Just now, Redleg said:

    Hope Goody has had a chat with JJ to explain the rationale of the selection.

    I'm guessing the rationale is replacing a forward with another forward rather than a mid.

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    Just now, Redleg said:

    It’s JJ’s 50th and 31 year old Melksham in probably his last year, has hardly played any decent footy this season and he is preferred to JJ.

    Wow!

    Are we determined to p-ss this kid off and drive him away in his FA year? Apparently so.

    Hope Goody has had a chat with JJ to explain the rationale of the selection.

    It is positional and role.

    Melksham plays an undersized key forward in our system. Jordon is a midfielder.

    I think we should be rotating the sub role but that’s a separate issue. 


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