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35 minutes ago, Dee Zephyr said:

The better bro 

There’s a third Daicos?

 
3 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

There’s a third Daicos?

Yeah, they’re called the Daicii.

2 minutes ago, Dee Zephyr said:

Yeah, they’re called the Daicii.

I know that. I remember learning it in Biology at high school. 

 
4 hours ago, praha said:

Yes totally comparable to a weekend long camp that traumatised Indigenous players and attacked players who had lost family members. Totally comparable.

Areas, not replicas. Didn’t they bombard them with the Richmond theme song?

57 minutes ago, adonski said:

Which Daicos?

Nick I’d say. 
(My mates lives in Melbourne, said it was on channel 9 news)


16 minutes ago, Bombay Airconditioning said:

Nick I’d say. 
(My mates lives in Melbourne, said it was on channel 9 news)

It’s not on their website 

 

30 years ago....

 


2 hours ago, Young Blood said:

Forgive me I'm sure its been posted on here somewhere. But there's a terrific interview Max did with Whateley on SEN this week (search youtube) where Max mentions that the team wouldn't really be chasing the level of form shown in the last 7 odd games of 2021, simply because it was fairly unstoppable football at the highest level and it seems unrealistic to reach that height of play again. But he followed up by mentioning we didn't need to play that extremely high level to win a flag.

If you stop striving you go backwards....... Sounds like bath water to me

6 hours ago, Jaded No More said:

My apologies, I couldn’t remember the exact number.
But as Goodwin said, they’re the team to beat. 


Are they unbeatable? Of course not. Nobody is. 
But when you’re playing the most in form side in the competition, you need a lot to go right. 
Missing our best or second best (depending on your rankings of Trac and Clarry) player, certainly isn’t a good start. 

Can we win? Of course we can. I’ve seen far greater upsets in my time. But to suggest this won’t be a monumental task, especially missing Clarry and Petty (and yes they also have key players missing, which definitely helps), is blind hope. 
 

FFS blind hope, give it a rest.  Whilst you acknowledge they have key players missing you have to focus on the negative 

We knew Petty was out 3 weeks ago from this game, several knew Clarrie would be pushing it to get back from a hamstring for this game. So it was a possibility he would miss. They don’t have 2 absolute guns in De Goey and Sidebottom. So on a positive that’s a good start. Elliott, Mcstay and Lupinski all coming back so I would hazard a guess they won’t risk all 3 of them.

But you just need to worry about the 23 you’ve got, not those you haven’t 

 

4 hours ago, beelzebub said:

We didnt struggle...   what bloody game were you watching ??

We struggled to play coherent footy..   we struggled to string 2 recognisable passages of footy together...  fmd...it was hideous to watch.

We won mainly because Carlton are rubbish...  lets not sugar coat our ability, our game,   we won by less than 3 straight kicks.

We'll need to bring a much better game come Monday 

Go Dees 

I did not say we were good

But let’s not rewrite history, we were in control of that game and our inside 50 entries were putrid, not to mention our conversion. We may have won by under 3 goals, but at no stage we’re they a serious threat nor could they breakdown our defensive set up

I’m well aware that we will need to lift the bar several notches on Monday, which we are well capable of doing

13 hours ago, jnrmac said:

Carlton are a highly ranked centre clearance side and we smashed their midfield. We'll be OK

Exactly and it makes us less predictable without Clarry in there. 

Don't get me wrong, he's my favourite player and we need him there for finals, but we can and will win without him.


I like long weekends except when i have to wait until Monday for a dees game.

Goody on Grundy

He’s keen. He’s obviously put in a power of work through the summer and he’s now at a club that really values what he brings to the team. We’re certainly going to embrace that.”

Other teams on a winning streak = Very good form

Melbourne winning games = Papering over cracks 

9 hours ago, A F said:

Exactly and it makes us less predictable without Clarry in there. 

Don't get me wrong, he's my favourite player and we need him there for finals, but we can and will win without him.

In a way I am glad he is not risking ripping his hammy. He will now have 4 weeks to get it absolutely back to pre injury. 

9 hours ago, Pennant St Dee said:

FFS blind hope, give it a rest.  Whilst you acknowledge they have key players missing you have to focus on the negative 

We knew Petty was out 3 weeks ago from this game, several knew Clarrie would be pushing it to get back from a hamstring for this game. So it was a possibility he would miss. They don’t have 2 absolute guns in De Goey and Sidebottom. So on a positive that’s a good start. Elliott, Mcstay and Lupinski all coming back so I would hazard a guess they won’t risk all 3 of them.

But you just need to worry about the 23 you’ve got, not those you haven’t 

 

How about we all just think what we want to think and you don’t come here and get aggressive or rude towards my opinion, just as I have not done towards yours. 

I couldn’t give a single [censored] what you think about our odds of winning the game. So why do you care about what I think? 

I am so over this attitude on Demonland where nobody is allowed to say anything other than “we are a great team and we will win the flag”, without someone having a go at them. 
Oliver out is a massive loss. He’s twice the player De Goey is. And I am entitled to be disappointed and worried about his absence from this match. I’m sure the club isn’t thrilled that he’s missing either. 


Edit: let’s also not forget that for the past 6 or so seasons the Pies have lived rent free in our heads. When we were good and they were terrible, they still beat us. They have the wood over us, and psychologically we are coming in on the back foot. To suggest this is not going to be a tough game to win is just wrong. 

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12 hours ago, Sideshow Bob said:

The story is Christina Petracca has special edition footy boots for the game which will be auctioned to raise funds for MND 

Great gesture by him.

Very glam footy boots!!

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I’ve come to the conclusion that we won’t miss Clarrie at all on Monday.

His last two appearances for Melbourne vs Collingwood:

• Queens Birthday 2022 - Kicks 21, Handballs 22, Disposals 43, Contested Possessions 16, Marks 7, Tackles 3, Disposal Efficiency 81%, Clearances 6, Scores 1.0, Goal Assists 0, Score Involvements 6, Frees For 3, Frees Against 1.

• Round 21 2022 - Kicks 14, Handballs 28, Disposals 42, Contested Possessions 24, Marks 3, Tackles 8, Disposal Efficiency 69%, Clearances 14, Scores Nil, Goal Assists 1, Score Involvements 7, Frees For 3, Frees Against 1.

Meh!

No pressure on Tom Sparrow and James Jordon who collectively will probably be called upon to replace him. At least they don’t have blisters.

3 minutes ago, Whispering_Jack said:

I’ve come to the conclusion that we won’t miss Clarrie at all on Monday.

You lost me at this.

🤔Either your "thought-bubble" is a brave attempt at denying away the influence that Oliver exudes in a game so as to calm the expectations.......or results.

...or you've gone completely bloody bonkers Jack... 🤷🤷🤷

 
8 minutes ago, Whispering_Jack said:

I’ve come to the conclusion that we won’t miss Clarrie at all on Monday.

His last two appearances for Melbourne vs Collingwood:

• Queens Birthday 2022 - Kicks 21, Handballs 22, Disposals 43, Contested Possessions 16, Marks 7, Tackles 3, Disposal Efficiency 81%, Clearances 6, Scores 1.0, Goal Assists 0, Score Involvements 6, Frees For 3, Frees Against 1.

• Round 21 2022 - Kicks 14, Handballs 28, Disposals 42, Contested Possessions 24, Marks 3, Tackles 8, Disposal Efficiency 69%, Clearances 14, Scores Nil, Goal Assists 1, Score Involvements 7, Frees For 3, Frees Against 1.

Meh!

No pressure on Tom Sparrow and James Jordon who collectively will probably be called upon to replace him. At least they don’t have blisters.

Again, Clarry is the best player in the competition IMV, but we will beat them without Clarry.

10 minutes ago, Whispering_Jack said:

I’ve come to the conclusion that we won’t miss Clarrie at all on Monday.

His last two appearances for Melbourne vs Collingwood:

• Queens Birthday 2022 - Kicks 21, Handballs 22, Disposals 43, Contested Possessions 16, Marks 7, Tackles 3, Disposal Efficiency 81%, Clearances 6, Scores 1.0, Goal Assists 0, Score Involvements 6, Frees For 3, Frees Against 1.

• Round 21 2022 - Kicks 14, Handballs 28, Disposals 42, Contested Possessions 24, Marks 3, Tackles 8, Disposal Efficiency 69%, Clearances 14, Scores Nil, Goal Assists 1, Score Involvements 7, Frees For 3, Frees Against 1.

Meh!

No pressure on Tom Sparrow and James Jordon who collectively will probably be called upon to replace him. At least they don’t have blisters.

Or infections ...


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