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PREGAME: Rd 19 vs Adelaide

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Melbourne v Adelaide at the MCG, 3.20pm AEST

MELBOURNE

In: A.Tomlinson, M.Hibberd, B.Laurie, B.Grundy, K.Chandler
Out: H.Petty (ribs), C.Spargo (omitted)

R18 sub: Joel Smith

ADELAIDE

In: B.Cook, H.Schoenberg, M.Crouch, L.Nankervis, P.Parnell, E.Himmelberg, J.Hately
Out: L.Sholl (omitted), J.Rachele (suspension), R.Laird (shoulder), M.Michalanney (managed)

R18 sub: Ned McHenry

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    Good changes.

    Would personally like to see Laurie play a full game for the next 4 weeks and see whether he's up to it.

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    2 minutes ago, Demonland said:

    Tomorrow when the actual team is named.

    gone christmas GIF

    That could be an animation of goody in today's presser.

    He said brodie would be playing VFL.

    I might go watch him as Coburg is not as far as old Casey town

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    5 minutes ago, Demonland said:

    GRUNDY'S BACK

    I thought the idea was for him to go forward!

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    6 minutes ago, Demonland said:

    GRUNDY'S BACK

    PETTY'S BACK

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    5 minutes ago, Demonland said:

    GRUNDY'S BACK

    The club is literally just taking the [censored] out of the media with this one. I love it.

    Should name him at FF when he comes back in eventually 😂

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    2 minutes ago, Demonland said:

    Goody baiting the media methinks. And you said he doesn't play games.

    It's funny you should say that. I was just thinking today I might have to rethink that. 

     Like Grumpy goody.

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    3 minutes ago, binman said:

    PETTY'S BACK

    Nah, his ribs 

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    Glad we aren’t dragging Petty’s corpse into yet another game. Deserves time to recover, especially when we have Tommo in reserve.

    The only other change will be someone in for Spargo. My guess is Chandler but Laurie the wildcard  

     

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    So for something different they’ve named the team as you’d expect they will line up. Many on here will be pleased….

    Outs were predictable.

    Ins too. I am partial to KC.

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    Good changes so far, great to see Tomlinson straight back into the 22 (four weeks too late).

    I suspect the final bench will be:

    Melksham, Rivers, Hibberd, Jordon with Smith the sub.

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    16 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

    Good changes.

    Would personally like to see Laurie play a full game for the next 4 weeks and see whether he's up to it.

    I actually think he might make an interesting player.... and not just because his Hawthorn mad Aunty is a friend of ours ..lol....   but because he has footy nouse.. I'm not sure id be playing him going into the finals as a look see.

    I think he needs another good solid preseason and THEN a block of games early in the next season....just my thoughts

     

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    13 minutes ago, binman said:

    PETTY'S BACK

    PETTY'S RIBS

     
    18 minutes ago, rpfc said:

    Outs were predictable.

    Ins too. I am partial to KC.

    It's spelt KFC.

    tom hiddleston eating GIF

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    7 hours ago, binman said:

    That presser says all you need to know about the state of football journalism

    A nine minute presser.

    Five minutes of which involved questions about Grundy.

    That despite Goody being crytal clear about the situation in answering the very first question.

    And despite Goody addressing some of the stupid media talking points, they continued to ask stupid question (the very first question, which was about Grundy, was a good question - the rest were a joke as Goody had already answered them).

    Goody was finally asked a football question - about the lions second and third quarters. A vague question got a vague response.

    What i would have loved to hear being asked was what what actually happened - what did the Lions do differently, what did the dees do not so well. 

    Sadly, not the state of merely sports-journalism. 

    I’m a big supporter of the ABC, despite it being such a grind watching their increasingly-amateurish journalists struggle. 

    The Age used to be a tolerable read, but that was a while back. 
     

    Internationally, it’s a complete mess as journalism suffers under the powers of mass consumption paired with minimal financial input (as has happened in my industry-music). While genuine journalists are asking themselves some big questions about the tenability of their vocations, they are being replaced by people who just want to partake in some vague version of “entertainment”.

    But I always struggle when trying to recall any sports-related interview that gave me something resembling genuine insight, and wasn’t just guarded, predictable musings from the same old script. 
     

    I think we need to exhume Jack Dyer and Lou Richards and get the coaches answering some of the real questions. 

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