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1 minute ago, waynewussell said:

Umpire News:

The umpires for this evening are,

21 Simon Meredith

22 Nathan Williamson

27 Andre Gianfagna

32 Jacob Mollison

These umpires did not officiate in either of the Melbourne v Carlton games in 2023

Three of them (21, 22, 27) officiated in our round 24 match against Sydney. The free kick tally in that game was Demons 18, Sydney 10.

Carlton have had Meredith 4 times in 2023, Williamson 4 times, Mollison 4 times and Gianfagna once.

We have had Meredith 3 times, Williamson 5 times, Mollison 3 times and Gianfagna 5 times.

Only bad omen I can see is that we had Meredith and Williamson against Essendon, but still managed to get 23 frees to 19.

I only ask for two things from our games: a fair run with the umpires , and the team to have an honest crack, don’t play dumb and kick straight (ok, 4)

If we still lose with all that, then fair enough. 
 

oh, one last thing - I hope we don’t have feral sniper thugs take our players out. I always wish that. 

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We are heading in at 1650 hrs, nerves are starting to kick in. Go you mighty Demons.❤️💙💕

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Posted (edited)
3 hours ago, Go Lordie said:

Dees at the 'G are living proof there is no such thing as home ground advantage. We have won 11 from 15 at the 'G this year (not all home" games, obviously) so hardly a fortress. And, as for finals at the 'G, we've had nothing since 2018 (mainly due to Covid in 2021, admittedly).  Is playing at the 'G against co-tenants different to playing a proper away team? Do we have a home ground advantage against co-tenant Carlton tonight? Even if it is our "home" game, the Carlton crowd is likely to be louder. Where is the advantage?   

Yes, we should have gotten 75% of the tickets

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How are there still 4 hours left??

How much more work must I ponder, and today's to-do items heaved onto Monday must I do until this thing starts already?

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Posted
4 hours ago, Demonland said:

That game was on fox this afternoon while having an ale,   I could not go inure out why it looked different 

the  I realised I was watching in a mirror 

but great to see a few old players 

 

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Posted
1 hour ago, Roost it far said:

Sorting my timber stack, very similar to moving deck chairs on the titanic. Put timber there……back to here next month…….and so it goes. We shouldn’t have had to play tonight. 

Ok. That is a reminder.  Order some fire wood 4 next winter.    Have not had the fire on for 3 weeks  pretty soon we will be opening all windows to get a breeze. 
8 cu metres please

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7 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Kozzy actually had a better game last week than I thought he did. Was in everything in the second quarter and could’ve had 2 goals on the board that quarter had Fritsch actually applied a shepherd on the goal line to prevent Murphy from touching it.

Wonder if he has a 3-4 goal performance because you’ll know he’ll probably have 3-4 shots at goal.

Salem is grossly out of form and may be paying the price for his interrupted pre season and knee injury in the early rounds.

I was bemoaning the absence of our small forwards at the end of the first quarter last week, but Kozzie was one of the first players to step up in the second quarter. I hope he has a big one and gets more reward on the score board 👍

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Posted (edited)
3 hours ago, Dee Zephyr said:

So.... who's booked their flights to QLD?

I have.

Thankfully airlines have invented this thing called a travel bank.

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Posted
7 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

I would love to see Tom McDonald lead up more tonight and contribute a bit more 

Think he needs to. I don't think we can carry him with just 0-1 goals. 

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13 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

I would love to see Tom McDonald lead up more tonight and contribute a bit more 

Hope he can turn back the clock, not confident though.

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10 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

I would love to see Tom McDonald lead up more tonight and contribute a bit more 

was his first game in months and a huge high intensity one at that

im expected a better performance tonight from Tom

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1 hour ago, layzie said:

Anything good happen for anyone so far today?

Just at the dentist with a tooth ache on a tooth that just had a root canal filling. Surly the day is going to get better. 

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If they bomb it in we lose!

Need to play trac fwd! 

The Grundy situation is embarrassing and feel for him, should be playing or what was the point and will go down as the most botched up trade ever. Club has gotten most trades right and can’t question the talent from late picks but this one will hurt & tarnish a few as it’s backfired 

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Just now, ANG13 said:

Just at the dentist with a tooth ache on a tooth that just had a root canal filling. Surly the day is going to get better. 

For out that is not fun! Hopefully that's the last of the pain today.

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1 hour ago, Jaded No More said:

I’ve done way more work today than I did last Thursday in the lead up to the game. I call that a win. 

Me too Jaded, was actually my most productive day of the week. 

Human psychology is a funny thing isn't it.

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Me and the Fam heading to the G shortly in good form with the Prelim and GF wins at Subiaco our most recent Finals 👍

Thinking the loss of Gus early unsettled us last week, expecting our defensive pressure to be dialled up considerably this week and will be too much for the Blues over 4 qtrs.

Go Dees

 

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15 minutes ago, dees189227 said:

On my way on the train  in to join the mcc queue.  A lovely afternoon and hopefully an even better night 

 

23 minutes before I Log of, these people with their head start!

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I think there should be a 20% productivity rule on days your team is playing in a final.

Mind you, I'd still probably fail but it's a low bar to aim for! 

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