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NON-MFC: Round 16

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29 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Back in round 2, if someone said to you outside the MCG after the game that Hawthorn would be equal on wins with Melbourne at round 16, you would’ve called the police on them.

Some predicted pre-season that they would rise significantly. But your point is well made @Bring-Back-Powell. I didn't think the Deez would implode to the extent we have done.

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    1.5 games between 3rd and 13th!!

    I know it’s been said before, but still that’s just ridiculous.

    So many 8 point games coming up.

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    7 minutes ago, DiscoStu17 said:

    1.5 games between 3rd and 13th!!

    I know it’s been said before, but still that’s just ridiculous.

    So many 8 point games coming up.

    Port v Dogs

    Cats v Geelong

    Pies v Essendon

    Absolutely imperative that we win next week to get a jump on 3 of those teams.

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    Cats V Geelong should be interesting..

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    2 hours ago, At the break of Gawn said:

    It’s a real bugger we lost on Friday. We would have  need to only go 4-4 to make finals if that had occurred. Now we need to go 5-3 and a few results fall our way. Definitely need to win the next 2 otherwise we’ll have to either beat Suns away, Freo away or the Pies in the last round. Dogs at Marvel also won’t be easy. 

    well summed up.

    I'm thinking next 2 weeks will decide.  Beat Eagles. But Lose and we're gone.

    Beat dons, and if not we don't deserve to be a finalist and let someone else have a shot.  Dons are pretenders clearly, so If we can't beat them then we are a lower-mid table team for now anyway.

    Next 2 weeks winning will then give the team the confidenece to go on with it and  Finals spot will have to be taken from us.

    On the flipside, with talent still in place and a young team now, a full pre-season won't be a bad thing for 2025. We haven't had one since 2021 - provided the back office 9coachong staff) solve the obvious issues with the talent we have.

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    1 hour ago, At the break of Gawn said:

    Port v Dogs

    Cats v Geelong

    Pies v Essendon

    Absolutely imperative that we win next week to get a jump on 3 of those teams.

    Our run home 

    wc -H, Ess-H, Freo-A, Giants-H, Dogs-A, Port-H, Suns-A, Pies -H

    Apart from WC, all teams are above us

    Not confident 

     

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    ALL OF THE 8 POINT GAMES

    Round 17

    Pies-Ess/ Port-Dogs/ Cats-Hawks/ GWS-Carl

    Round 18

    Pies-Cats/ Hawks- Freo/ Dogs-Carl/ Melb-Ess/ Suns-Port/ 

    Round 19

    GWS-Suns/ Hawks-Pies/ Cats-Dogs/ Bris-Syd/ Freo-Melb

    Round 20

    Carl-Port/ Suns-Bris/ Melb-GWS/ Syd-Dogs/ 

    Round 21

    Dogs-Melb/ Pies-Carl/ Port-Syd/ GWS-Hawks/ Ess-Freo/ 

    Round 22

    Syd-Pies/ Bris-GWS/ Freo-Cats/ Ess-Suns/ Melb-Port/ Carl-Hawks/ 

    Round 23

    Ess-Syd/ Suns-Melb/ GWS-Freo/ Pies-Bris/ 

    Round 24

    Bris-Ess/ Melb-Pies/ Dogs-GWS/ Freo-Port/ 

     

     

    Edited by DiscoStu17

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    The Dees can still make the 8 if they show the contest and pressure game like they played at the Gabba on Friday. A big plus is the Dees don't meet the Blues in the remaining rounds (who of course are storming to their 17th flag 😁).

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    As much as it hurts to be as low as 12th, we could be back in the 8 in 2 weeks if we can knock off WC (likely) and then Essendon (possibly).

    Destiny still very much in our hands and we play the likes of Essendon, Bulldogs, GWS, Port and GC who are all fighting for that 7th-8th spot.

    Going to (hopefully??) be some very uplifting and exciting wins for the MFC on the run home.

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    2 hours ago, Bombay Airconditioning said:

    Of all the years to do a Melbourne, we chose this one. 

    what is doing a Melbourne these days? finishing top 4 like past 3 years and winning a flag?

    or you thinking further back?

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    So, out of the 37 remaining matches between the top 13 teams,

    WE FEATURE IN 7 OF THEM. 

    OTHERS:

    Sydney 5

    Carlton 5

    Fremantle 6 

    Essendon 6 

    Geelong 4 

    Collingwood 7 

    Port Adelaide 6 

    Brisbane 5 

    Western Bulldogs 6

    GWS Giants 7 

    Gold Coast Suns 5

    Hawthorn 5

     

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    21 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    As much as it hurts to be as low as 12th, we could be back in the 8 in 2 weeks if we can knock off WC (likely) and then Essendon (possibly).

    Beating West Coast and Essendon is definitely doable.

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    That's why some of these posts are getting a bit riddiculous. A lot of people seem to have collective amnesia about what Max King has been able to produce in the past, particularly in 2022 (before the shoulder injuries).

    He needs a full pre-season and someone working with him who isn't a "2007-2011 St Kilda nepo hire". No offence to Harvs, but I have my doubts he's the best person to coach a key forward through a form slump. Get someone from the outside to work with him on his craft. Someone who understands what he might be going through. Give him whatever he needs. He's the future and is capable of great things.

    FFS, saying he's "never going to be that player" is riddiculous when he's already shown it.

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    11 hours ago, Antioch said:

    How on earth did we lose to west coast???? They are totally useless. 

    Unfortunately we got them on the say they decided to play like premiership contenders. Which is typical of Melbourne 

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