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MFCSS is on high alert.

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    Everyone calling for rain! I want it as dry as possible. Was a wet day the last time we played them and it didn't stop draper and phillips combining for 5 strong goals and killing us! They're in good form and it will be tough, but I'm loving the new look Dees. Hoping we can work on some better method out of the centre by necessity without Maxy. Team has grown so much in the last three weeks. Let that continue! Go Dees

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    14 minutes ago, RedBlueandTrue said:

    Everyone calling for rain! I want it as dry as possible. Was a wet day the last time we played them and it didn't stop draper and phillips combining for 5 strong goals and killing us! They're in good form and it will be tough, but I'm loving the new look Dees. Hoping we can work on some better method out of the centre by necessity without Maxy. Team has grown so much in the last three weeks. Let that continue! Go Dees

    The only reason I hope it rains is because Gawn plays his worst games in wet weather, so in essence we wouldn’t really be missing him.

    However, you’re right in relation to hoping for a dry game. Our performances last year in wet weather as well as the Carlton game this year have been largely deplorable. We’re not a highly skilled side at the best of times, and wet weather only exacerbates our skill issue.

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    Interesting last night the conditions appeared slippery with the dew, and a lot of kicking off the ground and forcing the ball forward was used by both sides. Interesting to see how it will be tonight….

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    this clear blue sky over the 3144 doesn't fill me with confidence

    i long for the ol 2.10pm game...train from malvern to richmond at 1.30pm, game at 2.10pm, back home by 5.45pm...

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    Season defining game

    I don’t say it often but win and we go 10-7 with 6 games left and should make finals. Lose and it’s 9-8 and finals difficult

    Bombers are about our level right now which is depressing to say so it’ll come down to who goes in harder for longer

    A start like last week would be nice!

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    50 minutes ago, RedBlueandTrue said:

    Everyone calling for rain! I want it as dry as possible. Was a wet day the last time we played them and it didn't stop draper and phillips combining for 5 strong goals and killing us! They're in good form and it will be tough, but I'm loving the new look Dees. Hoping we can work on some better method out of the centre by necessity without Maxy. Team has grown so much in the last three weeks. Let that continue! Go Dees

    definitely agree. We have Kozzi, Rivers, Melky, Windsor, JVR etc all with great skill. 

    it’ll be dewy but a really wet game would not suit us

    Big Footy Essendon forum:

    - “I don’t like when Ess go in as favs.”

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    3 hours ago, Winners at last said:

    Please include its full title when referring to it  ...  "that POS Maynard".

    Just POS would do without needing to ever mention the name

    2 hours ago, Maldonboy38 said:

    I have the ying and yang experience this morning.

    • YING - Delight and expectation that my Dees are playing, are on TV, and a heap of new young players showing some skill and grunt.
    • YANG - we are playing the [censored] whom I loathe with a passion equal to those drivers who refuse to indicate before they hit the brake pedal.

    If the game is played in a similar manner to last night Pies v Cats, we are in for a good night. If it becomes an aerial game it could become difficult for us.

    Kozzie's milestone, Clarry finding the ball, Fritsch & Melksham in tandem, May & Lever in tandem, Langdon & Windsor in tandem. 

    Dees by 10

    Maldonboy - "Dees by 10" - is that points or goals??

    3 hours ago, ANG13 said:

    Well what a grey damp cold miserable day it is at the moment, I hope it clears up to be a nice dry evening for football. 
    There’s not many games where I wake up nervous from the get go but today is. The result of this game is huge for our season, we just need to get the win. And where playing Essendon I ride shotgun with WCW in my hatred for this arrogant scum of a club. 

    Same, Ang! I’m always chill af. I only have my weight’s worth of coffee and Red Bull and a carton of cigarettes because that’s how I roll. 😀


    I'm quietly confident. Clarry to star. And all the forwards to get involved 

    Dees by 18

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    3 hours ago, 640MD said:

    I agree,   Just wish I had your confidence  Go Dees

    Confidence/Delusion… it’s all the same right? 😁

    Seriously MD, you just have to BELIEVE. I genuinely believe we’ll beat them, I really do. Our boys are riding a wave of confidence and belief and their players have probably let doubt creep in. Reason being, before they beat Collingwood everyone was saying they haven’t beaten any of the top sides. They beat Collingwood and that boosted their confidence… muchly 😡 After watching Collingwood last night, you can’t tell me Essendon are still feeling so invincible.

    We need to capitalise on that self-doubt, and I believe we will.

    WE CAN (AND WILL) DO THIS!!!

    2 hours ago, old55 said:

    Prime him for R24, that's all I ask!

    He has been told he must attend. 
    If anyone wants to win the flag in 2025 and wants to fork out $700 for a membership for him so he can attend finals, we will accept 😂

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    1 minute ago, Jaded No More said:

    He has been told he must attend. 
    If anyone wants to win the flag in 2025 and wants to fork out $700 for a membership for him so he can attend finals, we will accept 😂

    I’ll do that. And I’ll have a limousine parked out front of yours every GameDay for him. 

    I don’t think we’ll be the pushover that Essendon will be expecting. They’ve had a very easy fixture. Not that they’re top eight anymore, but until last round, they hadn’t beaten a team in the right. Even then, it was only Collingwood. 

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    2 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

    I’ll do that. And I’ll have a limousine parked out front of yours every GameDay for him. 

    He truly doesn’t deserve this level of service 😂

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    4 hours ago, forever demons said:

    Must have been a child bride,dear old brownie

    Haha 3rd time lucky with this one fd

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    Raining in Ocean Grove 

    Can you still get premium guest passes or does that have to be during the week?


    44 minutes ago, monoccular said:

    Just POS would do without needing to ever mention the name

    Maldonboy - "Dees by 10" - is that points or goals??

    Hahaha, I will take 10 goals Mono, but my tip is 10 points. 

    14 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

    He truly doesn’t deserve this level of service 😂

    Uhm… YES HE DOES!

    I’ll even throw in a foot-rub and a charcuterie and a bottle of *Penfolds Bin 95 'Grange' Shiraz 1998 (Magnum) in the limo.
     

    *clueless about wine so hadda Google ‘most expensive wine’ and this one goes for $2,350 a pop! The website says ‘free delivery’!!!! I should bloody think so! At that price I’d expect Brad Pitt to deliver it. 😅

    2 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    For those into good luck charms and superstitions, we’re 15-3-1 for Saturday night games since round 1 2021.

    Already 3-0 this year.

    Have all three involved my man? ...

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    Can't see us winning this unfortunately. 

    A shout-out to the handful of DL'ers of Italian heritage. I know there's a few of youse (I ain't one BTW) 

    I'll be listening in from sunny Bovalino. Currently on my way there from Villa San Giovanni. Any options re free accom gratefully accepted!

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