Unconfirmed rumour from a mate that Steven May is out. No other info. Take with a grain of salt at the moment. 

10 minutes ago, Disco InTurno said:

Anyone know if the Warne stand will be closed or not? 

https://mcg.org.au/whats-on/events-calendar/2025/march/afl-round-1---melbourne-v-gws-giants#GeneralAdmissionSeating

 

2 minutes ago, Demonland said:

Unconfirmed rumour from a mate that Steven May is out. No other info. Take with a grain of salt at the moment. 

Adams to be #7 Demon debutant?

Frittas 150th today. Congrats to him 

1 minute ago, whatwhat say what said:

Adams to be #7 Demon debutant?

T Mac is emerg

2 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

Adams to be #7 Demon debutant?

Adams not an emergency so would likely be TMac unless they go smaller then Billings. 

42 minutes ago, Kev said:

We've had a good spread of goal kickers in the past, with the mids having to carry some of the load.

Hoping we get a functional forward area, where we start converting the many entries, and the forwards get the majority of scores.

I'd be thinking the mids are carrying an inordinate amount of the load.

We'll  see

Go us 

Just now, adonski said:

T Mac is emerg

Bbbut we might break a record??!?

(I have no idea whether we would - I expect a franchise holds the competition record)

Anyone on the fence about going, PLEASE GO! Crowd will be low because its against GWS, the F1 is on and the weather is poor. Let's try get at least a few more Dees supporters there to show support for our boys, and especially the debutants!

2 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

Bbbut we might break a record??!?

(I have no idea whether we would - I expect a franchise holds the competition record)

 

2 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

Bbbut we might break a record??!?

(I have no idea whether we would - I expect a franchise holds the competition record)

18 debutants in the first game of 1897 is probably the record, held by a few teams.

And for those keeping score. 

 

I like the giants song but I only want to hear the big big sound once today please 

10 minutes ago, croydick said:

Anyone on the fence about going, PLEASE GO! Crowd will be low because its against GWS, the F1 is on and the weather is poor. Let's try get at least a few more Dees supporters there to show support for our boys, and especially the debutants!

i expect an entire bay of level 2 in the afl members will be mine - m18, for milkshake, is my usual locale

my expectation is i'll saunter up there and the usher will still do the CAN I SEE YOUR TICKET when there's NO ONE coming

Hopefully May is all good, but I’m confident TMac can do the job if he isn’t 

21 minutes ago, Demonland said:

Unconfirmed rumour from a mate that Steven May is out. No other info. Take with a grain of salt at the moment. 

At the Saturday training he was in runners (not boots like everyone else), though still participating. 

Certainly wouldn’t risk May with such an inexperienced tall fwd line

Bring in a small to lock down Daniels 

Or T Mac to handle Gruz

Love Round 1, hate that it is Sunday 3.20pm and F1 weekend. 

I will have eyes on Jeffo who is surprisingly good in the wet (a few games at Casey last year). I am not expecting too much, but want to see his leading, effort and attitude.

Max will be a huge factor in the game - win or lose.

Can the 6 debutants quickly play our defence/stoppage game?

Will our forward line look or feel different with new line coach and new faces? I definitely hope so.

GWS are very well coached, disciplined except for their skipper, and transition as well as anyone. They go in likely favourites. 

Should be a cracker, hoping for a 20 point win.

2 hours ago, Ghostwriter said:

And let’s be honest… a significant portion of our fanbase won’t attend because of the rain.

Rain wouldn't keep this Melburnian Seattleite away!  Living in Seattle has taught me how to deal with rain.  (Living in Melbourne didn't....)

However there's the little matter of noone has developed a teleporter yet so I'm stuck here for the nonce and only able to watch on the tv.

31 minutes ago, Demonland said:

Unconfirmed rumour from a mate that Steven May is out. No other info. Take with a grain of salt at the moment. 

I believe he's running late

This is the flattest start of a season for me that I can remember. Too much [censored] and brutality in the world. Footy seems so unimportant and not even much of a positive distraction anymore given all the pathetic dramas from the end of last season. Still I will be watching and hoping for a win. More hope than confidence. 

Looks like the rain will be clearing by bounce down which is nice. Might be some light rain to start, but should be gone pretty quickly 

Good luck to the demonland faithful 

may the good ship AFL

bestow good luck fair seas and lots of wins 

5 minutes ago, DistrACTION Jackson said:

Looks like the rain will be clearing by bounce down which is nice. Might be some light rain to start, but should be gone pretty quickly 

still raining in malvern