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GAMEDAY: Rd 05 vs Essendon

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It’s Game Day, and the Demons are staring down the barrel of an 0-5 start for the first time since 2012 as they take on Essendon at Adelaide Oval for Gather Round. In that forgettable season, Melbourne finally broke their drought by toppling the Bombers. Can lightning strike twice? Will the Dees turn their nightmare start around and breathe life back into 2025?

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    I just rewatched the Cats game v. us.

    We played much better than I remembered ( for 3 quarters).

    We lost by 39 points on their dungheap, then they’ve done well against a “ hot” Adelaide in hostile conditions, which makes our effort seem not so bad.

    Dees by 11 ( pray!)

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    6 hours ago, redandbluemakepurple said:

    No.

    Lol, that’s the spirit

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    very difficult to tip our boys.

    our form is very poor

    we can't kick a score

    but i'm an optimist

    Dees by 15 points

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    Have a strange feeling we'll do them in!

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    Dees by 19. Fritsch to fire with 4.
     
    23 minutes ago, seventyfour said:

    Dees by 19. Fritsch to fire with 4.

    If he and Kozzie can kick 4.2 instead of 0.6 between them, we might be able to have a conversation.

    Can we at least kick more goals than behinds tonight?. All 4 teams in Gather Round have managed a combined 43.24 in these better than perfect conditions.

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    2021 - 1st in tackles
    2025 - 17th in tackles

    Simple. Win the tackle count, win the game

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    It’s game day baby. Pumped to the max!

    Go Dees. I hate the Dons.

    SN34

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    Lot of positivity here.

    Now for some doom.

    2012 all over again.

    Although we do play well there.

    Surely the lads have some pride?

    Ok we've got this.

    I hope

    22 minutes ago, dice said:

    2021 - 1st in tackles
    2025 - 17th in tackles

    Simple. Win the tackle count, win the game

    We were the fittest team back then, now we're nowhere near it

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    I think the size of Adelaide oval will help us. Dons are slightly more trash than us.

    Dees by 9.

    Edited by At the break of Gawn

    I’m going Fritta to kick 2-3 goals. Thinking he might have asked for less congestion in forward line. No knowlege of if that could or did happen.


    Like Dusty Springfield, I’ve been doing a heap of wish’n and hope’n and pray’n this week. Fingers crossed that it pays off, but I’m not convinced!

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    1 hour ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    If he and Kozzie can kick 4.2 instead of 0.6 between them, we might be able to have a conversation.

    Can we at least kick more goals than behinds tonight?. All 4 teams in Gather Round have managed a combined 43.24 in these better than perfect conditions.

    Since 2021 I would guess we have kicked far more behinds than goals and far more behinds than our opponents.

    We know it cost us probably 3 of our 4 lost finals since 2021.

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    1 hour ago, leave it to deever said:

    Lot of positivity here.

    Now for some doom.

    2012 all over again.

    Although we do play well there.

    Surely the lads have some pride?

    Ok we've got this.

    I hope

    Where' the Jeffofullo show start?? Oh wait!


    58 minutes ago, Deeoldfart said:

    Like Dusty Springfield, I’ve been doing a heap of wish’n and hope’n and pray’n this week. Fingers crossed that it pays off, but I’m not convinced!

    The late, great Dusty. What a legend.

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    The worst thing about this game is Essendon are death riding us

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    I feel like we’re gonna win because we aren’t in Victoria? If this game was at the G, I’d feel like we were gonna lose.

    Football is so dumb. Or I’m dumb. Probably both are dumb.

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    We are mentally frail, lazy and not committed to the cause. We also have a coach who loves to reward the above, so not sure how we win this one.

    Currently overseas on a family holiday, so will only see the result later this afternoon. Hoping this might be Goodwins last game as coach.

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