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THE LAST TIME THEY MET

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It was a humiliating defeat for Melbourne highlighted by its usual wayward kicking at goals, loose defence and lack of pressure conceding easy goals. Nothing we haven’t seen before or since.

MELBOURNE 1.4.10 2.9.21 6.12.48 8.14.62

GOLD COAST SUNS 4.5.29 5.8.38 12.10.82 18.12.120 

GOALS

MELBOURNE Sharp 2 Bowey Chandler Langford Melksham Petracca van Rooyen 

GOLD COAST SUNS King 4 Miller 3 Graham 2 Anderson Flanders Humphrey Long Noble Read Walter Weller Witts 

BEST

MELBOURNE Langdon Langford Bowey Oliver Gawn Rivers

GOLD COAST SUNS Rowell Anderson Collins Miller King Noble

THE TEAMS

MELBOURNE

B B. Howes, S. May, C. Salem
HB T. Rivers, H. Petty, J. Bowey
C E. Langdon, C. Oliver, X. Lindsay
HF J. Henderson, A. Johnson, H. Sharp
F B. Fritsch, J. van Rooyen, T. Sparrow
FOLL M. Gawn, C. Petracca, J. Viney
I/C J. Billings, K. Chandler, H. Langford, T. McDonald SUB J. Melksham
EMG R. Mentha Jr, O. Sestan, D. Turner

IN J. Billings, A. Johnson, H. Langford, S. May, J. Melksham

OUT M. Jefferson (hand), J. Lever (ankle), C. Spargo (concussion), D. Turner (omitted), T. Woewodin (omitted)

GOLD COAST SUNS

B M. Andrew, W. Powell, S. Collins
HB J. Noble, B. Uwland, D. Rioli
C L. Weller, M. Rowell, S. Clohesy
HF W. Graham, J. Walter, T. Miller
F B. King, S. Flanders, E. Read
FOLL J. Witts, B. Humphrey, N. Anderson
I/C C. Budarick, N. Holman, B. Long, J. Jeffrey SUB J. Rogers
EMG A. Sexton, N. Moyle, C. Graham

IN  M. Andrew,  S. Flanders, J. Walter

OUT B. Ainsworth (quad), C. Ballard (knee), A. Sexton (omitted)

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    19 minutes ago, jumbo returns said:

    Not sure much will change

    14.8 would be a start ...

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    They wiped the floor with us in a manner no other team have this year.

    A real humbling performance.

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    the sun's lightning speed vs our snail-in-treacle pace was so hard to watch.. out of the 5 losses at the beginning of the year, this one made me the most concerned about the future of the current team. no one stood up. it was horrid.

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    I was in Sydney visiting my daughter when that match was on.

    We found a pub in Manly to watch the match. It was a sportsbar type arrangement, with the match being shown on a small screen. Obviously events like pip spitting and hot dog eating were more interesting to the locals.

    In any event, the Demons were deplorable. Not even a few beers could camouflage that.

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    On 23/06/2025 at 16:15, jumbo returns said:

    Not sure much will change

    It’ll be different this time. You’ll see. Please don’t ask me why since I have nfi why. All I know is, it will be different. We’ll come home with a win. ♥️💙

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    1 hour ago, Ghostwriter said:

    It’ll be different this time. You’ll see. Please don’t ask me why since I have nfi why. All I know is, it will be different. We’ll come home with a win. ♥️💙

    I truly hope so GW as I and family (11 of us) will drive down for the game and wanting to see a win live. Boy we need it, but it will be tough albeit we have a decent record against them on the GC.

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    I rewatched the round 3 match today.

    First Qtr we could have been in front but for poor entries.

    Second Qtr they won territory but we had shots and missed (Fritsch has since found his kicking boots again though)

    Third Qtr they had a period of 10 min where everything went their way. But again all we were lacking was the forward connection

    Fourth Qtr - the queue went in the rack for us.

    Bottom line is: if we clean up entries and kick through the big sticks I think we beat them this week

    • because they are in a slump and will be feeling the pressure to prove themselves, and that's still a big perceived hurdle for them

    • and we have no reason not to have fire in the belly, pure rage that we embarrassed ourselves so hard when we last played them (that is if we have any dignity as a team... which i think has been a feature of our performances after round 5 , to give us credit)

    • not to mention we didnt have Pickett , Mcvee, Lever or Leb last time 🤫, and playing were Billings, AJ, Hendo and Howes

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    On 23/06/2025 at 22:00, Mt. Dee-Maaan said:

    the sun's lightning speed vs our snail-in-treacle pace was so hard to watch.. out of the 5 losses at the beginning of the year, this one made me the most concerned about the future of the current team. no one stood up. it was horrid.

    But Pickett 'is' the future of our current team. And the lad wasne there in March.

    Instead it was the billings and hendo brigade.

    Fair difference that

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    Small solace: Carlton's rubbish performance is keeping our poor performance out of the media.

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    22 hours ago, nextskipclaz said:

    But Pickett 'is' the future of our current team. And the lad wasne there in March.

    Instead it was the billings and hendo brigade.

    Fair difference that

    very true, but it was more the way that rowell, anderson, etc, ripped the ball outta the guts and sprinted forward with trac and oliver grasping thin air. it more made me realise that our boys are no longer 'it'. the game has moved on.

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