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THE TEAMS - Kangaroos v Melbourne

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It wasn't all that long ago that Melbourne played the Kangaroos in Round 9 and lost by 1 point.

However, there will be a lot of differences in the make up of the Demons' side when it runs onto the field this Sunday.

The selected side for the game on the Thursday night was as follows:-

Backs Daniel Ward Nathan Carroll Ricky Petterd

Half Backs James Frawley Ben Holland Daniel Bell

Centreline Travis Johnstone James McDonald Aaron Davey

Half Forwards Brad Green Russell Robertson Cameron Bruce

Forwards Adem Yze David Neitz Matthew Bate

Followers Jeff White Simon Godfrey Nathan Jones

Interchange Clint Bizzell Lynden Dunn Paul Johnson Brad Miller

Emergencies Nathan Brown Chris Johnson Brock McLean

In Clint Bizzell James Frawley Ben Holland Russell Robertson

Out Ryan Ferguson (broken thumb) Colin Sylvia (hamstring soreness) Matthew Whelan (foot) Nathan Brown (omitted)

* definite outs slashed/ doubtfuls underlined

However, by the time match day came around, Brock McLean had been added to the list of emergencies and Melbourne played him in place of Matthew Bate who withdrew with a hamstring strain. Yze (groin) was also replaced in the selected side by Nathan Brown.

Meanwhile, this was the Kangaroos' selected side:-

Backs Daniel Pratt Michael Firrito Scott McMahon

Half Backs Jesse Smith Shannon Watt Jess Sinclair

Centreline Adam Simpson Andrew Swallow Brady Rawlings

Half Forwards Daniel Harris Aaron Edwards Corey Jones

Forwards Lindsay Thomas Leigh Brown Drew Petrie

Followers Hamish McIntosh Shannon Grant Brent Harvey

Interchange Glenn Archer Matt Campbell Josh Gibson Blake Grima

Emergencies Kasey Green David Hale Ed Lower

In Archer

Out Green

The Kangaroos then replaced Watt in the selected side with Hale.

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    melb no davey,pettrd,yze,green,trapper

    n roos have wells back n fit

    this be huge test

    Actually wells injured his knee against freo, I expect a much different result sadly, we just have too many out...

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    This game was the only MFC game in Melbourne I've missed this year.

    For those that went, describe the last quarter and was it as shattering as the close Port, Dogs and Essendon games. I can recall us being about 35 points down early in the last quarter and then we were in front, with a blink of the eye.

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    I was at the game, and the result was not as shattering as the others. We were pathetic all day, except for a 15 minute burst when we played confident and flowing footy to kick 7 goals. We were inept for the first 3 quarters and 10 minutes and never deserved to win. That we managed to get so close was laughable, and the looks on the faces of the roos supporters was hilarious.

    I had resigned myself to another loss well before 3 quarter time.

    Now, the Essendon game is a different matter........

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    i flew down to melbfor that game , during the game was tense then getting towards the end it felt like looking up then , bang another close loss

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    I had an event in Sydney on the Sunday evening, so flew home for the game... qantas ensured that I missed the first half and got to listen on radio.... i finally arrived at the ground at the 15 minute mark of the third quarter very hungover and wondering what i was doing after watching the finish of the third...

    i did however comment to my brother that i felt there was a sniff.. they had not put us away and we had actually started to get a bit of the ball....

    they kicked the first of the last and well, thought that was game over....

    we then produced arguably the football that has made us one of the good teams to watch at the G.. we went long and direct, we took chances and backed ourselves, we ran from defence and became brave....

    the crowd was pretty loud and there was a thought of the impossible but our last minutes were disappointing and probably sum the season up!!

    you walked away from this game with so many questions and wondering why did it take to the last quarter and how we do not play like that more often?

    it was nearly the perfect end to a perfect weekend - the cricket rocks on concert was brilliant!!

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    That we managed to get so close was laughable, and the looks on the faces of the roos supporters was hilarious.

    Never happy about losing but I walked away thinking the right team had won. Saw a Roos supporter friend on the way out and he looked like he had seen a ghost and hadn't enjoyed the win at all. It would be nice to give them a similar scare this week.

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