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I'm just going over the '08 fixture thinking about which games I'm best off making the effort to travel to get to.

Queen's Birthday has been fun for the last few years, mark that in.

But which games have the highest interest for people around here?

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Carlton in Round five. We should be a bit more settled under the new coach by then, some of the under-50 gamers will have a grip on their increased role in the absence of the veteran depth players Ward/Brown/Johnstone/Pickett/Bizzell. I'd love this to be the breakout game for a new Melbourne. Not our first win, of course, but the first game we really, really show there's something powerful coming through. I don't quite hate Carlton, it's more like disgust.

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Round 3: V Geelong at KP. I know it sounds like i just like punishment, but it's a match i always look forward to cause it's our last connection to local Football and i LOVE going down there, screeming until my throat is sore, and getting dirty looks from the local ferals!

Round 11: QB, DUH!

Round 14: Our first match against Brisbane at the MCG since 1999(?). It's been too long, and i'm so increadibly happy it's over with. While i'm still not comfortable with us selling games to Canberra, it's better than the GABBAtoir.

Round 19: Our ONLY Friday night game, thank you very much AFL. Against Geelong, if we are in contention for the finals it could make for a big night.

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ROUND 1

Season opener against Hawthorn. Great way to kick off the season and enjoy easter with a win over that scummy mob.

ROUND 7

Revenge against Fremantle at the MCG after Hackland and the Dockers dominated us at the G last year. Game will be significant for me as I'll be heading overseas for a couple of years shortly after this game.

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I'll start by adding -

Carlton in Round five. We should be a bit more settled under the new coach by then, some of the under-50 gamers will have a grip on their increased role in the absence of the veteran depth players Ward/Brown/Johnstone/Pickett/Bizzell.

I thought it'd be longer than this before we were re-writing history regarding TJ. Depth player is a little harsh!

It would be nice to get a win over the Blues, but if I had to choose one guaranteed home and away match win, it'd have to be QB.

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I thought it'd be longer than this before we were re-writing history regarding TJ. Depth player is a little harsh!

It would be nice to get a win over the Blues, but if I had to choose one guaranteed home and away match win, it'd have to be QB.

You're right, should've been veteran and depth players, or something. But the sentiment is right - young players competing for newly opened opportunities.

Mention of Johnstone has me thinking the round 14 game against Brisbane at the 'G. I'm reckoning Bartram is the obvious match-up for TJ, similar build that's for sure.

I'm slightly bitter about TJ letting us down for so many years, but not in a nasty kind of way. I'd love to see him tackled fairly but effectively again and again and again until he cries. That's all. So Maybe Junior on to him.

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