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+93 disposals. +22 CPs. +20 clearances. +24 inside 50s. +1 extra day break on our opponent, who was coming off back-to-back six day breaks. That should be a 5-goal win, not a loss.

I got to choose which giant head I’ll be waving. I could’ve picked Hunty my fave but I thought in light of what happened yesterday I’d go the Ed Head #PositiveLingers

Can't we just give the Weid a week off from smacking him on the internet given he's not even playing? Gets a bit tired.

Don't blame the umpires. We didn't take our chances and they did and we were outplayed. Losing to this mob is always the bitterest pill to swallow. Goodnight all.

Round 21, Melbourne vs Collingwood. 1 Vote, Melbourne, J.Viney 2 votes, Melbourne, E. Langdon 3 votes, Melbourne, and taking the lead in the 2022 Brownlow. C…………………..Oliver

Short answer, very.

And hey, should we lose tonight (except we won’t), but if we do, let’s all NOT point the finger at Ed. To suggest that the outcome of a match can be even partly attributed to the pregame words of one player is foolish. #PositiveLingers

We'll be up for this. No doubt about that Bring the same heat and intensity that we did against the Freo and the pies have no chance Time to put these upstarts in their place Dees by 25 points

Furious, absolutely furious with that loss. We have too much class to be kicking and handballing like that. Atrocious games from Kozzie, ANB, Spargo, Hibberd, and Jackson. Kozzie in particular fumbled, ran over the ball, flew when he should have stayed down and played an all round shocker. The old Dees habit of handballing under pressure to a team mate who is under more pressure. That one from Hibberd to Viney in the Pies forward line - unforgiveable. It happened all night. We canNOT keep kicking our forward 50 entries into the pocket. EVERY time, even when we have short options. My rage hasn't settled yet. Really grumpy right now.

Collingwood are obviously very well coached. 11 on the trot now. Simply outplayed us. They were very efficient at goal. Credit to them.

and here you are

As has been discussed, the pies go fast and push up hard. They will find that method harder to implement againat us than almost any other team, particularly their and aggressive fast ball movement because we are so good at forcing and punishing turnovers. But if they do get forward, we are also better placed than any other team to get over or through their high press and scoring on transition from our defence. Think of our very first goal last week. The ball was trapped almost on freo's goal line and their half forwards and mids were pressed up high, the way the pies like to do. Once we won the ball we were able to get through ther press and out into space. Handball from trac to viney, back to tracc and a 60 metre kick to kozzie running back towards goal, having started up around the half back flank. His opponent couldn't go with kozzie. Tracc could have chosen other options as all our forwards had pushed up and were streaming forward. Took all of 30 seconds, and only for possessions to go from one end of the ground to the other. Bang, bang, bang.

Ginnivans game style.

Cheating [censored] [censored] in yellow absolutely garbage. Multiple gifts from free kicks in Collingwood I50 from ridiculous calls. All over the ground just inconsistent decisions. [censored] that [censored].

Really? I am having a dig at mental health, because I think it's ludicrous for every second player to come out and hide behind mental health every time they have to deal with a negative narrative? That is the epitome of minimising mental health, and it actually takes away from those who truly are battling mental health issues. He was fair game getting stuck into Gawn, but he can't cop it the other way? Give me a break. A kid who really is suffering from mental health issues, is not putting himself out there like he has. He was happy to cop the praise, so he needs to be happy to cop the negativity coming his way. As for violence, I said I hope he gets tackled high for no frees. I did not say I hope we injure him. Get off your weird high horse.

Wow, I really struggle to understand why people want us to be boring and generic. Let's just roll out another vanilla cliche about taking one game at a time. Langdon did nothing more than put a little bit of chilli sauce on an otherwise pretty much generic interview out of the MelbournFC marketing handbook. Personally, I loved it. Let's put a bit more personality in this playing group's public persona. We don't need to try and hide in plain sight anymore, we are the reigning premiers. We are allowed to have a few opinions and yes, we need to back them up with actions. Let's just go ahead and do that! If Collingwood getting a bit agro intimidates us we are hardly going to be flag contenders. We are ready for finals football and all that means, bring the heat, we welcome it! Do we really want to try and fly under the radar for fear that we might rile up our opponent? And just to be clear, there was nothing arrogant or offensive in what Langers said, there was plenty of respect for what they can do, just a recognition that they have limits and we are ready to exploit them.

Defs not preaching here, but for those still in two minds, or those who CAN go but choose not to, remember how far out of his comfort zone this man went for our Club on many, many occasions… #BeLikeJim

Kick straight and we win comfortably by 5 or so goals. We always threatened to lose games last year with poor goalkicking. That was my one concern heading into last year's finals series. The Bulldogs round 20 game in particular, but you could argue this year poor goalkicking has cost us against Sydney, Bulldogs and now Collingwood. The most glaringly obvious was tonight's game though. Collingwood played out of their skins. Their pressure was elite and we let them transition too easily at times. But we shouldn't be losing that game. It's fixable if it doesn't become mental. Really poor result though obviously and now we could well miss the top 4.

Just watched the last quarter of the 2017 QB game on Kayo, where Jack Watts kicked the sealer. The ball was parked in our forward 50 for most of that quarter and our pressure was fantastic. Another game like that tonight (with a bigger margin) would be brilliant. And I'll never forget the roar from behind us at that Punt Rd end when Jack kicked that goal. Goosebumps.

Max missed two sodas, Salems gift after the siren should've been routine, Melksham decides to snap on his left from 35m out in a 45 degree angle instead of earning his goddamn coin and slotting what was a routine drop punt goal. Keep teams in it and get overrun when you can't stop their momentum. Pretty consistent pattern this season. We are crying out for another competitive talk forward. Or game plan doesn't work when we are continually beaten in the air up forward.

I still miss Burgess.

How long has it been since these two old enemies have played a bigger game?

If we could fix our forward half game we’d be unstoppable! Just so much wasted effort for such a poor return. Work it out Footy Department!!

I just can’t believe we lost after being 24 points up, we never do that!

WCW also starting in the guts. (banner raising). 😁 I reckon I’m more nervous than the players. Biggest crowd thus far 😬

Hi Dazz. Our mail is that the Lions have offered 1 year at $750 and there is no certainty that even if the Swans match it now, he’d stay. The other big news we’re hearing is that the Swans have told Josh Kennedy that they can’t guarantee him a game next year and surprisingly, rather than retire, he’s looking at 1 year offers from both the Kangas & GWS. It appears the Swans are looking to move on from these two great Champions. Also hearing that Geelong has made enquiries about Grundy.

Hopefully both, simultaneously, and no free. I despise that kid. Cries about his mental health, but has carried on like a pork chop all season... make your bed and all that.

Gawn down with a serious ankle injury, basically unable to move at FF for a half.

Our loss to them had 4 key talls out or injured. Made Mr USA look like Mr Universe. Not tonight, baby! System system system. Lets show them what a premiership team looks like… Dees by 40. (90 to 50)

“Upstarts” - Can’t think of a more fitting description. Well I can, only every second word would be censored. We’ll get the job done tonight and we’ll revel in their misery. 🍻 GO THE MIGHTY DEMONS!!! ❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙 #PositiveBinners

I get that people don't love the guy but there's ways to get a point like this across without sounding like a total a***

Pies are a good team. Fit, good system 22 contributors. But we should have been six goals up at half time when we had the opportunities. We hardly fired a shot after half time but a decent buffer could have been insurmountable. First halves of Langdon, Brayshaw, Salem were great but we need more. Eight goals from Johnson and Elliot really hurt.

I miss the loading thing.

That one stung. Pies made the most of their chances. Felt like a final and we came up short. Few players looking tired and sore. We don't quite have the spark we had last year but we'll be around the mark. All of the part time supporters throwing the toys out of the cot and saying they're over the team can gtfo. Buckle up. Get behind the boys.

Three goals in a half of footy isn't going to win you much.

That's a wrap. Weekend ruined

Livid. 6 losses this year. 5 of them we've led by 20+ points.

I’ve made it from the farm… and it’s dry! And, Viney is built for these conditions and these contexts. Expecting a continuation of his ripping form.

To quote a headline from the back page of the Herald Sun (circa early 1960s) that has stuck with me over the years: "Today's Magpies are Tomorrow's Feather Dusters".

One trick

Turner after starting well, was off concussed early in the second quarter.

Last time we played them we were in a "form" slump. No May, Lever hobbling and Petty off the ground when they got a run-on. Business end of the season, those three playing and we are turning the corner. Collingwood supporters are up and about however they have had an easy run home and only just beaten sides on the bottom. Port by 6pts at home Ess by 4 Crows by 5 North by 7 Suns by 5 Giants at home by 11 That tells me they are super overrated and hanging by a thread. Dees win.

On the subject of booing: it’s likely Langers will attract more than his fair share tonight. Maybe only for the first quarter or part thereof, since average Collingwood supporter = attention span of a moth. I hope they boo him loudly and often as that’d mean he’s getting a lot of the ball. That said, we (DA) will try our damndest to drown them out. Hopefully all Dees peeps join in! #LotsaLoveForEd

should be safe...they will be down in Poppy's Lane in their Bintang singlets trying to figure out the exchange rate on Rupiah

It's a cliche but this is another huge game that we simply must win. By whacking the filth pretenders tonight we will tie up a top two finish and keep our flag defence at the G. I'll be driving The Manor's dog ute in tonight and meeting some Demonlanders for an early start on the booze. This will likely mean I'll need post match accommodation. ( Demonland sheilas feel free to offer) I reckon we'll win - let's get that straight, but expect the filth to come at us hard. Our defence will be key but expect super games from Clarrie and Max. BBB to kick 3!!

Feeling the creep of nerves this morning... waiting for my flight to Melb to take off. I'll spend all day working alongside a Pies supporter which will only exacerbate things! Hoping we can back up Lingers' words and show some proper Melbourne style footy!

Don’t judge me, but I follow the /AFL sub on Reddit pretty regularly. I’ve found it’s a great way to gauge the general mood of other clubs, and it seems to be a lot less Boofhead-oriented than Big Footy and the like. Ed’s story is blowing up right now over there, and it’s interesting to note that a lot of people - including many Collingwood supporters - are saying how much they love the banter.

All class.

Stick it right up 'em Lingers 😎 Game on moles.

I look forward to the pies trying to rough up Langers and he smiles and ends up hugging them different cat