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Amazing...we win by 80 odd points & no-one is knocking the door down?? It is ROUND 1 of the VFL season & after 2 COVID interrupted seasons...lets see what our MFC listed players are doing after ROUND 6. If there is an injury to our senior team we are bringing a player into a team where they just have to play their role . Pretty harsh assessments on some players after 1 game.

You absolutely play Pickett unless he is not fit to play. Just as we get excited whenever he gets near the ball conversely the opposition gets extremely worried. His pressure alone is valuable!!

Rivers PCL… ?May went off against Nth so maybe residual soreness. McKay & Curnow maybe doubtful …

i think Max said this is better than the music festival we went to & Fritz said yeah but the festival was pretty good..or words to that effect. Maxy told that story so not sure if he was putting mayo on it...

Pretty sure that’s when she educated BT why the ball was kicked from our backline to McDonald instead of to Pickett…explained how the dynamics of our game had changed when we got that first goal after trailing by 19pts…i.e. attacking the ball rather than going into our shells. I’m assuming you made that comment “tongue in cheek”.?

Zanker Birch L.Pierce

Hand on heart I promised myself after our after the siren win in Geelong that I would never lose faith in our team again. I got a bit shaky with the 19point deficit but when Fritsch kicked that goal I just knew we wouldn’t lose. Would never have predicted what would happen next though…stuff dreams are made of !!

Definitely there…no moon boot then !!

He did … his whole speech was about all the people that made it happen on & off the field !!

We get a stand alone marquee game to kick of the 2022 AFL season. It’s a bummer that it’s not at a convenient time but as a Melbourne supporter barracking for our club which is trying to get back to mix it with the big Victorian clubs I’d take a marquee game opportunity whenever it is offered. I missed out on the GF so I would walk over “cut glass” to watch the unfurling of the Flag & the first game. We have roughly 3 months to make arrangements & I hope that after all the outpouring of emotion from the fans we actually physically turn out & support them. I get all the arguments etc but this is celebrating our first premiership in 57 years. It’s just impossible to keep everyone happy ..,TV audience will be massive & footy lovers will go because they’ll be guaranteed an amazing game & it’s been soooo long since we’ve sat in a full MCG..,

True…but pre flu shots & natural immunity, deaths from flu ( Spanish flu etc) were horrific. We know Covid won’t disappear but in time with vaccines & immunity build up…the same will occur & we will live with & only the vulnerable (as with flu today) will be compromised.

Don't we get new flu variants every year …covid will be no different

Extremely happy with mine …first ever tattoo & last (will only add the next premiership wins)

Hmm thought it was just a confirmation of what you had reported…Gary merely mentioned that the conversation he had had in Perth was exactly what you reported…so surely that’s an affirmation of your post ??

Gary Lyon also mentioned the exact same information…

Amazing & many thanks …

I heard him on with Dwayne pre grand final and he said we would lose!!

Tom McDonald played ok. Interestingly played 10mins down back (maybe a contingency plan if someone gets injured mid game )

Thanks for posting that..an excellent read

Well if there is a negative of having an extra week it will be these “click bait” stories because the media has to make themselves seem relevant about something

Both teams are training at the Eagles training ground which according to Adam Simpson is impossible to “close off” so training will be open to anyone who can go. Not me alas !!

Naughton’s game dropped off when Bruce went down. He looked good on Sat (& he is good), because they played English a fair amount of time in the forward line and used Scache to isolate Allir. They could use English that way because Lycett & Ladhams are def no Gawn & Jackson (find it amazing that media continually reference Gawn & the opposing ruckmen but don’t mention Jackson). I think our ruck combo is a massive headache for them. Hibberd would def match up on Hannan & the combo of May..Lever & Petty with Gawn dropping back should be able to handle basically Naughton & Scache with English thrown in. If we play & Bulldogs play similar to the PF’s …we win .

I think in most big games we have elected to tag a player that might not be the obvious one. First time we played bulldogs it was Libba (master stroke) Against the Lions ..Zorko..season average 7.8 goal assists..against us ..none. ANB spent a large chunk of the night on Zac Tuhoy as did Brayshaw on I.Smith …both very good ball movers and Zuhoy especially had minimal influence. I have full faith we will try & negate the player/s we need too & we have so many players that are capable of doing that.

Watching it now

We have a few family members using our barcodes tonight ..they have bought demon gear & are firmly on the Dees. They come from different parts of Perth and all say that support for Melb is huge. They love the players..Trac ..Oliver..Gawn & of course the WA boys. I was at that stadium in 2018 & the noise has to be heard to be believed. Imagine if our boys are running out to that & it’s for them. If we have the crowd..we have the umpires …but believe the boys have got this tonight & comfortably…