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22 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

Is this a good or a bad thing? Does it mean we have a superstar ruckman? Or does it mean the club lacks depth in the rucking department? Or a bit of both?

It means we have the premier ruckman in the competition. 

Bigger crowds than last year. Good signs for the club ?

15 hours ago, Cranky Franky said:

A very handy player - not quiet a gun.

A loud gun...

45 minutes ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

A few smart clubs saw how WCE performed during the finals.  We were one of them and zeroed in on Preuss.  The media (and some clubs) didn't get it at first.  It finally dawned on them that the game is changing.

Some have been scrambling to find a second ruckman so a few have been thrown lifelines:  Mumford, Roughead, Clarke and perhaps Spencer. 

A few clubs will be found wanting with just one recognised ruckman or two average ruckman.  Ironically, they seem to be the clubs that ended the year at the bottom of the ladder.

Including smart, Gold Coast and Spencil is very impressive...

4 hours ago, Thehardtackler said:

Hogan will not go to West Coast. He was a die hard Docker as a youth, that I believe is a large part of his motivation for going there. Look at how much Harmes loves us. Same thing! 

Is there even such a thing??

In the last quarter when we were piling on the goals, a Melbourne supporter was yelling out - where are our f’ing fireworks. Classic ?

Too good

Really interest point of the game. Instinct when behind is to be brave and take the game on. But experience is generally the key, composure and do the basics really well. Interesting what Collingwood do from here.

My new favourite expression “we are built for finals”

...as it approached the 30 minute mark of the last quarter. I even whispered to myself - we’ve got this

No change, including Ronald Dale Barassi Jr in the grandstand 

Team sport is about everyone playing their role. One of his major roles is setting the on field standard for attack and aggression. Once again 100% executed!

29 minutes ago, Rod Grinter Riot Squad said:

No.

We are Melbourne, a sleeping giant, those that were there in 87 understand 

Exactly what I was thinking.

Goodluck demonlanders.

From an article last year when the Tiges beat the Cats in the qualifying final “mauling Geelong with an unrelenting brand of pressure that carried them to a 51-point win”. 

That’s the template on how you beat the Cats.

23 hours ago, rpfc said:

They play keepings off footy and avoid contests. I’m sorry, but we are built to beat teams like this. We win the contested footy and then let teams off the hook on the outside. If we don’t switch off like we have done for 2 of the 8 Quarters we have played them - we will win.

Will totally understand a bit of stage fright - in the first 5 mins - then it is time to get to work. 

Agree. In last years final Richmond embarrassed them with manic pressure. At our best we can replicate this type of contested footy. Just need to settle early and play our brand.

2 hours ago, —coach— said:

Argggghhhhhh damn you AFL, sheduling our first final in 12 years and you put it on the day our third child is due ???

Oh well, at least you saw the first 2

Weideman - the real deal

Very happy for north. They had a really great season and throughly deserved ninth...

Very noticeable at the ground how loud the Melbourne players were when they were setting up their defence. Very team oriented footy.

Just played uninhibited footy. Nice ? 

If we didn’t trade watts then harmes wouldn’t have number 4. Without this number he wouldn’t have won the game for us on Sunday. And therefore we wouldn’t be in the finals. Time to shut down the thread - I think I have nailed it...

It’s so pathetic watching battlers like north trying to scrape into the finals...

September... Melbourne Football Club... Finals... I didn’t think those words even belonged in a sentence 

Great challenge today. With the swans experience they know how to win these high pressure games and we generally don’t. Win this and it’s another step to developing the mental strength required to be one of the top teams.