BigFez

Vince should sacrifice his season and take Elliot out of the game. Killing us. Nothing against Bernie, he'd just know how to get it done.

If we make the finals, give me Port in Adelaide over Swans in Sydney any day of the week.

Dennis Armfield.....

About the 18:55 minute mark if anyone wants to see it.

This kid is now 5th for total disposals, 2nd for contested possessions, 5th for clearances, 10th for centre clearances and 3rd for tackles for the entire competition. (Source - afl.com.au/stats) Completely absurd for someone in their second season who only turned 20 a few weeks ago. Seems to be flying under the radar of most supporters and experts alike, I wonder if his 'dive' has taken the gloss off the most complete second year I've seen from any player I can remember. Or does his high handball/kick ratio make him a bit less flashy and eye catching? Regardless, he is as important as anyone in the team now and I love him. I remember a lot of supporters hit the roof when we drafted him ahead of Parish. I'm sure Parish will be a gun but for now it looks like a great decision.

We will be 5 goals up at half time.

Exactly. Minimise the damage against the wind.

North kicking with the wind in the 1st.

Perfect conditions presently. Quite still, sun is trying to come out but pretty cold. Expect the wind to come up later. Hopefully we get a few posting from the ground closer to game time.

I wish I had some of the confidence displayed by other DL users. I guess I'm just scarred by the 10 years of losses to these pricks. Very hopeful of a win but I reckon it will be close all day.

North have a decent following down here, plus a lot of the neutral supporters support north because they are the 'home' side and have a decent presence in Hobart. We love our footy down here so a lot of neutrals go to games just because it's afl being played in Hobart. Ben Brown is Tasmanian so the locals love him. Typically my dees are playing in my home town and I have to bloody work. Last year the Melbourne members area behind the point post in he southern stand was a great spot to sit, plenty of Melbourne supporters (obviously) and a great atmosphere. My recommendation or clothing (in order of putting it on) would be thermal, t-shirt, windcheater, jacket, raincoat, then your Melbourne jumper over the top of your raincoat. Although it won't be as bad as the richmond vs north game here on a Friday night in June last year. Whoever scheduled that needed a kick up the backside. That was as cold as a game of football gets. I'm talking cold eyeballs cold. If you can get your hands on a Tasmanian tuxedo (puffer jacket), then do it! Might be reasonable at the beginning of a game but come full time it will be very cold. Shame about the forecast rain, I reckon that will bring the two teams closer together. Hope all the travellers have a good time down here and go dees!

Anywhere this year with some demons colours on. Apparently we are all bandwagoners and "coming out of the woodwork".

How was Oliver looking today? There were mentions of him looking a bit ginger after the game on Saturday (no pun intended).

Might have been the J Selwood- style shoulder shrug involved, But it was Nev. One way to get the MFC faithful offside is to rip Nev's head off then give him a spray. Like someone picking on your first born.

From my bad lip reading skills I think I saw the word "duck' thrown in there. Can only assume he thought Nev ducked, which he didn't. And even if he did duck I wouldn't have noticed and maintained that he didn't duck because I love him so much. Can see it at the 1:30 mark of this video if you missed it. http://www.afl.com.au/video/2017-07-22/highlights-melbourne-v-port-adelaide

6. Hibbered 5. Jetta 4. Viney 3. Hunt 2. Oliver. 1. Tyson

We put Lewis behind the ball. Max was breaking even in the ruck and just dropping it down to his feet. Plenty of numbers around the ball. Lots of tackling, some great individual defensive efforts (Jetta, Lewis) and some grit and determination.

I'd almost bet the farm that it was cramp.

3:19 on the clock. 29 points up. We are home.

15-8 our way.

Heard people talk about Hannan's speed of getting ball to foot. There was exhibit A.

What's the weather doing in Melbourne today?

The mids and forwards look really good on paper. If we can get enough forward 50 entries I reckon we can take them. Need big Maxy to recapture his 2016 form. Be a really good contest. Hopefully the headline this afternoon is something along the lines of Port still unable to beat a top 8 team.

https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/port-v-melbourne-mcg-2017-edition.1171907/ It's essentially this thread but coming from the opposition. Same levels of confidence with the odd doubter. Very entertaining seeing it from the other side.

Very entertaining reading. The part about Wines roughing up Viney at every opportunity was my favourite.