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3 high tackle given away in our fwd line, hurts turning it over there

this is a great thought. The dogs back 6 is poor! BB i have always liked but his body has let him down, but if he can be a "dummy" lead to create space for JVR it's an important role!

Confirmed ins: Pickett and Hore Who else comes in? Fullarton/Brown or Tmac as FF I think. And Billings into the side pushing Laurie to sub?

Lachie Hosie, Liam McBean, Luke Reynalds, Harry Boyd all SANFL all bar 1 have been on an AFL list before. Ben Sokol, Zac Clarke, Tyler Keitel from the WAFL

Is a bye in there too, Syd, Dogs, Hawks, Port, Adel, Bye Hard run, but only Port have 2 good solid tall defenders, the others are good teams but def is their weak point. Especially tall defenders. So not too bad to go into those games without Petty(obviously prefer a fit Petty in), he needs to be completely cherry ripe for the back end of the year. If that means he only plays 10 games from round 7 onward then so be it!

And there is why you kick to the pocket!

Looks like they are at Gosch's today. Going by the instagram

People need to calm down a bit, we will be going in with the same fwd line we had in the back half of last year, and got us within a kick of a Prelim (without JVR). Whilst it's not ideal we know how to play with this fwd line and will do untill the cattle are ready to trott out onto the park. Play the long game, not round 1.

I hope he sits in Tracs back pocket, he reminds me of Trac at the same age. Same build, skills, confidence but agree hopefully a better shot a goal

SVR is not an option. If we were to get a replacement for BB it would need to be a proven VFL/WAFL or SANFL player that can hold a key position if needed. No point bringing a kid in that cant get picked up by West Coast. There is plenty around if the club were thinking that way, but i have a feeling they are more thinking along the lines of if it got to dire straights they have Schacke or move the defence around and put T-mac/Tommo up fwd.

X2, second one was a great pass to Trac rather than blaze away. Well over 15m especially in today's AFL.

Think a lot of people a reading into players "resting or going to rehab" How often in these reports are players joining the "rehab" group only to be fully training again the next week or even later in the training session. It's work loads and management, the same thing was happening this time last year and everyone was carrying on then. If in 3 weeks we are still managing players, then you worry!

Brayshaw??

Whilst the fwd line is a bit of an issue, Has anyone looked at our efficient when JVR, Fritta and Petty were playing? I believe it was actually pretty good with just JVR and Petty, cattle makes a big difference. We have been crying out for a second tall since 2021 as T-Mac hasn't been able to keep his body together. I do agree though we need a new fwd line coach.

Here is something for those looking for a training report. Very basic! https://aflratings.com.au/2024/01/15/training-report-melbourne-2/

They don't put the whole ones up, but it was reported he was one of the last couple and was struggling. But it's only the start of pre-season so hopefully he builds a good base at a new club

I hope he is, he has the skills. But his 2km time trial showed where he lacks. and has been the knock on him the whole time he was at Adelaide. big pre-season for him to change that opinion of him.

that's only if you upgrade to Cat 1

type in gather round, then select your game(if you want multiple day passes scroll down further)

My email just come through from the club, not the best seeing its 3 min after they have gone on sale

In my little hometown of Whyalla, South Aus i played for South Whyalla Demons and the SANFL i followed the Norwood Redlegs. So i always had a leniency to the red and the blue, but never followed the AFL super closely. But then a good friend of mine (Issac Weetra) was drafted to the Dees which sealed my loyalty and on going membership.

there is no message yet, which is why i posted the steps of how to get you bar code

Hey Dees Gang Anyone that is after their Gather Round barcode: You need to log onto your Melbourne Membership account through the "tickets" tab on the top right hand corner of the page. Once you have logged in it will come up with your Gather Round code. You have to log in through the Melbourne FC website, don't go to the Ticketmaster website, they are different for some reason. Good luck, should be a great weekend and hopefully a W

Lol

Has anyone received an email regarding tickets for gather round?