Bring-Back-Powell

That genuinely sucks for you. I had fares booked for this one but will put it towards a travel bank and use it if we have to play Brisbane in the finals up there. I highly recommend Star City Casino (formerly Jupiters). They have a bunch of screens in the sports bar and also a few tv screens in a nice outdoor balcony area to enjoy the footy with a frothie. Most of the pubs in Surfers and Broadbeach are NRL centric.

I wonder if Pert was consulted about this or if we were simply the bunnies that have copped the trip to Darwin to satisfy a GC Suns contract? The only thing worse about playing in Darwin (from a recovery perspective) is playing as the away team and not receiving a cent in return. As for Alice Springs, they couldn’t possibly play the Adelaide game there later in the year. That would be Darwin, Melbourne,, Perth, Alice Springs and Geelong to end the season. We have way bigger fish to fry than taking a tour all around Australia just before finals.

In 2018 we played and beat the Dogs off a 7 day break after Darwin.

A bit unlucky if we’re being honest. We’ll have a likely 6 day break into the Bulldogs Friday night game the following round, and we don’t get the luxury of the NT home gate. (Plus I and many other Dee supporters would’ve already booked airfares to GC, where this game was originally scheduled)

I don’t think old mate Drew will commenting a game any time soon.

I honestly don’t know if you’re being serious or funny/sarcastic (been a long week) but the Crows are getting worse as the season goes on at a great rate of knots.

BT at it again: ”Adelaide gradually getting better as the season goes on” Adelaide after round 4: 3 wins / 1 loss Adelaide from round 5-16: 2 wins/9 losses

Why wouldn’t they put Carlton V Geelong on Friday night as opposed to this garbage? Surely a good team vs a mediocre team is better than a mediocre team vs a bottom team. The AFLPA said no to Dogs V Sydney.

All the buzz these days is coaching succession planning but channel 7 have clearly neglected a commentary succession plan post Bruce and Dennis who were the best in the business. The fact the Friday night footy is headed up by 2 commentators that used to call the Sunday Channel 9 off broadway game in the early 2000's is a clear reflection of not planning for the future. Channel 7 need to have a nibble at Anthony Hudson.

Clearly Brisbane losing is the desired result for every remaining week. Would rather avoid them at the GABBA in week 1.

I can kind of understand Essendon being on Friday night as they'll be entertaining and free flowing on a dry Marvel deck, but playing a dog ordinary Adelaide?? Really? Carlton V Geelong probably could've been a better option given neither side is coming off a 5 day break...if nothing else but to give us Demon fans someone to barrack for. We know the reasons as to why Dogs V Sydney isn't on Friday night.

BT often says things that either don't make sense or are simply out of context. For example, earlier in the year a team was coming from way behind and had a set shot for goal to put themselves within only a couple of goals down. BT in commentary said "this shot could blow the game wide open". Isn't that phrase reserved for teams that have banged on a few goal in a row to put the game beyond doubt? BT's that irritating, I'd actually rather a 78 year old Peter Landy heading up the Friday night call than BT. Bruce has been a shocking loss IMO. He was irritating but he didn't make the sloppy errors that BT, Darcy, JB and co make.

I mentioned this last night but Jobe Watson was praising our off season recruitment of Ed Langdon last summer. I will say though that Justin Leppitsch has been a good appointment and is light yeas ahead of the other special commentators in the Ch 7 stable.

Without hesitation I would say BBB's performance last night was better than Weid's performance against Brisbane.

We’re 6-0 when we got in as outsiders. Any chance Hawthorn can go in as favourites next week?

“Langdon’s been a great recruit this year for Melbourne” - insightful comments from Jobe Watson.

Three of T Macs best games this year have come when BBB has been in the side.

It’s 35-21 marks Port’s way.

The first bounce was Gawn, Petracca, Oliver and Pickett. Pickett and Hopper were manned up on each other.

Mollison umpired the Adelaide V Melbourne debacle but unsure whether he was the one that paid the incorrect call.

I can handle getting done if tonight if we lose fair and square and Port outscore us by 8-10 scoring shots, as disappointing as that would be. What I can't handle is if they win say 12.6 to 8.15 and we've literally kicked ourselves out of another game. We need to respect our set shots way more than we have of late, eg - Fritsch missing a set shot around the body from 15-20 out last week as well as Pertacca missing a 40 mtr shot directly in front. I think the winner scores no more than 12 goals tonight.

Strong possibility it will be Darcy or JB. Probably Hamish as the other. We'll also be blessed with Timmy Watson's young son in the special comments booth.

Agreed. We're 7-3 when favorites We're 5-0 when outsiders (St Kilda, GWS, Richmond, Dogs and Brisbane)

Was this cut and pasted from the Port V Melbourne 2018 game day thread?

There is a direct correlation between the quality of opposition and/or what they've done in the previous weeks and our mindset and overall performance for the game. Fremantle win - Freo were the buzz team of the summer and were expecting to be a finals contender. We were up for this game as they effectively knocked us out of the finals last year. St Kilda win - massive things were expected of St Kilda this year and they had a gusty round 1 win over GWS in the wet. GWS win - GWS were coming off a terrible listless loss over Freo. Our poor first half reflected complacency. We ran over them in the second half mainly due to GWS copping 4 injuries. This could've easily been our first loss of the year. Geelong win - Geelong were clearly a flag contender at the time (still are) and we were ready for them from the opening bounce. One of our rare 4 quarter efforts for the year. Hawthorn win - Poor first half which correlated with a 1-3 opposition who were tipped to finish bottom 2. To our credit we were much better in the second half but certainly not a solid 4 qtr performance. Richmond win - Were up and about against the latest dynasty club who just came off a 15 goal win over St Kilda and we treated this game like a final accordingly. North win - Just expected to stroll through an entire game against a potential 0-22 side at the time. It was a lesson that has not been heeded against more recent encounters against bottom sides. Pathetic mindset that has plagued our losses this year. Sydney win - gutsy win against a very good 5-2 side that had just taken down Geelong. Carlton win - Carlton's previous 2 weeks had been a win over Essendon and a 5 goal blown lead against the Dogs. Out mindset was sufficient enough to beat a middle of the road side and kept them at arm's length for most of the day. Adelaide loss - Clearly took the reigning wooden spooners on a 4 game losing streak lightly. Dogs and Brisbane win - No explanation needed against a top 2 side and a club on a 7 game winning streak respectively Collingwood loss - Playing a bottom 3 side and simply took them lightly. Their recent form (2 close losses and a close win) and the Buckley resignation should've spelt warning signs though. Essendon win - Essendon were clearly the glamour side of the previous 6 weeks and we did what we needed to do. GWS loss - Playing a horribly inconsistent side who had just lost a shocker to Hawthorn. We could all tell we were off in the opening minutes. Port ?? - Playing a top 4 side that has gone 6-1 in their last 7 games. If history is any guide this year, we might get a favourable result.