Bring-Back-Powell

I reckon our game will be Saturday night or Sunday 3:20pm. Brisbane V Essendon is my tip for the Friday night and Freo V Port to finish up on Sunday night.

Lowest Melbourne V Port game at the MCG was 12,000 on Mother's day 2003 after the club had a crisis meeting due to poor form. We're beating that crowd on Saturday night right? Right? (if nothing else the weather's looking half ok on Saturday)

Shout out to GWS for saving their inaccuracy for this week as opposed to last week. Accuracy and efficiency is GWS’s one wood. If they don’t have that then they’re not much of a team.

The club needs do to some emergency marketing/advertising for this Port game on Saturday night: - free entry for kids - two for the price of one adults - free hot dogs - half price beer - discounted stock at the Demon shop. The attendance is going to be a disaster given the product we dished this weekend.

Langdon cleared by the MRO.

What did McVee do to get suspended? Langdon is a fair chance to get a week with his tackle on English.

If GC beat us in round 23 we will finish lower than them. Their percentage is better than ours.

Compare West Coast’s pressure and tackling tonight compared to ours. Men possessed v a bunch of blokes counting down the weeks to their holidays. Opposition waltzing out of the contest with half baked MFC tackling has been a feature of our football since round 9.

Can people stop saying 2023 was the premiership that got away? We had the opportunity to make something of the 2023 finals with a week 1 MCG final but we weren’t up to the standard. Collingwood jumped us in the qualifying final and lead 33-6 in the second quarter and held a 25 point lead at 3 qtr time. No club is coming back from a 4 goal deficit at 3 qtr time, in a low scoring final. (sorry to derail the Goodwin discussion)

Yeah I’d say he nudges out all of Mitchell, Longmire, Fagan, Bevo and Longmuir for that honour.

Langdon probably gets a week for that but English dominates the last quarter. Bedford and Cameron put their opponents into next week and somehow play the next week. Try explaining that to someone new to the game.

Yep. I appreciate and look forward to Joeboy’s analysis each week but the “woe against me” towards the umpiring that has permeated Demonland this year has been unbearable to be honest.

Hopefully Bont is the other 🤞

The last time Essendon played Freo at the MCG they got 35,000. (admittedly that was in 1999)

As long as that's not the goal tally.

Haven't seem him at VFL level aside from ANZAC eve, but I'd imagine he's checked out and looking to call it a day. Tomlinson would also be struggling for motivation these days. Can see him on another list next year.

Yeah I don't think the MFC turnout tonight will be particularly amazing. I find it funny that people (mostly the media so they can clock off earlier) have been campaigning for early Friday night starts such as 7:00pm, but fail to realise that not everybody works in the city, and may not make the game in time. A 7:15pm start is too early IMO. 7:40 is about right.

Hoping a 42-15 scoreline isn't a portent of things to come.

Always found it odd that a Geelong man through and through was on the GWS board.

True. But I wouldn't be surprised if they come out a bit flat after being up for 3 weeks. I could be wrong and they've blown us out of the water by quarter time.

Reckon we’ll have a comfortable half time lead of around 4 goals as the Dogs might be a bit flat off a 5 day break. Then they’ll run all over us in the second half for a 5 goal Dogs win, due to our inability to put together 4 quarters against good sides. On paper our midfield just doesn’t stack up against theirs.

Agreed. I get absolutely no satisfaction or enjoyment watching Luke Jackson in a Freo jumper. He’s the type of ruck/forward we wanted Grundy to be, and we now have a painfully obvious void in that position this year. If Freo are playing a Carlton on GF day, I’d prefer them to win, but they’re certainly not high on my preferences.

Laurie was told that he’ll be in for just the one week in replacement of Sparrow. Not sure you can rationalise it any other way after a career best game. Not doing his confidence any good.

For 16 weeks I was adamant Carlton would take it out. I’m pleased to report I’m less adamant.

Wouldn't mind seeing Howes and Hore back for this one. Howes showed a lot of promise in his first handful of games but got progressively got worse. Any chance he could be trialled on the wing? There is an opening with Windsor out. Hore played well in the earlier game against the Dogs. With Windsor out and Billings not performing last week, it probably opens the door for Hunter to return for his 200th.