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If it hasn't already been mentioned, we have an AFLW Practice match tomorrow at the MCG vs Carlton. Gates open 4:15pm. Game starts 4.40pm Just incase anyone feels like a double header 🙂

Could be wrong, but I think someone here said that he has issues between the ears? Lacks the needed desire, discipline, attitude.. etc

@Demonland 👆 Lifetime ban please! 😉

I had a 'fun' walk over William Barrack Bridge and down into Birrarung after the game. For most of the walk there was an old codger on his motorised scooter weaving his way around the çrowd until he found a Melbourne supporter. He then rolled up beside them, hit them with a zinger that he obviously thought was hilarious, then scootered off to the next guy in non-Filth colours and did it again. I was tempted to point out that he was a bit hard to understand cause his falsies weren't in and that he'd be better served focusing on breathing from the oxygen tank he was hooked up to rather than mouthing off to people, but I probably woulda got bashed for picking on an old guy. There is a reason they are called the Filth.

I'd be interested to know how he still has a two week suspension after losing the first appeal. Isn't there supposed to be some sort of incentive/disincentive built in? Accept your punishment and get what you get. Challenge and its an extra week? If not, and if it's just a free hit, why wouldn't everyone challenge every suspension?

Thanks Gonzo. I'll give that a try next time. Glad to hear I can still get a spot on Friday. Quite like sitting up there anyway!

Can I ask... when you guys say "general admission is sold out", does that just mean for non-members who are trying to buy a ticket to the game? Or would it also apply to those with general admission membership, like me? Given we have to wait till 7.50pm tonight before we can even get the mobile membership ticket, it'd be a bit annoying if regular punters who can already buy them online have taken all the seats.

Thats great! I'm seeing my family for the first time in about that long too, also in September. I leave just after the first final, so I'm praying to the footy gods that we either get a home game or are playing another VIC side.

Better still if in that scenario, Brisbane beat the Filth in the Qualifying final: QF1: *GEELONG* v Fremantle QF2: *BRISBANE LIONS* v Collingwood EF1: *SYDNEY* v Western Bulldogs EF2: Carlton v *MELBOURNE* SF1: *FREMANTLE* v Sydney SF2: Collingwood v *MELBOURNE* PF1: Geelong v *MELBOURNE* PF2: *BRISBANE LIONS* v Fremantle GF: *MELBOURNE* v Brisbane Lions All our games would be at the G 👍

I was just about to post the same thing. Here is quick worst case scenario if we lose every game and all other results go as you'd expect... W L D 1. Geelong 18 4 0 137.8% 2. Brisbane Lions 17 5 0 126.4% 3. Collingwood 17 5 0 106.2% 4. Fremantle 15 6 1 119.1% 5. Sydney 15 7 0 126.7% 6. Carlton 14 8 0 112.8% 7. Melbourne 13 9 0 120.7% 8. Western Bulldogs 13 9 0 111.1% 9. Richmond 11 10 1 111.2% 10. St Kilda 11 11 0 97.1% 11. Gold Coast 10 12 0 104.8% 12. Essendon 10 12 0 92.5% 13. Port Adelaide 9 13 0 101.7% 14. Hawthorn 8 14 0 91.6% 15. Adelaide 7 15 0 87.7% 16. GWS 5 17 0 85.0% 17. West Coast 2 20 0 58.7% 18. North Melbourne 2 20 0 56.2% QF1: *GEELONG* v Fremantle QF2: Brisbane Lions v *COLLINGWOOD* EF1: *SYDNEY* v Western Bulldogs EF2: Carlton v *MELBOURNE* SF1: *FREMANTLE* v Sydney SF2: Brisbane Lions v *MELBOURNE* PF1: Geelong v *MELBOURNE* PF2: *COLLINGWOOD* v Fremantle GF: *MELBOURNE* v Collingwood 😎

Early pre-draft pages of this thread make for interesting reading... 😂 (And all the obligatory gems from Dr.D and friends since)

In the 2000's... Melbourne 18 North Melbourne 17 Western Bulldogs 13 St Kilda 10 Richmond 8 Carlton 3 Hawthorn 3 Essendon 2 Collingwood 0 Filth havent played there since 1999

This is the content I come here for

When Eddie gets on his soapbox about something no one else can get a word in, especially if anyone has the gall to disagree with him. Not a fan of Caro, but glad she at least tried to pull him up. He makes the Wednesday Classified is near unwatchable now.

LOL - my very first thought after seeing the hit was that it'd be a fresh entry into the JVMMC thread! 😆

Sliders start sliding at ~2pm Not sure about TV, but coverage starts at 2pm, so probably?

It's a replacement game for the NT match later in the season, so it wont cost you anything if you have a home game membership.

https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/1144624

Sorry yep, I missed that one as I was scanning through all the seasons crowd totals. That's the only game this season between a VIC side and an interstate side with more than 40,000. Here's all of them... R10 @ Marvel: Carlton v Sydney - 44,769 R2 @ MCG: Collingwood v Adelaide - 36,843 R5 @ MCG: Carlton v Port Adelaide - 33,433 R12 @ MCG: Melbourne v Sydney - 32,753 R2 @ Marvel: Essendon v Brisbane - 30,631 R11 @ MCG: Melbourne v Fremantle - 29,812 R7 @ MCG: Collingwood v Gold Coast - 28,916 R2 @ MCG: Richmond v GWS - 28,813 R4 @ Marvel: Collingwood v West Coast - 25,897 R8 @ Marvel: Carlton v Adelaide - 25,376 R4 @ Marvel: Essendon v Adelaide - 24,906 R3 @ Marvel: Bulldogs v Sydney - 24,327 R5 @ Marvel: Essendon v Fremantle - 23,935 R5 @ MCG: Melbourne v GWS - 20,791 R4 @ GMHBA: Geelong v Brisbane - 20,505 R7 @ GMHBA: Geelong v Fremantle - 20,136 R11 @ GMHBA: Geelong v Adelaide - 19,051 R5 @ Marvel: St Kilda v Gold Coast - 18,724 R10 @ GMHBA: Geelong v Port Adelaide - 18,721 R2 @ Marvel: North v West Coast - 14,204 R6 @ Mars: Bulldogs v Adelaide -10,412 R10 @ Mars: Bulldogs v Gold Coast - 6,040 Personally, for a non "Big 4" (🙄) club , I don't think our crowds vs Sydney & Freo were too bad. GWS was ordinary, but they have zero fans, so that'd cut the crowd size by probably 5,000.

NO Victorian team draws a big crowd vs interstate sides. So far this season there have only been two such games with a higher crowd than we had on Saturday night. Filth vs Adelaide in R2 (37,000) Carlton vs Port in R5 (33,000)

If anything, it if the supporters of other clubs that lead to me "hating" the club they follow.

Dr.D will be here to share some of his wisdom soon.

How is Rosman progressing? For memory we recruited him with a mind to have him on the wing?

Have they now become our bogey side... for injuries? Last season it was Tomlinson. Hopefully if Langdon is out for a few we can find another silver lining, like with did with Petty.

This. Once again, a MRO decision is based on the outcome, rather than the action.