JTR

Yeah, it sure is inconvenient to not click on a thread and having to scroll another 0.5cm to the next one.

They certainly had plenty of ball, but they key difference to their previous games is that they only had it where we wanted them to have it. We controlled them beautifully and completely took the the middle of the ground away forcing them wide or into chips around the back half as they tried to find a way through. Macrae had 36 touches and its probably one of the most ineffectual and least damaging 35+ games I've seen from him.

Interesting stat for those who feel Gus lacks a bit of pace.

As for Razor, he either needs to start throwing it up or stop attending the centre bounces altogether. He barely managed to bounce it higher than his knackers all night.

Seriously? Libba is one of the best in the business at clearances. He gets the ball out of the pack and feeds guys like Macrae & the Bont. Stop him and you stop the clean supply to them. Stop the clean supply to them and you limit the influence of their two biggest weapons. Sit back and watch the Bulldogs future opponents follow our lead and do the same thing.

We just played our most complete game of the season against a team most predicted to beat us, on a ground they dont lose at. So, pending Langdon... NO CHANGE!

Take a bow James Harmes. So good to see him back doing what he did best in 2018

Thanks very much @Dr. Gonzo Very handy info! ?

I'm considering switching from MFC membership to AFL membership. Does anyone know how I'd go about doing this without paying for both memberships at the same time? Is there a way to transition from one to another, or are they treated as two separate entities and I'd stop one and start another at end of season? If I switched, and (obviously!) elected for the MFC to be my club of support, do I still get the MFC membership pack, and would I still retain my consecutive years count?

Probably not the "back in red & blue" he had in mind..... ? ? I'll get my coat....

Would it be completely ridiculous to go it with neither Weid or Brown? I don't think we were functioning that badly when both of them were out of the side

https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/round-11-changes-vs-the-now-defeated-demons.1269132/ "Right now Demons have a imbalance in their forward line. It's quite obvious today. Jackson, Weiderman, McDonald, Fritsch, Melksham, are all kpf or play tall and arn't that quick. Crows were able to transition the ball out of defense too easily. Salem out really hurt them on the rebound too. I expect Melksham wont get up to play though" "I don’t think Melbourne’s midfield is that deep really. Oliver and petracca are stars and they likely get viney back but then they drop away in terms of centre square mids. Langdon and brayshaw play wing mostly. Their advantage is the ruck. Even without dunks and treloar we have more depth. Bont - petracca Libba - Oliver Macare - viney Smith - ? Wings Hunter - brayshaw R smith - Langdon They got smacked in clearances by Carlton and smashed in centre clearances by Sydney"

Possibly a Sandra Sully, but Treloar is a confirmed out. I know some Dogs supporters who were hopeful he'd be ok to play, but he's out for a couple of months.

Haha, that too, obviously ? I was meaning (if it wasn't clear) the guy who does the loud "wo-hoo" after the crowd has quietened down a bit after a goal. You can often hear it on the TV broadcast for our games at AO

I wonder if the 'wo-hoo after every goal' guy will be there today? ?

Don't know a thing about Clark, other than I have him in my Ultimate Footy side and does nothing. What's the knock on him?

Unfortunately, they aint saying much! One big thread on BF where they are talking about team selection and whatnot (yawn) and this preview thread that went up a couple of hours ago. Only a few replies so far... https://www.bigfooty.com/forum/threads/face-off-adelaide-crows-vs-melbourne-demons.1268738/

Crows BF....

JT finds the players. JM was the guy who actually did the negotiating and got the deals done. How do you reckon we'd have gone with same recruitment team of JT and co if Dodoro was the front man instead of JM? It'll be interesting to see how we go in the upcoming trade periods.

Merrett please

Has anyone heard anything about Petracca and how he is coming along with the corky? A friend mentioned today that there was some talk about Petracca not playing, but I havent been able to find anything anywhere.

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https://www.carltonsc.com/index.php?topic=5505.0 "I think we can beat Melbourne, more on the law of averages, they are due for a loss and just fell in for a win vs the Swans IMO. Brown and McDonald wont present the same problems as Bruce and Naughton plus Oliver is only half the player the Bont is and Cripps owes us a big one. Blues by 16 points, not because we are great but more because Melbourne are getting ahead of themselves, due for a loss and we can defend them better IMO"

This. Jackson is a couple of players rolled up in to one, so is very hard to replace. Overall we probably gain a bit of goal kicking firepower with Weid coming in, but definitely lose out in the other areas mentioned. I'd like to see Sparrow come in with Weid to fill that midfield/clearance/centre bounce gap, maybe at the expense of Melksham?

Yeah that was really good, especially the little graphic showing where all the players were actually looking and what they were doing when the ball wasn't in play. Great stuff!