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29 minutes ago, smiFFy said:

Baker's disposal has been rubbish all game.

Mitch Robinson like squeal whenever he is in space and demanding the ball. Can see why they don't always honour it.

https://twitter.com/CalTwomey/status/1413374928263385088?s=20

15 minutes ago, Deemented Are Go! said:

Anyone know if the G carpark is filling up/full? 

Gate 3 park about half full. Stream of cars coming in as we speak

I'm sure it's been mentioned plenty of times, but I've obviously missed it.

How has the nickname of "Dogga" come about?

22 minutes ago, Jaded said:

Reiwoldt mouthing off to the umpires after the siren? Well I never. Flags don’t win you class. 

"You [censored] lost that for us" 

Classy.

This from the guy who climbed down from his high horse to tell Kossi off for pointing at the scoreboard  ?

2 hours ago, Engorged Onion said:

Sorry,  getting in early here.

Some tasty and meaningful matches for neutral Melbourne supporter this weekend.

Im actually quite worried about the Cats, as we obviously played them without Cameron, so my preference is for a Port win.

I’d also rather West Coast to miraculously win against Richmond whilst being injury depleted. 
 

Im not sure which permeate room suits us better in throes matches? 

 

I find this page very handy for such musings.... 

https://predictor.squiggle.com.au/

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On 6/3/2021 at 6:38 PM, Turner said:

should be D.Turner not K on the rookie list xx

Another small nitpick LH, but (unless I am missing something???) I make it 45 total - 37 senior, 5 'A', 1 'B', 2 MSR

Love your work and thanks!  ?  

4 hours ago, old dee said:

In at least one of my comments I said till at least until I have had my second jab which is scheduled for early August. Yes I meant We in the collective sense. I have to say I do not like watch football on TV it runs a very bad second to being at a game.

I am hopeful of getting in an August game at the G and hopefully an early finals game. 
However it depends on the virus remaining under control. Victoria seems incapable of stopping transmission from Quarantine so what I might wanted to do may never happen. 
So let’s beat the pies in their GF on Monday and see from there. 
Go Dees.

Gee, that's a long wait.  I'm not familiar with your location OD, but assume that is the reason?

I had my first jab on Sunday (as a walk up) and can go back for my second in 3 weeks.

Eddie says he has the exclusive scoop on Footy Classified tonight.

Yes. Also played for us in the practise match v Bulldogs, where he Smith & Majak were vying for 2 spots on our list.

Big unit

27 minutes ago, Dr.D said:

I clicked on it thinking that there may be something official like Cerra meets with Melbourne officials or something and all I get is 'should we get Cerra?' wtf.

I know right? What an outrage

2 hours ago, Dr.D said:

I hate how we start a thread on every single player that would be good at the dees.

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

1 hour ago, leave it to deever said:

Some interesting stats.

Dogs had seven players with more than 25 disposals.

We had one...Oliver.

 

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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.

1 hour ago, jnrmac said:

Umpiring was appalling. 

22 is dead set the worst in the comp. 

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.

1 hour ago, bobby1554 said:

Ordinary footballer at best. Never going to hurt you. A great example of why stats are sometimes meaningless

 

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?

22 hours ago, John Crow Batty said:

He’s a very naughty boy

https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/arrest-warrant-for-former-top-draft-pick-jack-watts-revoked-after-lawyer-intervention-20210524-p57unw.html

Probably not the "back in red & blue" he had in mind.....   ?

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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.

8 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

I hope all Demonlanders who are there today engage in a "woo-hoo-hoooo" after each goal, get it ringing around the ground

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