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It seems all very fanciful, but I can't help but think how hilarious it would be if the Bulldogs were that immature and precious that the playing of this song upset them so much they wanted to fight about it. What sort of adults would get upset by that??

What is Melksham's status? There were rumours he was looking elsewhere during the trade period, but obviously nothing happened there. Is he still contracted for next year?

https://www.sen.com.au/news/2021/10/14/mcavaney-lauds-petraccas-astonishing-grand-final-performance/

I've been watching through the last 45 minutes with different radio commentaries. The SEN was a good as I expected it to be (Whateley and Huddo are the best going around imo). The 3AW one was actually better than I expected. Looking forward to watching more (ABC call up next). One thing I've come to realise is just how good the Sparrow goal was (2nd last one of the third term). In the ecstasy of the moment and the focus on the centre breaks, I hadn't grasped how good that kick was. Off a step from 50m out. Wonderful kick and great work by TMac on the line. He will become a great weapon going forward.

I think it's a given Chandler is on the senior list. Emergency in the GF. Two years headlining the 7 re-signings. All points to him being on the seniour list I think.

I'm surprised supporters are still writing players off as "wasted list spots" instead of backing the club to know what they're doing. How many times were ANB, JJ, Petty and several others that now have premiership medallions around their necks written off as not up to AFL standard? Some people are slow learners.

I think the week off before the Grand Final made the rest of the footy world even more keen to move on. All the 'stories' came out then, everyone one else has MFC and Doggies fatigue and it's time to move on. Also, because the team stayed in Perth, to a certain degree they have been less accessible.

Please buy a spare MFC onesie.

I always valued ANB. Yes he had flaws but I thought he was very harshly judged. I also suspected Petty was an upgrade to Tomlinson, so haven't been at all surprised there. I was horribly, horribly wrong with Fritsch though, so for me he was our most improved. Early in the year, I thought he was the one that needed to drop out of the team if we were to bring Ben Brown in. Fritsch is a star and I couldn't have been more wrong.

My son wouldn't of had it any other way and never complained. I still felt sorry though. After the relative success of 2018, 2019 and most of 2020 were particularly painful.

Much like we did to attract Level and May to our club, Carlton have offered Cerra hope, big $$'s and the chance to be an integral part of something special. Can't blame the kid for going for it. And realistically, I just can't see us trading a player out to get the picks required to satisfy Freo.

I see a couple of people (not I) picked it correctly back in May

I'm sure I'm not the only one in this boat, but for me, one of the best things about winning this premiership is that I will no longer feel the need to apologise to my kids for influencing them to become Melbourne supporters. I've seen their pain, especially of my oldest son (now 19), and to be honest, there have been times that I've felt absolutely wretched about leading them to fall in love with the MFC. But now, instead of me feeling the need to apologise, we will forever have the memory of hugging, high 5-ing, and even shedding a few tears on Saturday night. We have a video that one of my younger kids took of our reaction when Clarry kicked that last goal of the now legendary third quarter. As a parent, it was a very, very special evening. We now want to be able to experience it live for oursleves at the G.

I'm not sure yet whether he'll end up as a pure mid, but he knows where the goals are and is dangerous from 50m out off a step, which is a rare comodity. I need to start calling him Sparrow instead of Swallow though. It's very embarassing and my son gives me heaps off grief every time I do it.

Where should we be buying our merch from to make sure $$'s go to the club? MFC store an obvious one. Does stuff bought from the AFL store provide same $$'s? New Balance store? Buying the DVD from JB Hifi (or others)? I assume I'm not the only whose Facebook feed is now full of Melbourne merch ads from all sorts of places? Some looks good, but I don't want to buy anything that doesn't feed $$'s back to the club.

I wonder if he's had the strength of character to admit he was wrong.

It's much easier to see the holes in the list of a team that finishes bottom 4 than it is when we win both the minor and actual premiership. This is unchartered territory for all of us. So what should our draft/trade priorities be? Here's my initial thoughts.. Draft a young, raw ruckman. Without an early pick, we're not likely to draft another ready-to-go ruckman like LJ so I think we need to pick up one or two rucks with our later picks with a view to develop them over the next 2-3 years (or more). As much as we all love him, we need to plan for a future without Gawn. That's all I've got to be honest beyond drafting the best available player of the right "type". I think our football and talent department have now developed a clear player type that is desirable and they will continue to target them to bolster depth accross the board. If we get involved in any trades, I think we should stick to players 23 and under. Without much draft currency (or available $$'s), I can't see how we can land players of the ilk of Cerra, so I think all we can do is to look out for any players that fit into point 4 above. I'd love to hear some thoughts because my son and I found it very hard to identify what our needs are this time round.

So good. That clip is going to be watched so many times. As a side note, watching replays like that really makes it obvious just how much time just disappears every goal. 4-5 seconds every time between ball crossing the line and the clock actually stopping.

I heard the official Grand Final DVD will have several commentary options including SEN (not sure about ABC). Can be ordered from places like JB Hifi already

Viney was a very important part of that group also.

Harmes has his head ripped off a second prior also. Was very grating to not get them while Hunter and McCrae got some very soft ones.

The Prez hinted that they might do a full replay at some stage. My preference would be as the curtain raiser at our first home game at the G next year just before they raise the flag. Including a lap of honour for Jonesy and Jetta (if he also retires).

Twice kicking 3 goals in less than 60 seconds. In the same quarter. In a bloody Grand Final. Already legendary.

My analytical head said we’d win easily. My Melbourne supporting battered and scarred heart said we’d lose. I’m not a betting man, but did seriously consider putting $10 on us at 40+ and $10 of the doggies.

We did Brisbane by 33, Geelong by 83 and WB by 74. Total winning margin 190 points. My son and I thought thas was a wonderful way to bury the pain of 186.