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That was an interesting moment in the game, We were absolutely under pressure and our team made a few funadamental errors. he Dogs pressure rating at that point was 215 which is phenomenal. But they steadied quite quickly and returned the pressure back around onto the Dogs. It was game over after we saw off their best efforts

Sounds like a guilty conscience decided to give it back via a third party

So, was the medal stolen at some point?

You can't let them run it out of their defence.

Luke Jackson 0 marks 0 goals.

Exactly what I said last year. He would have been paid a bomb to stay at Melbourne under no pressure and go back to Freo for his superannuation in a few years time. He may well struggle for some time. There is no question we have won with Grundy on the short term.

The Dogs skyscraper fwd line had 50 i50s and they kicked 9 goals Their 4 talls kicked 2 goals. Your judgement is terrible Muriel

$cully $cott Thompson Dogga Can all get stuffed

The Dogs board on BigFooty had some funny comments First the hilarious headline "Dogs discombombulated by Mt Buller" Then the Poll "Do you still have any faith in Bevo?" Then the comments..... Daniel horrendous down back. Get him out. delivery into forward line absolute dog****. pantsed in the centre clearances. Ours are scraggy kicks into the forward line meanwhile Melbourne transfer into goals Massive work rate and fitness disparity between the teams. Melbourne absolutely dominated the GPS numbers I've had colonoscopies that were more enjoyable than tonight's game Teams walking it out the middle on 5-6 goal runs where we STILL don't seem to have an answer for. I didn't think it was possible but a full pre season of work has actually made Bailey Smiths kicking even worse. Saints next week will be a good test to see if we are actually bottom four material or just our usual mid-table I wanna give Baker a chance but the Dees have the best talent ID and coaching atm, so them delisting him is a bit of a red flag. 1 tackle for the game is just not good enough. Pickett and Chandler had more tackles between them than ALL our forwards combined Williams wtf? You're a 100 gamer with more anxiety than my ex SLobb has managed to pilfer us out of $3m, well done young man Hannan had 6 disposals, 4 of which were clangers and 3 that led to turnovers Once Max inevitably decided enough was enough and took control of the game. What did we do? We continued on with our determined strategy of proving to all the football world the very definition of insanity by sticking with the one paced centre combo of English, The Bont, Macrae and Libba. It was clear as the view from the top of Mount Everest on a sunny day that Max was spoon feeding his dynamic duo the ball out wide and that none of our centre combo had the speed to go with them.

She had the most horrendous screech. Everyone around us commented on it.

Pressure factor of 215 in the second qtr. We withstood that pretty well I thought...

So many observations of great things: Pickett in so many of our goals. Max's run up when kicking for goal was straight as as arrow Max gave a masterclass in marking and positioning Spargo never wastes a ball. So clever. McVee a smooth mover and neat kick Lever back to his best BBB was playing footy that he didn't look capable of late last year. Fast ball movement, unpredictable entries into fwd 50 not a weak link, total team performance. Bowey's kicking superb Max and Grundy worked very well together Langdon picked up where he left off last year Petty's safe hands Harmes did a good job mostly on the Bont Umpires were generally very good - even though the Dogs throw the ball more than any other team\ Kick ins were varied and often they honoured the short 35m pass directly in front The team never stopped running Thommo had a blinder - Although Lobb is generally pretty poor.

I think he just forgot. When the ump told him what the free was for he just laughed.

Very hard game to give votes as it was such a polished all round performance by the team 6 Gawn 5 Pickett 4 Petracca 3 Lever 2 Spargo 1 Oliver

Early days but our game against Richmond was a big transition away from where we were at in 22. Lots more cutting back to the corridor, changing the angle of attack etc. The club probably rightly thinks our defence and post clearance game is solid given we held good leads in every game last year. Will be watching the first few weeks with interest, particularly Sydney rd 3

Thats different to the Ticketek site. It says frm $27 but when you go to the book seats section its $130 for a family of 3/4 Edit Just went on to book and its $161 incl fees for a family of 3.

You have look at the Lever and May trade together. In 2018 we were the easiest team to score against with OMac and Frost as our pillars. Some here like Binman fought to the death on OMac telling us what a superstar he was but it was clear that you need a first class defence to win a flag. We could score in 18 but were too easy to score against. We had an emerging midfield. Were the lever and May trades worth it. You bet.

Its a Melb home game. Dogs fans don't get free entry. That will deter a lot of their fans. Footy is expensive these days. Family of 4 $130 plus food etc and transport.

Very exciting times for them. Agree with your views. You can't have enough elite users of the ball and although some here have decried Laurie's ball use he was selected primarily on the basis of his kicking skills. I wish them both well.

We don't seem to do that We always seem to telegraph our selections to our opponents.

They run the infra red/grow lights all night as well.

Exactly. Thats how our coaching staff operate. The Dogs going in with too many talls in their fwd line would be a mistake. Easy to counter when the ball hits the ground. The weather will be factor. Last night on Ch 7 they were saying it is predicted to be 35 degree with a late stormy change. This morning I notice the BoM says it will be 29deg with a 5% chance of rain [But 1cm higher sea levels in 100 years!]

Better than Langdon. He's spoken twice and managed to bag Ross Lyon and Collingwood - all Duck no Dinner. I think he has been permanently banned from media duties :)

Spargo spoke very well. I think in large part our players are humble and respectful as well as reasonably articulate (Clarry aside!)