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This is a genuine battle between 2 sides battling for top 8.

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ALL GOOD EVERYONE. LOADING. PREMIERSHIP METRICS.

He's waiting to come back after we finish them off with a 15 goal to 2 goal second half.

If I had wheels, I'd be a bike.

Given that, our dominance going forward, and just general control of play, we are entering Carlton territory of performance at the moment. Let's not forget that over the past 12 months we're a slightly better than 50% win team. How relevant are our "premiership metrics" after that half?

Yep. Langdon couldn't even score with a checkside directly in front under no pressure. This is awful football.

People will defend this because of the conditions. Giants are doing exactly what literally every team that beats us does. It's such an easy strategy.

Grundy and Gawn in the same team is peak Shaq and Karl Malone in the same team vibes.

Pickett is quickly turning into Wish.com Cyril.

He's not suited to small ground. Loves a long running goal or long forward entry.

The gameplan: 1. Get an entry to a 1 on 1. 2. Ball gets to ground 3. Opposition has players waiting, Melbourne forwards second to contest 4. Stoppage or Melbourne shot on goal (and subsequent behind) 5. Opposition eventually gets possession end-to-end to an open forward line 6. Repeat

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I mean it's not a broken ankle obviously? A sprain?

Just like the Geelong game we are dominating possession and simply can't capitalise. Opposition goes forward into space, has numbers and crumbers and then goals. We kick against a swirling wind in the next quarter.

Haha you just knew that despite our repeat entries that GWS would get the first goal.

I can't see how today's game is possibly of any financial gain vs having the game at the MCG. There must be 2k people there. If that. The cost to get there. Accommodation. I really can't wait until we stop doing this.

Collingwood showing what a genuine contender should do against a bottom 10 team. We should do similar against GWS tomorrow.

My song to the tune of "What's new pussycat?" by Tom Jones. "Suck [censored], Freo, heave ho-oh-oh oh oh. Suck [censored], Freo, heave ho-oh-oh oh oh."

Is anyone else here a naive [censored] like me that is surprised it's so cold in Alice? Honestly thought the place was hot all year round.

It's a mistake dropping him. Happy to be proven wrong but Brown can barely turn at pace and will get smoked by decent defenders. You think Brown is going to do better on Moore in a final than JVR would? Not against him having a spell but I am just lost that people think Brown is a long term replacement for us. JVR needs to play finals. We're going to miss out on key development for this kid while we try to recapture 2021's form by playing a Brown who since the GF has barely lasted on two feet for more than a month. Love the guy and if he helps us achieve glory again I'll take the L with this post but I hope the plan is to get JVR back for finals. As for Tomlinson the obvious change for me was Tomlinson for Hibberd, Bowey for Jordan. This again just reeks of trying to recapture 2021 form and it just looks desperate

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I just think we're missing some pieces. There isn't a connection there and hasn't been since Rouns 11 2022. Fritsch is a good target but not a key forward. There's a reason why JVR is playing an extended role and not going back to the VFL. He is our long term forward. People calling for him to be rested for Brown or Schache are crazy. Finishing top 4 would be a huge win for this squad. 5th or 6th and a Semi Final appearance is imo a win also. End the season strong, land some good youth in the draft, maybe get a steal from WC as they dump players. 1-2 more years and we become one of the most experienced teams in the competition. Yes we can win the flag but the way we lose is a concern and yes even though we are *in* games until the end we never really look like winning those games. Port and Geelong, you could just see it going the way it did. We play one good quarter and expect to run away with it against good teams. Never looked like losing against Collingwood and yet could easily have lost if the Pies get the last clearance. Never a chance against Brisbane. Freo looked a step above. Can't understate our defensive structure but we have been saved by it for 12 months now. With our forward inefficiencies if we didn't have a half decent backline we'd be getting belted by 10 goals every game because we can't score.

This is a huge danger game for us. They have pace and as Geelong showed, if you can cause the turnover in our F50 enough times, we're fickle. $3.50 odds for them is a very good bet.

This comment is basically 2022 all over again. It ain't happening. We don't just magically flick the switch and come good from this: https://twitter.com/JTGiuliano/status/1673949252500979718?t=4TDTHc-wd7gf4NCB9FWV1Q&s=19 People need to realise the wheels are closer to falling off than tightening up.