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lol close the thread.

Turns out round 1 will stay as it is. If Melbourne buckles and accepts a move to Marvel the fans should rightfully riot. AFL fixturing boss: “The Round 1 fixture as it stands, we can proceed with that. The challenge will be Fremantle coming to Victoria to play Melbourne. It presents an issue as it stands for Fremantle going back to WA, they would have to quarantine,”

best since Neitz sure but 10x the player Neitz was. Neita was great don't get me wrong but he'd go missing often. Since I've been supporting 1990 I'd say he's the best player we've had.

Fixed it ya bigot.

eventually.

Won't happen. We'd have to get another MCG game to make it up to fit contractual obligations. Essendon would also have to make up another Marvel game. That's the least of the league's problems anyway. WA needs 28 days of no community cases before it loosens border restrictions with Vic. Meaning Freo needs to quarantine for 14 days when they return. Round 1 won't happen as it currently is. Won't be surprised if our game is postponed or we play GC, and Freo and WC play each other round 1. WA still stands to be the one state that [censored] things up.

wonder if this will be the same for AFL members. I'm a Gold member so anticipate I won't have an issue getting into any home games given you could probably count the amount of Melbourne supporting AFL Gold members on 2 hands.

She's hardcore Richmond. Zero chance.

First order of business, a haircut.

It's so easy to predict future performance. if club finishes top 4 = premiership contender if club finish top 6 = top 4 contender if club finishes top 8 = changes needed if club finishes anywhere 9th-10th = not up for it. The prediction analysis is the same every year. Same with ladder predictions.

They've been given an absolute handjob from the league in an attempt to boost the city's economic growth. That they can now lure the likes of Cameron to the club absolutely has to raise some suspicions. Dangerfield, Selwood, Hawkins, and now Cameron all likely to be on $700k+. They're doing something.

I do hate to say it but privatisation may actually be the only true saviour and I suspect Sydney and Hawthorn will be hinting at that in some capacity. In that instance Melbourne would likely be saved given its relatively strong financial independence and history, which presents strong branding opportunities. Dogs appealing from purely an asset perspective. But North would be unable to find a suitor unless it seriously considered relocation. GWS and GC may as well merge at this point, or at least each fold into Sydney and Brisbane, respectively. Brisbane could rename itself to South Queensland or even just Queensland. There was absolutely no need for GWS. At least GC had a strong aussie rules presence via the Sharks. Privatisation would unfortunately lead to the demise of some clubs and a hit to the community but for the longevity of the league it may be necessary. I know some here will disagree and the long term ramifications of Privatisation may not be pretty but it is a deal with the devil that is perhaps inevitable

Norf has screwed us enough over the past 10 or so years, I'd rather not let them do it at the trade table.

If we lose Jack Viney it will be James McDonald x10000. Simply cannot lose him.

it may have something to do with the fact they've missed finals and haven't been home for like 3 months.

Not sure where else to put this. A mate has messaged me saying Tom Browne has claimed Carlton is actively pursuing Petracca because apparently he is unhappy. I called BS given he signed a contract in Feb. Plus search across Twitter, Bigfooty, Google, everywhere has yielded zero results. Nothing on Tom Browne Twitter either. Asked him where he heard it and he's stalling. Is he pulling my chain?

Dogs have been in lockdown mode all game.

I'd have rather they were belted than be this close. Dockers are also being absolutely belted around the ball and the umps give them absolutely nothing. As always umps giving Bulldogs a ride. As they have for 30+ years for some bizarre reason.

he's not wrong. he played his best football at melbourne as a floating flanker.

Nothing against Freo and I think they're on the right track but I can't believe we lost to this mob. We don't deserve finals. Sorry but we had two opportunities to lock us in and we failed miserably. Dogs are in second gear here, Freo genuinely trying but they're just very average.

Okay time for me to log off for the offseason like I always do. See you all next year. Hopefully at the MCG.

Ironic. In 2005, Doggies beat Pies in round 23 and took our place in the top 8. We needed to beat Essendon to make it. During the match the camera kept cutting to Bulldogs players watching the game and subsequently being devastated as we got over the line and pinched their spot in the finals by one game. Fast forward 15 years. We beat Essendon for a spot in the top 8, replacing the Bulldogs. Except this time the Dogs have the chance to leapfrog us and make finals with a win over Freo. Do so and they pinch our spot in the top 8 by one game.

if you're a doctor then no wonder our "expert" advice is so [censored].

he definitely is not underrated. he is arguably amongst the most frustrating players to watch very much BECAUSE he is so highly rated and can do things unbecoming of someone so highly rated.

most of this team would get a walk up start in any top 8 side. indictment on goodwin and co that we will likely miss.