frankie_d

100% agree CfB, and I reckon that this is an area we might be vulnerable. When they come after Salem, Brayshaw, Spargo - who's going to fix this up?

Really noticable that we had some behind the ball and it's press was less extreme

Outside run will kill us

This is going to be ugly

Banner: they should apply the mercy rule. 23 nil. 160th Guernsey ... Very navy blue

Update. Bad start to the day with Hannah out

Good start to the day. Choice of seats at this stage. Don't be fooled by the blue sky, it's bread monkeys here in the wind. I know in modern footy that being tough is putting your head over the ball and going when it's your turn. But you need mongrel in finals. Who provides the protection and does the damage for us? I like Kent for name-related reasons, and TMac is a hard man. We've got plenty of talent and no squibs. But who are GWS afraid of?

This is a non-trivial issue. Whilst I welcome my fellow Demonlanders and long-suffering MFCSS afflicted comrades, I do look askance when someone is sitting in the seat where I endured the Dark Years (© MFC) in silent and no-so-silent lonely suffering. "Where were you", I think to myself, "when Neeld gave Morton that huge spray"... "Where were you, indeed, when we 'didn't see that coming', and Essendon beat us by by five million points". Just kidding - more the merrier - raise hell on Sunday!!!

Just thought I'd mention Salem - his calmness and superb disposal is a huge plus for us. Kicked a beautiful right footer into the middle at a crucial moment, too.

we're just not good enough. I couldn't get there. Sounds like my pre game fears came true: MyMFCSS is firmly in-charge - I worry that this will be St. Kilda Mark II. Beaten in the mid-field, then sliced open. 23 points down and half time, and never really in it. That's what happens to you when you saw the last flag this team won, and have been belted up ever since.

This - 1000 times this. I can't go (Mrs Frankie's father has his 87th birthday...), and I don't know if I'll be brave enough to sneak a peek at the scores. My MFCSS is firmly in-charge - I worry that this will be St. Kilda Mark II. Beaten in the mid-field, then sliced open. 23 points down and half time, and never really in it. That's what happens to you when you saw the last flag this team won, and have been belted up ever since. Go Dees - make me a believer.

OMac : Doesn't inspire confidence

OMAC getting a bath.

I think the Swans are too tough for us. Mentally. Hope I'm wrong. Don't think we'll win enough to get there. Tonight wouldn't be so hard if we beat the Saints. How could we lose to them. Unconvinced about Goodwin.

Leadership and coaching cost us in the last 2 minutes. No question we should have iced the game. But the contest was good.

This is coaching. Injuries have hurt us. But why leave omac one out for that long. He's just not good enough. How about we do to them what they do to Hogan? Always outnumbered. Coaching.

I bet the contest was good.

Wikipedia: In Ken Piesse's The Complete Guide to Australian Football, Flower's player summary quotes Brent Crosswell "...beat Flower and you could just about retire from League Football because anything else smacked of anti-climax.

We're being out coached. Just enough talent to scrape up a lead

This. 1000 times this. Don't know if it's effort or structure or talent, but they killed us there last time.

Liking Salem

How important is brayshaw...

Now that viney is out with a foot/toe/fmd,I wonder if this is possible?

http://m.melbournefc.com.au/news/2018-07-14/viney-to-miss-round-17-clash MFCSS in full flight !

Last year against the West Coast, he got the ball out to Hibberd -> TMac -> Miracle. No Clarry, no win!