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Not so. All membership categories are equal for this final. First in best dressed.

I haven't 😟

We played the 2021, 17th team (Coll) twice for 2 Losses. Geelong played the 2021,18th team (North) twice for 2 Wins. We played the 2021, 11th team twice (Freo) for 1W and 1L. Geelong played the 2021 9th team twice (Eagles) for 2 Wins Not sure there is much different between the two given what was known when the draw was done late 2021 before preseasons had even started. So Geelong won 3 extra games of their equivalent 'soft draw' and gained a huge % from them. We had the same opportunity.

No-one can predict who will rise and fall from one year to the next hence why I compared to last year's finalists rather than this years. One thing that should change is that a top 4 team should not play a bottom 4 team twice which would eliminate the Geelong v North double up. But we played Coll twice who finished 17th but weren't able to take advantage of it...

Do the double ups really matter that much? There is the odd anomaly like Collingwood getting into the top 4 on a very easy draw on the back of finishing 17th last year. That could have been us in 2020 after finishing 17th in 2019, except that a covid riddled 2020 messed it for us when we just missed the eight. The cream still rises to the top. And we are second top.

I don't think the 'Ad' is needed but not sure. Hopefully the system is smart enough to know from the barcode whether it is an adult, concession or junior membership. By the way, while our membership details are held by Ticketmaster, the tickets for the MCG finals are sold by Ticketek: https://hotshow4.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=AFLF22

Well played 👏

The Ticketek website says 10 per member which seems odd really high, especially as ticket sales to the general public don't open until 3.00pm tomorrow. It doesn't seem right that a member can buy 9 additional tickets for non-members. Confusing... The club is sending emails to members this afternoon so hopefully, it is all clear then.

I hope he surfaces in time to get onto Ticketek for his tickets...😐

I understand the sympathy toward Rutten. But his specialty is defence and we have an excellent defence coach in Chaplin. That isn't to say Rutten couldn't do Yze's job but I have my doubts. Yze is a lot more than a line (midfield) coach he also does a lot of the strategy, tactics and ball movement work. He virtually runs the show on match day from the box. There are a lot of reasons why Ess have been poor this year but I'm not sure Yze's role matches Rutten's strong suit.

True. I was hoping to give @Demongirl35 reasons to go to the game ie we are a much stronger team now than in round 12. I'll add a few more reasons on match ups: neither May or Buddy played last time but naturally May will take him. Now that you mention Petty, he was injured early in the rnd 12 game but played on so our defence was further weakened. There is a lot of synergy in our back 6 so with a fit Petty and May in we are much stronger. Ditto at the other end of the ground without M. Brown. There is a fair chance Hunt will go to Papley as he has done a great job on small fwds this year and has the speed to keep up with him. And they had Paddy Mc playing on Kozzie who drifted off and marked everything in sight as did all their defenders. I doubt that will be allowed again with Max down there now. Reckon Melksham would be good match up for Paddy.

Don't believe them! We are a better team now: Hibberd will not let Reid get away like Tomlinson did, we have May back (but they have Buddy back), we have a different fwd line without M. Brown. Our ball movement is different. And Sydney have won seven consecutive games. Can they continue? I have my doubts! Anyway, win lose or draw all dee fans should go.

Thanks. My barcodes were there🙂 If for some reason members can't access their ticketmaster account check emails this afternoon for barcodes.

Patience dear Layzie. They will be there for you tomorrow.

I'm too scared too look too far fwd so as not to jinx the team. One-week-at-a-time😐 But I reckon we can do it!

Yes, they need to sort out the whole club starting with the board. But they won't. It is too divided. I read on an Ess forum that they have 2 or 3 very powerful coteries and each wants their share of reps on the board. So even if the names change the power balance doesn't. And yep they won't get Jackson: Sheedy is the 'king maker' on the board. Jackson sacked Sheedy as Essendon coach. We can watch from afar, their factions warring for some time to come. And Ess anchored to the bottom of the ladder. Popcorn time!

Yeah, that is what it says...10 tickets per member. So I guess they aren't expecting a lot of Sydney fans. Nonetheless it seems a lot of tickets...

It now says Tuesday 10.00 am

As we are playing on Friday night our tickets will most likely go on sale on Tuesday morning. Therefore keep an eye on your emails for one from the club which has your Barcode(s) necessary to buy tickets.

Oh, thanks. I misread the table 🤔

One would think they would put one of the interstate games on Saturday night, especially as Freo and Bulldogs will be playing on Father's Day.

Thursday night: Lions vs Tigers Friday night: Dees vs Swans Saturday Afternoon: Cats vs Pies Sunday Saturday Twilight: Freo vs Bulldogs. Bizarre that there is no game on Saturday night!! Edit: changed the day for the Freo vs Bulldogs game from Sunday to Saturday.

No. We chose our seats on the Ticketek website when purchasing the tickets. Hopefully, the system allows us to choose our seats rather than the computer 'allocate' seats and then have to try and change them on the website. My tip is to check check all the info on Ticketek in advance of the tickets going on sale. And have the membership barcodes which the club sends (hopefully tomorrow) ready.

Pleased that JVR is our best first year play. But how does he get there if he hasn't played a senior game?

Tickets: Finals Week 2 Semi Finals On-sale: Monday September 5 Club members – 10am AFL members (MCG only) – 11am General Public – 3pm Tickets: Finals Week 3 Preliminary Finals On-sale: Monday September 12 Club members – 10am AFL members (MCG only) – 11am General Public – 3pm