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Some things to watch from Geelong: They used O'Connor to tag Oliver in April list year but it didn't work. Oliver had a good game and Petracca was BOG. Can't keep a good player down for long. Cameron is playing up around the midfield a fair bit then races back i50 trying to catch his opp out. Stengle is a wild card re their forward line. They have changed their game plan to be more direct and 'play on'. They have Shannon Byrnes who may give them good intel on our key players strengths/weaknesses They have set themselves all year for this game by resting players, experimenting with players with different positions, different ball movement etc. Scott very often pulls last minute changes an hour before the game or even during the warm up. Scott could manufacture a minor injury to bring the fresh sub in the last quarter They want revenge Other than Richmond a few weeks ago they haven't played a good defensive side nor a high pressure side since Freo in late April. We are back to our best in both defence and pressure. Despite all their actions above they won't deal with our pressure and defence for 120 minutes. When they lapse that will be our time to score. Hopefully, we kick straight early and take the crowd out of reckoning.

But we would have to trade out something/someone of equivalent first round value to get that whereas our 'natural first round pick, which we don't have is 'free'.

Talk about a click bait heading ie the first line which sounds categoric!! Then the contradiction ie the second line ....... At least someone else finally gets that splitting their first round pick is an option so hopefully I don't have to keep repeating it in this thread...

Probably better than most weeks. Meredith and Findlay very experienced. Power is a rookie. Justin Power (4), Simon Meredith (21), Robert Findlay (23)

We made it!! dees-reach-milestone-surpassing-65k-members Melbourne’s membership tally currently sits at 65,472. And membership numbers do not close off until the end of this month. More growth to go!

NIal says: "Whichever of these three paths Jackson takes, neither of Melbourne nor (especially) Fremantle should be offering the kind of massive contract that has been mooted – not accurately, this column has gleaned from well-placed sources – to the 20-year-old West Aussie". Ie the rumoured offers are overstated.

It is about roles. Gus performs that part of Rivers' role. So when Salem returned Rivers was the one to miss out.

Bowey grabbed his spot last year alongside Rivers. I don't think Bowey cost Rivers his spot. Bowey's kicking supports the view that Rivers went back to Casey to improve his.

Not really. He isn't doubting Jackson's value, more where is the best fit for him and at what cost. And in his view the best fit is West Coast. I reckon Jackson will be a fabulous player but would he as highly rated as he is now, if he didn't have one of the top 3 mid-fields of this century to partner him? The real test for him will be when he has to play predominately one position as the main man be it fwd or ruck week in and week out. We won't know that for a few years.

His form this year has been poor. And when Salem returned someone had to go out and it was Rivers. Also, during a Casey game a commentator (Libby Birch, I think) said he was at Casey to improve his kicking. I've not seen any other info about him.

Is this the article that references? why-luke-jackson-shouldn-t-be-priority-for-fremantle-and-melbourne My take of it is that is about each club prioritising Jackson. ihv, Jackson doesn't fit Freo's list needs as he is a ruckman first but Freo are expecting him to primarily be a forward. And that Melbourne should make Gus a higher priority than Jackson.

Based on The AGE, AFL and some Fox tipsters we are the underdogs. We'll show 'em! Dees by 3-5 goals.

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Goodwin said we will certainly have a player to keep watch on Stengle. Same question I posed a few days ago, is it: Hibberd, Salem, Gus or Hunt? If Hibberd has carryover soreness from last week and only a 5 day break, I would bring in Hunt.

When mfc move them from the 'Rookie' list to the 'Senior' list they do not go into the draft per se, so another club cannot draft them. We do need to use a draft pick to promote them to the 'Senior' list, usually a very late round draft pick and they count toward our three minimum national draft picks. I'm not sure if 'Rookie' players can be traded.

Tip: stop reading when the game start siren goes.

And for more good measure round 4, 2021 when we beat them 12.13.85 vs 9.6.60. Had we kicked straight it would have been another mauling.

Thank you. Ooops! A bad slip up. Dogga's premiership status has been re-instated🙃 I will re-post the Table it in the next contract update - hopefully his. 🙃

Most of them have forgotten the round 4 of last year's scoreline: 12.13.85 vs 9.6.60, which flattered them. Had we kicked straight our score would have been more like the Prelim Final 'kill' of 19.11.125 vs 6.6.42. Their highest score last year was in round 23: 12.9.81 to 12.5.77 and even then it was due to accurate kicking by them. They rely on scoring efficiency rather than lots of i50's ie once inside they need to kick straight. Therein is our weapon: stop the ball getting into their fwd 50 or stop clean transmission to i50. We will win this by 3-5 goals.

This is being discussed in the Welcome to Demonland...thread but I feel Disco's new contract deserves more widespread exposure and recognition.. Already shown he works hard, has the right attitude and is very courageous. A real keeper! The club announcement says he will remain on the Rookie list for 2023 then promoted to the Seniors in 2024. TURNER EXTENDS CONTRACT WITH DEES Mods, please merge with the 'Welcome' thread if you think more appropriate.

Another one bites the dust!! Updated for 'Disco's' new two year contract. Club statement says he will stay on the Rookie list in 2023 and will be promoted to the Seniors in 2024.

There are eight interstate clubs and three Vic clubs smaller than us (North, Bulldogs and Saints). That is 11 other clubs that could play there each year for their nine Home games at GMBA. Rotate those 11 clubs at GMHBA for a few years. It is a terrible disadvantage for a premiership team to play at that sub standard oval. We have done well there in recent times but it is like handing them 4pts and a step up on the ladder.

We also recruited May, Lever and Langdon around that time so there is a lot of $ to balance the sal cap. I guess there is no way of knowing if there was front/back loading and who was affected. Regardless, on a $500k package I wouldn't expect too much to be front (or back) loaded.

Says he whose 24,739 post 'Likes' would be at least 70% 'HaHa' emojis!! ET, aka #tradewhisper: I've been very well, thanks for asking.

Port Melb seems to be where Ess are playing their Home games. Our North game is either it is an error or Casey isn't available that day. If that was the case they could schedule the game on another day... We play Crows and Dockers on their Home turf. Again.