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Until recently, clubs talking to player targets in season was an AFL no no. Against the spirit of that, this year the AFL has this new weekly program specifically to talk player trades and contracts. It is the AFL laying the ground work to introduce mid-season player trade. Yes, I'm a cynic when it comes to the AFL.

The throw in decision was correct. Don't remember his name but he was desperately waiting for ANB to knock the ball out of his hands which ANB did. It was a judgement error by ANB and should have let the guy stand there and be called HTB. Another judgement error by ANB was when he was tackled by Rioli which should have been a 50m penalty. However, ANB went to play on and caught HTB. The tackle was illegal and should have got the 50m. Had ANB stayed put he would have got the 50.

That is why I am wary. But couldn't possibly tip against us but to be on the safe side I'm just tipping a modest margin.

Yes, there are a few notable comments. At least they have mostly kept their sense of humour through the gloom. I think it is finding those gems that keeps me doing these threads - waded through 10 pages of bigfooty to find enough of interest for an opening post...

The mood is gloomy resignation. Not dissimilar to the Ess mood a few weeks ago. From Bigfooty. * me, can we just forfeit? This could genuinely be 100+. Play all the kids, anyone over 28 except Ziebell can be dropped. Looks like we'll be running out there with about 5 players but at least they should all be AFL quality. lol does it really matter? We’re gonna get done by 100+ no matter whos in BBB will come back from injury and kick 9 At least if we bring in some youth and inexperience they bring some fight We’re about to get smashed by well over ten goals, no point debuting anyone.. As a north supporter I feel like pain is our middle nameFritz will have an absolute field day. Lever and May to combine for 20 intercept marks Whatever the record is, they’ll beat it. That’s just the first quarter right? feel like it’s as good a time to get the dees…Off a short break, tough close game against tigers should have them sore Sounds logical... Dees by 60. Frisky had a quiet game tonight - red alert in our back 6 It’s going to be a blood bath Really? I don't think we will win by that much but I will take your word for it. We were neck and neck with them until time-on in Q3 and lost by 48 points last year. Despite everything, I refuse to believe we’re worse than we were back then. If Dees don't turn up we lose by 60+, if they do turn up 100+ My Favourites: McKay to full forward. If he is going to be a statue be a statue in our goal square so it frees up Larkey This Tarryn Thomas fella looks a player. Seems a class bloke too. Reward his effort with a stint in the ones I think He can't play right now. He needs to finish his homework. Footnote: each sub indented comment is a response to the point immediately above it. Always wary of a Clarkson coached team and Cunnington always plays well against us. Dees by 3-6 goals.. just to keep our % ticking over nicely.

They wear yellow and black to every MCG game. Daft, I know but that is how they work...

On AFL 360 last night Goodwin said Gawn and Petty give us the aerial presence we haven't had for a while. We can all recall the numerous games where defenders marked in fwd 50. On thinking about that, technically McD and Brown should provide it and they have in the past. I wonder whether their respective past injuries (McD's foot; Brown's knee) prevent them from jumping and therefore it is difficult for them to contest and mark or bring the ball to ground. Therefore their one wood and now maybe only trick is to lead out. Very easy to defend if a fwd has only one tool. So their absence from the team may not be their form or perhaps their form is a result of not being able to jump and contest. They have run out of tricks so to speak. So Petty isn't necessarily there to kick goals. He is there to mark or to give our small players a chance at ground level. Ditto Max. They will kick goals from time to time. Worth noting that of the 15 goals we kicked vs Tigers only two were kicked by Petty and Gawn.

That is hilarious!! I actually checked the full moon cycle last night as so many threads went a bit feral. Great minds think alike🥂

@FearTheBeard I found that the M bay allocation is free. Do your know if it is possible to upgrade (for a fee) to other areas?

I was really pre-empting the melts over travel and a 5 day break for this week's game that will surely come from posters, rather than the overall travel burden. imv travel and breaks are relevant only in relation to our next opponent so I reckon we start fairly even with North.

Seeing FTB response suggests there may be a different process for Trident members. I am a Redlegs member and this is the process I followed: Click on this link: https://membership.melbournefc.com.au/?utm_source=mfc_website&utm_medium=navigation&utm_campaign=membership22 On the top right you will see the 'login' icon. Click on that then follow the prompts for email address and password. Your Membership Details should appear and will look like this (that FTB posted). The Round 9 numbers are the code to input into Ticketek on this page on their website: The box under 'OR' will open up as the numbers go in. It allows me to choose seats at no cost in M bays but haven't worked out how to 'upgrade' them to N bays or even if that is possible for Redlegs.

Shows how silly they are - too early for snow!!

Thanks. The code has a two character alpha code at the start. Is that to be included for Ticketek or just the numeric info. Edit: just tried it and it is only the numeric characters. LOL! If I had read all the details the answer was there.😐

To put our travel and the current 5-day break in perspective. A poster on North's bigfooty noted about their travel: We started at home at Marvel, next to Perth at Optus, followed by Hawthorn at UTas Stadium, then at home at Marvel against Carlton, back on the road to Adelaide for Gather Round and on Sunday to the Gold Coast. We had: MCG, Gabba, MCG, Perth, Adelaide, MCG, On the 5-day break. This week North have a 6-day break and had to fly back from Qld on Sunday night or Monday morning.. Overall, I don't see our travel and short break a disadvantage.

Certainly there are a few weaknesses in our game at the moment. In our defence we haven't had a settled side this season. Major outs each week. Now that we have most players back the team will settle and cohesion will come back. But this could take until the back half of the season, which is really when we want to be settled and playing consistently. imv there are only 3 maybe 4 teams that can win it this year: Pies, Cats, Dees and theoretically Lions. Lets see how we are placed after the bye.

Looking at Ticketek for round 9 tickets vs Hawthorn. The site requires barcodes for mfc members to obtain a reserve seat: Anyone know where to get the barcodes to unlock tickets. I've also emailed the club. TIA

That isn't a very nice way to treat your DL buddies...😐

Paraphrasing: He was really pleased that we came from behind and had to fight our way back to win. He said it was something we weren't often able to do last year. He also said they have been working on tactics to counter the fast run and carry of other teams. Clearly the latter are a work in progress as we weren't able to counter Ess last week. We will get plenty of practice in the coming weeks with games vs Port, Hawks and Freo who have all used it with varying degrees of success. Hopefully we have nailed those tactics before we play Collingwood. Edit: He also sounded confident the Kozzie contract would be sorted soon. No weasel words like with Jackson last year.

On 360 Goodwin was confident it would get done soon.🙃 He is extremely popular so there will be thousands of very happy fans, especially kids.

Couldn't agree more. @WalkingCivilWar you have such a great command of our wonderful language I would like to see it a lot more in your posts, rather than the slang. The slang can be amusing at times but can't say I'm a fan of it as a substitute for English. Hate to think what @Demonstonemakes of it!

Some DA OG's are confused. This is only the seventh ANZAC Eve game. My experience has been that everyone stops for the minute silence and last post, wherever they are in the stadium. So people can arrive at the gates during the ceremony and know they can get in after a minute or two.

I get not letting people into the seated areas but locking the gates to keep them out of the concourse sounds a bit OTT. Wouldn't the club details say gates are locked to forewarn? Anyway, I hope gate security has their riot gear handy!!

Are you sure gates are closed and not just lights out from 6.55? Could be lots of angry people queuing to get in after 6.55 if gates are closed - afterall it is a work day and people will be coming from all over Melbourrne.

With a very different draw last year. Teams played twice: Finalists: Cats (GF), Lions (PF), Swans(GF), Freo (SF) and Hawks. All played at least once in the second half and Swans twice in the second half. This year's double games: Lions, Suns, Hawks, North, Tiges and Carlton. Now the fixture shouldn't make that much difference but sadly it does. Finish low and get rewarded: Saints 2022/23. Finish high get penalised: Freo 2022/2023. But the Saints are a much better team this year. Wouldn't underestimate them.

Club email suggests: Seated by 6.40 Torches on at 6.55 when MCG lights go out Ceremony from 6.55 to 7.10 Game starts at 7.25 Don't think you can be 'too early'. Expect long queues at entry gates.