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We are $1.30 favourites.... The punters never learn

Saty way off the mark once again.

Might have been said already, but if this was last weeks team we would have won. We needed more running power.

We lost to a team down a man since the first quarter and half our team didn't show up.

Jesse Hogan vs the Lions 2015 - 16 disposals 11 marks, 4 goals, 1 Brownlow vote, Melbourne win 2016 - 20 disposals, 7 marks, 5 goals, 3 Brownlow votes, Melbourne win 2017 - 15 dispolsas , 9 marks, 6 goals, 3 Brownlow votes, Melbourne win Averages - 17 disposals, 9 marks, 5 goals per game I was worried about this game, but now Jesse is cleared to play we will win.

praise allah

Yeah but we will be down arguably our three most important players (Gawn excluded) if Hogan is out.

No Oliver is just ridiculous.

We will lose this game. I'm predicting a very rough start to the season, with a 1-4 record after 5 games before we thump Essendon in round 6, get our shite together and end up making the finals.

Worst poster on Demonland . ^ Anyways back on topic 1. Max Gawns form.. he will walk into the AA ruck spot, injury permitting. 2. We almost pinched the game with some of our key players having their worst games in a while (Hibberd, Jetta, Melksham) 3 . Oscar McDonald totally shutting out Hawkins.

There was no free kick and the umpire deserved the abuse. Of course his thin skin couldn't handle it so he decided to punish us instead of being a man. I want to thank Jordan for doing what I wanted to do at the time.

With Rich and Robinson confirmed out, they will be fielding an incredibly inexperienced side that we should bully and walk all over. Brisbane by 25.

Coaches votes MELBOURNE v GEELONG9 Max Gawn (Melb)6 Gary Ablett (Geel)5 Daniel Menzel (Geel)5 Joel Selwood (Geel)4 Christian Petracca (Melb)1 Clayton Oliver (Melb) Gawn may have been one kick away from a perfect 10.

Imagine holding a team to 17 points in a half and still losing. The MFC never ceases to amaze.

Yes, that game cost us finals in my opinion. We had a 5 goal lead and they came back and almost stole the game. If we had maintained that lead or extended it we likely would not have had to worry about the Eagles catching us on % even after losing to the Pies.

Minus Dangerfield and a man down from the 1st quarter. Was a weak effort.

You think you're fatigued now? We play Brisbane and North the next two weeks. Two teams tipped to finish bottom 4 that we should slaughter if we are finally serious. Hold on tight.

Normally I would say run for your life. But St Kilda are so bad in every way and do not haev one redeeming quality, Ill say stick with Melbourne.

Good coaching by Geelong to isolate Jake Lever 1 on 1. It was shades of Jared Rivers out there today. Outmuscled, outpositioned. He would want to get a hell of a lot better as an actual defender to ever live up to his contract.

When Franklin went to Sydney on that mega deal most people expected he would burn out really quickly once he hit 30, and the contract would be an albatross. Hes aging like fine wine.

Tyson and Brayshaw must come in, unless we want to go with no midfield depth again and start the season 0-2.

LOL exactly

Such a poor team selection. Worst one yet. We were two mids short.

They will beat us lol

Shouldn't have come down to the end of the game. They lost Harry Taylor early and we should have taken advantage, ran them off their feet and buried them. But we are Melbourne, and we are soft. Nothing has changed.