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He might legitimately push Gawn out of the ruck in the next few years. Which probably leads to Gawn deep forward more often which would be scary for opposition teams. can't see him going anywhere anytime soon.

Hands down Harrison Petty. to come in as such a young player and hold down Centre half back in a premiership side is incredible. we got better with him in there, and he now looks a lock in our back 6 for a decade

I pay what appears to be the same as i would for 2 seperate memberships effectively, however i haven't looked into this enough to know for sure.

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Poor Kid just ruined his career.

I wonder if the Ben King race is one we may join... if we can stock pile some future picks

I think there is a fair bit of guessing going on in the media tbh, like demonland i think the journo's aren't sure how Melbourne would get the deal done. But my guess is he'd like to come to Melbourne, but probably thinks Carlton is more stress free/doable.

Thoughts are with Adam and his family in this difficult time, poor kid.

Reckon we should flick our 2022 first rounder to the Dogs for pick 17. they don't want to use that pick, and we obviously want picks this year for either Andrew or Cerra.

there is no chance we'd aggressively pursue him if we didn't know how we'd get the deal done, so i've got no doubt we'll be able to get it over the line if he nominates us How? NFI

Apparently he gave the players a huge spray about being timmid and not taking the game on, and that change defintiely turned the game, the dogs couldn't go with us.

I'd love to see the number 2 get handed over, so Nathan jones has a presentation with the new number 2 and hands the jumper over. Personally i'd love to see it go to Angus Brayshaw, the selfless and couragous game he played, IMO he turned the game, i'll never forget it

Adam Cerra would be weighing up being a first string midfielder vs for us being second string/maybe playing wing/half back. in terms of his career it's a pretty big deal

Love Petracca, but for me the next captain has to be Jake Lever.

Love hearing this Daz! i reckon it hasn't quite sunk in for me yet, but i was neck deep in Gin by the time the siren went, so might be coming out the other side of a drunken haze

From what i've seen/heard, the club has a plan B in place if he does decided to leave, but it's a conversation between him and Pert that has to happen there. Dan McPherson sounds like he'll be leaving though, so not sure if we will promote within to that position, or if we'll bring someone in from the outside.

It's so weird because of the buildup it feels more like a prelim than an actual grand final. hopefully the boys can go out and put on a good show and bring us back the cup

Hit me about 7pm i wasn't going to be able to cope sober so i've cracked into the Gin, expect some great commentary this evening.

I don't think LJ wants out, nor do i think we'd trade him even if he did, but yeah i'd want a really good pick and a player at least. i'm sure Freo would like him, and will chat to him, but i reckon he's a long term demon

JACKSON! LUKE JACKSON KICKS 18 AS MELBOURNE INFLICT HORROR 240 POINT LOSS ON DOGS IN GF

IF Freo are making a significant play for Jackson, it likely means they feel Cerra is going to nominate the Dees rather than Carlton

Geez this is the most fit looking MFC team i've ever seen. 1 game in 28 days. a hot night in Perth. Dogs are going to have to work bloody hard to even be in this game. Jack Viney just has this look about him, that tells me he has set himself bigtime for this game. the boys overall look really really calm, feeling very confident

Any chance it's either on Kayo or someone can post it on here? UPDATE: it's appearing on Kayo

I can't really see a way we don't have significantly more run in the second half. dogs had a week off, but the 5-6 weeks leading up have been as hard and emotionally draining as they're likely to get. they've certainly done it the hard way. they'll be setting themselves to throw a big punch early, and hope we're a little bit off like Port. i've said it a few times, if this is close at 1/4 and 1/2 time, it's a Demons premiership. they need to be minimum 5 goals clear and then hang on for dear life

I see this game playing out very similar to our game with the Lions, i don't think we'll mind if Macrae gets it a bit as long as our pressure is up. IF we tag anyone, i'd say it'll be Libba and i think Langdon will apply a soft tag to Smith, make him accountable defensively, this is an area Smith has been exposed before.