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What else on a day that we've been waiting for almost five months?

The first NAB Challenge match against Port Adelaide at Playford Alive Oval today at 2:00 PM

A 29 man squad announced earlier in the week will be trimmed to 26 players ahead of the match.

Melbourne squad v Port Adelaide

1. Jesse Hogan

3. Christian Salem

4. Jack Watts

7. Jack Viney

10. Angus Brayshaw

11. Max Gawn

12. Dom Tyson

13. Clayton Oliver *

14. Lynden Dunn

15. Billy Stretch

16. Dean Kent

17. Sam Frost

20. Colin Garland

21. Cameron Pedersen

22. Viv Michie (r)

25. Tom McDonald

28. Oscar McDonald

29. Jayden Hunt *

30. Alex Neal-Bullen

31. Jack Grimes

32. Tomas Bugg *

35. Ben Kennedy *

36. Jeff Garlett

37. Aaron vandenBerg

39. Neville Jetta

42. Josh Wagner (r) *

43. James Harmes

45. Matt Jones

46. Dean Terlich    

* first game for MFC

... and despite the fact that Melbourne has selected its best available team, it's looming as a Goliath v David clash with betting agencies having the home state team at $1.13 to win against $6.00 for Melbourne.

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23 minutes ago, Whispering_Jack said:

What else on a day that we've been waiting for almost five months?

The first NAB Challenge match against Port Adelaide at Playford Alive Oval today at 2:00 PM

... and despite the fact that Melbourne has selected its best available team, it's looming as a Goliath v David clash with betting agencies having the home state team at $1.13 to win against $6.00 for Melbourne.

... and don't believe everything you read. Sir Thomas Playford who was SA's longest running premier died in 1981.

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Live on Demonology! (Though I'll be watching it down the pub with my mates!)

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We will have our best available team on the park but that would be a fair way off our best 22 or 26.

Not in the Melbourne squad v Port Adelaide

2. Nathan Jones

5. Christian Petracca 

6. Chris Dawes

8. Heritier Lumumba 

9. Jack Trengove 

18. Jake Melksham (suspended)

19. Ben Newton

23. Bernie Vince

24. Jay Kennedy-Harris

26. Sam Weideman 

27. Liam Hulett

33. Jake Spencer 

34. Mitch King

41. Mitchell White (r)

44. Joel Smith (r)

47. Max King (r)

The real missing ingredient today will be experence - Lynden Dunn is the old man of the team.
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16 minutes ago, Whispering_Jack said:

The real missing ingredient today will be experience - Lynden Dunn is the old man of the team.

WJ - you have guys who have been to hell and back footy wise, Jetta, Garland, Grimes are just 3 who have the experience, now surrounded by hungry young teammates

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25 minutes ago, Rossmillan said:

Can't wait to get down to Elizabeth oval, to see all the new recruits live in action!

Big decisions of the day:

Pie or hot dog?

Will it be too hot for the scarf?

To sledge or not to sledge the Toump?

Footy is back!!!

If you don't sledge Toump you should be banned from Demonland for a week.

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17 minutes ago, Satyriconhome said:

WJ - you have guys who have been to hell and back footy wise, Jetta, Garland, Grimes are just 3 who have the experience, now surrounded by hungry young teammates

True Saty but all three are relatively spring chickens. Col is 27 and the other two are 26. The elder statesmen of the team with the exception of Dunny are out of the team today - Jones, Vince and Lumumba.

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Our midfield is light.

Our defence is basically full strength (depending how you rate lumumba) so it will be interesting to see how they hold up.

Jetta dunn garland

Salem T.Mac ???

 

Our forward line is only missing dawes and petracca from our round 1 team (again based on opinion)

Kent Pedersen watts

Garlett hogan ???

 

Our midfield is light.

No jones or vince is massive. Their game sense and ability to lift at pivitol moments is not to be underrated and will be sorely missed.

Our midfield will remain light even with those two players returning for the season proper if we do not see the next group step up.

Hoping to see the continued emergence of brayshaw. 99 tackles from 21 games shows intent, shows discipline and it shows the much vaunted term "competitiveness".

If oliver can have the same type of a debut year then who knows what sort of season we could have.

Vandenberg, viney, kent, harmes. These are the names of players who can damage opponents with their hunt for the ball, with their desire to win win with their...competitiveness

 

Pretty close to full strength and a side we could have to field if the injury gods are cruel

Might only be pre season but today should tell us alot about how this season will play out

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4 minutes ago, Whispering_Jack said:

True Saty but all three are relatively spring chickens. Col is 27 and the other two are 26. The elder statesmen of the team with the exception of Dunny are out of the team today - Jones, Vince and Lumumba.

 

Age is relative WJ, Viney will be leading today, closely followed by Tommy Mc

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43 minutes ago, Rossmillan said:

Can't wait to get down to Elizabeth oval, to see all the new recruits live in action!

Big decisions of the day:

Pie or hot dog?

Will it be too hot for the scarf?

To sledge or not to sledge the Toump?

Footy is back!!!

Sledge the Toump, I hope you leave alive.

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33 minutes ago, olisik said:

Anyon know if any coverage of the game on the radio or if on afl app?

Demonology is showing it live however l am heading off the the pub to watch it on Foxtel with my mates.

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