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Round 13 - the stuck in traffic games.
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Long time ago but in 1965, the year after their last flag, the Demons started the year 8-0 in an 18 game season and finished 10-8 and outside finals.
It lead to the demise of Norm Smith as coach and arguably the whole club for decades
Barely noticed Petracca in that last quarter.
Channeling his inner Dangerfield
Channeling his inner Dangerfield
Impressive win by the Scum unfortunately. Keeping us out of the 8 not that it’s a big deal now. Reckon hubris has got the Dees at the moment. Will be interesting to see if they can recover. The bye has probably come at a good time for them.
They did have some king duds in that side today. How the hell is Neal-Bullen a premiership player?? Mitch Brown geez they won’t win too many if they have to play him. Viney isn’t exactly a dud but he can’t kick. As an opposition you’d be happy forcing him to kick in the midfield.
They did have some king duds in that side today. How the hell is Neal-Bullen a premiership player?? Mitch Brown geez they won’t win too many if they have to play him. Viney isn’t exactly a dud but he can’t kick. As an opposition you’d be happy forcing him to kick in the midfield.
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I didn’t watch the game but I have always felt that the demons Achilles heal is their forward line.
They have very average key forwards (Brown, brown, Weideman, MacDonald) and rely on small forwards and midfielders heavily to score.
They have very average key forwards (Brown, brown, Weideman, MacDonald) and rely on small forwards and midfielders heavily to score.
May is a big out, but Melbourne are ordinary. Petracca out of form. Gawn struggling. Lever bordering on a liability. And all their second string role players look shabby all of a sudden.
When I'm at the pub tab people say I look like a premiership winning coach.Just looking at Simon Goodwin on the boundary, he looks like a mug punting soak
No, we have been told by wiser men to be honest that Melbourne are in a heavy training load regime.
Is that akin to a mid season slump or are they stuffed?
When I'm at the pub, they say, not you again. I tell them I'm a.....'country' member, and they say yes, we remember.
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The thing that annoys me the most about Melbourne isn't actually them, its the bloody media. We had to win 2 flags in 3 years before we were given any credit. We were spoken about in such a derisory way after 2017 that we were fluky, worst team to win a premiership etc. Yet 2022 is similar to 2018 for us, except we proved very quickly we could deal with losing players to injuries. We lost potentially the best defender of all time in Round 1 and were immediately written off, they lose May and fall into a complete heap.
They rely so badly on 4 players, May, Oliver, Petracca and Gawn. They were all exceptional last season and bar Oliver, all the others have dropped off the last few weeks and its proving their depth is rubbish compared to a lot of other teams. Several of us on here questioned how good they would be if they lost a few to injuries as we didn't find out last year and we are now finding out.
This year is completely open. We can win the premiership this year if we peak as we enter finals.
They rely so badly on 4 players, May, Oliver, Petracca and Gawn. They were all exceptional last season and bar Oliver, all the others have dropped off the last few weeks and its proving their depth is rubbish compared to a lot of other teams. Several of us on here questioned how good they would be if they lost a few to injuries as we didn't find out last year and we are now finding out.
This year is completely open. We can win the premiership this year if we peak as we enter finals.
