Preview Finals Week 1: Collingwood v Melbourne, Thursday 7 September, MCG, 7.20pm

[stormskye]

That’s comically poor handling of him!

 

[Chameleon75]

correct me if I’m wrong, but wouldn’t a moon boot suggest a little more than bruising going on, I wouldn’t have thought you needed to immobilise a limb for some bruising

Edit. Perhaps it’s bone bruising they’re referring to.

 

[eyeroller]

You can’t really trust a word that comes out of Melbourne’s mouth in regard to injuries this season. The whole Clayton Oliver

13

Clayton Oliver

Age

27

Ht

189cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

27.8

5star

K

9.5

4star

HB

18.4

5star

M

3.2

3star

T

6.3

5star

CL

6.3

5star

D

25.1

5star

K

11.1

4star

HB

14.0

5star

M

3.6

4star

T

5.6

5star

CL

5.9

5star

D

19.2

5star

K

4.6

2star

HB

14.6

5star

M

2.0

3star

T

4.4

5star

CL

3.8

5star

fiasco springs to mind….

 

[Harry O]

Stanaway is a Dees man - his dad is a long term volunteer (trainer ?) there

 

[YouBeauty]

No way he'll be 100%. I'll take that.

 

[No SPIN]

Melbourne are a good team with a strong midfield which if allowed to dominate the clearances will tear apart our zone defence. They comprehensively stopped the Swans 6 game winning streak. It's probably the team I'd least like to meet in a final.

Bottom line for me is that we can shift magnets to match them at contest, but they can’t match our speed.

 

[No SPIN]

Does Petracca go forward again to give the Dees a chance of kicking a competitive score?

Yes -except they lose “first use “ power at stoppage so the ball will not get to him in the fwd line as often. So it’s a catch 22 for Melb.

 

[No SPIN]

I agree, I think things have to go our way on the day to beat brisbane
The others, I think we can get the better of as long as we play our game

Can’t agree - we kicked 100 points against BNE and nullified Andrews. That’s a very real issue for them because they know they’re not kicking 82 points from turnover next time, with our inclusions.

 

[The Royal Sampler]

correct me if I’m wrong, but wouldn’t a moon boot suggest a little more than bruising going on, I wouldn’t have thought you needed to immobilise a limb for some bruising

Edit. Perhaps it’s bone bruising they’re referring to.

Moon boots/Cam boots are very much used to protect a foot/ankle and eliminate any impact. Ever tried running in one? Ridiculous to even try. Hence it’s a good way to remind someone to rest it. They hand them out like candy these days.

 

[Kes1984]

To the Melbourne supporters reading my posts, go and get f'd

I was just reading the Melbourne board preview thread. Actually not at all interesting.

 

[Kes1984]

That’s comically poor handling of him!

I couldn’t believe they played him after he was limping so badly, when the game was a dead rubber for them.
But this is the same team that had Petracca play with a broken shin bone last year.

 

[Bianconeri]

No way he'll be 100%. I'll take that.

Playing us seems to cure a lot of injuries

 

[Kirby]

I was just reading the Melbourne board preview thread. Actually not at all interesting.

They seem to have only about 5 posters?

Tumbleweeds are blowing through their board.

 

[danielnajdek]

Wouldn’t be shocked if we hear he played the finals with a broken foot.

 

[bunter]

Wouldn’t be shocked if we hear he played the finals with a broken foot.

tough ask,
is it his preferred kicking foot?

 

[12kilos]

What I would like to see imho
out Frampton , whe , noble , Cameron
in murphy Moore mcgeery mcrae
Cox has been better then Cameron recently
Markov has done more them enough to stay in the 22
Reef as my supersub

 

[live fast pieyoung]

Can’t agree - we kicked 100 points against BNE and nullified Andrews. That’s a very real issue for them because they know they’re not kicking 82 points from turnover next time, with our inclusions.

I am saying we can beat them
But their record against us has been solid over two seasons under fly
My point is that so far we haven't demonstrated that we can beat them on system alone

 

[jmac70]

Newsflash!
Collingwood will have to play well to win.

 

[stormskye]

What I would like to see imho
out Frampton , whe , noble , Cameron
in murphy Moore mcgeery mcrae
Cox has been better then Cameron recently
Markov has done more them enough to stay in the 22
Reef as my supersub

Reefs injured. Severity is unknown atm

 

[The Royal Sampler]

tough ask,
is it his preferred kicking foot?

Yes, his left.

 

[domus]

The nerves will be jangling come next Thursday night. The ramifications are too scary to contemplate. It feels like our whole season hinges on us getting over the line. I just hope we can rediscover that kamikaze manic pressure we used in the final series last year.

 

[Maggie5]

Early forecast cold and maybe some rain.

 

[YouBeauty]

An injured Fritsch will be used as a decoy, fortunately no petty or Melksham as well. Ben brown

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Ben Brown

Age

31

Ht

200cm

Wt

100kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.7

3star

K

7.7

3star

HB

3.0

3star

M

4.8

5star

T

1.2

3star

G

2.2

5star

D

7.9

2star

K

6.3

3star

HB

1.6

1star

M

3.7

4star

T

0.9

2star

G

1.0

4star

D

8.0

2star

K

4.6

2star

HB

3.4

3star

M

4.4

4star

T

1.4

4star

G

1.2

4star

, tom McDonald

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Tom Mcdonald

Age

32

Ht

195cm

Wt

101kg

Pos.

D/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

16.4

4star

K

9.7

4star

HB

6.7

4star

M

5.6

5star

T

1.9

4star

MG

261.8

4star

D

8.0

2star

K

5.0

2star

HB

3.0

2star

M

3.4

3star

T

0.6

1star

MG

135.6

2star

D

13.8

4star

K

6.8

3star

HB

7.0

5star

M

4.4

4star

T

1.4

4star

our backline will be licking their lips. Their attack is inept and they only win by keeping the opposition under 70 or so. If possible make it a shootout.

 

[windchimes]

They seem to have only about 5 posters?

Tumbleweeds are blowing through their board.

Last week of the snow season so not entirely unexpected.

 

[Ctracks]

They seem to have only about 5 posters?

Tumbleweeds are blowing through their board.

They have w***ers that post shit on main board game day thread...mostly non Melbourne Demons games.