Unofficial Preview 2018 AFL Round 1 - Melbourne vs Geelong, Sunday March 25th, MCG

[BotsMaster]

2018 AFL Round 1

vs

Date: Sunday 3:20pm
Location: MCG

Last time:

GEELONG 5.2 9.2 14.2 20.6 (126)
MELBOURNE 2.4 7.11 12.17 13.19 (97)​

Match Report: http://m.afl.com.au/news/2017-04-08/match-report-accurate-cats-punish-wasteful-dees

 

[Deep]

Gaz & Danger to 50 & 7

 

[bulletproof]

Extremely early meat tray:

In: Ablett, Thurlow, C Guthrie, Z Guthrie,
Out: Mackie, Lonergan, Motlop, D Lang

 

[Strange Cat]

Is this round one of the fixture or for the pre season?

 

[Sticksman]

Is this round one of the fixture or for the pre season?

It's the real deal. The full FIXture is released Tuesday morning


The preseason stuff is here

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2017-10-26/afl-releases-fixture-for-jlt-series

 

[winty]

Gaz & Danger to 50 & 7

Both being rested at half time?

 

[CatTricks]

Looking forward to this...

 

[Daniel McL]

First Goal - Menzel
Last Goal - Cockatoo
Most Touches - Ablett
Most Goals - Hawkins
Most Marks - Duncan
Most Tackles - S. Selwood

 

[Tandy]

It's refreshing to see we won't be playing Hawthorn in round 1. That rivalry is long past it's used by date. (Long past is a stretch but I'm just personally over it)

 

[Daniel McL]

It's refreshing to see we won't be playing Hawthorn in round 1. That rivalry is long past it's used by date. (Long past is a stretch but I'm just personally over it)

It's just whenever the Easter Weekend is. So don't celebrate too much because we'll be playing the Hawks in Round 2,3, or 4 aha.

 

[Stig_90]

Thank god we're playing the Dees at the G this year and not bloody Etihad.

 

[Strange Cat]

More MCG games hopefully this year so that the team can work out a way to play better for the finals if we make it

 

[JohnZ]

It's refreshing to see we won't be playing Hawthorn in round 1. That rivalry is long past it's used by date. (Long past is a stretch but I'm just personally over it)

As said above, we'll play them the week after (Hence the Sunday game) on Easter Monday at the G. It's our home game this year.

edit: Also, why last year did we play the Dees at Etihad when it was our home game? Can't wait to smash them on our home deck.

 

[STPer18]

Isn't this the kind of game we usually lose?

 

[Cursed Cat]

Isn't this the kind of game we usually lose?

these, and Prelims ..

 

[Hot Tin Roof]

Will be great to see "The Flying Door Knob" rockin' the hoops once again.

Hoping for a pre-season emphasis on skill drills and prolonged pressure - and FFS Scotty, open up the risk taking attack in our game... the chess board tactics too often stifle us. Slow starts and post-bye blues need to go. No more excuses!

Quarter Time:
Melbourne 4-6-30
Geelong 1-3-9

...."Sigh!"

 

[xtatik222k]

Thank god we're playing the Dees at the G this year and not bloody Etihad.

Or at least give us one more thing to cross off the list of possible excuses for losing in finals before we finally arrive at the one true reason we've been consistently failing in September

 

[Ricky Vaughn]

Extremely early meat tray:

In: Ablett, Thurlow, C Guthrie, Z Guthrie,
Out: Mackie, Lonergan, Motlop, D Lang

Not bad.
I'll go a little riskier.

Unchanged.

 

[you pick one]

As said above, we'll play them the week after (Hence the Sunday game) on Easter Monday at the G. It's our home game this year.

edit: Also, why last year did we play the Dees at Etihad when it was our home game? Can't wait to smash them on our home deck.

O/K so we start with 2 games at the G,I'd see that as doubtful, maybe they will send the Dork minnows down the HWY also doubtful or we play someone else at home rd2 then off to the Gold Coast rd3.

 

[winty]

Not bad.
I'll go a little riskier.

Unchanged.

No Gaz? That is risky!

 

[Sticksman]

Looking forward to this...

Lovely ruck work from Blake. Great extension.

 

[JohnZ]

O/K so we start with 2 games at the G,I'd see that as doubtful, maybe they will send the Dork minnows down the HWY also doubtful or we play someone else at home rd2 then off to the Gold Coast rd3.

Well lock in 2 games at the G to start the season, because that's what is happening.

 

[you pick one]

Well lock in 2 games at the G to start the season, because that's what is happening.

You obviously have some info I don't,do you have a link?

 

[Tandy]

As said above, we'll play them the week after (Hence the Sunday game) on Easter Monday at the G. It's our home game this year.

edit: Also, why last year did we play the Dees at Etihad when it was our home game? Can't wait to smash them on our home deck.

Did we? If so that's ridiculous , I thought we were done with Etihad.

 

[MarkCatsFan]

Two games at the G to start the season is great, we need practice on that ground.

Another positive is that the Dees were terrible on the G last year so it gives us a chance to flog them if the focus and determination is there from the players.