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Well at last I feel confident enough to predict a big win. I think we will paste the Dees this weekend.
I mean no offense to the Melbourne supporters on this site-along with the Brisse fans they seem to be the most easy-going and affable lot. Its just we match up very well on Melbourne, as we showed last year.
They have a great ruckman, and a skilled midfield, but they lack explosive scoring power (post Farmer) and are a bit short down back.
That plays right up to our strengths. We have an adequate if patched-together ruck group, our on-ballers are strong and competitive, so we can shut down the wellspring of their game. Our defense is cohesive and elastic enough to contain all but the best forwards of any size.
The icing on the cake is our tall forwards who are carrying all before them at the moment. Ellis and Bizzel have fitted in nicely for Melbourne, but they're still one or two tall defenders short of matching Rocca/Tarrant/Fraser/Cummings/Molloy. The big men and their attendant crumbers should feed well on Monday.
The Dees will be fired up to pay us back for last year, but I reckon the match-ups still really suit us. We come into the match in fair form (a battling win and a gallant loss) whereas the Dee's form ain't great at the moment. It all points to a good win.
I mean no offense to the Melbourne supporters on this site-along with the Brisse fans they seem to be the most easy-going and affable lot. Its just we match up very well on Melbourne, as we showed last year.
They have a great ruckman, and a skilled midfield, but they lack explosive scoring power (post Farmer) and are a bit short down back.
That plays right up to our strengths. We have an adequate if patched-together ruck group, our on-ballers are strong and competitive, so we can shut down the wellspring of their game. Our defense is cohesive and elastic enough to contain all but the best forwards of any size.
The icing on the cake is our tall forwards who are carrying all before them at the moment. Ellis and Bizzel have fitted in nicely for Melbourne, but they're still one or two tall defenders short of matching Rocca/Tarrant/Fraser/Cummings/Molloy. The big men and their attendant crumbers should feed well on Monday.
The Dees will be fired up to pay us back for last year, but I reckon the match-ups still really suit us. We come into the match in fair form (a battling win and a gallant loss) whereas the Dee's form ain't great at the moment. It all points to a good win.
and we remember what happened when we played them in their last up year, but then I remembered the loss of their 9 goal forward.
eek: ) and Steiner are coming in, I believe.
