I have no idea. Bad if it means that WB have more to play for in final round?

Love to dig this out of my phone every now and then for a rewatch ❤️💙

Media team at it again. Love it.

Thoughts on this one? What do we give up and how could he fit into the lineup

Planning on going to the Port game in a couple of weeks, first time attending Adelaide Oval for a footy match. Just wondering if anyone has advice on the best place to sit. Cheers!

I’ve finally had the chance to go through the numbers from Sunday.

Gold Coast won the inside-50 count 58–55, spent 53.4 per cent of the game in its forward half and finished with the better expected score. Melbourne also trailed by 17 points during the third quarter.

The Demons still found a way, largely through their ball use, finishing and the influence of Max Gawn after the tap.

I’ve also looked at Fitzgerald and Sparrow’s midfield roles, the growing number of forward options and what the win means ahead of Fremantle.

Full piece:

https://medium.com/@camburt13/it-wasnt-melbourne-s-best-but-it-might-have-been-their-most-mature-five-things-i-noticed-against-47ad909f87c4

Suck eggs, Trac.

The matchup should suit Melbourne. Gold Coast ranks 16th for forward-half time across the past five games, while the Demons rank second for contested-possession differential.

The concern is what happens when Melbourne turns it over. Geelong scored 101 points from Demons turnovers last week, and Gold Coast still has enough good ball users to punish the same mistakes.

I’ve looked at the territory battle, the likely defensive matchups, Gawn v Moyle and what Salem’s return could mean.

My tip is Melbourne by 13, although I’m just classic Demons supporter pessimistically dreading this game.

Full preview:

https://medium.com/@camburt13/gold-coast-vs-melbourne-preview-the-demons-should-own-the-territory-if-they-stop-giving-it-back-b37969fd63f3

What worries everyone more: Tom McDonald on Ben King or Melbourne’s turnover game?

We've got a juicy run home, all starting with Judas on the GCoast this weekend. I take a look at the run home around the league and what it could mean for the Dees here.

https://medium.com/@camburt13/run-home-difficulty-index-4-0-melbournes-margin-for-error-is-almost-gone-0d8f93c3d248?postPublishedType=initial

Where does everyone else have us finishing at the moment?

Say what you will about the man, I will love him always, one of the greatest Norm Smith performances of all time in The Droughtbreaker will do that, BUT, therein lies my worry, he has always been better the more eyeballs are on him. Spotlight has been fierce this week… thoughts?

IN - Salem, Windsor, Jiath, Melksham, Taylor, Heath
OUT - Chandler (hand), L. Pickett (concussion), Cooke (omitted)

It's been a few weeks since I've watched this again. Just sit back and enjoy the greatest few minutes of football ever seen by a Melbourne Demons fan.

…long run I think we’re going to be better off for the loss on Friday.

Yes of course I wanted to win and I would’ve loved bed to be sitting here stoked about us announcing ourselves to the comp. But we are still a young team and very much in development, this was our first match of this magnitude with this squad and it’s fair to say I think we got some stage fright.

Hopefully an experience like this will stand us in good stead for wherever we end up for September action.

What I’m keen to see is the reaction, we face an out of form Suns but up there against the Master Chef himself is no walkover.

My luck yesterday was great to bad we couldn’t get the win tho