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Melbourne V Western Bulldogs - 2021 Grand Final Thread
Margin: Dogs by 17 points - we win and get our 3rd premiership!
First goal: Libba
Best on ground: Bont
"Footscray people are incredible people; so humble. I'm just so happy - ecstatic"
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Re: Melbourne V Western Bulldogs - 2021 Grand Final Thread
Dogs by 42
FG Schache
BOG/NS Schache (5 Goals)
Rocket Science: the epitaph for the Beveridge era - whenever it ends - reading 'Here lies a team that could beat anyone on its day, but seldom did when it mattered most'. 15/7/2023
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Re: Melbourne V Western Bulldogs - 2021 Grand Final Thread
Dogs by 21
First Goal Flea
BOG The Bont and Normie
FFC: Established 1883
Premierships: AFL 1954, 2016 VFA - 1898,99,1900, 1908, 1913, 1919-20, 1923-24, VFL: 2014, 2016 . Champions of Victoria 1924. AFLW - 2018.
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Re: Melbourne V Western Bulldogs - 2021 Grand Final Thread
Swamp
The past 8 @AFL Grand Finals (and 11 of the last 13) have been won by the side that polled fewer Brownlow votes earlier that week
Brownlow votes polled in 2021
96 - MELB
85 - WBD
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Re: Melbourne V Western Bulldogs - 2021 Grand Final Thread
Dogs by 47
First goal B.Smith
Norm Smith Bont
5 goals to Flea
3 to Timmy
"I'll give him a hug before the first bounce and then I'll run into my pack and give them orders to rip him apart."
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Re: Melbourne V Western Bulldogs - 2021 Grand Final Thread
Dogs by 15 points
First Goal: Dunkley
Norm Smith: Macrae
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Re: Melbourne V Western Bulldogs - 2021 Grand Final Thread
Dogs by 22
FG Weightman
NS Smith
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Re: Melbourne V Western Bulldogs - 2021 Grand Final Thread
Originally Posted by
The Bulldogs Bite
Dogs by 22
FG Weightman
NS Smith
Bailey, Roarke or Joel?
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Re: Melbourne V Western Bulldogs - 2021 Grand Final Thread
Great thread Easty!
Dogs by 22 points
FG Naughts
BoG: Bont
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Re: Melbourne V Western Bulldogs - 2021 Grand Final Thread
Originally Posted by
Axe Man
Bailey, Roarke or Joel?
Has to be Bailey! Those locks will catch the eye of the deciders.
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Re: Melbourne V Western Bulldogs - 2021 Grand Final Thread
Originally Posted by
The Bulldogs Bite
Has to be Bailey! Those locks will catch the eye of the deciders.
If only Roarke hadn't trimmed his mane he might have been in with a shot!
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Re: Melbourne V Western Bulldogs - 2021 Grand Final Thread
I know we have no reason not to be confident, but I'm really interested to see how many of the ''experts'' pick us to win... just read an article on ESPN and we went 0-4 there.
Apparently Melb have a much better defence than us even though across the season the average per game against is only 3 points in their advantage which is pretty much f-all. Understand without Bruce our advantage in the forward 1/2 is reduced, but we will be giving them a completely different look to what they have seen previously with none of Dunkley, Treloar, Martin & Wood having played against Melb this year.
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Re: Melbourne V Western Bulldogs - 2021 Grand Final Thread
Originally Posted by
Mantis
I know we have no reason not to be confident, but I'm really interested to see how many of the ''experts'' pick us to win... just read an article on ESPN and we went 0-4 there.
Apparently Melb have a much better defence than us even though across the season the average per game against is only 3 points in their advantage which is pretty much f-all. Understand without Bruce our advantage in the forward 1/2 is reduced, but we will be giving them a completely different look to what they have seen previously with none of Dunkley, Treloar, Martin & Wood having played against Melb this year.
I think most 'experts' are just expecting Gawn to destroy what ever we put in front of him and steamroll us on way to victory.
Our 1954 premiership players are our heroes, and it has to be said that Charlie was their hero.
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Re: Melbourne V Western Bulldogs - 2021 Grand Final Thread
Originally Posted by
comrade
I think most 'experts' are just expecting Gawn to destroy what ever we put in front of him and steamroll us on way to victory.
Yep, and I think everyone is getting caught up in the hype of Melbourne rather than looking at the match up. It's almost as if they still think we're in a form slump.
We're red hot and ready to go!
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Re: Melbourne V Western Bulldogs - 2021 Grand Final Thread
Originally Posted by
comrade
I think most 'experts' are just expecting Gawn to destroy what ever we put in front of him and steamroll us on way to victory.
The more pressure that's heaped on the Demons the better.
We weren't favourites in all the games in 2016 from memory. 3/4 here I'm ok with that.