Effectively every pundit I have heard so far has Melbourne as winning anywhere from convinced to comfortably. Entitled to their opinion and Demons finished on top and won their way through easily, however it feels very disrespectful to a team that sat neck and neck for all but a few weeks of the season and have since got right back into the calculation.

I can appreciate the drought breaker story is compelling. Give it a heap of air time, but we're either being slept on, or flat out trolled.

If things go our way, I am giving myself a free pass to be very, very obnoxious in victory.