Oh, for Kosi on a night like this! Please share your thoughts after the match. Dees by 13 points

Two big streaks on the line tonight:

Going for 48 consecutive rounds in the top-four
Going for our 13th consecutive interstate victory (last loss was QB at the SCG in ’21)
With a strong side in (Pickett and arguably Salem the only ones missing), it should be a good test of where we’re at.

It’s the 2023 edition of the Melbourne Board’s MVP main thread; the Nick “426” Smith Memorial Trophy. After the disappointment that was the 2022 season, it’ll be interesting to see what lessons the team has learned from being overconfident and never leaving first-gear cause we went 10-0 against easy opposition.

One thing I don’t think will change will be that either Oliver or Petracca will probably win this as they’ve been the clear 1-2 for the past 2 seasons and have yet to show any…​
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I’ve been away for a couple of days and have been thinking of how some of our present players remind me of players from years gone by. This thread is for any musings or observations regarding similarities in parts of present and past players’ games. I’ll start us off:

Tom McDonald’s kicking = Cam Bruce’s kicking
Both of them float their ground passes. Both hit their targets more often than not, but are prone to a shocker. McDonald has never kicked a goal, but one suggests that should…

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Round 1 votes are in. All Dees.

Any Melbourne players a chance to win it this season?

ROUND 1 | Melbourne v Western Bulldogs
9 Jake Lever

PLAYERCARDSTART

8

Jake Lever

Age27
Ht 195cm
Wt92kg
Pos.Def

Career
Season
Last 5

D14.6

4star

K9.7

4star

HB4.9

4star

M5.4

5star

T1.3

3star

MG242.0

4star

D9.6

2star

K6.5

3star

HB3.1

2star

M3.9

4star

T1.3

2star

MG145.4

3star

D16.0

4star

K11.0

4star

HB5.0

4star

M6.6

5star

T1.6

4star

MG189.8

4star

PLAYERCARDEND

(MELB) (A11dAtP0w3R)
9 Kysaiah Pickett

PLAYERCARDSTART

36

Kysaiah Pickett

Age21
Ht 171cm
Wt73kg
Pos.Fwd

Career
Season
Last 5

D8.0

2star

K4.7

2star

HB3.3

3star

M0.7

1star

T2.6

4star

G0.6

4star

D8.0

2star

K4.7

2star

HB3.3

2star

M0.7

1star

T2.6

4star

G0.6

4star

D8.0

2star

K4.8

2star

HB3.2

3star

M0.8

1star

T2.4

4star

G0.8

4star

PLAYERCARDEND

(MELB)
5 Christian Petracca

PLAYERCARDSTART

5

Christian Petracca

Age27
Ht 187cm
Wt98kg
Pos.Mid

Career
Season
Last 5

D19.4

5star

K9.5

4star

HB9.8

5star

M3.5

4star

T3.0

5star

CL2.5

4star

D24.4

5star

K10.4

4star

HB14.0

5star

M3.5

3star

T3.6

4star

CL3.4

4star

D19.0

5star

K7.8

3star

HB11.2

5star

M3.0

3star

T3.8

5star

CL2.0

4star

PLAYERCARDEND

(MELB) (Headless)
5 Max Gawn

PLAYERCARDSTART

11

Max Gawn

Age31
Ht 209cm
Wt111kg
Pos.Ruck

Career
Season
Last 5

D14.1

4star

K7.4

3star

HB6.7

4star

CL2.8

4star

HO35.3

5star

D18.5

4star

K11.5

4star

HB7.0

4star

CL3.5

4star

HO29.2

5star

D8.4

3star

K3.6

2star

HB4.8

4star

CL1.0

3star

HO15.6

5star

PLAYERCARDEND

(MELB)
2 Clayton Oliver

PLAYERCARDSTART

13

Clayton Oliver

Age25
Ht 189cm
Wt87kg
Pos.Mid

Career
Season
Last 5

D27.8

5star

K9.5

4star

HB18.4

5star

M3.2

3star

T6.3

5star

CL6.3

5star

D25.1

5star

K11.1

4star

HB14.0

5star

M3.6

4star

T5.6

5star

CL5.9

5star

D19.2

5star

K4.6

2star

HB14.6

5star

M2.0

3star

T4.4

5star

CL3.8

5star

PLAYERCARDEND

(MELB)

Welcome to the Melbourne Football Club, Judd Mcvee.

Judd was chosen at pick 18 (due to Melbourne winning the 2021 AFL Premiership) in the 2021 rookie draft. Judd is yet another player from the great city of Perth, Western Australia.

A rebounding half-back, Judd has the distinct advantage that when you type his name into google he is the number 1 search result. His surname also reminds the author of the name of the street he grew up on: Mcfees road, Dandenong. That is not a good thing…

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By mildly popular demand, here it is, sponsored by MarcMaverick. Please direct any hate mail his way.

*inb4 we trade the pick and this thread is cast into the abyss

Daemon, schmuttt, stEdy

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Brothers greetings. Plese share your thoughts after the game. Tall Timber notwistanding, Dees by 10 points. I would love to see Tomlinson regain some touch