Melbourne are very good, and coming hard.
They have a half dozen top 10 draft picks rotating through the midfield, plus Nathan Jones. They have Gawn supplying them. They have a no1 draft pick in Hogan now playing superb footy. They have the McDonalds and Lever for their spine.
Throw in a terrific small forward in Garlett (who didn�t play yesterday), a good small defender in Jetta, and the experience of Hibberd and Lewis and Vince.
That is the makings of a bloody good footy team.
As much as they blew their final round game last year, I reckon they also had some excuses on the year overall (Hogan�s absence for a long period for example).
To see them where they are should be no surprise.
I used to like the Bulldogs - that is, until the 2016 GF. Now, I hope they lose every game. They played well in Q1 on Friday night but something inside me thought 'no they will not be able to keep it up for 4 quarters and Collingwood will win'. The Bulldogs are cellar dwellers this year, last year they didn't make finals. It just shows that 2016 was an aberration. But why did we have to be wrong end of this - why wasn't it Hawthorn. Hang on a minute - Hawthorn did get shafted in the 2016 semi vs the Bulldogs.
What happened to Bogan Bevo's prediction of a Bulldogs 'Dynasty' after the 2016 gf?
I noticed that non Victorian teams are being given less games on the MCG even when they are playing against an MCG tenant.
On the weekend the Eagles played the Hawks at Etihad and Adelaide played Melbourne in Alice Springs. Next week Port Adelaide play the Hawks in Launceston. In a few weeks we will be playing Richmond at Etihad.
I'm sure there are other examples. It just shows the continued disadvantage that non Victorian teams face.
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