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AFL Grand Final Grand Final 2021 - Melbourne vs Western Bulldogs - Sat, Sept 25 - 5:15pm AWST / 7:15pm AEST

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Especially with all those duds in the draft..Watts,Toumpas,and that other guy (Scully). Still came through. Shows that rebuilds can can work even with draft busts. GFC take note.. :rolleyes:
Amazing what you can do with a team full of first round draft picks. Just tank for 2 decades and reap the rewards.
 
Shannon Byrnes involved in yet another Premiership...get him back to the Cattery!!!
 

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Especially with all those duds in the draft..Watts,Toumpas,and that other guy (Scully). Still came through. Shows that rebuilds can can work even with draft busts. GFC take note.. :rolleyes:
They were rebuilding for a long time and went through multiple successive rebuilds before getting it right. It's paid off in the end, but you wouldn't want to be in the wilderness for as long as they were. What everyone should take note of is the success post-Roos appointment. That's where they started building from. Shows that when you put the right people in the right places you can turn things around.

Post Watts, Trengove, Toumpas, Scully, etc. they started doing better out of the draft - Salem, Petracca, Brayshaw, Neale-Bullen, Oliver, Fritsch, Spargo... As much as they blew 2008-2012 at the draft, they really cleaned up 2013-2017, and that's where they built much of their core group.
 
Who are the contenders to Melbourne going to be next year? I can't see any team with enough upside to reach their level within 12 months.

Melbourne arent unbeatable, the Bulldogs proved that only 2 quarters ago. You just have to go with them for 4 quarters, which is not easy.

Despite what you've been saying in this thread tonight, Melbourne arent that far removed from Richmond. Fundamentally the game plan is the same. If you can curb the influence of their class players and keep the pressure on them then you beat them.
 

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Who are the contenders to Melbourne going to be next year? I can't see any team with enough upside to reach their level within 12 months.

Was that also said in 2017 of Richmond who didn't even make the GF in 2018

Never know what's going to happen in 12 months time
 
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