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Next Monday will be a ‘mad’ Monday for either the Essendon or Melbourne players. Yes, one side will be drowning its sorrows but that team will also be mad in the true sense of the word – angry that a season that promised so much collapsed around them at the MCG the previous Saturday. Just which team will live to fight another day?
Essendon has called on experience to get it over the line against Melbourne in this Saturday's Elimination Final at the MCG. Dean Rioli, Matthew Allan and Jason Johnson have all been recalled as has livewire forward Damian Cupido. Mark Mercuri, Jason Winderlich, Jason Laycock and Marc Bullen were all omitted to make way for the quartet.
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