TEAM SELECTION AND MATCH PREVIEW - ROUND 2

[old dee 23,792]

9 minutes ago, hemingway said:

Harmes for mine. 

Despite all else, I like his attack on the footy and opponent.

Amen to that Ernest

[hemingway 7,627]

1 hour ago, Satyriconhome said:

Oh no what are the FD thinking, picking ordinary players with ordinary skills without checking with Demonland first tsk tsk

Stop taking yourself so seriously Saty.

You need to have a bit of lightness of being.

We all have opinions and enjoy a bit of fun,

This site is about Demon fanatics indulging their love of the club, voicing their opinions and having a bit of fun.

We love our club as much as you do.

But your sarcasm is not warranted. 

[dazzledavey36 54,951]

Harmes disposal is absolutely diabolical. His whole JLT series was riddle with turnovers and poor disposal by foot. 

If he makes the team be prepared for head banging moments when he has the ball.

Edited March 30, 2017 by dazzledavey36

[goodwindees 2,488]

Make no mistake Saty, with a few injuries the FD have no choice other than to select very ordinary AFL players such as Harmes & Kennedy.  Can't understand the love for Harmes on this site.  

[Phadraig 760]

2 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Harmes disposal is absolutely diabolical. His whole JLT series was riddle with turnovers and poor disposal by foot. 

If he makes the team be prepared for head banging moments when he has the ball.

I don't rate Harmes at all, Ben Kennedy is slightly ahead of him for mine

[hemingway 7,627]

5 minutes ago, Rafiki said:

I don't rate Harmes at all, Ben Kennedy is slightly ahead of him for mine

if you are as beautiful as your mug shot suggests, I agree with you darling.

[What 18,810]

46 minutes ago, hemingway said:

Stop taking yourself so seriously Saty.

You need to have a bit of lightness of being.

We all have opinions and enjoy a bit of fun,

This site is about Demon fanatics indulging their love of the club, voicing their opinions and having a bit of fun.

We love our club as much as you do.

But your sarcasm is not warranted. 

Dont waste your breath, he still hasn't figured out after all these years its a footy discussion forum full of different opinions and ideas, and heaven forbid, some differing from his own.

 

Anyway, I think Tyson and Kent are the obvious ins.  Kent is twice the player Harmes is.

 

Edited March 30, 2017 by Petraccattack

[Phadraig 760]

4 minutes ago, hemingway said:

if you are as beautiful as your mug shot suggests, I agree with you darling.

I read the word beautiful so I'll take it, remind me not to ever meet you in real life though

[hemingway 7,627]

8 minutes ago, Rafiki said:

I read the word beautiful so I'll take it, remind me not to ever meet you in real life though

yes I think that is very wise.

[hemingway 7,627]

10 minutes ago, Petraccattack said:

Dont waste your time breathe, he still hasn't figured out after all these years its a footy discussion forum full of different opinions and ideas, and heaven forbid, some differing from his own.

 

Anyway, I think Tyson and Kent are the obvious ins.  Kent is twice the player Harmes is.

 

I am not convinced by Kent. 

When he is good or not injured, he can be very good, but he does go missing. 

And Harmes despite his deficiencies, does provide intensity around the contest up forward. 

If we can get Kent to string some games together my view may change.

[steve_f 40]

14 hours ago, Danelska said:

The AFL website predicts us to win by 6 goals...cant help but be filled with dread.

In Goodwin, we trust.

[Satyriconhome 10,878]

36 minutes ago, Petraccattack said:

Dont waste your breath, he still hasn't figured out after all these years its a footy discussion forum full of different opinions and ideas, and heaven forbid, some differing from his own.

 

Anyway, I think Tyson and Kent are the obvious ins.  Kent is twice the player Harmes is.

 

Differrng opinions, I've seen more difference in a shearing shed

On forums the mob mentality rules, with a few vociferous posters who shout down, personally abuse anybody that doesn't join in ant the rest follow

I don't care who gets picked each week as long as they go out, have a crack and try and play their role as best they can

I also don't sit at the G waiting for the next mistake to justify my stance

Of the 5 I expect Tyson to be one and I don't care whot the other one is coz the FD will have their reasons

 

[Grapeviney 9,723]

1 hour ago, Satyriconhome said:

Differrng opinions, I've seen more difference in a shearing shed

On forums the mob mentality rules, with a few vociferous posters who shout down, personally abuse anybody that doesn't join in ant the rest follow

 

I also don't sit at the G waiting for the next mistake to justify my stance

 

 

Your constant forum critiques are getting tiresome, and in future will just be deleted.

[steve_f 40]

I/C Dom Tyson, Dean Kent, Mitch Hannan, Alex Neal-Bullen, Jake Spencer, Ben Kennedy, James Harmes (Three to be omitted)

Keep Hannan and ABN because they played quite well 

Keep Tyson because he can play C and HB not just forward

Keep Kennedy so that we can have a better look at him.  Kent and Harmes are known quantities.

[Cards13 9,117]

8 hours ago, bing181 said:

International: https://www.watchafl.com.au

I have a yearly subscription, but believe you can do by shorter periods. They also have an App. Works well for the most part.

 

Thanks bing will have a look

[chook fowler 19,459]

Think Harmes may come in even though his form in the JLT was terrible. He has experience playing down back and apparently was BOG at Casey last week.

[Gator 17,378]

I completely understand the angst re Harmes.  His turnovers by foot are infuriating.  That said, I do like his size, speed and aggression, although he can drop off in that regard.

Changes are going to be Tyson and Kent I would have thought.

[ArtificialWisdom 4,045]

18 minutes ago, ProDee said:

I completely understand the angst re Harmes.  His turnovers by foot are infuriating.  That said, I do like his size, speed and aggression, although he can drop off in that regard.

Changes are going to be Tyson and Kent I would have thought.

More I think about it more i think your right. I think They will play Lewis full time down back with Salem going back a few times and Jones back longer than he normaly is. Tyson accompanied by ANB will play in the midfield to cover for them and Kent will slot into his usual High HF role. It will leave us pretty short but if we keep pressure up forward and force the ball to ground level down back we should be ok.

[GawnWithTheWind 604]

How quick are we to forget...

Kent was our best small forward last year, his pressure and kicking to an In50 target is up there with our best. He would be a welcome inclusion if he is close to 100% fit.

Tyson is again, one of our best. If he was close to BOG last week, and his defensive work and disposal efficiency has improved, he is in.

I understand we are short on backs then, I think they will rotate Jones and Lewis through there for some leadership.

 

 

[Dante 2,739]

10 hours ago, mo64 said:

Conversely, some posters can't identify a player with ordinary skills.

I think we've got a pretty good list now and I'll trust the FD over Demonland posters to select the ones who have the talent for a spot in the side. If you think the Demonland posters have a better grasp of the list that Goodwin and the rest of the selectors, then you are delusional.

This is not Neeld and his band of merry men, who were selected themselves from lower leagues, we now have a team of professional coaches and I reckon they know what they're doing.

 

[Jaded No More 68,958]

The real concern is that we've gone from having a solid backline, to scrapping the bottom of the barrel with a few injuries now.

Top priority this off season is getting a tall defender. 

[Vipercrunch 2,827]

14 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

How were Gold Coast severely under manned? They played a pretty strong team with Ablett and Bennell also in that team.

It's what the OP said so I went with it.  From memory, it certainly wasn't a strong a win.

[nutbean 8,838]

1 minute ago, Jaded said:

The real concern is that we've gone from having a solid backline, to scrapping the bottom of the barrel with a few injuries now.

Top priority this off season is getting a tall defender. 

 

Of course, teams rarely line up as selected - but Carlton's forward line except for one, is all over 190cm and Harry McKay on the bench. We have two talls only - the Mac's.

We could get constantly outmarked or conversely we could generate huge amounts of run out of the backline. I suspect we will see one of Watts/Weed roll back into defense to help out. 

[Leoncelli_36 2,264]

3 minutes ago, Jaded said:

The real concern is that we've gone from having a solid backline, to scrapping the bottom of the barrel with a few injuries now.

Top priority this off season is getting a tall defender. 

Frost, Hibberd, Wagner....let's not start talking off-season in rd 2 coz we have a few players down.

[Jaded No More 68,958]

Just now, nutbean said:

 

Of course, teams rarely line up as selected - but Carlton's forward line except for one, is all over 190cm and Harry McKay on the bench. We have two talls only - the Mac's.

We could get constantly outmarked or conversely we could generate huge amounts of run out of the backline. I suspect we will see one of Watts/Weed roll back into defense to help out. 

It makes winning the clearances that much more important. Carlton's inside mids are actually pretty decent.

This is not gonna be the roll over everybody thinks it is!