On 12/05/2018 at 11:12, Wiseblood said:

It's not.  He's been against the bloke from the moment he arrived.

And there are differences in waiting to see more and writing a player off.  Go and look at his history on Weideman.  He isn't interested in seeing more, he's just interested in seeing the bloke fail.

I have seen  him play at Casey four times live last year and twice on tv. I went to the first game this year wiseblood. In fact if you check my comments from the game against Coburg you will see I praised  him for a good game. Best I had seen from him. It is possible to have a poor opinion of a player without being biased. While stats are not everything it is hard to ignore his results in the games he has played so far.

  On 12/05/2018 at 09:43, Hot as Hell said:

You reckon? 

We did well tonight, but last night's battle between Swans and Hawks was worth watching. 2 very good sides. 

We are not there yet,regrettably. 

You're speaking rot.

Sydney lost at home to North two weeks ago.

North are battlers.

I only saw the last quarter, so I thought I’d check who scored all the goals and see that TMac kicked FIVE and has barely had a mention in this thread. Funny the things that stick out to people. 

So exciting to see us bury a side. I think it reinforces my point about a thrashing requiring one of the sides to surrender though. The ease in which we scored in the one quarter I was able to see was scary, we were playing against witches hats.

Goodwin:

"They seem to be functioning well together," Goodwin said.

"They can all play deep and they can all play up the ground.

"I think that gives us flexibility in terms of how we want to structure up our forward line and flexibility in who we use in the ruck.

That's a fair indication that Weideman 'aint getting dropped.

 

  On 12/05/2018 at 11:28, old dee said:

I have seen  him play at Casey four times live last year and twice on tv. I went to the first game this year wiseblood. In fact if you check my comments from the game against Coburg you will see I praised  him for a good game. Best I had seen from him. It is possible to have a poor opinion of a player without being biased. While stats are not everything it is hard to ignore his results in the games he has played so far.

Honestly, can anybody seriously say Weids game was good? In a good win we had few passengers tonight, Salem and Bradshaw let the turnovers with 6 & 5 respecitively and were generally poor.

Melksham’s disposal by his own standards was below par, it was a bad game and he will improve. Jesse and Hannah were down for three quarters and fired up in junk time but both proven performers. Weid needs to go back to the twos and get some form, but the point is we have have a lot of upside, the team is going places and we want them competing for places.

 

  On 12/05/2018 at 11:37, Big Demon said:

Honestly, can anybody seriously say Weids game was good? In a good win we had few passengers tonight, Salem and Bradshaw let the turnovers with 6 & 5 respecitively and were generally poor.

Melksham’s disposal by his own standards was below par, it was a bad game and he will improve. Jesse and Hannah were down for three quarters and fired up in junk time but both proven performers. Weid needs to go back to the twos and get some form, but the point is we have have a lot of upside, the team is going places and we want them competing for places.

What did we win by again?

  On 12/05/2018 at 11:37, Big Demon said:

Honestly, can anybody seriously say Weids game was good? In a good win we had few passengers tonight, Salem and Bradshaw let the turnovers with 6 & 5 respecitively and were generally poor.

Melksham’s disposal by his own standards was below par, it was a bad game and he will improve. Jesse and Hannah were down for three quarters and fired up in junk time but both proven performers. Weid needs to go back to the twos and get some form, but the point is we have have a lot of upside, the team is going places and we want them competing for places.

 

This is the same Christian Salem who returned, a week removed from a broken thumb, to have 27 touches, 8 marks, 4 tackles and 2 goals?

You're a big something, and it isn't a Demon.

  On 12/05/2018 at 11:41, Wiseblood said:

This is the same Christian Salem who returned, a week removed from a broken thumb, to have 27 touches, 8 marks, 4 tackles and 2 goals?

You're a big something, and it isn't a Demon.

No need to go over emo on me WB, I have in the past been critised for defending Salem but he was not overly effective today.

  On 12/05/2018 at 10:02, jumbo returns said:

It's a figure of speech #yfi

He has certainly gone overboard on the fat and protein and lack of exercise 

  On 12/05/2018 at 11:46, timbo said:

He has certainly gone overboard on the fat and protein and lack of exercise 

Look, in the end, the shots were unflattering and those club footy shirts they wear don't suit some body shapes

Edited May 12, 20186 yr by jumbo returns

  On 12/05/2018 at 11:39, mauriesy said:

What did we win by again?

Let’s not base our success around a win over the GCS of 2018 as being the pinnacle of the AFL Mauriesy. We really need to aim higher.

I know it’s GC but even the hardest to please Demon fan must have been happy with today

 

I dont get some of the negativity of this thread. We just won on the road by 70 points, granted GC have had the worse draw in history.

And why people pot shot Weed is bizarre. While he was quiet tonight he had been a big improver this year. Ask yourselves would Hogs and TMac be doing so well if he wasn't in the team?

Can't believe people want the weed dropped. He is a relief ruckman who is in the early days of learning his craft. Pederson will probably be gone at end of year and I can't see tmac or hogan being relief ruckman. Tmac can do it but it would be robbing him of his structure which is working quite well. Give the weed time to learn his role even when you notice the difference between him and Gawn rucking.

Good solid game against a very average opponent who looks tired from all the travel they’ve done this season. 

Stewy Dew looks like he ate all the players. 

Anyway, glad we kept going and got a big win. Our percentage needed it. 

Well we have won 3 in a row. Cannot complain about that. We are sitting 5th on the ladder and we put our foot down in that final term and kicked 8 goals. Boosted our percentage and came away without any injuries. I think we all have to be happy with that. 

I thought Hogan was having a quiet day but he kicked 3 last quarter goals and played well. Tommy was brilliant and Max did his job, hannan bobbed up with 3 and Spargo I think looks better every week. 

If Jack gets through tomorrow he is back next week. Things are looking up and its nice to be enjoying the footy again. 

Salem's the in the best form of his career and Weideman is a solid performer in the ruck

  On 12/05/2018 at 11:24, Colin B. Flaubert said:

The Weed is a confidence player. Simple.

I saw two pieces of play early on where many other players would have had a ping tonight. Weed, be it through being team first or more likely having no trust in himself, went for the handball when he could have had a shot. From that point, he went further into his shell.

I'm not sure what it will take for him to get a strut in his step. All I know is that he isn't a spud.

Yep a team player still young and learning, as opposed to Trac who thinks he's played 300 games, could have passed the ball when on the boundary the body language of the players knew he would not pass it, I don't like that, wouldn't hurt him to have a week at Casey.( Needs to pull his head in)

Edited May 12, 20186 yr by shorty

  On 12/05/2018 at 11:46, Big Demon said:

No need to go over emo on me WB, I have in the past been critised for defending Salem but he was not overly effective today.

Look he may not have been super effective as he can be but he surely took a big step in the right direction! 27 disposals, ran hard all game and kicked 2 in my opinion crucial goals when it looked like no-one could hit a cows a*se with a banjo. 

Good stuff Christian! Keep it up. 

Weideman's playing a role, but Pedersen would play that role even better.

  On 12/05/2018 at 12:17, Clint Bizkit said:

Weideman's playing a role, but Pedersen would play that role even better.

Pedo can't ruck, but he is better around the ground.

  On 12/05/2018 at 12:20, WERRIDEE said:

Pedo can't ruck, but he is better around the ground.

He did it pretty well when Gawn was injured last year.

Besides, the ruck component of that role is very small.

I managed to watch the last three quarters.

TMac - you are the surest shot for goal we’ve had since Neita. Magic.

Hoges - mammoth last quarter.

Trac, bit quiet mate, but what you did was good.

Dommy - normally a fan but you went missing tonight. Not sure that was good timing with Viney going to take somebody’s place.

Lewis - best game you’ve played for us. SUPER composed.

Clarrie - you are my favourite by s street.

Jeffy, Hunty - gees I want you both back in form and in the side, but I can’t see anybody giving you a chance.

Great win dees. Time for another scotch.

Oh - one more.

Maxy Gawn - for a bloke who is 8 ft, your skills in picking up ground balls under pressure beneath your knees is the best I have seen. You are a dead set gun.