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I’m at peace today. If we lose then we don’t actually deserve to be in the 8, simple as that. We should however win this one in a canter.

3 hours ago, Jaded said:

Staying home with your blinds closed?

51 minutes ago, Gorgoroth said:

He will be Jaded, and @Deemented Are Go! will be bloody with him.

Nope, sorry.

I apologise to all in advance.

2 hours ago, jnrmac said:

Things I don't want to see:

The Dogs stacking their backline and running it out at will via the flanks. Coll, Port, St K and Haw did that....

Stop that happening and we win.

To be fair I think we held up defensively against Port much better.

But yes, I'm pretty confident the Dogs will play the same way St Kilda and Collingwood did, and Fremantle tried to, stacking the backline and trying to run it out using the width of the G to break down our press.

Last week our press/zone held up wonderfully, albeit against rubbish opposition, but I think at least partly also due to the narrow ground.

Things I'd love to see, in order:

  1. A win
  2. No injuries
  3. Seeing our defensive zone/press hold up on the G
  4. Percentage

Fair gap between 1 and 2, though.


8 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

Last week our press/zone held up wonderfully, albeit against rubbish opposition, but I think at least partly also due to the narrow ground.

TIO Stadium is only 3m narrower than the G. Interestingly we have done well on grounds as wide as the G this year albeit against weaker opposition.  

Ground

Length

Width

Adelaide Oval

167m

123m

MCG

161m

138m

Etihad Stadium

160m

129m

GMHBA Stadium

170m

116m

UTAS Stadium

175m

145m

Blundstone Arena

160m

124m

UNSW Canberra Oval

162.5m

138m

SCG

155m

136m

Metricon Stadium

158m

134m

The Gabba

156m

138m

Cazaly's Stadium

165m

135m

TIO Stadium

175m

135m

TIO Traeger Park

168m

132m

Spotless Stadium

164m

128m

Optus Stadium

165m

130m

Jiangwan Stadium

160m

136m

MARS Stadium

160m

129m

1 hour ago, doc roet said:

It's my 65th birthday today and I have to friggen work because I didn't finish what I started yesterday, so [censored] off,

What's the best radio station to listen to?

Happy birthday doc.

For some reason ive always hated listening to dees game on radio. Dont mind other games

ABC would be my recommendation 

 
5 minutes ago, WAGSLEFTFOOT said:

7 ? ? ?

Always happy to over react. We’re doomed and it’s all Pert’s fault.


42 minutes ago, P-man said:

I’m at peace today. If we lose then we don’t actually deserve to be in the 8, simple as that. We should however win this one in a canter.

We should all write a book. We'll call it Zen and the Art of Being a Melbourne Supporter

24 minutes ago, binman said:

Happy birthday doc.

For some reason ive always hated listening to dees game on radio. Dont mind other games

ABC would be my recommendation 

Me too. I hate listening on the radio because it seems to take us 10 to 15 possessions to get it into our forward pocket, then they call a turnover, the opposition does one handball to a running player who passes it to the leading forward and they announce that he is lining up 25 m from goal on a slight angle! 

3 minutes ago, Earl Hood said:

Me too. I hate listening on the radio because it seems to take us 10 to 15 possessions to get it into our forward pocket, then they call a turnover, the opposition does one handball to a running player who passes it to the leading forward and they announce that he is lining up 25 m from goal on a slight angle! 

describes our recent game plan perfectly ?



Why didnt they bring Tyson in to replace Viney?

Hannan makes no sense.   We needed another mid.

Just now, brendan said:

What’s it say for Tyson when he doesn’t get a call up 

that we are worried about the pace of the dogs backline imo

big blow, and the comments from mahoney make it sound like it could be an extended period of time out:

We will have further clarity on a timeframe early next week, although at this stage, we do expect Jack to return during the latter part of the season

Ugh.

We've had a good run with injury this year so I guess our luck was bound to run out some time!

Still, one player should not make a team. Dees by 29 points.

 

Pure Stats Form Guide & Predictor

Last Round Statistical Comparison

Scoring Efficiency

 

Demons

Bulldogs

Disposals Per Goal

34.0

41.7

% In50s Goal

16.7

19.1

Conversion %

35.1

64.3

Total Players By Games

 

 

Demons

Games

Bulldogs

5

Less than 50

11

9

50 to 99

5

4

100 to 149

3

4

150 or more

3

Note:  Half the Bulldog's players are rookies (sub 50 games) giving the Demons a significant (in theory) on field advantage (6 less rookies), all things being equal and no last minute outs / changes.

Top 10 Players (Last Round) Comparison - Score / Rank*

Player

 

Score

Ranking

 

Player

 

Score

Ranking

Angus Brayshaw

5.700

1

 

Jason Johannisen

5.150

1

Christian Petracca

5.175

2

 

Lachlan Hunter

4.225

2

Clayton Oliver

4.800

3

 

Toby McLean

4.150

3

Jack Viney#

4.200

4

 

Dale Morris

3.900

4

Jordan Lewis

4.150

5

 

Josh Dunkley

3.850

5

James Harmes

4.075

6

 

Marcus Adams

3.450

6

Tom McDonald

3.800

7

 

Caleb Daniel

3.400

7

Christian Salem

3.625

8

 

Jackson Trengove

3.300

8

Max Gawn

3.475

9

 

Bradley Lynch

3.225

9

Bayley Fritsch

3.125

10

 

Luke Dahlhaus

3.100

 

* Scores do not account for ruckman's Hit Outs to Advantage.

# Viney a late omission for Hannan.  Hannan's Weighted Season Score is 2.40

Team Score Form Comparison (from each team's last encounter allowing for this week's Ins/Outs)

Demons:  68.58   Bulldogs:  58.02

Weighted Score Form Differential:   Demons +10.56

Pure Stats Predictor:  The Demons by 20 points*

*Does not account for potential umpire bias or late changes!

EDIT:  Changes for Viney out Hannan in.....

Demons:  66.78   Bulldogs:  58.02

Weighted Score Form Differential:   Demons +8.76

Pure Stats Predictor:  The Demons by 17 points*

Edited by Rusty Nails

Just now, Lord Travis said:

Ugh.

We've had a good run with injury this year so I guess our luck was bound to run out some time!

Still, one player should not make a team. Dees by 29 points.

Lever


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