PREGAME: Rd 04 vs Sydney

[Binmans PA 26,662]

Really worried about our ability to lock the ball inside our forward 50, let alone how it gets there in the first place. At least, there's not a great deal of pace in the Sydney midfield and McVeigh out is a big one given the drive he gives them.

I expect Buddy to kick a minimum of 3, but it could be an 8 or 9 goal showing the way our defence have been playing in 1v1s.

The season was done last week, but if we get smacked tomorrow, I fear we won't be able to get out of the bottom 4 this year.

[Pates 9,551]

3 games into what was meant to be a really promising season and it seriously feels like we’ve gone back in time. We’re back to looking at the fixture with dread to see who we’ve got next, and look at our available list thinking, “wow we’re in for a tough time.”

This week needs to be focusing on controlling what we have within our control, injuries are a part of professional sport so we have to get over who is not available. What we have to start with is getting our defensive set ups right and prevent easy transitions that almost always lead to a genuine shot on goal. When we do have opportunities going forward, lower the eyes and look for passes rather than blazing away and kicking to a two on one. 

Go back to basics to start and build from there. 

Hopefully Pruess can make his presence felt. 

[picket fence 15,735]

2 hours ago, Redleg said:

Weid should be good in the Sydney grass.

Holy Smoke !

[Demon Dynasty 16,284]

19 minutes ago, SFebes said:

Fred Fannings record in serious trouble 

Any chance we can ignore 666 and bring back the flood!?

Edited April 10, 2019 by Rusty Nails

[Demon Dynasty 16,284]

7 minutes ago, Pates said:

3 games into what was meant to be a really promising season and it seriously feels like we’ve gone back in time. We’re back to looking at the fixture with dread to see who we’ve got next, and look at our available list thinking, “wow we’re in for a tough time.”

This week needs to be focusing on controlling what we have within our control, injuries are a part of professional sport so we have to get over who is not available. What we have to start with is getting our defensive set ups right and prevent easy transitions that almost always lead to a genuine shot on goal. When we do have opportunities going forward, lower the eyes and look for passes rather than blazing away and kicking to a two on one. 

Go back to basics to start and build from there. 

Hopefully Pruess can make his presence felt. 

Hopefully the whole bunch can make their prescence felt Pates!

[Hellofatime 83]

We lose the opening 3 matches, they can only come up with two changes to the side, and one was forced?

[dazzledavey36 49,736]

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[SwissDee 43]

Seems strange that after we've been done for pace they replace a quick mid-size (KK) with a lumbering ruck (Preuss). Still, looking forward to see what the big guy can do and what structural changes they may have planned

[Big Demon 197]

Righto I have seen enough of this [censored] in the last three weeks and it’s time to stand up. Pruess needs to play like the mummy over at GWS and use his frame to rag doll every mofo in his way, the soft [censored] umpiring this game specially if they are as inept as the crew we had last week won’t like that but take free kick against and move on, there is no substitute for physicality in this game.

 

ANB, Frost and Oscar have been useless as has Jones and Brayshaw still can’t hit the side of a barn. Frost on paper is the best match for Frankie and this should be his sink or swim moment, if you can’t perform one job you’re fired. We have the ability to win, the new rules have hurt us more than others and the coaching staff have been slow to adjust. Keep the faith my fellow Demons but the immediate future is tough, and we need to change while making some difficult decisions but the rewards will only come from a proactive and decisive approach to the challenges the club now faces. Be brave, be decisive and strike hard as all Demons should.

 

 

[dazzledavey36 49,736]

17 minutes ago, SwissDee said:

Seems strange that after we've been done for pace they replace a quick mid-size (KK) with a lumbering ruck (Preuss). Still, looking forward to see what the big guy can do and what structural changes they may have planned

KK a "quick" mid size?? Im sorry what??

Guy has the speed of Jack Trengove.

[Cards13 9,117]

1 hour ago, loges said:

Yes, people need to realise Jeffy has been out of form for the best part of 18 months.

Mate ssshhhh don’t tell Saty!!! 

[Demon Dynasty 16,284]

35 minutes ago, SwissDee said:

Seems strange that after we've been done for pace they replace a quick mid-size (KK) with a lumbering ruck (Preuss). Still, looking forward to see what the big guy can do and what structural changes they may have planned

 

16 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

KK a "quick" mid size?? Im sorry what??

Guy has the speed of Jack Trengove.

Common DD he is obviously using the term "Quick" within an MFC context!

[DV8 2,271]

1 hour ago, old dee said:

I am not convinced he will play, you take out two medium size mobile players and replace one of them with the tallest guy on the list who is way less mobile! Looks more like a replacement for TMac to me, without TMac we would have had only the Weid as the only tall. With Preuss in we can rotate him and Gawn in the forward line. 

Unless a tall defender comes out  'OD'.

[Skin Deeamond 339]

1 hour ago, A F said:

Really worried about our ability to lock the ball inside our forward 50, let alone how it gets there in the first place. At least, there's not a great deal of pace in the Sydney midfield and McVeigh out is a big one given the drive he gives them.

I expect Buddy to kick a minimum of 3, but it could be an 8 or 9 goal showing the way our defence have been playing in 1v1s.

The season was done last week, but if we get smacked tomorrow, I fear we won't be able to get out of the bottom 4 this year.

I went to the pre season game in Shepparton. That’s how we’ve played the last three AFL games: as if we have a disjointed bunch of men on the field with no cohesion, no plan, experimenting with useless newbies.

[Demon Dynasty 16,284]

1 hour ago, A F said:

Really worried about our ability to lock the ball inside our forward 50, let alone how it gets there in the first place. At least, there's not a great deal of pace in the Sydney midfield and McVeigh out is a big one given the drive he gives them.

I expect Buddy to kick a minimum of 3, but it could be an 8 or 9 goal showing the way our defence have been playing in 1v1s.

The season was done last week, but if we get smacked tomorrow, I fear we won't be able to get out of the bottom 4 this year.

 

1 hour ago, Pates said:

3 games into what was meant to be a really promising season and it seriously feels like we’ve gone back in time. We’re back to looking at the fixture with dread to see who we’ve got next, and look at our available list thinking, “wow we’re in for a tough time.”

This week needs to be focusing on controlling what we have within our control, injuries are a part of professional sport so we have to get over who is not available. What we have to start with is getting our defensive set ups right and prevent easy transitions that almost always lead to a genuine shot on goal. When we do have opportunities going forward, lower the eyes and look for passes rather than blazing away and kicking to a two on one. 

Go back to basics to start and build from there. 

Hopefully Pruess can make his presence felt. 

 

50 minutes ago, Big Demon said:

Righto I have seen enough of this [censored] in the last three weeks and it’s time to stand up. Pruess needs to play like the mummy over at GWS and use his frame to rag doll every mofo in his way, the soft [censored] umpiring this game specially if they are as inept as the crew we had last week won’t like that but take free kick against and move on, there is no substitute for physicality in this game.

 

ANB, Frost and Oscar have been useless as has Jones and Brayshaw still can’t hit the side of a barn. Frost on paper is the best match for Frankie and this should be his sink or swim moment, if you can’t perform one job you’re fired. We have the ability to win, the new rules have hurt us more than others and the coaching staff have been slow to adjust. Keep the faith my fellow Demons but the immediate future is tough, and we need to change while making some difficult decisions but the rewards will only come from a proactive and decisive approach to the challenges the club now faces. Be brave, be decisive and strike hard as all Demons should.

 

 

Have a feeling we might pull off a miracle!  ZERO expectations!

[DeezNuts 624]

We r screwed...

but im still going 

 

[Winners at last 4,933]

4 hours ago, DeezNuts said:

We r screwed...

but im still going 

 

Me too. I'm heading up there today with my son. 

Hopefully it won't be over at quarter time.

 

[Skuit 9,382]

11 hours ago, bing181 said:

Seriously? Jeff "zero tackles" Garlett is not the saviour. If defensive pressure is the mantra, he's the last person you want in the team, it's like giving the opposition an extra player down back. As for the goals part ... how many did he kick at Casey on the weekend?

I'm calling false news on this one Bing (although I certainly agree he's been nowhere near his best touch for a long while now, even on the occasions he's contributed) - when Jeff is up and about, when, he sets the tone for our forward defensive efforts, and is probably our leading player for forcing HTB frees in our forward 50. With Queen Mary Tomald, a sluggish Weid, and Fatracca up front, we're seriously lacking agility for forward 'coralling'. He's probably our best current hope in better trapping it in - which I think could possibly be our actual primary issue right now.

[Bombay Airconditioning 6,021]

Bit nippy this morning, knocking off at lunch time.

Cant wait.

[dees189227 11,249]

Can our game plan be for frost to kick it out from full back and justboom it straight into our forward line to preuss. 

I have no idea what to expect tonight.  But I like the changes.  I hope preuss lays well and crashes a few packs

[Lucifers Hero 37,513]

So we go to Sydney without a crumber in the team...

btw I'm not counting Lockhart.  He did a nice job last week but is essentially a midfielder being tasked with a job he has not had time to develop in. 

Given that our talls are not excelling at i50 marks going in without a crumber, I can see the ball bouncing straight out again like it did vs Geelong when we went in without one.  I get the need for fwds to exert pressure and keep the ball i50 but it would be handy to have someone who can make something happen when the ball falls free.

 

[Billy 2,161]

That back line is VFL standard

[beelzebub 22,703]

25 minutes ago, Lucifer's Hero said:

So we go to Sydney without a crumber in the team...

btw I'm not counting Lockhart.  He did a nice job last week but is essentially a midfielder being tasked with a job he has not had time to develop in. 

Given that our talls are not excelling at i50 marks going in without a crumber, I can see the ball bouncing straight out again like it did vs Geelong when we went in without one.  I get the need for fwds to exert pressure and keep the ball i50 but it would be handy to have someone who can make something happen when the ball falls free.

 

Let's see.

We have an appalling leaky back 50

We have a very singular approach to entering our 50.

Our midfield getting caught out on the return.

Unable to hit side of barn

No plan B

We're slow

Just need to fix ALL of that and we're competitive.

Can't wait

[dpositive 1,602]

13 hours ago, Nasher said:

I assume Kade Kolodjashnij’s career is over, just like Angus Brayshaw’s was. 

Is it any surprise with he way the umpires protect the heads of Melbourne players?

Have been saying for many years that we should call in the umpires and ask what we are doing wrong with our positioning and tackling when we give so many free kicks away and receive so few. That the frees often seem to disadvantage our flow may be becUse there is a fault in our structure.

[La Dee-vina Comedia 16,534]

19 hours ago, old dee said:

Adam was playing full back for Tel-Aviv.

Showed courage, too. Played with a broken rib.

18 hours ago, Redleg said:

But luckily Eve was at full forward.

No she wasn't, the full forward was Phil 'Snake' Baker.

And I'm reasonably sure the competition was sponsored by Apple.