Jump to content

PREGAME: Rd 08 vs Gold Coast

Demonland
in Melbourne Demons

Featured Replies

 
1 hour ago, binman said:

....

Gold Coast is 24 and sunny tommorow (though weirdly the BOM still says 10% of rain) and hopefully the game concludes before any dew settles.

....

Stuart?

  • Quote
    • Like 1
    1 hour ago, Demonland said:

    As a frequent traveler to the Gold Coast

    Surely you are too young for a retirement home or time spent commuting between the bowls club, the shopping mall, or the boardwalk ? 

  • Quote
    •  
    5 minutes ago, ManDee said:

    Stuart?

    Good Lord if stuie dew settles on the ground he squash half our team!

  • Quote
    • Like 2
    • Haha 1
    1 hour ago, Demonland said:

    As a frequent traveler to the Gold Coast the Rain predictions are never accurate. If there is a sun icon in the weather app even if it's accompanied by clouds or rain then you're in the clear.

    ?️?️?️ = ☀️

    Other thing in tomorrow's GC forecast is strong winds...

  • Quote
    • Thanks 1

    50 minutes ago, hemingway said:

    Surely you are too young for a retirement home or time spent commuting between the bowls club, the shopping mall, or the boardwalk ? 

    I thought he went there, on the prowl. ?

  • Quote
    1 minute ago, DV8 said:

    I thought he went there, on the prowl. ?

    Probably mate. 

    As I get older I see the sense in Neil Young's lyrics that "Its better to burn out than fade away.""

    When my time comes, I think I will go for the air injection.

    And don't believe the myth that Ernest ended it all by shotgun. Far too messy. 

  • Quote
    • Haha 1
    1 hour ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

    I would have much preferred a fully fit ANB over a player who’s carrying an injury. 

    At least we have one spot under pressure.  ANB was badly out of form prior to his short stint at Casey.  What a great return considering where he was coming from earlier in the year.

    I don't understand why some D'landers get so offended when posters suggest (in a nice way) that a short spell might be required at Casey, regardless of who it is.  If you're badly out of form week after week it's a great opportunity to turn things around under less pressure/spotlight.

    ANB a great example.

  • Quote
    •  
    11 minutes ago, Rusty Nails said:

    At least we have one spot under pressure.  ANB was badly out of form prior to his short stint at Casey.  What a great return considering where he was coming from earlier in the year.

    I don't understand why some D'landers get so offended when posters suggest (in a nice way) that a short spell might be required at Casey, regardless of who it is.  If you're badly out of form week after week it's a great opportunity to turn things around under less pressure/spotlight.

    ANB a great example.

    Imo its a good way to reset the mind.   To get the self propelled monkey of their backs.

  • Quote
    • Like 1
    2 hours ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

    I would have much preferred a fully fit ANB over a player who’s carrying an injury. 

    Seems even stranger when we have a 6 day break coming up, on top of the longest trip in footy (Qld to Perth), I would have thought ANB is one of the fittest at the club so would be better suited to back it up. I can see whoever the travelling emergencies coming in next week regardless of result, and maybe a number of guys at Casey having restricted minutes. 

  • Quote

    What genius at AFL fixturing gave us two consecutive away games interstate.

    Doesn't fuss me overly given that the season is dead but if we had been flying form wise it would have been an issue.

    I'm even looking forward to Darwin this year... a great chance to play loads of kids.

    If you count the North game in round 23 that we play in Tasmania we play interstate six times.

  • Quote
    1 hour ago, hemingway said:

    Probably mate. 

    As I get older I see the sense in Neil Young's lyrics that "Its better to burn out than fade away.""

    When my time comes, I think I will go for the air injection.

    And don't believe the myth that Ernest ended it all by shotgun. Far too messy. 

    Air injection!? Are you mad? Isn;t that supposed to be the absolute most painful wait to die, and comes complete with the possibility of living on with a bunch of organ failures and brain clots? Hang on... why do I know this? What is wrong with me?

    As for football... I'm a little worried about Viney, a little sorry for Nibbler who at least kept at it all day, and a little excited because I just have this feeling like something is going to click. Not in a  'stars dominate' way, but with that layer of players like Fritsch, Stretch and Hunt, for whom their better form is actually very effective but their weaker form is a real vulnerability. Funnily enough, Nibbler would be in that group, except he's allegedly going to be at Casey!

  • Quote
    • Like 1
    4 hours ago, Demonland said:

    As a frequent traveler to the Gold Coast the Rain predictions are never accurate. If there is a sun icon in the weather app even if it's accompanied by clouds or rain then you're in the clear.

    ?️?️?️ = ☀️

    game should start around 20C and end at around 16/17C. late afternoon very little wind forecast

    great conditions for football with a smaller ground suiting us.

  • Quote
    • Like 1
    36 minutes ago, Little Goffy said:

    Air injection!? Are you mad? Isn;t that supposed to be the absolute most painful wait to die, and comes complete with the possibility of living on with a bunch of organ failures and brain clots? Hang on... why do I know this? What is wrong with me?

    As for football... I'm a little worried about Viney, a little sorry for Nibbler who at least kept at it all day, and a little excited because I just have this feeling like something is going to click. Not in a  'stars dominate' way, but with that layer of players like Fritsch, Stretch and Hunt, for whom their better form is actually very effective but their weaker form is a real vulnerability. Funnily enough, Nibbler would be in that group, except he's allegedly going to be at Casey!

    Hope you're right @Little Goffy! 

    Also on PBS on Sat - was a tribute to all things 'Little' if you're into 50's 60's soul :)

    https://www.pbsfm.org.au/program/soulgroove-66

  • Quote
    2 hours ago, Rusty Nails said:

    At least we have one spot under pressure.  ANB was badly out of form prior to his short stint at Casey.  What a great return considering where he was coming from earlier in the year.

    I don't understand why some D'landers get so offended when posters suggest (in a nice way) that a short spell might be required at Casey, regardless of who it is.  If you're badly out of form week after week it's a great opportunity to turn things around under less pressure/spotlight.

    ANB a great example.

    anb tends to start every season out of form then slowly works back into form. why i don't know. maybe he needs to focus more on skills in the off season

  • Quote

    We win by 4 or 5 goals I reckon.

  • Quote
    • Like 1
    2 hours ago, daisycutter said:

    anb tends to start every season out of form then slowly works back into form. why i don't know. maybe he needs to focus more on skills in the off season

    I hear you DC.  This was the case last year to Rnd 3.  After that there were some downs and ups.

    This year he seemed to start off ordinary then went dramatically downhill from there before being dropped for the trip to Sydney.

    I would say with Nibbler it's more of a week by week proposition and that's where part of his problems might lay eg.,  from a 'trust' POV with Goody & selectors.   AFL a tough gig and very easy easy from here of course.  These guys have to get out every week and bring it so hats off to any player who makes it at AFL level.  Every week is also different depending on what sort of role is asked of him and the quality of whom he is matched with.

    Using average weighted composites (obviously Rnd 1 a snap shot as we have no averages to go on) comparing the first 7 rounds from 2018 to 2019 as a rough guide to trends in form...

    image.png.518f509ea2d39aeabc8fc34508b57d6c.png

    Edited by Rusty Nails

  • Quote
    On 5/9/2019 at 12:59 PM, Deemented Are Go! said:

    Anyone else a little concerned Goodwin says they’re leaving the decision on playing Viney ‘completely up to him’? 

    Jack’s pretty much admitted he’s rushed himself back before and we know what happened then.

    Surely the medical staff should be involved in this decision, but hey, that’s probably for the Shaun Smith thread...

    I've said it all before..... The tail wags the dog!

    Can u imagine Clarko saying this???

  • Quote
    22 minutes ago, picket fence said:

    I've said it all before..... The tail wags the dog!

    Can u imagine Clarko saying this???

    When they say 'Test' in the injury update...is that just lip service?  Surely they put them through a series of tests and if they pass those it'd then come down to a trust issue PF.

    The way i read it Goody is putting it out there in public effectively saying to Jack "FCS Jack...do the right thing by the club and your team mates and call it if you're in any doubt".

  • Quote
    10 minutes ago, Rusty Nails said:

    When they say 'Test' in the injury update...is that just lip service?  Surely they put them through a series of tests and if they pass those it'd then come down to a trust issue PF.

    The way i read it Goody is putting it out there in public effectively saying to Jack "FCS Jack...do the right thing by the club and your team mates and call it if you're in any doubt".

    Hnmm This should be how it is, but reading between the lines JV gets to say when he plays and when he doesn"t

    Happy to be corrected on this. Just what appears to be!

  • Quote

    22 hours ago, Engorged Onion said:

    I'm expecting James Harmes to continue his form - create a range of scoring opportunities, and jag 3 goals. He is a fine fine player and I look forward to seeing him play live for the first time this year. 

    Of the 2014 draft (he was a 2014 rookie,)

    Brayshaw

    ANB

    Petracca

    OMAC

    Harmes

    Brayshaw and him are neck and neck with respect to importance to the team, and their influence on the game, compared to the others.

    5 years on and that’s looking like a definite win of a draft for us. All 5 players contributed and took us to our first prelim last year in a bloody long time. 

  • Quote
    • Like 1
    15 hours ago, Little Goffy said:

    Air injection!? Are you mad? Isn;t that supposed to be the absolute most painful wait to die, and comes complete with the possibility of living on with a bunch of organ failures and brain clots? Hang on... why do I know this? What is wrong with me?

    I think most MFC supporters would be fairly well informed on such matters.

  • Quote
    • Sad 1
    22 hours ago, daisycutter said:

    anb tends to start every season out of form then slowly works back into form. why i don't know. maybe he needs to focus more on skills in the off season

    Building up fitness, and then confidence, on top of.

    He strikes me as a low confidence person.   Maybe a bit shy-ish, in a sense ?

  • Quote
    •  

    Hurry up Foxtel. I don’t pay $10000 a month to watch Collingwood singing their song!

  • Quote
    • Like 2

    Join the conversation

    You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

    Guest
    Unfortunately, your content contains terms that we do not allow. Please edit your content to remove the highlighted words below.
    Reply to this topic...
    Go to topic listing

    Featured Content

    • CASEY: Sydney

      The Casey Demons were always expected to emerge victorious in their matchup against the lowly-ranked Sydney Swans at picturesque Tramway Oval, situated in the shadows of the SCG in Moore Park. They dominated the proceedings in the opening two and a half quarters of the game but had little to show for it. This was primarily due to their own sloppy errors in a low-standard game that produced a number of crowded mauls reminiscent of the rugby game popular in old Sydney Town. However, when the Swans tired, as teams often do when they turn games into ugly defensive contests, Casey lifted the standard of its own play and … it was off to the races. Not to nearby Randwick but to a different race with an objective of piling on goal after goal on the way to a mammoth victory. At the 25-minute mark of the third quarter, the Demons held a slender 14-point lead over the Swans, who are ahead on the ladder of only the previous week's opposition, the ailing Bullants. Forty minutes later, they had more than fully compensated for the sloppiness of their earlier play with a decisive 94-point victory, that culminated in a rousing finish which yielded thirteen unanswered goals. Kicks hit their targets, the ball found itself going through the middle and every player made a contribution.

      • 1 reply
      Demonland

    • REPORT: St. Kilda

      Hands up if you thought, like me, at half-time in yesterday’s game at TIO Traeger Park, Alice Springs that Melbourne’s disposal around the ground and, in particular, its kicking inaccuracy in front of the goals couldn’t get any worse. Well, it did. And what’s even more damning for the Melbourne Football Club is that the game against St Kilda and its resurgence from the bottomless pit of its miserable start to the season wasn’t just lost through poor conversion for goal but rather in the 15 minutes when the entire team went into a slumber and was mugged by the out-of-form Saints. Their six goals two behinds (one goal less than the Demons managed for the whole game) weaved a path of destruction from which they were unable to recover. Ross Lyon’s astute use of pressure to contain the situation once they had asserted their grip on the game, and Melbourne’s self-destructive wastefulness, assured that outcome. The old adage about the insanity of repeatedly doing something and expecting a different result, was out there. Two years ago, the score line in Melbourne’s loss to the Giants at this same ground was 5 goals 15 behinds - a ratio of one goal per four scoring shots - was perfectly replicated with yesterday’s 7 goals 21 behinds. 
      This has been going on for a while and opens up a number of questions. I’ll put forward a few that come to mind from this performance. The obvious first question is whether the club can find a suitable coach to instruct players on proper kicking techniques or is this a skill that can no longer be developed at this stage of the development of our playing group? Another concern is the team's ability to counter an opponent's dominance during a run on as exemplified by the Saints in the first quarter. Did the Demons underestimate their opponents, considering St Kilda's goals during this period were scored by relatively unknown forwards? Furthermore, given the modest attendance of 6,721 at TIO Traeger Park and the team's poor past performances at this venue, is it prudent to prioritize financial gain over potentially sacrificing valuable premiership points by relinquishing home ground advantage, notwithstanding the cultural significance of the team's connection to the Red Centre? 

      • 4 replies
      Demonland

    • PREGAME: Collingwood

      After a disappointing loss in Alice Springs the Demons return to the MCG to take on the Magpies in the annual King's Birthday Big Freeze for MND game. Who comes in and who goes out?

      • 202 replies
      Demonland

    • PODCAST: St. Kilda

      The Demonland Podcast will air LIVE on Monday, 2nd June @ 8:00pm. Join Binman, George & I as we have a chat with former Demon ruckman Jeff White about his YouTube channel First Use where he dissects ruck setups and contests. We'll then discuss the Dees disappointing loss to the Saints in Alice Springs.
      Your questions and comments are a huge part of our podcast so please post anything you want to ask or say below and we'll give you a shout out on the show.
      Listen LIVE: https://demonland.com/

        • Sad
        • Clap
      • 47 replies
      Demonland

    • POSTGAME: St. Kilda

      After kicking the first goal of the match the Demons were always playing catch up against the Saints in Alice Spring and could never make the most of their inside 50 entries to wrestle back the lead.

        • Thanks
      • 330 replies
      Demonland

    • VOTES: St. Kilda

      Max Gawn still has a massive lead in the Demonland Player of the Year award as Christian Petracca, Jake Bowey, Clayton Oliver & Kozzy Pickett round out the Top 5. Your votes please. 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 & 1

        • Sad
        • Clap
      • 32 replies
      Demonland
    View All