5 hours ago, Laughing Goat said:

The coach to finally play fit & inform players......

The rest will take care of itself & finals a reality.

Go Dees!!

Seriously, which ones did he fail to play last year?

18 hours ago, Laughing Goat said:

The coach to finally play fit & inform players......

The rest will take care of itself & finals a reality.

Go Dees!!

In form   

Edited January 22, 20205 yr by ManDee

I was thinking of a phone app for Demonland.

Has anyone looked at that as an expansion for the site?

I would like to get into app design would be interesting to look at.

 

Kossie running rampant

jacko kicking 30.4 in his debut season, including one from 50m to beat Geelong by 1 pt

rivers spear passes leading to endless Rivers of goals (hey! See what I did there)

AVB return and total domination and the related “AVB made me cry” thread

Tmac domination across ground

trac Brownlow and 60+ goals plus AA then signing a 10 year deal (lolz at carringbush and GFC)

really brutal tackling 

no big losses

bridgette McKenzie and Angus Taylor sackings 
 

 

Minor rant incoming.

Last year was a horror show on just about every front. But the one thing that really grated me was how we let our opposition get in our faces and respond so meekly. 

One example really comes to mind here is when Nick Blakey, a bean pole 1st year player with a dozen or so games to his name, buried a couple of our players in decent tackles then following that up by pushing their heads into the turf and letting them know all about it. This happened on 3 occasions, on the first two occasions our players just took it without showing any fight or aggression. Worse yet, not a single one of our players came over to help them out.  Only Frost had any pride to give a bit back and showed he wouldn't just accept being pushed around. What sort of team allows their players to be treated with such disrespect? It really felt like we gave up that day and it made me question our team culture.

So what do I want to see? I want to see the closest person to any contest where one of our players has been tackled, involved in a heavy collision or any scuffle, to go over and assist them. Whether its picking them up off the ground, giving them a high five, or pushing the opposition off them. Shouldn't be too much to ask, but happens far too rarely. 

12 minutes ago, Nascent said:

Minor rant incoming.

Last year was a horror show on just about every front. But the one thing that really grated me was how we let our opposition get in our faces and respond so meekly. 

One example really comes to mind here is when Nick Blakey, a bean pole 1st year player with a dozen or so games to his name, buried a couple of our players in decent tackles then following that up by pushing their heads into the turf and letting them know all about it. This happened on 3 occasions, on the first two occasions our players just took it without showing any fight or aggression. Worse yet, not a single one of our players came over to help them out.  Only Frost had any pride to give a bit back and showed he wouldn't just accept being pushed around. What sort of team allows their players to be treated with such disrespect? It really felt like we gave up that day and it made me question our team culture.

So what do I want to see? I want to see the closest person to any contest where one of our players has been tackled, involved in a heavy collision or any scuffle, to go over and assist them. Whether its picking them up off the ground, giving them a high five, or pushing the opposition off them. Shouldn't be too much to ask, but happens far too rarely. 

Maybe a bit more of this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nktD6g_TUHs

Just three things.

Viney to be the animal we know he can be consistently 

Weideman to arrive as a power forward clunking marks and kicking goals .

Petracca to arrive as an elite player and rip games apart.

25 games - the missing one in Week 2 of the Finals.

A relatively injury-free run, so that we can make an accurate assessment of the list and coaches.

A season when Demonlanders stop living in the past & stop posting clips of Robbie Flower, Farmer, Schwatz & Jackovich because reality is so depressing 

16 hours ago, Cranky Franky said:

A season when Demonlanders  CAN stop living in the past & NOT NEED to post clips of Robbie Flower, Farmer, Schwatz & Jackovich (ALL OF THEM champions}         because  

We have a current crop of players who we will proclaim champions after winning the next bunch of premiership flags.    first one this year!

I will either wake up after game one or just keep dreamin !!

On 1/22/2020 at 7:10 PM, Fifty-5 said:

Seriously, which ones did he fail to play last year?

The context of my response was about the out of form & unfit players Goodwin played. It actually wouldn't have mattered who he replaced those players with........

Surely you would know who those players were......seriously?

2 hours ago, Laughing Goat said:

The context of my response was about the out of form & unfit players Goodwin played. It actually wouldn't have mattered who he replaced those players with........

Surely you would know who those players were......seriously?

Yes your reply makes no sense and doesn't answer the question I asked you.

Maybe if you originally posted "the coach finally be able to play fit and in form players" it would be more understandable.

Tom McDonald to recapture (and potentially even exceed) his 2018 form and become AA.

 

Less MFCSS

Id like to see Salem push the boundaries of his foot skills. We know he is a reliable good kick. They float a little and generally do not go great distance. Id like to see him kick it it harder and lower.

2 hours ago, Damo said:

Id like to see Salem push the boundaries of his foot skills. We know he is a reliable good kick. They float a little and generally do not go great distance. Id like to see him kick it it harder and lower.

I agree ... but Salem might be under instruction to give the ball off with those dinky 15-20 foot passes.  Often sideways or to the boundary line.

Needs to be given more of a reign to set up forward forays ... Salem can now make time for himself and we need to see more productive disposal levels (and I'm not referring to DE% ... that stat is often overrated)

Melksham is terrific with ball in hand (when he gets it) and there are a few others that can be much more damaging with their disposal (notably Oliver,  Brayshaw,  Harmes,  Petracca & Viney ... as well as Salem)

With a number of others,  it's hold-your-breath time.  The eyes say it all.

And of course we need our players further afield to be sprinting on leads and making position on a consistent basis ... moving targets (at speed) will often catch the eye of a player with ball in hand. 

Our forward line failed massively (last season) in that dept.

In soccer they talk about dynamic disposals and that description is self-expanatory.  In footy,  the measurements are often quite vague - just numbers that often don't make a lot of sense.

e.g. Tap outs and tap outs to advantage

But what about tap-outs to advantage that lead to a 'clean' clearance which can lead to a scoring opportunity Damo?

So,  with regards to the topic at hand,  what I would like to see is contained in paragraphs 3 & 5 (above)

 

Edited January 27, 20205 yr by Macca

One from left field: I'd like to see us win a game with a goal after the siren. AFAIK we haven't done it in our entire history, which is crazy seeing as it happens almost every year (often against us!)

#1  All players, and in particular our talls, to take way more marks per game than past seasons, especially Gawn,  as he is the most able to take this to the next level.  More marks in the midfield.!

 

#2  The whole team to not take a backward step, in the face of aggression.  To fly the 'D' flag, at every opportunity.   No single player to Not defend himself, when under intimidation.  Flying the white flag should be a ticket to the bench.

 

#3  An announcement on our home base and training facility at Gosch's,  with social facilities,  & the Pre plans for building.

filth, ferals, scum or druggies win the wooden spoon......i'm not fussy which one

To play Geelong at Kardina park in their home final and beat them by 10 goals

On 1/20/2020 at 1:40 PM, Fifty-5 said:

I'm also looking forward to Jack Viney renewing acquaintances with Sydney Stack on ANZAC Eve.

A forward line.

On 1/19/2020 at 1:33 PM, Optimus D said:

In a breakout year Oscar McDonald voted best backman of the year earning a spot in the All Australian Team 2020

Agree but even more important , I would like to see the FD getting someone from the Umpiring Department of the AFL  down to training to teach our back men how they interpret the rules so we stop getting pinged for free kicks.

Edited January 28, 20205 yr by Bucket list

2 hours ago, Bucket list said:

Agree but even more important , I would like to see the FD getting someone from the Umpiring Department of the AFL  down to training to teach our back men how they interpret the rules so we stop getting pinged for free kicks.

Have requested this for last few years.

We need to find out what is wrong with our positioning and techniques as we rarely receive free kicks for over the shoulder or in the back while giving away both..

My quest started when we did not receive free kicks for being tripped while one of our players was disqualified for an attempted trip.

We must know how to execute the fundamental actions..