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Thats probably the most accurate rundown of our team i have heard for years. Identified every one of the issues that have been talked about repeatedly on this site, then talked about the upside to our list.

First time i have heard someone who actually watches our games and knows the players.

Good interview.

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Yes agree. It’s definitely a good summary of where the club is at.  It’s all the usual topics that us Demons fanatics talk about. 
 


Spoiler alert
 

 

- forward conversions are poor (need to convert from inside 50s dominance)

- defence suffers on transition from mid/forward line turnovers 

- injury free run needed, especially for Lever and May (they forgot to mention Jetta only played a handful of games in 2019) 


- Supporters hope and faith needs to be rewarded

- Goodwin has a long term contract but if 2020 is poor like 2019, he’d be under pressure 

- youth to propel themselves up to A graders (Oliver, Petracca, Brayshaw) 

- Jack Viney could be placed for a year to showcase his awesome ability 
 

- recruitment of Langdon and Tomlinson is a big plus

- Tom McDonald could rebound and be critical to kicking enough goals

- big question marks over Sam Weideman (very important year) 

- Jackson and Pickett are super exciting young talent

- Bailey Fritsch is developed into a very handy midsized forward and Dees need to get him signed up to prevent other clubs 

- Jones future as he is now not an automatic selection (could this be his last year?) 

I think they should have covered off the reliance on New Captain Max Gawn.  

 

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9 hours ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Yes agree. It’s definitely a good summary of where the club is at.  It’s all the usual topics that us Demons fanatics talk about. 
 


Spoiler alert
 

 

- forward conversions are poor (need to convert from inside 50s dominance)

- defence suffers on transition from mid/forward line turnovers 

- injury free run needed, especially for Lever and May (they forgot to mention Jetta only played a handful of games in 2019) 


- Supporters hope and faith needs to be rewarded

- Goodwin has a long term contract but if 2020 is poor like 2019, he’d be under pressure 

- youth to propel themselves up to A graders (Oliver, Petracca, Brayshaw) 

- Jack Viney could be placed for a year to showcase his awesome ability 
 

- recruitment of Langdon and Tomlinson is a big plus

- Tom McDonald could rebound and be critical to kicking enough goals

- big question marks over Sam Weideman (very important year) 

- Jackson and Pickett are super exciting young talent

- Bailey Fritsch is developed into a very handy midsized forward and Dees need to get him signed up to prevent other clubs 

- Jones future as he is now not an automatic selection (could this be his last year?) 

I think they should have covered off the reliance on New Captain Max Gawn.  

 

It's not a spoiler, most was Captain Obvious again 

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23 hours ago, ding said:

Thats probably the most accurate rundown of our team i have heard for years. Identified every one of the issues that have been talked about repeatedly on this site, then talked about the upside to our list.

First time i have heard someone who actually watches our games and knows the players.

Good interview.

It was a good interview; yet I guess that there is only so much that can be discussed in that format. They did a good job, IMO > but I would have liked to have heard some honest appraisals of those on the sidelines, not just those dead centre.

They did cover some issues about Jones and Weideman but there are others tip-toeing far more lightly in the shallow waters of redundancy should the rest of the Club begin their rise to being a true footballing force. Quite a few of these players contribute to games lost despite the efforts of the core. Some, surprisingly, join the core group, usually as a silent sentinel to mediocrity that last year, appeared to abound. Goodwin must be more judgemental, as discussed, providing more real opportunities to younger players and recent team additions, and thus, create a new impetus across the field. It would be difficult for us to witness another Goody short-jump to mediocrity.

'Carna Dees!

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14 hours ago, Satyriconhome said:

It's not a spoiler, most was Captain Obvious again 

Yeah, you'd have been far more insightful.

 

Everyone is awesome

Everyone is a star

They are all great blokes.

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