Jump to content


Recommended Posts

Posted
15 minutes ago, John Crow Batty said:

 

You are an old movie fan BBO?  Me too, I have a collection of about 2000 old films.

That’s quite a collection, DVD’s?

Posted
4 minutes ago, old dee said:

That’s quite a collection, DVD’s?

Yep DVD’s Thats the slimmed down collection, used to be nearly double the size before I moved to Perth. 

  • Like 1

Posted
4 hours ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

Get onto the Shiraz bob - far more effective.

Little Giant Shiraz, from the Barrossa. Has a Wombat on the label.  To plagiarise Molly, do yourself a favour. They also do a nice Pinot Gris if you can find it.

  • Like 2
Posted

I spoke to a client of mine last week who is very close to Sam, and he said that Sam is absolutely gutted after last week's game. He absolutely felt the pressure of needing to perform and felt sick at half time. The social media vitriol had hit him hard too

  • Thanks 1
  • Sad 5
Posted
38 minutes ago, low flying Robbo said:

I spoke to a client of mine last week who is very close to Sam, and he said that Sam is absolutely gutted after last week's game. He absolutely felt the pressure of needing to perform and felt sick at half time. The social media vitriol had hit him hard too

Unfortunately BBB waiting in the background is probably the worse thing possible for someone like Weid, think he probably needs a sport psychologist more than a Mark Williams to get his development back on track

  • Like 1

Posted
45 minutes ago, Left Foot Snap said:

Little Giant Shiraz, from the Barrossa. Has a Wombat on the label.  To plagiarise Molly, do yourself a favour. They also do a nice Pinot Gris if you can find it.

Ha ha !! I’ll get @picket fence to comment on this left foot - he’s a fan boy of little giant!

Posted
1 hour ago, low flying Robbo said:

I spoke to a client of mine last week who is very close to Sam, and he said that Sam is absolutely gutted after last week's game. He absolutely felt the pressure of needing to perform and felt sick at half time. The social media vitriol had hit him hard too

That’s not nice to hear, I hope the young bloke is ok. A therapist/sports psychologist would definitely be something I hope he’s having provided to him (or he’s seeking out), most of us if we have a bad day at the office nobody but a few people will give a crap. AFL players have a bad day and they’ve got thousands of people calling for them to be dropped or worse, while they have media analysts inspecting every part of their game in open forums. Easy enough to say but he should be staying away from social media.

  • Like 1

Posted
9 hours ago, COOLX said:

The Weid should play defence in the reserves for a while ( with constant covid lock downs, may never play again ). He could become another T.Mac. Change of surname not an option.

Exactly CoolX I made this point about a week ago. To let Sam go without trying him at CHB or FB at Casey is ridiculous.

Stefan  Martin was one player who was a great FB and although I believe there was mitigating circumstances just position was another reason ie ruck that led him to bring played out of position I MO with us. 

  • Like 1
Posted
11 hours ago, Doug Reemer said:

Same years of development would make Weideman look worse.

You are not picking DR  The comparison is fine as 50 games is a good sample,

Unfortunately the further it goes on it appears that it is a giant mental issue with Sam who no matter what can't get enough ball or the confidence to lead or have any presence on the field.

Back to Casey in defence to see if he can mark and play y to he ball in front of him.Clearly his kicking is also lacking confidence.

BBB must get his chance now as we can not keep our forward  line with no output and a big player to put pressure on the opposition.

If BBB is not the answer then Mitch Brown. must be given a chance. In a few weeks time. 

 

  • Like 2

Posted (edited)
8 hours ago, low flying Robbo said:

I spoke to a client of mine last week who is very close to Sam, and he said that Sam is absolutely gutted after last week's game. He absolutely felt the pressure of needing to perform and felt sick at half time. The social media vitriol had hit him hard too

As much as i feel the anger at him not being who we need him to be, I also feel for Weid. it really does seem so much of the issue is mental and  If anyone has experienced such things it can be hard or even impossible to change. Like all mental issues people immediately think it’s just being weak. It isn’t.  

I  wonder with the pedigree he has just how deep the “ expectation” story runs in him and whether it may just be too much to get past. I also wonder if he and his manager,  by going fr such a big contract, added more to the pile. Only he know that.

Personally i wish him well, but, barring a minor miracle, i think it’s time we started to get used to life without him. sad as it is fr all parties. 

 

Edited by Wells 11
  • Like 2
Posted
8 hours ago, low flying Robbo said:

I spoke to a client of mine last week who is very close to Sam, and he said that Sam is absolutely gutted after last week's game. He absolutely felt the pressure of needing to perform and felt sick at half time. The social media vitriol had hit him hard too

That’s sad to hear - the club can’t play a player in this mental space I don’t think. Not good for him or the team - back to the 2s for a reboot and get back the mojo

 

Hope he is off Twitter Insta etc

  • Like 2
Posted
18 hours ago, Lord Nev said:

He's 23. That's still young for a key forward, especially one who was already considered a 'project' by the club whom drafted him.

Gawn didn't become a consistently good player until his 7th season.

So we gave up pick 9 for a project player??

If that is so which i doubt then its an appalling decision Why not pick some one else ie a non project player

 

  • Like 2
Posted
9 hours ago, low flying Robbo said:

I spoke to a client of mine last week who is very close to Sam, and he said that Sam is absolutely gutted after last week's game. He absolutely felt the pressure of needing to perform and felt sick at half time. The social media vitriol had hit him hard too

if he listens to carp on social media then he is a fool Turn it off mate!

 

Posted
14 hours ago, Lord Nev said:

Has there been one person since the day he was drafted that thought "Weideman is the messiah"?

not me Lord !

Posted
9 hours ago, low flying Robbo said:

I spoke to a client of mine last week who is very close to Sam, and he said that Sam is absolutely gutted after last week's game. He absolutely felt the pressure of needing to perform and felt sick at half time. The social media vitriol had hit him hard too

Never mind social media, he only needs to come on here for a daily fix of vitriol. ?

Posted
6 minutes ago, Kent said:

if he listens to carp on social media then he is a fool Turn it off mate!

 

Easier said than done. His generation aren’t hardwired to think like we do. 


Posted
20 hours ago, old dee said:

I struggle with your second last para. How does it affect players what is said on here? It is a serious question.

"sources in the media are saying" etc

Posted (edited)
2 hours ago, Superunknown said:

That’s sad to hear - the club can’t play a player in this mental space I don’t think. Not good for him or the team - back to the 2s for a reboot and get back the mojo

 

Hope he is off Twitter Insta etc

I'm still of the opinion they should have bought Weid in over Ben Brown for that first opportunity after he kicked a bag (Even if it was weak opponents)

He is clearly a confidence player and kicking a bag and still not getting picked seems to have completely killed his confidence before he even got into the senior side

Edited by BW511

Posted
2 hours ago, Superunknown said:

That’s sad to hear - the club can’t play a player in this mental space I don’t think. Not good for him or the team - back to the 2s for a reboot and get back the mojo

 

Hope he is off Twitter Insta etc

Agree, reboot for a month or over pre season. If a forward gets injured he is next up so we still need him. Some might recall he struggled with his contract year last time for a period ... extend he by one or two years on modest money with good incentives and take the shackles off him

 

Posted
40 minutes ago, BW511 said:

I'm still of the opinion they should have bought Weid in over Ben Brown for that first opportunity after he kicked a bag (Even if it was weak opponents)

He is clearly a confidence player and kicking a bag and still not getting picked seems to have completely killed his confidence before he even got into the senior side

Jeez, that’s not great if that is the case…

I think he is more likely to be impacted by his actual play in the seniors. He needed to draw his confidence from what his role was and not worry so much about clunking marks and kicking goals. Case in point would be the Dogs game that saw him impact the game with contests and he did kick a couple but still had him sheepish after the game. 

The whole performance anxiety of “you should be kicking 5 a game playing for the Dees at the moment, mate” is more where I think he is at.

I haven’t written him off, even for 2021, but I would play Brown ahead of him. Getting dropped is not the end of the world and while it may affect his confidence - I think he needs to reassess his KPIs. Marks and goals will come later.

  • Like 1
Posted

Sam is no different to any other footballer. If he is out of form and lacking confidence then he should be playing at Casey.

He should accept that is best for him atm and concentrate on working to improve those areas of his game that seem off - timing of his marking, body position, leading patterns, tackling etc whatever the coaching staff believe he needs to improve

I am not in the camp that its too hard and just ship him off for a second round pick. Its important to remember he had a serious set back earlier in the year and that hasn't helped 

I certainly think that he should avoid reading outside views on social media - nothing good will come from that 

  • Like 5
Posted
8 minutes ago, Sydee said:

Sam is no different to any other footballer. If he is out of form and lacking confidence then he should be playing at Casey.

He should accept that is best for him atm and concentrate on working to improve those areas of his game that seem off - timing of his marking, body position, leading patterns, tackling etc whatever the coaching staff believe he needs to improve

I am not in the camp that its too hard and just ship him off for a second round pick. Its important to remember he had a serious set back earlier in the year and that hasn't helped 

I certainly think that he should avoid reading outside views on social media - nothing good will come from that 

He def should avoid social media. But he is OOC and that means that for us to keep him as he is currently constructed - we would want him at league average ($400k) and I don’t know if that is where he and his agent thinks he should be.

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...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
  • Demonland Forums  

  • Match Previews, Reports & Articles  

    TRAINING: Friday 22nd November 2024

    Demonland Trackwatchers were out in force on a scorching morning out at Gosch's Paddock for the final session before the whole squad reunites for the Preseason Training Camp. DEMONLAND'S PRESEASON TRAINING OBSERVATIONS It’s going to be a scorcher today but I’m in the shade at Gosch’s Paddock ready to bring you some observations from the final session before the Preseason Training Camp next week.  Salem, Fritsch & Campbell are already on the track. Still no number on Campbell’s

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Training Reports 2

    UP IN LIGHTS by Whispering Jack

    Those who watched the 2024 Marsh AFL National Championships closely this year would not be particularly surprised that Melbourne selected Victoria Country pair Harvey Langford and Xavier Lindsay on the first night of the AFL National Draft. The two left-footed midfielders are as different as chalk and cheese but they had similar impacts in their Coates Talent League teams and in the National Championships in 2024. Their interstate side was edged out at the very end of the tournament for tea

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Special Features

    TRAINING: Wednesday 20th November 2024

    It’s a beautiful cool morning down at Gosch’s Paddock and I’ve arrived early to bring you my observations from today’s session. DEMONLAND'S PRESEASON TRAINING OBSERVATIONS Reigning Keith Bluey Truscott champion Jack Viney is the first one out on the track.  Jack’s wearing the red version of the new training guernsey which is the only version available for sale at the Demon Shop. TRAINING: Viney, Clarry, Lever, TMac, Rivers, Petty, McVee, Bowey, JVR, Hore, Tom Campbell (in tr

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Training Reports

    TRAINING: Monday 18th November 2024

    Demonland Trackwatchers ventured down to Gosch's Paddock for the final week of training for the 1st to 4th Years until they are joined by the rest of the senior squad for Preseason Training Camp in Mansfield next week. WAYNE RUSSELL'S PRESEASON TRAINING OBSERVATIONS No Ollie, Chin, Riv today, but Rick & Spargs turned up and McDonald was there in casual attire. Seston, and Howes did a lot of boundary running, and Tom Campbell continued his work with individual trainer in non-MFC

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Training Reports

    2024 Player Reviews: #11 Max Gawn

    Champion ruckman and brilliant leader, Max Gawn earned his seventh All-Australian team blazer and constantly held the team up on his shoulders in what was truly a difficult season for the Demons. Date of Birth: 30 December 1991 Height: 209cm Games MFC 2024: 21 Career Total: 224 Goals MFC 2024: 11 Career Total: 109 Brownlow Medal Votes: 13 Melbourne Football Club: 2nd Best & Fairest: 405 votes

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Melbourne Demons 12

    2024 Player Reviews: #36 Kysaiah Pickett

    The Demons’ aggressive small forward who kicks goals and defends the Demons’ ball in the forward arc. When he’s on song, he’s unstoppable but he did blot his copybook with a three week suspension in the final round. Date of Birth: 2 June 2001 Height: 171cm Games MFC 2024: 21 Career Total: 106 Goals MFC 2024: 36 Career Total: 161 Brownlow Medal Votes: 3 Melbourne Football Club: 4th Best & Fairest: 369 votes

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Melbourne Demons 5

    TRAINING: Friday 15th November 2024

    Demonland Trackwatchers took advantage of the beautiful sunshine to head down to Gosch's Paddock and witness the return of Clayton Oliver to club for his first session in the lead up to the 2025 season. DEMONLAND'S PRESEASON TRAINING OBSERVATIONS Clarry in the house!! Training: JVR, McVee, Windsor, Tholstrup, Woey, Brown, Petty, Adams, Chandler, Turner, Bowey, Seston, Kentfield, Laurie, Sparrow, Viney, Rivers, Jefferson, Hore, Howes, Verrall, AMW, Clarry Tom Campbell is here

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Training Reports

    2024 Player Reviews: #7 Jack Viney

    The tough on baller won his second Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy in a narrow battle with skipper Max Gawn and Alex Neal-Bullen and battled on manfully in the face of a number of injury niggles. Date of Birth: 13 April 1994 Height: 178cm Games MFC 2024: 23 Career Total: 219 Goals MFC 2024: 10 Career Total: 66 Brownlow Medal Votes: 8

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Melbourne Demons 3

    TRAINING: Wednesday 13th November 2024

    A couple of Demonland Trackwatchers braved the rain and headed down to Gosch's paddock to bring you their observations from the second day of Preseason training for the 1st to 4th Year players. DITCHA'S PRESEASON TRAINING OBSERVATIONS I attended some of the training today. Richo spoke to me and said not to believe what is in the media, as we will good this year. Jefferson and Kentfield looked big and strong.  Petty was doing all the training. Adams looked like he was in rehab.  KE

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Training Reports
  • Tell a friend

    Love Demonland? Tell a friend!

×
×
  • Create New...