take a bow....

[Demon2 58]

Ricky Pettard

Nathan jones

Aaron Davey

Matthew Bate

we have the makings of a good core of hard nuts...

add Chook and Barts and Silva after he gets his match fitness up....

lets just hope they don't get spoiled...

[Harcourt 146]

100% correct.

Bate had super glue on his hand today. Petterd looks the goods. Silvia was intense. Jone will be an absolute star.

Our season is tinned now but the future looks ok. We now need players like Bell, CJ and PJ to show something like those you have mentioned.

[DEES 0]

yep, great to see the youngsters shine in this terrible loss, very impressed with

bate, kicked goals picked up some possies

petterd, for his second game and looks like he'll become a star

bell, consistenty performs and did a great job

dunn, tagged cornes pretty well

sylvia, getting better each week

jones, hardness at the ball and he'll become a ball magnet with the way he plays

but the thing that let us down is our smarts, we played pretty stupid footy and that's why we couldn't pull off our handball gameplan and win today

[Jaded No More 57,673]

A few moments of sheer determination and brilliance today...

1) Jones running down the ground, diving on the contest and winning the ball. Pure magic.

Just how damn good is he? Our midfield looks 200% better when he's in there.

2) Bell's effort on the last line, where he slipped, got up, tackled his opponent in front of goal and then cleared the ball. Brilliant recovery.

3) Petterd running with his arm in the air and diving onto the contest two or three times. Exactly the sort of thing you want from a player.

There were some really good signs today, especially from the younger players. Bate marked everything, just pity about the kicking. He has a real future as a forward. Sylvia was also good. I like him at CHF!

[Gorgoroth 12,307]

bells second and third efforts today were magnificent

jones was great

petterd the same

bate was fantastic, he marked nearly everything

the futrue will be good but the pain is killing me now

[45HG 1,539]

yep, great to see the youngsters shine in this terrible loss, very impressed with

bate, kicked goals picked up some possies

petterd, for his second game and looks like he'll become a star

bell, consistenty performs and did a great job

dunn, tagged cornes pretty well

sylvia, getting better each week

jones, hardness at the ball and he'll become a ball magnet with the way he plays

but the thing that let us down is our smarts, we played pretty stupid footy and that's why we couldn't pull off our handball gameplan and win today

absolutely spot on! not to mention trav laying tackles after skipper's goal, inspirational

[DemonDoug 0]

Agree with above posts, some great efforts today, what a shame it was poor kicking once again that cost us this game. We should get a good team on the ground within the next few weeks, maybe give some cheek and finish around 10th on the ladder.

But they have to stop turning the ball over when they have the ball in the clear. The good teams nearly always hit a forward in those situations and usually kick the crunch goals.

[Adzman 2,085]

Take a bow.....

SIMON GODFREY!

Shut down a brownlow medalist contender!

[Pates 9,536]

Take a bow.....

SIMON GODFREY!

Shut down a brownlow medalist contender!

Yes i was thinking that at half time. I saw that that sneaky little bugger that managed to get off from a report that initially got 3 weeks was only on 7 possessions. That's two weeks in a row he's done a great stopping role on a very good player.

And i was also very pleased to see that it was really our young guns showing the way today, Chooka may be in line for captain, but i wouldn't mind seeing Chunky as our VC in about 3-4 years. Bate was ON FIRE today (just wish he could've nailed just one more of his outside 50 shots), Petterd just picked up where he left off from last week, and i thought Warnock did a pretty good job today.

[True Believer 1]

Yes i was thinking that at half time. I saw that that sneaky little bugger that managed to get off from a report that initially got 3 weeks was only on 7 possessions. That's two weeks in a row he's done a great stopping role on a very good player.

And i was also very pleased to see that it was really our young guns showing the way today, Chooka may be in line for captain, but i wouldn't mind seeing Chunky as our VC in about 3-4 years. Bate was ON FIRE today (just wish he could've nailed just one more of his outside 50 shots), Petterd just picked up where he left off from last week, and i thought Warnock did a pretty good job today.

AND TAKE A BOW ALL THOSE LOYAL and PASSIONATE SUPPORTERS WHO TURNED UP and for those who didn't , why not!!!!

[Demon Disciple 10,902]

Warnock made quite a few mistakes today. But i liked him taking on a couple of port players then kicking a goal after we stuffed around with the ball.

Plus Belly's pressure and determination to stop Ebert (or whoever) kicking the easiest of goals and then picking it up and clearing it was good.

Petterd should get the bloody NAB rising star nomination for the round - 2 weeks of domination for a new kid on the block.

Johno's lunge in the centre during the fourth then handing it off to yze (i think) - he definately turned his form around from last week.

Yze - got plenty of the ball and since going to Sandy has definately not discraced.

Dunny - For taking the meaning being accountable for your man to another level, when he followed Chad Cornes over to where Kane Cornes was being put on the stretcher. Quite a few mfc players should take a hard look at what accountability means.

Doggy Brown - For taking on the opposition and having a crack, backing himself. Sure disposal wasn't always fantastic, but he rebounded pretty well.

[Dappa Dan 2,188]

Our season is tinned now but the future looks ok. We now need players like Bell, CJ and PJ to show something like those you have mentioned.

Bell..... BELL!!!!!!!!!

He'd be just about leading our B&F!!!!! What more CAN he show?

Fair dinkum, when are demons supporters going to open their eyes?!!!!

[QueenC 74]

I am with you on this one as well Dan.......

He seems to be tarnished no matter what he does my some around here.

Daniel Bell deserves nothing but our respect and admiration for the year he has had so far.

Honestly why is it so damn hard to get over personal biases and give certain players the credit they deserve?

Belly is demanding a hell of a lot better than what he gets on here at times.

[Dappa Dan 2,188]

There's actually quite a few regular posters that fight the good fight in this regard, Rhino, Jaded, yourself.... but there's some that will just never get past it...

For the record, there are posters like occo who don't respect him yet, but claim to be open to the idea that he's improving, and are happy to be proven wrong. This is all I ask, but sadly it's beyond some supporters to simply give credit where credit is due.

It's like they pick on Belly because they just feel like having a go at someone... Anyone. And in the end they only make fools of themselves. There is a SLEW of players that deserve more ire from dees supporters.