PREGAME: Rd 19 vs Adelaide

[At the break of Gawn 4,460]

27 minutes ago, Clint Bizkit said:

Good changes so far, great to see Tomlinson straight back into the 22 (four weeks too late).

I suspect the final bench will be:

Melksham, Rivers, Hibberd, Jordon with Smith the sub.

I think Chandler will replace Spargo. Can’t see us replacing Hibberd with him unless they want to put Bowey forward?

Edited July 20, 2023 by At the break of Gawn

[Demons11 7,007]

3 minutes ago, At the break of Gawn said:

I think Chandler will replace Spargo. Can’t see us replacing Hibberd with him unless they want to put Bowey forward?

I’d love to see Bowey forward 

[Demons11 7,007]

Grundy in the squad is interesting, could Gawn be sore?

[Straight Sets Simon 23,113]

7 minutes ago, At the break of Gawn said:

I think Chandler will replace Spargo. Can’t see us replacing Hibberd with him unless they want to put Bowey forward?

I think we have enough small forwards already, not sure Chandler is needed with Pickett and ANB in the team already (plus Woewodin).

Alternatively, Smith could be in the team and Hibberd the sub.

[Demonland 72,156]

4 minutes ago, Demons11 said:

Grundy in the squad is interesting, could Gawn be sore?

When playing only 1 Ruck I guess you have to name a Ruck in the squad just in case.

[Demonstone 22,486]

Grundy was named in the squad last week IIRC.  Pretty sure he'll be playing at Casey.

[Demon Disciple 12,119]

7 minutes ago, Demons11 said:

Grundy in the squad is interesting, could Gawn be sore?

Leather poisoning perhaps

[dazzledavey36 54,861]

Good to see Taj Woewodin named in the starting line up.

He played majority forward last week but I'd like to see him play more midfielder time.

Has a touch of class that would be needed on the inside and out.

[pinkshark 950]

Hi all, can I please ask if anyone could give me a simplistic, approximate run down of what our likely draft picks are this upcoming draft? 

Whats the deal with Freo's pick/final placing? 

I know this is not the thread (happy with the changes by the way, would have been bewilderment from me if Petty was back in) but just throwing this little question out there?

[640MD 3,375]

Pleased for Tomlinson on a number of fronts.

he may be elsewhere next year. A great chance to enhance his employment.

play him for the next few weeks at least.

 

cannot think of anything more stupid than playing a guy who cannot last the game out 

in a final, imagine if he breaks down in the first quarter because he was underdone physically. Tomlinson may not be the preferred player. But he will play the whole game.  Looking at the pies game.

I guess we will see what we see!!

Go Dees

[Roost it far 8,255]

Hope Laurie plays, deserves an opportunity to pass or fail at the top level. I think we’ve found one in Woewodin. Good to see him staying in the lineup

[Demons11 7,007]

22 minutes ago, Demon Disciple said:

Leather poisoning perhaps

🤣🤣

[dl4e 5,851]

This is a real danger game. Nicholls is one of the umpires.

[layzie 33,793]

Go Matildas

[binman 42,897]

You'd have to think that of the players on the extended bench melk rivers and jj are locks.

And surely chandler comes in for spargs.

Smith as sub

Hibbo and brodie cool their jets at cold Coburg.

[BDA 22,743]

12 minutes ago, layzie said:

Go Matildas

I wish the Matildas the best of luck for the rest of the tournament but tonight I'll be cheering on the girls in green.

[Adam The God 30,221]

4 hours ago, binman said:

All you need to know about the state of football journalism #2

So i decided to listen to the SEN Sanderson strategy slot on catch up.

First topic for discussion - Brodie Grundy.

Whateley played goodies answer to the the first question of the presser, which is about Grundy. 

Goody notes the hysteria (his word) in the media and that Brodie will be back.

Chief hysteric, Whateley, doesn't bother defending the completely reasonable charge of hysteria. 

And Sanderson basically disregards what he has just heard from the lips of Goody and says Grundy unlikely to return to the ones this season. I mean the senior coach had just said he will be back for pete's sake. 

Wouldn't it be more appropriate to say at least something like, well Goody was adamant he would be back, but i have my doubts? 

5 more mins wasted on rubbish - remembering this is a segment supposedly about strategy.

They eventually get to the game and it is all about the Lions. Sanderson's take is they got on top becuase they beat us in the contest and clearances. That's it. That's where the analysis largely ends. And then goes on to say how good he thinks the Lions are and that they a real 'smokey' to win the flag (some smokey - they are third fav)

No respect for the dees effort to come back from 5 goals to win - the lions went too defensive apparently.

No talk about what we did to wrest momentum back - other than we won contested ball.

Fair dinkum, this is supposed to pass as analysis? 

I very rarely listen to footy analysis outside of the Demonland podders. This is why.

Stop doing it to yourself, Binners! 🤣

[JimmyGadson 3,455]

55 minutes ago, Demons11 said:

I’d love to see Bowey forward 

This. 

Would also love it and think it'd spark us up. 

With Hibberd coming back, Mcvee and Salem are a great pairing for run, carry and ball use coming out of D 50.

I think Bowey could be a real weapon centre forward and if not this season, I hope he is moved there next year. 

Edited July 20, 2023 by JimmyGadson

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3 minutes ago, BDA said:

I wish the Matildas the best of luck for the rest of the tournament but tonight I'll be cheering on the girls in green.

Same. ☘️ 

[Demon Dynasty 17,109]

54 minutes ago, Demons11 said:

I’d love to see Bowey forward 

I'm not saying this won't happen but Bowser pretty much ruled it out.  At least for this season anyway.

[Demon Dynasty 17,109]

Looking like it could be....

Tomo for Petty

Bill for Spargs

Edited July 20, 2023 by Demon Dynasty

[Brownie 5,980]

1 hour ago, Mel Bourne said:

Sadly, not the state of merely sports-journalism. 

I’m a big supporter of the ABC, despite it being such a grind watching their increasingly-amateurish journalists struggle. 

The Age used to be a tolerable read, but that was a while back. 
 

Internationally, it’s a complete mess as journalism suffers under the powers of mass consumption paired with minimal financial input (as has happened in my industry-music). While genuine journalists are asking themselves some big questions about the tenability of their vocations, they are being replaced by people who just want to partake in some vague version of “entertainment”.

But I always struggle when trying to recall any sports-related interview that gave me something resembling genuine insight, and wasn’t just guarded, predictable musings from the same old script. 
 

I think we need to exhume Jack Dyer and Lou Richards and get the coaches answering some of the real questions. 

Yep, it is such a noble profession and so important to hear the truth and stories that need to be told. It's eroding very quickly and it's quite sad and disturbing.

Anyways..... Great to see Tommo named.

[Adam The God 30,221]

49 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Good to see Taj Woewodin named in the starting line up.

He played majority forward last week but I'd like to see him play more midfielder time.

Has a touch of class that would be needed on the inside and out.

He did some nice things, but was completely lost in the zone more than once.

I thought he'd be dropped this week, but I'm glad they're persisting. Only one way to learn your way through a zone. It's to play in it more often.

It's not like small forwards at Casey are really pushing their case strongly.

[Adam The God 30,221]

11 minutes ago, JimmyGadson said:

This. 

Would also love it and think it'd spark us up. 

With Hibberd coming back, Mcvee and Salem are a great pairing for run, carry and ball use coming out of D 50.

I think Bowey could be a real weapon centre forward and if not this season, I hope he is moved there next year. 

I'd like to see it too, but I'd rather we started rolling him through the midfield first.

[Fanatique Demon 2,642]

1 hour ago, Mel Bourne said:

But I always struggle when trying to recall any sports-related interview that gave me something resembling genuine insight,

Right! Take a look at Garry Lion’s interview of Cripps. He might have talked more than Cripps. 

And what’s with interviewers asking questions and providing at least two alternative answers for the interviewee, who invariably decides that “it’s a both of both, really”?