PREGAME: Rd 13 vs Collingwood

[Demonland 73,140]

The Demons head back to Melbourne after an embarrassing loss to the Dockers to take on the Magpies at the MCG on Kings Birthday. With a calf injury to Lachie Hunter and Jacob van Rooyen possibly returning from injury who comes in and who goes out?

 

[YesitwasaWin4theAges 6,708]

I want him laid out cold on the MCG turf.

The only thing that will make me feel remotely better.

[praha 11,240]

I'll eat my hat live on Twitch if we win this one.

[leave it to deever 17,517]

10 minutes ago, YesitwasaWin4theAges said:

I want him laid out cold on the MCG turf.

The only thing that will make me feel remotely better.

Interest factor only if I'm honest.

Won't happen.

And we won't win I'm afraid.

[Lexinator 1,715]

Need to show 1000% better contest work and pressure defensively on opposition ball movement. Was witches hat stuff today, totally unacceptable. 

[DeeSpencer 26,080]

FB: McVee May Bowey
HB: Salem McDonald Turner 
C: Woey Oliver Windsor
HF: ANB Tracc Langdon
FF:Chandler JVR Pickett
Foll: Gawn Rivers Viney
Int: AMW Kolt Sparrow Brown
S: Fritsch 

Out: 
Hunter - see ya
Tomlinson - any pressure and he goes to water
Petty - I still want to like him but no
McAdam - come on now

In:
AMW
Kolt
BBB
JVR 

[Phil C 730]

We won’t even fly the flag against that dog Maynard I bet. 

[leave it to deever 17,517]

2 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

FB: McVee May Bowey
HB: Salem McDonald Turner 
C: Woey Oliver Windsor
HF: ANB Tracc Langdon
FF:Chandler JVR Pickett
Foll: Gawn Rivers Viney
Int: AMW Kolt Sparrow Brown
S: Fritsch 

Out: 
Hunter - see ya
Tomlinson - any pressure and he goes to water
Petty - I still want to like him but no
McAdam - come on now

In:
AMW
Kolt
BBB
JVR 

Who comes in for Tommo?

[Jaded No More 68,973]

19 minutes ago, Demonland said:

The Demons head back to Melbourne after an embarrassing loss to the Dockers to take on the Magpies at the MCG on Kings Birthday. With a calf injury to Lachie Hunter and Jacob van Rooyen possibly returning from injury who comes in and who goes out?

 

Who is willing to take a 10 week ban for knocking out Maynard? You’re in son. 

[whatwhat say what 22,938]

no need to play two tall backs as they've not got one tall forward

OUT: hunter, petty, tomlinson, sparrow
IN: jvr, tholstrup, woewodin

sparrow as the sub, i guess

their pressure at ground level will destroy us; filth by 42

maynard bog

[Skrull 107]

i think this is a case of moving deck chairs on the titanic . we are cooked .

[Deelectable 1,043]

Play Jefferson.  Nothing to lose. The lack of depth at Casey is alarming but we knew that at the start of the season.  Oh wait, all except the football and recruiting departments.  Thought it was OK to lose Dunstan, Jordon, Hibberd, Brayshaw, Grundy, Harmes and Smith all really not replaced. It's a scandal. Midfield is tiring but Goodwin has never been one for rotation.  Development at Casey has been halted with an uncompetitive outfit. Max and May in their twilight. Viney has the body of a 35 year old at 30. It's over.

[Tolstoys Nudge 1,734]

17 minutes ago, praha said:

I'll eat my hat live on Twitch if we win this one.

You’ll need a bucket-load of condiments for that one amigo! I’d be going truffle oil and mayo.. but whatever it is, choose wisely! 

Edited June 2 by Tolstoys Nudge

[whatwhat say what 22,938]

7 minutes ago, Deelectable said:

Viney has the body of a 35 year old at 30. It's over.

this is scarily true

he started the season brilliantly but has stopped being able to run from the looks of things

looks super slow

[DeeSpencer 26,080]

13 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

Who comes in for Tommo?

Turner back. 

[Sigil 1,001]

19 minutes ago, praha said:

I'll eat my hat live on Twitch if we win this one.

[monoccular 17,573]

6 minutes ago, Deelectable said:

Play Jefferson.  Nothing to lose. The lack of depth at Casey is alarming but we knew that at the start of the season.  Oh wait, all except the football and recruiting departments.  Thought it was OK to lose Dunstan, Jordon, Hibberd, Brayshaw, Grundy, Harmes and Smith all really not replaced. It's a scandal. Midfield is tiring but Goodwin has never been one for rotation.  Development at Casey has been halted with an uncompetitive outfit. Max and May in their twilight. Viney has the body of a 35 year old at 30. It's over.

Yes depth isn’t as good as we may have thought. However Smith cannot be replaced and Brayshaw retired after draft day and is irreplaceable anyway. Jordon is the one we would have fought harder for or offered more had we known Gus wasn’t going to play. Hibberd retired and Dunstan was ordinary 

[Tolstoys Nudge 1,734]

6 minutes ago, Deelectable said:

Play Jefferson.  Nothing to lose. The lack of depth at Casey is alarming but we knew that at the start of the season.  Oh wait, all except the football and recruiting departments.  Thought it was OK to lose Dunstan, Jordon, Hibberd, Brayshaw, Grundy, Harmes and Smith all really not replaced. It's a scandal. Midfield is tiring but Goodwin has never been one for rotation.  Development at Casey has been halted with an uncompetitive outfit. Max and May in their twilight. Viney has the body of a 35 year old at 30. It's over.

Not a bad point but I think with JVR back it’s unlikely — that’s more one for when/if we start going down the off-season surgery road by round 19 etc I think but who knows I guess it’s possible!

I don’t think we’ll see wholesale changes but I do expect a debut.. AMW/Brown my guess, maybe Fullarton to give Max a chop-out and not have to have JVR ruck.. maybe Howes for Hunter, or Billings I suppose.. I think it’s wrong-round to debut a skinny key fwd! 
 

I'm gonna guess 3 changes max!
 

Lord I hope I’m right & we respond, I still think the WCE game was worse — we packed this one in and they had all hail-Mary’s cashed.. we were flat as a tac etc but one thing is, we WILL find out either way! 

 

[Bang Bang Bang 5,839]

The season is not quite cooked, in 1998 and 2000 we had some horrible mid season drubbings and still bounced back to win multiple finals. I know it’s clutching at straws to go back 25 years but it has happened.

Petty and McAdam can’t play in the same forward line together next week. Drop one, drop both, move Petty back if you must, but not those two together please and thank you. Turner no better either. 

Salem, Bowey, Woey Jr, Rivers and countless others were all pathetic today but the cupboard is too bare to make meaningful changes in the smalls department. Please no Billings Goody.
 

Win and our season has a pulse. Lose and we are in trouble. Lose badly and I’m just about ready to put a fork in this era. The flag was amazing at least. 

 

[Billy 2,544]

Sick of all this Maynard rubbish, it derailed our finals last year & mid 2024 we’re still taking about it, get over it!!!!!

Maybe a bit of focus about getting our season back on track

[Ungarieboy 443]

McVee May Petty

Bowey Tmac Rivers

Windsor Viney Langdon

ANB Oliver Picket

Chandler JVR Fritsch

Gawn Trac Salem

K Brown Woey Kolt Turner

Sparrow

Petty back is better for both him and team.  Oliver may be getting it, but very little is effective - he'd be a real headache in the forward line though as he can get his hands on it - forcing defenders to panic. We alsi need lots of run to match the pies out of Defence - note I suspect pup will be one of those players who plays better with good players around him i.e. first grade.

 

Edited June 2 by Ungarieboy

[Jaded No More 68,973]

It’s no secret that I’ve been pretty much dead inside when it comes to football since the last time we played this pile of dog [censored] club. I don’t even carry anger or disappointment when we lose anymore. I get over it fairly quickly and my passion for the game will probably never be the same again. 
Having said all that, I would take not winning another game for the rest of the year, so long as we obliterate this bunch of ****heads next week!

[DeeSpencer 26,080]

10 minutes ago, Billy said:

Sick of all this Maynard rubbish, it derailed our finals last year & mid 2024 we’re still taking about it, get over it!!!!!

Maybe a bit of focus about getting our season back on track

Agree, but we have lost our edge. I hope we pick Kolt because he has some, and I’d love to see some of our players stop being scared to tackle or crunch a player in a contest. 

[At the break of Gawn 4,460]

$20 on Pies 40+

[DeeSpencer 26,080]

5 minutes ago, Ungarieboy said:

Oliver may be getting it, but very little is effective - he'd be a real headache in the forward line though as he can get his hands on it - forcing defenders to panic

There’s no evidence that Oliver can get the ball yet alone do anything with it forward.

We need to understand his limitations with ball in hand as a mid but recognise his legs and reading of the play still seem powerful - even if he’s not using them. In that respect, he should be given the responsibility of a team first tag on Daicos. Does he have the discipline and work ethic - I think he does if he’s coached how to do it. 

Edited June 2 by DeeSpencer