What are your thoughts on the way that we lined up Langdon for most of the match. He started every center bounce at Center Half Forward. You guys understand the game and the tactics better than I so can you explain what his role and what the game plan around that is? Is it the opposite to Windsor starting at Half Back and running forward to attack at center bounce.

I thought this was Clarry's best game of the season and possibly the last two seasons. 31 disposals, 8 score involvements, 25 CBAs, a goal but here's the kicker... 12 tackles and 22 pressure acts!

People were right to criticise earlier in the season when he simply didn't look like he could last a whole game but if you ever needed evidence of his endeavour, this game was it.

We'll hopefully see his ability to run out the game improve as the season goes on.

Who said we can't kick a winning high score? Can you imagine what the scoreboard would have looked like if we had kicked straight. Set shot goal kicking is a massive problem at the club. Just look at the scoreline in the Casey game. Through out the match I always thought we were well in control but when you fail to convert your opportunities like we did in the second quarter with 23 forward 50 entries to 5 and only kicking 3 goals 8 to 2 goals straight you leave the door ajar for the opposition. We kicked the first after half time but they then kicked 2 and then missed the next 2. If they had kicked those 2 it's game on. We have to put teams to the sword. Alls well that ends well but that should have been an 80 point plus drubbing.

Evening fellow Demonlanders!

Goodwin said in his post game presser that we don’t have any spots open for the mid year draft..

Is this neglect or arrogance? We have 2 (McAdam & AMW) players listed with Season ending injuries.

We would be mad not you put 1 if not both of them on the Long Term Injury List & go after the best of the rest!

We could do alot worse than putting Riley Bonner on our list as depth or trying to pluck another fwd be that mid/key size.

Good clubs pick up gems in the mid year draft.

14 hours ago, Go Lordie said:

What does it mean if we beat the winner of last year's grand final in Round 10 and the other grand finalist in Round 11?

Flag😂😂

57 minutes ago, Doug Reemer said:

Evening fellow Demonlanders!

Goodwin said in his post game presser that we don’t have any spots open for the mid year draft..

Is this neglect or arrogance? We have 2 (McAdam & AMW) players listed with Season ending injuries.

We would be mad not you put 1 if not both of them on the Long Term Injury List & go after the best of the rest!

We could do alot worse than putting Riley Bonner on our list as depth or trying to pluck another fwd be that mid/key size.

Good clubs pick up gems in the mid year draft.

We brought in Jai Culley and Jack Henderson as replacements for McAdams and AMW, so Goodwin was correct in saying we don't have any list spots available.

11 minutes ago, Stu said:

We brought in Jai Culley and Jack Henderson as replacements for McAdams and AMW, so Goodwin was correct in saying we don't have any list spots available.

Ahhh ok.

My bad!

Also, I know he is abit of an “almost man” but my god AJ competes with everything he’s got.

It’s refreshing to see a mature age player attacking every loose ball like he is playing for his rent!

I think we are a better team with him in it. We need to keep playing AJ until he feels he belongs and then he’ll start taking those marks & kicking a couple of goals a game!

It's easy to look at AJ and Petty's games from a stats perspective and think they contributed very little.

However, Petty was able to bring the ball to ground a lot and stop McCartin from intercepting. On several occasions AJ literally bulldozed several Swans players to clear a path, got a hand in to disrupt a handball chain, or knocked the ball to the advantage of others. I think he directly assisted in 2-3 goals that wouldn't have registered a disposal.

Do you each feel one goal between them is sustainable, if they routinely bring that type of forward pressure and create that number of opportunities for our small and medium players?

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3 hours ago, D Rev said:

I may be biased from watching the Casey game as well, but we need to consider how poor the Swans were in assessing where we are at.

They made so many unforced errors I thought they might be playing a different sport.

I know you can only beat the team you play against, but I don't think its time to take the lid off.

Very interested in the opinion of the most excitable of the hosts, George, on this.

Thanks again

Plus they were missing Papley, Logan McDonald, Gulden and a few others.

3 hours ago, mandeelorian said:

Wondering what the panel's thoughts were on Salem's game. Was interesting to see him attend so many centre bounces. Despite a couple of errant kicks I thought it was his best game in years and loved the goal he kicked. Vintage Salem.

He had a good game, but I was surprised to see him ranked second on the AFL stats site, 139 to Max's 140. Oliver, Pickett, Langdon and Petracca followed.

Rohstarrs Wrap

What a cracking game against the Red and White

I came into the game confident and  thinking of what might

I told my girls we’d be up for a 6 goal win

But our poor kicking early was keeping the Swans in

But then enter Kozzy, who kicked 5 goals 4

Geez if he’d have kicked straight, it’d be goals galore

His poise, his speed, his deft of touch

It proved for the Swannies it was just too much.

The demon faithful were abundant at the MCG

The result by itself filled us all with glee

But what was more impressive was the love for our teams best

They all got cheered off the ground when they came off for a rest

A few short weeks ago people were calling for the head of Goody

But as they always say it’s a long week in footy

Fast forward 6 weeks later, the team is 5 and 6

We sit in 11th and and are finding the sticks

Although accuracy not our strong suit, it was a barrage up front

The relentless pressure was outstanding, the chase, the hunt

We all thought Trac wanted out searching for a bigger brand and fame

But he was his powerful best in his 200th game

What he said last week showed he’s invested in the Dees

If he can just get Kozzie to sign, that’d be much appreciated please

We take on the Saints now up In Alice Springs

Our recent record up there hasn’t been one the greatest things

But momentum’s growing, this group is building belief

If they could just kick straight that would be such a relief

So let’s bring on the Saints and unleash our youth

I think we’ll work harder and provide us with proof

That we’re rising up the ladder with this form we have found

And dare I dream and say we’re finals bound

One last thing before I exit the mix

Andy can you get the Voicemail fixed.

Going to cut off the questions here. See you at 8:00pm

18 minutes ago, Rohstarrr said:

Rohstarrs Wrap

What a cracking game against the Red and White

I came into the game confident and  thinking of what might

I told my girls we’d be up for a 6 goal win

But our poor kicking early was keeping the Swans in

But then enter Kozzy, who kicked 5 goals 4

Geez if he’d have kicked straight, it’d be goals galore

His poise, his speed, his deft of touch

It proved for the Swannies it was just too much.

The demon faithful were abundant at the MCG

The result by itself filled us all with glee

But what was more impressive was the love for our teams best

They all got cheered off the ground when they came off for a rest

A few short weeks ago people were calling for the head of Goody

But as they always say it’s a long week in footy

Fast forward 6 weeks later, the team is 5 and 6

We sit in 11th and and are finding the sticks

Although accuracy not our strong suit, it was a barrage up front

The relentless pressure was outstanding, the chase, the hunt

We all thought Trac wanted out searching for a bigger brand and fame

But he was his powerful best in his 200th game

What he said last week showed he’s invested in the Dees

If he can just get Kozzie to sign, that’d be much appreciated please

We take on the Saints now up In Alice Springs

Our recent record up there hasn’t been one the greatest things

But momentum’s growing, this group is building belief

If they could just kick straight that would be such a relief

So let’s bring on the Saints and unleash our youth

I think we’ll work harder and provide us with proof

That we’re rising up the ladder with this form we have found

And dare I dream and say we’re finals bound

One last thing before I exit the mix

Andy can you get the Voicemail fixed.

Working on it but I have been so busy it has been put on the back burner.

We're LIVE

On 26/05/2025 at 11:47, Doug Reemer said:

Also, I know he is abit of an “almost man” but my god AJ competes with everything he’s got.

It’s refreshing to see a mature age player attacking every loose ball like he is playing for his rent!

I think we are a better team with him in it. We need to keep playing AJ until he feels he belongs and then he’ll start taking those marks & kicking a couple of goals a game!

He probably is doing it for the rent. But he seems to be enjoying himself out there. I saw a few smiles from him.

My initial response was that he didn't dominate.

In watching the replay, I still stand by this but noticed a lot more seemingly little things he did. Blocks, subtle holds, tackles and taps that set up a few goals. Things that really helped in the last 30 mins.

Sadly for a bloke his size he only took one mark and achieved one hit out in rucking. So while I think he did more than enough, I've now swung back to replacing him with Jvr against the Saints.

After the last two games Max must be knackered and I think Jvr would be a better option in Max's role.

And hopefully Viney in for poor Spargo whose luck has been atrocious.

23 hours ago, Go Lordie said:

He had a good game, but I was surprised to see him ranked second on the AFL stats site, 139 to Max's 140. Oliver, Pickett, Langdon and Petracca followed.

Tha kick to Tracca and resultant goal was a flashback to the 21 Gf. Then Sparrow booted one from fifty.

Salem had a a cracker but your right, those ratings are well off.

1 minute ago, leave it to deever said:

He probably is doing it for the rent. But he seems to be enjoying himself out there. I saw a few smiles from him.

My initial response was that he didn't dominate.

In watching the replay, I still stand by this but noticed a lot more seemingly little things he did. Blocks, subtle holds, tackles and taps that set up a few goals. Things that really helped in the last 30 mins.

Sadly for a bloke his size he only took one mark and achieved one hit out in rucking. So while I think he did more than enough, I've now swung back to replacing him with Jvr against the Saints.

After the last two games Max must be knackered and I think Jvr would be a better option in Max's role.

And hopefully Viney in for poor Spargo whose luck has been atrocious.

It's a tough one isn't it - we don't want to bring JVR back too early, so we don't get caught up in that never-ending revolving door approach - bring him back - not enough marks or goals - send him back, where his performance is OK, but probably not yet banging down the door for a recall - and repeat.

BUT

The reality is, we need him, but we need him to be the version he should be at this stage. And perhaps now with a better functioning forward line and delivery, he may get there sooner? Needs a confidence boost, and while he may get it in the 2s, the true confidence boost will be doing it where we need him. We COULD wait a couple more weeks - I think AJ has done some nice things (together will some unpolished sloppy things), but provided JVR comes in with a bit of physicality, rucks a bit (not too much, I think it stunted his development a bit - but yes better than AJ), and contributes i50, then arguably he's at the same level at least as AJ (minus the crazy factor that I quite like in AJ haha - was looking forward to him terrorising the saints a bit), and he can build on that and we lose nothing.

TL;DR - I think JVR in truth could do/needs more time in the 2s, but may never be a perfect time to bring him in, and maybe he will get swept up in the collective confidence of the team and clunk/slot a few.

Also Viney for Spargo (agree, unlucky, and has done some good things).

@Demonland What a get with Jeff White next week... assume he is making the big announcement of Kalani choosing the Dees and doing it on the Dland podcast?

3 hours ago, Red But Mostly Blue said:

we don't want to bring JVR back too early,

I couldn’t agree more, just let JVR dominate for a month and then come back in firing!

Thank you @binman for your praise for the cheer squad! It’s really cool to know we’re appreciated.

Please humour me while I do a bit of trumpet blowing 😁

We pride ourselves on how well-placed our props are. In particular we space the giant flags out in such a way that our depth is enviable (yes, other cheer squads envy us 🤩).

This was taken on Sunday…

Look how far back we go!

5 hours ago, Ghostwriter said:

Thank you @binman for your praise for the cheer squad! It’s really cool to know we’re appreciated.

Please humour me while I do a bit of trumpet blowing 😁

We pride ourselves on how well-placed our props are. In particular we space the giant flags out in such a way that our depth is enviable (yes, other cheer squads envy us 🤩).

This was taken on Sunday…

Look how far back we go!

Shout out from the missus, she thoroughly enjoyed sitting behind the Demon Army when we attended the game against Hawthorn. 👏🏻

21 minutes ago, ElDiablo14 said:

Shout out from the missus, she thoroughly enjoyed sitting behind the Demon Army when we attended the game against Hawthorn. 👏🏻

And a shout-out from us, too, @Ghostwriter and your colleagues. When we can get there, we sit next to you, behind the outer-side behind post. We love to feed off, and participate in (we love a good 👏👏👏), your spirit.