2 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

The three teams I hoped would win have all been beaten and my preferred GF winner has been eliminated.

I don't care who wins tonight so there's that, I suppose.

Hoping for Gold Coast. (My last runner in the race)

On 04/09/2025 at 22:22, Demon Disciple said:

What a [censored] start to the weekend……..and it’s not even Friday. Now we just need the Cats to roll BrisVegas and Hawks to beat GWS and it quickly becomes a finals series of nightmares

Ohh bravo, you had to bloody say it didn’t you. Schmuck.

Seriously don’t care about the results today – except for Casey.

Wanted cats and pies out. Hopefully both of them in a fortnight.

Giants are 0-4 in their last 4 finals. At least it's not just us.

The Gold Coast players doing warm up exercises with the young kids is adorable

33 minutes ago, At the break of Gawn said:

Giants are 0-4 in their last 4 finals. At least it's not just us.

They play Russian Roulette too much and rely on the 6 goal come back.

Kingsley needs to make some major adjustments over summer as they strike me as a nice home and away team, but not much more.

poor first quarter so far

Frederick don't get to fancy. Just kick a drop punt

I’ve never been to Optus, so a local can tell me, but it always seems comparatively loud. Is it the acoustics in the stadium?

I miss Angus Brayshaw on the screen.

That is all.

21 hours ago, Demonsone said:

14 prelims from last 19 seasons the Cats, hate it but respect it as their strategy has been solid, whilst they have a uniqueness as non Melb club they are consistent with stability & rare off field issues we can only dream off

I don't respect them at all. They are gifted tax payer money simply for the privilege of being in a voting belt held by the dominating party of the last half century. On top of that, all of the shenanigans they pull to get players there. It's blatantly shady. Players suddenly walking into large multimillion dollar properties. Partners suddenly in high paying jobs in the region. Players consistently taking far, FAR below their market value to a degree only seen there. Even Collingwood has their contract challenges. Somehow Geelong manages to re-sign stars on minimum wage. Yeah right! They've been doing it since the 90s and imo it really kicked into gear during the Thompson years. [censored] them.

Murphy Reid is so bloody good

19 minutes ago, BDA said:

poor first quarter so far

It's Freo. Their gameplan is entirely "bring the opposition down to our level and then hope our mid-tier forwards snag a couple out of their [censored] to get us over the line". It pisses me off seeing Jackson and Bolton wasting their careers there. They are a [censored] club.

Edited September 6, 2025Sep 6 by praha

Mac Andrew is highly athletic but with little nous

58 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

They play Russian Roulette too much and rely on the 6 goal come back.

Kingsley needs to make some major adjustments over summer as they strike me as a nice home and away team, but not much more.

I reckon their window is closing. Toby, Kelly, Hogan, Whitfield closing on retirement in the next 1-2 years I reckon.

There defensive cover is shocking - hawks were like 80% scoring from i50 at one point.

9 minutes ago, DemonWheels said:

Murphy Reid is so bloody good

Wish there was a way we got him with XL and Langford.

The standard of umpiring combined with the complete lack of consistency in the application of virtually any rules is one of the biggest issues in the game. At times it’s unwatchable.

25 minutes ago, The heart beats true said:

I’ve never been to Optus, so a local can tell me, but it always seems comparatively loud. Is it the acoustics in the stadium?

Optus is very loud. Much louder than the MCG easily. It’s a beautifully designed stadium. Not a bad seat to be had. I believe sound gets trapped under the roof and reverberates around the ground like a Mexican wave but I suspect the noise might also be amplified some how with the speaker system. During Bang, Bang, Bang in 2021 the noise was incredible.

Edited September 6, 2025Sep 6 by John Crow Batty

Suns look good but no chance at a flag. Have a lot of holes.

Freo need a new coach, they have good players but an awful game plan.

Humphries looks the goods on the big stage.

You can see why we wanted to draft him.

Amiss reminds me so much of Weideman.

I've decided to support Gold Coast tonight after hearing the Freo fans booing even the most obvious free kicks against their team.

Sorry Suns, you really don't deserve the Demonstone finals mozz.

OK so far I owe the Suns an apology. I just thought they were making up numbers & freo would roll them. But they've been impressive, especially in that quarter

Rowell, Anderson, Miller and Humphries a very handy group of players plus others to build around. They will be very hard to beat next year.

9 minutes ago, GS_1905 said:

Freo need a new coach, they have good players but an awful game plan.

If they lose tonight you'd expect some heat.