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Can’t afford to lose Kozzie. He’s already a match winner and one of the best small forwards in the league. He’d be a far worse loss to us than Jackson. IF he does want out back to SA, Port have nothing to give us, so we’d have to deal with Adelaide and the only way we would begrudgingly do a deal is if Rachele is part of the deal. Cant afford to lose him though. He’s a star in a required position for us. It took us years to find a good small forward and we have no small forwards on the list anywhere near Kozzies capability in terms of scoring power (40+ goals a year) and quick defensive pressure. Lock him into a long deal please. 8 years will suffice!

My guess is for Wednesday, I'll drop by, and hope a morning run is on at Gosch's. Nothing on the training page from the MFC site.

In the year 2022, we learned that the fine between ultimate success in sport and failure can be measured in the blink of an eye. The Melbourne Football Club began the year where it had left off in 2021 - as the powerhouse of the AFL men’s competition. They steamed towards the halfway mark of the season taking all before them until their winning streak of ten in a row (17 overall since the latter part of the premiership season) came to a crushing end with consecutive losses at the hands of Fremantle, Sydney and Collingwood. They arrested the decline but after that, they were no longer the dominators. Somehow, the Dees limped home and finished in second place after the home and away season, two games behind the minor premiers, but the pattern was set in place. The finals against clubs from outside of Victoria, were a “a complete wipe-out”. As Paul Simon once wrote when considering his place throughout life - “There are patterns I must follow Just as I must breathe each breath.” From the moment, the Demons stepped onto the MCG for their round 11 encounter against the Dockers, the old winning pattern that brought them a flag and a 10-0 opening to 2022, melted in broad daylight and dissipated into a new pattern of injury, bright starts followed by fatigue and fadeouts. Injuries incurred during a game can have a devastating effect and that was felt strongly when Steven May was concussed early against the Dockers, followed by others. The new pattern was set then and in the games the followed; fatigue, conceding easy goals and giving away handy leads, leading to defeat. The team stumbled into the finals, found its form on occasion but reverted to the pattern in both finals where the straight sets fall from grace bordered on humiliation. What made it all so humbling was the knowledge that the club had strong rucks (Gawn & Jackson) and one of the best midfields led by Clayton Oliver, Christian Petracca, Jack Viney and attended by up-and-comer Tom Sparrow, spare parts man James Harmes, occasionally Angus Brayshaw and flanked by Ed Langdon and James Jordan. And the backline was again both consistent and impressive conceding the lowest total points out of any team in the AFL with an average of just 67.4 points scored against per game, of 2022. May took out a second consecutive All-Australian blazer and had great support from Jake Lever and Harry Petty. They did however miss the brilliance of another All-Australian in half-back Christian Salem who had an injury interrupted season. Trent Rivers and Jake Bowey didn’t come on as much as expected, Jayden Hunt was serviceable and Joel Smith lost too many games with injury. The void was filled well by Brayshaw when played in defence but he was also needed elsewhere from time to time. Michael Hibberd had a slow start due to injury but returned to form later in the year. The area where the team really fell from grace was up forward which is really where the pattern changing was set after Tom McDonald’s foot injury in Round 10 leaving a gigantic hole fairly and squarely in the middle of the club’s forward line (surely that was no coincidence?) There were enough premiership players who were capable of holding together the attack. Bayley Fritsch kicked his 50 goals again and Kysaiah Pickett was always menacing in front of goals but they couldn’t click and connect enough in the hard run home when almost every opponent was a finals contender. And when the game was tough and close, they failed to shrug of the “pattern” with the exception of that late season win over Carlton when Jake Melksham turned back time and put in a four goal performance in a game when some Pickett magic turned the game on its head in the dying seconds. The goals dried up in September. Breaking into a premiership team is never easy. Two players, Luke Dunstan (5 games) and Daniel Turner were the only new Demons to play a game, the latter lasting less than a half. With the trading to the club of Magpie star Brodie Grundy and Bulldogs Lachie Hunter and Josh Schache as well as a strong list of new recruits and as yet untried youth, things are likely to be different in 2023. The restoration of key forwards Ben Brown and McDonald to full health should go a long way to resolving coach Simon Goodwin’s forward line dilemmas. Clayton Oliver (25 votes) and Christian Petracca (24) finished equal fourth and sixth respectively in the Brownlow Medal which the former is well on his way to becoming a club immortal count with his fourth Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy award for the club’s best and fairest. The club’s mission now is to establish a new pattern for the new season and to redeem itself after going out in straight sets. No such problem exists for the Melbourne women who played off in two grand finals in AFLW seasons 6 and 7, improving from runner up to Adelaide in April to premiers on 27 November when they beat the Brisbane Lions by 2.7.19 to 2.3.15 at the million Brighton Homes Arena in Springfield, outside Brisbane. The Lions were the only team in Season 7 to best the Demons in their home and away game but the tables were turned in the Grand Final. That game was a triumph for coach Mick Stinear and veteran Demon skipper Daisy Pearce who finally tasted AFLW premiership glory. Melbourne’s midfield led by Tyler Hanks, Eliza West and Olivia Purcell dominated midfield possession. Blaithin Mackin and Tayla Harris were the goalkickers and down back, Tahlia Gillard did a sterling job blanketing dangerous Lions’ forward Jesse Wardlaw. The AFLW premiership was matched at VFL level by the Casey Demons, coached by Mark Corrigan, who were undefeated for most of the season, suffering only one loss - to the Lions in the final round before the finals. Casey atoned for that performance in the Preliminary Final before overcoming another Queensland side in the Southport Sharks on a cold wet afternoon in the Grand Final by 10.10.70 to 5.8.38. The Demons’ best were skipper Mitch White, veteran James Munro and the prolific Luke Dunstan. A number of youngsters were blooded in the Melbourne VFL affiliate and it is hoped that some of them will head the club’s next charge for another AFL flag as early as this year. Off the field, the club improved its membership numbers to over 60,000 and recorded a profit in excess of $3m.

I would have thought round 23 in 2021 had all the makings of a significant game. 50 plus point turnaround to secure the minor premiership and kick start a dominant final series. I suppose our loss to the Essendon "Reserves side" in 2017 (?) was significant as well but not in a nice way. To be significant a game needs to impact the competition as a whole.. both of these games did

Bread and fishes. Where have I heard that before?

Leaderboard Tipping Comp 15 - DeeSpencer 10 - Go the Biff 6 - layzie 4 - Gorgoroth, titan_uranus, Clintosaurus, Macca 3 - Dr.Gonzo 2 - JV7* 0 - Others (including DZ) *JV7 is awaiting a Bills victory in order to secure the 3 points in week 17 Presentations after week 18 but DeeSpencer cannot be caught so is the official winner of the regular season tipping comp Congrats DS and well played! Now a dual winner along with Gorg & Clint Go the Biff has secured the Silver (either outright or shared) and most of the rest of us are playing for Bronze! (layzie can still win Silver if he is the sole winner in week 18) So we play for 3 points again next week with a bonus point applied, if applicable It should be noted that DS has secured 2 bonus points this season which has turned out to be quite valuable Thanks for playing everyone!

Have you learnt nothing? Freo had no capital to get the Jackson deal done either. Certainly not to the level we wanted. It doesn't matter. The player has all the power particularly when OOC.

Foxtel have a ‘best matches ever’ series of replays through the off season, and it seems like we have NEVER actually played a close final let alone home and away match. I MAY be exaggerating but unless you’re a Geelong , Essendon or Collingwood supporter there’s little point in looking for your team to be to be screened 😱 Watching the 2021 Grand Final for the 87th time is never uninspiring but surely there’s some other games where we’ve excelled since replays came into vogue

Over 500 views but only one correct answer and very few attempts. C'est la vie. I thought that last clue would make it obvious that all the players in my team share a surname with a bass guitarist. The meaning behind each clue: 1. The answer looks fishy. A type of fish is the bass which looks the same (but is pronounced differently). 2. Usually 4 - but not always. Bass guitars usually have four strings, but sometimes have five or six. 3. Fred BASSet cartoon. 4. Perks. Former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman was born Bill Perks but changed his name. 5. Jason McCartney. A blatant nod to Beatle Paul McCartney who played bass in the band. Here now is the team with the bass players' names: B: Ron Carter Bootsy Collins Ray Brown H/B: Dee Murray Dave Holland Donald 'Duck' Dunn C: Kim Gordon Mike Mills Bruce Thomas H/F: Willie Dixon Mark King Lewis Johnson F: Cliff Burton Jack Bruce Geezer Butler R: Geddy Lee Marcus Miller John Paul Jones I/C: Esperanza Spalding Berry Oakley Stu Cook Stanley Clarke

That's why MFC will miss him .Jackson was mostly potential but Kossi has alreadyvshown what he can do and his potential is that he is set to build on it. It's going to be very disappointing

Round 23 against Geelong 2021 needs to get spoken more often as an absolute thriller.

uncle bitters is demonland's version of w.c.fields. a raffish, drunken cad with a swaggering machismo and an abiding hatred of children. what's not to admire and like?

Nathan Brown was my favourite all time player ( now Trac ) partly because he shares my last name, and just loved the way he went about it. Really really hoping we pick up Kynan and he becomes a player, Trac may have to step aside haha!

1. I get to attend a game 2. JVR kicks 20+ 3. Goodwin says : We didnt expect xxxx to be ready so soon

Ok in terms of MFC 1/ fade outs after half time disappear 2/ player management for continuing fitness and education for the ones and Casey players on the rise. Same issue to me. 3/ kozzie to win the norm smith medal, this year, next year and then another

1/ world peace, health and prosperity for all. 2/ universal suffrage and education . 3/ kozzie to sign for an extra 3 years. nothing difficult

• Kozzy signs long term • Freo win the spoon • Dees land Harley Reid in the 23' Draft

1. Langdon and Hunter become a formidable wing duo. 2. Brown regains his fitness and kicks 40+ goals. 3. Fritsch finally gets an AA jacket.

Finally a version of roaming Brian we can get behind!

Forward line to actually work. I would love that. Goody goes against his own pig headed beliefs and plays the better performers in the twos when some in the ones are sore. Turn the players over and see who can play or some with a bit of potential will go. Clarry wins the Brownlow.

I’d also want a first round pick.

Whilst it might not be our problem, there’s still a connection because Mac Andrew’s younger brother Riak is a member of our Next Generation Academy. While the rules make it hard for us to recruit a player like him (unless he turns out to be outside the best 40 prospects) I think his lovely family who were so excited about Mac’s recruitment on 2021 Draft Night might not be so thrilled about another son moving interstate to play his football. We could still turn this into a plus for us.

Kane bloody Cornes. What a [censored].

That info doesn't increase my confidence of him staying. If he is staying, we need to get it done fairly quickly, to avoid a repeat of last year's LJ distraction. It is a distraction, both on and off the field.

Thats the last thing we want. Another player refusing to re-sign throughout the 23 seasonm We want his commitment by R1.

Fair enough...Like I say, I'd love him to do well.

From what I understand, Koz moved from WA to SA during his teen years and lived with family there which he is still very close with. I don't think the chances of his mum asking him to move back are very high, but there's always the scenario that losing his mum has made him consider being closer to family again. On top of that, I believe his dad lives in SA these days.

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QD's been on a lovely break since 23 Dec. Very happy Comes onto Demonland to ensure he hasn't missed anything important Reads this thread Checks the bathroom cabinet for razorblades Remembers he bought an electric razor last year around this time.

Quite agree. In fact my hatred for Geelong and the filth is pathalogical.

My hatred of Jeelong borders on the Insane!

You make a reasonable assumption in theory, but it's of course a little more nuanced than that. Firstly, Brown is a January birthday so he will be one of the oldest players in his draft pool next year. That means 'in theory' he is better able to cope with the demands of NAB football this year and also 'in theory' that he is less likely to have physical development improvement year to year. It also 'in theory' means there a lot of players who with the more likelihood of added development (experience, growth et centera) could catapult over him. There are players drafted every year who club's over-rate or draft higher because they are born later and have that theoretical more improvement. I don't think the above is true of Kynan, because is small and seems like he will grow a bit more and has some upsize, but it is relevant as a response to your question. The problem for Brown's draft standing is he is small, not an elite kick and likely to project to play at AFL level, some of the least difficult roles to fill (wing/flanker type) These are the things that hurt the loftiness of his likely draft position. He's a good little player, but there a likely to be quite a few of them available. At this stage I can think of 20 players who have showed more promise or who I think AFL clubs would likely covet more and I'm confident would be ranked ahead of him at this stage. That takes into account no WA players and none of the players tied to interstate academies. There will be a lot of players come from the clouds next year too. It's possible there were five players playing in the Jets v Oakleigh game that will be drafted ahead of him next year. It's not likely but it is possible. Its also possible he could put on 5kg, grow an inch or two, and average 35 per game and be seen as a poor man's Sam Walsh and go top 20. I just don't see, at the moment, many clubs desperate to use an early pick on an undersized wingman, without elite footskills.

The MFC has a lot more winning to do yet. We were down for so long, it became “normal” If the Norm Smith era was on the TV, we would be in a better position. We need more Seasons like ‘21

Done Timothy.

You are right JJC, 2004

Dont forget we have picks 13 & 14 and we have a habit of using our picks to climb the order, Cozzie is a perfect example. We actually tried to use picks 13 &14 to get Bailey Humphrey this year so I would say we are still a sniff to get one of Reid, Duursma or Moir if we trade our picks. If not, it's a strong draft so we will land 2 jets anyway. I think we have gaps across HB and wing that can be improved, as well as needing some more speed to compliment the game plan.

Nathan Brown exuded sheer guts. I was full of admiration. I think he missed the Bluey by one vote . ? to Jeff White

1: An electric train set for xmas. 2: to wine a few million on Powerball. 3: A lasting Peace Agreement in Ukraine.

Brian Taylor gets stranded on a desert island with nothing but a lifeboat with a puncture in it The Filth invest in pants that actually fit Ginnivan Daisy replaces Gil

Would be great to see Philactides running out of our backline, he'd be a great fit for us. He's a good kick on the left as well. ATM I have two tiers of players I'd be thrilled to see in the red and blue in '24. The top tier are Reid (can't see a pathway to getting him though), Zane Duursma and Ashton Moir. I'd have a few others in this tier of quality, but the positional fit for us isn't obvious. Tier two includes Darcy Wilson and Philactides along with Will Lourenz. I like what I've seen of Malik Gordan and Archie Roberts, who I've just about got in tier 2.

1) Beat Collingwood at the G for the first time since 2017 2) Beat Sydney at the G for the second time in 13 years. 3) Beat Geelong in Geelong for the fourth time in 25 years. We've become a fantastic footy club under Goodwin but the above fixtures he's had clear issues with, aside from round 23 2021.

I wouldn’t think crowd size has any relevance to his decision.

After the Jackson saga last year I don’t have much faith Kozzie will be sticking round. He already has a new contract offer from dees in front of him for a while now, if he hasn’t signed yet it’s unlikely he will. Only question is when do dees start blooding a replacement rather than putting more games into another teams player as of 2024.

On the park 3 times last season mostly during junk time for an average of 17 minutes each game. In Perth trying to to do the team thing busted his guts out tackling a WC player and earned two weeks rest.

That’s not Jefferson. It’s our train on player from Frankston, Kye Turner.

Never count your chickens before they are roasted. Likely wins yes, banked no.

Daniel Curtin will go first round West Coast loaded up on picks next to years to build, versatile tall who can play either end, I hope we are keeping tabs on him. Hale and Claremont boy who will know JVR well

Was named BOG yesterday for Oakleigh Chargers gathering 25 disposals and kicking 1.3 This is a pretty fine display for an under-ager.

Was there that day as well, didn't know who he was at first, thought he was there to give out oranges to the players at the break.

Congratulations to Kynan on making the Rookie Me NAB Under 18 team of the Week. Great effort given it’s his first up performance in the competition!