Demonland

Fantastic Quarter from Jackson.

We’d have to kick 30 plus goals. Not going to happen.

Audition for the Eagles? Please Kelli.

Please allow the profanity filter to do it’s job.

Can we please stop kicking it directly to the advantage of Barrass and McGovern.

I’ve missed the boos at Optus Stadium.

Hate it when the commentators aren’t at the game.

There might be more Demon fans there tonight judging by the size of the crowd from what I can see on the telly.

Tell me you’re not tanking without telling me you’re not tanking.

I was very impressed by the Suns when we played them earlier in the season and felt they would be tough to beat especially on their home track. They are definitely on the improve. The win also means that the competition has had its quota of upset defeats and we can look forward to the game later today with a little more confidence. 😉

Thanks. I hadn’t even contemplated injuries. Now I’m going to be a mess all day.

I was in New York for that match and had to get up at 3 or 4am to watch it in the hotel bathroom so I wouldn’t wake my wife. I ended up walking the entire floor of the hotel. WatchAFL worked fine.

For context. The 1995 Blues were 7-0 on top of the ladder with a healthy percentage of 166.5%. In Round 8 they came up against the Swans who were sitting 11th (out of 16) with 2 wins and 97.6%. The Swans won by 72 points (21 goals to 8). The next week the Blues came up against bottom placed St. Kilda on 1 win and 64.4%. The Saints won by 56 points (11 goals to 3). After those 2 losses the Blues dropped to 4th and their percentage dropped from 166 to 125. The next week they won by 102 points over the 8th placed Hawks and then won the next 15 games and on the way claiming the top spot at season’s end and ultimately the Premiership. From a Demon perspective we lost the last match of the season against the Bears who made the finals for the first time in their history and we missed out. They took our place in the 8. We were 2 points down at 3/4 time and the Bears kicked 4.8 to 2.1 in the last to claim victory and history by 21 points. They lost to Carlton by 13 points the next week and were bundled out of the finals.

When I was in Fiji in 2017 we were playing Carlton and it was close. The stream was reliable for the whole match except for the last 2 minutes when the game was in the balance and it was a goal the difference. The steam was buffering and the hotel internet went to [censored]. I couldn’t even get the score online for about 5 minutes after the match. Apparently we kicked a goal and won by 8 points. I’d put the blame on Fiji’s internet infrastructure in 2017 rather than WatchAFL. Apart from that it was great.

Umpires have killed this game.

Umpires put Brisbane in front off their own boot from 3 goals down.

Taller senior players?

Lever is on the plane.

Who are you tipping this week? Also why have the Bulldogs been looked after with the Friday nights yet we seem to have been snubbed.

As I posited on the podcast Chandler will most likely be the sub so Bedford can get a run at Casey.

INS – Melksham, Tomlinson, Chandler, Brown OUTS – Bedford (omitted)