I don't know you or what you are taking about. I don't think Jake Spencer is much good. Jamar is good, Jeff White was good but Jake is VFL level. We also let Troy Simmonds and Damien Jolley go. They were good players. That's all.
Yes I agree this could have been the turning point in the other direction. So much is about confidence and momentum in this game. If the mark had been taken 5 metres out and the player played on and kicked the goal would it have been disallowed? I doubt it. We've seen many examples of this already this year in other games.
Have you actually watched the incident? If course Roos would defend his player. I think Dawes is a great addition to our side but that act was brutish and unnecessary.
I disagree that the umpires favoured us. Did you see the 10 metre kick that was paid as a mark and resulted in a goal? Multiple others. It's about quality of decisions not quantity of free kicks.
Last year a friend of mine and long time Demons supporter was calling them the "not so mighty demons." Under the circumstances I think she was right. Hopefully tonight with back to back wins at the MCG we can put that name to bed.