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Where’s Jeremy Cameron? So weird, thought he wasn’t even playing

Essendon will get a good pick out of us come the end of the year.

Thanks Dazzle, appreciate hearing that.

Who the hell is favorite if he’s at $15? (And what value is the watermelon?)

@dazzledavey36 Hey Dazzle, might be hard for you to answer but is there a good understanding from the family’s perspective that it’s a two-way street? Clarry is who he is and the club has clearly done a lot right up until a certain point but is everyone laying blame at the feet of the club for how the last 2 years turned out or is there a balanced and realistic perspective? This sort of stuff can fester and multiply if the family don’t have the right story and then I have to spend hours and hours on Demonland worrying about his Mum being a bad influence on his future career (Ref: Luke Jackson).

Incredibly disappointing turn out which was to be expected given the time slot and location. Such a shame when you see the setup all around the oval on those highlights and there’s virtually no one there. They’ve obviously put a lot of energy and time into it. We’ve got a 6 year old and a 4 year old and we’re screaming out for things to do on weekends, why do it on Friday at 3pm?!

Pretty sure I heard that Kingy is back on Friday morning SEN breakfast with Kane and is expected to give his opinion of all the clubs he’s visited during pre season.

Merry Xmas Demonlanders and the Demonland Admins/Andy! Like many of you I have a truly passionate love of all things Demons which means I spend a ridiculous amount of time trawling this site for any / every bit of news possible on our great club – please DM me if you have any ideas on how to use this time productively instead! In the meantime, roll on and let’s hope we have a great year in 2025. Health and happiness to all ❤️💙

Totally understand that Waverley could be seen as an upgrade on our current situation allowing us to bring Admin and the Footy Dept together. But it would really only be a band-aid solution and we’d be in the same position Hawthorn have found themselves in, needing more space and eventually moving further out. IF we can pull Caulfield off we’ll have all the space we need and (finally) our own first class admin / office and training grounds / gyms / rehab areas etc etc all together in the one CLUB. It’s a no-brainer.

Thank you @Slartibartfast this is an amazing read and so good to hear from someone who has been consistently present at training. All sounding positive which is great to hear.

Feel a few more engaged and happy supporters might need to attend in future to heckle and de-stage these other [censored] - can’t believe some people are allowed a voice just because you’re a paid up member.

A few of my favorite snippets: Re: Waverley: “The ground is pristine, players don’t complain about being there..” “ the region was going to be the centre of Melbourne by now, so you could argue, on that basis, the club would be, eventually, home.” “the Demons would need to swallow their ego to approach the Hawks, as it might initially look as though they are getting a hand-me-down, however it wasn’t a problem when Jordan Lewis arrived.” Is this guy serious? Haha honestly his arguments sound like he’s trying to convince himself that this was an article worth writing. Probably his last piece for the year and he’s just phoned it in!

Anyone read this? Bloody terrible article and opinion piece. Peter Ryan is very condescending throughout, didn’t think he was like that. https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/why-not-waverley-demons-should-take-over-hawks-nest-20241216-p5kyqm.html

They’ll sell squillions worth of property from their other (very large, highly lucrative) campuses to get the money. Plus in the nicest way possible, as a generalization the social / religious group they belong to are financially healthy (good at saving) and they have a large constituency / community of highly active and involved members who are prone to trying to get the best for their own such community (if they spend, they spend close to home). Simples.

I’ve been down a fair bit over the last couple of years and my heart is almost always in my mouth with the way some of them attack it during training. For example in full ground drills or match-sim May tears out from full back ready to spoil and happily clean up whoever is in front of him, oncoming or otherwise. Constantly hear the clash of bodies and skin-on-skin slaps as tackles are made. It’s pretty brutal, particularly for the in tight on-ballers. But even all the tackling or evasive drills they all do, if you get caught you are brought to ground the same as will happen in a game. The only difference is that there probably isn’t the unbridled aggression that comes with a true opposition and a proper game. But at the same time these guys are all playing for their spots, particularly now that our squad has had a bit of a reset and looking rather healthy, only adds to the competitiveness.