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The only place I can see 11 weeks is on the Demonland desktop homepage. Everywhere else this morning said TBC, now this afternoon 3-4.

We’ve really missed Hannan and AVB... much more confident in Hannan’s imminent return than the latter’s.

In the past that hasn’t been an year round deal. Usually pops up around this time of year though...

AFL.com now say 3-4 weeks.

Have used the Hertz one a couple of times recently. It's pretty good on paper, however they are one of the more expensive places to begin with, so the savings don't add up to much (if anything).

He's having in incredible year and, on form, would be our best player this season. Averaging 30 disposal and has already kicked 8 goals in six matches. Even if we didn't have room in the cap, if a player of his quality wanted to come to us, you make room.

I think there is literally 'no way in hell' as the AFL rules dictate that we have to use a first round pick this year, don't they..?

What's the source for this mods..? I see it on the side of the Demonland homepage, but the club website says TBA and the AFL site say TBC and The Age yesterday says that he's expected to be back in June... https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/viney-s-stack-adds-to-demons-injury-woes-as-may-waits-till-june-20190429-p51icj.html Where's 11 weeks (Round 17) coming from?

I'm finding the whole process really exciting. There's been some good players taken from the state leagues for this season and some absolute rippers over the past decade. This should be a good opportunity to add some unrecognised talent, form and hunger to our list.

West Coast were an exceptional team in ‘94. I don’t think any other team in the league at their best wasn’t going to beat the eagles that year.

I think he’d probably passed his prime when the really bad back injury happened. He was All Australian 3 times alongside players like Ablett, Lockett, Dunstall and Modra, so he was a very good player. Settled at Full Forward I’m 94 when Jakovich went down and played 2 excellent seasons there. 1996 and 97 were virtual write-offs and you can see he’s carrying a lot more weight in those highlights as he was barely training. Gave up the captaincy to Viney in 98 to focus on getting his body right. Played well but was well and truly cooked by the time the finals came. I remember watching him in the Prelim against North and seeing that he could barely run and certainly couldn’t turn.

I can't stand him in the media so sometimes that clouds my memories of him as a player. He was sublime and highly skilled. He was used all over the ground wherever the coach needed him, which meant he never truly made a single position his own. This is probably the reason he does not get the credit or recognition in the broader public that he probably deserves. 3 x All Australian, 2 time BNF, Captain of Victoria and MFC Team of the Century. Could play.

But they’ll still cough-up a first rounder for him..?

So he can get Port Adelaide over the line for a flag, but not us..?

I don't see the need that so many people have to take pot-shots at injured players. Lever had zero possessions this round because he did his knee playing for our club after coping months of abuse from Adelaide fans for joining us. O'Meara was excellent today - absolutely useless in his first year at Hawthorn. All, these wonderful recruits haven't won them a final in a few years and were certainly of no help to them when we beat them by 5 goals last September. It was a good, exciting match that went down to the wire. Enjoy it.

You sure Charlie Curnow's tearing it up at the moment..? Has played 3 games for the year for 2 goals this year. He's a good prospect, but much like Petracca, the hype has not met the output to this stage. McKay was always gonna be a gun and was my pre-draft fancy. He is playing in a much, much more functional set-up now than what Weideman is. Blues are playing some good football.

We would have lost all of those matches if we had Lever and May in the team. In fact the one match that May played was our biggest defeat of the season. Modern AFL is about team defence and that is what we are currently not doing well enough. We aren’t locking the ball into our forward 50 and the opposition is clearing it without pressure or harassment. We aren’t pressuring the opposition ball carrier delivering it into their 50. They have time and space to select an option and deliver to their advantage. We aren’t filling our defensive 50 with numbers to man-up, then our number their forwards. One on ones at best; rarely a third man up or an intercept mark. Ayres, Doull, Scarlett and Jakovich couldn’t defend alongside our team defence.

Seems as good a place as any to post some of Max’s article from the HS: "The truth is, we knew there were no guarantees. We knew that just because we made a preliminary final last year didn’t mean we were going to cruise through this season. We knew that we couldn’t automatically pick up where we left off. We knew that every year that teams improve. But what we didn’t know was that we would be 1-5. This isn’t the start anyone wants. Losing hurts. It hurts even after you’ve won 21 in a row. I was drafted in 2009 in perhaps the most unsuccessful era in Demons history. Yet somewhere, somehow, I fell in love with the red and blue. I am an avid Demon supporter. I hurt when you hurt, I celebrate when you celebrate and I will listen to your feedback when things aren’t on track. What hurts the most is the fact we are just not playing the way we know we can. We have somehow gone away from playing a brand of footy that we started building since 2015. The players are hurting, the coaches are hurting, the staff and volunteers are hurting, friends and family are hurting and most of all you guys, the Demon faithful, are hurting. But we aren’t quitting; there is no way that we will quit. This theory about us not being fit enough is a myth. Along with most teams across the competition, we had the majority of our group, including myself, post PB’s in our pre season time trial. Yes, we had some key personnel out after surgery, but so does every team. It’s on those guys to get back to the fitness required, which they did. --------------------------------

Hindsight. The market placed DeGoey's value at pick 5; Jarrod Pickett was taken at pick 4. The best players do not get picked first; it's an educated guess. Paddy McCartin went number 1... he is far from the best of the draft.

I'm not sure I get the love for Patton on here. If he were going cheap, maybe.... very maybe He's a power forward in his 8th season who has only kicked 130 goals in his career. He's had three knee reconstructions and last year only managed 10 goals from 12 games. He's played 89 games in 8 seasons and only made 149 tackles in his entire career. He's big, slow and doesn't influence games consistently.

Yeah- would have to be a half forward role. Petracca to the midfield for Viney, Sparrow to half-forward for Petracca.

Saw Sparrow was an emergency for the Richmond game which suggests he’s still in the coach’s mind for a call-up. Seems a likely inclusion at this point.

Would love to see Sparrow, Baker and Petty’s form demand selection before the bye. If two of these three could play out the year, that would be a big plus in a pretty dark season. Would also like to see ANB tried down back. Tackling, running and 1 percenters are a strength of his game; give him a job and a man to follow.

Not defending our woeful season to date... but every team that has beaten us is in the top 8. We’ve had a challenging fixture to start the season. Our 1 win has come against the only team we’ve played currently outside the 8. More wins will come.