Adzman

It's time to have a serious look at players like Keilty, Baker, Petty and maybe even Preuss to see if and where they fit into future plans. I'm not saying "play all the kids" nor am I suggesting playing them all at once, it's just time to start tinkering because it's obvious a number of players on the list are not going to be part of our future. I'm very keen to see who plays well in the vfl this week.

Can Demonland as a collective group replace him as a coach? I think we have some good ideas....... sometimes

When I said I enjoy a 2008 vintage I was referring to my wine and not my football team.....

To be fair, I think the backline being a tad underdone is going to be a relevant talking point regardless of the Essendon result. May and Lever would be in our top 10 paid players and are most certainly best 22. We are really struggling down back, and having those two fit and firing would certainly have made a difference in the early stages of the season. As far as Goody goes, It's a bold approach and I think it shows that he thinks the list is capable of executing his game plan effectively right now. He knows more about where the list is at than I do, so I'm expecting the team to come out swinging on Friday night.

It's just so easy to stick the boots in when a team is down. For all if the excuses we could use, we don't. Richmond lose Rance and the nedia have an excuse for Richmond dropping a game. We play without lever and May down back and are expected to get the win.

I don't think Petracca is the problem. The problem runs deeper than a top pick who hasn't turned out to be a world beater. Our forward entry is dirtier than Donald Trump's black book. I don't know how to fix it, but our entry to our forward line is dirtier than "two girls, one cup".

Check round 22, we were 5th with a record of 14-8. I would take that in a heartbeat right now.

In: 2018 Demons Out: 2019 Demons Honestly, how could we have fallen away this far this quickly! Surely last year's demons are there somewhere.

Harris Andrews at pick 61 looks to be the steal if that draft. ANB and Oscar late suggests we faired ok in that draft.

May's inclusion makes us more aggressive as a team. He is a bull, and will make us harder to play against.

Poor bloke. That's probably curtains on his career.

We have some good players that are down on form, and some good players still to come back into the side. Yesterday was rubbish, but it's a bit too early to can 2019 as a failure. Let's see what happens in the next few weeks.

Joel Smith and KK finished first and second in the 2km time trial for us in the off-season. Neither of these players played yesterday. Both of those players have some knocks on their game, but pace isn't one of them. Baker is also quick and will be an upgrade if he can put the other parts of his game together. I'm not saying we don't need pace, I'm just saying we have options waiting in the wings that would quicken up our best 22. Jake's Jordon was also an outside mid for SA. He doesn't have pace to burn but is an outside running player. We need to get quicker, but there are some small upgrades we can make this season which may have an impact for coming seasons.

Honestly Demonland has a good thing going. I read for more than I post, but can honestly say the mods and contributors to this site do a wonderful job creating this online community. Generally I wish I had more to contribute, and was able to connect with more of you, but I enjoy being relatively passive reading what you all have to contribute.

I liked Fitzy. He was a relaxed easy going fellow whenever I spoke to him at training/events. Nice read, the toenail thing is a tad odd though. I suppose it's more palatable than my mates sending me pics of their excrement.

My family and I are stuck at Sydney airport due to a scheduling snafoo from our travel agent. I won't get there, but would expect something around the 31k mark. Hope those going make it feel like we have 90k there! Carn the Dees!

This is a bigger out than many are suggesting. Lewis might run like he has concrete boots on, but he is a good user by foot and is a handy general down back. I would be lying if I said I knew anything about Tom Sparrow. I wish him the best of luck on debut and hope he can get the job done for us.

Glad for Dunn. He was a loyal servent during some dark days at our club, he deserves something positive towards the end of his career.

Interesting, with Chris Hemsworth being a big doggies fan I do wonder if he had a hand in this decision somewhere along the line. Still not as bad as that Golden Logies Hawks jumper, that takes the cake for garbage jumpers.

I hope we bend Freo over for any Victorians in the upcoming years. Especially if it means uniting the Brayshaw brothers. Hated them since the Jeff White and Jeff Farmer sagas. There is some historic hatred there.

Didn't Fritta kick 30 or 40 goals in the VFL for Casey in 2017? Could be an option.

If taking his one year deal gets the Hogan deal done for 2 first rounders I'm in. Peter Bell isn't a fan and wants him gone, if Bennell is the steak knives to get the Hogan deal done then I'm willing to see if he can turn it around at the Demons next season. Personally, I hope he finds a home and makes it back. He is a super talented player, and players like him firing make the game better to watch.

Liked his vfl form this year. Not sure how out list looks until after trade week. Certainly at least a rookie list option. Could be a late pick for senior list depending on how many list spots and picks we have left after potential trades.