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3 minutes ago, old dee said:

He has been out for a long time does he come back via Casey or straight in? Medical sub might be good. 

Cmon man! He walks straight into the first centre bounce 

I can’t wait until he is back, Clarry will be ready to explode 

1 hour ago, old dee said:

How did they taste D11?

Sour 🤣🤣🤣
Im happy to be proven wrong when it comes to players 

18 hours ago, ucanchoose said:

Brown out for Smith, that'll do me

I’d go Brown for Petty.  Leave Tomlinson back (he is was excellent yesterday and made me eat my words I have to say).  Smith is a perfect sub 

4 minutes ago, sydneydee said:

He may have the best record however he also has the best list. I would argue that this list has underperformed vs potential if we don’t win another premiership 

We have had great list over different periods and never won a flag.  Goody has won us a flag and kept us in the top 4 for 3 years now which is a fantastic effort.  Premierships are extremely difficult to win and just because we think our list is better than everyone else’s this is not the reality in an extremely even competition. 

He was phenomenal today, he is brutal! 

22 minutes ago, Demon Disciple said:

Leather poisoning perhaps

🤣🤣

Grundy in the squad is interesting, could Gawn be sore?

3 minutes ago, At the break of Gawn said:

I think Chandler will replace Spargo. Can’t see us replacing Hibberd with him unless they want to put Bowey forward?

I’d love to see Bowey forward 

6 hours ago, Gorgoroth said:

If we breached it, but May went into the game injured. Take him off toward the end. No one would have been able to prove anything different. We have scans of his torn hammy. We were protecting the fact he may have torn it off the bone in essentially by that stage a dead game.

May has already said he did not want to come off and wanted to be on the ground for the final season. 

1 hour ago, mo64 said:

Because he was an overrated fringe player, and the club should have been looking for an upgrade in his position. His age is irrelevant. Put he and JJ on the open market, and JJ would have more suitors.

Of course his age is relevant, he still has his best footy in front of him and was instrumental in our premiership season. 

1 hour ago, BW511 said:

I’d much rather Smith on a wing than Hunter but that ship has sailed.

Not sure Langdon is doing a great deal at the moment either

 

I think if Smith leaves Dogs, you’ll find he wants to play midfield not wing 

5 minutes ago, mo64 said:

Agree. Spargo getting a 4 year deal was laughable. I wouldn't blame JJ one bit if he leaves, and I will wish him success.

Why is it laughable? He is 23 and offering young blokes slightly longer contracts allows the manage the  TPP.  

4 hours ago, Redleg said:

I never understood that. If Harmes offered, why did Goody refuse? It seems pretty cruel, when you are 10 goals up, with minutes to play, to not let him on the ground.

Because Harmes wasn’t injured and the sun was an injury replacement option only not tactical 

12 hours ago, Jaded No More said:

What’s the right price for a player we don’t really have use for? 
We need to concentrate on getting a forward. 

Jordan is playing as a midfielder at the moment and he is a much better player than him 

I can’t believe the negativity on here.  If the price is right then it’s a 100% yes. 

1 hour ago, Supreme_Demon said:

True he does.

But he has explained that he does that from a position of love because he has high expectations for the Melbourne Football Club. At least I remember him saying something along those lines after we won the 2021 AFL Premiership.

 

Additionally, I forgot to mention we have former Demons Captains Daisy Pearce (AFLW) and Nathan Jones (AFL) doing special comments too. They both have been pretty good.

Not sure I agree with that, he bagged us when we were horrible and had no expectation.

I think Jones and Daisy are fantastic 

The worst commentary I heard was some media person (I can’t remember who) talking up Essendon and saying how close they got to Port and the Pies.  We beat the pies and lost to port by a few points in Adelaide FFS 

On 7/10/2023 at 2:55 PM, Supreme_Demon said:

Luke Darcy's blatant bias towards St. Kilda on Saturday night was odious. Even though he is a Bulldogs man.

But in the end, I don't care too much as Melbourne got the win.

I think the issue is besides Garry Lyon, we don't really have many TV commentators who are Melbourne aligned.

I have faith in the new online generation of commentators though.

Particularly this guy (shown below) by the name of Caden MacDonald who is a passionate Demons supporter and is starting to develop a bit of a following on YouTube.

https://youtu.be/Qcx6NxyNfI0

 

Good luck to the young fella! 😎👍🏻

 

 

Garry Lyon bags us more than anyone 

17 hours ago, Travy14 said:

Out:  Smith(Sub), Spargo

In:  JVR, Harmes

Harmes to be Sub

Leave Spargo in, he was a bit off last night but give I’m a couple of weeks to get his confidence up.  His kick inside 50 is desperately needed 

2 minutes ago, loges said:

Certainly hope you're right.

🤞me too 🤣

31 minutes ago, loges said:

My problem is we've only picked one key forward who we're not sure whether his knee will hold up or not.

In fairness, we only had a 19 yr old key forward one out for a while and we were winning.

Ben Brown will turn it on tonight 

10 hours ago, waynewussell said:

The criticism of Kossie’s contribution throughout 2023 by several DL’s is not supported by statistics!

2023 Average Disposals (11.46) +1 on 2022, -0.38 on 2021

2023 Goal Average (1.7) equal to 2022 & 2021

2023 Tackle Average (4.7) double 2022, +1.2 on 2021

2023 Contested Poss Av (5.6) slightly above 2022, -1.2 on 2021

2023 1% Average (1) above 2022 & 2021

Goal Assist Average (1) above 2022 & 2021

The only significant difference in 2023 as compared to 2022 & 2021 is in his free kick differential. Kossie is giving away significantly more frees while being awarded fewer himself.

His stats may be standing up compared to previous years but my expectation would be that he should be exceeding these numbers by now

1 minute ago, A F said:

Not with King and Caminiti forward. Goody intermated they won't be tweaking the defensive 7 anymore too.

If that’s the case and they are trying something different up forwards then I’m all for it.

39 minutes ago, kev martin said:

Interesting out in J.Smith.

I wander what they want him to work on?

He has been getting through a few games now (uninjured),  the wet last week. I thought he deserved one more look at AFL level.

The VFL really won't improve bim. Will need to dominate at that level to get back in if dropped completely.

Hope they use him as a sub specialist. 

Petty forward I’d say