joeboy

4 hours ago, Wrecker46 said:

Demonlanders, my old man has (had) a demon gnome that he puts out the front of his apartment on Powlett St a few hundred metres from the G.

When we lose it faces the naughty corner when we win its on proud display. When Maxy kicked the goal after the siren in 2021 to win the minor premiership it was purched on top of a ladder.

It has been stolen twice in 5 years both Collingwood games. Last night one of those people in black and white jail uniforms jumped his fence and stole it.

The old man wants a new gnome before Anzac Eve. Any ideas how to fast track one? It needs to be 30+cm and not one of those plastic ones.

The new gnome will be wearing a Brayshaw style helmet the week we play Collingwood we might need security.

I think the AFL shop sells them , and I bought one about 5 years ago from a privately owned sports memorabilia store in a shop on Victoria street adjacent to the Vic market. This store will be open on Tuesday

Not sure if mentioned here yet but Gary Lyon on SEN this morning brought up the little known fact that Cameron has been FINED 5 times in his career for dangerous tackles.🤦‍♂️

He doesn’t have a spotless record like Pendlebury for example, and obviously hasn’t learnt from his soft feather warnings

Gawn - our only winner

Petty - Crows lose interest 

Fritsch - ineffective until last

Oliver - career worst game

Tholstrup - a year away

Windsor - overwhelmed and irrelevant 

Brown - another nothing game

Viney - tired and outplayed

Sparrow - tried but lacking

Howes - was rarely sighted

Woewodin - future opportunities limited

Rivers - had slight impact

Petracca - rarely looked dangerous 

McDonald - continued impressive resurgence 

May - strong after first 

Lever - excellent after first

McVee -looked tired throughout 

vanRooyen - another poor game

Neal-Bullen - no heroics tonight 

Billings - far from convincing 

Chandler - had some moments

Langdon - just a game

2 kicks in total for the half for Brown, Tholstrup, Fritsch, Windsor, vanRooyen, Pettty combined😱

15 hours ago, bush demon said:

Is Stephen May the best player we have ever recruited from another club?

Great pick up, but Brett Lovett from Hawthorn was a beauty too

Gawn - great without dominating 

Viney - great first half

Petracca - class above everyone 

Salem - not always convincing 

Fritsch - classy ten minutes 

May - brave and impressive 

Lever - continued excellent season

McDonald - turned career around 

Neal Bullen - some impressive moments 

Sparrow - is becoming elite

Howes - maturity belies experience 

vanRooyen - was almost exciting

Langdon - running game returns

Oliver - lacked smooth transitions

Rivers - was mostly classy

McVee - career best game

Windsor - a smooth operator 

Petty - slowly finding form

 Brown - was rarely sighted

 Chandler - great first half

Woewodin - had limited opportunities 

Billings - wasted easy conversions

Pickett - exciting but undisciplined 

6 players with 1 possession or less for the  quarter

If the habitual spitter ( colloquially known as Tex ) plays well , we  lose.

In my opinion he’s the only danger to our success.

Trac may be playing with a leg injury because it was obvious against Port that he was labouring on occasion when he tried to put on the jets 

Gawn - an Herculean performance 

Viney - blood and guts 

Lever - incredible under duress 

Neal Bullen - almost career best

Windsor - the real deal

Petracca - powerful, and important 

Langdon - form has returned 

McDonald - form of old

Petty - needed more involvement 

Rivers - some vital interceptions 

vanRooyen - tried but overwhelmed 

Brown - some pivotal moments 

Fritsch - almost an onlooker 

Chandler - courageous and clever

Pickett - had limited involvement 

Howes - calm under pressure 

Oliver - great in last

Salem - not his best

Sparrow - great tagging game

Hore - limited but impressive 

Woewodin - some important touches

Billings - a disappointing performance 

McVee - loose too often

1 hour ago, TassieDevil said:

There was a clear "kicking in danger" vs Hawks that was not paid. He looked to be impacted by that

Yes, it was obvious to everyone at the ground except the umpires

Gawn - a powerful performance 

Viney - not as prolific 

May - dominated until injured 

Rivers - reliable and creative 

Salem  - solidified the defense 

Howes - a mature head

Langdon - better second half

Petracca - outstanding second half 

Fritsch - outplayed stronger opponent

Oliver - couldn’t shake opponent

Chandler - clever small forward

Pickett - great first half

Hore - tight and reliable 

Sparrow - tough and skilled 

Lever - quiet before injury

Brown - little to commend

Petty - better down back

McDonald - another steady performance 

McVee - continues to shine

van Rooyen- showing commendable versatility 

Neal- Bullen - consistent and focused 

Billings - impressive first half

Windsor - a Langdon clone

Gawn - reasserted his dominance 

Viney - impressive tagging role

Petracca - excellent second half

Billings - important and effective 

May - dominated his opponents

Oliver - prolific and important 

McDonald - was impressively dominant 

Salem - better second half

Rivers - less fumbling today

Chandler - took his chances

Pickett - important, not prolific 

Langdon - continued mediocre form

Lever - strong and resilient 

McVee - reliable and steady

Howes - continued impressive performance 

Hore - made transition seamlessly 

Brown - a welcome return 

Windsor - learning the ropes

Van Rooyen - limited but effective 

Neal Bullen - some important touches

Sparrow - was rarely noticed

Fritsch - disappointing kicking skills

Woewodin - had little involvement 

Grundy was noticeably far fitter looking than he was with us.. he looked primed, whilst for us he looked a plodder

Gawn - was surprisingly monstered

Viney - take first options

Petracca - only in bursts 

Bowie - great until injured

McVee - loose and fumbled 

Sparrow - fumbled and loose

Oliver - great despite adversity 

vanRooyen - had no impact

May - important but limited

Fritsch - our only forward

Lever - poor under pressure 

Salem - promising first half

Langdon - had little involvement 

Billings - had no impact

Neal Bullen - couldn’t get involved 

Windsor - a promising debut

Howes - lots to like

Schache - little to like

Spargo - rarely got involved 

Chandler - nothing to impress

Tomlinson - played his part

Rivers - performance to forget

Laurie - never inspired confidence 

JVR’s first half was very exciting. I suggest that along with Salem’s impressive performance in the middle ,a position he hasn’t played since his junior days, the 2 were the biggest of a myriad of positives from last night.

Gus was the heart and soul of our team, and along with Max, seemingly the most popular amongst the players… and supporters.

Huge loss😰

1 minute ago, Dee Zephyr said:

Jesus joeboy, T Mac wasn’t even on the field, unless he was slow getting in and out of the food stands. 

Read what I wrote!!!

The good :

Brown, Windsor, Verell , Picket in the middle, Viney, Gawn’s first half, Petracca when he could be bothered, Lever

The bad:

fumbling, poor forward entries, Rivers , McVee , kicking for goal, missed targets, May, little sustained pressure, Lawrie’s disposal , Tomlinson impersonating TMac’s lack of agility .

Kick it high into the forward line.. nothing’s changed

I attended my first preseason training this morning in hot and breezeless conditions.

I’m not a big fan of training techniques so I’ll concentrate on some observations on individual players, and let others comment on set plays.

My initial observations were very pleasing:

TMac has certainly changed his body shape (and hairdo) looking much lighter and running  comfortably; 

Tomlinson is generally not noted for his agility but a dedicated summer of training sees him looking lighter and quite fast too.

Tholstrup looks and trains like a man on a mission and his repeated efforts certainly don’t go unnoticed.

Bowie has muscled up and his kicking was a weapon 

Rivers looks supremely fit and continues to give the impression he’ll play more midfield time this year .

Not overly impressed by the fitness of McAdam who seems to be coming from a fair distance behind the others in fitness

Petty likewise to McAdam seems a fair way off match fitness, understandably.

Can anyone please advise where training is tomorrow.. I’m too lazy to trawl through the training thread

8 minutes ago, ClaNiKo said:

Cannot believe I'm saying this but Ben Brown looked really good. Took a strong contested mark and another on a lead

Yes, I noticed his finer shape and no bandages. 
he may very well be the surprise packet of the preseason 

I might be late to the table with these comments but I definitely see a striking similarity between Koltyn and one of the all time great Demons of the past in Alan Jakovich : Size, shape, mullet, goal kicking celebrations, and cockiness.

We can only hope and pray that we’ve landed  another potential superstar

1 hour ago, layzie said:

How much is riding on the bet? 

Pride.  My daughter insisted he wasn’t there