dazzledavey36

Was going to say, Dee fans were a lot placid compared to what Essendon supporters will dish up if he doesn't perform. On par with Essendon and Carlton fans as the worst in the competition. Hopefully he does for his own sake.

I don't see it either. To be honest he's been underwhelming for me since the 2021 season.

I agree with this wholeheartedly.

How on earth did he get off??

Wonder how Luke Dunstan went?

I'm sure he's a good lad. Though, Maxy Gawn and a few others didn't think much of his character last night... AFL is a performance based game that is judged purely on game day output and impact. It's a ruthless business. He's been on the AFL list for 6 years for 16 AFL games. This is all the enough evidence that I need to judge him on. Go on the Doggies footy forums and they're scathing of his performance last night.

Could have easily kicked 3 for the night. His ball use going inside 50 was elite in the first quarter. Brings so much energy intent that compliments ANB, Spargo and Koz. He's tackling pressure and intensity is also at a really high level.

Majority was dees. It was [censored] poor turn out by the doggies supporters. Probably around 12k of them and the rest Dees.

Anyone think Caleb Daniel is seriously overrated? Chases the easy kicks and even when he does get the easy kick he coughed it up badly last night. Bailey Dale on the other hand is a seriously good footballer who would compliment our line up significantly.

He'll get a few weeks unfortunately. Massive kudos to Brodie Grundy. Ran in with such intent to stick up for kozzie in that scuffle. Bloke cares for his teammates.

I left Sparrow out because right now I see his role coming off the bench and just giving guys like Oliver and Petracca a breather. I know what you mean but..... I've accepted that reality Sparrow could turn out to be a Brad Sewell type player who'll be a good ordinary foot soldier that'll carve out a solid 150 game career.

Harmes is the real worry for me to be honest. He started the game straight into the guts but was barely sighted at times. With Viney out and given the opportunity for more midfield minutes he only finished with 15 disposals. Seemed to fumble a lot last night and had little influence around the contests. When Viney is fit and ready to then he comes straight back in. I think Harmes is most vulnerable here to lose his spot to him.

Baker showed last night why he was 2 years late in being delisted. Can't believe he and Hannan are running around at AFL level as we speak. Whilst Baker has good speed it's his inconsistencies in game to go missing for greater periods of the game, and also his tendency to butcher the footy under no pressure is why he's played 1 AFL game in two years. 5 minutes into the 3rd and at one stage Baker had only 3 disposal next to his name... I can imagine some of the current Dees players would have had a little giggle to themselves in being perplexed seeing his name on the team sheet come round 1.

Anyone know what spurred Gawn to giving Baker a gobful in that 3rd quarter?

Kozzy is a genuine superstar now. Please offer whatever he wants Tim Lamb. Trac, Oliver and Gawn just changed the game when they decided to put their foot down. McVee is genuinely cool and calm under the heat. With more experiences and game he'll get better and apply himself with much more confidence. Jason Taylor has unpacked another gem. Good to see Benny Brown up and about. 4 snags is a good start Lever was BOG down back alongside Tomlinson and Bowey. Just an overall great team performance. Unfortunately Oskar Baker and Mitch Hannan are VFL standard footballers. Still amazed Baker got given another chance at AFL level.

[censored] yeah lads!! I'm putting my hand up, Tomlinson was bloody excellent!

There's a reason we delisted Oskar Baker...

I'll call myself out. He's been excellent!

Big bad bustling Benny Brown

Grundy is well loved amongst his teammates

Well done Melky!

Genuinely surprised we're in this kind of performance. When these names are not playing, May, Viney, Fritsch and Salem then I think it's okay to think that the doggies could have gotten hold of us. Fantastic performance so far.

Geez Chandler has been good!

Trash decision against McVee who mind you has been very clean tonight.

Haven't seen Petty get so dominated since his first game.