Constant Mongrel

Want the Swannies to win, but am afraid the Lions will get up by a 4 goals-ish :-/

hopefully swans get up and cats lose. can't stand port, cats or lions (mainly due to zorko and their [censored] against petty a few years ago).. joe is a weird unit, be funny to see him in the GF.

be great if we could somehow get two mids in the top 15 and then a slider KPF/KPB between 25-40 (somehow)..

just have to see what we can do with playing around with pick swaps (including next year's picks). 

Port vs Geelong

Dogs vs Hawks

Swans vs Giants

Lions vs Blues

@Demonland 7 players gone from this team, with Petracca *potentially* gone in the coming months and McDonald (& Melksham) gone at the end of 2025. 3 retirees (Brown, Hibberd, Brayshaw), 4 trades (Harmes, Jordan, ANB, Jackson). Question marks for me remain over Sparrow & Petty (potential trades back to S.A. in the coming years?). May & Gawn to retire in the next few years.. So much for a productive window. With not much left at Casey, I reckon we go to the Draft and try to get as many high picks as possible!

from having a kick with him at the launch of the old 'new' MFC logo at yarra park, he was super nice and also had a great kick :-) in my years of players leaving (excluding gus), jesse has been the one the one that has been the most upsetting..

love how when he plays us he plays hard, but not dirty/mouthy too. respect.

2 hours ago, hardtack said:

I’d prefer they lure Brad Green across from wherever he is currently employed (Pies?).

i wonder who else we could get in.. all for getting ex-demons back into the fold. so long as they are keen to be progressive and have gained experience from other clubs in the AFL system.

if we get rid of both/one of billings and hunter, get him in. if we don't, then nahhh

legend.. essential that the dees try to keep him involved in club activities as much as possible. would be a great wellbeing officer.

9 hours ago, Sydee said:

So why did we go and get McAdam (186cms) and Billings (185cms)

I could be wrong, but we seem to be loading up on similar types when we have needs elsewhere. Hope they are confident of keeping Petty beyond next season. 

have you considered that with our first rounder for next year, as well as any compensation that we would get for petty, we could get a tall forward to join the club?.. 

10 hours ago, Wormburner said:

Interesting you say this, I caught up with my family yesterday - my nephew plays with Duursma at Gippsland Power. I asked them what they think of him and where he should land. They said the same thing. They said he can take great marks and can do amazing passages of play, but he can butcher it and goes missing.
They are a little shocked that he is in consideration for a top 5 pick.

i mean, in saying that, if we take him with our first, jason taylor and the recruiters have done it for a reason.. i just can't see it. also be shocked if we took a mid sized caddy. need more midfield class and skilled KPPs (o'sullivan, et al).

On 09/11/2023 at 20:12, dazzledavey36 said:

I reckon even if he was available, our preference would be Duursma. 

i realise that its unfair and definitely illogical, but i can't help but compare duursma with his brother, who can be great, but is also super flakey..especially after his first season or two. it looks as though the new version is in a class above, but still, from the online games that i watched, not sure that he is what we need right now.. looks more like a pick from 10 on. i'd be happy to land duursma at our second pick, but not our first.

I have a strange feeling we're gonna land McKercher.. Not sure how, but I reckon that we might be making moves for him. Heard nothing, just a vibe mannnn..

20 minutes ago, Ben said:

‘Seeing them win the premiership and celebrating with the cup, I was like [censored], we’re a better team than them. We should’ve beaten them.’

yep Steve, we should've...but we didn't. let that burn.

1 hour ago, Fat Tony said:

I am not sure our midfield has the kicking skill to play in a more precise fashion. Petracca, Oliver, Viney, Hunter, Gawn, ANB, Langdon, Sparrow, Brayshaw and Rivers are our top 10 inside 50 kickers (accounting for more than half our entries) and none of them are elite AFL kicks. We obviously need more skill on the outside, but Petracca, Oliver, Viney and Gawn are the core of our team and will continue to provide more than a quarter of our entries. We could encourage them to hit up shorter targets, but they are not very good at that and this potentially opens us up to counterattack.

 

Rank	Name	Games	Average
1	Christian Petracca	25	5.88
2	Clayton Oliver	15	5.47
3	Jack Viney	24	5.29
4	Lachlan Hunter	24	3.71
5	Max Gawn	22	3.41
6	Alex Neal-Bullen	25	3.40
7	Ed Langdon	25	3.12
8	Tom Sparrow	23	2.96
9	Angus Brayshaw	24	2.88
9	Trent Rivers	25	2.88
11	Brodie Grundy	17	2.71
12	Christian Salem	16	2.56
13	Bayley Fritsch	17	2.53
14	James Jordon	18	2.39
14	Kysaiah Pickett	23	2.39
16	James Harmes	9	2.33
17	Jake Melksham	13	2.31
18	Kade Chandler	23	2.17
19	Taj Woewodin	4	2.00
20	Charlie Spargo	14	1.93

stating the bleeding obvious, but we need talented players by foot going inside 50 as much as we need a tall forward..

from all reports anyone that had watched him play were saying that he would potentially step up next year. a real shame. hopefully he gets on a list elsewhere, seems like a nice guy and has the attributes.

22 minutes ago, praha said:

Craigieburn line, Dees fans outnumber Hawks 10:1. 

same on mernda

20 hours ago, Demonstone said:

IF Grundy was traded, he wouldn't be a Free Agent (attracting a compensation pick) so any draft pick and/or players would be negotiated between Melbourne and his hypothetical new club.

i was more referring to a pick trade, obviously not a compensation pick..

out of interest, should grundy be traded, i wonder if we are eligible for a draft pick and if so, what that would be? in the 20s?

3 minutes ago, Travy14 said:

Id say the gawn dropped mark was more so

which one?

18 hours ago, Green Demon said:

The real question is, who has the worst tatts, Liberatore or Dixon.

harmes

2 minutes ago, Engorged Onion said:

Folks on this thread are after 💯% perfection right! Right? 🤷‍♂️

when the opposition is THIS bad...yes.

just ordered a longsleeve dark blue and naarm beanie.. always regret not buying an indigenous jumper and never had a longsleeve before. never too late (41). psyched.

Currently looking at grabbing one of the nifty longsleeve guernseys from the MFC website.. 

Wondering if I can pay extra for a number on the back (10), or if the club is no longer doing this?..I know that they used to years ago?..

Additionally, I'm be interested if all Demonlanders were given the chance to obtain a free jumper from the club, and you could get a number on the back to represent the love ofyour fave player, which number would you ask for?

Go Dees

1 hour ago, Demonstone said:

Steven May knew.  He was telling Lever all about it after the 50 was paid.

he only knew after asking the umpire what on earth it was for..