John Demonic

On Grand Final day. Lose the battle, win the war n all that....

Yeah. Although if the trade off was Carlton not becoming the dominant power everyone was forecasting, I'll live with that!

Or Hodgepodge

We've got so many of them now, they might need to form their own club like the Wingers. Maybe call it The Swingers Club? Oh dear

If only we had Hayden McClean instead of Max Gawn! /sarcasm

A Saturday with Collingwood, Carlton & Geelong winning. If I wasn't on a demon-only watch schedule now, I would be after that. Yuck!

There was pick trading up until and on draft night wasn't there? I remember at the time thinking the Petty trade could work if we packaged all our picks to WCE for Pick 1, otherwise we still go into the draft with a big hand. I was excited about his great form up forward too, I won't lie - but prior to that he was playing poorly in defence and I remember advocating for Tomlinson over him after 5 rounds.

According to the neutrals on afl reddit, Kozi tried to murder him and should've got 4-6 weeks. So i don't think both players can play on the same team without bloodshed /sarcasm

Understand that. Not really wanting to get in depth about dogs. The analogy is simply about Maynard being an aggressive dog, backed by a rabid trashy fanbase. I think it's apt. "Vermin" doesn't really cut it

Pit bulls aren't. Ugly inbred looking things. Trained to be aggressive by clueless owners that defend them online. Sounds familiar.

People were talking bout him being the worst rated player in the comp, and some Lions fans calling for him to be dropped. That first goal really set alarm bells off given the context. What is it about Hipwood? He just has that rare athletic ability that allows for an extra yard of speed and aerial space that can give him the opportunity to get into the game against our defenders. Not quite the Kent Kingsley, but that 4 goal final is going to haunt us until we beat them in a final, or go further.

He looks 21

The scoreboard masking/5 goal fightback is equivalent to the NBA where the both teams take their starters out and play their bench depth. And everyone watching on tv turns it off. Zero to read into it.

I think the question about whether the Lions fast spread and surgical precision by foot is our kryptonite or whether it was our fatigue, is going to be unanswered until the finals. To me though, their game last night would take a herculean effort from our team firing on all cylinders just to be competitive and take it to the death where a bit of luck and a few plays from your stars can make the difference. At least they've given us a good lesson. The good thing to come out of this for a neutral, would be that this season might genuinely have 6+ flag contenders.

it was 32-80 halfway through the last! Lions are getting ready for next weeks match at that point.