John Demonic

Hey guys, I wrote this over on the trade board but thought it was more relevant here, about intelligent leaders. If we're looking for an A grade Elite player. Then we should be looking for an elite leader. What this means is a very intelligent human being, Aside from outliers, one thing i've noticed about the best AFL players is that they're very intelligent people. We need to bring in intelligence. As we are a young squad, it is one of our traits that we need to develop. We do have leaders of course, but they are inexperienced. Jones is our most intelligent bloke if you've heard him speak, but he is of course getting older and his physical attributes are beginning to wain and matched with his finals inexperience, it means we're lacking. Watts has that ability, but i suspect he does not have the kind of extroverted and domineering presence enough to get the team up. Maybe that will change as he stamps his mark on more contests in the clinch. I would personally like Jack Watts to come out show more of a personality outside of the game. I'd like to hear him give his take on tv shows and to give us more analysis of the club and our games to the fans on the website. More presence, and thus more feedback. 'On the Couch' would be a good step in the right direction. If anyone saw Dangerfield speaking on Talking Footy, you could see how intelligent he is. He's basically more perceptive and intelligent than the 40-50 year old blokes sitting around him. It's a hallmark of the best players of the competition. They are all quick thinking, they assess multiple options instantaneously and generally choose the right option. They're people that can sit on a tv show and provide 20 minutes of thought provoking analysis, Sam Mitchell and Luke Hodge are other examples. That is what you want on the football field. If you think Viney is a shoe in for captain then I think you need to listen to him speak and re-assess whether you want him as THE central leader of the club. No offence to him, but he's not the intelligent elite captain that will take us to a premiership. He's a bull with flair that will no doubt develop his attributes, but he's got a long way to go before he has the right kind of leadership on the field to change the flow of a game with sharp and fast lateral adaptable thinking. I don't know who to recruit, But I think we should look at another mature player with leadership qualities. Jones needs AT LEAST a year longer as captain before TWO trade and draft periods have finished and we can assess where all of our players are at.

If we're looking for an A grade Elite player. Then we should be looking for an elite leader. What this means is a very intelligent human being. We need to bring in intelligence. As we are a young squad, it is one of our traits that we need to develop. We do have leaders of course, but they are inexperienced. Jones is our most intelligent bloke if you've heard him speak, but he is of course getting older and his physical attributes are beginning to wain and matched with his finals inexperience, it means we're lacking. Watts has that ability, but i suspect he does not have the kind of extroverted and domineering presence enough to get the team up. Maybe that will change as he stamps his mark on more contests in the clinch. If anyone saw Dangerfield speaking on Talking Footy, you could see how intelligent he is. He's basically more perceptive and intelligent than the 40-50 year old blokes sitting around him. It's a hallmark of the best players of the competition. They are all quick thinking that assess multiple options instantanously and generally choose the right option, intelligent people that can sit on a tv show and provide 20 minutes of thought provoking analysis, Sam Mitchell and Luke Hodge are other examples. That is what you want on the football field. If you think Viney is a shoe in for captain then I think you need to listen to him speak and re-assess whether you want him as THE central leader of the club. No offence to him, but he's not the intelligent elite captain that will take us to a premiership. He's a bull with flair that will no doubt develop his attributes, but he's got a long way to go before he has the right kind of leadership on the field to change the flow of a game. I don't know who to recruit, But I think we should look at another mature player with leadership qualities. Jones needs AT LEAST a year longer as captain before TWO trade and draft periods have finished and we can assess where all of our players are at.

How someone reads the tone of a conversation is totally subjective and can be interpreted many ways. You could have misread it too ProDee, you aren't the one that has the only correct reading and neither does a consensus. There was plenty in her verbal and physical expressions that suggests that Hogan is not 100% committed, irrespective of what she said. And if you're not 100%, then there is always grounds to be concerned. I think that is what came across with what she said. She didn't directly say she thought he would go, but there is enough ambiguity and concern with the 'umming and ahhing' to think that Caro thinks he could go. There were multiple ways to interpret it.

No mun

I thought Lamumba put out a book about Mindfulness Meditation being cool, Why isn't he teaching Jesse the Dalai Lama mental training tricks. Was it all posturing!

Grimes should be in the #27 package for Hibberd and their 3rd or 4th round. My opinion, not a club rumor. I've heard a few bomber fans express interest in him.

Rumor reported on talkingfooty and the superfooty podcast that he's off to Hawthorn next year. RIP FITZY?

Tonyh, turn up to the demon training and have a very loud conversation with a few of your mates so the players and coaches can overhear you. We're going back to analog baby.

Delidio will be 30 IF he gets onto the field in r1 next year, he isn't worth much.

Nah, it's only 600. And 125 in cash under the table to Goodwin.

Playing them today probably eliminated their trade value? They were thrown up with Hibberd a month ago, good luck now.

His 'let them learn and adapt' ethos needs intervention at times. Goodwin needs to rip into these players and take control.

Carlton deserve one last goal

FFS, JETTA IS OUR ONLY CLEAN DISPOSER. AND WE SIT HIM IN DEFENCE ALL DAY FFS

We handball too often in the forward line and look for an easy run in goal. WHat happened to the SNAP?? THE SNAP HAS BEEN SNAPPED FROM OUR REPERTOIRE!

biggest kick of hogans career coming up. Worst kick of his career.

Hogan annoyed at Tyson that the shot that slipped off the side of his boot wasn't passed directly to him?

Send MCDONALD forward

I just did my left eyebrow ACL from all of that rolling

We need 3 of him in all areas

This is so bad, ive taken my laptop to the bed and watching it on a small screen in comfort instead of on a big screen TV

that throw in we left empty space goal side, lucky

Sometimes I feel like I want Jetta in the midfield for a left field move. Even though he saves goals, he rarely gets beaten, he's silk. Throw him in there for 5 mins and see

ANB no speed at all, could have gathered into open goal

I've got this feeling, I know its real its got a hold on me. Cmon Demons, you've got me screaming, got me ripping off my seat.