John Demonic

The game will now be dominated by ruckmen who can kick a set shot goal from a 50metre penalty from a starting zone infringement! ?

And because they're too cool to wear this style:

All this talk about players giving everything this year has me more worried about burn out now I know every team needs to improve, but we weren't that far off it this year. A few wins and we are staring at a top 2 finish ABOVE the Eagles and their stadium and then who knows. We obviously had some glaring issues with our game plan mid year and needed a few tweaks and positional adjustments, but i just hope we don't suffer from any adverse effects of training TOO hard because we've undestimated how close we are, or being too crushed by the weight of expectations when we invariably have a few off-games next year. WCE still had their woeful games in a premiership year, case in point Essendon at home. It goes without saying that the converse of this problem is overestimating ourselves and not training hard enough. So balance. Train hard, give everything, but also know your limits.

Gotta love his V shaped hairline, though he should dye it bright red.

I felt like I was there for a few minutes.

Rank Player Team Games Goal Assists for Last Game Total 1 Jake Melksham Melbourne 23 0 v West Coast, Preliminary Final 33 2 Shane Edwards Richmond 24 1 v Collingwood, Preliminary Final 31 3 Dylan Shiel GWS 23 0 v Collingwood, Semi Final 26 4 Tom Hawkins Geelong 21 0 v Melbourne, Elimination Final 24 5 Dustin Martin Richmond 23 1 v Collingwood, Preliminary Final 23 5 Patrick Dangerfield Geelong 22 1 v Melbourne, Elimination Final 23 7 Jamie Cripps West Coast 25 0 v Collingwood, Grand Final 22 7 Christian Petracca Melbourne 24 1 v West Coast, Preliminary Final 22 7 Jack Billings St Kilda 21 1 v North Melbourne, Round 23 22 10 Alex Neal-Bullen Melbourne 25 2 v West Coast, Preliminary Final 20 Team Just to add to the discussion, Petracca is doing pretty well in terms of goal assists as is ANB. Melksham had such a great year, that it feels like it could be an outlier and he may struggle at times next year as opposition is more familiar and puts a tag on him. So maybe if Tracc again plays more time forward, we should look at the assist tally just as much as the goal conversion tally to measure his output.

I'm thinking the reverse, If Petracca makes an impact it will be as a midfielder with his sheer big bodied presence at key moments, or when as a half forward, up the ground and winning key contests and surging us forward. With a bag or 2 of goals at the most kicked throughout the year. Oliver looks to be the one that can have a true 'power forward' impact when needed. Petracca more the crumber/half forward with class at the drop of the ball currently. But i'm not expecting any massive leap next year like I was last year. We might all be underestimating how big or vital an impact the Gawn/Preuss combination may just become next year, which really would mean we can get along fine with Petracca not being a prolific forward or kicking 30-40.

(best logo ever btw)

I knew i'd seen him somewhere before...

De Goey mate! Collingwood adding Beams in middle and having JDG up forward permanently will be a formidable opponent. Pretty pumped for QB Retribution just thinking about it.

No one had spargo picked to debut this year even based on vfl form for first month or 2. Many wanted him to debut, but only because we were so desperate for a small forwards with pace at the time, not because he was banging door down. Looking at Bedford, I can see him getting a look in, similar speed and frame as Garlett. Might seize an opportunity like Spargo did, as he's such a contrasting forward to all others in 22, like Garlett is

Stand by Ben King instead of Fold for May?

Haha. Just saw this over on reddit:

We could create an AFLX rectanglur pitch in the upstairs Flinders Street ball room

I can't believe anyone would ever vote again for a party that signs a pre-election agreement to send a billion tax payer dollars to their construction mates if their freeway isn't built and I wouldn't listen to the 'equally bad' nonsense, it's just a disillusioned lib talking point to disguise them all as indistinguishable from each other. Re-opening tafes is more important than building new AFL facilities. So maybe the Yarra Park facilities should be geared more towards education and learning. Sports science, training etc with MFC facilities tacked on, to get approval. Probably not the place for a digressing political discussion though, oops.

Where's the beard? I thought he wanted to learn from the best.

As a non-footballer, i could say the same thing about Harrison Petty or Charlie Spargo!

Best of 3 prelim please

Sacrilege to mention around here, but Freo are one of the few teams that i want to win a premiership outside of the Dees. I was barracking hard in 2013 for them, shouting at the telly when they beat Geelong at Kardinia Park, enjoying their crushing pressure game on Sydney. And of course barracking hard for them against Hawthorn in the prelim back in 2015 when it went down to the wire. If they can see some success in the next 7 or so years with Hogan reaching his potential, it would be good for the game and nice that we've played a role in his development.

Why does his position in the bnF have any bearing on the conversation over his role in the team moving forward? Clarko didn't roll out the red carpet of a long contract for Lewis or Mitchell after they finished in the top 2 or 3 of their bNf. He saw the writing on the wall that a 3 years contract was not going to benefit the team, and traded them somewhere that would benefit them individually. I'm not suggesting anything like that, i'm only suggesting that having the conversation about Jones, his strengths and weaknesses and his role or position in the team next year and the years after, does not make you a hater.

Claytons Plea to Petracca: keep up the good forward craft ?

Something to do with these two ^ Hopefully that thread doesn't last even a round!

https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/afl-news-daniel-menzel-joins-sydney-swans-as-delisted-free-agent/news-story/423976b9e4cfdffb6d4ecb9fdf2378aa?nk=0d400092e53f3429c0b1e3638698f9c6-1542221783 Sydney for 1 year...