John Demonic

Look on the bright side: We can still get pick 5, if we lose the next 13 games.

He's got that rare Sean Wight defensive desperation spoil energy combined with athleticism and speed. You love to see it. If it was the 90's, he would be developing into the full back position.

Whether it's as the home seed at 1/2 or 5/6, I'd love to see how THEY go against us at the G in a final. Port were a contender for 3 years and it looks as though they might be back again. If we're fit, I think we're better than what we put up against the Lions last year. I hope so anyway, maybe its denial.

we would've been better off booting it out on the full/deliberate to the boundary between 40-70m, instead of all the hook/snaps to a Port player 40m directly in front in defence. Cost us 3 goals

Well that's our floor. Who knows what we can produce given 3 finals games. We know what our ceiling is. The 3rd quarter and every 4th quarter leading up to last night shows it. Time will tell how it stacks up against Collingwood. BUT IMO our competition has simply improved a huge amount. Sydney and Collingwood in 2022 were all at the same level the Bulldogs our GF opponent, were at in 2021. And Geelong were at our level. in 2023 I think we have Collingwood and Geelong still at the Premiership level. I wouldn't consider Brisbane last year in that discussion, but now it's looking like themselves and a potential wildcard of Port/WB/Another club could also make the jump to be a GF contender with a bit of luck and momentum in September In my mind that makes the competition against us 3-4 times harder now than it was in 2021. Its a huge challenge to be a premiership contender again. And we're still trying to learn and tweak what works best. At least we're still 3rd on the ladder.

We're going to rename ourselves The Trent Rivers next week, according to this analysis

Yartapuulti - 2019 - 2021 Form

Thought this was going to be a thread on how bad Angus Brayshaw was last night.

He's been watching too much NBA

Dixout! They'll be more unpredictable however! I remember they 'invented' the dirty ball tactic of kicking it low to combat McGovern and Barass. And they came away with a convincing win, back in 2018 or 19 or so

A draw with 10 injuries?

Or starting him at full back

And How I’ll sleep next Thursday night before the big prime time game against Port!

ROOOOOOOOOO

First you gotta do the truffle shuffle.

Well if we're being honest. This whole circus is about getting him out there for the Port game where his contested marking could be the difference, if Port come to play. Principles and Fair defence of our own aside.

The longer it goes on the more confident im feeling... (Is this how it works?)

Maybe your captain can radio in for the result

You're quite combative tonight for no apparent reason Mandee. I understood your sticky finger shoplifting joke and polished it off with some sticky fingers over the Wiz kicking 9 in a half. We're all in it together on this silly demon forum, no harm intended. Go Dees!

Dennis Deenuto

Add to that all the boo's he's getting whenever he goes near the ball 😭

`Who's on the appeals board?

Perhaps you missed seeing The Wiz kick 9 in a half!