John Demonic

I thought you got off those shoplifting charges Ethan. ET was talking about seeing The Wiz kick 9 in a half.

Now we just need @Hawny for Gawny to ask Andy a Q on the podcast thread or leave a review, so we get to hear him read the name out loud

Luckily we only have Sam Frost and Tom Jonas to beat in the air

Pulp Fritschion

Give him a run up forward as a birthday treat

Yeah but would Clarko have dropped Gunston for Billy Hartung to add some forward pressure?

Wtf is this absurdity that you can only take your eye off the ball if you have ill intentions, and not because you're momentarily tracking where your opponent is out of duty of care? Are they actively encouraging endangering yourself and your opponent by turning yourself into a missile by recklessly going back with the flight like Nick Riewoldts and Brown did? They were lucky they didn't kill themselves or their opponent. And lucky they marked the ball.

It's the work of Danon, lead by the mysterious D. D drops D-Drops about an Anti-Dees Deep state operating out of a pizza parlour in Toorak.

Looking forward to getting my annual dose of Frost ball, and not from the weather!

Great game to watch. Made a good argument for night games up North in the NT and northern QLD Bring on a 20th team in NT I say as the hot and humid weather will be a decent equalizer that produces matches of that quality. Exhausting encounters that are full of drama. Will be far more interesting that the boredom of seeing another 3rd WA/SA team running around. (Just don't bring up the economics)

Was just my poor attempt at a double entendre, as every person is asking for the trade route out of there! #BenKingToTheDemons2024

Given these weekly threads usually come with street names: - Where's the road out of here?

He was frankly quite cranky, Cranky Franky

Wouldn't mind JVR kicking 5 on their Captain too 👍

I wonder if Schache is the kind of player that will one day, out of nowhere, have an out-of-body experience and play possessed (out of necessity) like Tom Boyd in the 2016 GF in the ruck. Both players not too dissimilar as very high draft picks that did not live up to expectations, but still had/have the talent to stick around on the list with their potential to have that one off out of the box performance that can turn a match. That's why im pretty glad we have him on our list as as a back up when needed to contribute again, but the option is there. He might be crucial in a final, who knows.

Collingwood will be top 4 come end of the year, or in the 8 at the very least. Its assured. Although it's natural to want them to lose every game, my thinking on these close ones switches instantly to 'Well they've knocked one of our top 4/8 competitors and prevented them from getting 4 points" the moment the siren goes and the deed is done. Some may think Adelaide, Stkilda, Essendon, Port will fade as the year goes. But where they finished last year will make their fixture easier to stay contending for our position in the top 4. Every loss to the Pies is fine in that regard. Even though it's irritating seeing Maynard carry on like a pork chop.

26 kick outs. Geelong were very wasteful in front of goal

I'm still bitter at Goodwin for beating the Tigers last week.

The Tassie announcement just added 5 goals to Freos scoreline, the Hawks are racing to add the talent before the draft becomes compromised. Sam Mitchell is smart enough to lose competitively to Freo next week

I expect today to be a very calm and easy death ride.

Agree with that. It's just morbid and weird at this stage. I only mention state of origin, because I still remember that visceral feeling in the early-mid 90's as a kid, watching not only origin games on TV, but Adelaide games on TV - there was an intense hatred from the crowd towards visiting victorian clubs, and as a victorian, i barracked for every visiting club to get an 'upset' win. Because even dislike of Collingwood, Hawthorn, Geelong, Carlton or Essendon was transcended by a hatred of Adelaide, when it came to games at Footy Park on TV. So whenever JHF got the ball and was boo'd, I got the impression that an older generation brought up on that state of origin diet, combines with the media click bait news cycle about him leaving North, combineswith people boo'ing because other people are booing. And now i wonder if this will be confirmed if he does not get boo'd outside parochial Victoria. But maybe there is just no reasoning or logic to try and understand about it!

Well that was an interstate vic-game, hence the state of origin angle. So I was curious to know if he was boo'd against Adelaide, or over in Sydney? And will he be boo'd interstate outside victoria?

On the booing topic, I wonder if he will get boo'd in an interstate non-vic game? And if the boo'ing is some kind of left over remnant of the VICvSA state of origin hatred? Call me crazy, but a lot of dumbo's in the crowd might be in that 40-80 age range that grew up with origin, and carry a feeling that he jumped ship from a VIC to an SA club. Just a thought. EDIOT: To go alongside the whole pick 1 leaving after a year media circus going on. So an easy target.

I was told St Kilda were some kind of defensive juggernaut? Small sample size I guess. TBH first time ive watched them for the year, and while I was impressed with their discipline, run/speed and fight at the contest, they really just reminded me of the same middling team that reached their ceiling back in 2020. Same with Port. 5-8 teams at best. Although that's what we are: if we're ever off our game, carrying injuries, or playing complacent footy. Comforting Friday night footy really.

Our big 'rival' in terms of manoeuvring ourselves up the draft order is GWS. They'll be the ones that will probably get two top 10 draft picks with theirs and holding Richmond's. They might even both be picks lower than Freo's. Edit: Right now its #3 and #7, but I think it will end up being #5/6 and #8/9. Freo I think will be #5/6