John Demonic

Was the Hump freed?

Is King Steven the Rightful Heir to the Throne?

Smoked it with you in the back of the Jefferson Airplane

Just as an aside, when i hit play on any 3AW pod, real footy theage or footy classified ep, the moment I hear Sam McClure filling in and introducing I close that down immediately haha. He's the worst by a mile.

B. Humphrey has been placed on indefinite mental health leave (for exposing himself at Crown Casino)

It could happen. We don't know. we could be in the worst timeline. Are Demonlanders so scarred with MFCSS, that they're refusing to even think it's a possibility? Seems it, given the near-universal praise of his appointment and radio interview. Jobe Watson couldn't possibly get it wrong! But I think I'll wait and see what we do over trade period and on the footy field to make that assessment! Refreshing to see one person at least acknowledge it as a possibility, I'll give you that.

Fair enough. If it was a non-rort situation, I reckon they'd be wanting a pick 12-15 or so from us not 23, but all the mores for us. Surely they'd want a future 2nd as well then

Pick 23 doing the heavy lifting in these scenarios. It's closer to a junk pick than a deal closer.

He' be naive to think that'll ever happen. The AFL brought in the stand rule and the High Fend off to prevent a game breaker like that from ever standing head n shoulders above the rest in a dour low scoring tussle. We've got Ashcrofts n Daicoses nowadays that are fast and fit enough to break lines and impact to that level. "You can be our Cam Rayner" is about the most realistic ceiling ie when it's not all about you, we'll need you to physically impose yourself to make space for our other mids to rip the games apart.

I'm playing it on repeat for the next few weeks, to get this over the line

Damn straight. The gifts they've been given and are going to get make this a hollow victory for neutrals, even if it's against Geelong or Collingwood. I counted 1 fist pump and audible shout, after that magnificent Lachie Neale goal, but that was it. Usually im up and about when im barracking and the game and it was a pretty decent nerve-wracking struggle for 2 1/2 quarters. But after the dam broke, it wasn't joy for anyone but the Lions organization. Nice to see them dominate and have fun, but impossible to feel any sense of 'shared' enthusiasm over it. They're not us, never felt more evident. Footy is a great sport, but its clear that there are huge inequalities that make it impossible to put aside, when watching it at its best.

Do we get to do the chant too?

Yes. I thought doing it on the G for the fans was the motivation and drive? Or is he talking about 24/25 once the dust settled? Maybe there's some revisionism going on From the outside looking in, 22/23 we were driven and determined enough to be top 4. That can't have just been talent. Our demise was fitness one year, and then personnel and the beginning of the shift away from totally defensive footy in 23. 24/25 feels like more of the existential lack of purpose coming to the fore once we had to shift tactically and recruit better ball users.

Not sure why we would doubt Goody on this when he said this was from two months of self reflection after the sacking. Imo I think revitalising our style into a faster and cleaner 2025 version was so much of a huge all consuming task, that perhaps he had not balanced that with inspiring the collective and personal drives of the playing group. I think it was commonly thought that it was the reverse! (Or both) The new tactics position makes a lot more sense in this regard, as others have pointed out

Having the steady pair of hands and hard working forward smarts of Checkers (Mihocek) will hopefully be a big impact on Tracc and the rest of the mids and forwards. King has said he wants to see more attacking fast 1 on 1 footy. So I think a clearer and fresher approach will only abet Tracc in confidently delivering it to the forwards, or having shots on goal from a lead or contested mark. And Brody can regale him and the rest of the Petracca clan with inside stories of The Filth in their leisure time, assuaging their big club desires. Hitting two magpies with one stone.

I would've said 'Type numbers into spreadsheets', but in this degenerate era, it's now 'Type prompts into ChatGPT'

its my job, [..........space........]but its not just my job, its my passion Yup. And the comma is doing the heavy lifting here. The way he answered it was with a full stop. And was a 3 or 4 second pause with awkward laughter from all involved before adding to that statement. The words alone on a page are somewhat of a misquote.

We're being raided by SANFL clubs. Not a ringing endorsement of our 2025 program

Is it any surprise? The bloke could talk eloquently for half an hour without saying that much at all. Once it became a proper process for finding the right candidate, the person/s that were most up-to-date on 2025 footy and coaching/management were the ones that stood out, and he was at the back of the pack. And of course the media can't deal with that reality. Many on DL predicted that Bucks would only become coach, if it was a headhunt and we weren't going through the right coaching process. And it seemed thats what was happening when Goodwin was unceremoniously dumped with 3 weeks to go in the season. I'm happy. Curious to hear from there Deebrief Podcast now. They were pushing for him for half the season!

Only solace is that given our history of players foot injury recoveries combined with his medical history, he would've become very close friends with Shane McAdam these past few seasons, or had no impact on field as we pushed him into the seniors with zero VFL time.

That will pair nicely with your champagne

Semi Final Sainters here we come

Jamie Elliott diddled us

That would be a throw in. Not sure about Harmes one? But perhaps the AFL need to clarify every instance via video, but here is the sanfl one:

It's the Last disposal out of bounds, not touch, so that won't happen. If you kick or handball it into a player and it goes out of bounds, you will still be the last one that disposed of it and will give away the free kick. Thread title is incorrect in that regard.