John Demonic

Bit annoying that Collingwood look like being one of our competitors in the finals. In the sense that they might be able to make a prelim via the 5-8 route.

Like this? Or could we petition the AFL to allow the VelcroMitt™️ ?

Sportsday on 3AW had a good little interview with him. The GF half time bit was v interesting. https://player.whooshkaa.com/episode?id=976338

Can't wipe the smile off my face after that 360 interview. He's so composed even on camera. I'm loathed to say this, because he's as tough as competitor as any other 2nd year player, but he is a such a 'cute little tacker' of a footballer. Apologies 🤦‍♂️ Richard Hadley (Saw it on reddit this week)

Do you do all these list exercises to distract you from the pong, Werridee?

Was a majority needed for letting GCS and GWS in? Port? Freo?

Relax 58. I simply saw the 4 talls named and thought we might experiment with TMAC on the wing and Weid/BB up forward, rehearsing in the event of a Brayshaw or Langdon injury later in the year. It's not that crazy an idea, given the coach had it - And if Tmac or BB suffer an injury, and Weid comes in and holds his spot - Will we keep one of them out of the team or look at ways we can fit them all in? I bet Goody is creative enough to do something there. He had Tomlinson on a wing, granted it failed, but it shows he is thinking outside the box on positional changes like having a tall-athletic wingman to cover space on the ground and aerially. I have not seen Rosman or Howes, so I'm not prepared to consider them in the 22 yet. We are talking about a defensive winger role that requires a mature head for it, so whether Jordon is being primed as a back-up wingman, or not - It's hard to see anyone else coming through and certainly not Baker. Too embarrassed to reply? Cmon mate, life is too short to get embarrassed over internet posts. And besides, The demonland forum off-season of premiership good-will hasn't ended yet. Cheers!

The only concern might be the flow on effect of an injury to Brayshaw or Langdon in the regular season. Would Jordan then play their predominantly? Will he be reliable enough? Or would it be another wasteland for the midfield rotations again? It might go back to being one of our weaknesses. Whatever happened to the training of TMAC as a wingman in early 2021? We had injuries to Weid/BB that shifted our focus, but is it permanently shelved as an option? When I saw the big lineup of Weid/Brown/Tmac/Jackson, I thought we might use it as an opportunity to see TMAC up the ground, minding space and providing aerial capabilities. But it might be too theoretical at this stage, more important to give forward line practice to TMAC for the regular season. Anyway, putting all this practice-match nonsense aside, it will be great to see Brayshaw back on that wing.

No, we will be unfurling the egg n bacon rolls

Away for the filming of the Amazon Lord of the Rings TV show?

Some things are bigger than footy

This is what irked me about the blocking topic. Sheeds opponent, Pendlebury btw, was nowhere to be found. If he'd actually contested with Sheed, the umpire would've just seen two pairs wrestling for the mark and let it go, be it a mark or spoil. And no one would be discussing Maynard being held. So a blocking free if it was awarded, would just be letting Pendlebury off the hook for not being there to contest. It would be a penalty against Sheed for being fitter. I think the ump got it right in officiating in the spirit of the game, rather than technically.

The 3rd quarter in particular had quite a few high frees to the Dogs. It was annoying, but it was also a clear indicator that they were running out of options. When high frees are all you can summon from an offensive stand point to advance the ball forward, then you're running on fumes and about to be overrun. Probably part explains why they were so quick to hang their heads after our barrage of goals. They'd sensed it was coming a lot earlier and knew it was over, based on their own inability to do anything but draw a high free to combat the flow and run of our momentum prior to.

Can't have won a premiership? Well bugger. Guess I can't choose Chris Dawes.

If he did, that would make Weid Jacobs ladder. (Bdum Tish)

1 2 3 4 I declare thumb war!

No doubt they should be better and its a long shot, but I'm just hoping they suffer a string of bad luck. Lose a few close contests early in the season, get smashed a few times and drop their heads and give up. And have players like Libba, McRae, Hunter and Brighton-Mullet severely out of form, and end up with 3-5 wins heading into the bye and never catch up.

As much as I'd love to just smash the same clubs again next year, it would be nice to see WB & Port drop out of the 4 or 8 this year, and a few other challengers step up. We might look back on the first 5 weeks as a breeze. And play the real premiership contenders later on. Hopefully what we do to them will be so spirit crushing, that we effectively end both their seasons before they even begin. I don't think a club that relies on the ageing Boak, Jonas, Gray & Dixon has much left in its legs. And as for the Dogs, if Libba decides to not mentally turn up (again), then they're already gone.

I watched the Aus open final last night from a video file that contained no commentary. Didn't miss a thing, and found it much easier to just focus on the play. Would love to get that option for the footy, and behind the goals vision too. But yeah, zero commentary or radio calls, were way better than 7. 3AW was great as well. Having said that... Triple M was as bad as Ch 7.

Jack Darling is 191 too. Hard to believe given he looks like a clumsy lumbering 200cm forward.

Big Ben Brown hits up the lead in front of goal, my first thought: I still can't believe we got him so cheap lol

Seems like the ultimate 'killing time at work' or 'waiting in bank queue' thing to do. I haven't yet, but I think I just might. Ill start with reddit here: https://www.reddit.com/r/AFL/comments/pv27lc/match_thread_melbourne_vs_western_bulldogs_2021/?sort=new It's pretty messy to get through. Not even sure if it will load every comment. Below is the post-match thread for more relevant comments. I find reddit a little more witty and less vitriolic, with the way the upvote filtering works: https://www.reddit.com/r/AFL/comments/pv5i8d/post_grand_final_thread_melbourne_are_the_2021/ @Dr. Gonzo

Loved the extended shots of old mate here after the Petracca goal, wish we'd seen his reaction after the following goals. Because this felt like the beginning of the 'Is this real? is this happening?" thoughts, where we were all close to tears, but the result is still in play, so the dam has not burst. Mix that in with the excitement that a superstar from our club is ripping a grand final open and declaring himself the best in the comp. Epic moment.

Just watching back that 3rd with SEN synced. It's a great call, but gee wiz, Healy needs to get his special comments in a little bit faster, he's finishing up right as the ball hits the deck for Petracca dribble, or right when Jackson has gone up for the bounce, leaving Huddo to rapidly get out his call as we're streaming forward. Though Huddo isn't as quick as he once was. I think I preferred when Whately was calling, he really focuses on each possession, gets out it rapidly without being bogged down by a phrase.

Looks like Earl Spalding