John Demonic

I'm only interested in how we look after half time, after last year ! Finished your half time nap this time lads??

By Feeding off the mids I meant standing outside the pack, recieving and running and kicking it to our forwards I don't think its either/or. We could've still drafted Rosman, after picking up Smith. Rosman could've been taken under the tutelage of Smith and been primed in a year or two to take over. Smith is a vastly superior proposition for a flag tilt in the next 2/3 years, at his age and with his experience, than a new recruit. Then Rosman could've taken over and been one of our best in our 14th or 15th flags... But no guarantees on anything, Smith or Rosman. Just calculated risks... A 3rd years payment wasn't much of one in my opinion.

The Isaac Smith trade will probably end up being a far bigger miss that some on here are prepared to admit, when we see him feeding off the cats mids this year.

How long would he need in the system/doing a preseason before, with form permitting, he gets a senior call up? I agree that the wing is definitely a pressing need if Baker is merely 'ok' in a few cameos but will go missing, other players are shifted out of their best position to accommodate or if Rosman will need a year or two learning the craft.

Where's the 22 man grand final squad? Dissappointed.

How about a left field suggestion: We all expect Clarry to be at the same level as previous years, with improvements related to age. But what if he turned into a hulk-like 2015 Fyfe force, physically dominating every clearance. A welcome surprise, to be sure!

A piglet?

The club earmarked him as playing forward and ruck relief, while Gawny holds down no1 ruck. I'd say that gives him another 3+ years to grow into the role and potentially become a star forward. Maybe the kid cements his position and we pick up a cheap mature ruck after Gawn retires, who knows? You're judging a 200cm first year player recruited for his athleticism, on just 6 games? "lol" Yes, we might need a key star forward, but that remains to be seen with how Brown, Weid, Tmac, Petty & Jackson all go this year. Reassess in October.

You said a "star key forward" Maybe change your username to: Pickett2______

What is the purpose of your username if you think we need a star forward?

Maybe finally using his hammy to chase a defender, was what caused the injury?

I have it on good authority that Clarry will be a demon in 2022... .... As he doesn't want to play for a fanbase with this bloke in it:

I remember Goody's mastercoach move to win the r23 Collingwood match by moving Gawny forward in the last quarter. I also remember us missing finals that year.

I just hope he doesn't play Frittas paddock again

A few of us also had the same thought last year, namely that he would be cheap versatile depth in all areas of the ground. ?

It's the natural progression from Preuss as a forward

If I recall they had finals coming up, so whaddyaknow, we'll just leave that up to the law outside of footy, no internal suspension.

"6 goals in the first quarter" ... of his 4 year contract? ??

Well If the MFC was a movie, it would certainly be a prison drama. We've been crawling through football fields of raw sewerage for 55 years in search of premiership freedom

18? Was it Simon Goodwin?

Well I'm not saying we knowingly take on a player that will never get on the park. But you have to make some kind of radical change and take a risk, if you've persisted for two years with the same personel. BB battling to get on the park, even on that money, still fills the supporters with far more confidence and hope for the future, if he gets it right, than having Preuss lining up at CHF and the club languishing down at 11th on the ladder again.

For the meagre picks we gave, it would still be worth taking him on as a project player that spends the rest of his career battling to get on the park.

I popped on sports day to enjoy some schadenfreude, but all I heard was Gerard Healy questioning how there could be systemic racism because Eddie and Buckley n others there have such gentle giving hearts. Gross to hear one of The boys club that works with him spouting that rubbish, so conflicted and ignorant. Not many in the AFL media prepared to actually go hard because they walk the same aisles.

I'm curious, will this alter who the club rookie lists in the pre season draft thingie? Having Petty in rehab and now Hore out, doesn't bode well for our stocks. If there were 2 spots for Deakyn and Kobe Farmer, would they now have their sights on inviting another defender to train in the next month or two and taking 1 of the other 2? Or is it too late ?

It's still pretty surreal seeing him in Demon colours, like im in some weird alternate reality.