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John Demonic

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  1. I'm not sure if that means Oliver will win the Brownlow in 2020 or Brayshaw with a bleached mop ?
  2. It's almost like we are not training style/s that adapt to circumstance. We could certainly not currently be considered "a team that can excel with plan A, but mitigate any damage successfully with a plan B" which i'd ascribe to a club that can focus on winning and not just playing a certain style.
  3. Agree with this. There is no point playing Gus on the wing. He's either in the middle or we trade him to acquire a mid who can play wing & inside when required. But we need to shift player/s around to accommodate for more midfield time. Oliver & Viney can play more forward time, Jones more defence or forward. Harmes & Brayshaw seem more suited to midfield predominantly.
  4. Yeah, but does Goody have the guts to put Viney somewhere else? Viney would be more useful on a wing or even Half forward if it meant we had the best of Brayshaw back in the middle, he's wasted on the wing. Gawn, Oliver & Brayshaw were an amazing tandem last year.
  5. I'm so glad someone else is saying this too. The media line that we have too many of the same types is no coincidence and has ramifications on our playing style. We need to make a big trade move this year to acquire an outside running mid with speed and burst if we're not getting a Free agent. It's plainly obvious that Viney is also off limits for cultural and leadership reasons moreso than talent reasons. So it would be between Brayshaw, Petracca and Harmes. But Petracca has a very high ceiling and is not worth trading for what we'd get I think. I've said in a trade thread a few weeks that in terms of a forecasted ceiling, Harmes may be at his highest point of value right now given he is a late pick and you'd pick Brayshaw to improve far more. But as it stands he's being played in the middle as a priority over Brayshaw who has again been moved to a position that doesn't suit his natural abilities. So I think if this continues then Brayshaw would probably be the most open to a trade at the end of the year and Harmes seems more in the Viney mould of limited ability, but would be kept for a mix of reasons that include being a barometer for the team right now re run and momentum. if I was Freo list manager with Langdon or Cerra wanting a trade, i would be looking at a player like Harmes and thinking back to 2 years ago and where he was at, I would be reticent to trade for him without more coming back. Brayshaw as a pick 3 is going to provide the best trade value out there right now in us attaining an elite running mid. Edit: And I'd keep Salem over Brayshaw. This year more so than any other has shown the reasons for that.
  6. Petty is going to mark and rebound everything, Baker & ANB are going to run them ragged on the wings and Bull is going to mark and run through everything
  7. Bit of a C \_/ |\| T move to circumvent the profanity filter!
  8. It was a slight overreaction, the bloke he was responding to just said a few players "deserve to be dropped" - i don't see how that's keyboard warrioring.
  9. Ew! Can't we have a seperate forum for non-demon teams? ?
  10. Maybe Oliver needs to handball into the 50 as he has the fastest pick up / flick off in the game ?
  11. Our big win against Adelaide looked massive at the time, until we learnt that they were having a gf hangover all year and would end up outside the 8. Our big win against WCE looked massive at the time, until we learnt how they play with their two time coleman medalist in the team when a grand final spot is on the line and not in a deadrubber. Memorable wins none the less, but fools gold on revision. I do actually think the WCE and Adelaide wins in 2017 were better than any wins last year. One was gritty and full of sheer determination and the latter against the Crows was a tactical destruction and smothering of all of their strengths while they were at their peak. Having said that though, we never played at a level that Richmond did that year and they would've crushed us if we'd actually beaten Collingwood in round 23 and gotten into the finals. So far this year it has looked utterly meager against the top team in Geelong as we've slid backwards.
  12. Why review it? We didn't play the prelim with the Melbourne brand that works against weaker teams and fails against Collingwood, RIchmond & WCE.
  13. You must want a few more top 5 picks Moony! Our game style would be utterly negated with team prior! Would like to see how this looks though, has it been trialed before?
  14. My favourite grand finals were the ones where 50-60 points were scored each. I want to see a good contest, not just a good shootout. Couldn't care less about the low scoring.
  15. We need to recruit a wingman, rather than play Brayshaw there. He struggles unless he's in the middle imo. I think this is where the media and external talk rings true, we have too many of the same types. Hard decisions need to be made at the end of the year to attain a speedy outside running mid.
  16. Post of the year was last night by TMAC ?
  17. @Pates Maybe he should be pretending he's 60m out when he's kicking from 30 and just booting it through post high length with a long run up?
  18. Garlett has the forward craft and the crumbing patterns down pat, and i think he's doing all of the team things in hitting up the 10-20m range with a short pass instead of a snap from the boundary and applying pressure on the rebound. While that's fine, he does look as though he has had all the joy and naturalness of his game sapped out of him at the same time and is a little restrained or tentative probably because he doesn't want to get a baking or be dropped. I also noticed him running to the pack of celebrating players with the faintest of smiles last night, so he perhaps is a little on the outer. One can only speculate though, i'm sure by doing this, a particular poster will chime in and tell me it's all nonsense. I wish the coaches would give him a little license to play a bit more selfishly in terms of having a few shots, because I think he's a few goals away from re-capturing some joyful footy and making the forward 50 his hunting ground, failure to give that license and balance to his game may just result in a couple of bad games that result in him losing his career at the Dees. Which would be a massive mistake.
  19. I recall the thinking outside the square that came from Port when they beat em, was the "dirty ball" into the forward line, low balls to eliminate McGoverns influence. I wonder if we can emulate this?
  20. I got this impression when we named Viney. No resting anyone. Need this win and need to get some momentum going for the month ahead.
  21. Bloody nice gesture of Gawny & Goody to invite our injured skipper onto the dais to lift the cup. Shades of Bob
  22. GCS are no easy beats. Have people watched their games? We need our best team in there right now. The season is on the line this week, not the week after. We haven't earnt any confidence to assume this is a win and Viney can return v wce.
  23. But if we're being realistic, Viney is a burst player and he wants to be in there now when the season is on the line and contribute to a resurgence. No point trying to get him 100% if the season is done. I'd take a 90-95% Viney playing through soreness over ANB
  24. I suspect he's setting himself up for a big run now when we need him firing to hit the 2nd half running (r8-12) - if we lose these games then get him in for surgery and cherry ripe for 2020. If our season is alive then he'll set himself up for another late run rounds 18-23 after probably being injured r13-17 tbh. Hoping after the bye we can knock down some wins and then make a play for the 8 with him in there... then he rests in bye round.
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