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I'm really outraged by the MFC players who get in Jack's way when he is crashing through!

Viney finishing 3rd is not a good sign for picket! Getting it wrong too often to be taken seriously!

I don't think Hunt was mentioned in the highlights reel even in the last game where he kicked 4... may be a fait accompli

I have only read the current page... but I'm so glad the club ONCE AGAIN recognized the worth of Jack Viney, even though some of the most boisterous here are unable to see what is patently obvious! Perhaps its time for the Viney assassins to take a breath and acknowledge that they get it wrong... over and over and over again!!!

Just logged in to this thread after family obligations... what a pack of sad non-entities Demonlanders are at this time of night. Really, if you don't have an intellect that goes beyond "my team didn't win the premiership therefore I don't exist" then please, don't clog up what used to be an important part of a supporters weekly diet with your vomit!!!!

All this 'performance in finals' clap trap! Our club has one of the best finals records over the journey... it may even be the best!

Had to zap through to the end to make my point. We have won more games than we lost. Melksham has kicking abilities that are rare. Hunt proved a point. ANB has become one of our most reliable set shots. AVB continues to get the tough ball, Brown was a very good pick up for a back up! Lever's +'s outweigh any -v's. Goodwin has made a great recovery.... Which other coach has had his team rise 8 places and counting?

Hard to fathom the disrespect shown to AVB. Some posters just don't watch closely or take the time to review their pompous opinion pieces without first watching a replay. To those posters I say, watch the first half of the third quarter for verification that No 22 plays an important role... I won't tax your flagging concentration skills by asking you to watch a full replay. As for Smith in the back 6... master stroke by the coaching panel (given who else is available) and quite clearly a case of make it work or we will pass you by. He is making important shut-down efforts that the lazy watcher just doesn't notice!

Difficult to win when the umpires are cheats!

This thread is about Team selections this week... stick to the script picket!

The helpful analysis here is almost defunct, and those posters who think its clever to bring in some reference to sacking the coach every time they speak offer less than Lee Harvey Oswald at a seminar on the 2nd amendment.

No, you barrack for the oppo every week to support your sick obsession.

On AVB giving away free kicks... He is on 12 against, compared to 24 Cripps, 16 Fyfe, 19 Oliver, 17 Kosi, 15 Harmes, & 15 Petracca.

OUT: Bedford, Preuss, ANB, Baker, Smith Possible INs: Hannon, Jackson, Bennell, Brayshaw, T McDonald

I think we can draw a line through more than the coach after watching that. Too early to name players, but the blokes who came in had an opportunity. There is a future for Rivers, some of the regulars (Petracca, Gawn, Oliver, Fritsch, VDB, Viney (until hit), Hibberd) were up to AFL standard, but after that I'm scratching what hair I have left.

Very poor team whenever the conditions are poor. Out bodied, out thought, out played out of finals.

These are the players on our list that posters have demanded be dropped so far this year... Jones Salem Harmes Viney Lever Spargo Brayshaw Hibberd Melksham Hannon Tomlinson VDB Rivers McDonald. T McDonald. O ANB Fritsch Sparrow Kosi Brown Jetta Wagner. J Smith

GF in the city I was born in on my Birthday! The stars have aligned... It's Demons in 2020!

Just a point of order... there are some things that Jetta brought that Jay may develop. Jets is really annoying to small forwards (and others). He has a nifty way of holding on without being pinged. I have heard, first hand, team mates complain about this in pre-season simulation training, to the point where Dunny once advised his team to, "just hit him"! Jets rarely panics... if he is beaten he just fronts up for the next contest. Jets knows when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em.!

You had better take a closer look, Lord Nev!

I was outraged by the 50 metre penalty against Fritsch at the time, so I followed up with a bit of analysis. First up, we all agree that Fritsch was trying to slow down Brisbane (and Bailey's) ball movement. Here's my description of the sequence. Fritsch slides across the boundary line to attempt a mark. Bailey (Brisbane 33) gives him a little nudge forward. The Boundary Umpire whistles for OOF. Soon after, Curtis Deboy, umpire number 11, whistles the stop in play as he runs toward the two players. Meanwhile Bailey 33 tries to get ball. Fritsch is trying to get to his feet. Deboy calls out "Bailey". Bailey 33 now has Fritsch's head between his legs. He then pushes Fritsch to the ground by shoving down on his shoulders (this fits into Fritsch's plan beautifully). With Fritsch now lying face down, Deboy calls out, "Bailey, give it back". Bailey regains his feet (which he is entitled to do as he will be manning the mark) and immediately hands the ball to Bailey 33. Deboy has already decided to pay a 50 metre penalty and adjudicates that decision at the same instant that Fritsch is handing the ball back. Now lets look at that in time! From the moment Deboy says, "Bailey, give it back", 6 seconds transpires before Fritsch hands the ball to Bailey 33. NOW, PLEASE COMPARE WHAT I HAVE DESCRIBED WITH A SIMILAR INCIDENT 10 MINUTES EARLIER With 12:07 to go on the time clock, Petracca lands a beautiful tackle on Bailey 33 between the centre circle and the wing Boundary line. Umpire 3, Leigh Fisher blows the whistle to award a free kick for HTB to Petracca. Bailey 33 tries to slow things down and as Petracca tries to retrieve the ball, Bailey 33 pushes the ball away along the ground. Petracca immediately looks at umpire Fisher with the expression, "Did you see what he did?". No reaction from Fisher and Petracca gets the ball. My point... 12 seconds transpired with this bit of by-play between umpires whistle and Petracca getting his hands on the ball. No 50 metre penalty for a sequence that was twice as long as Deboy's mischief! By the way, 6 seconds of game time was lost with the recall after Lever's mark as well as any advantage we had with field position.

Gawn Oliver Petracca Viney Langdon May

Going through a careless stage, and it can look ugly. Still getting a lot of it from getting to the right places. Not known as a rocket scientist (you know what I'm saying). It is clear, he will have to consistently make better decisions if he wants to become one of the best! Its there for him if he can change his evil ways...

Source Official MFC Site

Bennell 4 goals... Brown 2 goals