In Harmes Way

I've tipped us every week and I'm not about to stop now. that said, this strategy is more in hope as I'm flying the family over to watch the game. Don't want my $1500 for flights, accomm, tickets and large alcohol bill to be to see our worst showing for the year. GO dees (preferably from the first bounce this weekend, please).

But T Mac more often than not kicks it to the opposition. Doesn't this mean "to the advantage of your opponent"?

Maybe the guy who wrote the letter to Goodwin and cut up his membership should have read this first. excellent article. The lift is going up at the moment, get ready for the rarified air!

Yep - I've got two deemented. One good one, one bad one (Geelong supporter, you try to raise them right...)

I'm taking my family to Adelaide this weekend to watch the game. if we win, I will be very quietly singing the song and looking for reinforcements

What I get really peeved with is the club statement "we're preparing for their best" Not 100% sure we did that, and therefore what the eff that means. Singling out anybody after that first half is bu!![censored].

On the golf course me and my mates still call out 5-eye when writing down our scores. RIP Louie.

I understand the desire for a big KPF a la Neiter to kick a bag every week, but I'm less fussed at the monent given our average scores for the year - we're doing pretty well offensively (120, 86, 97, 75, 112, 91). Average 83 points a game, 3 of which without Hoges who is scoring ~ 3 per game. Not far off...

My tipping is absolute rubbish. did pick the doggies at least.

I reckon this is typical AFL tinkering. They'll change it, the players will become even more stuffed with the reduction in stoppages. I do think they need to do something about the deliberate oob, but I have no problem with boundary throw ins and like the uniqueness of this in our game.

That video is just another reason why I love the dees. cant see something like that ever coming from the pies.

I guess for us to win a flag VP that we need solid depth ~ 30 across the season. Whilst I'm frustrated some weeks that we've got project players on the park in OMac, Weid etc. a little under done on a game to game basis, I think this selection strategy puts us in a much stronger position for our premiership window over the next 5 years. We need to do this as we don't have the pulling power of Hawthorn to fill the talent gaps, but the better we get I suspect the luckier we will become in this regard as well.

So with all that data Vogon, and experienced eyes, they should come to conclusions quicker than us. So when Sam Frost was persisted with in the forward line last year when he couldn't hit the side of a shopping centre with his kicks for goal, where did the system fail? The FD were about half a season behind DL on this one...

That would be a variation on the father son rule - both father and son playing for the same two clubs. Can't think of another example of this.

Well done wrecker! I spent 30 mins looking and gave up Interestingly the reg doesn't say the starting 18 have to be the same starting 18 between first and final lodgement, but I think it is inferred (as with most things AFL, open to interpretation)

Agreed Skuit, I'd have liked to see Kent for JKH. For me, Stretch for ANB (rested), wags for Melksham (can't bring myself to say Milkshake) and Hoges for OMac i like the bench of Salem, Tyson, Stretch,Wagner good team, looking forward to this one. Go Dees

Nathan Jones interviewed this morning on SEN and stated he'd never seen anyone like Clarry in 11-12 years of playing football. It was quite a wrap. https://www.sen.com.au/news/2017/05/03/get-around-oliver-for-the-brownlow-says-dees-captain/

If you have a look at Pedo's goal in the third qtr, Petracca led Hurley out to the flank and the ball was kicked in behind him. Petracca did that consistently after half time and even got on the end of one doing this in the last qtr. clever tactic to get their #1 defender out of the way

All of this is absolutely right VP - I'm not even at the lowest level compared to the informed opinions you refer to; but that said my eyes (as bad as they are) don't lie either: Tom Mac is a [censored] kick of the football. This is not fake news, nor will a coach ever come out and admit this.

I can also vouch for the demon land polo shirts - got one last Ye which I proudly wear to games. #getonboardguys

I've just bought a lifetime subscription to DL to have Ads removed. If only it would remove all the negative bs that comes when we're three goals down as well. Love the site and the effort put in by all the mods to keep order (as best you can!). Keep up the great work. Go dees.

Loved Pedos kick down the wing in the 3rd? Qtr (kicking to right of screen). 50 m kick that went parallel with the boundary line and marked less than 1m from the line. Dons supporters howling for OOF before realising it was still in. #gold

I've read nothing but criticism of TMacs kicking today #spoileralert Not one mention of the torp of the outside of the boot to slot one in the third. Even the great Dunstall said he'd never seen that! (Not sure it was intentional). PS I'm not a fan of his kicking, btw; but I do feel at ease when he's camped under a ball coming into d50 (#goodyspeak) im also delighted Wattsy shouted out to Hoges; but nonplussed that he didn't also shout out to A_F who made the journey with newly installed ball and chain!

Magic third quarter, and ran the game out strongly pedo was massive looking forward to another percentage booster next week go dees