leave it to deever

Oh hell...why not Best Midfield ever ever ever forever.

Couldn't you have dubbed this in to it?

This thread makes me hungry.

Would love to see him in the middle but I think hes just too valuable down back at present. He has the strength, speed, confidence and presence of mind to break through tackles and packs. He's only just started so you never know. Perhaps his future is in latching onto Luke Jacksons taps, shrugging the odd tackle and roosting them 60 m through the middle.

Looks more like a tea cozy or a Russian hat than a bird. As long as it lays eggs.

The hairdos on the bottom pic suggests they would be better served by calling them Fritta.

True but I think Baily would be hard to read as opponent as he is quicker than your standard traditional big tall forward and his leap makes him dangerous to play from behind. His recovery and roving skills are par excellence so if the ball goes to ground your in trouble as well. Basically he has the combined skill of a tall and small forward so I think Easton wood was probably second guessing himself. Fritta has also turned around his goal scoring accuracy by a mile. He is probably our most improved player and his teammates search him out with confidence like Harmes did in the third. Not bad for a bloke who a few years back could be rewiring your garage.

Viney played well in the finals but with a full season under his belt he probably would have been better and on that basis I'm not sure we can claim it to be the best ever despite the brilliance of Trac and Oliver. Having said that there's still time for it to get even better. But it must be bloody close.

My bad....ask a silly question...

I live in Northern Wollongong. It's a real bastion of league these parts. I never find any Dees supporters. Last year I met a real estate agent that followed the tigers. I didn't care... I lowered myself and spoke to him about footy for eons NB...by lowered, I didn't mean because he was a real estate agent. Ps if any dees fans about please message me.

Would have been by a mm or two if he did. Massive kick off one step...like the first goal of the game.

Probably one of our most underrated players by opponents and media. He is an out and out gun and has stepped up big time to play a huge part of our flag success. Reads the play so well and finds teammates with pinpoint precision. Always in position early and ever reliable as a release valve down back. Strong hands, fast legs and great fitness. Never afraid to put his head down and his body on the line.

It will be interesting to see how that comparison pans out. They are both great at ground level for their sizes with Luke seemingly better. Even though Luke has a great leap, Max has a big height advantage do he may fair better with hit outs and marking. But perhaps Luke is/will be faster and get to comps quicker. Luke has put on some muscle but Max still has more mass to use. Max has great leadership qualities that a young Luke may have but it's an unknown quantity as yet. In any event both great talents, both ours and playing both at the same time.

Dare I ask if the chooks are named after players?

Yep it's really our time to collect a few cups. It's the perfect alignment of the planets, players ages, recruits, fitness and staff. Despite our mini slump ( which was fueled in part by our forward line tinkering) we were head and shoulders above the rest. Next year I see more improvement as our forward line gets even stronger hopefully also with more accuracy. Maybe our win loss ratio won't improve that much as it was already very good ( I'll tip one more win) but I expect us to really pants a few teams. Maybe gws and the swans to emerge as bigger threats but it won't make any difference. It seems the lads are already hungry and focused to go back to back. Winning on the hallowed Mcg in front of fans, families and friends seems to be a big motivational factor.

I think this is a really fair point. It's great the Afl is doing something like this given so many supporters couldn't go to Perth. But if the Afl is serious about creating some kind of reboot of the gf then it would have it put it on a Fri, sat or Sunday so families could attend. I like the idea but I think they could have put a little more thought into it. I'll just focus on the four points we will get.

Was fitting and deserving he kicked a goal in the Granny.

We are such fanatics. Just like at times many of us have vented our frustration of losing, I guess the need for expressing joy and praise is just as necessary. As Ive said many times now, I can't wait for the next season. I really do believe we are going to be even better which will be interesting because in terms of losses we hardly had many. I guess we will have even less but some really BIg the things to be delivered. I hope Hawks, Cats and Eagles are amongst the recipients. Also looking forward to seeing more fans and bigger crowds ( ones b4 covid)....If the enthusiasm from this site is any gauge, then yep our games will have more supporters and be great attending.

I really cant say who the better player is between Clayton and Trac but I'm glad they are ours. I guess they both bring different levels of brilliance. I wonder which one will win a Brownlow first. Or do they cancel each other out vying for votes? They certainly have some sort of symbiotic relationship going on and always seem to find one another. I guess to define them in a few word would be Tracs sheer strength and Oliver's persistence.

Good analysis of the dogs Jaded. They do have a strong midfield and I think their defence isn't too bad either. But our forward line really came together and at the end of the day we have too many good forwards to cover. Shut down our big man in Tmac ok....then bbb steps up. Close our small in kozzie then Spargo or Nibbler chip in. Fritta is simply a wildcard and hard to match up on. Add all our mids kicking goals and Max or Jackson to spend time there and your thin backline is really stretched. As you say missing Bruce cost them especially against the best backline in the comp.

Yea, I thought Luke J would kinda sneak in under the doggies radar. And given that Max had kicked five in the prelim I think they could be excused. I've heard a few commentators state that the Dogs top ten were better than ours I dont agree, the real issue was that our team bats strongly all the way through. From the Norm smith medalist to our youngest in Bowey we are a club that is simply too talented. If they had paid attention they would have realised that Jackson was going from strength to strength . But I guess there wasn't much the doggies could do to really nullify our ruck duo and it showed.

You played a great game!

Face masks might be a good earner. but I'm definitely in for a couple of T shirts. Thanks a lot. All I have is a worn out demonland baseball cap. Need to upgrade my wardrobe. Looking forward to them being available.

This ones the best. Any chance of one with pic of Tom Hawkins face when Max marked in front of goal in round 23?

This gave me a fix