leave it to deever

Plus no Bruce m to wax lyrical every week.

Just some consistency on htb would be great. Great username by the way.

I'll grant that Reid is an exceptional talent but needs to know that he simply can't have a crack at one of the games greatest players. He was lucky Max is not a thug and didn't break any part of him. What a nerve.

The ignore function is not only a great means of peace of mind but the most delightful way of having the last word😄.

He also seems to have control over any agro of the past. When on song like the lions game , he is worth more than the price of admission. Excitement machine now pulling in spekkies after a five goal haul.

Haven't been a fan of Petty fwd either but I want to see Jvr playing in the middle as little as possible. I think we should just roll the dice with Fullarton and Turner in the role.

Yep 24 has been a complete s..t sandwich in terms of injuries and luck. Max being out is huge especially against Essendon.

Good post Bbo. I've never read a belittling or abusive post from you. I'm sure you can match wits either best of us. For what it's worth I really enjoy your sense of humour as it balances out a lot of the agro posts here. Life is way too short to crack the ....at people here. It's hard enough dealing with people in the real world at times so I don't get those who fight online as well. I guess DL is pretty much a microcosm. Happy Monday mate. I think I'll go and pour myself a nice single malt.

She makes me nervous. I don't want to bother her.

Can Demonland please provide us with a joyful dancing emoji response? Wait hold the press, I've heard conflicting reports. Any updates please,?

On watching the replay it was quite evident that the umps were red hot on us for htb and not really forthcoming in rewarding our tackles . And how dare that little upstart having a crack at our beloved Max. Back in your box son.

And hopefully young Brown will break into more games. Gotta hand it to the club despite my reservations about some players picked from other clubs which I understand for the experience factor, the pool of youngsters coming through is pretty exciting and going fwd we have a strong combination of experience and youth.

Stop it with the harmony and politeness. Have you forgotten where you are Uncle? This is Demonland and respect and manners don't go unpunished.

I think we may finally see Fullarton play.

I see AMW more as a forward than a defender. Didn't he kick 20 at Casey last year? And maybe a little out of eftfield perhaps ( no pun either) but perhaps ultimately with a possible role in the midfield. But yea McVee up the ground makes sense.

And a decent reference from his mom.

Maybe so but he just doesn't get his hands on the pill enough. Yes, there is no doubting his work rate. Like Nibbler he ammasses a decent amount of tackles each week and given his strength, they are really broken. But that said for a midfielder he seems not to read the play asxwell as he should. Some mids are very good at this and find themselves judging where the ball is going very well. I'd prefer to see him play more of a forward role like we used Tracca. He has a similar build to Tracca and can roost the ball a fair way. He's reasonably accurate at goal kicking too. Just saying.

Nice anaphora.

Can't really say I've followed enough of Casey to suggest anyone. Can Tmac do it? Please get well Maxy. Essendon are a very tall side and of all sides to have to play without Max they are probably the hardest. I don't want to see your hatred of them increase. From all accounts If this happens I sincerely fear you will explode.

I am melting right now. It was bad enough we lost the centre clearances by 18 to 8 but this could get worse with Max out for a whole game. I love Jvr but I don't like seeing sacrificing our best fwd to have to ruck. Besides he didn't do too well in the role yesterday. Hopefully Max will defy them all and be up and about against the Dons who are not lacking in this department. Any suggestions for his replacement? We have had a really annoying run of injuries this year and most of them occurring when things are getting better. Bloody hell Damn footy Gods. I feel like the wicked which from Oz ........I'm melting

Spot on Mr O Dee. He is our pivotal and leading fwd as of now. I also think he didn't do too well in the role either. So who do we use? It's a problem. Tmac? I also don't like seeing Kozzie thrown in the guts as he belongs fwd. Great to see him finally pull in one of those speckies too.

He scored no goals in those and notably with four behinds against the lions. As mentioned earlier had he kicked just one goal in both those games we would be in second place on the ladder. Of course that's not all on Petty but it shows how close the season is and how we are not as bad as it has seemed at times. We have had a three or four games we haven't looked switched on or rather like we didn't turn up. The eagles, early lions game, the Freo one and the Carlton game where we were shell shocked in the first ( including being totally shafted by the umps in the first quarter ). It is as mentioned a very close season and even if a team is a little off they can be demolished by another. Swan's are a case in point. Clearly a red hot team that got beaten by Tigers and yesterday the cellar dwellers in St Kilda. We have been behind the eightball this year with injuries. Our fwd line has struggled all year and our midfield has been well down with Oliver playing only a couple of his usual blinders who we have relied on for years. Viney has been well down on his possession tally and now Trac is out. We have also really missed Gus. With Jake back our fwd line looks much stronger and yesterday saw a few youngsters picking up the slack and racking up a few disposals. Essendon is a must win next week. I so hope it happens.

And Milk is a very accurate set shot. He's also a gun kicking them from the pockets where we often focus a lot of our fwd entries. So again both of those were massive out and not an over reach to suggest they cost us a flag. There is a lot of luck in footy and 21 saw us with a great deal of it in terms of injuries or rather the lack of them. Last year was so unfortunate to see Jakey go down after a clear Renaissance of form for the veteran. And I guess poor Gus wasn't bad luck but I still believe the result of malice or clear over zealous and dangerous play by he who shall not be named.( And also the injuries of Bbb and Tmac). In all a decimated fwd line. So for all the pundits who argue Goody hasn't done enough with this list, take away last year's bad luck and I think he's done very well. I must say it was great to see Goody down on the boundary line fist pumping the air after the Kolt kicked his second. Say what you will about his selections at times ( I've been banging on about Laurie as the sub for Gus last year) but the blokes 100 per cent commited emotionally to this club. Alas I digress. This year our luck hasn't been great and the club's been making calls on the fly and blooding as many youngsters as possible. Great to see many of them paying dividends and pushing aside many of the players we imported from other teams . Including AMZ who a few here have taken a couple of cheap pot shots at. I think he's been outstanding in his two games of Senior footy. Windsor yesterday played like a seasoned footy player. Even Disco is stepping up. And the Kolt stood up with our first two goals. But the big one is JVR who is still part of our young players. From watching yesterday one would be forgiven for thinking he had a good five seasons under his belt.

He also seems to have reigned or seems to be channelling his agro which is a big sign of maturity. He's pretty mature for his age and watching him kick a bag of goals yesterday, it's easy to forget that he's only mid way through his second season of footy.

Seeing Melksham back in the side yesterday reminded me how big a deal his injury in the last h and a game last year was such a big loss to our fwd line. We probably would have beaten cwood and possibly one a flag. He and Gus were big losses at a really bad time.