Brownie

13 hours ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

Dockers winning the the off-season in the pre-season

Geez Chris Lorax working hard on those back page headlines. 

6 hours ago, Demon Head said:

This article is a bit pus.

No mention of Windsor who had a brilliant first season. Turner. Kolt likely to have an impact this year.

Petty back into defence. I reckon they'll be angling for him to take over from May in 2026.

And. It's not just about our forward line.

All elements of our game plan need to be transformed and our coach has finally stated this. From the backline right through.

No mention of this either. Maybe he's getting content for this article from a super coach forum.

We can rebound if we can nail down a fast transition game style. We have the talent (pending no serious injuries)

I think the players will love to embrace something new.

I'm heading overseas for most of September in 2025, so expect us to run deep into the finals. 😁

On 20/12/2024 at 12:00, jnrmac said:

We lost 4 games against top 8 sides by a kick. We aren't that far away. And that is with just about everything going wrong for us in 2024.

The question was "Is this fixable in 1 off season or are we delusional thinking we can make the 8 with aging stars ?"

The answer is of course it is fixable. Getting our key players back on the park play their best footy is the first key. The second is adjusting the game plan which is never as difficult as people seem to think.

Thirdly we have a pretty easy draw that should see us 6-2 or 7-1. That momentum should see us make the 8 easily. We only play one 2024 top side twice and supposedly have the second easiest draw.

If you look at which players improved or maintained excellence in 2024 (excl 1st year players) it is a very small list; Viney, Rivers, TMac, Langdon, Gawn and maybe McVee. There is a lot of upside for many of our players.

That we are 14th in flag betting at 26 to 1 is ridiculous.

we should be very optimistic about our chances in 2025

 

Look at the Lions and how they started their season to how they played those last couple of finals.

It's do-able. We have the right blend of experience and youth.

We need to be able to stay fit and also execute well. Foot skills and decision making.

I am so happy that the coach has admitted our style is not up to winning a premiership and we're being very open about fixing it.

It's about time. I think the players will relish the change after a year or two of frustration.

Go dees

On 14/12/2024 at 19:13, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Collingwood’s high octane, transition it from one end to the other with ease, is too much for us to counter.

Same applies against Fremantle and also would’ve applied against Hawthorn late last year had we run into them.

Not sure how we solve that, and Houston delivering the pill from defensive 50 isn’t going to make things any easier next year.

I also don’t think we handle the pro Collingwood crowd all that well, particularly away King Bday games as well as that 2023 final. They seem to handle the occasion far better.

Probably throw Brisbane in with that lot too.

2 hours ago, 12345_54321 said:

Pickett’s uncle to train with Dees amid AFL interest

 

Confirmation in the Herald Sun that Kozzy Pickett’s uncle Roy George will train with us despite us not having a list spot and him not being eligible to join as a category B rookie. 

The club is “open minded” about giving him a list spot if a long term injury occurs over preseason. 

Too bad he can't slot in for Koz everytime he is suspended for multiple weeks after a player slides in to take out his legs (still fuming a bit from last season)

Hope we can keep him with the club somehow.

He's great to watch.

Goldie

Macca

Kate

Not sure after that

2 hours ago, Deebymistake said:

Windsor.  Run like the wind.  Winner.  His name is extremely fitting.  Love this kid.  One who made me excited to watch our games this year when other aspects of our game seemed so dull.  I can't wait to see his development over the next 12 months.  

I'm with you. He's an incredible talent and as tough as nails. What a fantastic year he had

30 minutes ago, Queanbeyan Demon said:

As soon as you download TT onto your device, you might as well be handing Beijing your birth certificate and driver license. It's extraordinary how the nation railed against the Australia Card 40 years ago and now we provide our most personal information to hostile actors in the blink of a PIN.

I don't think Musk or Zuckerberg have our best interests at heart either.

As far as identity theft goes, there's a lot of corporations that have had massive data breaches with little ramification as well.

9 hours ago, Katrina Dee Fan said:

As a media teacher this is an area of interest to me, and as the person who creates the content for the Demon Army TikTok, the content aspect is something I'm constantly looking into.  The club certainly could improve in the content aspect and what I'm finding is what they post on the TikTok mirrors what they put on Facebook, Twitter (I refuse to call it X) and Instagram.  TikTok is a very different beast, and it takes a fair bit to capture a following, given most people would scroll past a video within the first couple of seconds of the clip.  I've made about 600 or so TikToks for the Demon Army account, and as far as I'm aware, only us and Sydney Swans cheersquads (both their NSW and Vic) are active on TikTok, and Swans approached me at the start of the year about how to go about it.  It's captured a reasonable following, but certainly I've been more active with the Demon Army TikTok than the club has been for theirs.  I miss Ben Gibson, he did great stuff for the club social media.

I'd be interested in your view @Katrina Dee Fan, I kinda feel like the content from our Women's team is a bit more engaging than the blokes most of the time.

Maybe they just naturally seem to be having a bit more fun? Dunno

And yep, no real change to fixtures much for the "product" as Laura calls it.

Just less compression which is something I guess.

Still only 12 games even though all KPIs improved.

Is increasing to 14 games really that much of a stretch for next year?

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/nov/06/aflw-2025-season-congested-condensed-fixture-scrapped

On 03/11/2024 at 08:51, DubDee said:

Only 10 months until our next game

Or will the AFL start taking women’s football seriously?

Naaaah. 

They take it as seriously as they do looking after fans of the game and building grass roots footy clubs.

2 hours ago, rjay said:

Just put this here...All Australian honours.

I would think McNamara & Hore.

Is Goldie eligible? I reckon she is terribly underrated in the competition but should be under consideration as a defender.

I think Goldie was our BnF for our club this year.

She's was just consistently solid week in and week out even through our dive in form.

Hope she's recovering ok.

And yep Goldie, Macca and Hore should all be AAs.

I don't want an easier fixture next year, I want to see a fair fixture for the whole comp!

Each team should be playing each other once.

3 hours ago, Melbournepotter said:

I believe underwood has a list of football commentating cliches that she inserts every game....regardless of the situation. Ticks them off as she goes along and inserts them whenever, regardless whether they are  appropriate.

"She's playing her career of her final game"

She is woeful 

Very proud of our team. We would have given things a real shake if we'd snuck in.

Amazing transformation mid season

17 hours ago, kev martin said:

There was only me as a spectator at the Tuesday open training.

I hope a few turn up to show support to the MFC AFLW, at their possible last run for the year. They deserve it.

AFLW TRAINING 
Thursday, October 31
3:25pm - 4:45pm
Gosch's Paddock

An incredible turn around mid season. Very proud of them.

We'll miss Goldy, I think she's been our best this season.

We've still got a heap out injured but we're playing incredibly well.

Go the Blues.... By a point

3 hours ago, Robbie02 said:

 

Blumin hell Mick Sinnear is good. Lost by points, season 95% done and dusted and he delivers pretty much the perfect post match speech. Doesn’t sugar coat it, tells truths and says we will go hard against the Pies next week. Love it. 

I reckon this bloke deserves to coach an AFL men's team one day.

He's a wonderful leader, mentor and coach.

Very proud of that last quarter effort. (Apart from the inaccuracy)

We were out on our feet but just pushed so hard.

Injuries just really destroyed us this year.

Hope Goldy is ok. She looked to be in a lot of distress. That was a nasty know.

Also a big shout out to the demon army. You make us proud.

Thursday night in Cairns and you're flying the flag @Katrina Dee Fan and @walkingcivilwar

6 minutes ago, darkhorse72 said:

Damn underwood mispronounces so many words...

And so many wrong calls on players names.

She is trumplike 

5 minutes ago, BDA said:

Goldy our best tonight so far

Our best this season I reckon

We look absolutely cooked.

What is it about Cairns?

Just now, biggestred said:

We look tired.

Yep, we're plodding

How can someone stripping the ball out of Hanks hands be an incorrect disposal free kick?

Anyways, mids going ok but our forwards and backs seem to be walking around the packs a little too much.

This is the most bogan commentary team I've ever heard.

They should be in a tri coloured Commodore commentary car on the hill.

One of the women just said that "hawthorn play some of the funest footy she's seen"

Really looking forward to this one.

If we keep tackling with the ferocity we've shown of late, we should win this.

Pedal to the metal girls

6 hours ago, Brownie said:

I think that relentless tackling and pressure is what has turned things around for us.
The key personnel coming back is helping now for sure but 4 weeks ago our stocks were decimated but we just seemed to switch on with the agression.
It's been quite the transformation.

We've been led by Macca and Goldy this year. They are true competitive animals and I love watching them.
Hanks and Bannon were way off to start the season and their lift in form in recent weeks has really helped us turn things around.

A big shout out to Gall too. She really struggled to hold a mark early in the season but she is just clunking everyhting now. Gall, Zanker, Campbell and Bannon are quite a combo now.

It's going to be really hard to sneak in. As everyone has said, the fixturing just sucks. It looks like one of the in form teams in the comp is going to miss out.

But...every week has been a final for us and every goal helps.
I'm loving this demon resurrection!
Very proud of Mick and the team.
I still think he should be helping the blokes through the AFLW season.

Go Dees.

AFLW off season I meant