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DemonDave

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  1. Dunn and Bartram both clearly showed today that the speed of the game is hard to adjust to when you havent played senior footy all year. Dunn looked slow and flat footed most of the time, and had no speed to run to the right places for contests. Bartram suffered the same fate to a lesser extent, but he did show signs of the old Bartram, and can be forgiven these in his first game given his lengthy spell out. Having said that the more and more I watch Dunn, he's built like Tarzan, but plays like Jane.
  2. Agreed. They should start new categories for him in stats sheets: Fell Over Didnt attack the contest Didnt Chase Looked Despondent/Helpless He'd almost rack up a quadruple double in these catergories in his games so far. 2 stats today,and he was on for large chunks of the game! It would be a disgraceful effort on the selectors part if he got another game after today.
  3. And thanks to Chad Liddell for some outstanding years of service as a Captain. He has been a continual inspiration, lets hope those trademarke dive-smothers, and that booming left foot are a fixture at Beach Road for at least another couple of years...
  4. This was exactly the problem Daniel Bell had in his first 10-20 games at Melbourne, good call Demons32. Lets hope Fizz can overcome the same issues, and go onto be a dominating wingman!
  5. Very hard to find positives other than the obvious two: PJ and Morton. PJ had what was probably his best game since his first half up at the SCG the day he ran into the fence. His first, second and third efforts today left a lot of the onballers to shame. How he did not get in the best, let alone our best, in the papers is a disgrace. Morton, despite his obvious rawness, showed more than enough in his debut. The contest where he put his skinny body on the line and took a big hit in the last half showed that he wont be overawed or timid despite his physical shortcomings. And thats it. How people could laud Robbo on that performance defies belief. His selection in the best in 1 paper bordered on disbelief. He had 3 posessions before that last 15 minutes. 3 posessions in a team that had almost as many inside 50s as Hawthorn did. Junk time goals/stats mean nothing. Exactly like the North Melbourne game two weeks ago where he was sightless until the last 15 minutes, and again got 3 junk time goals. I've never realised until yesterday just how slow Newton is, he looked terrible, no second efforts, he really needs to work on the small things in his game. For a kid playing his 10th or 11th game, that level of disinterest was alarming.
  6. The liftout is a great read. Except for this in the timeline: 1982: Brian Wilson wins the Brownlow, having won his first with Collingwood in 1979. Ahem!
  7. Does anyone know where the clubs allocation of seats is at the Gabba this year? Myself and a few friends have already booked airfares for that weekend to goto the game, but really dont want to sit behind the goals would much rather be on or nearer a wing. Does that mean we'll have to get GA seats?
  8. Agreed it was my first trip to Casey Fields, and I was mightily impressed with what they've done out there also. This snippet from that article concerned me though: The delay in securing the Olympic Park precinct base — it is not expected to be finished until late 2009 or early 2010, and there is still much work to do to finalise a tenancy deal What? I thought the ink would've long since dried on this deal? Who at the club is responsible for not finalising this?
  9. Our partnership with the Age is turning into a good one, if nothing else Stephen Harris should be applauded for getting this deal sorted (seeing as his previous employer before us was the Age).. The liftout looks fantastic from the thumbnail pic of it in the members email!
  10. I think one of Brad Millers weaknesses is that he's not selfish enough, he more so than a lot of others tries to get his teammates into the play (Whether that be because of his own perceptions of his skill shortcomings or a genuine endeavour to be a 'team' player). He needs to get back the agression and gangbusters attitude he had when he burst onto the scene..
  11. Rivers, Whelan and Wheatleys first quarters for Sandy in particular were cause for real optimism, they jumped out of the blocks and looked cherry ripe early on. In the first 7 or so minutes alone Riv had taken a couple of marks and performed some of his customary amazing spoils that he manages to make look easy. He did pull up wincing and very ginger after one contest, I thought it might be bad, but he soldiered on. They tapered off a bit in the 2nd quarter as Casey came right back into the game, but still looked a class above all others on the ground. Bartram off a half-back flank was fairly quiet. Bodes decision making even at this level was sub-par. Valenti was on fire, after playing in the heat of an AFL midfield against Geelong, this VFL stuff looked a soda for him, we need to get this guy into Red and Blue. Warnock was just OK. Stef Martin was very good, this kid has a really great football brain, but you can tell at times the size of his body doesnt allow him to do everything he wants it to. Definitely one to look to play seniors around mid year. Lynden Dunn has had the rudest of rude haircuts, he's shaved it all off basically in his best Ezra Poyas impersonation, but his stuttering efforts in the middle were rather underwhelming. Jamar as usual dominated at this level, taking marks and kicking goals, using his considerable bulk well, the slower form of the game in the VFL suits his plodding style perfectly. Meesen again ran around not really knowing where he should be playing, this guy is a rover trapped in a ruckmans body, but to me has no real idea how to play the game. Will be a curiosity to watch and see how he develops during the year, most likely in the yellow and black stripes. And Dutchy at full forward was vintage Dutchy, taking some fantastic marks, kicking good goals, and then also missing sitters. As only he can. Cheney and McNamara were fairly quiet what I saw, and Marric ran around not really knowing what his role was either on the half forward line. As for the curtain raiser match, I think it was late in the last quarter when we took our first mark inside 50 if my perceptions were accurate. This was our 'best' forward setup we could field, yet Neitz, Robbo and Juice were horrible. Awful. Neitz looks old and slow, he did cop a 'dead arm' in the 2nd quarter but continued on after a brief spell. Juice got 2 goals, both from free kicks. Robbo probably had 2 posessions upto 3/4 time, and yet somehow got 3 soft goals in 5 minutes to make the scoreline suggest he was a good player. He was far from it, he looks fat and slow. Give the showboating on the Dancing show the flick, and knuckle down at training, or its back to Penguin for you, son. Weetra is not physically capable at this level, he looks scared and timid. Will slot nicely onto a half forward line for Sandy for 17 games this year and nothing more. Austin showed glimpses of real talent, but again cannot handle the tempo at this level for a sustained time, and is also overweight. Bate had about 2 touches before he went off injured, he started at CHF. I'm not a Col Sylvia fan, for a top 3 draft pick he has been an absolute bust so far (dont give me the injuries excuse), but he really impressed me today. His work ethic looks to have improved, and his strength and speed and agression really put him in good stead to have a cracker of a year. Same with Moloney, this guy only knows one way, and thats hard and straight down the line, hoofing the ball as far as he can. If he can stay fit he's a readymade midfield recruit. Jones continues to amaze, this guy is only 20 but plays like a 28 year old in his prime. An unbackable early favorite for our B&F. Brock McLean is still reading stories of his heroics in the St Kilda final, his decision making and perception let him down countless times today, but he did improve as the game went on. Green cost us at least 3 goals directly with his appaling decision making, his quest for redemption back into the leadership group remains a longshot when he puts in performances like today. Same goes for Chris Johnson, trying fancy snaps around his body to hemmed in teammates deep in defence. Careless and unforgivable, he will be playing for East Perth this time next year. Yze looked flat footed and disinterested at times, but a bit happier once he moved forward. Colin Garland was invisible until late in the 3rd quarter when most of the sting had gone out of the game, and all of a sudden he bobbed up and got a few nice touches, but you cant really be that anonymous in the heat of the early game, he still appears too raw. Carroll was easily the pick of the defenders, one of the few willing to run out of the backline and find a target, was very happy with his game. Bell was towelled up by Edwards the leading goalkicker on the ground, but still tried hard with rebound. Miller was terrible to begin with, but got better, not necessarily posession wise but with his spoils and agresssion, he did almost kill Chris Johnson in a contest late too. The fact that Nathan Thompson only got 1 goal was testimony to the fact he had a passable game. Buckley continues to improve with each game, he still has no left side whatsoever, and his decision making needs work, but his ability to run lines and take opponents on and create attack is something sorely lacking in a lot of his teammates, he's a shoe-in for a starting wing spot in Round 1. Junior was as anonymous as he's ever been, but I'm sure if there were stats available he still had 20 odd. That doesnt mean he played well though. Jeff White got absolutely slaughtered today, he was an embarrasment at times. At least another positive was Paul Johnsons game, he really had a dip and provided a presence around the ground in the 2nd half. He's just cemented a round 1 game too I'd think. I think thats covered just about everyone, apologies for the lack of any decent structure to the above paragraphs, just had to get my frustrations off my chest!
  12. 4. Agreed, but I think the club would be 'saving' our other club icons for the big ticket gala events where they can try and sting people $500 for a chance to meet them. 8. We got the chance to chat to Cale Morton who was sitting around in the Reebok tent, which was fantastic, but the other rookies I couldnt really recognise either. 11. to me the whole day was an excuse to foist all the sponsors products on us. Volvos parked everywhere, a Cabs company promo display, a reebok shoes stall, etc etc. It was just a big commercial for our sponsors. Once the jumper presentation was over, we left.
  13. Is McNamee not under contract with Golf Australia still? How much will it cost us to buy him out of that contract, given he was poached from Tennis Australia to take that post up? And whats to stop another bigger organisation in 9 months time liking what he’s done poaching him from us, given his apparent scant regard for a binding contract. Having said that, I’d love to get him as he’s been very aggressive and progressive and most of all successful at both of the aforementioned gigs..
  14. I received my THIRD pack in the mail last night, so I have pens and lanyards lying around everywhere. There was nothing else apart from a mysterious reply-paid envelope along with these items, so I wonder what I was supposed to do with that? Mail them back with thanks for the number and regularity with which they're sending these packs to me? Hopeless, absolute amateurs, Every year they manage to stuff my membership in some way. I work with membership databases for a living, and I know its not as hard as they're seemingly making it!
  15. * We would have 41 out of 43 going round in some capacity this weekend Does that mean only Bruce and Grimes will be sidelined? Good News!
  16. Would a bus not be uncomfortable for some of the taller players? The big coaches I would expect they would take (similar to the old school excursion buses) were not exactly made wiht an abundance of legroom (no problems for a shortie like me though).... As for Brocks dramas, its time he pulled his head in, does he have a mentor of any sort? Do we still do that?
  17. So do we get a grace period for the spelling of Austin Wonaeamirri ?? <_<
  18. So who were they supposed to play in the ruck on the weekend then Haydo, you seem to have all the answers. Tom McNamara? Ezra Poyas? Tommi Johnston? Fact is he'll play the role he's needed for when at Sandy. Last year he played a mixture of key forward and ruckman. He seems quite adaptable, the more footy he plays at this developing stage of his career the better, position for mine is not that important, as he's still very much learning the game. Get him close to the action so he can get as much of the footy as he can, to build the skills and confidence up. No point playing Centre-Half Back if we're kicking with a 10 goal win, the ball would hardly come down there...
  19. Thanks Diablo, missed the last para of that story first time I read it about our returning players! In todays paper, a story on Brisbane Bears injury list, which is apparently the worst in the League right now. Leigh matthews has been disappointed with their conditioning, and says that he likes to get 200 minutes of practice match time into every one of his players before round 1 ideally, and admits many wont get that. I wonder how many of our players would fall short of that yardstick? Probably most of the above...
  20. How about all these injured players?: Clint Bartram (Melb-Unknown), Cameron Bruce (Melb-Unknown), Lynden Dunn (Melb-Unknown), James Frawley (Melb-Unknown), Jack Grimes (Melb-Unknown), Chris Johnson (Melb-Unknown), Brock McLean (Melb-Unknown), David Neitz (Melb-Unknown), Jared Rivers (Melb-Unknown), Paul Wheatley (Melb-Unknown), Matthew Whelan (Melb-Unknown) I know its only pre-season, but could the club give us any indication what these guys are carrying or when they're due back to match practice? Please?
  21. I got a second lot of that pack on Friday, although to be fair it is because I requested they fix my records for number of years as being a member, and send me a gold membership (as I have a common name, they've clearly mixed me up with the other person of the same name, I even got his redlegs membership card for a couple of years!). Regardless, every single year for goodness knows how many in a row now there's been widespread issues with at least one portion of the membership phase (be it stickers, cards etc). Simply not good enough!
  22. Well I figured it was highly unlikely, but the Herald Sun box score credited him as one of the goalkickers.. Goals: Newton 2, Bartram, Petterd, Green, Maric, Weetra, Davey So it seems they didnt recognise Zomer obviously!
  23. Anyone else notice Clint Bartram amongst the goalkickers last night? Is that correct? If so thats great news that he's got some game time into him. On the other hand could be just a clueless match reporter, here's hoping its the former!
  24. Anyone else notice Clint Bartram amongst the goalkickers last night? Is that correct? If so thats great news that he's got some game time into him. On the other hand could be just a clueless match reporter, here's hoping its the former!
  25. I've never seen a 'NAB Challenge' (what happened to the good old term practice game, does everything have to be sponsored nowdays?) on TV before, its highlyt unlikely...
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