Rodney (Balls) Grinter

1 hour ago, BDA said:

As soon as I get home I’ll be watching the last quarter on kayo.

still pumped 

I've just got home and got my boys into bed at 12:30am and my adrenalin is still flowing.

2nd that Kayo of the last qtr!

11 minutes ago, Green Demon said:

28 points down when Max got that high goal. What a captain's goal!!

 

Agreed.

I also thought the earlier goal from young Taj Woewodin was a really classy goal where he summed up his options, took on the responsibility and nailed quite a difficult goal under pressure.  Although it was quickly responded to by Brisbane, I thought it was a real team lifter and momentarily injected some much needed enthusiasm into the team at a time the game seemed to be slipping away from us.   In retrospect an important goal in the scheme of the contest.

8 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

I think he still prefer him up forward.

But when he came on he made our backline much more assured then Petry did.

Petty needs a few weeks spell.

Up forward or down back, his strength marking and pace are such assets.

I agree that I like him up forward too, but tonight, Kossie, Trac, Melksham, Brown & Co got the goods in the end, although it didn't look all that pretty at times.

Actually thought BBB has been decient and helped our structure and ball movement up there since he's been back

1 minute ago, Garbo said:

Feel like I’m no closer to knowing if dees are legit or not after tonight’s game

We are legit mate.

Mark of a great side to grind away and squeeze out wins when you're not 100% on top of your game week to week.

3 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

The big boys against the big boys:

Port 2-1

Collingwood 2-2

Brisbane 2-2

Melbourne 2-2

We’re in this thing ladies and gents!

And within a fraction of 3 - 1, although Collingwood would somewhat dubiously claim the same.

Just now, Green Demon said:

They are keeping Clarry out so that Trac can get the Brownlow votes every week. 😁

They're wasting their time if that's the strategy.

Trac is the Norm Smith specialist!!

6 minutes ago, Bates Mate said:

Joel Smith the perfect sub. 

Just imagine what he could do if he played the whole game.

Very stiff to be dropped when he was I thought.

Surely Joel Smith gets picked in the starting lineup next week.  Another frindge type that tries his guts out, plays in the right spirit and just keeps preserving and putting himself forward.

I'm sure it's been said numerous times all ready, but "HOW [censored] GOOD IS JAKE MELKSHAM!!!"

Love this bloke.  He certainly had his moments tonight - both bad and VERY VERY good ones, but overall, I love the way he attacked the contest and took on the game by foot.

Not gone yet Jakey boy.  ❤💙❤💙❤💙

6 hours ago, 3183 Dee said:

Not sure if this has already been mentioned, but the DeeBrief podcast has just done an interview with Aden Yze - I think it’s only on the Premium version. He was pretty candid with his info - some of the key take outs:

- They definitely had a loading period over the past few rounds, with Yze likening it to a mini pre-season. He said they had targeted the consecutive 10 day breaks to put the load into players.

- They are going to play Trac almost exclusively in the forward line, with Brayshaw coming up to midfield. He said that they trust Viney and Brayshaw to lead the midfield. They will also give Kozzie some centre bounces to get his hands on the ball. Apparently Kozzie had been sick after Alice Springs and so had not trained fully up to the Saints game. He was also tagged heavily during last week’s game.

- The aim is to finish Top 4 every year, whilst we have this list. He described it as having a chance to knock on the door and whatever happens after that, happens. He explained that this was a theme that Clarko used at the Hawks. Yze also said that he thinks our finals series of 2021 was unbelievable and doubts whether it will ever be repeated (as in the total dominance of our opponents).

- He also made mention of the fitness and medical team, saying that they are fantastic. He used the example of Salem being able to return to AFL level without having to come back through Casey.

 

Guess it would depend on when the pod was done, but was the GC coaching job bought up?

10 hours ago, Nascent said:

“MELBOURNE father-son prospect Kalani White emerged among the standout youngsters during the recent national under-16s championships, enjoying a stellar carnival in Queensland last week.

“White, whose father Jeff played 236 games for the Demons, has developed through a talented Suns Academy system and provided plenty of highlights in front of recruiters during a pair of matches on the Gold Coast.

“The key-position prospect played at either end of the field throughout Gold Coast's campaign, kicking two goals against Sydney's Academy as a forward last Thursday where he demonstrated nice athleticism reminiscent of his 2004 All-Australian father.”

Giant starts talks, rivals circle Bomber, clubs eye Dogs ruck 

The prospect of Kalani may be the most important reason for having an AFL team on the Gold Coast that's ever been put forward.

26 minutes ago, Wodjathefirst said:

I know it’s a bit like saying what do you prefer, diarrhoea or vomit but I’m torn between who I want to win out of Essendon and Geelong (that will help us).  I’ll go for Essendon

I'm not sure I've ever given that too much thought Wodja, but I'd prefer a win to Geelong.  Take them away from Kardinia Park and Geelong will go to puss in finals from the bottom half of the 8.

13 hours ago, Demonland said:

...and add pick 22 or whatever to the other end of the anchor also please.

I credit @John Demonic for posting the above in the Freo Death ride thread, but every time I see this guy in the 2021 GF, I think of Mike:

Go Sawannies you good thing!!

Loving the death ride.

Time to segway to the Freo thread.

Go Swans.

I'm glad he kicked the goal before, but gee I can't stand Pappley

On a serious note, the Bulldogs have some of the best prison tats going round, with Libba the boss in this respect.

7 hours ago, Redleg said:

I am delighted.

Also Bowey, Rivers, JVR, Woey, Howes, Kozzy, Sparrow, Jefferson, Turner D, Adams, Turner K, Verrall, Laurie, JJ and more young players, all 23 and under, with good draft picks in hand to get more young talent this year

I'd have Chandler amoung the more players there, but agree that it's a great sign for continued success moving beyond the core of 2021 premiership players.

Why stop at 190 points?

Becoming the first team to be beaten by the double ton would put it even further in clear air beyond the 186.

Also having two losses of that magnitude in the same season and a woeful % would surely see them seen as the worst side in an individual season in the past 20 years.  There are a bunch of sides like Carlton and Essendon who have had less sucess than us this century now, so the Eagles being seen as lowly as this would be great.

On 7/5/2023 at 8:53 AM, Roger Mellie said:

There's no way he goes to the Suns right? From The Age today:

Jeff White’s 16-year-old son Kalani turned heads playing at full-back for Gold Coast’s Academy, while Mick McGuane’s son Thomas, Jade Gresham’s brother Tyson, Troy Longmuir’s son Taj, and Bodhi Uwland’s brother Zeke also played.

White, who is already 197 centimetres tall and super athletic like his No.1 pick dad, is father-son eligible for Melbourne but also tied to the Suns, so a fight to sign him looms.

The ex-Demon’s twin sons, Kai and Tahj, are also showing promise in the under-12s, including the former being selected for the state team.

Let's hope not, but if the Sun's academy can do some hard work and help develop Kalani that bit more before he gets to the MFC, that would be karma for loosing Mac Andrew to them from our own academy.

57 minutes ago, Demon Dynasty said:

Silky old Salo!  Great to see him hitting some form of late.

A great guy all round and forever a Demon immortal

Has been one of our best players since he's been back.

Congratulations Christian.  Well earnt and so glad he was a part of the 2021 premiership.

Seems like such an all round good guy and a great servant of the MFC.

Though I'm not sure it would show up statistically, I thought he was really good at husseling and getting the ball going our way through whatever means up the ground in wet conditions against Geelong a few weeks back.

16 hours ago, Pipefitter said:

Tomlinson has done Pettys job pretty well. Not sure why we would continue to shaft him. It looked like it was finally clicking for Petty up forward when he got injured but when he comes back he goes back. It’s mind boggling. 

Agreed.  Add to that, that in his first week back against Geelong, I felt Petty had minimal impact and I think he would have actually benefited from a week at Casey to build some confidence.  Although he was better against GWS, personally, I don't think Petty is playing at his best 2021 / 2022 level, where his contested and intercept marking in defense was a real feature.

On 7/4/2023 at 2:20 PM, Lucifers Hero said:

This has to be the most damning stat of all:

"According to Champion Data, Melbourne is overall the best contested possession team in the competition. Specifically, Simon Goodwin’s side is ranked first in the league for contested possessions won in both the defensive 50 and midfield.

But alarmingly, the Dees are ranked 16th for contested ball in their forward 50"

Even if the talls bring it to ground our ground level players can't win it.  So we are losing in the air and on the ground.

So much for having so many defensive forwards!!  

On a similar note, watch from 3:32 onwards: