Rodney (Balls) Grinter

I did think it was somewhat ironic that one of the times he did clunck it well last night, was in good goal scoring distance and at a key time of the game in the 3rd qtr (when we would have really valued a goal), it was a touched ball and th mark wasn't paid ?

I think it somewhat depends what you define as improvement. My take is that pretty much all of those mentioned have more or less recovered form to be playing as what is similar to their previous peak levels of performance. The real improvement has come in the across the board collective belief, maturity and consistentcy of the team.

As is Dogga Jackson

Sounds a bit like they are playing a bit of 'bruise free' footy up there at the Lions these days? ?‍♀️

Ooooooozee

Or Chocho

Also noticing that we have turned around our centre square clearances since that horrible game in that respects against Sydney. The combination of Clarry and Gawn were great at winning out of there in the second half and Gawn seems to have got his radar back, with some great knock downs straight into the hands of our on ballers.

Really glad that Harmes is back playing good footy in the guts. Nullifying dangerous opponents, while breaking lines through the centre square and providing some great drive of his own. There were a good number of people who were writing him off as an ordanary player who no longer had a place in the side. Clearly an asset the way he's playing at the moment.

Not sure he's the right guy! ?

So glad the boys turned on a good show for you @It's Time and all the other Sidaney based Demons diaspora. Shouldn't have any voice left after that.

GO the MIGHTY DEMONS!!! I enjoyed that win even more than convincingly putting away the Bulldogs last week. Clarry, Trac, Gawn, T Mac, Spags, Kossie & May were truly awsome in that second half, well supported by many others, as is now the Melbourne way.

Actually I should get on board with the sponsors product and get on the Furphys a bit more often. It's a decient enough drop.

Hey, for a while VB was a popular up here in the land of the banana benders, but I probably prefer Coopers myself these days.

Think it might have been played with a possum skin back then.

Rivers has got that good half back flankers knack of adventuring up the ground to slot through the odd sausage roll. Loved that huge bomb on the run against the Crows.

I think St Kilda are having the equivalent of our 2019 season, except they never showed the same promise as us in 2018 and probably arn't quite as bad as we were in 2019 (yet). I'm actually find it quite satisfying how relatively bad they are going this season compared to the projected performance and expectations on us and then respectively at the start of the season. I personally never rated them particularly highly last year and never rated us so meekly, but that's probably somwhat due to my own supporters bias and lack of objectivity and a jealousy that a reciently struggling opposition team could have overtaken our development. On a similar note, I think it's interesting that Carlton have been rated so lowly this season. Despite not putting the runs on the board win wise, their competitiveness in games suggests to me that they could be much closer to becoming genuinely threatening that the rating given suggests. It's quite possible they cross a threshold in correcting a few deficiencies in the second half of the season and start reversing their fortunes. I haven't really watched enough of them and Harry McKay to from a substantial oppinion, but I was impressed by the gutsy effort of McKay to not only stay on the ground, but make an impact kicking goals against us when clearly significantly injured and in pain. Not that I really want them to do well, it's just a sense that I get. I honestly haven't been that surprised by our performance this season. The building blocks of the players mentioned by Connoly have been there a few seasons now and I'm just a little frustrated we didn't put it together like this last year, when we were pretty compeditive and should have/could have won games against Richmond, Geelong and the Lions, which would have created a much different story for 2020. Still to almost go 11 straight this season is sensational and I'm just hoping that we can continue to get better, dominate the second half of the season in an even more convincing manner and the carry that form, belief and killer instinct all the way to that one day in September.

Would love any of Jack Viney, AVB, Track, Harmesy, Hibbo or May to absolutely nail him in a final in front of a huge crowd at the MCG like 2018 against Hawthorn (Mitchell) and Geelong (Selwood & Danger come to mind). Keep your powder dry boys.

Was at that game as well and the Lions tactics and umpires lack of action were an absolute disgrace. Distinctly remember Charlie Cameron shepherding Max out of moving into position to mark several time in a way that was soo obvious, it's like the umpires were not even on the ground. Bet you they would have seen it if Max had have decked little Charlie though, which it exactly what big Maxy should do if that little runt tries it out again.

Yeah, pretty much. You find them in all the pokies and lawn bowls clubs down on the GC. ...starting to sound like I know these places too well. Cough cough.

Can't help but think - what a joke it is the way they name these sides. In: "-" And like [censored] Harmes will start on the bench after his game last week.

You know, they called it that, because most Queenslanders don't have the brain cells to read the word Beer.

Thanks for the well researched and collated stats. I think what all your stats point to is that T Mac's inclusion as an AA forward rotating off the bench is pretty well founded on the basis of his ability to contribute up the ground a bit further as more of a CHF type and not just inside forward 50.

And/or someone to develop into and replace Hibbard when he finally hangs up the boots. Not wishing retirement on Hibbo anytime soon, but it's got to be a possibility sometime in the next 1 - 3 years.

That set shot outside 50m was a decient roost. That's the complete opposite from what many on here was suggesting just 6 months ago Re the sort of players we needed. How times change. Though, I somewhat agree that for a guy we recruited to fill a backline depth venerablility most of his highlight real is in the front half. Looks like a capable enough unit and will be interesting to see what a few more months on an AFL list can do for him - best of luck Kye.

For me I'd say yes. Have noticed more and more as time goes on this season, that with T Mac, it's not just about the big marks and timely goals he so reliably nails inside 50, but his work around the ground and delivering inside 50 in particular is elite in my view. For a big bloke, he chases and tackles pretty good too.