Deemania since 56

Someone off DL has said the same, on quite a few training sessions. 'Better hands, he's in!' he reckons.

Brewdy!

In support of this; I would think that Hardeman was so talented, attacking and valuable at CHBack - regardless of his height coz he had the build and a phantastique leap at the ball with vice-like marking skills (never saw him drop one) - that he would be up there alongside or ahead of any of the very talented CHBacks that we have ever had in any team. Just on more recent flashbacks, he was far better, for example, than the very creditable likes of Ingerson and Wight - and perhaps, on a par with the young Neitz when he played at CHBack - albeit a totally different type of player and role between the ages. No kidding!

I'd drop Viney from this team and place Johnson on the HFFlk, ..... ah, oohh, mumble ... too hard to select or leave players out. Why can't we pick of Best 35 Players, instead? G Lovett was a ball magnet and very attacking in his disposal ... nope, too hard to pick such a team.... sorry. They all look good on this offering but each could be manipulated ...

1. (Almost) booted up the laptop to access Demonland around 5 times per day for news and profiles. 2. Took up golf again, playing in solitude, every day from the light of dawn in order to 'deep-think' the Dees for 2019. 3. Planned my travels, fares, routes and accommodation across to Melbourne (from Adelaide) according to the footy fixture and booked these in advance of the start of the season. Gotta go .... golf course is 16 kms away and it will be daybreak when I get there ....

Wearing 'greens', great vintage, McQ. Still, better than the safari suit.

Pretty accurate.

Hassa Man in front, centre, blue s/sleeve shirt.

It is absolutely not like a grunting camel - the IQ demands of a camel who can serenade are far greater than Tex with a microphone.

Magic.

Fank Duck for that.

Preuss, given more 'team time' is going to be the answer, if not at ffwd, then a commission around the chfwd *area* in-between ruck support. I will personally miss Hogan and do so, already - a very good footy head and capability - but Preuss can kick 'em from some distance whereas Hoges had to be inside 40m and find space to so do. Double-difficulty. With the Weed and TMac deep fwd with their skill sets, then I'd stab at our gapping problems having been overcome, supported by Gawn on the occasion, with Joel S readily thereabouts and our great fleet of run, carry, feed, space masters who are less subject to altitudinal illnesses.

Three strikes is like a horse on the horizon, disappearing into a neo-Gothic mist and strongly running free and confused now that it has bolted. It's going to take a helluva effort to get him back into the paddock.

The rub remains with the combination; Gawn is our 'best of all time' as a ruckman; Preuss is the other part of a combination with dangerous forward potential, a training agenda in the game plans as he has years ahead written on him, and what appears to be a killer instinct as a big bloke. Supports Gawn to a 'T' one would think. There are other elements emerging in the alleged best 22 that support this combination in the air, around the ground, in the heavy stuff, outside the heavy stuff, all acting in a game plan of organised chaos, two-way mobility and speed. We are stronger with this combination, more reliable and lethal, and well-supported by one another across the board. Go Dees; the scratch match just oiled some joints, the season will benefit from the massive increase in cylinder displacement.

Stretch does go in for the ball and often wins it, clearly. His disposal is suspect and he drops the ball high. Some coaching is needed and once this is ameliorated, he'd be a bona fide gun. He is also often left in the midline without support/protection/screens, and with incoming opponents or a player crush, he must dispose as a last resort, again often. His hands need to be operative with teammates nearby, more often. He would benefit from stitching up a play or two with the likes of Harmes, Oliver, Hunt or Spargo/Jones, for example, to concentrate on nearby feeds at this point.

It (the game) was going to be a slog, no matter who was included in which team. Our strengths, whilst rusty, sailed the game away and there looked to be a few set plays and decoys working already. D'arcy Moore played well for the Filth, and Beams was active. Scale that up a little, with Lever and May at the ready and we have the Filth covered - and our 2-ruck combo will talls like TMac, Weed, Vanders and JSmith seem to be rather formidable. Gawn is an absolute marvel - he has been doing it for three years now, leading from the front, getting to position, taking the grabs, feeding the ball forward. At a squeeze, OMac might be better utilised centre and fwd to play as another ruck/tall/offensive pressure agent. We'd need that aptitude if Viney might not get up as regularly as we would prefer. MIssed Clarrie - his ball movement and direct thoughts were not there - the linkage seemed to be missing. Many forward moves lacked his controlling influence and canny avenues. Great win, proud of the team efforts.

Thanks, Wise! I'd hoped that there would be some comment and depth, including a re-screening on the MFC site.

Is there to be a repeat screening, we missed it due to commitments - and I am sure that others will have missed the game, as well?

Spot on. In all of the confusion onfield, do our players now need to interpret redemptive signalling from Mummy and Daddy on the boundary? Wouldn't it be nice if we were the only club that did not complicate the purpose of the game, namely: beat your opponent to the ball and win the game.

The reality is in your statement, Fork 'em. It really became a disaster trail - up, winning, down, losing. Loss... We were not expected to win some games (and we didn't), so convention beat us, time and again. Umpiring represented this groundswell of negative expectation. Many a time we stunned the footballing public within games - generating an awesome silence in crowds made up in the main with opposition supporters and then, the tide turned; we ended up losing such matches as our fight was unconventional.

That was a big disappointment - one to never forget, actually - but even last season, there were a few losses that make one shudder. I was convinced that umpiring was second-rate and biased, amongst other negatives.

Does this mean the signs are only warning signs of The Filth players in the near vicinity?

Going over the AFL fans' tolerances, ain't it?

How perfectly said, it is a true realisation of the errant problems in this world. Congratulations on such a forthright stance - with deep and meaningful honesty. May I join you in this non-cryptic assessment because, as an afterthought on your post, I feel so very closely aligned to this point of view, as well. Well done!

That was a good season for him when having the opportunity. He did show some potential at the end of the training and adjusting rainbow. He hit hard, went in hard and ran well with the ball. His finishing skills were the suspect areas but, he was improving. He has deceptive pace and some height that I hope he has been able to develop. Thoroughly worth watching.