Deemania since 56

The 'yipps' only come out ...... at night. We are about to roll to the Grand Final, folks and there ain't nothing that the AFL can do about it.

This is a definitive asset to mix and match to research into team selections against other teams we will play on a week-to-week basis.

Terrific comeback, great to see the stars. Bennett, Jackson, Stinger, O'Dwyer, Rhode, Hughes, Eishold just terrific in that last quarter. Heaver - a forgotten asset in close. Great days, great beer, great meat pies, great team as unpopular as all get out.

He is a talented and adaptable footballer who possibly needs his game function and skills tweaked a little to suit the newer gamestyle. He has been a very good ball winner, as well. I'd reckon he will be back with a vengeance before the end of this season, transforming into an even better ball winner and deliverer of the pill; his game is not really losing it - we are losing his skills and drive whilst adaptation takes place. He could almost be regarded, now, as a 'senior' member of the team line-up and maybe this could be better exploited.

Some very good insight, here. Well done.

Allocated positions for players seem to be a thing of the past and this versatility must be good - and confusing for opposition teams. It has developed, very quickly, providing far more options for possession and driving the ball where it is needed. It also challenges more of the range of skills of each player - to do other things than man an area or a specific opponent.It also provides a springboard for players to run off into space more frequently as a receiver of something upfield. It is a very interesting change that makes our game more flexible, agile and tests 'whole' skills sets to enact. This has markedly improved the reliability and skills levels of every player - and has done so in a rather short period of time.

Nahhhh, hit the Mitre Tavern in Mitre Place, off the western end of Collins Street. Best beers, reasonable prices, phabulous atmosphere and almost privately quiet for the lengthy think about football, meat pies and Holden cars.

Option 1 for you, big fella.

Going to be tight, McQ, quite tight and you don't want to sit up the top of their S_Western stand. You will not be able to secure a seat on the Northern Stand, most likely unless you wish to pay Ticketek around $80.The locals think it is a good deal - dimwits. 1. I'd go in early - about two hours, early - walking down to the Riverside entrance from across the footbridge and endure the crowd (that will be rabid, raucous and ready to kick-a-Vic). You'd pay a Gen Admission ticket price from that window of $35 up to $60, attempting to sit as close to the ground or the first level as you could.There can be some effective bargaining if you are early in order to get a seat where you can actually watch the game. Have a cut lunch with you - seriously. Pies are $7 and anything else is more than that amount. Great ground to see a game provided your seating is good. 2. Alternatively, contact Ticketek to order a 'first level' seat at around $60 starting price and then some, on occasion. If you go in early, there are good bars from which Mother Nature has provided an ample ale or two through the top-fermented Cooper's family brewery. Their sparkling ale is good for the footy with some peanuts and a Marlboro. Take a pack of "Luckies if you can get them - it will set you apart from the decadent throng that call themselves football supporters and who allegedly barrack for a team called the Power, if they are not fighting amongst themselves for the cigarette butts outside the arena that have been discarded on the ground a couple of weeks ago. THE BEST OPTION 3. Find a nice pub with Foxtel telecasts. Get a beer, some cheese and sit in front of a 66-inch screen to watch the game as it is televised on Channel 503. That's what I would do, given the scarcity of good seats and value at the Adelaide Oval - and you might just make it to the airport, later, alive! The Sportsman's Bar at the HIghway Inn, at the cnr of Marion Road and Anzac Hwy just outside the city centre (on the LHS) - ie: go from the city by cab down Anzac Hwy about 4 kms on the way to Glenelg, further down the track. Great steaks. Lotsa eye candy. Great evacuation point from the pub on the way to the airport down near Glenelg (turn right at Tapley's Hill Rd (about 7 kms further down from the pub). Of course, I am going to the ground for the game but have a ticket, already, through a mate. I wear my Jui Jitsu kit with black belt just so the locals shut the far cup.

Thought I told you, Tony Tea? With that infection, spluttering stuff all over us mournfully, ain't it time you tried to far cough?

Feels the same, so they tell me ...

This was very true for so many Demons supporters; the taste of victory in succession, every other year, every other game was hypnotic, addictive, unquenchable, greedy, luscious, anticipated and granted by the footballers.

Unable to get to Casey games, living interstate from Viccy; Joel is the son of 'the mark of the century'Smith, yes? Be very interested to hear how he is performing since he was recruited.

Just hate the Filth. Underlying pond life at the bottom of respectability.

Let's not over-speculate; it pushes up the price of recruiting astronomically. If Gaff wants to be a Dee, it is up to him to show it with subtle resolve; if we want him, we could come together with Gaff to support this arrangement/outcome. With an environment of varied form and injury risks remaining ever-present, any good price is enough if the player wants to occupy a position in an emerging superteam. It does not need to be the highest price - if that is all Gaff wants, then we really don't need him. If he is a fair dinkum bloke, and everything points towards that being the case, he will be a Demon on these terms in 2019 and from that, will be much appreciated in a continuous appearance in coming grand finals for the Dees.

Remarkable selection from Doggies' supporters. Sounds similar to our past sentiments despite enormous Club loyalty and hope. This still remains as a danger game but that is looking more and more less likely.

He is valuable, he is capable, he can be surprisingly good. His real asset is his 'blend' with other players; protective, a linkage player and a pack splitter making space for the crumbers that we always needed and now seem to have inbuilt into the team with roles and functions, responsibilities and super=enthusiasm. I doubt whether van den Berg will ever fully recover to play this role in the team, which will be a considerable shame. Bull may well fulfill this role in the near future, as well. However, we do have an in-form big bugger in Pedo, at present.

Frightening - imagine coaches attempting to cover / account for that line-up! Nice one, DV8.

Not sure but some days it is evident. I think it may be related to a consistent lack of follow-through, but his field kicking is doing just fine at the moment so it is all a conundrum, of sorts. His scoring rate is great, too.

Sad outlook, always was one of my favourites when times were darkening.

Not quite ready yet, is our man, Balic. When he is : Dee-molition continues.

Looks as if he will get that tally, soon, in one game.

It would be even worse if Pedo was in the side, with these four greats, making 5 greats to contend with plus the super-contributing smalls that are so clever finding space. Sorry, just really like the way Pedo plays....

Just consider that, with all the vitamin D our boys took in at the Alice, we are going to set land speed records back in 'the cold'.

Excellent. Best wishes, Chunk!