Deemania since 56

Thoroughly enjoyed these little reminders of how talented Dean was, extremely good pace, evasion and kicking ability. Nice jumper, too ... Johnny Townsend would be proud of you, Kenty. Best wishes for the future.

You'd hope that it is not an opportunity to 'show what he can do up front' but instead, an opportunity to practise and solidify what he will be doing/is being instructed to do up front in the AFL finals .

Ouch! Probability and potential may well lead to eating your words ...

Take blood, Dees. If you go out with that attitude and keep it, the game is yours and the Lions will wilt.

Very impressive package, if you ask me. Develop, develop, let loose!

Take your pick. I was considering a triad of players forming a pre-finals bond onfield for a specific role and this appeared to my eye to be a strengthening of best available quality for the gap that has emerged across the season we have just observed.

After such a long run in the team, I still doubt whether Spargo has had his role carefully defined; he just does not get the opportunities to excel with his skillset terribly often. He is one of our best feeders; he does not lack courage, he will tackle when necessary - but he runs around in circles looking for a receive himself, often landing with a much larger opponent at which point his role is abruptly impossible.

Looks a little like Roman concrete - tough enough, readying and settling for the weeks ahead. Get ya game plans ready boys, we are depending on you in so many ways.

Yep, do not want to see his knowledge, communications and skills lost to the Dees. There are many underpinning reasons why this might well occur; similarly, there are many underpinning reasons why he could/should be retained with the Dees - albeit at some personal sacrifice.

Thank you.

After all his input, hard work, effort, widespread player encouragement and other desirable features in his career with the Dees, who could deny him the sunset reward of some success at the Filth? He was a sturdy rock in our defence and that, from a player who was no champion - just a hard-working and battling team member - his performances over time were highly commendable.

We cannot play Weid. He is not going to assist our forward line workrate, either defensively or in attack. When one talks of 'efficiency', Weid must surely be the last player in so many teams we have fielded to make a desirable contribution. Joel Smith had a good experimental run up forward with Casey last weekend, getting his sensories together and attacking out front, and in deep; for the Club, this was ideal and provided exposure and thinking to assist get it all together across the forward line. With Bowser coming in, most likely, there could be some synergies from these two to really assist the '...our forward line is not working that well, currently...' scenario. An aggressive competitor with speed and agility and goal nouse and a 'dead-eye Dick' delivering the pill to those who make ground to receive. It could all end up being icing on the cake for the Melk, for BBB, for Fritta and the resting ruckman. With Tracca nearby, it is all very achievable.

Oh, be fair. The poor things cannot help it.

Absolutely NO, NO, NO! Weid leaves us short a key player in every contest - and does not make the contest a mobile one. Prefers to be brushed aside for a free kick or peripheral spectator positionl

BBB, Joel Smith, Melksham and Kozzi - with a resting ruckman - time for some real synergy with Tracca at the ready shallow forward and midfield.

Got my approval.

Really good quarter - great drive and connection. He's coming back to form.

just maybe it will give us some confidence that will rub off into better performances. Team changes do need to take place.

It's a big possibility that the umpires will help celebrate the 'return' of Cripps across the field of play - at the Demons' expense.

Is it really? Novel.

...leaving the entertainment obsessed general public and footy fans across the board totally at odds on the integrity of the AFL, its poor selection of the first tribunal panel who now appear to have made the wrong decision (most unlikely) and confidence in the the whole process of rule scrutiny at its nadir. The whole process has been proven to be totally arbitrary and indicates that preferential treatments of rule violators will be tolerated in the interests of AFL gate receipts, where necessary.

It does not auger well, I am afraid; still, who are we to consider alternatives?

Wouldn't matter if he did read Demonland, '64, he's already had thousands of treatises, reports, theses, intense and widespread analysis including measured advice and fault correcting suggestions (ad nauseum) from the foundation of the football club - US! Such extensive contributions to his onfield well-being have so far been wilfully ignored or 'placed into the too-hard basket'.

Surely Goodwin is not that foolish? In the eyes of so many supporters and members, he'd lose his job.

He'd probably do a very good job at that task. He's not the sort of bloke to mess around with - very serious, almost intent and he's as big as Barry Round - except meaner. Heaven help those who fail to learn under such tutelage.