Sargent Shultz

greetings from Delhi, sadly the match is not on any of the 500 tv stations here. Really hope Mcadam has a great game and adds some more X factor to our sometimes impotent forward line

I fear Van Rooyen is the next Weideman - certainly has the same marking traits, reluctant to chase, prefer to mark from behind. He is however a much better kick

I also had a dream but for some reason it did not involve any footballers

small man syndrome? :)

I beg to differ, In his "Golden Years" at North he had Larkey a 198 cm 45 goal + CHF as his foil, and at his best matches at Melbourne he had TMac. Ben is not a pack marking CHF and needs another big body to take some heat. Who has he had this year? ANB, Jake, Spargo, Kozzie, Fritz, and more recently sometimes Max. We are so underdone in height in the forward half- given our game plan is to simply "bomb it to packs"

A Saturday morning reflection for my fellow Demonlanders. It's not how we wanted the season to end, however, there is a LOT to look forward to: We finished second on the ladder- so our team is pretty good and our top 6 are as good as anyone We are still, for 2 weeks, the reigning premiers :) We have 6 current or nominated All Australians Casey may well end up Premiers - so we have emerging players Back-to-back premierships are F'n hard to achieve This team will compete strongly for the next 4-5 years Goody is a great coach- a team does NOT finish 2nd with a Muppet What to fix? We need a couple of key positional slots filled- centre half forward and probably a ruck to help Max We must find out why, and fix, the last half fade-outs (i think the loss of Burgess is the reason our back half of the season went Kaput We need to change Stafford now, our forward line structure and game plane is Shizenhousen Goody needs to tweak the game plan to more attacking flair and less contested defense These are all tactical issues that should be easy to fix in a preseason. I know we are all hurting this morning but as the late, great, George Harrison reminded us "All things must pass" I

Weistwurst, or steak? The steak won

Off to the 6 pm sitting at Le Petit Bistro with the family. Have a steak Pomme Frites and a couple of Dry Martinis then catch the 7.12 from Kooyong. Should be at the ground just in time for the bounce. Expecting the Swans to put up a good fight until early in the 3rd quarter, and then the Dees will put their foot down and draw away for a nice 5-goal win. Expect the pressure to be on in a few weeks when we face The Filth. Regards The Sarg

Hope its a Swans supporter :)

The reasons why I am not worried. Our last game Vs Swans last game. Saints are hopeless. Brisbane just won a pretty tuff game.

https://apple.news/AhsPCUO3ARgquTOJSZbb-Cg ‘grundy was blown away when he meet with key melbourne figures’

Me too, got stuck into the vodka instead. Cheers everybody. Go dees

mmm mathew scarlett might have something to say about that https://www.geelongcats.com.au/video/378681/fans-finals-moments-the-toepoke?videoId=378681&modal=true&type=video&publishFrom=1506303153001

FYI When we belted Cats last week they had 1 player 21 YO or younger, Melbourne had 7. Great signs for our future. I think it will be 5+ years until the Cats, potentially, will be a force. Suspect Brian Cook (pretty smart fella) saw the writing on the wall and jumped to a list with huge upside - the big bucks Carlton would have thrown at him helps :) Mind you, he still has to deal with the most disfunctional Board in the AFL

Time to delete the “is Goodwin the right guy” thread. He had a clear vision of the game style he wanted us to play and stuck to it. Last night his vision was on full display