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I can see he is at a golf day I’m going to tomorrow, so will tell him 95% of Melbournes most revered supporters are delighted with Stephen King! Revered = Demonland of course!

She hates Melbourne- would not have mattered what we did! Pick Buckley and it would have been a ‘sham’ process!

Typically no, I still feel if he and Oliver continue to improve as they were at season end, we will get something better for them next year, or we may decide to keep them. This years draft seems weak from all reports!

Petracca not at his best and still rebuilding confidence off the back of injury, and wanting to leave finishes 2nd in B&F. Kossie missed 3 games, so maybe Trac ends 3rd. Options 1: Another season body starting from better position and new coach/environment with King and Hopefully Petracca has an even better year. Then consider trading him if he wants to leave! 2: Vs trade now at lower value in a weak draft! Personally I’m keeping him in 2026 and trying to increase his value and get a pick in a stronger draft!

If your King you want to hold onto one of the coaches, Chaplin knows a lot about the players and this will be invaluable to King.

While your comment maybe correct, Compared to previous seasons he seemed to make many more errors with ball in hand! Rankin was a major factor in Crows winning that game.

This year and likely due to an interrupted pre season and injury, he was average at best. Hopefully fit and back to his best, he is a good to very good player!

It’s funny but I think Viney, Petracca and Oliver might have put the ball into our forward line in a certain grand final we won from 19 points down in the 3rd quarter! Freedom to play is what MMcrae brought to Collingwood!

I was supportive re Buckley but had some reservations, reflected by others on Demonland. That the selection process found someone they feel is better, that is fantastic news. Starting two weeks later is not a big deal. King will already know who and what he wants from a trade standpoint and coaching support. I’m sure he will squeeze in a chat with McVee and whomever else as required in those two weeks! Let’s hope he has the same level of success as his namesake the author and can plot a nasty ending for our opponents! As always Go Demons!

Show real commitment celebrate flags 2026-2030 a true dynasty! If we miss any of the years put a line through it!

I think when he suggests to start Kossie in the middle next week, that might let him go a week early as his mind has already moved on! 🤞

Then again perhaps there was a Cinderella clause, if your foot can fit into the boot that matches Jeff White’s face! Can believe our media release didn’t start with according to Wilson, McClure, Barrett & Co. no matter when what how who our process was flawed and that’s how we ended up picking the horror writer Stephen King!

The selection process obviously flawed, should have been a height restriction criteria!

Who else has supposedly dropped out of?

Very good post. Only 15 coaches have won a flag since 2000. When you look at complete list of coaching appointments over that time, new vs experienced is a much better guide! Was Roos a failure at Melbourne? No, we improved each year and he started with a basket case of a team!

Matthew’s has 3 Malthouse 1 Williams Worsfold Roos Clarkson X 4 Hardwick X 3 (going ok at Suns) Goodwin the best flag Thompson 2 Longmire Beveridge Simpson Scott 2 McRae Fagan How many experienced coaches have been appointed in that time vs newbies!

Leigh Matthew’s says hello!

Collingwood Demonlander equivalent is called “Inmates” counting up to 10 is their advanced level of discussion!

Premiership player and a 100 plus games. Played some good ones and a deserving member of 2021 flag. Injuries have sent him backwards since then. Best of luck for future, but creates an opportunity for someone new!

While I was generally a supporter of Goodwin, but felt it was time for a change! He may have spoken clearly, but I recall one of his B&F speeches I would put on when struggling to get to sleep and it always worked a treat!! 😴

Thanks, punctuation has never been a strength! I haven’t found the spellchecker & grammar button in Demonland!! If you measure Roos time comparing each season he coached to the preceding year, there was a substantial improvement each year! If you look at sports team results around the world, any sport, teams have a better record at home, note I’m sure someone will come up with an anomaly! Why: knowledge of the ground, stadium, wind etc! Higher team support, which typically leads to more favourable umpiring decisions. Routine, own bed, less travel etc! Pies & Cats both have significant advantages as clubs: Cats 9 home games at own stadium and not greatly disadvantaged in 7 other games played across MCG/Marvel as they play at each often enough! Also home stadium 95% of home fans due to ticket restrictions! Still benefit from a virtual go home academy, Dangerfield and more as an example! Numerous others I’ve mentioned before, including ex Cats stacked in at the AFL! Pies get 16/17 games at least interstate games of any club year after year, how often do they play at Kardinia Park! Umpiring through crowd number bias! Tribunal through MRO, even if only subconscious bias! It’s a joke that he is allowed to judge Pies players! There is more, but if you have any doubts about AFL trying to even the competition, Pies and Cats both benefit heavily from their treatment by the AFL!

Never in doubt! A football act! Michael Christian still as single person MRO says it all!

Agree on the following: Ump 22 definitely is anti Demons! Caro W definitely hates Demons! Dermie hates the Demons! Not many of Channel 7 commentary team like us either! When Demons won 2021 flag expectations were for multiple flags with the list and domination of that final series! The results got progressively worse each season thereafter! I feel we were unlucky with injuries in 2023! Our forward line and entries into the forward have not improved from 2022-2025, this is a coaching issue! After a shocking start to the season, then many close losses and finally a disastrous 4th quarter loss to the Saints, where the team was in disarray. These issues ultimately stamped Goodwins ticket out! Commercial maybe part of the reason, but not the reason Goodwin was fired!

Agree we have a range of forward challenges! Our most recent quarter of football against Pies and last quarter against the Saints looked like goalkicking and panicking to me!

Whoever is our next coach get a goalkicking coach - and get the players to do what Dunstall, Lockett and the best goal kicking and most accurate would do all the time, practice practice practice, they all were pretty durable, so no BS about too much kicking! That’s everyone midfield and forward - maybe even the defenders! Kick 3 more goals a week instead of 2 points and an out on the full, adds 3 goals a game, would lead to another half a dozen wins per year! Yes it’s not like the AFL would ever let a new team come in with a sub standard stadium to the competition. Demanding Tassie has a roofed stadium will uphold the ground quality traditions of news teams, just like GWS!