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You give him another pre-season to see if his knee mobility can improve further. His first seven games 2021 were very good, he took over Hawkins from May and held him. If his mobility improves, gives us great backup and possible option with Petty to go forward.

Wash your mouth out with soap!

Geelong have huge advantages over the rest of the competition that rarely if ever seem to get mentioned in the media: - Can pay players and soft cap coaches etc. 10-20% unders, as property so much cheaper around Geelong, this equates to 1.3 - 2.6M in salary cap advantage. Equates to a Cameron, Dangerfield and Hawkins extra on your list! - Geelong, Bellarine, Colac area like a football factory, and get go home factor, beach/country lifestyle in their favour. - Govt throws cash at them. So have great facilities and cash to burn! - Massive home ground advantage and also get to play at each of MCG and Marvel 3-4 times a year. So away disadvantage is reduced!

Bowey, Spargo, Salem & Petty great kicks. Salem obviously injured throughout the season after injury in round one and carrying a groin later is season. Hopefully back to best after off season. Bowey a little bit of 2nd year blues, but hopefully bounces back, wasn’t far off it! Spargo is often in clear on his own and gets ignored, hopefully they use him as an entry target into forward Line more often next year!

Demons kick it to the forward left pocket must change for next season. If you let Brown and co lead to left pocket, and Max or Grundy stand in the goal square with Kossie at their feet, if they don’t mark in a one on one Kossie can crumb it or defend it! Fritsch could lead to the right in a one on one if he doesn’t mark is good on the ground and his tackling has improved re keeping ball in forward half. Some quick ball movement into this structure would test defences! Gives us a three pronged attack!

As premiers, we were the hunted all season. Even against two bottom teams North & West Coast both physically smashed into the Demons. Add up multiple small things: - shorter pre season - being smashed every week as reigning premier - Burgess replaced by Griffith - Injuries TMac, then Gawn, Salem, Rivers, Trac, Oliver, BBB and players who looked like they were carrying Kossie, Jackson, Viney - other teams focussed on strategies to beat Demons, spoken about every week in press - Goodwin misjudged impact of 2nd tall forward, JVR should have been given a crack - Sparrow, Jackson, Rivers, Spargo, Bowey all stagnated this year - minor drop in desperation having won the flag in 2021

Umpires in last quarter 50 against Pickett up other end goal soft holding to McStay - goal Bailey pushed Hunt square in middle of back - goal Andrews chops Brown arm 15 metres out - no free just to close out game umpire free against Lever not being tackled and 5Om to gift it Umpires pathetic influenced result

I hope your right. Last week the Buddy free and 100m penalty and then Reid 50m in the 3rd both gave Sydney goals when we were on top and changed the game. However it did feel like Swans really owned the 2nd half of the game. while May & Clarrie were great Fritsch ok and the player on Henry did a solid job, the rest of the team were below average or poor, so getting back to at least average across the board, with a few players going well and that should be enough against the Lions!

TMac isn’t 80% fit - Dusty at 80% was a liability! Understand why you want TMac to play, but JVRvor Weideman a better option as both fully fit!

The soft Franklin free and 50s impacted the momentum in the 2nd. The soft 50 to Reid gave Sydney another goal. Both of these really hurt at that point in the game. Aside from a few moments not a great night for Demons, beaten in contest major problem. Oliver, May, very good Petty, and Fritsch were good, rest not great, so significant room for improvement! Very disappointing night, but we live to fight another day!

I didn’t see Petty move at all, so not sure why Reid got 50 ?

So your saying our fat boys win! I like it!!

Remember it well a great day, Demons on fire, a repeat tonight would be DElicious!

If TMac fully fit and played 3-4 games he would obviously be in the team. Watching him last weekend he looked slow and lacking in mobility - totally understandable after his injury! He would need to improve nearly 50% in his next vfl game on what he showed last weekend to be considered for selection in the finals series.

You will have to change your call sign to Griswald if you exceed last years effort! Love your Demon passion!

Where did you buy the streamer tree - never seen one before?

I want to see it live this year! Couldn’t stand listening to BT again!

I gave up drinking during Covid well first twelve weeks - no impact on weight or gut size - both very disappointing. Then went on a weekly long walk with a Buddy 3 kms to bottle shop, acquisition of dozen beers, consumption of said beers on 3km walk back. Result after 12 weeks - weight & gut still same! Does de loading have any impact on weight or gut size? Should de loading start round 11?

Best umpires on display do a better job! or even umpires realised doesn’t matter how many frees we give to Dogs, Demons are just too good!!

You’ve nailed it. Dogs get tackled and just drop ball without penalty, and are let throw more than anyone. In GF they weren’t given their normal treatment, with best umpires in attendance! Selwood/Hawkins/Dangerfield/Bont protected species!

Agree with point 1. However Tigers are incredibly careless, late & dirty, that’s why they sit bottom of the heap!

Medi sub being Smith or Tomlinson probably makes more sense as already a tall down with Melksham instead of TMac and we got caught against Freo, Swans and Pies mid season with mixture of May injured/missing, Max injured, Petty injured leaving us 2 talls down in each game for at least a half! Harsh on Bowey with Salem to come in!

Spot on re accuracy, Trac should always play on and go with instinct as he seems a much better shot on the move, same with Oliver!

I like your outlook! Games against Swans are rarely blowouts, will happily take any winning margin, even though the heart would prefer 30 plus points! You need to follow up with Pies vs Cats smash one another and either lose in extra time. Love to see Pies lose anytime (2018 GF was great), and to see Cats lose another final after being pumped up by everyone would be awesome! Dogs lose to Freo with free kicks 30-10 in Freo favour and Beverage bleating about frees would be highly enjoyable!

It was a tragedy that he hurt his knee, will never forget the 9 goals against Sydney, just sensational. That he still finished with a good-VG career makes you think with two good knees would have been one if he greats of the competition!