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The term “drink your own bath water” certainly applies to: BT Brayshaw Darcy Ling Brereton Eddie Commentary team I would prefer: - Anthony Hudson - Daisy - Leppitsch - Hodge

Great result for Demons! Agree with comment above, 5% off and if opposition bring their best, easy to lose. Look at Crows, Pies & Giants probably all played their best games against us!

Number 1 focus at training should be goalkicking! We may still win against a top team kicking 4.10 in 2nd half, but will never forget GF in 90s North dominated against Crows in first half but kicked 2.9 or thereabouts and instead of being 5-6 goals in front was maybe a kick in it! Then game turned and Crows rolled over top of North! Demons we’re great against Port but we kick 14.12 or 16.10 and Port wouldn’t have got within 9 points in 2nd half. Better goal kicking this year and we would be 15-1 and % of 150%! Im still delighted with our season, but wish for better goal kicking.

When the Demons bring their best, we look like a flag contender. That’s was a 4.7 flogging against a team that is five goals better at home team! massive victory go Dees

100% correct, number of times in a close game, he comes through with a clutch goal or three is a real lose for them.

Scenario One - what I’m hoping happens: BBB to kick two goals and because of his presence in the forward line, one of Spargo, Pickett or ANB get an extra crumbing goal, Fritsch & TMac also get an extra due to getting 2nd & 3rd defender, and a little less attention! Gives us 4 more for the game, makes the difference. Scenario Two - optimistic view Hopefully Port is one of those teams BBB likes playing, as shown by his 10 goals for North in another thread. If he could kick three plus tonight, would be great for the team and him!

Just play with same intensity we brought against the Dogs. Harmes tag Wines! A little more run & go, we’ve become to static!

3 simple ways to increase pressure: - kick straighter (scoreboard pressure, also no way we can win 3 finals if this doesn’t improve), also we win Giants & Crows game - run & chase, we didn’t raise a gallop against Pies for 90% of the game, not great against Giants in this area - go hard, VDB & Viney when playing well, generate pressure and make players worry, can see difference Mumford makes to Giants! One other factor is over the season all teams have off games, so you drop the odd game! 1st to 14th is a concerning stat, needs to lift. However I’ll take a 5-10% increase in accuracy first! I think playing BBB will help and also have a positive influence on other players re kicking for goal. Why, poor goal kicking seems to accelerate with each missed shot and having a dead eye who slots a few under pressure will help stop the pressure building.

I’m going we lose to Port , because I picked against us vs Dogs & Lions. conversely thought we would beat Crows and Pies easily, and defeat Giants by 20-30! So am hoping can get it wrong again. Am really keen to see BBB given 5 matches! A few people have crapped on Hunt but really nothing to kick to all day up forward, other than a few Fritsch cameos!Have BBb stay in the50 arc provide an option, other than if he has to man up his opponent!

Same as DOF one change Lever 3 Gawn 2

Very disappointed with the Demons but haven’t given up all hope yet. We killed the wonderDogz at their home ground, and tore Brisbane apart after giving them a 3/4 goal start! Yes we’ve dropped off in form, but our best has proven to be good enough. To me BbB has to be given 4-5 weeks, at least we will kick straighter and hunt could only run 40 meters then kick it towards Brown, rather than having nothing to kick towards!

Jackson Rivers Sparrow Kozzie Jordan Petty all played under 30 games, form will vary and don’t have multiple seasons and pre-seasons into their bodies. Looking at forward line, really seem to be missing a Hawkins, Cameron, Lynch, Naughton or Dixon type. Teams that win grand finals usually have some very hard or outright dirty players. Hawks think Lewis/Mitchell/Hodge (Clarkson) Tigers Nankervis/Cotchin and most of the team are dirty (Hardwick coached taught by Sheedy). Looking at these three categories, ins and outs for me: In: VDB hard as nails, skills ordinary, but some players make teammates walk taller, e.g. Giants are a much better team when Mumford plays. In: BBB give him 4 -5 weeks, at least he kicks straight, will earn some frees, take some heat of TMac & Fritsch, will bring ball down for crumbers. At least with a 4-5 game stint it’s enough of a crack to know. In: Melksham drives me nuts but has the skills for inside 50 connections, good kick for goal, sounds like had a crack in twos last week, and 5 tackles last night. Out: Kozzie lost his zip/sparkle give him two weeks out one off one at Casey Out: Sparrow let him keep building this year, Casey games won’t hurt him. Out: Viney running up and down on the spot, a week out or at Casey. He just needs to build over the next 3-4 weeks. For all the arm flapping and end of the world types that thrive when the Demons lose, we are close, we’re only three straight kicks off 14-1. But to win finals and a GF, it feels like we must have: - extra tall in forward line - extreme hardness in a VDB ( I still can’t believe I’m selecting him, as skills are big ordinary) - not too many youngsters and freshen up ones who can make a diffference, e.g. Kossi - kick straighter, that’s why I’d have BBB & Melksham in team.

Totally agree: - provides target - contesting marks will help with spills for smalls - TMac gets number 2 defender & Fritsch #3 - will kick straight - good at earning frees

Double the effort in goal kicking practice. 7.13! 10.10 we win irrespective of how we played and no matter what umpires do! Other fix to goal kicking problems bring in BBB, and he will certainly help!

Maggots maggots maggots

Getting screwed by the maggots & bad kicking

Tackle by the legs is okay!!

Umpires inconsistent, absolutely hopeless!

Aside from obviously just wanting a win, can we kick straighter, a 14.8 or 15.10 would be terrific vs the usual 9.14! It means we keep Giants to 10.7 and have a comfortable 4-5 goal win. Kudos to Binman and others for your strategic analysis that I really enjoy, but FFS can the Dees just start kicking more goals than points, and that will be about the greatest strategic improvement we can make in the run home! Think about it, 2 more goals rather than points per round and we have 140 more points onto our percentage, so would be sitting at 148%, have another win (Crows) so would be 13-1. My wish is for Demons to kick straighter!!!!! Plus generally keep winning and win the flag(Tokyo Olympics bringing nice symmetry with 64)!

Spot on! Demons missed 6 shots last week they should be kicking. Problem is that it seems to happen nearly every week. I hope we have upped the anti on practicing goalkicking! Hawkins and Cameron both didn’t look like missing when they were kicking for goal. Amongst worst nightmares is losing a final to Geelong seeing Demons kick 8.15 and cats kicking 10.4! It’s also another reason I would like to see BBB in the team.

I’d rather see a win tonight and a Demons premiership cup in September!

How often do you read from AFL players, had a great pre season and was able to build my season strong performance off preseason. Weideman and BBB had significant disruptions to their preseasons, and both are struggling. Agree with others Weideman confidence shot and it seems BBB not fully fit. Weid hopefully better next year after full preseason, and BBB comes good after the bye, following his 6 week mini preseason. As TMac is proving a great preseason focussed on speed, agility, endurance and strength will help both Weid & BBB for next year.

What percentage would you have given us for being 11-2?

While dropping Weid is the right thing to do, there are a few things worth remembering: - his preseason was heavily interrupted - last year he put in half a dozen really solid games working in conjunction with Jackson in the forward line, if he had of improved off the back of that batch of games, he’d hold his place this year - TMac was poor 2019& 2020, same as Harmes, so I wouldn’t write off Weideman, he needs a very good preseason then let’s see what he can do in 2022!

AFL should be hammered for letting this happen: - Mummy & Nankervis thugs, opponent beats me oh I’ll hit him in the head - if DeGoey got sent off for a quarter would have a better effect (replay should be used on this type of crap)