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You are underestimating our players! I’ll take our 23 this weekend against whatever the Blues put on the field! Who do you support?

Unbelievable skills. Bounce, blind turn, vault, you name it Robbie could do it, an absolute legend! The reason you would go to the footy late seventies and early eighties!

I bet nearly everyone will be deliriously happy if our Demons can win the next seven games and most importantly the last three!!

Winning by a point will do, but 5 plus goals would be great. Hopefully with Clarry back in soon and Fritter not far behind! Still a chance to slide into 2nd, keep on rolling! Go Demons!

Who is K-dog

Keep going Crows! Go Bombers, we want Swans to have nothing to play for when we meet them!!

Just might be a season turning win! We’ve already been good this year and were well placed, but like the 2021 win at KPark against the Cats, must build awesome belief! Fantastic to be at the “G” and see our leaders in Max, Viney, Trac & Brayshaw step up in the last. Bl..Dy Melksham what a left foot snap then a brilliant mark and pressure goal, absolutely fantastic and just great for him! Rivers was also great in the last taking it on! Kossie with 3 and a bit of his electric magic on show again. Doesn’t it make the weekend feel GRAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sydney had definitely played their GF the prior week, didn’t have anything in the tank!

It’s about making headlines with outrageous observations!

Expected score is an indicator, Melbourne had control of the game from late 1st through 4th quarter, didn’t look like losing. Last week against Giants should have been 5 goal win, that’s what it looked like!

Saints are well disciplined, with a solid backline, within a goal per week of the best rated backlines. They definitely brought their best effort. Demons below their best, down a little in confidence, but some positive signs: - Trac four straight, - May rock solid, - Saints only scored 58 points, our defence is finals strong, - ANB strong start to game, - Langdon a bit more involved, - Sparrow, Rivers, Brayshaw, JJ through the middle, providing options particularly when Oliver gets back, - Major room for improvement across the park. Kossie, Spargo, to lift, BBB show some positive signs, - Max/Grundy combo can improve, but not as bad as many make out, - JVR to come in with a little extra output for last 6 weeks, We’ve got 6-7 weeks to bring it together!

You look at our team: - Backline looks fantastic, - Mids even with Oliver out, still looks incredibly strong, like seeing Rivers in the mix, - Forward line, not as strong, still Kozzie a top small forward, time for BBB, Spargo & Melksham to shoot the lights out with accuracy, and big Maxy and Grundy kick at least one goal each. Best of luck to young Woey all reports indicate he is highly skilled, if he can deliver could quickly tie up a spot in the 22! Headed to the Marvel morgue tonight, hoping to see Demons salute! Go Demons.

What I think will happen: Outs Ins Fritsch - injured. - JVR Chandler - out of form - Spargo Harmes - played poorly - Oliver Goodwin rarely makes more than 3 changes. Melksham sub maybe Jordan in. But with Fritsch out I think they will give Melksham another game as backup forward. Tomlinson in wings for Petty forward if BBB doesn’t get going in next three weeks or if Smith totally inconsistent! I’d rest Max in goalsquare Pickett next to him. Get BBB to be leading rather than pack marking FF. Also have Trac playing 50% in forward half.

So have you compared him to small forwards in the league. Go look at the stats per game.

GWS scored 7-5 47! 5-15 with more misses is the problem!

How many small forwards have kicked more goals than Kozzie this year, have more tackles etc.

On the round ball theme, if it’s wet this afternoon I’m hoping the Demons kick it off the ground a little more and handball a little less!

We won a flag in 56, hopefully a good omen!

Binman you use to much logic, stats, facts, and examples! You need more blind emotion! Of course winning every week and focussing on the tactical each week at a time is of paramount importance vs who in their right mind would look at the season strategically with the flag in mind!! Have a look at yourself man! Don’t you realise footy is an emotional game! PS: Keep up the great analysis! Go Demons!

It’s still June - I haven’t seen a AFL premiership flag awarded until September and on the odd occasion October! Our injury list is small, assuming Oliver’s hamstring comes good and Hibbo recovers, we can hopefully hit August and September being very close to having a best 23 available. We improve the forward line 10-20%, kick straight for goal and we are in this years flag hunt up to our eyeballs! Pies are a very good team, but high risk might not stack up under PF/GF pressure! Port on fire at moment, but how will their young guns in Butters, Rozee and Horn Francis be travelling in September and they don’t get home ground umpiring favouritism at the MCG on GF day if they make it that far! Brisbane game style and having to play any finals in Victoria, sees them falling short. Coming from position 5-8 is unlikely, no matter who it is! As long as we stay relatively injury free and make top 4 we are right in the hunt for the flag, that will be won in September!!!

Unfortunately at times people hear what they want to hear, and see what they want to see. No amount of proof, logic, stats, facts, sound bites etc. will matter. Injuries killed the end of 2022 for us, and no injuries worked for us in 2021, plus loading kicked into our performance levels at the back end of the season and finals! Injury is the biggest factor, Moore and or Nick Daicos go down for the Pies and their flag hopes would be significantly reduced, in fact if both were out they would be done! The query I have on loading is when you play other teams who should also be loading e.g. Cats, Port, Freo, Pies in the last 5/6 weeks can we still use loading as an excuse? I know we beat the Pies, kicked it away against Freo, stopped to a walk against Cats, and had Oliver been fit might have got home against Port. Also home town umpiring in the last helped Port & the Cats. Other issues apparent: - JVR well managed will suffice at CHF or FF but we definitely need one of BBB/Petty/TMac to get up & going. - Our forwards are playing too often from behind, not leading enough, and when they lead those leads need to be rewarded. - Oliver fit. - Tomlinson back shored up the defensive structure, Lever looked miles better. So seems like either Tomo or Petty must go back. - Bowey needs to play.

Let’s get a petition going from Demonland - Demons only have to play at Kitty Park every 2nd year!

Losing to Geelong at Geelong isn’t a big surprise. At the Cigar shaped ground, they clog up their backline better than someone with constipation! The fact we’ve played at 💩stadium 20 times since 2000 more than Pies, Bombers, Blues, Hawks & Tigers combined is an absolute disgrace and the club needs to do something about it! It gives me the 💩💩💩💩! Club members should set up a petition if the club won’t demand change! Last night more than half the Demon players played poorly, so to just lose is surprising! If you were rating out of 10 there would have been 5-6 1s & 2’s, 5-6 3/4/5’s. Rivers, Salem, McVee, Grundy, Hunter, Viney & Lever were good/okay, but not much outside this group. JVR will be a VG CHF but tough to expect him to lead the way at present. Personally I’d prefer stick with Petty CHF and JVR FF this season! Maybe they are trying to get BBB fit to come in from round 16/17 onwards. I wouldn’t throw the baby out with the bath water just yet! All teams have weaknesses and off weeks, impact of loading, byes etc., finishing top 4 is still possible. If we can stay top 4, kick straighter and relatively injury free we will be in with a chance come finals time!

Geelong at Geelong always a challenge, funny shaped ground and crowd 95% Cats supporters influencing the blind mice - even if four now rather than three! The big difference from last year at Geelong is Selwood, Dangerfield and Guthrie not in the middle. This should enable Demons to win this battle, even without Oliver, plus we are also stronger in the ruck with Grundy in the team. Expecting to win but always a bit nervous at the cattery!

The whole team caught a mixture of Covid, the flu and diarrhoea (that’s only the coach), so if the Demons win, that’s why - but no we’re not making excuses!