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The bottom six of any teams 22 on the field are often only just up to it, depth is having another 8 players who can come in and replace those bottom 6 players, or provide role coverage. To me Pedersen is a great example of role coverage for the Demons, being able to take a key forward or back position and pinch hit in the ruck. If you have to rely on him all season in ones you know your in trouble, but for 6 or 8 games, he can provide reasonable backup. Once you go past 30 players, a few who may be young, then rest of list can virtually be turned over each year, or try some development players.

Big day for the Demons, got to put away the Swans this week and break another recent drought!

29 in Feb, but can still really play. Agree may cost too much!

Interesting list, but what I like most about our list, is when you see the team really motoring along, it's: Clarry Brayshaw Max Hogan Petracca Fritsch Harmes Lever last six weeks pre injury TMac who all other than Max & TMac should play for the next decade. Salem and ANB getting better, Spargo clean and footy smarts, OMac getting bigger & better each season. Viney recovers and our future looks very bright. Aside from Lewis, Jones, & Garlett, the other key contributors of Melksham & Hibberd have a good five years, Jetta hopefully three Plus. Frost is improving! Our list looks pretty good, add a bit of outside speed and more backup for Max, and the next 2-3 years look really good. If we beat Swans this weekend and win one more to virtually guarantee finals, with a bit of luck we might cause a surprise or two in the finals.

I’m guessing Pedo got picked as the answer to your question.

Both the boys who ruck in the VFL don’t seem up to it, so that’s two. We constantly get smashed in the ruck in the VFL, yet still keep winning! Probably gives Pedo an extra year. Balic retired. Vince, it’s time. Club has a lot of reasons to thank Bernie, 100 games and ripping representative of the club! Someone will move and then one of the half dozen named above.

Spargo is a better user of the ball. AVB was okay for first week back, created a goal with his strength in the pocket, but missed two. Always had impression he wasn’t greatly skilled, but am sure there are other Demonland contributors who can give a better view.

Well Richmond haven’t beaten anyone above them this season!

Port up 18 and they all came in the last half against the Demons! I know it’s important to let things go, but that match still burns!

Totally agree. I’m not a big poster, but really enjoy reading all the posts, even those who have some very deep emotional scars!! Thank you Andy, great job! Minor suggestion, would be handy to have a spot where general posters could raise a topic they would like to turn into a thread, and Demonland could choose to run it if deemed fit! Go Demons! Feeling very confident this week, we beat GC by 96, GC beat Swans by 24, so combined should be a 20 goal win. Indisputable logic!?

Best 5 players for the day 23 or younger, future is bright!

Reminds me of the match against Carlton, even though we were virtually level at quarter time, you could see bigger more mature bodies of Demons, it was just a matter of time before we dominated the game. Hopefully similar type match up today, with Demons on from the first bounce could be a very big win!

Also how did Hunt go?

Congrats on 100 for the Dees. Given great service on and off the field. Saw him at the Duke with Roos one evening, seemed like a ripping bloke!

What is he doing now?

Ratten was a great midfield coach for the Demons. Wellman was a brilliant backline coach for the Demons, organised everything we currently struggle with doing: - Don’t all go up for the punch - someone stay near goalsquare - backline hold back six structure rather than getting too high - track the crumbing forwards around ballups & throwins in the forward line He also did the same for Bombers under Hird.

Has AVB improved in the two years he missed?

Cats, Port, Crows, & Eagles get the best umpiring treatment in the land at home! Port game still burns, as we were totally screwed over by the maggots! Anyway back to better topics. Great win Demons, after giving 20 points head start and also off 2 day less break, managed to hang on! Am loving Harmes form, too many posters have wanted to write off young Dees who hadn’t played 50 games, great to see him as an example of many who are getting better and better!!

Unchanged, unless Hogan needs a week out to recover from many problems and I would bring in Weideman. Bloody great win!

Would be great to make the eight this year and win a final. While Dogs & Tigers flags seemed a surprise both had made finals before, not sure the last time a team made finals for first time & went all way to winning GF! Yes I know Tigers 13th in 2016, but made finals the three preceding years. If miracle happens, Dees make finals and keep on winning, will be deliriously happy ?

I would like to see all 18 teams play against one another in the first 17 rounds. Then we would see the positions after an almost even drawer. Then you play your other 5 games in the run home to the finals!

Reading all the negative posts would think we lost by 10 goals at home to a bottom team last week. Same team fronting up again and while I don’t feel particularly confident, they will at least give it a crack, and hopefully hang on this week. Go Dees!!

Thanks for the link radar detector, provides some context. Four points this weekend means more!

Nailed it!

As there is no explanation to what the figures mean or represent it is just numbers, that looks like we’re 2nd best but 60% behind Tigers. what is FMI?