Go Lordie

I am feeling confident. We have a nearly full list and many players have finally caught up with Bowey, Chandler and Gawn, all of whom have been close to their best all year. The youngsters (6, 10, 19, 20) are doing well, too. Let's hope their legs are still pumping in September. By the way, is everyone aware that, in the 11th round of 2025, our Max - number 11 - had scored exactly 111 goals and 111 points in his career? I didn't think he was that accurate!

He had a good game, but I was surprised to see him ranked second on the AFL stats site, 139 to Max's 140. Oliver, Pickett, Langdon and Petracca followed.

Plus they were missing Papley, Logan McDonald, Gulden and a few others.

What does it mean if we beat the winner of last year's grand final in Round 10 and the other grand finalist in Round 11?

Q1: are the Swans loading? Q2: were both teams knackered in a nearly equal last quarter: 10 scores to 8?

You're right. It's remarkable he plays as well as he does with those limitations. 😀

Melky goals! Finally, our goals match our behinds.

Good decision by Trac to hand off to Sharp, given Tracc's dodgy kicking.

B#gger. Kozzie rolls a point and the Swans kick a goal!

Ask him who wins the 2025 Melbourne Cup!

A reverse David Neitz, perhaps? Maybe, but first he needs to learn how to read the play.... And take one-grab marks.

Cruel, DeeBlood, but fair.

The Kolt. I think I have figured his genealogy. At first, I though the Kolt must have been related to the 1980s adventurer Hans Tholstrup. Hans was the first person to circumnavigate Australia in an open power boat and the first person - along with 6 times Bathurst winner Larry Perkins, who built the machine with brother Garry - to cross the continent in an electric vehicle. But, then I thought the Kolt has a better resemblance to someone who could have been his grandfather. Is the spirit of Harpo alive and well in the Demon forward line?

THE KISS. Am I the only Demonlander who spotted the influence of the Kolt Kiss? There is no way the Kolt can be dropped. He dispersed his kisses sparingly last week, but now every Demon forward will be vying to earn a Kolt Kiss, and I believe that will encourage them to tackle harder, lead more often and - important, this - kick straighter. THE KOLT MUST STAY IN THE TEAM.

What's that? Hard to see Adams , Howes, Sestan, AJ, Hendo and Culley getting a game when we are back at full health?