Go Lordie

Jackson was an above average second ruck. JVR is nowhere near Jacko. JVR really needs to do more. He's not clunking marks (he's a two-grabber and that makes it easier to spoil), not kicking goals, not even flattening a few opposition players. Why is he there? Answer: there's no-one else.

I did like the way he led up to the ball.

Or desire.

Embarrassing that half our goals came from a duo with less than 10 games between them.

Given the number of AFL games played every year, commentators are bound to repeat phrases, facts about players and descriptions of play over the season quite apart from the cliches that many of us rely on when discussing footy. But, in the fourth quarter of the Crows game, I am sure I heard an absolutely new and original phrase: " Caught by Brown". Has anyone heard that before? :)

4 1 2 complain about that is poor 4m, I think.

I rejected all the accuracy love directed towards the Demons after the Port Adelaide win because I believed 15.6 was a fluke. I hate to say it, but I feel justified after our 10.18 effort against the Crows. I remember last week Goody saying "Yes, we have been working on our kicking for years with Chocko" as if the problem had been solved. Did any of the press ask him after the Crows game what happened this week? Perhaps he would argue that Billings's 0.3 effort was because he hasn't been attending Chocko's kicking classes for long enough. Fair dinkum, this monkey will kill us again in the finals. What can we do about it, George? Please give us an answer!

Ratts transformed our midfield first time around. Maybe he could teach the "Rolls-Royce" how to win a clearance and kick straight...

As a Demon tragic first an an ABC (Anyone But Collingwood) supporter second, I'll be rooting for the Giants, Hogan and Bedford for the flag.

Where does this BT hate come from? I re-watched the Collingwood second half and he was fanning our embers from early in Q3 - even though the Filth out-scored us in Q3. He was saying "4 goals, it's stlll very do-able". I don't get this argument that he's anti-Dee. I do get the argument that the AFL (and the Tribunal) are pro-Filth, though. Same as they are pro-Swans. (Like Keating says, never bet against self-interest.)

Dees at the 'G are living proof there is no such thing as home ground advantage. We have won 11 from 15 at the 'G this year (not all home" games, obviously) so hardly a fortress. And, as for finals at the 'G, we've had nothing since 2018 (mainly due to Covid in 2021, admittedly). Is playing at the 'G against co-tenants different to playing a proper away team? Do we have a home ground advantage against co-tenant Carlton tonight? Even if it is our "home" game, the Carlton crowd is likely to be louder. Where is the advantage?

We did hold Collingwood to just 60 points. (Unfortunately we held ourselves to just 53 points!)

Thanks Deebauched. I'm glad there are people out there with better recall than I can muster at 74yo!

Correct. Thanks demoniac. Brereton was never FF.

Binman reckons Tomlinson's failure to play all-team defence cost us three goals against the Hawks. Good enough reason to leave him out when we are losing by less than two goals each week?

And I think there are spots for at least six of the Apostles in the forward line, too.

It's an old one, but... Back in the day, a church in Hawthorn put up the topic for next week's sermon: "What would you do if Jesus came to Hawthorn?". A couple of days later there was a scrawl underneath that said: "Move Brereton to centre half forward!"

Collingwood (millions of supporters) and the Swans (millions of AFL investment) are untouchable at finals time. It's like Trump. They could kill an opponent and wouldn't get prosecuted.

You're right, Beelzebub. Kozzie got two weeks earlier this year for jumping/bumping, and he didn't put a bloke to sleep for a minute. The AFL has created a monster now. We all saw the way Maynard lowered his right shoulder and aimed for Gus's head. Anyone trying to avoid a collision, or soften the impact, would have put his hands out and try to push the other person away. I think Goody should tell all Dee players to use their elbows next week and aim at Carlton heads right through the game. No-one will be punished! It's simple. Unless, of course, only the Swans and the Pies are untouchable during finals time. That may be the case. But I think we should test the water by sending someone out to create some havoc and show that the Dees won't stand for the continual abuse handed out to their captain and the rest of the team. I'm really [censored]. We have to win this year. Full stop. 🔵🔴🔵

Yes. I think keeping Spargs and letting Bedford go looks bad. One decision the list management team got wrong.

We win it back too quickly and send it back in while the opposition is still in there.

The number of fruitless Forward 50 entries is the result of our own defensive success. We are less efficient than other teams because we win it back quickly and send it back in when the opposition is still crowding our Forward 50. we need to fake a fumble on the wing or even further back and draw the opposition out before rushing it back in, sending it over their heads. Don't know how you coach that....

Collingwood seemed faster than us, first to the ball. Even Kozzie seemed to be beaten for speed. I am astonished at the clearance numbers. We won in the centre and drew even at stoppages around the ground, but it felt like the Filth were all over us. They broke out into the open more than us, piercing our defensive wall. We won in contested possessions and turnovers, but it didn't feel like it. QUESTION: I wonder whether Goody is as calm and under-excited in the rooms before the game as he is in his press conferences. Are we over-confident in our ability to finish strongly? Does he not care if we are down at quarter time? Is he too cerebral to give them a "hot gospeller" rev-up before the game?

And why does Collingwood turn up the volume to 11 at the breaks? It's already too loud. And when they invite 10 year olds to yell into the microphone.. give me a break.

Jacob van Rooyen