Dee Boys

Oh I agree. The actual footy chat is generally pretty good and the ones where there’s a guest like Jase Taylor, an assistant coach or a player are unmissable. It’s more the time wasted when the host takes time out to read out verbatim the positive feedback and reviews given by listeners. Not sure why any listener would be interested in this and whenever I listen, it seems to take up great chunks of the podcast. The footy chat itself is good, but there’s fat to cut. I think it’s a good podcast but could be better, that’s all! Others may think it’s perfect and that’s great too 🤷‍♂️

Huh? I’m not asking for them to change anything. They can do whatever they like! Just passing on some feedback that for people of a similar age and situation as me in that 25-50 age bracket that it’s really hard to find the time to listen to a 2.5 hour long podcast and that there’s probably a bit of fat they could cut from it. @binman appreciated the feedback and wasn’t offended, not sure why you seem to be?

It’s not so much that I’ve got a short attention span, just that I’ve got a young family, have other podcasts I try to also fit in during the week, and consequently barely ever have a free 2.5 hours for it. It wasn’t meant as an insult and glad @binman didn’t take it as such. For those who are retired or with a bit more time on their hands, I’m sure it’s less of an issue.

With all due respect to the contributors, there’s absolutely zero doubt that the podcast would be twice as good if it were half as long.

If we’re going to give him a pump up we can probably make the effort to get his name right…

Haha who on earth said they’d fly out tomorrow? With the CBA you can’t just make players “work” without days off to do what they want for 9 days in a row without a break, especially for those with young families. The club would never spend two more days away than necessary…

They’ve just cracked 50,000 members within 3 hours of being announced! Their stated goal was 40,000 by October. A proper football state finally getting their own team. So much better for the competition than soulless franchises like GWS and GC. I wish them well.

We were offered him by Freo when he left, they’d have taken peanuts. Jesse wanted to come back. Club said no due to his off field issues, probably understandably at the time. God we could do with him at the moment though!

As I said WCW, I like Kate, and I was absolutely listening properly. I was on a table right in front of the lectern, the same one as her. When chatting to her afterwards she admitted she’d chosen her words badly and wished she’d had her time again. It’s OK to show a modicum of objectivity. You don’t need to blindly defend every single little thing the club does. There are those on here who won’t hear a good word spoken about the club and there are those who won’t hear a bad word spoken about the club. Both groups are pathetic, and as bad as each other. Debate each topic on its merits for gods sake. See grey rather than only black and white!

I'll preface this by saying I like Kate personally and think she's done a great job as President. But I was there and I can tell you the remark went down like an absolute lead balloon on our table and those surrounding ours. Eyebrows raised all over the show and was discussed critically at length afterwards. And for those saying it wasn't, for some reason, it absolutely was in regard to the noise supporters make. I found it an extraordinary misreading of the room, especially when talking to the most died-in-the-wool supporters the club has who have paid a fortune to be there, and also after the Maynard incident and Collingwood supporters' subsequent reaction.

The Dogs finished 6th in 2015 the year before they won their flag, and were a $10 chance with bookies. We finished 9th in 2020 and were $26 to win the flag. Some of the catastrophising and hand wringing on here is extraordinary and just goes to show some people aren’t happy unless they’re miserable. A lot of people would say Brisbane’s list is just as good as ours, if not better, but would you swap our last few years for theirs? Flags are incredibly hard to win. We’ve been in the top 4 after every single round of the past 3 seasons bar one. But listening to some on here you’d think we were bottom 4. Get a grip, seriously.

He’s as likely to get injured in the 2’s as he is in the 1’s!

Why? Decent player. Uninspiring leader, hasn’t been able to even lead his team into finals or raise the club’s basketcase reputation. Zero media profile for a club that’s crying out for relevance. Middle of the road is about spot on.

Seriously, can we all just put this McDonald/Schache semi final thing to bed? Just going round in circles now. Been done to death is an understatement 🙄

Golf was Thursday…

SCG is NOT the ground to go small. Small and tight meaning a lot of marking contests and less space to try to hit up pinpoint passes.

Petracca “very much one paced”. Have a good weekend demonlanders!

Petracca one paced? 🤨

No probs at all mate 👍 And I think we’re kind of on the same wavelength anyway. The fact he didn’t seem overly enthusiastic on the idea doesn’t mean it’ll never happen, just probably not in the short-medium term. I do worry about our young midfield depth but there’s no doubt that Windsor and Tholstrup are natural footballers. Really solid athletes too but natural footballers who you’d think will be able to play multiple positions.

Certainly can’t be bothered reading all that mate. I was being facetious too. All I was doing was passing on a direct conversation I’d had with Jason Taylor, thought people may be interested, no skin off my nose if they’re not or if they disagree with what he said. I’m merely a humble supporter, not an exalted Herald Sun journo or podcast contributor! And I do have a feeling Tholstrup will be a fantastic pickup for us.

Haha asking whether someone might go through the midfield eventually is hardly asking for the nuclear launch codes. If you think he’s going to be more candid on a publicly available podcast listened to by thousands of people than he is to one supporter watching training with his 2 year old son, then that’s your prerogative!

Yep this would’ve been almost my exact reply. He’s not as developed physically as KT but one thing he does have is blistering pace. Agree also that he just doesn’t have Tholstrup’s aura. It’s not just the hair, he has a real presence which is extremely rare at 18 and having known his teammates for 5 minutes.

I’d hoped due to our almost non-existent young midfield depth that they might have earmarked Tholstrup as one who’d eventually move in there. Had a brief chat with Jason Taylor today at training and asked him whether he thought that’d be the case. He ummed and ahhed for a while and eventually said “yeah, maybe”. Was less than effusive which I was a bit disappointed to hear. But that aside, he’s definitely a player. I’ve only been to two sessions but you can tell straight away.

The thinking is obviously that it would impact Jefferson’s development too much. He can’t progress and improve if he’s never targeted because he’s in the land of the giants forward line at Casey alongside Brown, Schache, McDonald, Fullarton and Joel Smith. He’s been a terrific servant to the footy club TMac and is a favourite of mine but, bluntly, he’s now clearly past his best and is purely on the list as depth. Whether he plays forward or back is now immaterial for us and only affects Casey.

Odd post. Senior WAFL footy is a far higher standard than all junior footy competitions around the country, so not sure why that would be a concern.