Tom Dyson

How good is this, not really sure what I’m witnessing but I am absolutely loving it. Up the mighty demons!!

I doff my cap to you sir Spargo!!! How good has the small man been.

Can't believe Hannan is out when Harmes has been in shocking form recently. Rivers stiff but Lockhart is a better player currently imo. Would be lovely to see Preussy polax Grundy in a tackle or two. Surely Harmes is on notice tho, another bad performance today and there are plenty others i would bring in.

Definitely not dropping T'mac on tonights stats (13 disposals, 7 tackles, 3 marks and a goal). You can't drop a man with those numbers. however the three tall forward did not work against port so i'm scratching my head as to what to do. if he does go, i think that would be very stiff. which therefore means, out: Harmes, Tomlinson Ins: Viney, Gawn

It is a shame what's happened to Dom, he was very much an important part of 2018 for us and now he seems to just be drifting through norf's 2's. I hope for him that he can find some form. As for the name change, i'll consider it

6. Petracca 5. Oliver 4. Brayshaw 3. Kossi 2. Hibbo 1. Spargo

Despite copping it from the demonlanders (myself included), T'mac and spargo both keep there spots for next week i reckon. They were both really good tonight, hats off to them, t'mac tackled hard presented well and kicked a goal to top it off. Spargo was very clean with his disposal and provided great pressure. Petracca and Oliver superb and Angus is really starting to get back to it. Next week will be a serious test. Up the mighty demons!!!

Relocate to Adelaide!!!!!

Really liked Angus so far, Jackson trying really hard but he’s just 10cm worse off. Need to really keep going hard in the next two quarters. Come on demons!!!!

People in a coma could umpire the game better than these vegetables. I hate them so much!!!!

Don't you mean, Goody is out of sync with your mind.

How the heck does Bedford not get a game over spargo. I just can't get my head around that at all. Jordan and Nev also not getting in to the team is bewildering. Ngl, this game will be career defining for spargs.

It's a good point, but Tracc can play very well in the forward line and viney can go onto the wing. Angus plays his best footy in the midfield and that last half (particularly the last quarter) shows that. He's an asset to the team when he's in the middle and possibly shaving some minutes off others can actually be more beneficial if you've got two players contributing in seperate positions. also, sparrow had a bit of time in the middle, didn't see anyone winging about him taking off others minutes while he was in there.

6. Oliver 5. May 4. Jackson 3. Viney 2. Petracca 1. Harmes

Who would have guessed that playing a midfielder (angus) in the midfield would actually allow him to play well! People need to cool their jets on angus at least for the moment, he showed glimpses of his 2018 self tonight. Clarry sensational and Lukey Jackson looks like the beginning of a star. I'll be wearing the dees jumper on the zoom meeting tomorrow! Go dees!

We need a royal commission into umpiring at Melbourne games. FMD. also, am i the only one that finds that whole commentating team really annoying and frankly, obviously biased.

Am I the only one that can’t believe the umpiring effort at the moment. 15-6. WTF

Out: pickett, harmes, In: Bedford, vanders, want to see brown and tomlinson come in but not sure who i'd drop particularly as like for like replacements.

One thing that is completely infuriating and something i can't understand is why we have the best tap ruckman in the comp who always wins the hitouts and hitouts to advantage and yet still we get murdered in the clearances. I just dont understand. I'm not sure i can watch next week. I love this club so much that seeing them go this badly actually hurts me in my heart. Everyone else on here that's hurting wouldn't be angry if they didn't actually love the club. If we didn't care, no one would post in this thread. I just so badly want them to go well but they just aren't going well. This really hurts because i love the dees so much.

Port Adelaide fans [censored] me off so much (bar richmond fans, they are easily my second most hated fan base), and as for the umpires, fmd. lopsised free kick count as usual with no consistency. I'll stay away from the negatives because i'd be writing an essay, but lets acknowledge the ripper efforts. Jay Lockhart was [censored] monumental, he didn't stop trying he just didnt, hibbo was immense and put himself on the line as usual. Steve May absolutely shut down dixon which is a great effort on his part. Sparrow tried really hard and viney put it all on the line. Not sure what i could say about the others. I know he'll get crucified by other demonlanders on here but oscar wasn't bad either, he was far from our worst. Heads up, onto next week.

One thing i worry about is that if we play three talls in the forward line, if all go up in a contest, we won't have many left to crum it on the ground, but in saying that, kossi can be unbelievable in those situations, so shouldn't be an issue. Maybe fritta will play more as a small today. Sparrow seems to be a like for like replacement for Nev, looking forward to seeing him play. Jordan very stiff not to get picked, i reckon. Kade Chandler was another who could have gotten the nod for nev's spot. The depth we have at the moment is quite extraordinary.

It's a great point LH, i was deliberately vague in my first post because like you, i've got no idea what his role actually is. the sooner that becomes clearer will hopefully be when we notice an improvement in gus's game. As for Harmesy i totally agree, the sooner he gets back to being a full time tagger, the better not just for team but for him as an individual.

Gus isn't going well, but there is an obvious reason why. quite simply, he is being played out of position. He plays his best footy in the engine room and instead he's floating up and down the wing, and across half-back. if you play maxy at full forward he's not going to get many hit outs. If your'e not starting gus in the centre then hes not going to get his hands on the pill as much. If you switched it around and put clarry on the wing/half back then he will underperform as well. The argument could be made that he should adapt to his new role, and i would agree that probably yes he should. however, don't be so quick to absolutely destroy him because i think it'll take time for him to be damaging in his new role. i also think that he could give tracc a chop out in the middle allowing tracc to go forward and hit the scoreboard.

When Harmes is at his best, he breaks those tackles and has a real impact usually as a tagger. i'd love for him to get back to that form, but in the meantime i would agree to drop him maybe for rivers, possibly bedford. you also know harmes is at his best when he's going forward and hitting the scoreboard, i hope for the sake of our team he can get back to this but he's pretty far off at the moment.

If they’re gonna call that one against Fritsch then pay the four previous ones where Brisbane held it up, they have gotta be consistent. fritsch did nothing wrong, all players are told to hold it up as much as possible. The ump just decided to be a bit whistle happy.