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By the very high standards that we've come to expect from Clarry he had a relatively quite game with some of brilliance sprinkled in. He is clearly hampered by his hand injury. Despite going into the Bye after this week should we be looking to rest him against the Lions in order to give his hand the time it needs to heal? After all the season is a marathon and not a sprint and we need those lethal hands to be cherry ripe at the pointy end of the season. If so, who would you bring in?

Thought we had the game sewn up at half time and I was very happy with what  I saw up until then. I know the 3 boys on the bench played in the earlier match but I would have liked to have seen more of Verrell, Brown and Tholstrup. What are your thoughts on their limited minutes and did you think we should have rested Max and a few others earlier. 

3 hours ago, Demonland said:

More Kozzy in the guts please.

OPERATION: KEEP KOZZY IN THE MIDDLE.

Kozzy was electric in the middle. Got a heap of clearances. I would love to see more of him in the middle in the season proper and not just at the first bounce of each quarter. Yes we need him as a crumbing forward too but until we can clone him I want to see him build up his time in the guts. He adds a point of difference to the 3 or 4 bulls in Trac, Viney, Oliver and Sparrow. Sorry Binman but I would much prefer Kozzy over ANB. Nibbler should not be attending centre bounces.

I thought someone mentioned last week, perhaps @WalkingCivilWar, that this week they were doing a camp in Seymour.

Thank you to all the track watchers for providing us with these excellent training reports. For all of us interstaters it is mana from heaven at this time of the year. 

Would love to get the panels thoughts on another Tim Lamb special with trading up in the draft order by trading picks 14, 27 and 35 for pick 11 (pick 13 on draft night)?

I’ve been critical in the past of Goody not employing a tagger to negate some of the star midfielders that cause us headaches and found his comments about Finn Maginness to be very odd. He claimed that Finn is “clearly someone who doesn’t want the ball”. 

Is Goody not aware of the tagging role in footy?

I have no issue with Finn Maginnes being used as a tagger. He did a great job in curtailing one of the best accumulators in the business and keeping him to 14 touches for the match. 

Thoughts from the panel? Keep up the great work guys. Love what you do. 

56 minutes ago, Demonland said:

Going to end the questions there as I have to put all the Show Notes together. Thank you to everyone for their input. You will get your well deserved shoutouts.

Sorry didn't see this but I'm sure you'll be all over it.

The Blues turnaround in form coincided with them losing McKay and it was to the benefit of Charlie Curnow who has been sensational and will probably take out another Coleman Medal. I think our defence can account for Curnow or at least keep him to only a couple of goals and not let him run rampant. What I am more concerned about is their small forwards who have been having a little purple path during their run of 7 wins. Motlop, Martin and Owies have all hit the scoreboard in recent weeks Motlop 10, Martin 8 & Owies 7. As we are all too aware we are at our most vulnerable once the ball hits the deck in defence and I am very worried about this mosquito fleet. Who takes who?

1 minute ago, Nairobi_Demon said:

Great show. One knock effect of Goodies innovation and squad mentality this year (plus the inclusion of listener questions) is that there’s more to discuss and thus the podcast is now regularly 2+ hours - I’m happy with that, keeping me distracted for either two workouts or three dish washing assignments. Thanks for all your efforts and insights 👍

Absolutely this.

I don't care how long the shows are. If I don't churn through the episode during my commute then the dogs get an extra long walk at night and the walking doesn't feel like a chore. So thank you again guys.

All the questions are great and they always seem to cover the main topics and discussion points from each game that we don't get in the lamestream footy media. The stats are great and I have been incorporating what I learn from Binman into my footy conversations that mostly go over the heads or aren't appreciated by my non-demon supporting mates.

Kudos to Andy, George and Binman. Another thoroughly enjoyable podcast off the back of another great win. May it continue well into October.

The incident was terrible and letting Aliir back on was even worse and they also tried to sneak Jones' subbing off as a migraine and that should be the final nail in the coffin for getting a massive fine.

What's the general vibe about Fritta's return? Round 24 or Finals?

It used to be that only Kayo was well behind the actual match time but I have noticed lately that Foxtel is now also behind. When checking stats on an app I often get spoiled about an upcoming score that hasn't happened on the TV. And yes I know Kayo and Foxtel are the same but Foxtel wasn't always so behind.

I know we almost kicked 100 points but did it feel like we were playing a little short at times in the forward 50. Most of the time one of Ben Brown or Rooey was on the Bench.

I like the flexibility of Joel Smith as the sub but I wouldn't mind seeing what he can do up forward for a full match.

No need for you guys to analyse our Forward line but I can't help feel uneasy heading into finals thinking we haven't nailed it down yet.

Are any of you concerned?

Umpire Nicholls really does not like us. Loathed to pay us a free kick.

Previously on Accuracy Watch we kick 167 goals 108 in the first 11 games with an Average of 15 goals 10 behinds.

In the last 3 weeks we have kicked 24 goals 46 behinds with an Average of 8 goals 15 behinds.

Our accuracy on goal is definitely a problem and is most certainly letting us down.

Another Premo podcast fellas. Thank you. Another one that listened to the end @Demonland

7 minutes ago, Whispering_Jack said:

Intriguing selection set for tonight with both teams playing funny buggers with player availability news. 

In fact, I think we really won’t know who’s playing until the teams run out tomorrow night.

I wouldn't be surprised if Clarry is named tonight and is a late out on Thursday. Keep an eye on the Emergencies.

I thought Smith had a really solid game this week. He has a great pair of hands and took some telling marks. 6 which is great for a forward. Kicked then 1 goal but could have easily have been 3 but for the inaccuracy that has infected the whole team. 3 goals and we'd be hailing his selection as a masterstroke.

What happens when Petty returns?

We can still win without Clarry. We just need to be cleaner with the footy especially in front of the big sticks.

Great get Andy. Thanks for the interview. Very professional. Great questions and answers.

14 minutes ago, binman said:

Show is tommorow night dee

Would you believe it if I said that I was just making it easy for Andy to read out tomorrow night. 😜