Fanatique Demon

1 minute ago, Demonland said:

Not 10

It’s supposed to be 15

Imagine what Andy is going through. 

Worst half I’ve seen for years. Pickett, Viney, Gawn, McDonald, Petracca were all pathetic. 

3 minutes ago, The heart beats true said:

Club must be happy with Woewodin.

I’d be happybwith him if he didn’t try to take on the opposition every time he gets it.  

Some sort of oodle, DD. Possibly a Schnoodle. We’re moving in July so hope to find one later this year. 

Don’t know why that picture went haywire.  Try this…

I’d love to have a dog and will get one later this year. My cat Purrgeot died before we left France. He was a Demon supported and liked to wear my Melbourne thongs.

12 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

With the odd elite chook person thrown in, right? 😁

Emphasis on odd, right?

Or was it just a play on words for the fungus that grows in a footy change room?

20 hours ago, Deespicable said:

Our last easy game before a tougher run of matches, including a huge Friday night in Adelaide against a fired up Power who will be going for a seventh straight win by then.

There's been a lot of talk about our poor clearance work last week, but I think people underestimate how good Rowell is around the stoppages - it took our Carey boy Viney to nullify his hard grunt work after half time and even then Anderson proved damaging and part of that is that Witts is a great tapman - although not a patch on Gawny when it comes to marking.

I reckon this is the last week for a while that we have to experiment with to our set up.

Like many here, I was keen to see how Petty would go up forward given he looked promising in that role in 2019 before injury cut him down. But what has become clear is that he doesn't have the quick-thinking peripheral vision assessment ability to quickly link up and send the ball downfield to the next option - he is not alone here, plenty of bigs struggle in this department. But I am happy for us to ditch that experiment now and send him back to the VFL to get his confidence back as a defender. He may need a week or two back there as he seems to have lost that gung-ho style and we need him for Finlayson (PA) and potentially Frampton (Coll), Cameron (Geel) and Hipwood (Bris) in the big games.

The obvious new experiment is Joel Smith as a forward - yes I know he'll probably be out injured before I finish this - but Smith and his pace and tackling ability is going to be key, if fit, against the Power (Bergman), Pies (Maynard or Murphy) and possibly Stewart (Geel). Ultimately I am still not sure if Smith, like Petty, is quick-thinking savvy, so his linkwork may not be good enough, but he has to be tried and the Hawks game is the best soft-kill game to get him going, although CJ will make him work hard. Smith is bigger and stronger now, so hopefully he can provide enough of a marking option. And the loss of a genuine third tall is no big deal because our best talls are Gawn and Grundy when they rest and we need them both on the field a little more than their current 75-80% game time. We should still have enough marking prowess anyway with JVR (BBB will replace him if he loses his appeal), Fritter and the Gawn/Grundy combo.

As to other changes, our backline is really coming along and McVee's pace is pivotal as that is our weakness, as Essendon showed us a few weeks ago. The penny seems to be dropping for Rivers, who after his late-game howler against the Suns was super committed from then on - although he still needs to up his awareness to the level of Angus and Bowser. Hibberd returns if fit to replace Turner, if not I'd give Disco another go - he started poorly against the Suns but I thought he was starting to find his way after halftime before being pulled.

The other obvious change is that Jordan comes out after a couple of solid but not sensational games. His spot probably goes back to Harmes with Spargo getting the subs vest.

In: J.Smith, Harmes (Spargo as sub), Hibberd (if fit), Ben Brown (if JVR banned)

Out: Petty, Jordan, Turner (if Hibberd fit), JVR (susp)  

Good work, Deespic. I particularly like this description of Petty: doesn’t have the quick-thinking peripheral vision assessment ability. (It would be great if Champion Data could rate all forwards on this new measure.) Charlie Spargo would rate very highly, I think.

19 hours ago, Demonland said:

And after eight rounds, Clarrie hits the ton.

103. Clayton Oliver 
82. Christian Petracca 
42. Max Gawn 
34. Jack Viney 
33. Brodie Grundy 
30. Jake Lever 
22. Angus Brayshaw
18. Lachie Hunter Ed Langdon 
15. Kysaiah Pickett  
13. Jake Bowey
11. Kade Chandler Trent Rivers
9. Ben Brown Bayley Fritsch 
8. Judd McVee
7. Charlie Spargo 
6. Tom Sparrow
5. Tom McDonald 
3. James Jordon Alex Neal-Bullen
2. Steven May Jacob van Rooyen 
1. Michael Hibberd Harry Petty

I don’t understand the system that takes our votes and turns them into this. Virtually any system would put Clarry out in front, but to the extent that he has 50 times the votes of May?

2 minutes ago, bush demon said:

Yes, Barassi was suspended in 63. 

Off topic, I know…

For all the talk of how brutal players were back in the good old days, players who threw a punch were suspended for weeks. In Ron’s case (where there was no clear evidence of a punch on Roger Dean) he got 4 weeks. These days that might be two weeks, down to one with an early guilty plea. 

2 hours ago, bush demon said:

The Hawks then narrowly got past us in a '63 final (Barassi suspended) and that premiership marked an unbroken and unparalelled run of premierships for every decade since.

Except that Geelong won it in 1963. I think Hawthorn’s first premiership was in 61. Yes, Barassi was suspended in 63. 

The team announced has players in their normal positions!!!
 

(Probably means Fritter will be at CHB.)

4 hours ago, Jaded No More said:

Same for Jack Reiwoldt, unless of course he is set on a media career post footy. 

Please, no! 

31 is the perfect number on a Melbourne jumper. One for the ages (and the aged).

2 hours ago, Gawndy the Great said:

3 Chin

Not sure who this is.

2 hours ago, IvanBartul13 said:

1. Bayley Fritsch - deadly in front of goal when the result was in the balance.

Love it!

2 hours ago, Fanatique Demon said:

I’ve been invited by a friend who is a North insider. He has stressed no opposition colours as we’ll be going into the North rooms. 🤐

I’ll be undercover, no matter the weather. 

I’ve been invited by a friend who is a North insider. He has stressed no opposition colours as we’ll be going into the North rooms. 🤐

20 hours ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Send GCS and GWS over there for a few games... no one would miss them

Send who?

15 minutes ago, Queanbeyan Demon said:

I just realised it. The Deez media division ^%&*@#-!p the media release. They reversed the lines. Should have read:

B: J Jordon, J.van Rooyen, J.McVee

HB: J.Viney, J.Schache, M.Hibberd

C: E.Langdon, C.Oliver, T.Sparrow

HF: A.Brayshaw, B.Fritsch, T.Rivers

F: J.Bowey, S.May, J.Lever

Makes much more sense this way.

I’m much happier now, except I’m not sure if we should reverse the rucks with the interchange? But thanks. 

20 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

Death, taxes and Demonlanders outraged that players aren't named in actual starting positions.

I’m not outraged. I just think it’s stupid. 

That line up is a joke. Only a few named were in their real positions. 

1 hour ago, Nudge said:

Stop acting like your post had some insightful duality-based wisdom

Nice!