Fanatique Demon

Just now, DeelightfulPlay said:

Surely that is pushed in the back...

Some commentator says the push was with the shoulder. I don’t remember the rule saying that the push had to be the hands. I’d have thought a push was a push.

Umpires watching a different game. 

On 11/14/2022 at 2:59 PM, Katrina Dee Fan said:

I'm disappointed that every year I renew early, and yet every year I'm amongst one of the last to get my pack.  Last season I renewed in October, didn't get my pack until March, and by the time I got it (mine was one of the 7000 or so that got lost by the distributor) they ran out of the AFLW merch packs so I missed out. 

Sadly this year looks like potentially a repeat. No emails, nothing.  I renewed late September as soon as I got the email to renew....sadly nothing yet.  

38 years consecutive membership.....

I’m disappointed that I didn’t receive anything from the club in 2019, 20 and 21, despite automatic renewal of overseas membership each year. I’m not sure how other overseas members were treated.

What a great two years it will be if the Demons can get it done today. The men last year, Casey this year and today (hopefully) the spirited Demon women. Go Demons!!

1 hour ago, Nascent said:

I always read @WalkingCivilWar as a reference to themselves being extremely uncoordinated, clumsy or injury prone. No offence 😅

I always assumed it was an unhealthy dose of cognitive dissonance.

31: Barassi 💗 Groom 💗 Fritsch 💗.

So we were worried about the game being too defensive and we thought more fatigue would help. We reduce the number of interchanges. Now we might be adding an extra player. Huh? 
Meanwhile we were worried that standards were falling. But we’ll add an extra player to each team meaning 18 players who wouldn’t have been good enough to get a game, now are. And we can add another team, meaning a further 23 players will get a game.  The way this is going, I’m a chance for Albury’s team in 2031.

7 hours ago, Supreme_Demon said:

I do think jumper number #2 should be reserved for an extra special player though. It has a lot of history attached to that sacred number with Robbie Flower, Stephen Tingay and Nathan Jones having worn it.

Not forgetting the dual premiership player, the great Alan Rowarth. Only 70 games because of injury, but a great Demon with a 70% win rate. Thanks Alan.

9 hours ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

Yes, they are. That's why we got some draft picks in return for him. Like any asset, players are tradeable commodities whose worth rise and fall based on subjective assessments as to value.

9 hours ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

Yes, they are. That's why we got some draft picks in return for him. Like any asset, players are tradeable commodities whose worth rise and fall based on subjective assessments as to value.

The trouble with this post is that it makes total sense. There’s no place for comments like these on this thread. 😀

1 hour ago, DeeZee said:

He is not the sharpest tool in the shed to be honest.

Maybe not, but he is a tool just the same.

1 minute ago, dazzledavey36 said:

So he admits that the mid year break he pretty much made his decision.........

And didn’t have a particularly good second half of the season. 

1 hour ago, Demonstone said:

Did Don Quixote call his donkey Oatey?  

I remember asking that one 50 years ago.

Our biggest backline problem is when the ball hits the ground. Neither Tomlinson nor Petty are the answer to that.

Petty forward for me.

He’s staying. 🙂

Is anyone else a little concerned that we’re not making enough changes (on our terms) for 2023? Even Geelong seems to be turning over 4 or 5 on their list. 

There are so many similar threads on here.
Have we had all of our exit interviews and are just Rosman, Brown and Dawe going? Or have I missed something?

I was there that day.  I love the way the players bounced the ball about every five metres. And the terrible kicking styles. 

1 minute ago, Jaded No More said:

Cripps shouldn’t even be eligible. Joke. 

Surely he can’t maintain the pace. 

Channel 7 just reported that Grundy is a “strong chance to land at Melbourne”.

6 hours ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Americans say "could care less"

Actually, SOME Americans say that.  Others, like several of my American friends, are dumbfounded that those that say it think it makes sense. But overall, I could care less, but not by much.  

1 hour ago, layzie said:

That's right. I could care less about people saying he'll remain with us for 2023, we need a long term contract in place.

I couldn’t.

Thanks for the contribution, Luke.
 

I’d have been happy for him to stay but I’m not heartbroken that he is going. We won’t miss his contribution in the short term, and who knows what he will contribute elsewhere in the long term? There are no guarantees that he will be a star. Remember Weid’s great final series in 2018?

Out of interest, I checked Luke’s standing in our B&F for 2020 and 2021. In the former year he came 19th, one position behind Charlie Spargo. In the next year he came 12th, one position ahead of Spargo. Yes, I know… different ages, different positions, etc. But still, it’s interesting. I can’t see Jackson improving on 12th this year. 

2 hours ago, Lord Travis said:

Win win for both clubs IMO.

I’m not sure what that means. How do we both win win?

Maybe Freo can teach him how to hold a mark.

I know the Weed hasn’t lived up to expectations, but he seems like a really good guy worth persevering with. Maybe as KPB or as second ruck. He has played that role well at Casey. (Btw, I met him at Chadstone last week and he was friendly and well mannered to a total stranger.)