Fanatique Demon

Right. Only Brown’s first game so cut him some slack. Also if he had not played, Fritch would have had a better opponent and probably would not have kicked 6 goals.

The more games we play, the higher the margins have to be to keep it as high Ok, here goes... I forget what our percentage before the game was, but let’s say it was 160. That means we have kicked, on average, 60% more than the opposition. (For every 100 kicked against us, we’ve scored 160.) To maintain that percentage, we have to continue to kick 60% more than the opposition. Today we kicked 103 to 73. The percentage from today’s game is 103/73x 100. That’s 141.1% for today ‘s game. Now because that is less than the going-in percentage of 160, the overall percentage must come down. QED.

Ok. My mistake. Still, something about the place doesn’t get the best out of many a player.

I’m not worried. I just did the Ladder Predictor on the AFL website. We beat North and go on to win the premiership.

Didn’t get the best out of Col Sylvia. (RIP, Col)

Great to see Angus having an impact. He was often criticised last year for not bringing enough defensive effort. Go Angus!

Weed would have to be a target for Collingwood, surely.

Was just thinking the same thing. Maybe we’re both crazy?

Hmmm. Bedford is a little selfish around the goals, IMO.

Would be great to know who you are, monsieur Brussels. I just had the birthday milestone you mentioned. Maybe we know each other from another place and time.

Sorry, Binman.

I really enjoyed the podcast (thanks gentlemen). It’s great to hear from guys with passion and knowledge, especially for me, living so far from Melbourne and having absolutely no one here who even follows the game, let alone the Demons. So again... a big THANK YOU. Interesting discussion about tactical analysis. Yes, the media has a long way to go, although we’re now hearing more than in the past. We don’t have the population or budgets to support multiple stat companies so we’re stuck with Champion Data. The post clearance possession and contest differential was discussed regularly On the Couch the last couple of years. (And in those years, Melbourne was criticised for getting the clearance then giving the ball up.) Thankfully we’ve fixed that this year. As for making sense of the stats, I am sure every club has a full subscription to all the Champion Data statistics and enough expertise to interpret what they see. We’re just not seeing it ourselves and Birman is right... we fans would really benefit from the education. Daniel Horne is on the right track. It’s just too bad that the show is hosted by David King. Keep up the great podcasts. Love them!

Foie gras pour moi.

It’s not my fault I live in France, have three cars and support Melbourne. Or that it snows here!

Look at Power, Dogs and Demons on that list. The top three sides so far this year are amongst the lowest. Love it. Wonder how the AFL feels about it?

That and better will do.

Melbourne 13 - 14 - 92. defeated North 5 - 5 - 35

If Demonstone can have a crusade, so can I. The past tense of lead is led.

We’re travelling and Jones has played his 300th. Might be a good time to rest him.

“Most peculiar, Mama.”

Good to see that even the defectors are returning.

6. Salem 5. Petracca 4. Lever 3. Oliver 2. McDonald 1. Langdon

I’m guessing California. But not very often.

In my defence, I did point out the “drunk” bit. Some of us are having a Friday night, Teach. Don’t worry. I get corrected every time I open my mouth here in France. The French are very particular about language, whether spoken or written. What was that line from My Fair Lady? “The French don’t care what they do actually, as long as they pronounce it properly.” Spot on.

Great that we have a third version of the actual word rapt. I was getting bored with wrapped.