Anti-Saint

How Far Harley?

Appreciate we were woeful but when at the game I thought Harley had run about 25m:

Watch this (are we allowed to post AFL.com footage?):

https://www.afl.com.au/video/1134588/reids-ridiculous-double-fend-on-demons-stars?videoId=1134588&modal=true&type=video&publishFrom=1716113616001

Boy Wonder starts at the back of the centre circle and runs to within 7m of the wing of the centre square (that's 18m folks) let alone the 20m from the back of the centre circle to within 10m of the front of the square (need the help of a mathematician here as Harley does some left-right manoeuvres  to add three more metres.

Isn't it time players distance run was handled by the Fifth Umpire as they all wear GPS units and there is the "Metres Gained" tech?

14 hours ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Hibbo ❤️💙❤️💙👋👏

We all loved his 2021 premiership cup run 

But I knew from many mates that are Essendon fans that he was wanted by the Bombers and they were reluctant to let him go.  But after the scandal, he wanted the move. Luckily for us, he chose the Dees and connected with his great mate Melksham 

After speculation surrounding whether he would return to Essendon once his suspension was finished, he confirmed in August that he wanted to be traded to another club for a "fresh start" despite being contracted to Essendon until the end of 2017 and he nominated Melbourne as his preferred destination in September. He was officially traded to Melbourne in October.

yes Hibba one of the best!

BTW in 2016 we finished 10-12 - Hibba could see the change-a-comin'!

On 21/04/2024 at 06:42, Biffen said:

Not Chris Heffernan.

I will never forget Heffernan saying he just could not put on weight as he ran too much!

Wish I had that problem with my running!!!

5 hours ago, Swooper1987 said:

Best 7 were Gawn, ANB, Pickett, Rivers, Viney, Oliver and Fritsch, but all were a fair way behind the Eagles best.  Probably go:

6. ANB

5. Gawn

4. Pickett

3. Fritsch

2. Viney

1. Rivers

Having said that, it was a poor a performance as we've seen since the dross we served up in Cairns in 2020. May - worst game in a very long time and he had plenty of mates.  Our mids were flogged by the Boy Wonder and his counterparts.

May received just 26 AFs!

26!

Maysie, we love you and need you.

The AFL should give us the Irish Academy - we begin with talent pools in each Irish county.

Just like the AFL academies in NSW and Qld.

Call it The Jim Stynes Academy as I think Jim is well known back in Ireland.

Langdon and JVR are top INs.

I reckon we have tried with Petty's pre-season during the season and Petty is a goer/skilled but he needs a month of working hard on the track and maybe a half at Casey each week.

Petty's only decent half was against Geelong - but before and since he's looked a fraction of the player from last year due to not having the right prep of a pre-season.

On 10/05/2024 at 16:42, Redleg said:

 

great pick up 

D King right about how hard to call a decision when a Faker is on deesplay!

to fix up umpiring decisions, I would:

>get rid of insufficient attempt both on the boundary and goal lines (it makes umpires mind readers)

>get football's microchipped and linked to the GPS so no need for goal umpires, which is sad, but this pays for the IT for scoring (imagine how good this will be for junior footy games that can't get parents, or if they do the parents are accused of bias)

>slash interchange numbers so as to bring in less congestion and thus less tackles and less holding the ball decisions

>stop Geelong's Hawkins from pushing out his opponents in the back and the side (both of these are not allowed under the laws)

>allow throwing as so many handpasses are throws and you can handpass a ball further than you can throw it

>get rid of boundary umpires and field umpires and just have central umpires

>get rid of The Filth; Linton St; Royal Parade Cheaters; Hypocrite Hwy; Dump Road and Alberton

>give the Deees an academy named The Harrison Academy after the Father of Football and our first presdient

1 hour ago, whatwhat say what said:

until the maggots are professional and held to account for their errors it's a mug's game

utimately, maggots gonna maggot

i read a report recently that they can make $250-300k a season

how about making them full-time then, eh?

given that there's four of them on field, the elite should be more than capable of officiating 2 games a round

it won't happen, as the afl won't allow them to be considered a vital resource of the game

Firstly, I can't stand Linton St, nor Carltank, nor the AFL.

Secondly:

the 300K umpire is like winning on Triple Chins' Minnionaire show - it's rare!  You have to have officiated more than 200 games, umpire most games that year and do all the finals.

Most field umpires are on 100K but their tenure is sometimes as short at two years, so, with them numbers (I went to Broady Tech), you have to stay working in your elected career.

11 hours ago, leave it to deever said:

I really think there were a lot of very soft frees paid to the blues in the first quarter. 

Carlton had all the momentum and played well but when your team is pinged 11 to 3 against like us in the 20 odd mins than that momentum was difficult to break. The frees certainly contributed.

I know we started poorly but maybe we did win if May did actually touch that kick.

Firstly, I can't stand Linton St, nor Carltank, nor the AFL.

Secondly, I love the Deees!

The touch of the ball by May is impossible with the human eye - we need the tech, which cricket and tennis have had for years.

But those sports are international, 12-months, and confined to a small area.

Further, AFL won't spend the $s on tech as it is putting $s into the developing states.

2 hours ago, leave it to deever said:

I feel given your name that when one reads your posts it should have some accompanying music like that fro the show...the saint or mission impossible or thereabouts.

Firstly, I can't stand that mob from Linton St that only TAKES from the AFL (like the crowd from Moorabool that only takes from tax payers and never reciprocates)!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAYhNHhxN0A

couldn't have The Saint intro as good as it is as I am The Anti-Saint and lets face it attending all of the Dees games in 2024 is Mission Impossible!

6 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

As far as we know they’re releasing all rounds BAR the final round (Round 24) which is expected to be released in *four weeks.

*Four AFL weeks, not to be confused with four everyone else weeks 🙄 

what a top bloke you are WCW ... but i just checked your ID and you are female ... what a woman!

and, hope to see you in The Alice!

hi

Firstly, I can't stand St Kilda (that's always my opening statement as I am The Anti-Saint, ie, A True Deemon)!

Secondly, Rd 16 Friday 28 June we travel to Brisbane but I want to know when for travel purposes.

thanks

The A-S

19 hours ago, KLV said:

Who was subbed off?

the unfit by Q4 but impressive before that Booooooweeeeee!

1 hour ago, spirit of norm smith said:

JVR PERFECT TACKLE.  PERFECT.  

UMPIRE SAYS DANGEROUS TACKLE. 

WORST DECISION EVER.  EVER.  

(Kozzy kicks to Langdon goal). 
 

and so many more 

GAWN KNOCK OUT OF BOUNDS. (Off Carlton’s ruck) 

RIVERS HIT IN THE HEAD. PLAY ON. 

RIVERS CRUNCHED IN THE BACK. PLAY ON.  

TRAC GRABBED TO THE GROUND.  NOTHING. 

VINEY TACKLED AND SLUNG. KICKS OUT OF BOUNDS. DELIBERATE. FREE TO BLUES 

PLEASE MFC. PLEASE. ASK FOR EXPLANATIONS.  IT COST US 4 POINTS.  

AFL gives explanations but they don't overturn results.

Time for an NFL style coachs challenge IMO

49 minutes ago, DemonWA said:

Minimal changes. Almost glad we got stung, as WCE aren't easy beats. With a bit of fire in the belly from that 1st quarter I'm feeling less MFCSS around the fixture. I'll be in the crowd

me too ... perhaps we say hi F2F

please DM 

6 hours ago, binman said:

Pay that. Excellent comparison 

Like the cats, Serena has never actually been beaten by an opponent. 

Both only ever lose it because, 'whilst we are not making excuses we [insert lame excuse here - options include covid, gastro, just had a day off, imply robbed by the umpire, played poorly but still almost won because we are so good and our opponents are not in our league, focus is the finals and schedule].'

Serena so entitled - and tennis a disgraceful sport for entitlement as it means $s if the "stars" are not happy so the stars get away with it.

 Scott and Hawkins are entitled too.

Never humble.

I used to like the Cats but not with those entitled types.

3 hours ago, Queanbeyan Demon said:

What QD hears went Dermie provides his special comments.

They switched to the fat side of the ground when the corridor was open to the end-to-end stuff in the hotdog stand. They’re using their stoppage specialist with the extra on the front door so that gives them the structural flexibility to transition the play around the back of the press. Langdon is a high-intensity runner so that allows them to transition in a way the disrupts the zone defence as ANB exerts his forward half pressure freeing Kossi up to clear on the attacking outside of the narrow lateral of the horizontal. And when they get the young kid Matthew Whelan back from injury they’ll be even more elite in their switching of their offensive spread in their intercept marking.

wait QD - you have put in  punctuation (Germie would think that as "punch-you-at-infinite-times").  

Germie never takes a breath cos "I'm Germie and I am The Greatest from The Family Club"!

So, not only does it not make sense with his guff my brain can't digest the guff as it is overflowing!

Like a broken sewer pipe!~

20 minutes ago, Little Goffy said:

Personally I loved watching Scott have a post-game sulk.

Can't help thinking that Geelong fans must really, really hate us by now.

I mean... really. We 'stole' their minor premiership, humiliated (Correction: abjectly humiliated) them in a preliminary final, and even plinked them out of the 2018 finals, and now we've busted their winning streak and possibly their whole fragile momentum.

And on every occasion it was flu or some other tragedy.

Can it please also be us who have finally cracked their shell of invulnerability and ended their era?

we had The WEED kick 3 that night in Week 1 2018!

the WEED kicked two the next week V The Family Club

then one goal in prelim

5 minutes ago, Gawndy the Great said:

It’s going to be hard to beat for the GOTY I reckon. That degree of difficulty on that was off the charts. 

did Fritta look to put ball into goal rectangle with hope someone run on and kick it thru and happenstance "kicked in"?

17 minutes ago, Hopeful Demon said:

Great win. Nothing more satisfying than knocking off Geelong.

Lever and May will probably go down as our two best key defenders in history.

what about Sud n Biff?

8 minutes ago, binman said:

Bliss.

Just started watching the replay. 

First derm gem:

5-2 is not good enough.

Go redleggers.

you mean a Germ gem!

5-2 was good enough with our injuries and draw!

of course i wanted to deefeat Lions n swans but we were without Kozalenko You Beauty! due to Kozzi's lack of discipline.

Germ only thinks of life from view along Hypocrite Hwy - the Family Club which promoted toughness but it was legalised thuggery IMO  (Germ, Dipper, Ayres, Jeans the leaders - did I miss anyone like Tuck?).

Germ from one awful club and he has no idea of current footy tactics!

On 16/04/2024 at 20:45, Queanbeyan Demon said:

Vinny Catoggio said he kicked the best goal of his career at the Deez.

• I look control of ball in the square
• Balked
• Dodged
• wrong footed
• took a bounce and dobbed it.

Only problem . . . I was the only bloke in the goal square.

you cant write that!!

but thats funny!!!

On 16/04/2024 at 14:40, Demon_spurs said:

I remember Ray Smith from the Dons being a very serviceable backman

wow psychologist Ray Smith i think?

4 hours ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

What might have been...

yes ... Clarkie ... reckon he won a few games off his own boot and marking?

hope Clarke is well