Lexinator

Langdon push in back but no call for Disco. These umpires suck.

Why not HTB free for Kozzy in goal square?

Bloody umpires so inconsistent. Kozzy pinged for 50 with no warning to come back onto the mark, Melk about send into forward 50, Essendrug player called to stand and moves off mark and nothing is called. Ended in goal anyway luckily.

Love how Goody got abused for being too safe. Another example of being creative - keeps playing the kids, positional changes and done so all season long through experimentation and necessity. Look forward to seeing how we go without Max, may be an early insight in a few years time.

Heeney clips Webster's nose grappling in a contest, gets a week but Pendlebury smashed his hand into Neale's stomach with significant force, with intent, and off the ball but just a fine? Can't see the intent by Heeney, careless at most.

Continues a recent trend of AFL coaches coaching around 10 years then departing.

I used to work with TJ's cousin who said he could of been anything but was "too much of a beech bum" 🤣😂

https://www.afl.com.au/news/65216/the-behind-the-scenes-guy-who-rebuilt-the-dees Good article on JT from 2018.

Can see him like a Voss, Brad Scott-type coach that would do well as second stint as head coach.

Remember these gems from The Wiz (not you, Nick Watson!)?

Agreed. He's in AA form still and reckon got a few good seasons left. Hopefully his body holds up. Aaron Sandilands made it to 36 and was pretty banged up and Goldstein is 36 in few weeks and still playing pretty good footy.

Love it. After all, JvR is same height as Neitz and Luker is 1cm shorter than Schwatz for comparison to some past, key forwards 😁

IMO Trac was in B&F and AA form, sorely going to be missed. Hope you feel and get better soon CP5. Hopefully like Oliver missing chunks of games last year, makes others lift to higher levels. Hopefully Dees can finish best they can with focus on youth development for rest of season and 1 eye on a better season in '25.

Nothing to see here, just trying to scare off those pesky pigeons and gulls.

Reece calls for the ball... nek minnit...

Or meatballs.

Looking at a reply, 2nd quarter at 15:57 mins remaining, I believe Trac shakes his head and says something along the lines he's okay on the boundary line to 2 staff members. Bit hard to lip read off a phone screen but I remembered it live yesterday. Less then a minute of game time later around 15:04, he comes onto the field. I think it's fair the medical team were concerned, but looks like Trac had the final say. Incredibly brave of him, the benefit of hindsight making it more look like a reckless decision.

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I would like to see Woewodin be given a crack and at least a few full games too. Billings and Laurie not showing much, let the kid have a go! (Feel like a broken record when it comes to Woewodin).

Glad someone responded to the announcement over the DL radio for a doctor.

I believe this happened in central Victoria last year in a juniors comp. The kid received a hard tackle, went off, went back on and collapsed, went unresponsive and died. This could of been a lot worse. Hope Trac gets and feels better soon 🙏

I can relate to this in many ways, thanks for sharing layzie. I hope you get through the personal challenges as best you can. I agree footy comes around so quickly. That with for example, constant trade, draft commentary during season and post-season it's become like most things in society a needs-now basis and accessibility 24/7, which is unhealthy and exhausting physically, mentally and emotionally. Personally find it easier to just watch neutral games, less expectations and goes back to basics of enjoying it as fun and entertainment. And with the highs and lows, ebbs and flows, history is etched with Melbourne Demons 2021 Premiers, and there's nothing anyone can do to change that, which I am so grateful to have been alive to witness this.

https://giphy.com/clips/bad-badluck-crystallball-nbcYPkfxa7pScA1A1i

ANB has been one the better players this year, one of if not his best seasons.

Demons 2024 reminds me of the Tigers 2021 season. Teams started to go past them, good enough to win but the decline began.