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The first rule of fight club is to never talk about the match day thread. Such a brilliant movie! Meaningful and meaningless in equal parts.

Why do some of our supporters just make stuff up? OMac was there, Oliver was there but hiding somewhere. If you don't in fact actually know...don't make up bs. Some of our most highly esteemed demonlanders have said these things. People take to the bank what some of you say, regurgitating it as fact. More facts, less fiction.

Yet you managed to give him a drive by on a post that had nothing to do with him.....so you are not beyond it....you actually doubled and tripled down on him. It sounds like you have seen him play for 5 mins as substitute in seniors and seen enough. Don't bother replying!

Deserves chance/s. Thought he added a bit in the preseason games. Honestly I think he is a better version of Spargo. A link up player we need around HF to transition out of midfield better. Also he seems far more AFL ready than Pickett....atm anyway!

Really? We fumbled due to pressure all the way through 1st quarter. We bombed relentlessly in the last quarter. I counted 10 at least with no purpose. Reminded me very much of Goodwin coached teams, long bomb to no one in particular. There were stuff all leads from forwards. Was a stark difference to way we played vs St Kilda, we lost most of our dare. I must have watched a different game, old habits were there to see all over the place. I hope King categorically tells them that this is not the way we want to play, and really encourages them to take the game on, especially when it gets tough. 4 or 5 years of bombing it long is going to be one of hardest habits to kick, quite simply.

Both Gold Coast an St Kilda fail to deal with expectations, both finishing outside the top 8. Melbourne is a massive surprise packet, looking like they can beat anyone on their day....ends up 4th, could have been top had we not dropped a couple of games against the bottom 4 teams. Collingwood and Geelong have trouble with consistency, they struggle vs faster ball moving teams....they end up limping into wildcard round.

Perhaps he played well enough in the previous match to actually get the gig vs his old team round 1. Would not at all surprise me if he has done enough....he looked good. If he had kicked his chances at goals he would have been in our best. With 5 on interchange he should be a great chance imo.

Lolworthy. His fault Brayshaw got injured...his fault Oliver went off the rails, and his fault May's time was up??? Players have to be accountable, & Brayshaw was dead set unlucky. And honestly the previous coach had a bigger say than Lamb had on any of our lists progression. You are barking up the wrong tree, borders on ridiculous fantasy.

Why not!? They look like they have more fun throwing tennis balls at each other. Anything but soccer. Brandy>soccer. I was jousting with my original post. We sucked last year, I put it all down to training with a round ball far too regularly! 😜

Max should get creative if he does in fact choose the activities for captains run. How about some Frisbee or lacrosse? Both would actually be transferable to footy, running, structure etc. Soccer is quite fun, so are bunch of other sports. Get creative Max, don't bore our players to tears, mix it up!

Wasn't May told to look for a new club.....and if he could not find a suitor, would be welcomed back? Not sure that he was told anything about positional changes.... unless that was all after he could not find any club interested? So much revisionism....I don't know anymore ha.

I would say 3 to 4 games all last year. Great that Goodwin backed him to the hilt....fringe players would have been wondering how he was even getting a game. His form was pretty horrible most of the year.

Was one of my favourite players, and honestly expected him to keep improving or at least keep up his high standards. Feel like he let us down in the last 3 years....he has been symbolic with so many of our issues, all the while under performing. When he was getting platitudes from Goodwin for a 13 possession game where he tagged someone....made me think the club is actually stuffed atm. What must have other blokes been thinking....especially the fringe ones that seemingly could never get a look in. Wish him all the best, but hope he never gets back to his best....that would be a slap in the face. After all said and done though he went down quite a few notches....and sadly could not even rate him top 10 Demon players. Way he was tracking early on he was headed for top 3. Good luck Clarry, good luck hitting the side of the barn!

Max is the obvious choice....but if he was not captain, would he be be any less of a leader within the group? Geelong took a chance on a Joel Selwood, disregard the age, he had all the qualities needed. Geelong had many options of great players. Really think we need to develop leadership....and the only way to do that is giving someone the responsibility probably a bit before they are entirely ready. Max if not captain, would likely be VC and assisting whoever gets the gig. Honestly just pick a captain that gives good rev up in the huddle at the start of matches and we will be just fine.