rpfc

3 minutes ago, Roost it far said:

I don’t think it’s fitness as much as the way we are playing. It’s deflating, playing a slightly different way every week is not helping

It’s both but a % of 22 in 4 qtrs is beyond staggering.

A prognosis of multiple cancers.

11 minutes ago, Roost it far said:

The most frustrating thing is we played the game not to get belted, not to win but not to lose by too much. There's only one way to play when you have our list and that is to win. Give the players some licence to play on, to kick into the corridor to run. We have nothing to lose and if you want to learn to transition fast then set your defence and go for it. We're better off turning it over going for it than bombing it down the line and turning it over. So frustrating.

Closest thing I have read on here to my thoughts. We are so uninspired and the senior players seem inert and incapable of inspiring any attention of the younger players to a display a consistent commitment to how Goodwin and Chaplin wants them to play.

Who’s fault it is immaterial - this is leading in only one direction…

And the fitness aspect (last qtrs) is just maddening and a shock. We should be one of the fitter sides after last year.

In three words?

Not many lately…

Oh boy

Love dark mode. Well done to all. And @Nasher - IT FTW - well done.

13 hours ago, John Demonic said:

Phone in and impart your wisdom on us uneducated plebs, you don't have to listen to anything except Andy cheerfully asking you what you want to say 

I do it here for free everyday.

Quote me.

This is just pathetic.

We have been an irrelevance if anything most of my 40 years on this planet and you people are here thinking these journos just ‘have it in’ for us.

We are going to get it when we lose against a team no won has lost to since Trumps first administration, we are going to get it when our coach alludes to the things that can’t be alluded to in our society of stiff upper lips, and we are going to headlong back into indifference unless we can halt the slide next week.

Some of may be new here, or too young, or too stupid - there are worse things than being negatively talked about in the media…

2 hours ago, Supreme_Demon said:

For those interested, the fellas at the "Deebrief" had their own analysis of what they thought went wrong against the Kangaroos.

 

Call it a review or a therapy session, I don't mind listening to what they have to say. Although, I always listen to the Demonland podcast first. ❤️💙

I can’t stand the DeeBros. Don’t listen to the Land one much either. I just know too much to make it worth the frustrating listen.

5 hours ago, Spargonicus said:

Sorry all, don’t mind my likes and laugh emojis / reactions to posts on this thread from back in 2022. They were funny! And seemingly still current…(I thought they were!)

No worries. 

Always good to be reminded how funny I am.

2 hours ago, WERRIDEE said:

Why on earth is he the forwards coach? Never played forward in his life. I can't believe we can't find a forwards coach that played as a forward. He will end Goodwin's career, no wonder Fritsch, Turner and van Rooyen look clueless out there you can't teach something you have never experienced.

You’re the one making these so called ‘best 22’s every week since October…

They are not the best 22…and certainly not on the weekend…

Im beginning to think you have no idea what you are doing

#nomorebest22s

#WERRIDEEsbest22sIKeepHearingAbout

Oh boy

How about we just let this go?

[censored]

38 minutes ago, sisso said:

North shortening a fair bit in the betting….hope that doesn’t mean more late outs for us?

It may just mean degenerate gamblers thinking there is value where there probably isn’t.

2 hours ago, Palace Dees said:

That should be blurred.

This is a family website 

Bump, and I hope the re-start of something positive for Charlie and the team.

Kids get dropped. Some of you act like playing VFL is akin to punishment.

Langford is going to be a gun but he is vying for minutes in the strongest area of our team. Even Rivers is struggling to get midfield minutes and he is beyond ready for that role.

This is what I have been saying for a year and a bit now - we are falling into a trap with how we press high and get 65 Inside 50s and win contests back into that packed milleu of a forward 50 that has no space and little chance for good shots on goal. 

We moved away from it more last year and that was promising and what I saw on the weekend was good progress to that affect. @binman mentioned the less I50s and we also looked to progress of HB quickly from turnover and meaningfully (ie corridor and with kicking) at this stage that is just anecdotal but it is something we just have to do and get better at. Especially with our poor forward line talent - they need quick movement to give them the best chance.

As a possible indicator, metres gained from the back half; 600 from Salem and over 300 each from Windsor, Rivers, Bowey, TMac!, Lindsay, and Petty. That’s all well above what they have previously produced (save for Rivers where it’s about average). That’s a promising sign that we can move the ball from our defence. You would want less from TMac and Petty but the fact that I don’t remember too much indiscriminate bombing from either is a good thing.

It is starting to mean we have an open ground to work with and we are taking advantage of that. 

33 minutes ago, Roost it far said:

Another problem is parents who allow their kids to support other sides. I’ve no idea how this ever happens. My kids were never given a choice, they didn’t have a choice, there was no choice, choice wasn’t a word used at the time, as far as they were concerned choice was between lemon chicken and sweet and sour pork. Their Aunt tried to nab them and she wasn’t invited over again. Only when indoctrination was complete were other teams discussed. As far as my kids knew there was only one team. My 3 serious partners all became Demons, my current partner’s son barracked for Collingwood. I told him either barrack for Melbourne or never come to the footy with me. He too is now a Demon. Doesn’t matter how you do it but it must be done. Harden them in the fires of barracking for a small club with a superiority complex. Then take them forth to the G and yell till their ears hurt and their soul rejoices. 

Quite. To my 5 year old up here in Canberra - football is about Demons and Max Gawn playing other colours and that is that. 

6 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

Fair call. I enjoyed all 6 myself 

Yeah we all did. But when you win by 13 goals it can look somewhat diminished when one kicks 6 goals. However, he had 4 goals in when a GF was to be won and that is something that no one can take from him.

19 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

A player as smart as Fritta should be able to score a goal in each quarter 

He was doing it regularly early in his career 

The only thing contesting that is basic math and reality.

Look, Fritsch kicked 4 in a GF when the heat was on and helped us win - he is one of the best kicks in the game. But his baked in poor efforts and lazy defensive intent is beginning to overshadow because he is not winning footy in dangerous positions and regularly flubs up any ball he gets that isn’t on a platter.

While we are where we are - Bayley is not in the untouchable class. In an era where we have promised our best player higher standards and accountability - he better pull his finger out quickly or we will Invest in talent that has THAT baked in.

7 hours ago, Macca said:

Like a lot of other clubs on a regular basis, average to low attendances in any number of games are going to happen based on the home team's supporter base up against the opposition's supporter base numbers

So if you do the maths, the Demons vs most of the interstate teams isn't going to draw big numbers.  Same story for a number of other Vic teams

Ignore the media and ignore supporter-speak.  Oneupmanship is at play

But if you enjoy being called pathetic, good for you

I didn’t think 23k was bad at all… and posted that.

but if you want to get angry at things that don’t matter, good for you

19 hours ago, Macca said:

The 'Pathetic' word should be removed totally.  It's demeaning to the site

It's inappropriate and quite frankly, wrong

On a site where we regularly call players spuds and list cloggers, and other supporters filth and scum I think we can unclutch our pearls from our grip on being called pathetic.

I was wrong, happy to say it this early. I thought he was slight but he looks the goods. 

On 16/03/2025 at 23:33, Dr. Gonzo said:

In 2 weeks we have the Suns on a Saturday Arvo and no GP. Will we beat today's crowd?

I'm in two minds about this, Demon supporters are champions at making excuses for why we don't go to games. But we also have a smaller fan base playing out of the largest stadium in the country which can make it appear worse than it is. Whether we draw crowds or not shouldn't be on the supporters but unfortunately it is a reality of our sport that failure to draw crowds puts you in the spotlight, either about where games are scheduled (MCG v Docklands) or at the extreme whether you have the support to be viable in a national competition.

I am happy to get stuck into us when we don’t show up. 5k dees supporters rocked up when they normally don’t and instead of eating ourselves alive we should note the progress and move on.