ElDiablo14

TOP OF THE MORNING my fellow demonlanders, what a way to start the weekend.

And boy he'd have a reason to do so, many games last year including the twin finals.

The only thing that angers me is that stupid Collingwood could potentially make Freo stronger with a high draft pick this year. Yes I am still salty and will be for a long time about the Jackson steal. It almost felt like the JHF situation just not as daylight robbery.

I Concur, my bread mascot friend

More like disinterested and, in my personal experience, look at them with contempt. This is the result of the travesty surrounding the Angus Brayshaw incident last year.

I think we can at least divide them in 'tiers'. Tier 1 for bonafide superstars like Petracca, Oliver and Max Tier 2 for starting 22 type players like Viney, Langdon, Fritsch And so on. Just to have a rough idea of how much the club can spend during any given offseason.

Is there any way we could include their salary? (Estimated of course) It would be an interesting exercise to know how much cap space we have.

As I said before, AFL House might as well annoinnt the teams they want playing finals every year.... Better not give them ideas.

Moving the magnets at QTR time 😜

We might as well let the AFL appoint the teams that should play finals no? This is purely a money grabbing strategy and it will diminish the quality of the H&A, and it will benefit only those with a favourable fixture.

Worst part is that Americans favour the show more than the actual sport. Money grabbing machines they are.

Reality is that we should have at least won two of those 4 games. SF 2022 against Brisbane, we dominated the first half and wasted our opportunities. We should've been 5 goals up but we weren't, then we just faded away in the second half. SF 2023 against Carlton, similar to the above but with the added pain that all we needed was for Viney not to gift a turnover to Carlton in the last 30 seconds. Or McVee over committing to try to spoil the disposal and leaving heaps of space behind him. Those were more mental errors under duress.

AFL House really lives in a bubble, completely devoid of any contact with their supporter base.

Roller coaster, lots of ups and downs. The most damning points here: > Finish second last after making it to a PF > 2020 the huge preseason and promise to be better (does anyone remember the documentary the club released). We lost our finals chance by performing awfully against two bottom 6 teams, Freo and Sydney. Had we won just one of those games we could've played finals. Win both as we should've and top 5 position was all but certain. > Not being able to win even one final three years removed from the premiership, we lost all those games in a similar fashion. Great defence, not putting a score when commanding in those games, let the opposition come back in the last quarter.

Put it simple... How would anyone rate our 0 - 4 finals record? All of those games played at the G btw.

2022 we should've done the Lynch type move that Richmond did in 2018. I'll say it again, despite looking unlikely, we should've put a godfather offer in front of McKay.... Was Ben King available?

Petty - need him back in his natural position to assess Petracca - definitely improved before injury Langdon - I wouldn't say improved but back to his 2021 level ANB - slight improvement Fritsch - keeps scoring lots of goals, skill wise he is consistent. His issue is more mental/effort I would agree with all others. Although some you don't need them to improve but just maintain the level (Max, Clarry, Viney, Lever).

JVR strikes me as a loyal fellow and mature for his age, he already signed longer than what man child Jackson did.

Can we start a GoFund me to hire a manure truck to do a special delivery to #4s house? It would be a fitting gift.

One thing I would like to acknowledge is that the Demon Army is second to none when it comes to cheer squads. As passionate and loud as any. And on top of that you guys always bring all the 'gear', even on most interstate games. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Kudos Demon Army.

I agree with most of the above, but specifically on point 3. The fact that we have known, even after the flag, that we needed to strengthen our KPF position and nothing has happened is very damning. I was expecting us to make a godfather offer to one KPF in 2022, similar to what Richmond did after they won in 2017 with Lynch. Instead we have tried to transform defenders into forwards (Petty and Turner). Or hope that BBB would be healthy enough to play more than 15 games in a season. I think it is now too late and we just have to work with what we have. Develop JVR and Jeffo, maybe bring a veteran forward that doesn't cost much for a couple of years to help those two young guns. I am not convinced on spending a lot of money and potentially draft picks for Waterman. Actually, would Lynch make sense? Just as a mentor to our young guns not really expecting him to be our next premiership forward. That would just be a bonus.

We might as well just default the season right? I am honestly tired of the injuries card we like to use when things are going bad, as if we were the only team that is impacted. Most teams will have interrupted preseasons, injuries and all sorts of trouble during the H&A, but champion teams find a way to overcome the adversity. We haven't.

What pick is this about?

He is as tough as an overcooked spaghetti 🙃