Whispering_Jack

Someone over there has a clue ~ Welcome back to the big time, Melbourne

While we’re all rejoicing about the prospect of Nathan Jones’ return to finals football in the coming week and some are feeling good about Jack Watts missing out, it’s worth sparing a thought for former Demon work horse Lynden Dunn. He was nudged out of the club a couple of years ago and went to Collingwood where he worked his way into the position of their senior key position defender destined to play in his first ever finals series before rupturing his ACL. As much as I dislike the club he’s at now, I have to feel for the bloke who came to the club a year before Jonesy, made his debut in 2006 but didn’t play finals that year. He played 165 games in the red and blue and is stuck on 196. I hope he gets to 200.

Agreed. With little likelihood of having picks in the top 25, our focus might well be on players from the state leagues - Sam Mitchell clone ripe to be drafted WAFL Watch: Suns, Eagles tracking tough mid Pickett AFL Draft 2018: Luke Foley spurred on by last year’s draft snub

With apologies to @Supermercado, a volume of this prizewinning literary work because The Great Deepression is over ~

There was blasphemy in the air at the weekend with shocking revelations from some Demon fans who admitted they were rooting for the Magpies to win their game against Port Adelaide. That is completely unacceptable for anyone dedicated to the red and blue cause and I call upon the Melbourne faithful to get behind Fremantle when they play Collingwood at Optus Stadium on Saturday evening at 4.35AEST. Forget the Dockers’ disgraceful effort against Geelong at the Cattery - we all knew that coming from the temperate climate of Western Australia, the assignment of playing in blustery conditions on the cold windswept expanses of GMHBA Stadium was always going to be beyond them. However, they showed enough in the first quarter and a bit against the Cats to convince me that against the injury-depleted Magpies, with Nat Fyfe playing his second game after returning from injury and Ross Lyon pumped about his team’s rebuild, Fremantle are ready to exit the 2018 season with a Big Bang. Dockers by 27 points.

We are poised for a big third quarter - they don’t call it the premiership quarter for nothing and this is it for us. We look the better team and I think we are ready to exploit their weaknesses.

The AFL is such a moveable feast at the moment. A few weeks ago, I thought the Swans were on their way out after losing to Gold Coast and Essendon and that they would miss playing in the finals. They scraped home against an injury depleted Collingwood and at this point in time seven days ago, I thought they were no chance against Melbourne at the G. When the Demons were dominating early in the second quarter at 3.8.26 to 1.2.8 (with lost opportunities to go further ahead), I felt vindicated. Now, they are a game away from a top four finish. I hope we learned something from playing against them last week: from their self-belief and ability to win against the odds.

The statistics tell the story ~ Jaxon Briggs 7 kicks 4 handballs 11 disposals 3 marks 1 tackle 39 dream team points Tomas Bugg 21 kicks 7 handballs 28 disposals 3 marks 7 tackles 106 dream team points Lachlan Filipovic 1 kick 1 disposal 2 tackles 9 hit outs 17 dream team points Tom Freeman 12 kicks 4 handballs 16 disposals 7 marks 64 dream team points Jeffrey Garlett 4 kicks 4 handballs 8 disposals 2 marks 3 tackles 35 dream team points Mitch Gent 2 behinds 13 kicks 13 handballs 26 disposals 5 marks 4 tackles 95 dream team points Jack Hutchins1 goal 9 kicks 1 handball 10 disposals 5 marks 3 tackles 56 dream team points Dion Johnstone 10 kicks 3 handballs 13 disposals 1 mark 3 tackles 45 dream team points Declan Keilty 5 kicks 4 handballs 9 disposals 2 marks 29 dream team points Mitch King 4 kicks 3 handballs 7 disposals 1 mark 1 tackle 30 hit outs 49 dream team points Jay Lockhart 2 goals 17 kicks 5 handballs 22 disposals 5 marks 8 tackles 125 dream team points Goy Lok 1 goal 1 behind 10 kicks 3 handballs 13 disposals 2 marks 4 tackles 65 dream team points Pat McKenna 7 kicks 4 handballs 11 disposals 3 marks 1 tackles 39 dream team point Cory Machaya 3 kicks 13 handballs 16 disposals 3 marks 4 tackles 31 dream team points James Munro 15 kicks 9 handballs 24 disposals 5 marks 3 tackles 82 dream team points Harry Petty 7 kicks 7 handballs 14 disposals 6 marks 3 tackles 67 dream team points Angus Scott 7 kicks 9 handballs 16 disposals 2 marks 3 tackles 57 dream team points Tim Smith 4 behinds 10 kicks 3 handballs 13 disposals 7 marks 4 hit outs 63 dream team points Will Stephenson 1 goal 1 behind 4 kicks 4 disposals 1 mark tackles 34 dream team points Cory Stockdale 3 kicks 3 handballs 6 disposals 2 marks 3 tackles 27 dream team points Corey Wagner 19 kicks 9 handballs 28 disposals 8 marks 8 tackles 128 dream team points Josh Wagner 11 kicks 10 handballs 21 disposals 2 marks 11 tackles 1 hit out 104 dream team points Mitch White 1 goal 8 kicks 2 handballs 10 disposals 4 marks 2 tackles 55 dream team

I was happy for 30 minutes.

I barracked today for Fremantle.

A win today for the Casey Demons would make it 13 in a row and a VFA/VFL record for the club since it joined the old VFA as Springvale in 1982.

Hardwick frustrated by lack of free kicks for his team in win over Essendon Hopefully, Simon Goodwin can also say much the same after we beat West Coast tomorrow because 27 - 15 would be a good outcome for a team traveling to Perth to play the Eagles.

This is the moment.

True but you can’t deny that he played very well in a winning losing team tonight.

I agree that Mitch Hannan is the likely carry over emergency for the MFC. Normally, I would be concerned about the low number of MFC aligned players in the team but with the likes of Corey Wagner, Lockhart, Hutchins, Munro, Machaya, Gent etc. the VFL contingent is a lot stronger than in the past and in good form. They should at least provide the extra depth for a win today. That said, Cam Pedersen has been an important component of the team structure to date and his presence will be missed.

That there are so many interesting games in this round demonstrates exactly why the AFL should not predetermine the Friday night participants so far ahead. The difficulties of fixturing are appreciated but at least the last four rounds could be left until a bit later so that we don’t have to put up with Friday night games like Essendon v St Kilda as we must do tonight.

Knightmare’s Power Rankings - August

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I think Gaff’s defence made a mistake arguing provocation as part of its case. Much better had he thrown himself on the mercy of the Tribunal.

There's a definite concern for both the MFC and Casey with regard to the ruck situation. At AFL level, we've been extremely fortunate to have had Max available for every game but we would have to rely on make shift ruckmen again if he were injured - by that I mean Tommy Mac, the Weid and Pedo. Our two ruckmen at Casey have been getting thrashed on an almost weekly basis in an albeit otherwise strong team. Now Mitch King is injured and the reports from the game don't sound promising while Filipovic appears not to be up to it. It might be time for the club to drag someone out of the country or metropolitan ranks and play them - wasn't there talk of the club recruiting some giant from nowhere earlier in the season? That's the short term situation - longer term, we have cat b rookie Austin Bradtke coming on board for next year but I suspect the club will be on the lookout at the drafts or trades for a capable stand in ruckman should he ever be needed.

SEN is running a fundraiser for our great fellow Demon Jarrod Lyle. Please give - 1300081116 Hopefully, Jarrod was buoyed by the team yesterday and the boys can keep doing it for him and his family.

Enough already. This is the only team we haven’t beaten since the introduction of the 18 team AFL. Let’s do it Demons!!!!

Just heard Jesse Hogan say that we’re taking it one week at a time. Wooee!!!

Why are they not showing the live ladder on TV today?