Deeoldfart

Rippa! Under-manned but fought it out with G & D, just like our senior team can do. Well done Dees!

I’m really pleased that Weid will now get his opportunity. Further, I would love to see us get into a match-winning position somewhere in the second half on Sunday, to afford our coaches an opportunity to try a few different approaches (experiment if you like) to see what things might look like in the longer term. I just can’t see all of Weid, TMac, BBB and LJ in the same team, without giving up a very significant part of what has got us to 8 zip.

That’s true Grr-owl, and the same principle applies to most players in our current 22. Exactly as it should be!

Fantastic podcast fellas. Love the analyses!! Thanks

JJ is a ‘quiet achiever’. Good skills, great work rate, and I expect follows the coaches instructions to the letter. A great role player in a team that puts high priority on this attribute. I love the way he is travelling!

The May decision is exasperating to say the least! Enough said ........ if I express my unreserved views about the MRC, I'll earn a (Demonland) sanction for myself.

The Blues won’t be an easy assignment for us next weekend, but our last quarter fitness might be telling, given the way they fell in a hole late in today’s game.

Pure football ecstasy to be 8 zip after a Saturday night ‘blockbuster’!! It’s even better that today is Mother’s Day, and we have a family lunch planned. Our whole Demon ‘tribe’ will join us, for an afternoon full of good food, fine wine and Demon banter. Amazing how a Saturday W can transform a Sunday! ........... and a (very rare) bouquet to the AFL for scheduling a Saturday night game for the Dees, instead of the usual 3:10pm start against an interstate club, with a crowd of 12,000, that we normally cop on Mother’s Day.

6. Tommy Mac 5. Oliver 4. May 3. Harmes 2. Salem 1. Jordon

We have become the hunted rather than a hunter, and every other team will be trying to unpick our winning formula. It will happen at some stage when we are one or two percent off our game, but I doubt that will be today. The midfield battle will be pivotal, but I think the Max / Dogga combination, plus Tracc and Clarrie, and Langers on the wing, will give us the edge. If we win in the middle, I’m backing at least a couple of our ‘hard to match up on’ forwards to get off the leash, leading to another 100+ points score, and our miserly ‘team’ defence to keep them to 70 or 80 points. Pre-match jitters have already kicked in for me, but so far this season this has been a positive omen. Dees by 4 or 5 goals, but any way we can come away with the 4 points works!

Geelong went to school on Melbourne's win over Richmond, and proved that the strategy works. Numbers / pressure around the contest, and fast ball movement.

Mid morning DeeZee said: "It’ll be Harmes and Petty in Thommo and Jones out Chandler the sub" and a bit later "Going by today’s training with the main group. I popped by this morning." Great work DeeZee. Thanks!

Based on last weekend's Casey game, I had a clear leaning towards Sparrow over Harmesy. So be it! More than happy to leave it in the (proven) capable hands of our Match Committee, and delighted that we have strong options (an unusual delight in recent years).

I'm the first to acknowledge that I'm a sentimental (very) old fool, but my life-long passion for our Club, and that interview with our new President, seriously made me bleary eyed. I'm an absolute true believer! GO DEES!

(Censored) arrangement. Likely no opportunity for our reserves to press their claims for senior selection. Weid, Chandler, Bedford, Harmes and others are possible examples. Grrrr!

Well is this joint still wack?

I wouldn’t be in favour of this Jaded. Tommy has revived his career, and offloading clear best 22 players to save cap space has a bit of a Collingwood smell about it.

Tracc says in his interview on the MFC site that he has matured as a player and as a person. So very true! Not only a great player for us, but a great ambassador.

Only one small outlet in my part of the world (Canberra), but I make the effort to buy Haymes whenever I need paint. Excellent product and worth the effort ....... and thanks Haymes for being long-term sponsors of our Club!

Justice prevails. Can’t underestimate how important this decision is. Brilliant news!

I’m 100% with you od, but I will admit to a smidge of Shiraz influence right now. Having said that, Monday is one of my two wine-free nights, but I decided to ignore my GP, and have a tiny tipple because we are 7 zip and on top of the bloody ladder!

Absolutely the correct decision by our Club to appeal! I hope that after the hearing, we can say that it was “the correct decision all round”.

Thanks Andy, George and Bin. Great knowledge, insight and balance. A million miles ahead of the general football media.

I’m shattered for Tommo, but absolutely loved the way our boys got around him both during and after the game. There is a massive team spirit in our group, that I haven’t seen for a very for a long time. We’ll miss him for sure, but we’ll restructure and galvanise in his absence! All the best Tommo!!

6. Fritsch 5. Salem 4. Jackson 3. Pickett 2. Langdon 1. Oliver