Go the Biff

As a kid, the first number I asked for on the back of my footy jumper was Greg Parke's #26. So I've been going to watch the Demons since the late 60's. Named a "modern" line-up with 23 players but not naming the sub ! B Jake Lever Steven May Matty Whelan HB Brett Lovett Gary Hardeman Adem Yze C Robbie Flower Greg Wells Stan Alves HF Garry Lyon David Schwarz Kozzie Pickett F Jeff Farmer Allen Jakovich Gerard Healy R Max Gawn Christian Petracca Clayton Oliver Int Jim Stynes Brian Wilson David Neitz Stephen Tingay Alan Johnson Emer Todd Viney Cameron Bruce Brad Green Some of these were easy. May, Lovett, Flower, Schwarz and Farmer were standouts in their positions Lever nudges out Jared Rivers in the "third tall defender" position. We've had some terrific back pockets but went for Wheels over Nev, Laurie Fowler & Alan Johnson. On the "other" HBF, Yze beat out Steve Febey & Salo The second wing was tough too but gave Stanley Alves the nod over Stinga, Alan Johnson, Trapper & Lingers. Greg Wells in the guts over Willo because I've used Clarrie & Trac in the on-ball division Garry Lyon could have made the grade in 3 or 4 spots. Jako at FF ahead of Neiter, Lyon, Darren Bennett. Even the other Jacko got some consideration. Much better footballer than he's remembered & kicked over 150 goals in 2 seasons as a Demon. Mad unit that he was. Max has gone past Jimmy as the best ruck we've had in my time I've used Clarrie as my "rover". In my time we've not had a top class rover of the Platten / Ashman / Wilson / Bartlett ilk. Now they are just called midfielders so Clarrie slots in there nicely. I've left out some bloody good footballers

Great persistence and tackle Fritta

Fixed it for you @Pennant St Dee

I reckon many VFL games can be scrappy and congested. Lots of stoppages. I said to my daughter that this game was fun to watch. Open and uncharacteristically free flowing. Perhaps this contributed to the higher possession counts.

Rhyming slang young fella

Much as I've liked his efforts this season to date, I wouldn't go that far

Fremantle Bigfooty board makes for some entertaining light reading. Happy to see them stew in their own juice. They have given me the brace'n'bits for years now starting with their constant pestering of Jesse Hogan from the moment he got to us. And when they finally lured him they did more damage to his career than his bung foot did. Would love to see him bag 60 goals for the Giants just to stick it up the Wanchors. It's a cautionary tale for any young forward. They killed of Cam McCarthy's career and transformed Rory Lobbe from a rising star into a goal a game plodder. Come to think of it they've given me the brace'n'bits since they tried to nick Stephen Tingay off us. Followed by pinching The Wiz.

Ah the injustice of it all. Fremantle lose by a point courtesy of a dodgy umpiring non decision. Truly magnificent.

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Not all of his scoring shots were set shots. However there was one in the last quarter that missed narrowly. Given it went through near post high from 55 metres, I think the boy can kick it a bit.

Bugger. So now he's got a minimum 12 days to curse his rotten luck 🙄

Impossible to tell. I've seen and played with blokes who've run off the ground seemingly unencumbered only to find they've blown their ACL.

Good chance for Bayley Fritsch Electrical to put in a quote here. Turn tonight's lemons into lemonade

That's leadership !!!!!

Agree with all of the above. Credit to both clubs for creating a brilliant event

Disturbing SWYL. Disturbing.

Reckon both teams are chucking it round like they think they're Harlem Globetrotters.

I hope you're right. Essendon have already had too much success this season for my liking

Agreed. On his approach he looked like he took a couple of short steps to adjust. Still finished up too close for comfort to the man on the mark

One game. Which it would appear you didn't watch

I think we got access to Strawbs O'Dwyer as a result of letting Lally go to the Dogs. Loved watching Willo. Strong, low centre of gravity, great skills and strong overhead for his size. Also had a big arze and knew how to use it to move opposition players out of the way. And to me one of his most endearing traits was that he annoyed the absolute sheeiite out of opposition supporters.

Trengove. Unsuccessfully. Free Demon Jack !!!

A couple of questions answered folks Dees Duo to Debut

Yep. Michael Reeves was a haemophiliac so the slightest knock resulted in massive bruising. Hence the extensive padding as a simple corkie could see him missing a number of games

Stable are looking at keeping him to sprinting trips this prep. Next stop - the Newmarket. That was a pretty decent audition for it