beelzebub
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On 12/04/2026 at 21:56, monoccular said: I just wonder, not to publicly claim like Cat Scott in the 21 PF as an excuse, if there was some acute ailment in the squad …. the widespread lethargy hopefully wasn’t just mental weakness. It is hard to explain otherwise.
I guess next weekend may tell.
Did the team bus venture to Community Camps at Clare, Barossa , McLarenvale perhaps 🤔
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This week all other things aside is the seasons first true litmus. Scoreboard aside this game will tell us all we need to understand ( thus far ) as to how we're developing and where we are mentally.
Do we have ticker ?
Last half v baggers.... ticker
Game v orangy red things... ticker
Rubbish v Scum... wtf...did we forget to catch the bus ? No ticket ? ( definitely no ticker )
Sunday awaits... hopefully not Sunday, bloody Sunday !!
Speaking of blood... time to start bringing in some new...
Not just move the magnets around.
Go Dees... ( just getting going will be a start )
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Only one problem
King: Max... were playing you off half back giving Moose a chop out
Max: yeah NAHH !!!
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8 hours ago, At Least I Saw a Flag said: With the utmost respect, I think that’s a bit of a binary trap. There’s a fundamental distinction between being 'prepared' for an unfavourable outcome and being indifferent to the qualitative manner in which it occurs. To suggest that any critique of a performance constitutes a 'caveat' on acceptance is to dismiss the very nature of elite sports.
Sport isn’t merely a spreadsheet of wins and losses; it’s a performance of intent and an execution of systems. One can be perfectly composed in the face of a defeat—accepting the four points are gone—while still identifying a performance that falls below the threshold of professional expectation. If we view every loss as identical, we lose the ability to distinguish between a team that is building toward something and a team that is experiencing a systemic collapse.
Requiring a baseline of effort and tactical discipline isn't about 'conditional' acceptance; it’s about maintaining a standard. To conflate the two is to ignore the indicators that actually determine a club's long-term trajectory.
Post of the round.
Summed up perfectly. Doesn't look to excuse the game just frame a perspective.
Kudos
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20 minutes ago, At the break of Gawn said: I'm surprised no one has mentioned our Gather Round prep and how the week is different to other interstate trips. The team flew across on Wednesday (I think) did a main training at Panther park on Thursday and did their Captain's run in Glenelg. I think some of the younger boys maybe didn't handle the prep as well?
I'm not sure why we traveled so early. Most interstate trips we fly up the day before.
The uncontested mark game by essendon really bothers me because Essendon were getting smashed in uncontested possessions in previous weeks. It hasn't been a tactic of there's or perhaps they had tried but opposition pressure didn't allow it to occur. Or perhaps the addition of Ridley and Langford back there enabled it much better. Either way, our pressure was way off and we didn't squeeze up on them at all. Credit to Brad Scott because he out-coached Kingy in a big way.
There will undoubtedly be something in this.
26 was,/is always going to be a learning curve with the occasional gutter ball.
Hysterical, to moi, the panic and derision some are so quick to level.
Im disappointed we 'turned it up' .. but hey... it's not the end of the world ( that's another discussion 🤔🙄🤣)
We're already travelling better that 99% suspected/expected .
Sit back enjoy the ride, please keep seat belts fastened as some turbulence is expected.
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1 hour ago, DeeZone said: Andy Moniz-Wakefield perhaps but Trellie will be an exciting forward and possibly a mid later on.
Correctomundo !!
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3 hours ago, Demon_spurs said: I had a feeling of doom yesterday when I saw them running out in that awful jumper. Just felt really wrong
Can we add this jumper to the 'pajamas' ...
Never play in again.... hideous thing.
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9 hours ago, Demonland said: It's Game Day and the Demons are in Adelaide for Gather Round to take on the winless Bombers who are on a 17 game losing streak. What do you want to see from the Dees today?
No mercy !!
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12 minutes ago, Pennant St Dee said: Latrelle reminds me of Lewis Jetta in his first season with Sydney, showed some glimpses of his speed and attacking flair without really impacting the scoreboard, but you could see the potential
Another preseason on the back of a debut season should see him really lift ( imho )
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51 minutes ago, BDA said: He's like a fine wine. gets better with age.
i thought the acl injury would end his career (thankfully not). not a bit of it. He returned to kick 4 goals and take mark of the year.
One of the best recruits the club has ever brought to the club
congrats on 250 games. I hope you make it to 300.
I recall from last game vision of Milky and Checkers imparting their wisdom ( and it would be considerable) upon Roo.
Their value is not just as players but as playing mentors. Milky is one of the clueyist players going around ( taking away nothing from Brodie ).
Always feel better when # 18 takes the field.
Congratulations Jake 👏
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1 hour ago, Demon Jack said: Have a sneaky feeling Latrelle might bob up for a few this weekend.
Had his best game against the Suns and is growing in confidence every week.
He's a little 2 steps forward... have a rest etc etc.
But he's growing as you suggest. The syncronicity between the Picketts is what's really starting to click.
Their fast becoming everyone else's nightmare.... it's Scott's turn this week 😉
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6 hours ago, jnrmac said: No it wasn't. It looked OK on paper but watching it I can tell you they were putrid in stoppages, clearance and speed.
Having said that they will probably get some momentum rise from their performance and we should be wary but if Melbourne plays like it can they are no match.
They had ONE particularly good qtr... then couldn't keep it rolling. Pups had their measure.
I dont think Essendon can cover all aspects of our game but they can be THAT bloody nuisance of a side. Nothing to be taken for granted.
Dees by 5 goals
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1 hour ago, 640MD said: But please start better than against the baggers
In reality...it'll be all about the start ( opening qtr )
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5 hours ago, No10 said: TMac to shutdown King and the football world will talk about it… about how King was off today.
If Kossie pull together another 3 vote game… most unpredictable game of the round
Yes... this is a very interesting game .
Currently away with family... by the Livingstone Creek in Omeo.
Very serene atm.... but there's a few who follow the footy 😉
Can't watch but ill be following furtively.
Go Dees.... we CAN do it..
Why ? KOZ !! 😉
Dees by 10
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15 hours ago, Little Goffy said: That much I'll absolutely concur with!
It is possible that, 9 months into a 6 week remedial works at my building, I may have a rather pessimistic outlook on construction.
Recently they added the first layer of balcony waterproofing in 95% humidity on the saturday morning of a weekend forecast to have Sydney's biggest storms in months. The engineer had literally called them to say 'Don't do that, numbnuts', but they still did it.
Their solution was to nail black tarpaulin directly into the gutters, but then they didn't tie it down properly so for four days it flung around like a set for Pirates of the Caribbean. "Arr, me sand layer be causing deep rooted bubbl'n, and ye balcony now be pumice."
A horse would have done a better job and I certainly wouldn't let one on the balcony.
Frankly, @beelzebub I'm slightly uplifted to have interacted with someone who seems a proper construction professional able to articulate a project plan. It's like having a night parrot land on your balcony - if one were to have a functioning balcony, that is.
I feel your pain...
Some things go belly up 😞
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5 hours ago, Little Goffy said: A racetrack surface which is either compacted from earthworks or has inconsistent hardness definitely increases injury risk, and unstable subsiding soil segments caused by disturbed drainage patterns is basically an on-track landmine.
I say this as someone who thinks racing can eat a bag of soil-enhancing byproducts and that Caulfield would be much better served if racing got out completely, but if we have to live alongside them then we have to account for the stakeholders.
That said, you can definitely bank on them exaggerating the impacts and messing with the project parameters just because racing's hierarchy likes to make people burn themselves with cigarettes just to prove their submission.
I'll play Trivago again
It's pizz easy. Seriously.
Remove top ( i.e turf... with sports /tracks to a depth of around 200 mm . Store ... or.... have new turf growing ready to lay.
Cut trench. Compact sub base to 98% hard..
If any services required to inner .. do at same time. Install precast tunnel sections.. recover over with appropriate sub-bases and soil. Relay turf... aerate .. water... Replace rails.
That is as hard as it gets. As far as a tunnel goes.
A horse wouldn't even know anything had happened.
Depending on how long a window you had available Id probably take in any plant needed for terraforming then.... might need to crane it out later. You could lay temporary access apron but there could be risk to track. Craning sounds excessive... but could remove all plant in 24hrs .
There is nothing about this project which actually IS an insurmountable impediment.
There's only agenda.
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PREGAME: Rd 06 vs Brisbane
in Melbourne Demons
Brodie G says hi !!