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If he doesnt sign with us, he can enter the draft and be picked up by WC. Or we can trade him and get value. The other option is that he stays,

Please.. not F(b)uckley or Stinkley…..

Daisy Pierce, anyone?

Our challenge will be winning the midfield and limiting the supply to their forwards, who are doing well atm. Libber and Bont are pests, and so is that Ranger Richards. Win the middle, pressure up all over the ground, and we are in with a show. I expect ‘free kick bulldogs’, but even so, im quietly optimistic we wont get blown off the park.

Tell em they’re dreaming!

I must admit to barracking a bit for the Neal-Bullen kids, and against the two most flushable heads in football (Gingivitis and Whats’e’on?). Also for the Bears and against the pies. So, with us being out, my preferences are shaping up…

The game seemed bog average for most of the afternoon. Compared to the Maggies/Bears and the Crows/hawks games, it seemed low intensity and poor skill. However, you can only play the team on the park you are up against at the time. Will we be any showing in our last few games, or was that the 2025 last hurrah?

I hate Marvel, and have dinner plans, so i shall not be attending today. Go Dees, do it by a huge margin and shift the spotlight away from us for the week..

Should make a good tall defender option, perhaps being part of the future after may and Lever?

Thanks Kev, greatly appreciate you making the effort, and sharing. Hopefully the sense of care and being in it together that you saw this morning translates on the weekend.

We got him in the rookie draft. He has done ok, so would want to keep if possible. If we get a good pick for him, then it’s actually a win/upgrade. Either way we should do ok…

I understand that Daniel Hoyne has identified total points from turnover differential as a key stat, with the premiers being in the top 3 for the last x number of years. Can someone with access to stats publish the current ladder, and how bad we are doing on it?

It would take communication to the board that there a significant number of active voters who would act accordingly to get our wishes…

Great skills limit turnovers as we move the ball, and take advantage of those caused by our defence on their attacks. Currently we have few truly skilled players, as the grunt get and force forward creating a rolling mail of contests is now a thing of he past. Teams can cut through, and the best midfielders today can get the ball and distribute it with speed and skill. Our revival will come with more skill, and im not sure how many grunt and go players we can carry. This means the extended contracts to our current midfield went from looking like good business to foolish. The value of these players in trade will also incredibly diminish. It is up to them to evolve their games and deliver the new skills required for the game plan..

With only a few weeks to go, it would be interesting to understand the teams perspective on what they want to achieve in this time. Do they want to regain some credibility by winning? Do they want to blood more young talent and see what they can do? Are they going to mothball some players and get them cherry ripe for next year? It is going to be interesting to see how this plays out - fitness is no longer a key element with only a few weeks to go and no finales series. Do they really just keep working on the new game plan??

Thanks for that - no one can say that at 3 qtr time it wasn’t on song to be a great win. The rest was a joke, an embarrassment and show how weak/fragile and how far back we really are.

I feel your pain, shame and embarrassment. I hope you guys hang in there and the team can find a way to make a small mend in the very broken hearts of demon supporters. How we lost that - and to that smug prig Ross Lyon - is beyond the laws of physics. It was dumb and dumber football.

That was embarrassing. That last quarter was beyond unacceptable. Im sorry, there needs to be consequences, and no flipping ‘learnings’.

Nooooo…..

Jeffo - in and out like the the bishop and a choirboy…

The stats point to many issues, especially regarding turnover and defending transition. 170 pressure in Q1? Against the blues? Sheesh!

At the ground, and i loved Frittas game. Really went hard, and executed the high half forward connection role with real accuracy. Kossie is special. Umpiring was disgusting. Not just bad… That run down tackle made my head explode! Why can’t we get it together and commit to play more than 10 minutes at a stretch? Why was our defence so poor, and yet we had a good back 6? Why can’t max get a free for holding in a marking contest - almost ever?? When are we going to see some of the new kids and when will those who haven’t put in as they should be invited to play for Casey?

If you drop Lever, That slugworth Morris will have him signed to another team by Saturday morning!

Interesting, thanks so much as always for posting. Player ratings confirm my belief that Trac went at 0%by foot in the first half. We also lost centre bounce scores to a second rate midfield. Jake lever rating is low, and he looks slow on the park since his return. Lots to improve from here if we want this new system to work in 2026

It was more of a VFL hit out than an AFL game. (At least it wasn’t an under 14s fixture like the tigers and the bombers!). Whilst it was great to see many of those who have struggled before look good, I wonder if this will be a ‘false dawn’ or will this give them confidence to take the next steps? Cases in point: Trac was going 0% by foot in the first half. Jeffo started to show some things Frittata picked up his game We were more polished than the seconds level midfield of the Roos, but what’s can we really take away from that ??