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At least we got ‘one hit”…. Many other teams would kill to get a sniff of that….

Ok, hows about “a desire by all the media to pile on and drool at any sign of failure, and ignore good stuff we do”. Like Goody saving a life in the surf, etc. that clearer? Sorry toi trigger you re work.

Reading all of the hand wringing about the Demons as we head into 2024 is enough to make me spew. Honestly, can we be as big a basket case as we are being reported as? The demons have huge challenges and massive messaging headwinds just to get to the starting line. Today I got contacted about the Demon draw raffle - I’m in immediately. I might break my oath to never bet on sport and choose dees for top 4, GF and premiers. When you put coal under pressure you make diamonds. We are under pressure now but I remain all in. C’mon Dees, stick it up em all and take the flag!

Devils…any problem being too close to demons???

Does that put our game vs tiggers into perspective, or what?????

Interesting that we rolled 2 complete midfields, with extras, on Sunday. Trac, Viney and sparrow (add in ANB and kozzie), then Salo, Oliver and (brayshaw*) (with Riv to pinch through there). Both would be competitive in the afl. Perhaps we will rollout two elite groups where the others rest/ take on alternate roles throughout games. Would be unique in approach.

Welcome back Demonland podcast. handwringers see the 9-10 goal run. Sunshiners see the first 5 goals in a row. Where do you sit on the handwringer - sunshiner scale? What did you LIKE from what you saw? Did you recognise any new touches from the coaching changes Undertaken in the off season?

If you stopped the game after 20 mins we would be revelling in the glory of it all. We gave up 9 or 10 goals in a row to put ourselves in the downward dog position. Liked that Max did only a half, we had a whole lot of new faces halving a crack, and we were rusty across the board. If we did better on the two way running and defended inside the 50 better, ot would have looked. Very different. Seemed p1 was about our transition, then we tried a few things. Oliver and Salem a class above in the late periods. Still glass half full.

Fox footy half time was a disgrace. 4 [censored] eating something horrid and trying not to vomit. Brilliant television (not!)

Issue looks to be 2 way running. We are not covering their players but instead running off into space. A turnover and we are caught out.

I reckon you just have to ask what are we working on? I see this as More of a test in anger rather than all cards on the table. You will see patches of good and bad in such scenarios.

There is so much hand wringing and hope of failure for us in the media. A player might be having loads managed or precautions taken, and they become the most important player on our list and ready for an amputation. We might be good enough as we are, with a forward line of JVR, frittata, Kosi and McAdam, with Petracca going forward has a lot to like. Petty or McDonald will be nice when ready and will be useful. We also have disco and Adam’s to offer more depth down back, and as we saw with McVee last year, players may emerge. My trousers have no nasty marks in them yet. Let’s see how we shape up in the praccy games and the first 6 rounds. I think the work on transition and delivery into f50 will be more important. summary: glass half full for now…

Awesome!!!

Loving these retrospectives, seeing many of my old faves . not a mullet to be seen!

He is as a backman, but is new as a forward..

Given that #13 is unlikely to make an early contribution to our performance, I wondered about a team built out of ‘depth’. Take out all of the ‘A’ listers and what have we got? How would this team fare? FB: Bowey, Adams, hore HB Rivers, Turner, McVee C Woewodin, Sparrow, Howes HF Billing’s JVR McAdam FF chandler, Petty, sestan foll: Verrall, Laurie, Windsor i/c ; Fullerton , moniz wakefield, tholstrup, schache. To me it looks like it has real potential, a few of the players might be underdone at this stage, but it is a really good side. I reckon it would not be the worst team going around, and shows the depth that we have if you tale our all of the big names. Start adding back: max, Trac, Viney, may, lever, lingers,ANB,Pickett, etc etc and see how good the team can be.

Got it, cheers.

What of mick?

Simply outstanding. Thanks so much Six.

@beelzebub, good points. We have made 2 significant changes that should help, McQualter in as clearance coach, and Chappy as defensive and Transition coach. Both are going to make a difference. I can also see elite ball users being favoured. My hope is you will see the manic whole team defence with manic whole team attack!

We often see him taking speccies (or attempting to). I think this entirely in the game plan- if no other tall is contesting, at least halve the contest. He seems to jump over big guys and him halving the contest is the best value option in that moment. Allowing the oppo to mark uncontested (waiting down for the crumbs) is the worst outcome of all.

Super job by six. Poor effort by the club. Thx to those who venture out. I was going to do a tour on Monday, but it is no longer at Gosch’s. A thought= maybe we will see a shift to more elite ball users to get out contested + transition concept going. Would mean the likes of Laurie, Sestan, McAdam etc will be more prized. With Clarry on a break it opens the path for sparrow and Gus in the guts. Also, BBB, TMAc and Tommo almost look like new recruits! Certainly moving better than last year!

We would want to be 5 of 6 at the first bye, I reckon.

Undergoing a different type of ‘rehab’.. Smith??