The Backyard Charizard

TWO LOCAL LADS!!!

That is a win in anyone's book

As an old smoker.... That selection pleases me

Milera or Weed????

Wow.....

I feel sorry for the last two selections....

The next player to don the belt around his bicep is............

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Similar things were said when we drafted JW....

MFC - "Jake, we know you are the son of a gun, but in all honesty you need to show us more"

Jake - "Oh don't worry, I will make you regret not picking me up"

MFC - "GOOD! That's what we want! Maybe in the past you would've walked onto our list and been gifted a game, but we are a different club now Jake"

Jake - "I respect that and will push to be part of the future success of this club... Whatever it takes!"

THAT IS HOW I HOPE THE CONVERSATION WENT!!!!

Forget which forward line was better....

Just bring back those days when EVERY match we played we were in with a shot of winning and watching us play was exciting and enjoyable....

Also a TV would see out a season without needing to be replaced!

Sorry to hijack the Dean Terlich thread but just wanted to say how happy I am for James Harmes...

Good size, aggressive and can only get better...

Work hard and enjoy your successes... Let's just hope there are plenty to enjoy!

Jimmy just tweeted.....

@JToumpas: I am so excited though to start fresh at the @PAFC! A club that is based around hard work. It's a journey I can't wait to begin!

The hard work comment?

Are we not based around it?

Concerning?

Sounds like everyone is cleaning up while we focus on bringing in C grade duds.

Surely you have to give our coaches and list management team a bit more respect than the above?

It's a long two weeks...

Let's not get carried away with negativity just yet

INS:

Viney, Jetta, maybe [Gawn/Michie/Jones]

OUTS:

Pedersen, JKH, maybe [Watts/Howe/Newton]

Gawn could come in and play 70% forward (but then his goal kicking sucks and we have seen him struggle at this level before)

Michie could come in but doesn't provide a whole lot of run

Jones could come in - at least he provides some run but his kicking is poor

Watts just isn't providing anything up forward (granted our midfield sucks but why can't our forwards just lead and mark inside 50?)

Maybe he should be put behind the ball as an extra defender so we can at least use his kicking.

Howe could be put up forward but again his kicking sucks.

Don't know why I even bothered...

They can lead all they want.... Where to though? The other end of the ground where the ball is?

We could have Plugger, Dunstall, Jakovich, Gary Ablett Snr, Schwarz (at his prime) ALL inside the 50.... We still wouldn't kick a score that would win us the game!

The lack of RUN, CARRY and SPREAD in our midfield is destroying us....

But, alas.... Watch last nights replay and you will see young Billy Stretch looking to spread and getting on the end of a couple.... The kids ARE the future... Our current mid-age players are SHYTE! Barring a couple of the obvious ones...

Yeah, I was at the light training session on Friday at AO and also the game on Saturday...

A fair few times I noticed that Jones was almost at a walk once the play had left his area... I believe the shoulder/back issue may well be bothering him, but I would almost bet my left knacker that a flu would be the main cause of his lower than usual "awesome" output... Just didn't seem right even on the Friday... Did a few light run throughs and was actually quite 'nasaly' when giving my lad a signature...

As for T-Mac... He copped a dirty one from Richard Douglas right in front of us... The Crows can bang on all they like about Bernie's tactics, but they gave a fair few cheap shots on the weekend!

Speaking of Bernie... I have some serious man love for that bloke now!

About to head into the oval shortly...

Pretty s.hitfull morning here in Adelaide... Drizzle and breeze is starting to pick up...

Took my son down to see the lads have a short session yesterday when they arrived...

Jones doing his own thing separately from the main group... I think he'll play as he looked to be moving freely...

Quite a jovial bunch and looking pretty relaxed out there...

Angus Brayshaw's reaction when my son asked him to sign his guernsey was priceless... Walking down the race, heard his name, looked around and his reaction was almost like "Oh yeah, that's right, I'm an AFL player now!" Haha...

Jack Watts (my lads fav) is King of the Kids! Will make a great father when his time comes... Right now I just want him to be a great footballer though

A lot of family in the crowd for Hulk... I have a feeling he will crush bodies like a beast today! After watching McCartin last night it makes me think we've got an absolute ripper in JH...

Do we win today?

Viney is a huge loss! In my opinion it could be the difference...

Hope I'm wrong!

All good....

I wasn't going krazy after all....

2:30pm Friday arvo the Dees are having a short training session at Adelaide Oval

Information was on the letter that came with my tickets...

:)

Yeah, plan was to take my 6yr old to training and hopefully get a few autographs....

The game on Saturday could be a disaster for a bloke trying to raise die hard Demon kids in Adelaide...

Although I thought that before last year's match as well

Evening All,

I have either well and truly lost, or am losing, my $.hit because I swear I had some form of notification (Email, FB, Twitter, Toilet paper at the local pub) saying that Melbourne were training at Adelaide Oval on Friday arvo?

Can someone either confirm or deny for me...

Can't find any trace of said notification and starting to think I dreamt it

Listened to the 2nd half on the radio over here in Adelaide...

Knew that this place would be blowing up with all sorts of hatred and frustration, so avoided DL for a few hours...

Then decided to come and have a look at the carnage...

First post I went in to was this one as I knew the Gameday thread would be histeria...

Thanks for the thoughts... It is pretty much exactly what I was thinking.... It is very frustrating to lose to this mob but after reading this post I am logging out of Demonland for the evening...

Thanks again...

Bring on the real stuff!!!

You could sum this match up by just reading my signature below

I'm over this forum these days...

Might drop in some time later in the season...

It's turned to sh*t on here!

Negative b*tches around every corner...

Later peepz!

casey would beat us

You're a kn*b

Has Watts had a touch?

Has had a couple of shots from long range into the wind...

He looks a lot bigger in the legs than I remember?

I think he will enjoy this season more than his previous years...

I'm excited!

Hutchy - "There's probably about 4 minutes left in the 3rd qtr"

2 kicks later the siren sounds!!!

Winning Hutch!

HAHAHA!!!!

Hutchy - "Great mark... Who is it?"

Pickers - "I think it's Viney but we'll have to wait till he turns around"

Hutchy - "Is it Viney? Hard to see from here"

Pickers - "Bloody Oath it is!"

HAHAHA!!! These guys are a cracker!

Watching on the PC and Chromecasting to the lounge room for my 6 yr old little demon.

Which works out great because I lose the audio!!!!!

Hutchy is an absolute peanut! Pickering at least knows football...

Not a bad 1st quarter into a stiff breeze...

Toumpas did some nice things by foot... Which is why we drafted him... People will soon realise he is a gem...

Salem was great floating across the backline...

Frost's chase was unbelievable.... This guy is going to be great!

Hogan is indeed the Hulk!