RalphiusMaximus

3 hours ago, Demonland said:

Laurie: Bill is a fascinating case. He excels at VFL level and looks impressive on the training track, yet he has had very few chances to show what he can do at senior level. This preseason he is being used as a forward, but for mine there are several small forwards who appear to be ahead of him, including Thomas Matthews, who is still in rehab. It feels like a last roll of the dice for him, and he needs to make the most of any opportunity he gets.

I hate this. He's not a forward. They should be pushing him into the middle as a skillful inside mid. That's where he plays his best football. If they stop trying to force him into a role he's not suited to, we might actually see what he can do.

22 hours ago, Ghostwriter said:

As Andy has explained (above) the sausage sizzle is on Saturday 13th December at 8:30am at Gosch’s.

For Friday’s session hungry little devils/demons will have to make do with food brought from home, or if you’re happy to spend a small fortune food from Edwin’s Cafe (on the outside of AAMI) is pretty good. There’s numerous eateries in Swan Street (a couple of minutes away from Gosch’s) as well as a Coles supermarket.

Last resort: you can get coffee and hot food and snacks from the kiosk at Richmond station. I’d strongly advise against buying a sandwich from there though. I recently warned another track-watcher who’s also a Demonlander and he went ahead and had a sanga and immediately regretted it.

To said track-watcher/Demonlander: I’m not one to say I told you so, but… I did tell you so! 😝

South Yarra kiosk used to do decent food, but it's been a while since I passed through.

I've been listening to The Warning and Electric Callboy lately. Both awesome bands.

12 hours ago, BangBnagBang said:

Its not about territory its about population

How does giving Geelong and St Kilda more population compensate North Melbourne?

4 hours ago, BangBnagBang said:

North had Tassie as their NGA area. That now is going to be for the Devils so North had to fit into vic so things where rigged to allow north a zone

How does giving Geelong and St Kilda more territory compensate North Melbourne?

25 minutes ago, Demonsone said:

Unbelievable the whole NGA & Academies are BS yet the northern clubs run on different rules! It compromises the draft .. top 10 should be pure

The problem is that any move to fix the broken system will only hurt the clubs that haven't benefited from it. If they came out and said no academy picks in the first round, The Suns and Brisbane would be laughing. They have cashed in and nobody else gets the chance.

Of course, the AFL have a history of doing just this, waiting until the "chosen" clubs benefit, then changing the rules to prevent others from doing the same (see Mac Andrew, or Judd's Visy contract).

1 hour ago, hillie said:

It appears we’ve been shafted again with academies. How is this fair?

Fox Sports

Yep. Three clubs lost territory with nothing in return, being us, Hawks and Dogs. Geelong and St Kilda both got gifted extra territory without giving anything up. Gotta love the AFL's attempts at "fairness."

Knowing nothing about him but the clips in this thread, I'm thinking we have a good one here.

Pros:

• Exceptionally clean hands grabbing the loose ball

• Good below his knees

• Seems to have good judgement with his kicking

• Great burst of speed

Cons:

• Dodgy kicking technique

• Poor handball

• I saw several kicks from the 50 arc drop short (see dodgy technique)

• Didn't see a lot of defensive work

So, he looks to have the vision, but needs to clean up disposal skills to make use of it, and maybe improve his defensive efforts.

Is it odd that this is the draftee I'm most excited about? He looks like he could be a genuine match-winner.

4 minutes ago, DemonOX said:

Why didn’t we get him with our last pic which we passed on?

Better for salary cap.

3 minutes ago, demoncat said:

It is curious we didn’t take a single midfielder 

I know we’ve got two first rounders next year we could potentially use on them, but we must have a lot of faith in our current group (or at least want to see who is likely to make it after King’s first year)

Keeping room for that big trade.

So what happens if someone calls White's name right now?

Holmes jr could be interesting, but I think NHH or Phillipou could be our best options.

Hibbins-Hargreaves

Greeves.

Ludowyk

Who else?

And I have to say, well played to Essendon. They made a damn solid play leaving Sharp on the board.

So, Ludo for our next pick? There are still some quality players on the board.

Such is life

Dyson Heppel looks like a hobo.

And there he goes.

It's just gone off-script. I'm thinking bombers take Sharp, so we get a good drop.

I'd prefer Grlj to the two listed there. I would think his pace is exactly what King wants for his game plan.

19 hours ago, kurtneverdied said:

Zero Hanger Final Mock

Pick 11 for GC future 1st... I'd take it

Damn that's a shocking website. More ads than content.

1 hour ago, Dee Boys said:

Forgive me for my limited knowledge of the AFLW team but isn't Bannan one of our better/more recognised players?

Form slump or just overrated?

Bannon's big strength is her running game. She built her reputation burning along the wing/HF and kicked running goals where she carried the ball into the 50. Now they're playing her as a deeper forward and it has basically nullified her strengths and highlighted her weaknesses. She needs room to run in to be effective.

6 minutes ago, FarNorthernD said:

I did not know that Chelsea Randall played in those games on our side. Thanks.

She played FF coming back from broken ribs one year (possibly the last exhibition game?) and kicked a few. Was untouchable that game.

1 hour ago, FarNorthernD said:

The extra good thing about Gillard’s end of match tackle was who it was on. That would be one Chelsea Randall, a five time AA, three time premiership player and captain. Who cares, certainly not Tahlia who followed it up with an extra push and then gave her a spray. Too friggin good!

Don't forget she's a former Demon, back before there was a league. 😅