Adam The God

It's just a matter of putting forward a strong enough case.

In terms of co-funding at the Caulfield site, I'd be looking at a partnership with Monash Uni, much like the Swinburne partnership with Richmond and the Deakin partnership with Geelong. One level could be used by Monash during non training days for their sports science students. These assets, outside of admin and footy department, would be dormant for large periods of the week and could be used by Monash if we stuck their logo on there and accessed further funding with the partnership.

I've seen a fair bit of commentary on Demonland that says Fritta can't play a defensive role. When we beat Collingwood in 2023 King's Birthday, he played the Melksham defensive role on Moore and kicked 3, and was the most dominant forward on the ground. That should be the model for his role today.

I cry simply reading this thread. I'm glad the club have made the Davey family feel loved and seen. I can't imagine what it would be like having my boy taken away. Just tragic. RIP Jack.

I see Sharp as hopefully having an ANB type evolution to his development. He has similar skill set and as @Ghostwriter says, has that infectious energy and desire to put his head down and be part of the team. If he keeps at it, he's another of those hard-working high half forwards who can hit the scoreboard (to go alongside Chandler) who @binman wants a few more of. Still only 22, so definitely upside and being the sub would be giving him some nourishment for effort. He's an interesting watch for mine.

It's more I don't want emotion in my analysis. You can't properly analyse if you're clouded by emotion.

But losing Koz from midfield is huge. He's a crucial cog in the way we move the ball now.

I think his pressure inside 50 has become too important the last few weeks, but maybe they'll sacrifice some of that.

Neggie neggie.

Very good call mate.

Wowee. You never can pick our selections. At least we'll keep the opposition on the hop too. It's a distinctly different approach from Goody and the MC. He's valued stability and continuity for so long, but I wonder if we're starting to properly manage our players now that they are getting older (like say Geelong do), and that that takes priority over continuity. As to these selections, I'd say they'll play Fritta in the defensive role on Sicily then. And I got my wish of ultimately only having one of Melky and Fritta in the team. Viney is a big out given his great defensive roles as of late, but I wonder if this means Clarry plays a defensive role on Newcombe, or whether we simply go head to head with them at stoppage. JVR was the obvious change for second ruck, so hopefully Turner stays forward with him. But Jefferson is a head scratcher, because it's bringing in another guy that lacks physicality and pressure (ie Fritta or Melky). To me it says they're comfortable with three tall forwards, which I find strange, but I was wrong about Melky and Fritta working last week, so maybe I'll be wrong again. It's not giving our forwardline much time to gel, but on the plus side we're less predictable and our mids won't get in a groove of trying to target the same forwards every week such is the constant change.

Thanks for that Maxie. I agree.

And that's against a Geelong side that is pretty ordinary from stoppage themselves.

Now?

It'll be an interesting tactical battle, won't it? We'll have a plan, but I wonder if we'll change it up if it's not working...

This is why I only listen to the Demonland podcast, not the Debrief nuffies who lack analysis and are all emotion. I have enough emotion with a four year old. I seek to understand things and you won't get much of that from the AFL media or legacy media TBH.

He's got an excellent record against Hawthorn. He takes marks for fun. One of my mates is cousins with a Hawthorn leader and he said to my mate "we keep kicking the ****ng ball to Gawn every time, he's everywhere. We try not to, but he's just there". 🤣

I have no idea why people watch AFL media. They are like legacy media. Increasingly hysterical and hyperbolic as they desperately fight for attention in a media landscape that is fracturing. If you don't like what's being said or disagree with it, don't watch it, and they become increasingly irrelevant.

He was arguably the best player in the competition at the time.

Have you seen much of Benji mate?

For those saying JVR vs AJ, whilst I like AJs attack on the footy and the man, IMV, he's been a liability in the ruck every time he's been in there this year. JVR is actually a very reasonable second ruck, and to.compete with AJ on the scoreboard, all he probably needs to do is kick a goal. So it's JVR in for Petty. It'll be interesting to see what happens to Clarry, but I'd be happy to keep the same midfield mix again this week.

To be fair to ANB, he always had good goal sense. And Chin's problem has been hitting the scoreboard consistently, something Nibbler was always pretty good at. Chin has become a really important part of the team though. Loving his season.

I think some are overplaying the "Viney is a tagger". I'd say you could call it a tag in the first half, but it was gone by the third quarter. I'd rather reframe his role as the defensive mid. Because that's what he's been recast as these last few weeks. Instead of the see ball, get ball. Play the more defensive role and you'll get footy off the back of that naturally.

We picked Frawley ahead of him... 🤷‍♂️

I think Kolt's issue is he lacks polish. I like his energy though.