Little Goffy

3 minutes ago, Ghostwriter said:

It’s embarrassing… trying desperately to hype up a game between Essendon and North and all they’ve got is a reference to a period at the turn of the century when both teams were successful. Bottom of the barrel right there.

I'd take an interest in a Sheedy v Pagan 1 on 1 backyard game.

It seems to me that both clubs have been crippled by 'greats' who took that to mean they owned the club.

Maybe our 2025 clean-out has protected us not just for seasons, but decades to come?

I certainly have full confidence that Gawn would never be the manipulative coterie-jockey type who always needs to be 'involved'.

@Demonland Mods if you wouldn't mind just deleting this entire exchange between myself and the attention-hoover. It is adding nothing to the thread and Mr 3165 is clearly just here to spoil the moment.

30 minutes ago, demon3165 said:

Fits you really.

"It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt,"

Okay big man, please see yourself out and have a nice day. This thread isn't about you.

Although, in a way, I guess it is. Threads like this wouldn't come up without your type.

10 minutes ago, demon3165 said:

This question has been an issue from time to time for the media but I guess you don’t read much....

Literally a smaller story than whether a coach said too much in a press conference about a missed shot on goal and what impact that might have on the young player and will saying the word 'demoralised' make the team become demoralised and the coach has a media manager so should have known that several tepid synonyms were available.

A bit short of 'media is obsessed' and you might night to take a bex and a good lie down.

NB: Do not take a bex. They are addictive and cause kidney damage. A cup of tea is a suitable alternative unless you are would up particularly tight.

1 hour ago, demon3165 said:

Who damm well cares the media is obsessed with this issue it's nobody's business but theirs next it will who's bisexual in the AFL.

Got a very funny definition of 'obsessed' over there Demon3165.

Been more media fuss about Patrick Voss being a standard issue dumb-[censored] than this. Kane Cornes generates more media obsession about a completely random topic every monday and thursday.

At least with Ethan Tremblay I can get the impression he's coming from a genuine feeling of it is no big deal to him and each to their own.

In sincere conversation with Ethan - if for example there's a Melbourne player who hasn't had a relationship since the day they were drafted because of the fear of harassment and quite real violence, then I'd care about the milestones along the way to them being able to live a normal life.

And, yeah, it is all about the kid, not Leigh Ryswyk. Statistically there should be a gay kid in every round of the draft. It should be as common as 'having a basketball background' or being 'a good mark for your size'. Except neither of those things will get you death threats.

So that's why it is fair enough to care.

Not that the performative clown show at AFL HQ is helping. Would I by right, @Ethan Tremblay, if I presumed that the corporate confetti and sugar water side of it is the part that you recoil from a bit?

A quietly courageous thing to do at this moment when hate crimes are skyrocketing.

Hopefully gives a little glimmer of light for some footy-mad 12 year old just beginning to realise he is that which he has been taught it is appropriate to hate.

Martin and Gawn have dealt with such different circumstances in their respective careers that it becomes a bit misty to compare them as players.

Martin was in a 15-win team three seasons after being drafted, the year Gawn was in a 2-win team. Doesn't make Martin less of a player, but does have to shape any comparison.

It is unlikely Gawn would ever win a Norm Smith medal, but just imagine the reverence for him now if Melbourne had kicked straight in finals. Sigh. The 2028 Premiership will heal all wounds.

As for Fyfe... peak Fyfe... leading clearance player for the competition even when Ablett Jr was running around, also contributing a goal a game and setting up another directly, taking a contested mark or two every week, something like 2/3rds of his disposals were contested, and spent as much time on the ground as you'd expect from a tall defender, not a midfield/wing/half-forward/forward.

His injury run was a blow to football. I suspect Freo killed their golden goose because they were so desperate to hit a premiership 'now' that they squeezed everything they could out of him at every moment. Too many minutes on the ground, too many quick returns from injuries.

13 hours ago, John Demonic said:

All that extra loading on the dance floor including extensive finger stretches, has adapted his body to the rigours of AFL

Turner really needs to tuck in his shirt and bust some moves.

2 hours ago, Previously known as LITD. said:

I'm sure there's a 3000 page manual at every insurer.

That's the one they give to customers.

The internal manual is only 30 pages.

The executive summary is only three words; "Be a [censored]"

7 hours ago, beelzebub said:

Im neither disbelieving nor disputing your information.

I'm just amazed.

Disco never dies.

Rightio,

Adelaide because Geelong, finally, are stuffed. (touch wood, spit into the wind, throw salt into your spit etc)

GWS because Collingwood aren't that good.

Brisbane over St Kilda in a close one so Ross can have something to say and the media moisten their underwear.

Fremantle over Richmond, would seem obvious but it is Fremantle.

The body without a soul will lose to the soul without a body.

Port over West Coast, again, should seem obvious but...

Melbourne will pip Carlton in a ripper. McKay will kick half a dozen but half a dozen Demons will kick two each.

I throw in a 20 for anyone who can get a nice big banner up saying

Our ex players are better than your ex players

Nibbler, Baker, Bedford, Oliver, Hogan, Petracca, Grundy, Jordon, Jackson, McVee, Spargo, O.MC,

vs

De Koning, C Curnow, Kennedy, Silvagni, Chesser, Durdin, Owies, Dow, Fisher, Setterfield,

It is starting to look like a bonanza season for ex-Demons. Almost certain at least one will have a hand on the 2026 premiership cup. If I had to choose I'd go with Nibbler except... eww, Adelaide. Maybe good-guy Baker at these fancy new Bulldogs can snag one and keep the franchises out for one more season.

I wonder how muxh it would affect our development of we were 0-2 and fresh from a 12+ goal loss, instead of 1-1 and a 48 point loss.

Because realistically that's the difference Gawn has made.

How much does it affect our midfielders' development that they know they're in with a realistic shot of a favourable tap and clearance opportunity at every stoppage, instead of starting from a step behind as well aa being younger and lower rated than almost any opposition midfield, and in the process of reorganising with all three of our prime mids from the last decade gone or injured.

Gawndalf watches over us and renews hope every dawn.

Has anyone else suddenly started getting ads for collagen powders after posting to this thread?

I'm pretty disappointed that so far Rivers and Sparrow haven't stepped forward. Biggest, best timed and most obvious opportunity an AFL player is likely to see. It is like being a depth player at one club and then right as you hit your peak age you are traded to another which is desperately in need of your exact type.

Anyway, the shortcomings of the midfield on saturday really exposed the shortcomings of our defence.

My feeling is that the defence will need time to get organised but will be at least adequate soon enough.

The midfield should be doing better, but right now after Steele there's a real lack of the resolute style of leadership.

I don't have vision but I'm piecing together the following;

The offensive momentum isn't happening because of simple errors like fumbles and poor kicks and dumb handballs.

The disorganised defence is being doubly exposed because of the frequent turnovers, fast opposition movement, and Treacy just being too big, strong and good for any given one of our defenders.

We're not quite dropping our heads, it is more like we are just mentally overwhelmed and stalling.

Does that sound about right?

On 20/03/2026 at 13:36, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

Ding dang it. I'm one of those, and was hoping there were more of us than the world seems to think...

The tragedy, and impracticability, of the closet banjo player.

On 20/03/2026 at 10:16, buck_nekkid said:

Stumped

Stunped would almost make the team.

3 minutes ago, binman said:

Ticketmaster - woeful.

I've had a GUTFULL!

CONSENSUS REACHED ON FOOTY FORUM

Unaccpetable. I must break it.

Mango chutney is the best condiment for pan-seared salmon, and I've just now had a gutful!

@JOHNNY DEE if you started watching at the 11 minute mark I'm going to have to ask you to switch off again.

3 hours ago, Redleg said:

Vic Bitter.

I think I remember a scene like that from early in Breaking Bad.

Presumably Trac will be back to full fitness on monday 6th April. In the meantime, plenty of crabbing and sunbaking to do.

Also. Ben King. Free Agent. Lols.

Also also, Ethan Read out of contract at the end of 2028, right after Gawn retires happy with his second premiership.

Also also also, Suns have now beaten a lacklustre Geelong, last place and second last place, on their way to their best start to a season since 2016 - in which season they lost their next ten games.

The death ride is not dead. Never give up on a death ride.

Finally it clicked. Took me a while.

Studio Ghibli makes an unlikely appearance on a footy forum. I think the character's name is A****aka. One of those arms is cursed, I think?

But how do we get Princess Mononoke for the women's team?

Guys, guys, don't be too harsh on mocking Fremantle. They had the same excuses for their first-up loss as we did. Oh, wait, nevermind.

Actually, I do find it a little interesting the way that has been portrayed. Freo came out and kicked 8 goals to 3 in the first quarter, and then Geelong steadily reined that in with five goals to three in each of the 2nd and 3rd quarters. In fact, coincidentally Geelong had the same number of scoring shots in every quarter other than the first.

Even in the first, you would think an 8-goal quarter would signal pretty full control of a game, but Geelong still managed to snag 3 against the flow.

Fact is, Fremantle can be scored against. Just keep attacking and even if they have a big quarter you will be able to mitigate it by getting a few goals yourself.

Also worth noting that Freo had an incredible 30 scoring shots from just 46 inside 50s. That makes them them a top-4 team for shots on goal a the same time as a bottom-4 team for inside 50s.

It's a freakish 50% higher inside-50 to score rate, whether you compare to lower-scoring teams -

West Coast had 10 goals 12 from 39 inside 50s. Essendon 13 goals 5 behind from 40 inside 50s.

Or the highest scoring teams -

Gold Coast average 19.11 from 65 entries. Melbourne(!) had 18.12 from 56.

24 minutes ago, Redleg said:

I hate to destroy your illusion of Goffy but he fills the bath with porphyry pearl.

That stuff was almost before my time, but I was in fact a home water birth in a spa filled with just such premium Australian sparkling plonk.

In a start to the season which has been defined by many both current and former Melbourne players being at the top of their game, this will be a game with some 27 total Demons on the field.

Tom McDonald is going over as an emergency. Would we be so cruel as to put him in to play directly on his brother?

Now, I don't think anybody is going there 'expecting' we will win, but gee it is possible a bit. And wouldn't that have us ringing bells and banging pots together in the street.

Anyone familiar with the Vietnamese tradition of 'storming'? "Đi bão"