Dr. Gonzo

I thought Salem was fantastic early, faded after half time but showed just how good he can be. Would love to see him play further up the ground, as good as his kicking is coming out of defense I reckon it would be better going inside 50 and the defensive side of his game hurts him across half back

CARNA DEMONS!!!!

His disposal isn't great but I love his running. Always runs forward to provide an option after dishing it off.

CMON DEMONS BRING HOME THE 4 POINTS

Awesome artixle. The broadcasting if games has been horrible for a long time, particularly since channel 7 regained the rights. The camera angles are horrible and make it impossible to see what is happening strategically across the field. The commentary is so bad it defies belief. Channel 7 wants the commentators to be the stars, their "personalities" to be bigger than the game. The atmosphere is also rubbish as the broadcasters turn down the crowd volume so we can hear Hamish and BT's "witty" zingers. It's just terrible and amateurish all round.

It's ok now that I've backed the Sun's the Demons are sure to get up. You can all thank me tomorrow night

Nah

To play devils advocate - it may be that Goodwin was focused on implementing his gamestyle so didn't pay much heed to countering the opposition's tactics effectively sidelining Jennings Just spitballing

Benefit of kayo is you can split a sub - $25 lets you watch on 2 devices simultaneously so you can split with a friend, $35 for 3 devices so a little over $10 a month each

Cash in on the Suns being $2.20 underdogs

Development still a massive issue at the club. How many players significantly improve compared to how they are when they arrive at the club?

I don't disagree with a lot of what you've said - my opinion is that it is the job of Bartlett and Pert to be the public spruikers of the club and the face of the club for the members. Of course wins will fix everything but when the supporters are feeling as they have been this week I think it is the duty of the Pres and/or CEO to get on the front foot and assure them that things are on the right track or if not, they have strategies in place to rectify things if they do not improve. It might be platitudes and it might be immature for lack of a better word but when things are all quiet on the western front when supporters have been up in arms and we are copping scrutiny in the media I'd like them to be the frontline communicators as well as shielding the footy department from that scrutiny to an extent. Of course they need to work behind the scenes to work on financial stability and all the other off field stuff. But they need to be the public face of the club too, there is no reason they can't do both. With regards to the first issue, I disagree but thats fine. I can see your point as to why you don't like it but I don't agree that those kinds of posts should be censored. Most people on here are smart enough to recognise a troll when they see one, most long term posters have nothing to gain by making up rumours to stir the pot.

Wasn't that Jennings role? Strategy and opposition analyst

15? Jones and Smith played but they are emergencies this week

How about Nicholson getting towelled up by David Hille in the 2004 Elimination Final! (the last time Essendon won a final by the way)

I'm not saying I want those players played elsewhere I was just brainstorming which players he could be referring to

Off the top of my head Brayshaw TMac Hunt Salem

I disagree, either there are problems and the supporters have a right to know or there aren't and it doesn't matter anyway. I don't really see the harm with people posting things they've heard - no-one will name names as it will betray confidences and everyone should take anything they read with a grain of salt if they're smart enough. Most of the time these things have an element of truth though, I remember when the message from the club was everything is rosy and Schwab accused people of taking pot shots from the cheap seats. Well it turns out it was worse than insinuated and the place was rotten to the core. It is frustrating when we don't see the CEO or President have some kind of media presence when supporters are on the verge of insurrection. You can't have it both ways, asking supporters to dig deep with one hand then treating them with contempt with the other. The communication from the club needs to be both direct and broad, they always ask questions in surveys about communication from the club, how connected you feel to the club as a supporter etc. Well personally when I fail to hear from either of the clubs leaders to give me some confidence they have things under control it makes me feel disconnected.

It's not as simple as that though. For starters Lynch is their no 1 target. If I had the ability or inclination I'd go through post vids of all Smith's possessions/contests for analysis but it's probably easier to just check the timestamps of my posts in the game day thread

He obviously erased the career of Alastair Nicholson from his memory

Can he kick like a forward? That's my only question, if he can great, if he can't we're wasting time playing him there.

Lever has been the 3rd tall. Smith was on Riewoldt last week and May on Lynch.

Sometimes I think I'm watching a different game to other people - Smith was terrible against the Tigers, just rubbish. He was not the reason we lost by any means but he didn't help. His positioning was terrible, his judgement was terrible (when to go for the spoil, when to not even attempt one), his turnovers killed us. I would have been absolutely shocked if he was not dropped. I get the angst with Melksham, he was rubbish last week as well and not much better against the Cats. But at least Melksham has runs on the board and he is one of the few players we know is capable of kicking 4 goals. He is on thin ice but I get why he has been given another chance.

No, we will need May to play on King OMac will not have the speed to go with him

Go and watch the movie (The Shining), an absolute classic. Jack Nicholson is brilliant.