Demon17

The umps have been generally ok tonight. We got some dubious ones

If we win tonight we go to the top.

Not one win this season was against a good, top 8 side , apart from Tiges who were on the slide, and Power don't count as they lose to anyone when away. Home record this year is weaker than usual. Their losses have been against quality opposition, incl North who were bouncing back at the time of that game, and Bombers who were starting their run.

Ed langdon, who is a BIT different to many other players, says he thrived in Lockdown last year and many of the team did also. Now they are playing for Top spot , not just double chance, I am quietly positive about tonight's game, given its only been a week away so far and Dan's sure to allow them back home to sleep in thioer own bed tomorrow night.

Nicely said WJ. The maths are simple and the bigeest test since final round, 2017, to see if we have progressed mentally. Win tonight and the Dees are on top, and then its " come and get us".

Selwood executed what was called a ' weak' act a few rounds ago and was roundly defeneded as being out of character. Not now. I see a sniping pattern here. The GWS player was lucky he was as low as he was at the time and Selwoods blow was glancing.

Thanks. An interesting take on the term. Most things are a statement of mind issue.

Kevin Rudd is a baby boomer and the only politician, so far, with th guts to do a Federal Parliament apology to Stolen Generation. Wer'e all not the same.

Is this for certain????????????????????????????????

Huge for the dees to protect top 4 if tonight pans out.

At the time of Dees loss to GWS I posted that I really rated GWS , esp the midfield, and they are a bona fide finalist so not yet a disaster for us at the time like the Hawks draw turned out to be Their accuracy won it for them also -or at least helped. demon forwards note. This season, each week, 8 of the 9 winners, on average, had an equal or better scoring accuracy than their opponents.

Nicks played , even in his last game, with Goodes and O'Loughlin. He only joined Crows last year. He gets it and must be mortified of the comments by an apparent 'club legend' of his new employer. I suspect he has an admiration for indigenous players that goes beyond what many of us have/or had and this really hurt. How dare he show his emotional side!

I'm casting my mind forward to the next GF when the retired players do a lap of the arena saying goodbye and letting fans acknowledge them. Walker will find out the esteem in which he is/was held as a player/skipper by the afl public. Should be silence or maybe turning of backs. on him en masse. I am sick of 'remorse' and heartfelt apologies from grown men and women, especialy when I reflect on the class of our Neville jetta, May, Davey, Farmer etc. and how the Dees have embraced this issue. His legacy now will be the lousy leadership against the Tiges in 2017, jake Lever commentary, and this.

Footballers are an extension of society, just that they get more publicity. Moronic NRL behaviour is not exclusive to those players. They are a reflection of some quarters. Walker is this also, which is the very sad aspect of this. There's plenty more like him around. Why is the Govt. stalling on the Statement to the Heart Issue? They understand large parts of the Australian public are ambivalent to this issue at best. Someone earlier said here he should clean out his locker. Spot on and a test here for the Crows 'culture change' Matthew Nicks comments were heartfelt and probably a reflection of his closeness to Adam Goodes. I hope, and am sure, the Dees are looking after our's such as AA full back S. May.

When you live down here (in Vic.) esp. after the last 2 Deta outbreaks, managed effectively for the first time in the world, you actually appreciate Dan Andrews and his team. His decisionfor 8.00pm shutdown yetsreday was first class. The rest of your post are meaningless platitudes which are of no interest. Everyone should keep any sort of political claptrap off this site and keep it for the News Corporation Letters pages.(This last comment is clickbait so don't bother responding to the irony)

They are the best side in it - at gmhba. Beatable by others incl Dees at the G.

Excellent pick up LDVC. Premature comment by me on Jack given his now-enforced holiday in the 2 most important games of the year so far to lock in double chance.

But the Dees had days to mentally prepared to be on the road. Suns did not. 6 wins at 81%. 3 of those wins by 1 May. The other 3 over next 14 weeks. What's not poor about that?

You miss the point about lead up environment to the final decison to switch states. many in the team may not have known what time of day it was and it showed. If they were so good as you say in reality, they would not have capitulated after 25 minutes of pressure from a team playing mediocre up to that stage. 98 point win in a national comp tells us something of their mindset.

I thought so too. There was a patch in 3rd 1/4 I think where Jack was doing what he does best. tackiling , and then with the ball took the first options with low direct passes forward less than 30m to a teammate in a better position. he keeps doing that he's a lock to compliment our A-Graders

I worry if the match Cttee sees the win as huge and makes decisions accordingly without addressing improvements still needed before finals. We played a poor team that got a few hours notice to pack up, fly to Melb., sleep in a hotel bed and front up at lunchtime for gawd's sake at a ground they may have never played at. (for some of their team) They should have lost by 10 goals at least given that pre-game senario. It still doesnt address the fact that Harmes plays outside his limitations and something needs to happen.

Agreed on this. Bringing in Bowey improved the skill sets of the team kicking wise. As would Melksham. Worth a short term try, especially given his 2018 heroics at Optus. I would also look at Nathan Jones. He can also hit a target and kick goals. Harmes is now bottom 6 in the 22 squad and they one measure of success. Often the team with better bottom 6 win. Harmes out and anyone else can only imporve this.

Clickbait! gee they have this down to a fine art.

Its a quote from leigh Mattehws during his time coaching the Lions.. re: the statistic in question. I don't know if its factual, but I suspect Matthews does.

Goal kicking accuracy single most important skill and statistic. We're poor and it will cost us a final. Its already cost us double chance possibly.