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PP? Passionate preceptor? We certainly don’t have one at present.

... and whose loyal supporters share their emotions.

He should be too embarrassed to go there and show to both the viewers just what a deer in the headlights looks like..

1/ There will be no expectation. 2/ It couldn’t be as bad again, surely. 3/ No excuses accepted re delayed preseason. 4/ Confidence could not be any lower.

Does the presence of his best mate, Jarred Roughead, in the crowd tell us that maybe this is Lewis’ last game in Melbourne?

Deliberate!! FFS they are dead set incompetent (or cheating)

Bloody maggot called play on no mark, then paid the mark!,

Even Salem, our cleanest kick, is turning it over. ZERO confidence anywhere in the club.

The guy has had a crap season, like most of the team. Devoid of confidence, like so many. Do you really want to trade every player who has lost confidence in this horrible season?

Not returned the ball but no 50!

HTB decisions very one sided tonight.

A deeper analysis of which umpires were officiating would be "interesting" to say the least. Were the AFL genuinely fighting corruption of the results, or even a perception of the results, then they would never schedule those "mates of the Eagles" to Eagles home games .... never. However they continue to do so, and it seems always when we play there. The old saying that justice not only needs to be done, but needs to be seen to be done is clearly something that Gil and his henchmen ru(i)nning the AFL have heard of.

Two talls out, Preuss did well at Casey. Who will relieve Max in the ruck? Spargo?

How can anyone ever give >100%?

Any updates on this guy? Is he a genuine prospect?

Are you referring to the top eight draft picks? All that said, it is not evidence of tanking. Experimentation, on top of poor coaching doesn’t equate to tanking. beelzebub - are you a barrister? Pity you didn’t come out with that brilliant defence treatise when we were in the gun circa 2010.

No .... probably two?? Maybe he will be chomping at the bit to join us?

Love your positive spin, DS.

Frosty - sometimes wrong, but never in doubt! And never boring.

Why would he come from a serious premiership contender to a soft underachieving club -- unless he is one who loves to take on an enormous challenge? would, perhaps, if he managed to play a full season.

I remember watching him coming into the game when we were affiliated with Sandringham. I used to watch from behind the bench and saw that he was such a tough competitor, and was thrilled when he got picked for the seniors. I love him to bits, and he has been a genuine club legend through incredibly tough times, but sadly I feel the game has started to pass him by, and it may be in his best interests were he to retire at year's end. It would be more sad to see him dwindle off and play his career out at Casey. Jack Viney is a slightly different story - hugely competitive (as is Nathan) and also hard as nails, but my thoughts are that he would be in his and the club's best interests to relinquish what really does appear to be the added burden of captaincy (probably to Max or possibly Tom) and concentrate on getting his body right and regaining his competitive beast self. It would take an enormous amount of courage (which he has) and also a lot of insight (which I am less certain he has) to do so.

Very sad to see another Demon legend pass on - condolences to his family. I remember him well as part of a Demon team that one could always rely on to put in a strong performance, and indeed expected them to win each week and each year. It must sadden him (and his team mates) to see how far we have fallen. RIP Bluey.

Absurd. Why would we as we are locked in to 17th? Anyway, sadly we don’t need to.

We could trade for an injured star defender - would that be novel? Third time lucky?

Meanwhile Redleg, I would like to offer my thanks to those who have gone to the trouble of posting. Looking forward to the detailed summary.