Maldonboy38

5 minutes ago, IRW said:

Perhaps because he's actually played AFL pal..and also  knows Clarrie is given to falling over and not being as tough in the clinches as he is in the contested packs 

I have no idea who you are IRW, but that is one of the oddest posts I have ever seen on Demonland (and considering the wide field of "odd posts" that is quite a claim!). But I feel a Monty Python quote coming on, from the Holy Grail: "what a strange person". 

On 9/12/2022 at 5:02 PM, chook fowler said:

Kane Cornes is the Andrew Bolt of football. Making a career of being a contrarian but at the end of the day is inconsequential.

Chook, that is close to the best Demonland quote of 2022. It sums up Kane Cornes brilliantly.  

1 hour ago, binman said:

All I want for Xmas is two elite kicks and an above average tall forward.

I second that, my Lord!

Channel 10 just reported that Frampton is wanting out of Adelaide, wanting to play more regularly. I do like watching him play, but not sure if he is/could be a main forward. 

Power forward who is a strong mark. Recruit or trade.

Wing/midfielder with excellent foot skills. Recruit or trade.

Take the best available in the draft.

Have a look at Collingwood's kicking skills. I hate saying it, but it is brilliant to watch. 2 x Daicos, Elliot, Pendlebury, Crisp and on it goes. Unpressured or at a flat out sprint, they hit targets. 

And jut as I type that, they make a bundle of errors in a row. 

I, too, am angry and disappointed, and also feel those 'wasted year' vibes. Like many other Demonlanders I can see the need to

• tweak the gameplan
• recruit, develop or trade in a power forward who can mark
• recruit, develop or trade players with classy kicking skills

With this list we must win two flags minimum. Otherwise it is definitely a waste (for example, Essendon 2000 only won 1 flag)

But no way is this really a time to change everything, kick out players, pour vitriol onto our coaches, footy dept personnel and club. We were 2nd after the Home & Away rounds and played in the semi-final. That rates the season as a low level success in my book.

At this moment in time we are a great club - it's that simple. Every position of significance (President, CEO, Head Coach, Head of football, Captain, AFLW captain etc...) is filled with a person absolutely and abundantly filling their role. As an exception, perhaps the new fitness bloke doesn't get a pass this year.

This is my brain talking. My heart wants to grab a piece of timber and smash someone's head in, probably starting with Lever or Kozzie. 

One other change. I agree with most other Demonlanders - we need to address our fitness. Our last halves this year have been earmarked by fade out after fade out. 

We need 2 out-of-the-park, line breaking, target spotting elite kicks. Either we develop them, draft them or trade for them. I love our defensive mindset and grunt but apart from Fritsch, Spargo (who doesn't get it enough to really count) and May, our kicking and decision making inside or around F50 is appalling. I'm talking Travis Johnstone and Jack Watts type kicks. 

We need a marking forward who is an aerial threat. I am not a fan of getting rid of BBB because although he is clumsy, but he has no real aerial presence. I still believe that Petty should be moved forward, but possibly JVR can be an answer. But they have to play from round 1.

 We need to stamp out a growing arrogance. For a leader, Lever's tantrum with 1.30 to go was unforgiveable. Kozzie continues to stuff up easy moments, our midfield messing around with hope-and-glory blind handpasses, players who can't kick trying for the 45 degree play into the corridor. 

Our bottom 6 have hurt us this in many games year. Unless something changes, I'm not sure if we can carry all of Rivers, Sparrow, Spargo, ANB, Jordon and others through an entire season. I am a huge Sparrow fan but he should have been dropped weeks ago - his kicking, decision making and momentum killing are becoming a massive liability.

6. Petty

5. ANB

4. Oliver

3. Langdon

2. Petracca

1. Viney

Thought Harmes was OK too.

We. Were. Not. Out. Coached. The game plan worked brilliantly.

It is simple: we don't have enough good kicks in our team between wing and full forward. At one stage in the 3rd quarter, 7 out of 11 disposals going forward (either shots at goals or entries) were absolute duds. Spinning badly through the air, missed the target, gave the advantage to the Lions, or kicked it straight to them.

And the amount of snaps we get given to us by forward pressure, only to miss them is hair-tearing to watch. 

That was not lost by game plan or selection or coaching. That was lost through atrocious kicking (again), poor decision making in close (again), and 2 x 50m penalties (again).

What a wasted season.

Wow Kozzie.

Just can't believe our kicking and decision making.

I would love to see the goals from turnovers stats. I thought last week versus the Swans was bad - tonight is a train wreck. We can still win, but our lack of composure at half forward is becoming a thing of legend. 

When we are clean we are brilliant. Stay clean boys. 

How can we kick this badly every time? How is this possible? Surely, one of the leaders has to step up!

We can't kick. We can't kick. We can't kick. So many of our misses should have been goals. 

Just not enough good kickers tonight. We are killing them, and then killing ourselves. Gut wrenching to watch.

Absolute stuff up by Sparrow who is the king of howlers tonight. Our errors are KILLING me.

I'm loving the movement of BBB up and down the ground, causing absolute havoc for Andrews. He has had some brain fades, but i really impacting the game.

Even our transition inside F50 has been good, but some poor decisions, hesitation, and dropped marks make it look clumsy.

That was brilliant and frustrating. 

That goal is our forward game plan working. Looks great when it comes off. Unfortunately, it is against Brisbane's back line which devalues it a bit.

We need to settle with ball in hand, be mentally cleaner. Making some decision and fumbling errors but our general play is brilliant.

For Kozzie's sake, I withdraw the lack of polish comment. wow.