Demon Dynasty

Melksham is a huge out. He's our best ball user bringing the ball into 50. And by a long way. Adams should have been brought in to cover Petty to keep Turner forward. With Jeffo in i'm assuming we lose Turner who'll be covering for Petty down back? While Turner will be fine in that position, not having him play mostly forward is a big win for the Hawks.

The Petty one is strange. I would have thought Adams in (not Jeffo) and do everything in your power to keep Turner forward playing as second string alongside JVR. Jeffo did absolute didly squat in Casey's last massacre and we need to find a solid structure up forward & convert to post a potential winning score.

It does seem like a weird call but i would guess if he was right to go he'd be playing Poita. Could be the knee gash has arced up or maybe a hammy / other soft tissue niggle that they don't wanna risk this week. Playing the long game?

The pile on is (was?) quite incredible from so many journos 58. Although surprisingly Morris did back it off a little last week. That's a first. However, most still manage to bring it up somewhere in their general narrative. Even if it's an update to say "nothing to see here". If the filth were doing this 'managed' scenario with DeGoey the media would be falling over themselves to applaud fly and the club and what a great job they're doing managing their playing group. Cutting edge etc!

I'm not saying take him out of the mid entirely. Just shift his split between mid / forward a little more to the forward side to compensate. He seems to play his best footy and impacts the most when not playing super heavy mid minutes anyway a la his stellar BOG against Flagmantle.

Which allows Koz to play more time forward. In the past (when playing significantly more minutes forward) he has been our best F50 pressure player.

Spazz?

Well with those two out our chances of winning just dropped substantially imv

Hey Uncle B. Long time no see (in other threads). Was wondering how you were fairing. What a small world. I hope you told his granny that she just met one of the most legendary characters on DL! P.S. where the hec is Lancefield?

As an aside... where is Steve?

According to Hoyne of C.D. they are rated the worst post clearance contested possession team in the comp. Let's hope they don't change their style. Working a treat.

And then can't handle the blow back when Greeny gives em' a serve. Poor things

Team & Player Ratings to Rnd 8, 2025 vs H&A Season 2024 Big Max takes over the No.1 spot from an absent Clazz. Tracc breaks into the top 5 for the first time in 2025 but still a bit of work ahead if he wants to catch Bowey. Maysie dropping away in his last few matches. Zero contested stats vs the Eagles! An indication that he's struggling with the foot and/or other problems? Sparrow & Koz dropping away somewhat from their early form in the last few matches. Turner steps up and is now ranked as our highest rated tall forward in 2025 and by a fair margin. Vines, Spargo and Windsor climbing back towards their 2023 / 24 form. Need to get Maysie and Koz up and about again. Hopefully Clazz back in this week and Lever not too far away either... * Played less than two full matches < Subbed out at least once or more > Subbed in at least once or more Stats courtesy of footwire.com & wheeloratings.com

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