Demon Dynasty

Doh!

What a joke that match was. The result was NEVER going to be in doubt from start to finish. Why even have a match? AFL shld just say, we need at least one Adelaide team in the eight for a healthy comp and give Port the 4 points. Save everyone the trouble.

Even if the Saints got close the umps would pull something out of their arzz to ensure these pretenders win

Take the non goals from the out of bounds mark and Dixon's charity and the Saints would only be 3 points down right now

Even if it wasn't he only fully had control when the entire ball was over the line. Throw in every day.

You can say that again. Anything that resembles something that 'might' be a free to Port and that whistle's a blowin' quicker than you can say "Free kick Port"

They've over used it badly. Particularly when they've done some good work prior through the middle to get it to a decent launching spot then go another handball instead of a quick kick inside and then turn the ball over. They're also not quite as clean in general vs Port. If they clean those two aspects up and start winning the odd center clearance they're still a reasonable chance though. Port are very good rebound / sling shot show ponies and pretty decent at CBs but that's about it.

Saints need to get it into their 50 alot quicker. The Power one of the 4th worst rated team at defending their 50 and the 2nd worst at ground level just behind North

Wow Saints getting cruelled by a conpletely diff interpretation of the rules between the two teams so far. That PITB and the one against Pepper about the only ones they've called out of at least 5 to 6 others they've chosen to ignore. Oh and that soft sling

The best rated offence going at the moment. Their "all ground" defence laat season was right up there also. Their weakness this year is their defence vs the counter attack where they're rated the worst. They're also the 4th worst team at defending the turnover behind North, West Coast and the Bombers. The Pies have also changed up their pressure / turnover focus this season. They've gone from focussing on turnover and their damaging sling shot counter attack off HB last year, to more of a forward half 'score off turnover' style so far this season. Rated only 2nd behind thr Blues in this area. They're presently rated 18th from scoring off back half turnovers this season! Port are the 5th easiest team to score against when the ball goes inside their D50. Only North are worse at winning ground ball in their D50. Their ground ball defense in D50 vs the Pies was the 2nd worst performance ever recorded by Champion data in their 25 years of monitoring. Might explain how the Pies were able to come back so well last week. Lastly, the Bombers, while rated 13th in getting first possession, are rated the 2nd best team at stripping the ball off the oppo and clearing the ball so far. After yesterday's performance i would under rate them at your peril. Starting to get their act together.

He also said something along the lines of "looking forward to seeing him in a few weeks". Probably diff to that but a similar context. Also sone on here have said there's word that we are wanting him to play at least another game at Casey. Of course clubs gave been known to lie before but we might be looking at a debut vs the Blues for Smacca

There is zero risk in bringing in Fullo or Verrall for Petty! It's a free swing and could help Roo improve his lot by focussing solely on his KF role. Unfortunately Petty has barely fired a shot in five matches. And a bit cruel by the SC to keep selecting him these last few weeks imv. Help the bloke out by allowing him time and space at Casey to try and find his mojo... reset & review in a few weeks time. He also has some of the worst numbers i've ever seen from a Demon player since putting player ratings together since 2017. And that's across the board In pretty much every basic metric. He's 61% down on his 2023 rating after five matches and the weekend was no different, where he posted a negative rating against one of the most injury riddled sides going around at present, sitting in second last spot. Many have said that JVR is not progressing as they would like or have expected to see this season in his role as a KF. Could Roo's growth as a KF have been stunted somewhat as a result of his time spent in the middle this year (12% CBA*) and to a slightly lessor extent last season (8% CBA*)? Is it just a coincidence that he attemds roughly 12% of all center bounces and that his rating ia also down by roughly the same amount (9%) so far this season? The decision to play either Fullo or Verrall in place of Petty this week is one of the easiest the SC could make and an absolute no brainer. * Courtesy of wheeloratings.com

Hipwood smashed and caught red hot but still plays for the free throwing his head around and rolling his eyes after at the ump as if he's unlucky. Have to say i really dislike Brissy. Zorko, Hipwood, Neale, Answerth, Wilmot bah

Now we just need Gold Coast to beat the Eagles. The filth will drop out of the eight and end up in 10th spot just above their Brissy mates Even if GC don't win the filth are still out but i'd love them to partner up in 10th & 11th spot respectively

How's your night goin Answerth!??

Player Rating Review - Forwards Harrison Petty (Key Forward 24yo 197cm) Rnd 0 to Rnd 6, 2024 vs H&A Season 2023 Petty has now played 5 matches so far in 2024, allowing his inclusion into this early season review series. #35 H Petty 2023 2024 % Change Contested Poss 4.7 3.8 -18.9 Uncontested Poss 7.2 4.6 -36.4 Effective Disposals* 9.8 4.6 -53.0 Disposal Effeciency % 95.2 45.3 -49.9 Contested Marks* 1.1 1.4 31.1 Marks inside 50* 1.6 1.2 -23.1 One Percenters* 3.9 1.0 -74.6 Clearances* 0.2 0.0 -100.0 Rebound 50s* 1.3 1.4 6.5 Inside 50s* 0.7 0.8 8.2 Tackles* 2.5 2.0 -21.5 Score Involvements* 2.7 2.6 -4.1 Meters Gained 154.3 125.2 -18.9 Turnovers* 1.7 3.2 85.4 Intercepts* 4.0 1.8 -55.3 Tackles Inside 50* 0.7 0.0 -100.0 Time On Ground % 89.6 82.0 -7.6 Goals* 1.0 0.2 -79.7 Hit Outs to Adv* 0.2 0.0 -100.0 *DD's Player Rating 2.7 1.1 -60.3 Stats courtesy of footwire.com & wheeloratings.com

Player Rating Review - Forwards Kossie Pickett (Small Forward 22yo 171cm) Rnd 0 to Rnd 6, 2024 vs H&A Season 2023 Kossie has now played 5 matches so far in 2024, allowing his inclusion into this early season review series. #36 K Pickett 2023 2024 % Change Contested Poss 5.2 5.8 10.7 Uncontested Poss 6.2 7.2 16.3 Effective Disposals* 7.0 8.2 16.4 Disposal Effeciency % 59.5 67.8 8.3 Contested Marks* 0.1 0.6 530.0 Marks inside 50* 1.3 1.4 8.9 One Percenters* 1.3 0.6 -55.0 Clearances* 1.2 1.4 13.1 Rebound 50s* 0.1 0.0 - Inside 50s* 2.4 2.0 -16.0 Tackles* 4.1 3.2 -22.8 Score Involvements* 5.6 5.0 -10.3 Meters Gained 217.7 218.6 0.4 Turnovers* 3.2 2.4 -24.8 Intercepts* 0.8 1.6 110.0 Tackles Inside 50* 2.0 1.0 -48.8 Time On Ground % 82.0 85.8 3.8 Goals* 1.6 2.0 23.5 Hit Outs to Adv* 0.0 0.0 - *DD's Player Rating 2.1 2.4 14.9 Stats courtesy of footwire.com & wheeloratings.com

Team & Player Ratings to Rnd 6, 2024 vs H&A Season 2023 Team Rating looking ok, only 4% down on 2023 is very gettable. Maysie jumps ahead of Viney to take over 3rd place. Lever moves up two places to go ahead of Rivers & Clarry in 5th spot. Joey (Woe) the big mover from the rookies, up 13 places on his 2023 rank and his rating 56% higher. Keep in mind he's coming off a pretty low rating in 2023. Thanks Layzie ✌️ Player 2024 Rating 2024 Rank 2023 Rating % Change vs 2023 2023 Rank Change in Rank vs 2023 C Petracca 4.725 1 4.707 0.4 2 1 Max Gawn 4.343 2 3.350 29.6 7 5 Steven May 3.927 3 3.213 22.2 8 5 Jack Viney 3.596 4 3.707 -3.0 4 0 Jake Lever 3.592 5 3.131 14.7 9 4 T Rivers 3.443 6 3.696 -6.8 5 -1 C Oliver 3.339 7 5.002 -33.2 1 -6 A Tomlinson* 3.175 8 2.915 8.9 14 6 Ed Langdon 3.086 9 3.057 0.9 10 1 D Turner * 3.025 10 1.825 65.8 31 21 T Sparrow 3.000 11 2.811 6.7 16 5 C Salem < 2.978 12 2.993 -0.5 12 0 Judd McVee 2.946 13 2.320 27.0 22 9 T McDonald 2.871 14 2.054 39.8 27 13 A N-Bullen 2.700 15 2.532 6.6 20 5 B Howes 2.468 16 - - - - K Pickett 2.415 17 2.101 14.9 26 9 J Billings > < 2.345 18 - - - - K Chandler 2.286 19 2.265 0.9 23 4 M Hore 2.273 20 - T Woewodin < > 2.204 21 1.406 56.8 34 13 C Windsor < 2.191 22 - - - - B Fritsch 2.029 23 2.324 -12.7 21 -2 J V Rooyen 1.975 24 2.170 -9.0 25 1 J Bowey* 1.950 25 2.820 -30.9 15 -10 Ben Brown < 1.506 26 1.941 -22.4 28 2 C Spargo* 1.200 27 1.886 -36.4 29 2 K Tholstrup* 1.100 28 - - - - B Laurie* < > 1.083 29 2.235 -51.5 24 -5 H Petty 1.080 30 2.718 -60.3 19 -11 J Schache* 0.700 31 1.525 -54.1 33 2 L Hunter - - 2.939 - 13 - J Melksham - - 1.599 - 32 - S McAdam - - - - - - Team Rating 66.93 69.86 -4.2 Top 6 23.63 24.43 -3.3 Bottom 6 13.71 15.17 -9.6 * Played less than two full matches (in total) < Subbed out at least once or more (player rating could be somewhat comprised) > Subbed in at least once or more (player rating could be somewhat comprised) Stats courtesy of footwire.com & wheeloratings.com

Hogan in fine fettle this year. Looks super fit and focused. Those sticky mitts really make a difference.

天作之合 – “A match made in heaven.”

Absolutely. Finals worthy

Surely that was 50 to Langford for the win? Was that a throw off the ground on the wing against the filth yet the free given to them instead or was i seeing things?

Footy gods make it a draw to make.my week!

Those last two frees for the filth 🤮