Demon Dynasty

1 hour ago, Fritta and Turner said:

How about 'Master McAdam has the ague'

Smacca's feelin crappa?

36 minutes ago, chook fowler said:

i felt sorry for him with that interview - Robinson was incoherent and asked stupid questions. 

So you're saying he was in fine form Chook... very generous of you

Roy George  179cm  87kg  (Bunbury Bulldogs JFC)

Is he a chance of being picked up in the MSD?  Or is he more likely to be looked at in the PSD later on?

Would be very interested to hear from the likes of Dazzle, George, Norm and others.

Bit of a nomad it seems, initially starting with Peel in 2021.  Spent some time with Bacchus Marsh in the BFNL in 2023.  Some more detail on how he arrived from the Cobras to Casey?

Only one match but certainly looked likely against the Seagulls on Sunday.  We are very much in need of a serious mid fielder but could he add something in this area, along with a HF role of course, with a full pre-season?

Some of his highlights from his time in the WAFL below...

The Tiges are constantly on the bottom.  What's with that?

Three premierships in four years was enough for HQ?

Doubt we'll change a team that just beat top of the table and a flag favourite.

Maybe bowza for joey but joey's been ok and they may want to get some match practice into bowza via Casey?

Something for Bin who i believe was asking about 'post clearance' contested possessions?

Apparently after 8 rounds guess who leads it, and by a long way...

The Hawks 🤔 

Sitting on top with +95

The next best sitting a fair way back at +35

4 hours ago, Timothy Reddan-A'Blew said:

Check out the Club's website: not one, not two, not three; four separate 'On The Radios'.

They can't get enough of us now 😊

1 hour ago, Demonland said:

Windsor on the radio today.

 

Thanks gents that,was a great listen. 

Great to hear some thoughts from the other side!

T-Mac's a very humble straight shooter.  Love his insight into recovery and where Petty was coming from with his recovery.

Young Leb is a beauty also.  Two contrasting views from the respective ends of the career journey.  The Neitz academy sounds like it's really gelling with the young rookies.  Kudos to Choco (again!).

21 hours ago, picket fence said:

He was miles of it yesterday, not much impact for a guy that played ones a few weeks back!

Boy George, played and moved like Austin Wonemaeamirri yesterday, similar build and style of play, but looks a definate UPGRADE!

Aside from his tank, maybe the defensive side and learning whatever role he's being asked to play ie; within the team structure ... Roy looks to be a ready made AFL player.

He just needs the finishing touches. 

That might require some time spent training with the main group / Casey group during the week for a good block though.  Most likely a pre-season as well to get that all in place and the tank going.  At the very least a structured mini pre after the MSD.

I'd ve very surprised if he isn't flagged on Taylor & Lamb's whiteboard for the MSD already.  If not he should be.

My understanding is Kolt played mostly a HF role during his time at Subiaco & the national carnival, only pinch hitting through the middle. 

Now being asked to play a mostly mid role at Casey.  Might take a while Picket, with a few ugly games in between.  That's if he gets that role.  He might be more suited to the former and best left to continue homing in on that?

My gut feel is he is having to play a mostly mid role at the moment as Casey is so low on mid field stocks.  Could be wrong though.

Only one game to go by but Roy looks to have some serious X factor and should be under serious consideration for us in the MSD.

Thought ex-Tiger, Collier-Dawson was pretty impressive for Willly.

I felt Verral was soundly beaten for much of the day by the more experienced Downie.

Won a few contests but his body positioning and ruck craft at times seemed pretty ordinary.

At ground level he faired not much better imv and reaction time pretty slow, even for VFL level.

If he gains possession on the ground he often just panic dump kicks straight ahead or is so slow to get ball to boot or hand his disposals are often smothered or disrupted.

Some of the dump kicks he attempted yesterday had no height on them either and occasionally ended up ricocheting straight back off a player in front.

Has zero athletism but that hasn't stopped others like Darcy from making it.

He might make the grade at some point and patience needed but yesterday wasn't a good outing for the big fella imho.

12 hours ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Again MFC being conservative with players.   Brown, Hore, Schache, Hunter all saved in case they are called up for Thursday night. Unlikely except for Hunter who may come in.   Certainly robbed Casey of 3-4 more senior players.  
 

AMW had a good game imv.  He has developed well and I think he thoroughly deserves a debut shortly.  Good intensity and tackling.  Wins rhe contested footy. 1-2 turnovers but that’s not unlike others including our senior group.  Certainly offers more than Billings or Laurie in my opinion.  
 

Otherwise good chance for some Casey youngsters to get game time.  And for talents like Roy George.  Edwards also looked classy in patches.  

Pretty impressive game from Moniz after the first quarter.

He's always been handy at ground level.  Even in the air, he competes well against taller opponents.

Recovers quickly and pressures / tackles well.

Provides a solid option on the rebound and chains well.

Where he lets himself down is his clangers by foot though.  Particularly through the middle.  Some of them are horror jobs under not alot of pressure and at AFL level the oppo will generally punish on the scoreboard if you turnover in that part of the ground. 

He's doing alot right but i reckon the FD would want to see him clean that side up first.  Too risky otherwise.

He is also being played as a small rebound defender so who is he replacing?  We have Bowey about to come back.  Surely he gets the nod and is well ahead of Moniz preference wise given his prior cred?

Personally if Hunter is playing at Casey i'd rather see him play the Moniz role at times.

Give Moniz some reasonable minutes at CBs and stoppages and see how he goes.  Pushing forward sometimes as well.  Wasted down back and unlikely to get a call up while playing this role at Casey.

Moniz is also a pretty good crumber / goal sneak.  At least when played up forward anyway.  Looks like the FD has other plans though.

20 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

I think JVR could become a Top Ruckman, whether he plays as a Forward or not 

I hope he continues to kick goals, but if he becomes a Ruckman then we still have a Gun

I don't like his chances SW but i applaud your optimism.

Averaging 1 hit out to advantage per match during his career so far.  Albeit on limited minutes but he does play up to roughly 20% time at CBs in some matches.

He's ok as a neutralizer chop out but surely not tall enough @193cm to be anything but that?

On 05/05/2024 at 01:53, David-Demon said:

1. Lever

2. Gawn

3. Kozzie/ Oliver

4. May

5. Windsor (not mentioned in AFL www best but a future star)

Sorry Fritta. Petts and Langers for not including you guys.

( I will include you guys next week though )

 

You still have three votes left.  Fire away mate!

50 minutes ago, Webber said:

I heard the 774 post match too. The Lingers interview was the best bit of it. Otherwise, for some reason they feel a need to delegitimise the Dees. Why that is, who knows, but it always contains a false narrative about defence and attack that the stats just don’t back up. The other thing they completely ignore is that we’d lost 75% of our well-functioning forward line by the finals anyway. Muppets. 

I love how they ignore that crucial fact. And fail to consider it. 

Combined with the fact we only lost both 2023 finals by one kick.

2 hours ago, Jaded No More said:

I need a titanic version. Also the Gawn goal. 

1 hour ago, rpfc said:

I feel with the crowd building to a crescendo and some of the commentary peppered in its much better that titanic meme.

Maybe it's just me.  Is this a female thing?   🤮

26 minutes ago, The heart beats true said:

Brisbane can’t move they are that exhausted.

The Suns are a joke.

Going nowhere for quite a while.

Walter looked promising in patches.

24 minutes ago, Sir Why You Little said:

It’s getting worse and the Cameras are getting sharper!!!

Same with incorrect disposal, that is not hard to ejudicate, So do it

Reward the tackler, if it is implemented correctly 

It's astonishing.  Four umps are unable to see a player fending, having prior and incorrectly disposing on so many occasions.

I get they will miss a fair percentage due to having their sight obstructed and so many around the ball.  Not expecting perfect outcomes by any means.

Mac Andrews just then.  It bounces off both of his hands.  McCanerny then sharks the spill, claims it as a mark and is paid!

Four umps and it happened about 30cm or so above any other players so zero line of sight obstruction.  Yet not one ump has the courage to over ride the original decision.  Imagine that in a major final or a match that decides if you play in one or not.

It's that bad we absolutely should bring in a Captain's call.  Give them at least two reviews in a match which only expire if the Captain's challenge is incorrect.

Pendle's 45 meter kick on right angles from the middle that was 100% deliberate ...ignored.

Razor's explained that rule so many times.  If you don't kick straight ahead and you kick off the line towards the boundary and no one is close enough to have a plausible attempt at taking possession... it's a free kick.  May have changed the result.

Team & Player Ratings to Rnd 7, 2024 vs H&A Season 2023

* Played less than two full matches (in total)

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Might wanna rename this the Pooh clash

Brissy, namely Zorko, caught on at least two occasions attempting to fend off.  Sometimes breaking the first tackle.  Then caught again, drops the ball to his feet yet "play on" is the call.

Umps are killing the game and continue to refuse to award good tackles time and time again.

Who's teaching them this rubbish!

6. Lever

5.  May

4.  Mad Max

3.  Clarry

2.  Windsor

1.  T-Mac

Very hard to split the terrific trio on the night ... Lever, May & Max

Round 7, 2024 MCG - Demons vs Cats

King Clarry returns, stonewall May does it again and a rookie steps up on the big stage!

A big statement win fellow minions.

The top 6 really gave us a boost with a +16% rating vs the (top 6) 2023 season rating.  What a performance given the quality of the oppo.

Early days and would want to see a few follow up performances but it would appear the finger operation has had the desired effect with King Clarry turning the clock back, eclipsing his 2023 average rating by 5% against the top of the table Cats for a No.1 result alongside May.

Maysie take a bow.  What a performance from the champ down back.  One of his best ratings in the red and blue.  His best ever against the Giants in Rnd 5, 2022 where he posted a 5.675  Not far off that and against a serious contender speaks volumes and 64% up on his 2023 H&A season rating.

Lever easily one of our best, if not the best on the night (alongside Maxy), coming in in the No.4 spot.  55% improvement on his 2023 rating.  Outstanding.

T-Mac.  Took the chocolates in the Cameron stoush.  Super stuff from our veteran warrior.  Not his best rating for the season though.  That was against the Lions with an impressive 4.275  Probably still his best for the year though given the assignment and the result where he kept a rampaging Cameron (from previous weeks) to zero goals.

Caleb's break out game for those who aren't taking much notice outside of supporters and the four walls?  Doubt many imagined him hitting such heights so early in the season.  If you did i tips me hat!  Let's have a squiz at the numbers from the young colt...

15 Effectives @ 83% efficiency (AFL average approx 74%), 1 mark inside 50, 2 one percenters, 1 clearance, 1 rebound, 3 inside 50s, 6 tackles (One of those the fab,chase down inside 50.  Equal best for us alongside Viney & ANB.  Atkins the most on the night with a massive 11), 9 score involvements (equal best for both teams alongside Tracc!), 8 intercepts, 309 meters gained, 1 goal and a miserly 2 turnovers.

Have to say that is a 'Clarryesque' type performance in his rookie year (obviously in a 'winger role' not in a mid field sense).

Maxy, well what can you say that hasn't already been said.  Another outstanding Captains game from the champ and although his rating doesn't indicate such i would say right up there with May & Lever as BOG.  Certainly close to MVP anyway yes?

Can't leave knuckles McVee out either.  Posting a rating that's 100% up on his 2023 average is incredible.  Including 19 effectives running at 90% and a massive 11 intercepts - the equal 2nd best on the night (Guthrie 11), just behind Lever (12).   

Bring on the baggers!

* Played less than two matches in total during 2023 (not an average rating).  Subbed in and out.  2023 rating likely compromised.

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On 03/05/2024 at 18:49, KC from Casey said:

 

14 AFL listed Demons in the team

CASEY DEMONS v WILLIAMSTOWN 

Sunday 5 May, 2:05pm, Casey Fields
Head-to-Head: Williamstown 36-26-1; At Casey Fields: Williamstown 6-5-1; Streak: Williamstown 1; Last Time: Williamstown 11.9 (75) def Casey Demons 11.8 (74) (July 30, 2023, Casey Fields)

CASEY DEMONS
B: T. Freeman (67), A. Tomlinson (20), M. Hore (27)
HB: K. Brown (41), J. Adams (26), M. Gregory (57)
C: L. Hunter (12), K. Tholstrup (39), R. Steele (54)
HF: A. Moniz-Wakefield (45), T. Fullarton (33), O. Sestan (38)
F: J. Schache (19), B. Brown (50), S. McAdam (23)
R: W. Verrall (28), M. Szybkowski (56), M. White (52)
INT: B. Laplanche (68)*, T. Edwards (58), K. Windsor (66), M. Jefferson (21), N. Moodie (74)
EMG: R. Valentine (65), K. Shipp (59), C. Peters (63), J. Bell (73), H. Neocleous (75), R. George (71)

IN: B. Laplanche
OUT: L. Connolly (managed)

WILLIAMSTOWN
B: R. Stoddart (15), A. Bonar (25), J. Greiser (18)
HB: H. Minton-Connell (16), L. Parks (22), C. Polson (5)
C: M. Philpot (19), W. Fordham (7), N. Gadsby (13)
HF: J. Toner (14), C. Ellison (1), B. Andrews (29)
F: C. Rich (3), J. Petric (24), J. Brown (28)
R: T. Downie (11), R. Collier-Dawkins (9), B. McLaughlin (6)
INT: J. McHale (32), T. Triffett (23), D. Henderson (36), N. Ebinger (26), J. Fitzgerald (8)
EMG: L. Conway (34), A. Deng (30), J. Browne (12), Z. Pritchard (44), N. Colenso (35)

IN: B. Andrews, A. Bonar, B. McLaughlin
OUT: B. Coleman (hamstring), M. Cox (concussion), F. O'Dwyer (concussion)

Moniz named at HF!  Hope it sticks

3 hours ago, BDA said:

Slept soundly and feeling great thanks to our magnificent win. I'll be whistling as i walk the dog this morning.

Mea culpa coming up. Thought Petty would have been better served having a spell at Casey to regain confidence. He was excellent last night. Marked everything and was a very important cog for us. 

Great game Harry. welcome back.

Same but also thought we should've brought him in via Casey initially.  He's found some match fitness and getting up the ground to more contests.

Solid hit out.  Just needs to get the kicking leg going for the conversions and hitting up more targets for a few less turnovers.

4 hours ago, picket fence said:

Just got home from a Very round trip, lets get a few things outa the way

2 If Demon Royalty includes yours truly well then it was akin to a Royal Flush and the fence was.... The ACE OF SPADES