Demon Dynasty

Hard to say from this vision. Would need to ve watching from behind the goals to tell what he is or isn't doing. Mostly 'isn't' so far

Chin shows more endeavour and effort but unfortunately neither of them are up to the challenge so far. Laurie's a wet rookie. Chin's had a few more goes. Chin hasn't performed since about round 8 or 9 last season and only minor impact since returning from his (too) short stint in the mcgoos. Too easily pushed off the contest for mine.

My kingdom for a genuine CHF... 2022 2023 & ?

Howes, May, Lever and Tomo doing ok

The Roo & Shack forward .... so far 🤮 Admittedly the delivery has been putrid also Shack has competed well up the ground

Anywhere near or inside 50 is a dog's breakfast and full panic mode. No composure from anyone

So far this is 22 / 23 on rinse and repeat

Spargo & Chin before Billings 🤮

Roo, the Shack & Big Maxy all went up there. Terrible

Spargo around goal 🤮 Fritta playing on instead of doing the team thing and taking the alloted time so our press could set up and players recover. As a rookie i'd get it... but for an experienced player that's a shocker and SG should make sure he never does that again. All players should be on notice here not just Fritta. Has to be a team rule unless only a few minutes of match time to go and we need a very quick goal.

Welcome back big boy!

He looked more physical (coming off a low base though) than i've seen before at any level last week. Lets hope he can bring the same intensity or better! If so i reckon he might bag 4+ goals

Demons by 12 goals. Clarry BOG Max to win the Chas

I reckon they'll be looking for a bit of extra mid time from Bill vs Spargo to make up for the loss of Gus as part of our usual mid rotations Bin. Spargo does play HHF yes but not sure he handles the mid moments as well nor plays there all that often vs Bill/Kozzy. We also have Billings now who imho can play a role a little similar to Charlie but with potentially more impact at goal from various distances. Spargo limited to close range goals only. Billings also potentially more dynamic than Spargo playing very minor cameo mid time if needed? There def isn't room for so many small forwards/HHFs (with minor mid time from some) once Kozzy returns. The FD will have a hard call in the coming weeks, albeit it's quite a luxury to have. Kozzy's obviously a lock. The two Bills seem a bit more versatile than Chandler in most aspects and Billings more dangerous from anywhere up to 50. Chin limited to about 40ish? Spargo hasn't been quite the same since his concussion imv and has the goal scoring limitation of only within about 30 meters. It'll be interesting to see how he butters up this season when he gets the opportunity.

Chandler me thinks. Bill's inside work on occasions last week was sublime.

OD is usually all over this!

Have to give a shout out to Nibbler for his outstanding performance in this praccy. Hoping that form relays into similar early season stuff from him. I also loved the handball from Trac to Clarry to Bullet (Windsor). Anyone that can get a handball off to a player in the stands 60 meters away, who then whips it 75 meters over the top to a running player for a goal has me very excited indeed! (ty Bin!)

Noice analysis. Lets hope we can keep this up quite often and reduce the 22/23 'bomb it to the pocket' or 'on top of the forwards heads' alternatives. Note that i'm not saying we should never choose the pocket option either. Obviously if you can't do the former, the pocket option (if player can get it there) is better than a shallow up and under kick directly in front (around the arc). A fair chance it will be rebounded quickly through the corridor resulting in quick goal to the oppo.

Career averages eerily close!

Robbie was mercurial. A very nice start in the praccy though. Reminds me a little of a young Isaac Smith.

Yes... he was unfairly targeted with this stupid rule prior to this season imho. I almost felt like they were under instruction to ping Max as much as possible to try and curb the huge advantage he had over many opponents. His dominance at CBs last night was off the charts.

He also has more potential upside with set shots as it would appear his range from a fair way out is a little longer vs say Spargo, Chin and Koz at similar distances.

And you may well be right Mr Fence. No doubt showing some good signs. I just feel he's still a little ways off the pace. It was only a brief cameo though. Looking forward to seeing more of him as the season progresses.

I'm with you Praha. Season starting way too early and goes too long for mine. I'd be happy with 18 rounds plus the bye! Everyone plays each other once. That's 19 weeks. Plus 5 weeks of finals including the first week as a bye yes? 24 weekends or effectively almost 6 months of footy! The only reason we go another 6 rounds is the almighty $$. Makes no sense to have a fixture where some teams end up playing each other twice, potentially 3 or 4 times if you include finals.