Demon Dynasty

Three weeks is a long time in footy bobby. GWS will give them a decent run. They might even get through to the big dance if they can keep up this form.

I've had one straight Russell reserve single barrel bourbon on the rocks (the only way!) and the rest .... Chivas Regal 12 YOs with coke (acceptable fair for that quality i feel!??) That followed by a side 1 chaser of the 1978 Cars first LP (at about 60% of hi fi system's capable volume) which i just purchased after having to throw out my original. The original wrecked from 100s of spins when i first purchased in the 80s. Mostly due to overplaying it with a cooked gold ring stylus haha The SVS sub is having a field day here

There is no way that 2/3rds of the team go missing again next Friday RBM. Even with 2 to 3 players having an off night we'll win well against the baggers....PROVIDED... Goodwin reads a bit of a riot act to the bulk of those that didnt show up against the Pies in the review sessions. Unacceptable peformences from too many on Thurs night. 3 shocking finals performances in a row. Time for Simon to bring down the hammer!!

Oh yeh.... well in my defence that was written after about 4 scotch & cokes and now heading on to my fifth! I reckon i get one free pass from you as a result 🥳

You got lambasted by the same player who is eternally rude!?? So, whoever it is, he's a d'lander regular who reads your posts. Interesting!

Are you suggesting we should attempt some sort of forward craft and method coach? Wash your mouth!

Standard fare when watching 7 WWSW

Bit of a man crush going on here me thinks WC 🤪

Have faith Jack. I think we'll bounce back convincingly. They'll do it for Gus mate.

Brisbane's gut running to support and effort (at home) is at another level. Reminds me of us in 2021

Brisvegas will be very hard to stop from here playing at home.

Correct. No club is going to get every list choice correct but some Landers did see his potential prior to leaving and said so. Not every comment on here is based on the benefit of 'Harry Hindsight'

He must have gotten a more lucrative offer then BDA which we didnt want to match.

You and Dub are arguing about hindsights and that he was given enough of a chance. Now you're arguing contract negotiations and he shouldve just stayed. That's a diff argument altogether and one that im pretty sure most on here would have no inside info as to how it played out.

100% NS. I love how some on here make statements as if fact... that no one on here saw the upside in him and said nothing before his entre' efforts with the Giants. A number of Landers saw the potential well before he was let go and were dissapointed that he was let go.

No he didn't and in the short stints he did have, which were barely enough to show anything, he showed enough to re-sign for at least one more season. Played a VN game/role in the Premiership win also.

You aren't paying enough attention Dub... Demon Dynasty 13,176 Posted April 10, 2022 Chandler's game against Willy was pretty decent i thought. Will probably need to kick the door down to get another look though me thinks after his very ordinary first up performance in Rnd 9 vs the Blues last season. I liked Bedford's first up game this year. Looked more switched on to the high end tempo of AFL and brought some serious pace and reasonable finish at the highest level. However, he pretty much only played half a match so would need to see a chunk more and playing a large part of a match before being convinced he is ready. Laurie i haven't seen enough of of late at VFL level to say. If i had to pick one who is more ready out of the three i'd probably say Bedford but not with a high degree of confidence. Demon Dynasty 13,177 Posted July 21, 2022 Has shown signs of brilliance in some of his games and hasn't had a real run at it given he's later in the pecking order behind Spargo & Kozzie. Some of his ground ball gets under pressure are as clean as i've seen. Same goes for the finish. This bloke knows where the goals are and is pretty accurate on conversion. Bit of a rarity nowadays. A good back up for Kozzie in my view and an up and coming option if we need to go with three smalls depending on match ups. BUGGER OFF BOMBERS...NO TRADE!!

Bedford ugh. Still can't believe we let him go and went with Laurie. No offence to to the young fella but they are chalk and cheese in terms of speed & finish. Even slightly ahead of Chandler imv and will probably jump ahead in coming years.

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Can someone with more HP knowledge and / or inside club knowledge please enlighten me... Pre match we always seem to do a fair chunk of our warm up doing multiple 50 meter sprints (or so). I don't see other clubs doing this so much. More kicking for goal, bag work with the followers in the middle practicing their craft. Sure all teams are also warming up as they run onto the field and no doubt stretching / getting their feet working inside the rooms including HB drills, short kicking drills etc. But i can't recall any other teams than us (at the pre bounce warm up) doing these multiple sprints. Any chance this is having a negative effect on our starts at all?? We are so often slow out of the blocks and wondering if we've spent too much energy too early doing these drills. Was this happening under Burgess in 2021? Anyone??

Yes 100% in future but needs another pre-season and about half a season at Casey or so imv. Still goes missing for too long in game at times (as rookies do) and making some terriblly costly clangers. That last part all players do at AFL level of course but to be still doing so a fair bit at VFL level tells me he is still NQ ready for the big stage.

Qualifying Final, 2023 MCG - Magpies vs Demons How so many did not turn up in a crucial final is perplexing. Worrying times. Only 10% of inside 50s resulted in a goal. One in ten entries....my god. That has to be some sort of record worst result for the club i would think. Tracc 15% off his season average rating. Viney a mare along with about 2/3rds of the team, some even worse than a mare whatever you call that. Some positives, Gawn played his sox off (again), Clarry back towards his best and May topping his 2021 & 22 ratings! Get Tomo back in and free Lever up FCS Goody. The players that can hold there head up in these ratings (Gus forgiven of course)... Clarry, Gawn, May, Bowey, Hibbo, Sparrow & Smith. That is it fellow minions! The rest were crud on the night. That's it for me...the less said the better or i'll have to show myself out. Demons Scoring Efficiency Disposals Per Goal 46.43 % In50s Goal 10.10 Conversion % 38.90 Magpies Scoring Efficiency Disposals Per Goal 35.44 % In50s Goal 24.30 Conversion % 60.00 Collingwood about one season ahead on the experience front and only 1 rookie (sub 50 games) vs our 6... Average Attributes Collingwood Attribute Melbourne 188.6cm Height 186.1cm 88.6kg Weight 87.0kg 28yr 1mth Age 26yr 5mth 150.2 Games 124.7 Collingwood Games Melbourne 1 Less than 50 6 7 50 to 99 3 4 100 to 149 1 5 150 to 200 10 6 200 or more 3 Player Rating Rank Season Rating to Prior Rnd % Change vs Season Rating C Oliver 5.700 1 5.002 13.95 Max Gawn 5.100 2 3.350 52.24 S May 4.150 3 3.213 29.16 C Petracca 3.975 4 4.707 -15.55 J Bowey 3.075 5 2.820 9.04 Ed Langdon 2.750 6 3.057 -10.04 M Hibberd 2.725 7 2.610 4.41 T Sparrow 2.725 8 2.811 -3.06 L Hunter 2.475 9 2.939 -15.79 Jake Lever 2.075 10 3.131 -33.73 Joel Smith 1.950 11 1.863 4.67 B Fritsch 1.675 12 2.324 -27.93 C Salem 1.650 13 2.993 -44.87 J McVee 1.650 14 2.320 -28.88 Jack Viney 1.650 15 3.707 -55.49 A N-Bullen 1.550 16 2.532 -38.78 T McDonald 1.400 17 2.054 -31.84 T Rivers 1.375 18 3.696 -62.80 K Pickett 1.300 19 2.101 -38.12 K Chandler 0.850 20 2.265 -62.47 B Laurie > 54% 0.750 21 2.235 -66.44 A Brayshaw < 13% 0.550 22 3.883 -85.84 J V Rooyen 0.525 23 2.170 -75.81 Team Rating 51.10 69.86 -26.85 Top 6 24.75 26.25 -5.71 Bottom 6 6.23 9.26 -32.78 < Subbed out / TOG % > Subbed in / TOG % Stats courtesy of footwire.com & wheeloratings.com

There isn't any unfortunately Macca. The forward miracle cupboard is now bare. I would play Grundy mostly forward, ahead of Max. While Max might clunk the odd extra mark, Grundy has been a much more accurate kick for goal this season (running at approx 63% accuracy vs Max's 40%) albeit he rarely takes any shots and his average goals per match are roughly the same as Max going at about one goal every other match. Neither are really all that inspiring in terms of helping to put a winning score on the board (as in attempting to play them for significant minutes in a forward role) Grundy might provide a target that can possibly bring the ball to ground but we would need crumbers feeding off and scoring to have any chance of making his inclusion a winner. He also takes some heat off Max when Max spends time forward, hopefully neutralising or winning his fair share of CB contests. Even around the ground he is capable of at least halving many of the contests without necessarily dominating. T-Mac is out of form but you never know. Being out for three months it was always going to take him at least one match (or possibly three!) to get back to any kind of AFL level fitness / form. If he gets there at all this year or again for that matter. Was yesterday's game enough of a run to see him back to full AFL fitness and mobility? Probably not and he may well end up with 2nd week blues as players often do when they first return from a long layoff. Alternatively we could see a miracle and the run does him the world of good and he manages to play a decent game kicking 2 to 3 goals. Feels like wishful thinking though. We also have Joel Smith but he would need to have a Snake Baker like performance up forward one would think. The other option is to clear out the forward line with long leads high up the field from the likes of Joel & T-Mac (and not play Grundy), leaving only Fritsch, Tracc and one other crumber such as Kozzy inside 50. JJ in for Gus will allow us to push Tracc forward here.

Not sure we'd risk Turner before Tomo again let alone up forward where he hasn't played any legit games at Casey in this posi this season Macca. He would need a full pre-season of training here to make the adjustment imv IF that's what the FD are proposing and i doubt Goodwin would be at this late stage. Tomo is a must in for mine with Hibbo or Laurie as the sub. You are correct re players standing up and performing. Most were a mile off our usual season standards last night. Statistically the team was approx 27% off our 2023 H&A season team rating. That's a mega drop off. Obviously a fair chunk of that is the quality of the oppo but it doesn't explain it entirely. Another significant contribution would be our inability to play decent wet weather (or greasy condition) footy. We are crud in these conditions. Another straight sets exit looms large unless 2/3rds of the boys are able to get back to close to their seasonal form this week. Only 1/3rd stood up or out-performed their season form last night. Terrible result overall. The mid-field combo you speak of is Kozzy spending large chunks of time through the middle and Tracc forward. Should've happened from half time against the Pies but unfortunately Goodwin isn't great at adjusting in-game on the fly. The one risky option here is to bring AMW in for Laurie and ask him to play the forward component of the Kozzy role. Might be too much to ask of a first gamer though. However he does know where the goals are and how to slot them if he finds a bit of time and space. Couldn't be any worse than Chandler here anyway and has found his inside 50 defensive mojo / pressure at Casey in the back half of this season.