Demon Dynasty

My multi & line bets are looking good here! 🥳

Adds nothing to the game Red. And takes alot more away imv You're supposed to stay in line with the mark or its play on yet here we are watching some players going back behind the mark 1 to 3 meters off the line. Why? Because the ump hasn't bothered to move them over. They can see it but do nothing About 8 out of 10 times anyway... the odd ump will pull them around but it's rare and usually only when player is taking a shot at goal or kicking in from an OOTF free. We also more often see players running through the lateral protected zone now (not minding anyone) well after the mark is taken and no penalty / 50. They get warned sometimes but even the original strict enforcement here has slacked off. If you aren't going to adjudicate the mark/stand rules & protected zone 95% of the time (according to the rules) then why have these particular rules? It's no longer doing what it was introduced for. Just scrap it!

Yes thought they were getting somewhere with the "hands-in-the- back" rule Brownie but renegged on it and now they appear to have done a 360. Alot of this comes back to interpretation and enforcement. A fair proportion is also the high degree of difficulty umpiring this game in general. However with the addition of an extra umpire they are supposed to be using him/her in a rolling diamond with one sitting inside 50 most of the time in an attempt to capture more infringements. I'm not sure it's helped much at all to this point. Something to do with introducing a batch of umpires that have very little experience and tend to make poor calls and non-calls? And/or just the general AFL directive to 'keep the game moving/scoreboard ticking over"?? This last part is the base virus that's killing the game. If you pay the frees that are generally there, and do so quickly. Or alternatively blow the whistle very quickly for the ball up...instead of sweating, sweating & more sweating hoping the ball will pop out.... you will actually see the ball moving as quickly and more quickly in some cases. Especially with frees as the free kick recipient clears the congestion and/or hits the scoreboard. Umpires super reluctant to stop play by calling a HTB/other frees as a result of this directive and a fear they might be dropped? Players are getting caught after having obvious prior, spun around 360 (sometimes more than that!) and STILL no whistle. This sometimes results in sling tackle... head trauma... crys for harsher penalties. But...the cause (imv) lays with the umpires and their reluctance to blow the whistle and blow it quickly when HTB/incorrect disposal and insufficient attempt occurs. Young umpires scared to pay a free against a big club at home in front of a big crowd as well? However this has been an issue infinitum and in many sports. After watching some of the non-MFC games this weekend, ive seen some very obvious frees (from the TV) not callled inside 50 and alternatively some super soft ones given. Nothing has changed with the addition of the extra ump and if anything things have regressed for the worse this season. Possibly to the worst level i've seen in my many decades of watching. I'm also totally convinced now that the Stand rule needs to be scrapped. It's turned the game into a giant mess of inequitable outcomes with the umpires having slacked off their early enforcement following its introduction where it appeared to have some potential. They are so lackadaisical / inconsistent with the stand rule/protected zone now it's original raison d'etre is now defunct and is now a meaningless mess that is too skewed in favour of the team with the ball.

Champion Data's Top 10 players after round 8... https://www.sen.com.au/news/2023/05/09/champion-datas-top-10-rated-players-in-the-afl-after-round-8/

Wasn't that ye olde polly waffle?

Seem to recall they had one of the best show bags when they were just Hoadleys including some treats that were exclusive to the bag!

Re-discovered these a few weeks back courtesy of my lil storm cloud. Forgot how much better than a Tim Tam they are and you have a cheerful time eating them as well apparently. Unbeatable for $2.25 atm!

Ratings to Rnd 9, 2023 vs H&A Season 2022 Rivers an outstanding year so far! Hibb back with a bang and in very fine fettle May's best game (statistically) since Rnd 6 vs the Tigers on his 200th Tracc & Pickett still bubbling along very nicely vs 2022 Jordan continues to maintain his excellent form despite limited / choppy game time as the sub Player 2023 Rating 2023 Rank 2022 Rating % Change vs 2022 2022 Rank Change in Rank vs 2022 C Oliver 5.344 1 5.320 0.45 1 0 C Petracca 4.831 2 4.456 8.42 2 0 T Rivers 3.967 3 2.423 63.72 18 15 A Brayshaw 3.874 4 3.839 0.91 5 1 Jack Viney 3.794 5 3.971 -4.46 3 -2 J Jordon > 3.709 6 3.164 17.23 9 3 A Tomlinson 3.233 7 2.079 55.51 22 15 L Hunter 3.139 8 - - - - Max Gawn # < 3.130 9 3.215 -2.64 8 -1 Steven May 3.100 10 3.971 -21.93 3 -7 M Hibberd 3.063 11 2.613 17.22 17 6 Ed Langdon 3.033 12 3.109 -2.44 11 -1 T Sparrow 3.014 13 2.665 13.10 16 3 Jake Lever 3.000 14 2.703 10.99 14 0 K Pickett 2.982 15 2.118 40.79 21 6 Jake Bowey 2.964 16 2.856 3.78 13 -3 B Grundy # 2.936 17 - - - - Alex N-Bullen 2.761 18 2.688 2.72 15 -3 J Harmes 2.671 19 3.082 -13.34 12 -7 K Chandler 2.511 20 - - - - H Petty # 2.418 21 2.392 1.09 19 -2 T McDonald # 2.344 22 1.939 20.89 26 4 Judd McVee 2.328 23 - - - - J V Rooyen # 2.293 24 - - - - B Fritsch 2.063 25 1.936 6.56 27 2 Ben Brown # < 2.033 26 1.759 15.58 29 3 C Spargo 2.003 27 1.981 1.11 24 -3 J Melksham > 1.437 28 1.947 -26.19 25 -3 B Laurie < * 1.300 29 - - - - D Turner * 1.075 30 Team Rating 71.82 68.89 4.25 * Played less than two full matches (in total) - player rating compromised # Hit outs to advantage not counted < Subbed Out at least once or more > Subbed In at least once or more Stats courtesy of footwire.com

Slotted in beautifully. Watched him quite a bit at Casey on the box & 3 to 4 games live. Showed signs and also had the occasional class / silk moments in game but didn't stand out (for me) as being THIS capable / ready to go in a four quarter / weekly sense up with the big boys. Goes to show you just don't truly know with some players unless you give them the opportunity. No doubt professional scouts/more learned observers who were watching saw extra aspects that i probably missed during his Casey time and hence the call up/opportunity was given. Still, just feel like i'm watching a 21yo 70 to 80 game player who's been in the system for about 3 years or so. Bowey was a similar story but imv showed a bit more over four quarters and over a slightly longer period (?) at Casey before he got his chance. 19, only 9 games and wringing wet. The upside here is titillating!

Might wanna check out the Rnd 9 Votes thread Jerry

6. Tracc 5. Viney 4. Rivers 3. Clazz 2. Hibb 1. Gus

A bit harsh Rab. Half of them were ordered to Marvel to try and jump start the Blues

Would love to see center clearances for this season when Max is in the middle vs Grundy. Can't be sure but gut feel tells me the chemistry is a fair degree better (along with Max's general tap / ground ball work) when Max is in there. Still not convinced the Grundy option is working for us (at center bounces)

Round 9, 2023 MCG - Demons vs Hawks Rivers slowly emerging as one of the better rebounding defenders in the AFL? Roohey did pretty well i thought given the nonsense week he had to go through. A decent game from May on his 200th. Yet another solid performance from Gus, Tracc, Clarry and Viney. Viney would've rated alot higher bar a team high 8 turnovers. The time out must have done Hibb the world of good with his second best result (statistically) for the year (the best was Rnd 6 vs the Tigers by a smidgen with a 4.050). Judd still doing some lovely work, particularly early in the match for mine. A snapshot of River's output... 20 effectives @ 83%, 1 contested mark, 3 one percenters, 3 rebounds, 3 inside 50s, 5 tackles, 4 score involvements, 9 intercepts, 284 meters gained, 1 Goal and just 2 turnovers. Player Rating Rank T Rivers 5.150 1 C Petracca 4.900 2 C Oliver 4.550 3 J Viney 4.350 4 M Hibberd 4.000 5 G Brayshaw 3.950 6 S May 3.700 7 Ed Langdon 3.600 8 A N-Bullen 3.400 9 L Hunter 3.150 10 J Lever 3.100 11 Max Gawn # 3.000 12 J McVee 2.975 13 K Pickett 2.750 14 J Bowey 2.650 15 C Spargo 2.300 16 J V Rooyen # 2.225 17 B Fritsch 1.975 18 B Grundy # 1.800 19 T Sparrow 1.475 20 J Jordon > 35% 1.425 21 H Petty < 33% 1.200 22 K Chandler 1.100 23 Team Rating 67.63 Top 6 26.90 Bottom 6 10.10 # Hit outs to advantage not counted < Subbed out / TOG % > Subbed in / TOG % Stats courtesy of footwire.com

We were mostly smacked up in clearances in the third. Grundy had a 3rd quarter mare imho which handed them the momentum. Eventually stopped the rot but only after Max took over the ruck duties in the middle.

A solid win for May's 200th over the horrible Hawks. Gotta be happy with the result. Looks like BBB in for Petty next week Tracc 50/50 That Sicily.... what a [censored] and i don't mean for the Tracc tackle either. Some of his work off the ball when he feels he's out of the contest is school yard rubbish.

Tracc might be out next week by the looks of that unfortunately

Smart tap from ANB right there. Don't always need to pick the ball up

ANB our leading KTF !

So you're allowed to drag the ball under and just sit on it now?? Oh right....only if it's in front of our goals Another horribilis for the umps tonight. What a sham

Another very solid game from Gus

Subject to fitness, BBB straight in next week if Petty's injured

Partly due to no one leading up at the ball since Petty went off? Also until Max switched in late, Grundy got smacked in the third in center bounces and we handed all the momentum (via clearances) to the Hawks

Whoever's playing on Jiath isn't playing him closely enough imv.

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