Demon Dynasty

Yes i might be eating humble pie by the end of this one

Didnt see that from behind goals at other end. Great to hear he flew the flag

Aside from the score that was a pretty crappy underwhelmimg game from where i sat. Waited 6 months for that?

Yes horses for courses. Their talls are very mobile and rangey.

Playing all of Chandler, Harmes & Bill seems like too many pees from the same pod for mine. Harmes & Chandler is plenty. As you say, bring Hibb in as the sub to cover the Bowey role if/when needed?

Agre with the last two paras. Isn't Jordan competing more with Hunter for the non-lingers wing posi?

Sorry meant JVR not Chandler. Had a few snorts watching that boring opening round. Jvr gives us the flexibility of potentially pushing Macca down back for a stint if things start getting a bit ugly and/or as a fill in if (Lucifer forbid) one of Lever/Tomo or Petty go down.

Def should be under dogs (no pun intended). A win would be a nice bonus. Chandler & Disco should have gotten the nod ahead of Bill & Tomo. Potentially lost this at the selection table. Yes i realise the FD see and know alot more but going on form in the two warm ups very surprising ins imv.

You should never write any player off but having watched the match against StKilda in this instance i have to agree. He was towelled by a junior and looked gawnsky for mine. Almost impossible to replace May like for like but Disco should've got the call up. Petty takes the No.1 with Disco taking over the Petty role. Leaves Rick to play his usual intercept & mop up.

Have to have faith in the SC but for mine i don't see how Laurie got a call up just yet. A very nice prospect at VFL level but his best down there is still every other game or sometimes less regular. I didn't see anything in the two warm ups that jolted me into thinking "hey get this young prospect in pronto". He looked ok at times but nothing spesh. Judd on the other hand def stuck his hand up in the two warm ups. Personally i just don't see Laurie as being ready for the big stage and would rather see him continuing to work on his skills & consistency in bringing them at VFL level for now. He isn't that far off either but imv more work needed and a nice WIP prospect with a possibility for a call up at some point if/when the opp arose.

Yes it's a pretty tried & true formula SW. Fingers crossed we make a decent fist of things. Will need some luck with injuries of course.

May out would put a dampner on things if it comes to pass. Let's hope not. To say he's a critical part of our defence is an obvious understatement. While i realise he isn't like for like, is Disco an option if May doesn't make it?

Would be surprised if there isn't some sort of hit to membership numbers across the board Jaded. Some clubs might see a 'hope' uptick but i can't see that happening with many clubs from here. We must be very close to tipping in to a recession, especially if we see another couple of interest rate rises along with further cost of living hikes on the way such as electricity rates.

Apparently so has the membership Dept DC. Excluding today, as it was obviously going to be a huge 24 hours given it's Melbourne M'ship day, the demand to join in general plus other general inquiries/ admin requests on the m'ship side is said to be off the charts at the moment. While this is obviously a great situation to be in, i'm also lead to believe the club has allegedly underestimated the situation and is (or was at one point) majorly under-staffed. A number of ring-ins (parden the pun) have been recruited from within and without apparently in order to assist & play catch up.

Only partially correct OD... AFL = Demons AFLW = Dees * Tried to post a tongue-in-cheek response (involving the punishment at the Manor for using the wrong version at games) but post was vetted and sent into the D'land thought police's black hole

Harmes a tad better than last week in terms of getting to a few more contests, laying some nice tackles/hits. Just needs to clean up the disposal a fair bit

16 min to go in the last... ANB having a good game. BB kicks true with his second set shot Demons 13. 12. 91 Tigers 7.9. 51

BBB a bit off so far today. What a kick from Bowie from the back pocket to hit Sparrow there. Three opponents around him

Three Quarter Time Demons 12.11. 83 Tigers 7.9 51

Max is good for the dump kick or a big leading target on occassions. We'll be a much better forward line with Fritta back as the Max option will draw at least one extra defender leaving the likes of Fritta and Macca to be hit up a bit more on the lead... at least in theory. Chandler needs to work on his set shot goal kicking. For someone who's played a stack of games at Casey he should know to kick low and strong at both ends given there's a sprawling end to end breeze out there much of the time.

May needed to swing around there and just kick it to the top of the square. Hollywood handball ...turnover results in a shot at goal by the Tiges

Bowie's heels clearly clipped intentionally from behind there.... no free lol

A Maxy, Grundy, BBB & Macca forward line is one too many talls for mine A fit Fritta will of course be straight in. And makes sense for balance. Chandler or BBB to make way?

Goal to Sparrow after a gather off the ground from Macca... Demons 12.8. 80 Tigers 7.7 49

11 min to go in the third. Tigers kick three in a row in about 4 mins Tiger smalls coming into the game a little more and theyve upped the effort side Demons 11.8. 74 Tigers 7.7 43