Demon Dynasty

Yes i hear you Bing. Possibly an in season management issue as well plus the harder draw in the back half catching up with a few. Reckon it all started to go pear shaped from the moment Lever took May out as well. We lost that match and the following one against the Swans and the rot started to set in. Then there was the knuckle sandwhich incident and a non committed fluffy season from LJ. Bah!!

You're welcome DZ. No idea how we got within cooee either. A credit to our defence. Leaned on them and Clarry far too much this season and too many players seemed cooked coming into finals for whatever reason. Even Clarry wasn't at his raging best in that 2nd one after copping the head knock. I reckon our form or lack thereof in that first final flattered the Swans. The team rating was horrific. And as i suspected we couldn't pull back enough from that nose dive the following week. Losing to the Lions, who i feel were the worst of the top four coming into finals (and by a fair margin), should and hopefully will be a bit of a wake up call. Pretty sure Goodwin said he (and the FD) were going into a full review across all lines/systems etc as a result. Looking forward to seeing some positive outcomes / changes from this prior to 2023.

My recollection is the Cats were hovering around the 200 plus mark or thereabouts in at least the first quarter and possibly similar in the 3rd. Don't hold me to which quarters though. Very sketchy based on post mortem i heard from Whately / King (SEN) on the Monday after. No idea where Sydney were at. Must have been pretty low for most of the match though.

A bloody long way from almost everywhere Roost. Last time i went there for the QF against the Swans it took me 40 minutes. I reckon the alternative below should have at least been looked at / considered at some stage in the last five years. Only 17 minutes from where i am (pretty central Melb) via Monash (no tolls) and much more gettable distance wise for many more Demons in Melb metro. Just off the Eastlink as well for those up north and in the western burbs. A short meander down North/Wellington Road for those coming from the Sth or Sth East. Heaps of space out there to develop facilities as well. Two ovals and plenty of parkland. Might have also got the Rowville Hawks renamed the Demons. Sweet coup!

Planning their exit from Tassie into another another district DS? Competition for hearts & minds is fierce and not limited to on field performance.

100%

TKO to you OD 👏🏻

I mustve watched a diff player EO 😄

A lovely set shot kick for goal anywhere within 40 meters. Beautiful text book kicking action. Doesn't kick too many high balls which will work in his favour on blustery days. Reads the ball well, uses the big frame to hold his space and very strong overhead. Plays pretty much a deep stay-at-home role at Casey. Would need to work on his wheels / tank a fair degree to make the step up to AFL and also go with his opponents when they're on the rebound / quick transistions. Would love to see him work on his left side a fair bit. Reminds me just a little of a less agile stay-at-home Jack Reiwoldt without a left side.

When asked by Robbo whether we had backed off at all after the GF my take was that, if anything, training went up a level. Could this be an indicator/hint that we trained too hard, too early? This would make sense given our 1st half of season vs 2nd half (plus awful finals result) discrepancy / fadeouts.

Up there with some of the better posts this season. Especially the last part about defending leads. As i said throughout much of the 2nd half of the season, very hard to defend an 8 to 12 goal game. 14/15 feels a little more realistic. The more the better obviously. Nice summary thanks Jnr

100% PF ... no wonder their record there is outstanding. Their Ws should have an asterisk W* AFL assisted (Stadium courtesy Vic taxpayers)

Sad way to hand the reign over

No

I prefer the idea of leaving fresh legs on the bench, allowing others to do that instead (Swans, Pies, Others!) as we slowly grind to a halt!

Sucked dry by the Vampire [censored]

If they give the NS to Danger i'll 🤮

Terribly biased all game

Unfortunately yeh

Eat them at your own risk! Of all ppl you should know this SPC!! Back beans and Spaghetti ....mmm

Might wanna PM Uncle with that one Brownie

Wowee folks!!

First to 100 wins!!

The Cats have brought mostly man v man pressure with a slight drop away from that in the second quarter. The Swans have completely crumbled under that pressure. When we played them (twice), we brought our usual 2/3 rds rolling zone giving them too much time and space, making them look a million $$. Hopefullly Goody & the FD will recognise this and change things up a fair degree in 2023. If they don't and continue to drag out the loose rolling zone at the start of 2023 i'll be super worried about our chances.