Demon Dynasty

From tonight's 'on-the-couch' ...

It would seem the sub role was just the tonic needed for Fritta DZ. From a meagre 37% time on ground (TOG) too. His average TOG this season 80%. 2024 average Player Rating > 1.75 Yesterday's Player Rating > 1.70 KEEP HIM AS THE SUB WHERE POSSIBLE!

Vines for Sharp Brown dawg for Spargo I'd swap roles between Petty and Turner Lever needs another week at least imv. It might be that we just scrape in. Who knows, maybe we storm in. But if we get Lever & Viney back and and we can keep the bulk (say 90%+) of our best 22 on the park from here, our Team Rating (from two weeks ago) suggests we are on track to play finals.

Melk - set the tone from the get go, clear winner over both opponents and stuck it right up em. Gawn - beat em at the drop, beat em at the bounce, beat em down the line and behind the ball. Pickett - 2nd best game for the year. Work rate was superb Clazz - 2nd efforts coming back along with a little more of his old "see ball get ball" instinctive ways Tracc - 2nd game where his Player Rating trumped his 2024 rating. Might have found his mojo & AFL level fitness again Bowza - another rock solid performance and his best season so far in the red & blue

Round 10, 2025 GABBA - Lions vs Demons Upset of the season yes? That's probably our finest win since we put together two on the trot against the Crows and Power in consecutive weeks in Adelaide in 2024. Our Team Rating just below theirs by 2%. Our Top 6 not quite at their level where they took the chocies by nearly 7%. However, it was our bottom 6 this time around, where we won the ratings battle by 29%. Big Maxy does it yet again, just ahead of Kozzy. Great games from both imv and Kozzy's second highest Player Rating for the season behind his outstanding game vs Freo in Rnd 6 (5.55). Tracc beating his 2024 form in two of the last three weeks. Is he finally over the recovery / AFL fitness - form hump? Clarry just pipping Neale in the head to head stakes! A win's a win. I don't think there was a tight clamp down here though as both players posted very respectable ratings and both finished in their respective top 5 players (5th x 2!). Melky a very welcome return. Amazing what a difference an injection of class, experience and genuine forward craft can have on a team and the result. Well managed by Goodwin & Co. A big tick here What happened to Windsor in this game. I didn't think he was stone motherless last but he's posted the worst Player Rating. Do i need to re-check my numbers maybe? What do others think of his game? Carrying a niggle or something? Vines in for Sharp or Spargo next week? Player & Team Ratings - Demons < Subbed out TOG % > Subbed in TOG % Player & Team Ratings - Lions Combined Player Ratings Stats courtesy of footywire.com and wheeloratings.com

Great work Wheelo ty... Some big advantage wins in this match. In particular.. Scores from turnover, scores from stoppage. No matter how small, to win this one is a great sign also... First Possession To Clearance % 80.9 80.5 +0.4 75.4 I believe our average here for the season has been around the 75% mark or so. The AFL average is around 80 or thereabouts. That's a great result against quality oppo. Noting a much higher CB attendance from Tracc and Rivers compared to their season averages. And to a lessor extent, Clarry and Kozz. Not sure what that means but it tells me we asked for more from those four and that's what we got. And most importantly we got the W.

YOU BLOODY BEAUTY NEWC! Lead by Clarry's first three quarters and some nice work in the middle in the 4th from him and Tracc. What a contribution from Melk. You can see how much he hates this mob 💪🏼

Andrews on Melky again. Go to him again and again

Melky is all class

Who the hell are we seeing when we so urgently play on!??? Then kick it straight to them. The panic play on with no patience or footy I.Q. is just mind boggling

Langers jeepers

Why does almost every MFC player who marks about 60 out, just automatically roll out play on and kick in hope towards the hot zone!?? Oh hang on i forgot. Simon's coaching them

The dreaded 4th quarter. Can we turn one around for a change or does Training two days out from a game come back to bite us in the arzzz once again!?

That would be Vines from next week

NOICE boys!

Much better Tracc! Spargy my god.

CLARRY BOY. STICK IT RIGHT UP THEIR CLACKER SON!!!

And zero goals between both. We just don't have any quality finishers around goal beside Melk and the occasional cameo from Chin

Can't go with either Ashcroft here. Tracc my gosh. Looks like a VFL player

Spudding it up this quarter for sure

Yes probably. Keep the structure with AJ and chop out

Tracc not wanting any body contact today ughhhh

Fritta for AJ? Or does that leave too much to big Maxy?

Nice Clarry! See ball get ball!!!!!!

Need to get a bit more from Kozz if possible. A few more blocks around stoppage maybe