Demon Dynasty

3 weeks away Roost according to Salo

3 weeks Gorg but with Goody's 'no risk' policy he might be adding the extra week. What's the old Irish saying...

Jack out in the cold. No Demon in sight yet 4 GC players & Cerra from what was a very average losing team. I watched the Cats game and didn't think Danger's game was worthy of a berth...

Correct DZ. JJ off a small sample size though, but he's showing early solid form that suggests he may be tracking ahead of where he was in 2022. Lets hope he continues on this path eh. Sparrow had a decent result againt the Tiges. Starting to look ok through the middle also when he's getting time there. May & Gawn ...is it possible to rest Max this week? Its a long time to be out and couldn't hurt to manage him away from the 5 day break. I guess that depends on how he pulls up & what the HP team are recommending etc. May ...my gut feel is he's being eased back into the normal training routine & FD / HP are happy to have him regain match fitness / hardness in game vs going for that on the track (in a normal sense).

Buffy was a bad [censored]!

I heard Kozzy's about to sign with the Tassie Devils!

Haven't watched the replay. Can anyone please tell me .... was there an obvious or technical infringement by any MFC player when Fritta took that nice mark about 30 meters out directly in front later in the game?

SA i have seen players asked to "stand" ....stand the mark. And in an instant leave the mark and run backwards so they can then go to an "outside 5" position instead. I have seen players asked to stay "outside 5" .... then a second or two later come up to the mark. In both of those examples, on at least three occasions this season, none of those players were penalised 50 meters "according to the rule book" as they should have been. The ump conveniently ignored their obvious transgressions and, some would say sensibly others might say against the rules and incorrectly, allowed the game to continue without a 50. In addition there are multiple breaches of the protected area alongside the player taking the kick that are now rarely called. These are surely more important transgressions in that this is what the protected zone was brought in for in the first place. To try and stop oppos preventing the kicker from taking 45 kicks inside / or playing on towards the corridor by encroaching into his lateral space! Why is that Lever is suddenly pinged for such an obscure / borderline breach to give the Tigers a certain goal when others are breaching on multiple occasions prior yet no penalties are given?

Weighted Average Ratings up to & including Rnd 6, 2023 vs H&A Season 2022 Just a quick look at Viney's MVP from last night... 25 effectives @ 83% DE, 1 mark inside 50, 5 clearances, 2 rebounds, 4 inside 50s, 2 tackles, 7 score involvements, 4 intercepts, 318 meters gained, 1 goal and 4 turnovers. Statistically May's best game for the year... 18 effectives @ 82%, 3 contested marks, 6 one percenters, 8 rebounds, 2 score involvements, 11 intercepts, 347 meters gained & 5 turnovers. Rivers our best rated defender so far this season with a massive leap up the tables jumping 15 places from his 2022 ranking. #24 T Rivers 2022 2023 % Change CP 4.19 5.92 41.5 UP 9.88 14.98 51.7 ED* 10.88 16.72 53.8 DE% 78.19 83.47 5.3 CM* 0.31 0.35 11.5 Mi50* 0.00 0.17 - 1%* 1.63 2.61 60.8 CL* 0.56 1.05 85.8 R50* 2.63 4.36 65.9 i50* 1.81 2.79 53.8 T* 1.50 2.96 97.4 Si* 2.44 4.53 85.8 MG 250.38 387.46 54.8 TO* 2.56 2.61 2.0 ITC* 4.44 5.57 25.6 T5* 0.00 0.17 - TOG% 71.00 82.58 11.6 G* 0.13 0.00 - 2022 Rating 2.423 2023 Rating 4.029 % Change 66.24 Player 2023 Rating 2023 Rank 2022 Rating % Change vs 2022 2022 Rank Change in Rank vs 2022 C Oliver 5.396 1 5.320 1.43 1 0 C Petracca 4.638 2 4.456 4.08 2 0 T Rivers 4.029 3 2.423 66.28 18 15 J Jordon > 3.979 4 3.164 25.76 9 5 Jack Viney 3.845 5 3.971 -3.17 3 -2 A Brayshaw 3.471 6 3.839 -9.59 5 -1 Steven May 3.363 7 3.971 -15.31 3 -4 Jake Lever 3.320 8 2.703 22.83 14 6 Ed Langdon 3.304 9 3.109 6.27 11 2 B Grundy # 3.292 10 - - - - A Tomlinson 3.233 11 2.079 55.51 22 11 L Hunter 3.117 12 - - - - T Sparrow 2.858 13 2.665 7.24 16 3 Max Gawn # < 2.813 14 3.215 -12.50 8 -6 K Pickett 2.788 15 2.118 31.63 21 6 Alex N-Bullen 2.671 16 2.688 -0.63 15 -1 J V Rooyen # 2.644 17 - - - - M Hibberd 2.619 18 2.613 0.23 17 -1 K Chandler 2.563 19 3.128 -18.06 10 -9 H Petty # 2.483 20 2.392 3.80 19 -1 B Fritsch 2.435 21 1.936 25.77 27 6 T McDonald # 2.344 22 1.939 20.89 26 4 Jake Bowey 2.308 23 2.856 -19.19 13 -10 Judd McVee 2.246 24 - - - - J Harmes 2.225 25 3.082 -27.81 12 -13 Ben Brown # < 2.033 26 1.759 15.58 29 3 C Spargo 1.935 27 1.981 -2.32 24 -3 J Melksham > 1.437 28 1.947 -26.19 25 -3 B Laurie < * 1.300 29 - - - - Team Rating 71.21 68.89 3.36 * 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

Bombers starting to lose Nick a bit more in traffic

Handball and run & carry from the Bombers 1st class in that quarter.

Noticed Stringer didnt stand the mark up forward with Sidebottom kicking. Instead he spotted Nick Daicos behind him and took the outside 5 to cover him off. The Pies always looking to get it into Nicks hands wherever possible. Smart coaching

Bombers covering the corridor and pushing em wide

They missed an earlier one over the shoulder so a bit of an evener upper

That was a work of art WCW .... the greatest banner ive witnessed in 50 odd years. Thanks to you and everyone involved in the DA 💪🏼👏🏼👍🏻

Nice work. So we capitalised more on turnovers but seem to have lost the around ground ball up battle by the looks of that

Think again DS Doc's explanation of time travel in "Back to the Future" tells us that the "underground" handball is not only plausible but may well transcend time and stop the game for a nano second, thereby confusing oncoming opponent and providing receiver with more time to assess and gather...

Sounds good to me TR.... im all in as long as the user has got it down pat

Chandler yes Kozzy will be fine. Choco just needs a quiet word imv re speckies (ok once in a while / timing?) vs on ground crumbing and pressure (obviously more of that pls). Plus pls take all your time with set shots, especially round the corners. No need to rush. Its also a set up thing to ensure he is floating out the back for the occasional joe-the- goose as we saw last night on one occasion. Seems to be a touch player as well. Worth getting him involved in the middle early on in a match if he looks a bit off??

Nice DS but would play Harmes in the Hunter role. He's ready to go imv and ideal for this type of 'managed' scenario. Harmes is a solid runner, decent link up player and strong in the contest. He is also good with hands. Average to ok by foot. Not that strong overhead. Very similar to Hunter imo.

Thought it was just cramp

Isn't the 5 meter rule only for the player on the mark? So if player on the mark decides to take the "outside 5" option, then yes, he and or Lever gets pinged if they come closer to the mark. Mind you ive seen players do this (take the outside 5 with umpire calling it such) then he runs up to the mark after that..... no free!! So if player taking the mark is on the mark then how is another player sitting behind him infringing? He is not the player on the mark. Surely the rule only applies to that one player on the mark? (unless the outside 5 rule's been envoked).

His first game back was pretty good just didnt hit the scoreboard. Those marking attempts hmm. Stay on the ground in the hunt. Rushes his banana attempts at goal and has missed most of those since returning. Not sure if he played any mid field minutes yesterday (cant recall seeing much of him there) but looked ok through there (at times) in other games this year. Need to get him involved and some touches and short mid field minutes wouldn't hurt surely. Swap Viney to Kozzy's role when running Kozzie through the middle?

Yep although he was only on for a short stint. Harmes or Dunstan in the short term? Possibly BBB or Schache after that (depending on oppo match up requirements) if one of them fire up next week.

Fair enough Dr. Half the game's up the other end (from where i sit) so hard to know what the genuine state of play is for 50% of the match in the F50