Demon Dynasty

Laurie cleaned things up alot in the second half. A few nice exits out the front at CBAs also. One resulted in him goaling from the arc and another i believe he hit BB up who also goaled from 35 odd. Coughed one dodgy HB up at one stage. That's from the memory bank though which is always a tad shady the next day at my age, especially after a few glasses of 2015 Milton Estate cab. Not the greatest drop but beggars can't be choosey. The diff between his first half and second indicated a fair gap between best and worst for mine. Reckon the FD would like to see the consistency and to clean up those early clangers, especially the ones in transition & middle areas. A couple of which directly resulted in turnover goals to the opp. Not alone on the day of course but if we're talking stepping up with the big boys....

Lost in middle All caught napping Kozzy - On the lateshift? Chin - a bad shin? Tracc - Did not crack Nibbla - Looked a middler Clazz - Goodz to Badz Jack - Bachman-Turnover Overdrive (9) Maxy - Not a Patsy Sparrow - Ate his marrow? Duke - Did not puke Billings - Bit more willings May - Earned his Pay Trent - Little bit spent Ed - No talking horse Bowey - Life on Mars? Rick - Not so slick T-Mac - Tiny bit slack Roohey - Little bit poohey Blake - Too much steak? Judd - Little bit crudd Fritta - Too much pitta? Petty - Turned to confetti Woey - Better than Bowey? Disco - Murder on dancefloor

Team & Player Ratings to Rnd 8, 2024 vs H&A Season 2023 Player 2024 Rating 2024 Rank 2023 Rating % Change vs 2023 2023 Rank Change in Rank vs 2023 C Petracca 4.519 1 4.707 -4.0 2 1 Steven May 4.144 2 3.213 29.0 8 6 Max Gawn 4.122 3 3.350 23.0 7 4 Jake Lever 3.688 4 3.131 17.8 9 5 C Oliver 3.580 5 5.002 -28.4 1 -4 Jack Viney 3.466 6 3.707 -6.5 4 -2 A Tomlinson* 3.175 7 2.915 8.9 14 7 Ed Langdon 3.105 8 3.057 1.6 10 2 T Rivers 3.102 9 3.696 -16.1 5 -4 T McDonald 3.043 10 2.054 48.1 27 17 Judd McVee 3.019 11 2.320 30.1 22 11 C Salem < 2.978 12 2.993 -0.5 12 0 A N-Bullen 2.875 13 2.532 13.5 20 7 T Sparrow 2.772 14 2.811 -1.4 16 2 C Windsor < 2.539 15 - - - - J Bowey* < 2.484 16 2.820 -11.9 15 -1 B Howes 2.469 17 - - - - T Woewodin < > 2.425 18 1.406 72.5 34 16 J Billings > < 2.287 19 - - - - M Hore 2.272 20 - - - - K Pickett 2.196 21 2.101 4.5 26 5 K Chandler 2.183 22 2.265 -3.6 23 1 B Fritsch 1.938 23 2.324 -16.6 21 -2 J V Rooyen 1.875 24 2.170 -13.6 25 1 Ben Brown < 1.506 25 1.941 -22.4 28 3 B Laurie* < > 1.463 26 2.235 -34.5 24 -2 D Turner 1.425 27 1.825 -21.9 31 4 H Petty 1.271 28 2.718 -53.2 19 -9 C Spargo* 1.200 29 1.886 -36.4 29 0 K Tholstrup* 1.100 30 - - - - J Schache* 0.700 31 1.525 -54.1 33 2 L Hunter - - 2.939 - 13 - J Melksham - - 1.599 - 32 - S McAdam - - - - - - Team Rating 66.44 69.86 -4.9 Top 6 23.52 24.43 -3.7 Bottom 6 13.83 15.17 -8.8 * Played less than two full matches (in total) < Subbed out at least once or more (player rating could be somewhat comprised) > Subbed in at least once or more (player rating could be somewhat comprised) Stats courtesy of footwire.com & wheeloratings.com

That's good for footy

Round 8, 2024 MCG - Blues vs Demons Nibbla for a rare top of the table No.1 rating! Must have done a fair bit right playing through the middle after half time yes? Including a massive 12 tackles, 6 intercepts and 5 clearances. The BOG would surely be Tracc though with a masterful HF pinch hitting role after quarter time. Nice effort from Woey with only 23% game time. Clarry having another off night after last week's excellent bounce back. Unfortunately our losses at CBs in the first quarter and in general were quite costly for us. A likely fatigue issue after the 5 day break also so i think we just lick our wounds and move on from this one. Player Rating Rank 2023 Season Rating % Change vs 2023 A N-Bullen 4.900 1 2.532 93.5 S May 4.200 2 3.213 30.7 C Petracca 4.050 3 4.707 -14.0 C Oliver 3.575 4 5.002 -28.5 T McDonald 3.550 5 2.054 72.8 Max Gawn 3.475 6 3.350 3.7 Ed Langdon 3.375 7 3.057 10.4 Jack Viney 3.350 8 3.707 -9.6 Jake Lever 3.125 9 3.131 -0.2 B Howes 2.825 10 - - C Windsor 2.500 11 - - K Chandler 2.450 12 2.265 8.2 H Petty 2.250 13 2.718 -17.2 J Bowey < 61% 2.050 14 2.820 -27.3 T Sparrow 1.925 15 2.811 -31.5 J McVee 1.900 16 2.320 -18.1 K Pickett 1.850 17 2.101 -11.9 J Billings 1.825 18 - - T Rivers 1.800 19 3.696 -51.3 J V Rooyen 1.675 20 2.170 -22.8 T Woewodin > 23% 1.600 21 1.406 13.8 B Fritsch 0.700 22 2.324 -69.9 D Turner 0.450 23 1.825 -75.3 Team Score 58.95 69.86 -15.6 Top 6 23.75 24.43 -2.8 Bottom 6 9.45 15.17 -37.7 < Subbed out TOG > Subbed in TOG Stats courtesy of footwire.com & wheeloratings.com

Nice intensity from Casey in that quarter FTW! White immense in that last Q

Great run down and steal by White on Bins along the skinny wing. Gets it to Hunter who dumps it to BB. Gets a free for PITB and misses from 45 on a 45

Lol that was a 100% free to Jeffo in the goal square. Front on contact. Not paid

Great tackle on Moir by McAdam about 40 out for the ball up. Ends up getting kicked forward and rushed to level the scores

I don't see alot happening here TBH. Early days but not showing much so far.

Hunter to Bill to Neocleous for the dribbler to put Casey up by 5 points

Lovely pick up at ground level by Fullo, HBs to Windsor who hits up BB on the lead. BB goals from 45!

Verral takes a solid contested mark on D50

Laurie very busy that quarter and cleaned up his act a little. Now up to 13 disposals and a goal. Probably netting about 9 disposals if you take out the four turnovers (approx) in the first quarter.

Fullo into the rooms for a check up after a marking contest at HF

Scores level after a free to Moir for a behind

White roves the ball in in the pocket to give the Demons the lead with a nice snap.

Nice mark to Jeffo playing in front who links up with Steele. Hits up Fullo in the pocket. Fullo around corner for set shot goal.

Good gather and dish from Jeffo to Bill who looks to hit up BB in the square. BB realises he's about to be spoiled and taps it to the Kolt who walks in to goal

Nice goal from 50 to the Kolt

Benny back to the social club for this run up!

Must be Laurie's 4th turnover for the quarter. Tomo about two or three also. Those turnovers have probably directly resulted in approx three goals already, maybe two at best.

Kayo no more. The only stream is the AFL site via the VFL option

Unless my eyes are deceiving me 58er, BBs been named in both of KC's lists at FF

Neocleous, Windsor, LaPlanche* & Moodie named yet no Roy in sight!?? *emerg I realise some of those are not vying with Roy and visa versa for his spot/role but crikey. The guy kicked three goals in a losing team, was involved in a few other scoring chains (instigating at least one of those with a superb bit of play / handball on the wing at one point) and showed more talent on his right toe than all four of them. Perplexing decision unless injured or he was a one-off ring in/top up? Bell played last week then back to emerg this week. Can only assume he came in for the Shack last week and has now been replaced with BBB. Why is he even coming back unless we intended to continue on? Why not persist with a mid / HF type (like Roy / other?) vs Bell, which is an area where we are severly depleted and getting smacked up in most weeks? Surely you'd want to stengthen this area of our game as much as possible to attempt to win more often and improve the morale / development of the entire squad (inc. mfc players) in general? Where the hec is BBB at? Did he train (light duties?) during the week at any point? Are we aiming to get him back to senior level or is he just a floater from here and possibly stiffling a potential fast tracking of Jeffo's development somewhat? Or at least seeing where he's at trying to hold down a KP role for a few weeks before bringing a BBB or Shack back. Personally if you're going to constantly shuffle the likes of BBB in and out i'd use that to have Jeffo on some sort of rotating roster where he's hitting the gym / track for heavy loading for two weeks or so (when a BBB and / or.Shack comes back) then a game or two back in. Rinse repeat. The guy needs to seriously build up a VFL and then AFL worthy bod first in order to compete. That's assuming we are looking to develop him into a KP player at some point? And at this stage he's a fair way off the former and a lomg way off the latter. Try and fast track him in this area and work on the positional role play and forward craft at Casey in between those physical blocks. Have to say there's some head scratching stuff happening with selections and some players so far this season...