Demon Dynasty

Let's hope we all do. Surely three years should do it.

I said the same thing to the war office many years ago when discussing potential next holiday destinations. Suffice to say i'm still hearing about this...many years later!

Reckon i might know which version OD is on! (probably same as me!)

You're forgetting the long overdue sought after social club that 90% of landers said they desperately wanted and couldn't live without.

Bedford must stay in in my view. He's effectively the forward version of the Bowey inclusion in late 2021.

Does this mean we should now call him Bruce?

A good question Ox. I think the first part of your question you are asking if it includes points and goals yes? If so yes it's any score. Could only find one explanation from an official source for what the stat entails and that was Champion Data... Score Involvement: Number of scoring chains where a player was involved with either a disposal, hitout-to-advantage, kick-in or knock-on. If a player has two disposals in the same scoring chain, he is credited with one score involvement. The other is from the AFL site but the only stat they have similar is called a Score Assist... Slightly different in that the explanation says "creating a score by getting the ball to a team mate either by a disposal, knock on, ground kick, hit out or by winning a free kick before the advantage is paid to the goal scorer". No chains it seems in this AFL "assist" version as it's a direct assist of course. To avoid confusion here the AFL might have been better off calling this stat by its more commonly used term ... "Goal Assist". Compare this to the Score Involvement stat where it appears to be any player (racking up a related disposal etc) involved in an unbroken chain that resulted in any score. I doubt the player kicking the goal or point on the end of these chains would be included in the score involvement stat as that would be double counting as you say. Plenty of blog chatter / opinions but can't find any official explanation on google to confirm either way. My gut feel says they wouldn't be double counting but happy to stand corrected.

Subject to further off field indiscretions, the media pack's view of whether he is a 'good for footy' bloke or not will be determined by how well he plays from here... > Plays mostly very well or better = all is forgiven / top bloke who appears to be completely reformed and back on track. Clubs circling / Very happy where he is, about to put pen to paper on a lucrative new deal with the Pies. > Plays mostly average or worse = Still has ongoing issues that haven't been resolved and/or likely to resurface. Needs to reform and continue to work on self development. Clubs circling / Very unhappy at the Pies, rumoured to be looking elsewhere for less coin.

Most of the time 2014. I wouldn't say that's an iron clad g'tee in any club. There will always be the odd favourite/s that appear.to be picked ahead of others that, to some or many, appear to be chosen without any merit whatsoever.

Thanks KC. We should crush them with that line up

Is three still considered a crowd?

Rutten will be Mutton if they lose this

He brutalised Cameron. One of the great blanket jobs. And not for the first time on Cameron. Loves the big stage and challenge. Don't underestimate Harmes' impact on Neil either. Kept him to a lowly 17 effectives (for him), a miserly three inside 50s and no goals. All while kicking two himself.

Weighted Average Scores up to & including Rnd 15, 2022 vs H&A Season 2021 Player 2022 Score 2022 Rank 2021 Score % Change vs 2021 2021 Rank Change in Rank vs 2021 C Oliver 5.446 1 5.258 3.58 1 0 Jack Viney 4.238 2 3.171 33.65 8 6 C Petracca 4.139 3 4.041 2.43 2 -1 Steven May 4.041 4 3.926 2.93 3 -1 A Brayshaw 3.843 5 2.836 35.51 12 7 C Salem 3.775 6 3.879 -2.68 4 -2 Max Gawn # 3.369 7 3.439 -2.04 7 0 Ed Langdon 3.357 8 3.092 8.57 9 1 L Jackson # 3.238 9 2.355 37.49 21 12 J Harmes 3.162 10 3.520 -10.17 6 -4 J Jordon 3.127 11 2.908 7.53 10 -1 T Sparrow 3.048 12 2.023 50.67 28 16 L Dunstan 3.025 13 - - - - Jake Bowey 3.002 14 2.881 4.20 11 -3 Jake Lever 2.954 15 3.661 -19.31 5 -10 Alex N-Bullen 2.923 16 2.388 22.40 19 3 T Bedford 2.599 17 - - - - T Rivers 2.438 18 2.658 -8.28 13 -5 C Spargo 2.138 19 2.068 3.38 27 8 H Petty 2.116 20 2.086 1.44 26 6 Joel Smith 1.957 21 1.375 42.33 32 11 T McDonald # 1.939 22 2.516 -22.93 15 -7 K Pickett 1.931 23 2.378 -18.80 20 -3 J Hunt 1.927 24 2.597 -25.80 14 -10 A Tomlinson 1.925 25 2.475 -22.22 16 -9 Bayley Fritsch 1.896 26 2.155 -12.02 25 -1 S Weideman # 1.664 27 1.055 57.73 27 0 Ben Brown # 1.545 28 1.855 -16.71 30 2 Mitch Brown 1.513 29 2.475 -38.87 16 -13 J Melksham 1.433 30 1.853 -22.67 31 1 Daniel Turner* 1.200 31 - - - - Average Team Score - Top 22 69.87 67.23 3.93 # Hit outs to advantage not captured * Only played one match...not an average score Stats courtesy of footywire.com

In terms of his assignment though Deever i suspect he might have met the coaches' requirements last night. It wasn't all about how he performed up forward as he also spent a fair amount of time rucking against andre' the giant and wasn't too shabby at all here IMV.

Yes unfortunately there isn't one. BBB still a work in progress. Let's see how he goes against the lowly Crows. The only other tallish possibilty is Tomlinson and can't see that happening. Young fellas are always going to have some ups and downs. No different here. I don't think he's going badly enough to say "drop him" but in a managed sense on such a short break a managed option could be worth looking at for a bit ofna break and reset for Rivers. Otherwise no changes for mine.

Round 14, 2022 MCG - Demons vs Lions Our second best team score for the season just behind Rd 5 win over the Giants (74.00) 9% up on our 2021 season average against the No.2 team in the comp....i'll take that any day tyvm! The second best top 6 and bottom 6 scores for the season. The best top 6 was last week against the Pies by a smidgen (30.48) and the bottom 6 was again vs the Giants (12.00) Guess who at the top ...again! Another super game from the champ but thought Viney was more influential overall. Great game from the stand in Captain. And where did that game from Lever come from? 60% up on his 2021 average and a massive 117% up on this year's! Like he'd been slapped across the face with a wet fish during the buy. 15 intercepts, the most from both teams on the night (Gus next in line with 12). Thought Tracc had a much improved night, aside from a few too may turnovers, he added 9 inside 50s, 9 Score involvements, 8 clearances along with a hefty 797 meters gained (Rich at the top with 875). Bow wow Dogga! Statistically his best game since joining the MFC. Let's take a look at what the big fella produced last night... 15 effectives @ 71.4%, 1 contested mark, 4 one percenters, 3 clearances, 1 Rebound, 6 inside 50s, 9 tackles, 10 score involvements (just behind Clarry with 11), 4 intercepts, only 1 turnover, 377 Meters gained, 18 hit outs and a goal. Special mention to Bedford who didn't just hit the scoreboard with those two gems racking up 7 score involvements as well. Also ANB for turning up the heat inside the arc with 5 tackles inside 50, the most for both teams. Great to have May back as well. What a difference he makes. Spargo's work coming inside very nice, 8 score involvements and first goal in a while which was great to see. Thought Weideman played his role nicely on the night although still appears to get pushed off the ball in ruck/marking contests a tad easy at times (i get this is going to happen against a giant like Oscar in the ruck but would be nice to see a tad more force/fierce commitment from Weid...and stay goal side of such a big fella nearer the goals maybe?). Top 5 MFC Meters Gained: Tracc 797, May 599, Viney 579, Jordan 478 & Gus 464 Player Score Rank C Oliver 6.450 1 Jake Lever 5.850 2 L Jackson # 5.450 3 Jack Viney 5.150 4 A Brayshaw 3.800 5 C Petracca 3.775 6 J Jordon 3.750 7 T Sparrow 3.700 8 Steven May 3.625 9 Alex N-Bullen 3.600 10 J Harmes 3.400 11 T Bedford 3.075 12 C Spargo 2.975 13 K Pickett 2.550 14 M Hibberd 2.550 14 B Fritsch 2.325 16 C Salem 2.300 17 Jake Bowey 2.300 17 S Weideman # 2.225 19 H Petty 1.975 20 Ed Langdon 1.625 21 Ben Brown 0.950 22 Team Score 73.40 Top 6 30.48 Bottom 6 11.38 # Hit outs to advantage not captured Stats courtesy of footywire.com

yeh you don't see that too often...reckon there was a free to Harmes just prior to that anyway so maybe justice served. I noticed that first gamer was on Tracc for a while at one point. Welcome to the AFL! Reminded me a bit of the Watts intro. Bad timing for him.

Two goals Pates 💪 Usually a VG barometer of where the team's at i reckon and a solid game it was eh. He may not go to the levels we see of Clarry & Tracc alot of the time but nonetheless a very important cog in getting our mid-field back to its best and he can score when on which we don't see too often from the former two.

100% for mine. Adds some class and lovely finish / moves around goals and the arc. Kicks accurately at goal. Also worked hard to close down space on opponents as soon as we turned the ball over. That last part tells me this kid's mind is in the game and he's committed to doing the little 'team' things. And when was the last time we saw a player show the ball inside 50 and, under some real closing pressure, change lanes a little while running in then finish truly from 40 out!!? Coach had to be happy with that game surely.

You highlighted one of the missing ingredients (excluding the consistent goers) IMV Kev 👍🏻

Well ya gotta ask yourself.... ya feelin' lucky....punk!?

Nice one uncle

Ruthlessness! Absolutely Kev. It has been lacking particularly in third quarters where we would often put teams to the sword. It's also evident or in some ways not so in our willingness to crack in hard accross the park when we don't have possession or lose possession vs some of the hard nosed team D we witnessed in 2021. Becoming the hunters again is critical as you say. As Macca mentioned earlier, there's really only been a core group that's gone hard core all season so far who you could probably put in the ruthless basket.... Clarry, Max, Viney, Gus & May. Need many others to get their 'hunt/ruthlessness' levels up from here. Tonight is as good a time as any! We shall see who still has the hunger and will to win. Four quarter balls out effort bare minimum in a big 1 v 2 encounter.

Agree with the backline part Macca but i have faith in it once the key players are back, fit and firing such as May, Hibb & Salem. Also believe we need Rivers back (if in form) to provide quicker ball movement and run/gun off HB. To me, aside from Lever's form which is a real worry since returning, these are small gettable adjustments for our usually super solid D. The three major issues for me are... > Our slow transition off HB of late. That's a gettable adjustment via method through triaining though IMV > The oppo getting on top of us for long periods in the middle. Im not sure what to put this down to. Out of form players though such as Tracc, Harmes & Sparrow aren't helping. Maybe teams are really doing a number on us as well and getting to our drop/tap zones more often to pressure for the turnover and/or worse....pick us off. > Forward line's form (especially a lack of marking/leading prescence, contested pack marking and accuracy), craft, methods and pressure. Pretty much as you have outlined very succinctly. I know our delivery coming inside needs cleaning up for sure. But the fact is we are ranked No.3 in the comp for getting the ball inside 50 and bottom line is....we just aren't converting enough of those opportunities. That might be partially related to what's happening in defence, more so of late with May out. But aside from that it's what happens off the back of the square > forward....that's killing our ability to post a winning/defendable score.