Demon Dynasty

Meh he is too much 'slow play' for mine. Rarely rolls out to get the ball moving and his decision making/execution around the arc and inside 50 left alot to be desired. Got caught in two minds a fair bit which threw others out around him. I would much prefer Harmes in for JJ and Chandler and Bedford in for ANB & Sparrow. We need some run through the middle and away from stoppages. Was noticeably lacking after half time tonight. Also we saw our opponent miraculously manage to swing a pair of fresh legs on to the ground through the use of their sub. Yet we refused to pull the trigger and instead played the nice guys again...and lost in the last quarter with the oppo over running us....again. I called for this in the match day thread at 3/4 time so this isn't hindsight. Poor stratagem from Goody & the FD IMV and not for the first time have we been outsmarted here. Pretty poor stuff from those in charge.

100% this. Max proved tonight he is only a part timer (temp/resting forward) at best and can't be relied on to kick goals. BBB was a positive and admirable all day but had no support / decoys. Also why were so many players hell bent on taking on the tacklers tonight instead of kicking the ball to the hot spot/zone about 15/20 out from goal? Also so many intential shanked kicks to the pocket. Maxy/JJ some of the worst offenders here. This 'playing safe' lock the ball in our 50, in preference to kicking to the hot zone or fat side is killing this team's chances. The one play where we did this via Clarry kicking from deep right flank to the hot zone worked, with Lingers marking and splitting the middle directly in front. Kicking to the pocket so often is a massive win to the oppo's defenders and all it does is lift their belief & confidence as we just don't ask the question and put them under pressure often enough. Also many of our long kicks are kicked too close to goals in an attempt to kick a 45/50 meter goal but all we do is again play into the defender's hands allowing them to thump it threw quite often.

Absolutely..... play the form players. The opportunity was the Port game. Missed our chance to give JVR & Chandler a deserved chance. Particularly Chandler who was hitting the scoreboard and bringing all the pressure / off the ball stuff that was lacking inisde 50 even back then. The game we failed to lay any tackles inside 50 should have sent alarm bells ringing. It must have to some degree if the Pow Wow truly did go down.

Kozzie's man Quaynore leaves him behind and attacks ...gets the spillage with Kozzie trailing 10 meters behind ball watching

Kozzie again .... just rubbish inside work there

Oh dear Kozzie

DeGoey's killed us this quarter and very good in the third as well

Has Quanore been on Kozzie most of the night? If so he's probably had the better of him so far

Pretty sure Nibbler has a bit of calf soreness. Harmes time

Having a bit of a mare... looks a step off the pace for mine.

Rubbish kick inside fron ANB... & no forwards working hard to get front Posi!!

Loved the unselfish handball from Fritta in the first! Take a bow son. Time to shove that fork where it don't shine Demons!!

One was pretty much after a basic Maxy miss (again). 11 point turnaround. They don't waste time kicking in. Their aim is to get the short chip kick to the pocket where possible then switch with a quick medium into the middle if possible. 41 Inside 50s to 18 ....we need to be kicking at least 2 to 3 more on that. Most have been decent coming inside aside from Maxy's obsession kicking to the near side pocket....and Jordan's poor decision making/execution.

Piggy & Petty spoiling each other in that last marking contest / spilled ball goal was unfortunate. Happens in big games though

Gawn fantastic in the Air. Work rate A1. Kicking .... 🤪

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IMV the only reason you would send Gus back to his old role (now that Hunt is in) is to play a slow momentum game in the last 5 -10 minutes that's already in the bag or to cover for an injured HB. Gus in the guts (or wing / HF) is so much more damaging & effective.

Reckon you watched too much of the Flower Pots when you were a Chic Chook

Hunt played his role, gave us some line breaking run we've been misssing off HB for a while. Allowed Gus to go into the mid field ✅️✅️ BB will need a KTD from the Pies and is a slight step up on the Weid ✅✅️️ Positive Lingers!! ✅️

Actually i don't mind this. Time to take it to em vs same old same old where they usually have the edge over us

I know we're in the new woke age but when did Daisy turn into Dwayne!??

Looking more and more like the KTF cupboard is bare unfortunately Hopefully BBB comes good in time for finals

Weighted Average Player & Team Ratings up to & including Rnd 20, 2022 vs H&A Season 2021 Player 2022 Rating 2022 Rank 2021 Rating % Change vs 2021 2021 Rank Change in Rank vs 2021 C Oliver 5.338 1 5.258 1.52 1 0 C Petracca 4.470 2 4.041 10.62 2 0 Jack Viney 4.044 3 3.171 27.53 8 5 A Brayshaw 3.925 4 2.836 38.40 12 8 Steven May 3.890 5 3.926 -0.92 3 -2 L Dunstan 3.497 6 - - - - Ed Langdon 3.348 7 3.092 8.28 9 2 J Jordon 3.214 8 2.908 10.52 10 2 Max Gawn # 3.172 9 3.439 -7.76 7 -2 L Jackson # 3.124 10 2.355 32.65 21 11 C Salem 3.084 11 3.879 -20.49 4 -7 J Harmes 3.063 12 3.520 -12.98 6 -6 Jake Bowey 2.894 13 2.881 0.45 11 -2 T Sparrow 2.818 14 2.023 39.30 28 14 Alex N-Bullen 2.731 15 2.388 14.36 19 4 Jake Lever 2.709 16 3.661 -26.00 5 -11 T Rivers 2.373 17 2.658 -10.72 13 -4 H Petty 2.371 18 2.086 13.66 26 8 Joel Smith 2.239 19 1.375 62.84 32 13 K Pickett 2.085 20 2.378 -12.32 20 0 A Tomlinson 2.079 21 2.475 -16.00 16 -5 C Spargo 2.051 22 2.068 -0.82 27 5 T Bedford 2.023 23 - - - - Bayley Fritsch 1.962 24 2.155 -8.96 25 1 T McDonald # 1.939 25 2.516 -22.93 15 -10 J Melksham 1.763 26 1.853 -4.86 31 5 S Weideman # 1.705 27 1.055 61.61 27 0 J Hunt 1.665 28 2.597 -35.89 14 -14 Ben Brown # 1.654 29 1.855 -10.84 30 1 Mitch Brown 1.550 30 2.475 -37.37 16 -14 Daniel Turner>*TOG 49% 1.200 31 - - - - TEAM RATING (Top 22) 68.52 67.23 1.92 # Hit outs to advantage not captured * Only played one match...not an average rating > Subbed out

JVR is ready for a launch....albeit most likely a brief entre as he's still borderline & raw. Form at Casey last three weeks is solid. Also showed some decent defensive pressure acts / tackles. Watch his read off the pack 'on the move' goal over the weekend. You wont see Tomo or Weid doing these things. He's a natural around goal and dead eye within 40

Glad to hear Choco training the house down (again)! 💪🏼❤️💙 Any photos?