Demon Dynasty

Weighted Average Scores up to & including Rnd 22, 2021 vs 2019 Player 2021 Score 2021 Rank 2019 Score % Change vs 2019 2019 Rank Change in Rank vs 2019 C Oliver 5.180 1 4.643 11.57 1 0 C Petracca 4.065 2 2.616 55.39 10 8 Steven May 3.967 3 2.446 62.18 14 11 C Salem 3.914 4 3.448 13.52 3 -1 Jake Lever 3.595 5 2.313 55.43 17 12 J Harmes 3.464 6 3.850 -10.03 2 -4 Max Gawn # 3.395 7 3.256 4.27 4 -3 Jack Viney 3.161 8 3.068 3.03 5 -3 Ed Langdon 3.124 9 J Bowey 2.933 10 James Jordan 2.908 11 A Brayshaw 2.861 12 2.894 -1.14 6 -6 Trent Rivers 2.688 13 T McDonald # 2.622 14 2.150 21.95 19 5 Jayden Hunt 2.597 15 1.958 32.64 22 7 M Brown* 2.475 16 A Tomlinson 2.475 16 L Jackson # 2.438 18 M Hibberd 2.433 19 2.124 14.55 20 1 Alex N-Bullen 2.354 20 1.984 18.65 21 1 A Vandenberg 2.338 21 Oskar Baker* 2.325 22 1.714 35.65 29 7 K Pickett 2.320 23 Nathan Jones 2.214 24 2.711 -18.33 7 -17 Bayley Fritsch 2.170 25 2.641 -17.83 9 -16 H Petty 2.113 26 1.905 10.92 24 -2 Charlie Spargo 2.069 27 1.375 50.47 35 8 Tom Sparrow 2.021 28 1.075 88.00 37 9 Ben Brown # 1.875 29 Neville Jetta 1.865 30 2.264 -17.62 18 -12 J Melksham 1.853 31 1.931 -4.04 23 -8 S Weideman 1.055 32 1.818 -41.97 27 -5 K Chandler* 0.250 33 Average Team Score - Top 22 67.31 59.62 12.90 Hit outs to advantage not captured * Only played one match not an average score Stats courtesy of footywire.com

Rnd 22, 2021 MCG - Demons vs Crows Our 2nd best conversion rate for the year only behind our Rnd 7 match vs the Kangas Disposals Per Goal 23.4 % In50s Goal 30.8 Conversion % 69.6 This Rnd Disposals Per Goal 22.0 % In50s Goal 27.1 Conversion % 66.7 Not getting overly excited with this win both from what i saw and statistically. The team score only 6.5% better than our average team score in 2019 which was a horrid season against one of the worst teams in the AFL this season is a real worry for mine. Having said that we were missing two of our best players (on their day) in Macca and May so still a fair amount of upside. The three under performers / disappointments for mine, especially given how we lost to the Crows last time were Gus, Sparrow & Melk. The two big positives that came out of today for me were Lingers and Salem who appear to be back to somewhere near their best. And then Dogga, who seems to have gone to another level since his match against the Suns and must be a shoe in for the Rising Star surely. When was the last time an MFC player kicked 7? Player Score Rank Christian Salem 4.625 1 Christian Petracca 4.625 1 Bayley Fritsch 4.375 3 Max Gawn # 3.925 4 Clayton Oliver 3.750 5 Charlie Spargo 3.350 6 Ed Langdon 3.325 7 Trent Rivers 3.200 8 Luke Jackson # 3.125 9 Harrison Petty 2.950 10 Kysaiah Pickett 2.950 10 James Harmes 2.800 12 James Jordon 2.675 13 Alex N-Bullen 2.650 14 Ben Brown # 2.525 15 Jake Lever 2.500 16 Jake Bowey 2.400 17 Michael Hibberd 2.375 18 Tom Sparrow 1.600 19 Joel Smith 1.450 20 Angus Brayshaw 1.250 21 Jake Melksham 1.050 22 Team Score 63.48 Top 6 24.65 Bottom 6 10.13 # Hit outs to advantage not captured Stats courtesy of footywire.com

Gus is having a shocker....lazy lazy lazy. Baker next week pls

Pressure or lack thereof inside 50 today is abysmal

Been awful as has Sparrow

Needed the extra pre season though Chook. Multiple leads, strength in contest and ground ball follow up. Might play in our favour now touch wood.

Been the difference at stoppages and contested ground ball so far

Nice work in the clinches there... Lingers going ok just wish he'd stop bombing it. Nice finish from Dogga & BB

Hand is nowhere near it in that second shot....easy goal decision

Spargo should almost always look to dish off if he is not within 30 meters or less like that one

Spargo,your angle was better...be smarter son

Seedsman running hot like last time. Stick Harmes on him at stoppages pls

I don't get this signing. Havent seen him stick his hand up at VFL level to this point. Also appears to be injury prone in a big way. White is a better player in every aspect at VFL level for mine on his day (also has the occasional off game) and he's not on our list. Could be a late bloomer but surely there's plenty of high end talented alternatives out there to fill his place?

I doubt it Mr Leg. The AFL will want as many stars up and running as possible me thinks. They've already taken too many hits in this pandemic.

That's obvious Mr Old. Subliminally your predictor also hates that awful abbreviation. Tip: Use 'DEMONS' instead FTW! 😁

Yes this would seem to be extra important now that the buy is likely to be scrapped

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Think he may have been a slim chance a few games ago at Casey when he was BOG but unfortunately did his calf. He would have needed to follow up with a solid hit out against the Dogs in the last Casey match. However aside from Munro and a few cameos from others almost every MFC player flopped badly in that one. And that was probably the end of that for Chunk. Would love to see him given one more chance but only if fully fit and tearing up the track (vs other competitors he is on a par with or even marginally ahead of ie; Sparrow & AVB).

So Hibb for Hunt. Would have liked to have seen Baker in for AVB for this match at least. Gus plays AVB's minutes in the middle. Baker covers Gus's wing for this match. If Gus goes down between now and finals or in finals i would be reluctant to look at Baker with only one AFL match under his belt many months ago. Like to see how his disposal goes under AFL heat as well. One of the quickest in the team, he could also (potentially) play the Hunt role (in the short term) if Hibb goes down as a last resort until Hunt returns.

Worst case scenario assuming we come out of lockdown with 3 to 4 weeks to go to the GF, why can't those who are fully vaxed be able to attend to about 50% capacity? I don't get why this isn't even being considered. About 50% of Vic will be fully vaxed by mid Sept

With approx 6 weeks to go to the GF surely we "could" be well out of lockdown by then and back to say 50% crowds? I realise things need to be arranged well before then but how long do they need prior to the GF? Whether we are in the big dance or not, even if things aren't perfect (Covid / lockdown wise) and it needs to be planned / organised ASAP for logistics / commercial/ catering / accommodation purposes plus the bubble. Surely we can have a crowd of fully vaccinated (members first then the general public) attend the big one including security / catering staff and officials etc? If not, why not?

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Weighted Average Scores up to & including Rnd 21, 2021 vs 2019 Player 2021 Score 2021 Rank 2019 Score % Change vs 2019 2019 Rank Change in Rank vs 2019 C Oliver 5.251 1 4.643 13.09 1 0 C Petracca 4.038 2 2.616 54.36 10 8 Steven May 3.967 3 2.446 62.18 14 11 C Salem 3.876 4 3.448 12.41 3 -1 Jake Lever 3.650 5 2.313 57.80 17 12 J Harmes 3.515 6 3.850 -8.70 2 -4 Max Gawn # 3.369 7 3.256 3.47 4 -3 J Bowey 3.200 8 Jack Viney 3.161 9 3.068 3.03 5 -4 Ed Langdon 3.113 10 A Brayshaw 2.941 11 2.894 1.62 6 -5 James Jordan 2.921 12 Trent Rivers 2.663 13 T McDonald # 2.622 14 2.150 21.95 19 5 Jayden Hunt 2.597 15 1.958 32.64 22 7 M Brown* 2.475 16 A Tomlinson 2.475 16 M Hibberd 2.438 18 2.124 14.78 20 2 L Jackson # 2.401 19 Alex N-Bullen 2.339 20 1.984 17.89 21 1 A Vandenberg 2.338 21 Oskar Baker* 2.325 22 1.714 35.65 29 7 K Pickett 2.289 23 Nathan Jones 2.214 24 2.711 -18.33 7 -17 Tom Sparrow 2.064 25 1.075 92.00 37 12 Bayley Fritsch 2.054 26 2.641 -22.23 9 -17 H Petty 2.054 26 1.905 7.82 24 -2 Charlie Spargo 2.005 28 1.375 45.82 35 7 J Melksham 1.942 29 1.931 0.57 23 -6 Neville Jetta 1.865 30 2.264 -17.62 18 -12 Ben Brown # 1.794 31 S Weideman 1.055 32 1.818 -41.97 27 -5 K Chandler* 0.250 33 Average Team Score - Top 22 67.68 59.62 13.50 Hit outs to advantage not captured * Only played one match not an average score Stats courtesy of footywire.com

I think AVB and Sparrow's spots might be up for grabs Buck Jones & Baker maybe until Viney returns? However, so far there's been zero interest for those two from Goody & Co so i might be the only one that thinks that. Agree Melk seemed to do just enough to hang in there. Would just like to see him pressure more (effectively) in general without ball in hand. Pretty clean in the wet so will do his confidence pretty good. Let's hope he can maintain the rage as i personally think he can make a big difference with delivery inside 50 and an extra avenue to goal at the pointy end. Edit: just saw that Hunt is out so that leaves a spot for Hibb. Lockhart also?