Demon Dynasty

Series 589, Episode 5, Sept 2175 (Above: TonE Robinson aka CyborgClonE Model BLDRIK-188) In this enthralling episode it's time to take a look back at old Melbourne where we focus on an area once collectively known as Yarra, Melbourne & Collective (Olympic/AAMI) Parks (YMCA) district, when it was once a thriving bustling sporting precinct early last century. In this episode our legendary and most knowledgeable host, TonE , walks us through the entire precinct. With particular focus on the sacred sporting grounds prior to the abolition of contact sport (2045) and resulting demolition of this former precinct by Australia's largest political party of the time, Australian Society of Inclusiveness and Conservation (ASIC) in conjunction with other influencers (such as the respected and still functioning local Richmond district's LESMOKAFATONE+), circa 2048. Of course now known as the New Flora, Fauna & Fungi (incorporating Injecting Site) Inclusion (NFFFI) District, officially opened over 100 years ago on 5 Nov 2050...See More Gosch's Paddock YMCA district, undergoing a major upgrade... Circa Sept 2021 Film courtesy of National Archives Canberra

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?

And the AFL'S No.1 in aerial and ground ball intercept averages is!??... Rise of the interceptors: The marking machines changing the game - https://www.afl.com.au/news/662954

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?

Rnd 21, 2021 Optus - Eagles vs Demons Possibly ANB's best game (statistically) in the red & blue? Let's take a look at some of his output... 12 Effectives running at 63% (about 1.5% higher than his average on a wet / greasy night), 1 contested mark (rarely takes any), 2 one percenters, 3 clearances, 2 Rebounds, 7 inside 50s, 8 tackles (5 inside 50!), 8 score involvements, 2 intercepts, 2 goals and 4 turnovers. A top 5 result from a second gamer Bowey! Unfortunately Kozzie's worst game for the year by a big margin, aside from the clutch goal towards the end. Gus's worst game (statistically) this season as well. It should be noted that the Eagles had a huge experience advantage on Monday night making this away win quite impressive. Average games West Coast 132 / Demons 87. We had 8 rookies running around vs their 5. They had 10 players with 150 games or more vs our 3. The Top 5... Meters Gained > May 598, Harmes 515, Tracc 449, ANB 407, Lingers 374 Score Involvements > Tracc 9, ANB 8, BB 6, Equal 3rd Harmes / Rivers & Gawn on 5 Tackles inside 50 > ANB 5! Daylight after with five others, Harmes/LJ, Fritta, Melk & Spargo on 1 each Clearance Kings > Clarry 9, Tracc 7, Gawn 5, ANB/Harmes/Sparrow & Bowey on 3 each. Intercepts > Rivers/Lever 10, Bowey 9, Petty 8 & May 6 Turnovers > Tracc 6 (not too bad) and a stack of others on 4 or less. That's our best result on this in some time. Player Score Rank Alex N-Bullen 4.075 1 C Petracca 4.075 1 J Harmes 3.875 3 Jake Bowey 3.850 4 C Oliver 3.750 5 Steven May 3.725 6 Trent Rivers 3.550 7 C Salem 3.525 8 Jake Lever 2.900 9 Luke Jackson # 2.725 10 H Petty 2.450 11 Max Gawn # 2.350 12 J Jordon 2.100 13 Ed Langdon 1.975 14 Ben Brown # 1.850 15 C Spargo 1.675 16 T Sparrow 1.675 16 J Melksham 1.600 18 A Vandenberg 1.200 19 B Fritsch 1.150 20 A Brayshaw 1.100 21 K Pickett 0.350 22 Team Score 55.53 Top 6 23.35 Bottom 6 7.08 # Hit outs to advantage not captured Stats courtesy of footywire.com

Jones is (still) just ahead of Sparrow and AVB for mine. No brainer if fully fit.

He is but even he's not as slow as AVB now. AVB almost always slow plays the game as well which can ruin our momentum depending on how we're set up in front of the ball. Jones has his faults but he at least offers a decent link up option and some grunt at ground level. Minor minutes though if he comes in. Similar to Sparrow. Wouldn't play him for much more than 60% game time if that. The truth is we just don't have a decent replacement for any of them. I would say Baker for his speed and outside work but he butchers the ball. Even more so than Chunk 😄

I still recognise what those three are even in a shortened version Mel. WTF is a Dee? Half a Demon? A neutered one?

Jones is a notch ahead IMV and should be getting the nod. Not sure what SG is watching (or wasn't) in the Magoos and upstairs. Mind you aside from Munro, most in the Magoos were bloody awful last time around, but the match a few weeks prior Chunk was BOG by a country mile before doing his calf late. Sparrow a good young lad but unable to take the next step at senior level at this stage. As you say, another pre-season or two and who knows. They'll need to try & quicken him up though if possible if he's to make the grade i reckon. AVB shows great endeavour but he is struggling to get across the turf and shut opponents down without ball in hand & giving away too many crucial frees as a result. While Chunk is not a big step up on either by any measure he is still a marginal step up IMV if/when fully fit.

OUT: Hunt (injj), AVB, Sparrow IN: Hibberd, TMac, Jones SUB: Sparrow Spargoat is on notice & needs to lift! Does a few good things on the odd occasion but rarely asserts himself over four quarters. Should have kept his head after that. Ark in the last. Just gone straight back assuming he took it rather than play on regardless of [censored] umpiring late call. Also misses too many shots at goal from set shots from not very far out. Can't kick beyond about 30 meters accurately. Even though he must know this he still kicks the ball right to the line where there's very little chance of scoring a goal and 9 times out of 10 it will just go through for a rushed behind. Kick it to the top of the square son FCS or dish it off to someone who can slam it through from 30 to 40 out easy. Imagine not being able to make the distance from 30 out in a GF and needing just a merger minor point to win the match! Don't want another Eishold pls. Know your limits and play to them young fella. Needs to turn up the wick for longer. Goes missing for too many minutes. Lockhart a potential to replace if he doesn't up it this week IMV.

DEMONS! 😓 You should know better Please folks....let's lose this awful nic. It's completely [censored]

Exactly this is the AFL trying everything to get there boys into the finals...including delay of game!

Chew up the clock boys. Plenty of cheap chip kicks!

Nothing kick from Dogga..... kick through it FCS

I have never heard of lightning stopping play in any AFL game 🙄

Possibly BOG

Fritta give the ball off son FCS!

Spargoat hasn't done alot

How was that not a free to Meth? What's happening? AFL want the finals here??

Amazing how the big target up forward has straightened us up ...and the dividends following