Demon Dynasty

Not necessarily. Hunt will need to fire this week and/or against the filth or Hibbo (assuming he gets through another VFL game or two unscathed and hits some form) might be knocking on his door for the QB match or, failing that, post the buy.

Not a bad lookalike...

Lots of respect for Lloydo and his insight analysis into the game. Good summary behind his reasonings and the strengths of each player. His assessment of big Maysie ...well i won't spoil it (2nd reel).... 20 - 16 ... https://www.afl.com.au/video/772111 15 -11 ... https://www.afl.com.au/video/772327

Yep. Happy to see him back and jobbing 8 goals on the G ....just not against us! P.S. nice analogy 👏🏻

..."Someone's gonna have to tell him"

AFL speak for... "Even with such a learned counsel, more time was needed to concoct a better case for Buddy given the evidence at hand"

That has to be the shortest AFL player interview on record 😅

Fireside chat with big Max up soon

And goal smarts / poise OD. VERY confident around the sticks. Sometimes the step up is a little too much though but i recall his game against the Hawks a while back and thought he was serviceable. He's no world beater but if it came down to having to pick one of the two i'd be giving Mitch a block of matches from here to see what he can do well before finals. Need to explore all avenues as so far our forward line (in totem...some individual cameos on occasions but pretty random) hasn't been able to get out of 2nd gear.

Probs one more credit opportunity for BB. Mitch is a decent alternative right now and playing some nice footy at Casey for sure. We need more marking power and/or getting ball to ground up forward by a tall to help out Macca as well as the medium/ small crumbers. Rotating Maxy & Dogga from CHF through the middle is fine. Unfortunately one has been a little off his best and the other....a fair way. Need at least one to step it up this week.

Interesting W As much as i like where Bedford is heading I can't see them giving the nod to Bedford ahead of BB. Stranger things have happened though and he did perform in the first half. Can't see Mitch as Sub ahead of BB either. No BB and should we continue to see an out of form Dogga on the park we'll effectively be very undersized up forward. Possibly the only other alternative is ANB out for Bedford? Cant see Goody making that tweak either at this point. You need at least one or two of your medium to tall forwards to fire. Fritsch about it on the weekend. Not even the drifters, Maxy & Dogga, managed to bother the scoreboard. Whereas Lobb owned us and kept them in it in that second quarter. Looked BOG given the impact and influence he had throughout the game. Big part of the reason we were so badly out marked also. Thank goodness for Plugga Mac's form, may it continue. We better hope another tall gets into gear this weekend as you can't solely rely on him every week. Spargo back to playing more 50 arc time should help (in theory). Him & Kozzie front & square more often along with nibbler / Viney / Harmes on occasions and we might start to see a functioning forward line that provides a decent return on all the entries we usually have. Mids lowering vision and hitting up some targets would be nice. Hunt's spot is looking shakey with Hibb & Salem returning and would expect Hibb or Salem to make a return against the old enemy if they get through the warm ups. Might even be both (Rivers?). Reckon we might struggle again this week with a bit of an unsettled line up (eg no Maysie, potentially one or two under the weather) and the continuing dysfunctional forward line but also there's the rebound factor. Boys will be out for redemption. Fingers crossed the buddy clause doesn't succeed. Hoping we can get over the line or better!

Just watched the highlights up to half time. Then the entire third quarter. Wow.... did we hand them the match. Don't get me wrong the Dockers brought some solid heat and pressured the carrier well. Finished work up forward etc. But between some of the dodgy ump decisions (in particular the first one against Lever to Tabenar) and our poor decision making plus clangers. No wonder we got our [censored] handed to us in that second half. I'm sure Goody & Co. will be into this but i sure hope they drill down into that third quarter in particular. Wouldnt want some of those habbits to catch or we'll be seeing consecutive losses in the coming weeks before the buy. Fix that [censored] up 😅 Oh...and Tracc playing through a sicko!?? Get thee home boy, take a bex and a good lie down! Carn the Mighty Demons!! P.S. no team can cover FIVE players down for an entire match! Other than against the two lowest teams ...maybe.

How so Mr Old? Insider info!?

For sure.... and Harmes back in will add the depth extra grunt factor plus a mid who pushes forward a fair bit.

Thanks Andy

If anyone managed to catch "The Monday Means Test" on Whately / SEN this morning .... According to David King, in 2021 we were ranked No.1 without the ball (by a fair margin vs the rest of the comp). I assume this means pressure acts, maybe tackling? and/or ability to get the ball back (forcing turnovers). Also No.1 at retention of the ball inside our own 50 (record margins vs rest of comp) The last 5 weeks he said we were ranked 11th without the ball. Freo 1st Not sure about the retention inside 50 Will have to knuckle down in the 2nd half of the season if we are to get our 2021 mojo back in this area it seems.

Can't wait to see JVR, Moniz, Mitch Brown, Turner, Rosman, maybe Salem (and the rest) at the Colosseum in front of a home crowd!

Fugazi!!

Probably the only option and one suggested to them from somewhere (cough*). In all seriousness how did they arrive at that as the point of difference!!?? Astounding.

He had one decent game against the Bombers. I don't like to write any player off but if we have alternative options i would be using them before Weid. That includes Mitch Brown (ahead of Weid every day for this season for mine). Re BBB ...at least one more credit 😅

I agree. Seeing your two KDs well on their men (at a glance), i would think either wait for the spill out the back or side. Alternatively look to come over the top and punch it away but in that situation someone needs to stay down and play the rover role IMV.

Would bring Plugga (for Petty) & Mitch (for Weid) in if Petty doesnt get up this week.

Yeh i agree BBP. More thinking if a "managed" situation arises between now and finals. I reckon we should have managed a few over the Eagles/Norf buys. Not saying Fritta either ... just saying. Think we saw the result of not taking this line (partially... was also alot to do with key personnel out & a little with Trac being crook) in the Freo 2nd half.

Out if the three (Ros, Laurie & Moniz), i would take 12 to 15 posessions from Moniz any day of the week vs say 20 to 25 from the other two. His disposal by foot is at another level. Yes i know, they're all playing completely diff roles/positions but Moniz (very early days and not getting too excited but hopeful) appears to offer the exciting opportunity of finishing off some good work up the field more often than not and, most importantly, finding targets coming inside 50 with the final money kick. Imagine him (developed) and Spargo feeding the ball to BBB, Fritsch, Macca & others (Kozzie) on the lead. Probably a season or two away but it's a tasty thought if he makes it. Will he? I have a sneaking suspicion we'll be seeing him making a very nice entre' sometime during season 2023.