Demon Dynasty

It's an absolute coin toss. As a coach how would you decide who comes out between the two? There is something in the above and the fact plugger M is a premiership player with plenty of career credits. Looks to be struggling to get off the ground in the marking contest though. But still has the edge in smarts on the ground (in serious traffic/heat) & in closer to goal IMV, especially with set shots on the angles. There was one shot Weid took on a 45 from about 35 out on Sat, which i thought he would've been better served kicking a Stevie J. Instead went for old school drop punt and missed. Does he have this option in his arsenal? If not he should have by now. Also they're both very similar style players whose games are more suited to starting from nearer the square? Both limited in range to about 45 meters out. How often have i seen both going up for the same pack mark with no synergy between either recognising one is better staying down or maybe putting in a disguised block to help out the other. BB better on the lead in general, harder to counter, takes the opp's No.1 defender (helping out Weid or Tommy), sometimes drawing two defenders (meaning another forward is free ...somewhere...again possibly helping out either Weid or Tommy), draws more free kicks and can often kick the distance accurately from 50/55 out. Benny also averages about a goal a game more than the former two and any coach worth his salt will take that if it's in the offing. Sorry Weid/Plugger lovers but i reckon BBs commin' straight in for one of them if fit. BB comes in but also nothing wrong with healthy competition between Weid & plugger M. Tell them both they are vying for the same spot for the rest of the season .... say two to three week blocks? but staying in longer if they can meet specific performance criteria, goals/goal assists/score involvements & pressure i50 obviously making up a fair chunk of those KPIs.

Weighted Average Scores up to & including Rnd 5 , 2022 vs H&A Season 2021 May leap frogs Clarry to take the lead (just) for the first time in season 2022. Tracc up two places from last week into 3rd and Viney jumps three places into 4th, neck and neck with Harmes to round out the top 5. Pretty sure both Jackson and Maxy would be ahead of Viney & Harmes if hit outs to advantage could somehow be captured. Player 2022 Score 2022 Rank 2021 Score % Change vs 2021 2021 Rank Change in Rank vs 2021 Steven May 4.575 1 3.926 16.53 3 2 C Oliver 4.525 2 5.258 -13.94 1 -1 C Petracca 4.400 3 4.041 8.88 2 -1 Jack Viney 4.045 4 3.171 27.56 8 4 J Harmes 4.000 5 3.520 13.64 6 1 A Brayshaw 3.890 6 2.836 37.17 12 6 L Jackson # 3.600 7 2.355 52.87 21 14 Jake Bowey 3.475 8 2.881 20.62 11 3 Max Gawn # 3.370 9 3.439 -2.01 7 -2 Ed Langdon 3.215 10 3.092 3.98 9 -1 Alex N-Bullen 3.185 11 2.388 33.38 19 8 J Jordon 3.160 12 2.908 8.67 10 -2 T Sparrow 2.920 13 2.023 44.34 28 15 T Rivers 2.531 14 2.658 -4.78 13 -1 Joel Smith 2.367 15 1.375 72.12 32 17 Ben Brown 2.175 16 1.855 17.25 30 14 Jake Lever 2.063 17 3.661 -43.65 5 -12 A Tomlinson 1.956 18 2.475 -20.97 16 -2 B Fritsch 1.865 19 2.155 -13.46 25 6 T Bedford* 1.825 20 - - - - S Weideman 1.817 21 1.055 72.23 27 6 C Spargo 1.770 22 2.068 -14.41 27 5 Jayden Hunt 1.570 23 2.597 -39.55 14 -9 T McDonald # 1.530 24 2.516 -39.19 15 -9 K Pickett 1.390 25 2.378 -41.55 20 -5 Average Team Score - Top 22 66.73 67.23 -0.75 # Hit outs to advantage not captured * Only played one match not an average score Stats courtesy of footywire.com

Round 5, 2022 MCG - Demons vs Giants Team score off the charts at 74.0 Last night's performance was a massive 10% above the average team score from season 2021! To give you some idea of how good this was, our best score from our 2021 Premiership season was Rnd 6 vs The Tigers @ 71.93 (Chunk's last game at the G) And the Grand Final.... 69.50 Conversion rate was 70%, one of the highest i've seen from any team. Tracc tops the table this round with 24 effectives @ 80% efficiency, 7 clearances, 6 inside 50s, 2 tackles (one inside 50), 12 score involvements (most on the night, next best was Spargo with 9!), 3 intercepts, 573 meters gained (most on the night) 4 turnovers (quite low for that many possessions) and 2 goals. Reckon the disallowed goal fired Tracc up big time last night! Another fabulous game from May who must have gone very close to BOG with another strangulation of the oppo. One of Spargo's best games in the red & blue? Top 5 Meters gained.... Tracc 573, Spargo 478, May 447, Clarry 440 & Maxy 426 Player Score Rank C Petracca 5.875 1 Steven May 5.675 2 Jack Viney 5.425 3 C Oliver 4.550 4 Max Gawn 4.125 5 Jake Bowey 3.775 6 J Harmes 3.775 6 A Brayshaw 3.525 8 T Sparrow 3.525 8 C Spargo 3.500 10 J Jordon 3.400 11 Trent Rivers 3.325 12 Ed Langdon 3.175 13 Alex N-Bullen 2.850 14 L Jackson 2.800 15 B Fritsch 2.700 16 Jake Lever 2.525 17 J Hunt 2.400 18 H Petty 2.025 19 S Weideman 1.950 20 K Pickett 1.900 21 T McDonald 1.200 22 Team Score 74.00 Top 6 29.43 Bottom 6 12.00 # Hit outs to advantage not captured Stats courtesy of footywire

Good old uncle. Wonder how the maid's holding up after 12 wins straight!

Time to roll out "C'mon Demons 2.0" CYB ??

Putting a good Red to the sword tonight PF!??

Was on a mission to decommission the opposition! Seen a few outstanding games by May now but that would have to be very close to the top 5 i reckon. He gave them absolutely nothing tonight.

The average Away crowd for GWS games in 2021 was 21,505 so tonight was about par However, given we've just won a premiership and on top of the ladder i would've expected at least 30,000 (+/- a few thousand) tonight so yeah it was a very disappointing turnout

Very tricky. After watching both very carefully tonight it was almost impossible to split them. However, neither are capable of putting regular scores (2 or more goals) on the board and stretching the opp's No.1 defender, freeing up others around in the process (as they will get the next best defender and BB will often draw two defenders), the way that BB does. When both are in the team i've also noticed that neither usually worry the scoreboard with more than a goal each (on average). There appears to be very little synergy between them within the 50 arc. When one is pushing up high and the other stays deep or is off the field...we look a much better team IMV. BB is also more lethal on the lead, can roost a goal from 50 - 55 ish quite comfortably and draws more frees in the marking contests. Whereas both Weid & T-Mac are probably more restricted to 40 odd meters and under in terms of length / accuracy and don't have the reach / marking / goal kicking capability of BB when he's on. Coin flip as to who comes out but i would still be bringing BB straight in, he's a decent improvement on both IMHO and we'd be mad not to take our best 22 in if he's fit & available.

6. May 5. Tracc 4. Maxy 3. SparGOAT 2. Viney 1. Clarry

Maysie BOG??

What about old Beddy boy!!

Hoo ****n Raa to that!!

Which one!??

Kozzie's been given a licence to run between the arcs tonight and its working a treat. Players also look like theyre deliberately looking for him as well

Lever is out warming up. Seems ok at the mo

If you are tallkimg punching it any angle towards goal over the top of the inner ring of players.....Yup!! Also Clarry and Tracc need to handball to outside preferrably Lingers side so he can run on to it. All these 2 to 4 foot hand balls, even Viney is guilty, bringing the heat on us around the ball and too easy for the Giants to get a hand in and steal or spoil. Go further / wider and changle lanes pls

Too often going up for the same marking contest. Nothing changes

Thanks Skuit. Our second quarters have felt like our worst part of the matches so far and this would appear to support that. Would be nice to know what underlying reasons are behind this so far. Hopefully we can turn this around a little as the year progresses.

About as much chance of that happening as no physical contact between you and the maid at the manner i would think Uncle...

I agree they would also need to train for it RP ....obviously just throwing them around on game day probably aint such a great idea.

Sort of but not Weid to the back line for mine. He's played very little 'senior' footy there to date. Probably won't read the ball as well as T-Mac in this part of the ground either. Now if you suggested T-Mac for Smith.... as a short term experiment for up to two weeks? And then, only once the game / outcome is under control say from half time onwards, late in the third or some way into the final quarter? I believe Smith started his career as a forward yes? Apart from very little experience there of late, the other thing going against Smith up forward might be his height. Although he seems relatively quick off the mark and a decent leap which could well make up for any deficiency here. See his dad....Robbo etc. I would prefer this option to both T-Mac and Weid both starting inside the 50 AND remaining there for the entire match. Unless of course it's actually working haha! But from what i have witnessed on game day from behind the goals, they both get in each other's way far too often and when was the last time that 'both players' worried the scorer with say three to four goals a piece in the same game?

W or KC must have some idea

I believe that was correct ...is that no longer the case?

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