Demon Dynasty

Thankfully the HB experiment would appear to be a thing of the past. I was calling for the above all of last year. Fish out of water rear of centre in a mostly 'defender' role. He's like Seabiscuit (at least the Hollywood version). When the opponent pulls up alongside and they go eyeball to eyeball... it sets him on ballistic mode!

This was in hotel quarantine or self quarantine WCW?

And risk losing the original link to another Vic club? Ownership is 9/10ths of the law and if they get a big enough turn out they might claim the rights to it and ask for it again the following year. Might even go for another match against a bigger supported Vic club! Gil won't say no if there's the potential for a few more $$ in it at the gate. Never give a sucker an even break...especially Essendrug!

Wouldn't be surprised if Victorian AFL clubs/players in a hub are treated differently to other Victorians.

What a Horrowitz this thread has become. I'm just Abbado-ver it!

Same. There is nothing in any of that that vision to definitively sat he touched the ball. Just the usual media drivel on the Demons Loges. Anything to come with a contrary view to the bleeding obvious. Let them hate away while we keep sticking right up em.

The conspiracy theory argument is your concoction DS. I'm just saying the hate/loathing is there and there's alot if it about. That it manifests in various forms, including bias by some umpires, commentators (eg BT) etc along the way No one other than yourself is claiming it's a conspiracy where everyone is in on the act. Example of your OOT accusation...I did not say the whole of Chanel 9... i referred to one football show.

As one example EO ... Lingers is No. 1 in the AFL for sprint averages. As for goal kicking my understanding is he is our most accurate set shot at the moment. Or was the last time i looked. Not too shabby.

The last one wasn't a stuff up...the umpire in question admitted the free kick was there and he decided not to pay it.

Just one example EO. That's not apathy that's a deliberate decision by the producers/those running the show.

You are both watching different games to me then fellas. There's alot of hate out there for the Demons and it ripples through the AFL community like a cancer. If you want to hide under a blanket that's your choice. Last week's two non-decisions toward the end effectively cost us the match. But let's pretend it never happened. All will be well if we just close our eyes and pray!

So if you watched the Sunday Footy Show there was a 2 minute snippet of how the Demons go from attack to defence so well which confused and mucked the Doggies on Friday night. Every other match was covered with a full review & highlights package, including votes , except ours. This included extensive coverage of what was, apparently, the greatest win in recent history by Essendrug over the Eagles with player interview and similar coverage of the Cats win over the Pies with Issac Smith interviewed. Apparently our win/top of the table block buster match was an aberration that only warranted a 2 minute analysis from Browny at the start.

Courtesy of Stephen Anderson off FB... the bias against the Demons continues. Razor or no Razor. T-Mac shirt fronted no eyes for the ball no free... https://www.facebook.com/groups/MFC.forum/permalink/4722910574402673/ Then May ... inflicts a perfect spoil. Zero chopping zero holding and be unlucky to get called in basketball but wait... somehow it was "Arm interference". There is vision of this if you scroll down in the comments section of the linked video above

I see Lockhart as more of a HBer 58 but you could be right.

IMHO there is no like for like replacement for Lingers. Of course he is elite at what he does so no surprise here. The closest we might have at present that can fill the hole for a week? Probably Baker. He was in the best for Casey's last match against the Swans apparently so may be on the cusp for the call up vs other options.

Baker was in the best players against the Swans apparently. I reckon he'll be high up on the list to replace +lingers

I seriously watched this game through beer goggles Buck so i have no idea what happened re Ed. Any possibility the Doggies put a run with on him to pressure him off his usual game? Would need to watch the game again. Maybe he just had an offy. Hope he recovers quick. He's a bloody jet and one of my all time favs now. Love the way he goes about it. Not too many in the game run harder than Mr Ed.

Too funny... the other come back.... "I'd gladly bugger off to a bayside mansion but they're mostly owned by current and ex AFL players nowadays!" His bayside wasn't Frankston by any chance ?

Weighted Average Scores up to & including Rnd 11 , 2021 vs 2019 Player 2021 Score 2021 Rank 2019 Score % Change vs 2019 2019 Rank Change in Rank vs 2019 Clayton Oliver 5.627 1 4.643 21.19 1 0 C Salem 4.078 2 3.658 11.48 3 1 C Petracca 3.982 3 2.616 52.22 10 7 Steven May 3.978 4 2.446 62.63 14 10 Jake Lever 3.691 5 2.313 59.58 17 12 Max Gawn # 3.686 6 3.256 13.21 4 -2 James Harmes 3.630 7 3.850 -5.71 2 -5 Ed Langdon 3.545 8 Jack Viney 3.450 9 3.068 12.45 5 -4 A Brayshaw 3.093 10 2.894 6.88 6 -4 James Jordan 3.093 10 Jayden Hunt 2.710 12 1.958 38.41 22 10 T McDonald # 2.650 13 2.150 23.26 19 6 M Hibberd 2.596 14 2.124 22.22 20 6 K Pickett 2.582 15 Trent Rivers 2.530 16 M Brown* 2.475 17 A Tomlinson 2.475 17 Luke Jackson # 2.388 19 Oskar Baker* 2.325 20 1.714 35.65 29 9 Bayley Fritsch 2.238 21 2.641 -15.26 9 -12 Nathan Jones 2.214 22 2.711 -18.33 7 -15 Alex N-Bullen 2.211 23 1.984 11.44 21 -2 Tom Sparrow 2.087 24 1.075 94.14 37 13 Charlie Spargo 2.077 25 1.375 51.05 35 10 J Melksham 2.054 26 1.931 6.37 23 -3 Neville Jetta 1.865 27 2.264 -17.62 18 -9 H Petty 1.825 28 1.905 -4.20 24 -4 Ben Brown # 1.575 29 Sam Weideman 1.367 30 1.818 -24.81 27 -3 Kade Chandler* 0.250 31 Average Team Score - Top 22 69.04 59.62 15.79 Hit outs to advantage not captured * Only played one match not an average score Stats courtesy of footywire.com

Gus on SEN now

Rnd 11, 2021 Marvel Oval - Bulldogs vs Demons Clarry you havin some sorta year mate! Super team effort from most tonight. Some great role players this eve including Harmes (snuffing out Libba), Spargo, Lever, Jordy, Rivers & ANB. Was it Hunt & ANB sharing the Bont? Was too distracted to focus. I'm sure there's plenty more to mention but that will do for tonight. Time to get back on the beers! Player Score Rank Clayton Oliver 6.100 1 Christian Petracca 4.650 2 Jake Lever 4.525 3 James Harmes 4.150 4 Steven May 3.950 5 Max Gawn # 3.650 6 Angus Brayshaw 3.275 7 James Jordon 2.850 8 Bayley Fritsch 2.750 9 Trent Rivers 2.700 10 Tom McDonald 2.225 11 Alex N-Bullen 2.200 12 Michael Hibberd 2.100 13 Jake Melksham 1.875 14 Jayden Hunt 1.725 15 Harrison Petty 1.650 16 Luke Jackson # 1.625 17 Charlie Spargo 1.450 18 Kysaiah Pickett 1.350 19 Christian Salem 1.300 20 Sam Weideman 1.075 21 Ed Langdon 0.825 22 Team Score 58.00 Top 6 27.03 Bottom 6 7.63 # Hit outs to advantage not captured * Only played one match not an average score Stats courtesy of footywire.com

Back to his 2019 form ....Statistically 2nd best for the year that season.