Demon Dynasty

I don't often agree with your selections W but that feels about right ...subject to no further outs!

You have my vote Kent

A few jabs of the good stuff will fix that Dazzle. Rest of the year to recover 😄

Max can cover their Jnr fella this week and forecast looks likely to be wet & greasy. Maybe a bit of minor pinch hitting in the middle (and occasionally in the F50) from either Weid and/or Plugger Mac. The wet weather would be better suited to Macca or Melk coming in. Daw is no doubt a handy ruck foil and intercept mark a kick behind the play or occasionally resting forward but that's it IMV. Once the ball hits the deck or is in motion he really struggles and he's a pretty dodgy set shot for goal. Doubt there's any chance the MC would play him in the wet and we would have to be very low on stocks before he'd be anywhere near the picture for a senior call up under even the finest conditions. Unless, Lucifer forbid, both Max & Dogga were both out at the same time.

As in if to many players go down you might be needed this week!

So Dunstan gets another shot....unless of course he also got.... I reckon Dazzle and a few others here might need to get down to training tomorrow

T-Mac used to handle a bit of ruck work, mostly forward of course. Probably takes the odd one now but he's mostly covered off by one of Dogga or Gawn and is a rare go to of late But with Dogga out? I would say they will still go with the Weid as a pinch hitting (read put body next to opposing ruckman, contest but no we aren't expecting you to ever win a tap to advantage) ruck up forward. Anyway all speculation until we have confirmation of who has the bloody lurgy.

Yes good point Jnr...no doubt there's a distance/fatigue 👉🏼 accuracy factor

Looks like Dunstan stays David given it is looking like Clarry might have gotten the bug Edit: scrap that....aside from Dogga it could be anyone else at this point ie; hopefully not Clarry!

I agree its a great venue Cards albeit a tad blustery and hard to watch if there's a westerly blowing. Most of the game played on the Middleborough Road wing/flanks if there is one. So are you suggesting we put on all our 'premiers' gear and go!?? I can hear the banter now.... "so you've won one in how bloody long and you now reckon you're hot [censored] huh!?" 😄

Someone mentioned some stats on the traditional set shot accuracy vs round the corner and the round the corner came out ahead but only marginally by a few % points if i recall correctly. Still if there's any slight advantage to be had i guess there's no reason why you wouldn't take it if you have the skill set

No doubt a place for that with set shots on tighter angles Jont. I'm not saying Pendles Rugby kicking tutor was right or wrong either but the proof of the pudding was there to see yesterday. Reckon there'd still be room for individual preferences/styles/flair etc. Just regurgitating what Pendles said happened during their training in the lead up to Anzac day. I'm sure there was a bit more to it than just running in straight at the target but who knows.

Not sure about that... i've had some absolute ****ful days out there copping and giving it back to some of the numbskull Dawk supporters. Other times have been good days but bit of a coin flip depending on which numb nutz are about. If i go i'll probably bring my earphones for some more intelligent radio commentary

If that's the best they've got me thinks they're probably in for a world of pain this time around SM. If our forward line clicks and we can finally win a second quarter this could get super ugly. Always respect the opponent but i reckon we are cherry ripe and aside from our forward form/cohesion/conversion the bulk of the rest of the boys are playing either at or above their 2021 levels right now. I was listening to Pendles on SEN today and in an interview someone asked him what he thought the reason was for the Pies' super accurate kicking yesterday (15.3). He said they'd had a rugby kicking coach in during the week and the main theme was he told them to make sure they were running directly at the target when kicking. This coach said most kicks spray because players aren't running at the target when they execute. If/when the forward cohesion/conversion clicks there won't be too many more grinding wins for the rest of the year. More like spifflications. Hopefully starting this week!

Given the length of time out does the ETA on Salem allow for effectively putting in some sort of mini pre-season post full recovery?

Dissent - 50 meters!

You must have been somewhere far far away for a while if you can't recall any bizarro selection discussions on here of late Dazzle! Maybe the mods can re-name this thread "Rnd 7 - Bizarro World" so anyone entering knows they are stepping in to the....

I cant see them going with anything other than what's been suggested DD. Similar to BB coming straight in for one of T-Mac or Weid, The SC would be salivating over the return of both Viney & Lever (assuming both are fit of course). Especially Lever for Smith. But they would also be super pleased with what Dunstan brought to the table on Sat night i reckon.

For his first up game (for us) and playing against a decent opponent on a big stage, i reckon Dunstan went very well. His composure in congestion and vision / poise to see those on the outside and hit them up, more so in the second half, seemed to be at the level. The ability to quickly change lanes to flip the ball around to a player in a better spot outside is a handy asset to have. If not for the potential concussion i reckon the MC would have a fairly tough call on its hands this week between him and JJ. JJ however has a few more credits at this stage, no doubt playing a fairly diff role and would likely still have gotten the nod playing quite well himself.

Thought Jake the snake was pretty good after quarter time. Baker & White also in the top three for mine. Plugger Mac did really well given the delivery and basically no system coming inside in the first half. Better after then. He also played the high HF role quite well after half time. Plugger still has the smarts at ground level, outmarked his opponents relatively easily in one on ones on the limited opportunities given and got to plenty of contests. Did get caught a few times but was in congestion making the play and trying to impose. Tomo pretty solid but solid at this level doesn't necessarily equate to AFL sometimes. Chandler, Rosman, Ellison, Tomo and an HM to Moniz who i thought looked classy at times, especialy with the last kick coming inside on about two occasions. Most players at this level (non AFL experienced ones) tend to bomb most of the time to the goal square or thereabouts. Laurie not bad but a decent amount of development to go yet IMO before getting a shot at the big time.

Ryan might end up being a very good ruckman with a few years under his belt

Reminds me just a tad of Phil Pinnell LeFau played well but that last unrealistic gutless jump was deliberately designed to damage someone. He was a mile off a realistic attempt to mark in that contest and decided someone was gonna pay no matter and leapt off the ground early with one knee raised. Needs to get weeks IMO

Weighted Average Scores up to & including Rnd 6, 2022 vs H&A Season 2021 Player 2022 Score 2022 Rank 2021 Score % Change vs 2021 2021 Rank Change in Rank vs 2021 C Oliver 4.908 1 5.258 -6.66 1 0 Steven May 4.517 2 3.926 15.05 3 1 C Petracca 4.367 3 4.041 8.07 2 -1 L Dunstan* 4.150 4 - - - - Jack Viney 4.045 5 3.171 27.56 8 3 A Brayshaw 3.975 6 2.836 40.16 12 6 J Harmes 3.850 7 3.520 9.38 6 -1 Jake Bowey 3.629 8 2.881 25.96 11 3 Ed Langdon 3.588 9 3.092 16.04 9 0 L Jackson # 3.521 10 2.355 49.51 21 11 Max Gawn # 3.279 11 3.439 -4.65 7 -4 Alex N-Bullen 3.208 12 2.388 34.34 19 7 J Jordon 3.150 13 2.908 8.32 10 -3 T Sparrow 2.946 14 2.023 45.63 28 14 T Rivers 2.800 15 2.658 5.34 13 -2 Joel Smith 2.163 16 1.375 57.31 32 16 Jake Lever 2.063 17 3.661 -43.65 5 -12 A Tomlinson 1.956 18 2.475 -20.97 16 -2 Bayley Fritsch 1.883 19 2.155 -12.62 25 6 C Spargo 1.867 20 2.068 -9.72 27 7 Ben Brown 1.858 21 1.855 0.16 30 9 T Bedford* 1.825 22 - - - - S Weideman 1.763 23 1.055 67.11 27 4 Jayden Hunt 1.642 24 2.597 -36.77 14 -10 T McDonald # 1.530 25 2.516 -39.19 15 -10 K Pickett 1.375 26 2.378 -42.18 20 -6 Average Team Score - Top 22 69.55 67.23 3.45 # Hit outs to advantage not captured * Only played one match not an average score Stats courtesy of footywire.com

Round 6, 2022 MCG (Anzac Eve) - Tigers vs Demons Even with so many missed opportunities last night's team score was a massive 71.40 which was 6% above the average team score from season 2021! Pretty much matching our best score from all rounds last season which strangely enough was also this same Rnd 6 vs The Tigers @ 71.93 Also bettering our Grand Final performance of 69.50 for the second week running. However, the conversion rate was a massive 47% less than last week (76%) at a pretty ordinary 29%. Clarry returns to the top this round with 27 effectives @ 65.90% efficiency, 2 one percenters, 13 clearances (next best was Prestia with 6 and for us Sparrow with 5), 3 rebounds, 9 inside 50s, 3 tackles (one inside 50), 10 score involvements (equal second best for us on the night alongside Tracc with ANB having the most with 11. The best on the night the Tiger's Vlastuin with 13), 4 intercepts, 684 meters gained and a moderate 5 turnovers. A fabulous game from Lingers as well posting a massive score (for this role / position) of 5.45 Very impressive (statistically) first up result from Dunstan to finish inside the top 10! Top 5 Meters gained (Demons).... Clarry 684 (second behind Short of the Tigers who had a massive 763), Langdon 599, Sparrow 489, Tracc 437 & May 413 Player Score Rank C Oliver 6.825 1 Ed Langdon 5.450 2 A Brayshaw 4.400 3 Jake Bowey 4.400 3 Steven May 4.225 5 C Petracca 4.200 6 L Dunstan 4.150 7 Trent Rivers 3.875 8 Alex N-Bullen 3.325 9 H Petty 3.325 9 Luke Jackson 3.125 11 J Harmes 3.100 12 J Jordon 3.100 12 T Sparrow 3.075 14 Max Gawn 2.825 15 C Spargo 2.350 16 Jayden Hunt 2.000 17 B Fritsch 1.975 18 S Weideman 1.600 19 Joel Smith 1.550 20 K Pickett 1.300 21 Ben Brown 1.225 22 Team Score 71.40 Top 6 29.50 Bottom 6 9.65 # Hit outs to advantage not captured Stats courtesy of footywire.com

I have no idea of Robbie's "state of mind" on the field but in the half dozen or so passing encounters off it (one of those over the phone a couple in the rooms) he seemed a pretty straight down the line 'no nonsense' fella from what i recall. I know most players are similar but he particularly hated losing and was pretty grumpy after losses ....not dissimilar to Clarry in that regard?