Demon Dynasty

Showing us up as probable pretenders tonight. Good teams don't struggle this badly against a bottom two team.

Look at that. One kick to the 50 hits. Then another on the lead between a pack of 5 defenders. This has to be the worst game we've played this season. Just ahead of the Pies and then GWS. We'll be lucky to make a PF.

Any chance we can hit a leading target inside 50 or on the Arc???

At this stage they are just cleaner and more desperate. We are the reverse. O can't find one player who's been clean and damaging with ball in hand tonight. Fumble fumble fumble constantly handing it back and second to the ball aside from Maxy and Lever.

How many goals from Frees now???

Another awful Tracc kick inside 50

He certainly did. Breast lept into Petty's shoulder!!

Why are both T-mac and BB starting out of the square? By doing so we're allowing Frosty to command the CHB position when a quick kick comes inside 50 from a pressured kick in the middle???

I'm not sure he isnt P-Man. Unfortunately i reckon he might be but his kicking is so ordinary he probably can't do alot once he's free. Just a kick in hope most of the time. Great at getting to where the ball is, great at getting it. Not so good after that about 80% of the time. If he's super superatch fit and running on top of the turf....maybe improves that 80% down to 60% or so and then becomes viable and somewhat dangerous. Bringing AVB in for Harmes? I don't think he offers alot other than being solid around the ball, mostly on the inside. We needed some decent ball use on the outside with Harmes' replacement IMHO. Probably should've been Melk. We now look slow and easy to shut down defensively through the middle aside from when Tracc, Clarry or JJ get their hands on it. Having those three plus Viney and now AVB makes us a bit too ploddy and inside biased IMO.

No run from anyone aside from Hunt and Clarry. A bit from Lingers but then he just burns anyone ahead with his woeful mindless bombing (or OOTF on multiple occasions most matches). Bad kicking is bad footy. As are our entries inside 50. The whole comp has worked us out coming inside. 90% of kicks going to the left forward pocket. Most backs, particularly the key ones, head there knowing that's where we will almost always go. It becomes a massive shiiite fest in the air then same on the ground making it almost impossible to score. So that's all good if you defend that strat almost to perfection. But when you don't and the opp floods back (mostly to that area) and they're able to work it through our defence, over the back, and run it inside their 50. Provided they hold one or two deep, we are roasted on the rebound and they get relatively easy entries to shoot from dangerous spots from their hot zones. Imagine this outcome vs a bottom two club. We can't even put this mob away because of it. Any other top 6 team would be 6 plus goals up by now. Now imagine this same strat in a final against the best teams in the comp. Good luck! We might hold some of them to a low score. We might even win one of those. But you aren't even making a PF on the back of this. Let alone making a GF and winning one.

If this continues i would even take Melk over Viney in the middle for a while and let Viney try and find some connection/skills down at Casey. Problem is there's no Casey and probably won't be for weeks.

Our forward set up and our entries arei still a dogs breakfast. Too crowded. Lingers coming inside 50 ....must have had so many alternatives to just bombing it there but what does he do? Needs to find some poise and improve his kicking skills in general (other than,set shots at goal).

So far. Does Nibbler need to provide something a bit more than just two way coverage and the occasional goal once in a while? Or is that enough

Harrison (Lazarus) Petty

No intentional.....wow

Lots of involvements for Jack but yes, disposal is second rate so far. Fritschkreig!!

Just run Gawny on Big Boy and he will have very little impact ....occasionally push forward when Big Boy isn't on or rest him as well

Strange stuff from Gawby there

Yep he'll come in i would think

Looks like Joel Smith will get his chance next week.

Petty hammy

Ear infection explains the recent plateauing and slight drop off in form. Sounds nasty. That stuff can throw your whole system out. He was a great foil for Viney while he was recovering and even surpassed him on occasions IMO. Now we have Viney back but getting nowhere near his best and we lose Harmes. Worrying times if both AVB and Viney go missing. Puts a fair bit of extra pressure on the other mids. Good luck to Vanders who put in a solid showing the week before last at Casey. Was reasonable last week also. Body seems to be holding up ok and looks as fit as i've seen since 2018. Wondering where the FD sees Melk at this point? Obviously he isn't high on their priority list with AVB getting the nod. Wouldn't be a bad option either given he's probably our best last kick coming inside 50 and we now have BB in. And not saying he's a lock either. Just worth a look and see whether him and BB click at all.

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Having JB on as the other co- commentator would aleviate any of your pain i'm sure WLF