Demon Dynasty

Is there any chance our small and medium forwards could put a bit of pressure on the Doggies inside 50?

What was that tackle or non tackle from Fritta. WAP. Fres against Sparrow and The push in the back in the middle against Gus both a complete joke

Or possibly their extraordinary off field activities, distractions and other temptations D72?

Not sold on him the first time. Character issues? Once bitten. We move on.

Actually i find it bog easy. One of the things lacking from our teams in both AFL GFs was an enforcer or two to punch back, make the opp hear footsteps and other team mates stand a little taller. One of the big reasons i'm a big AVB fan. Ditto Jakovich standing up to and rag dolling pretty much anyone who played on him, even the biggest full backs at that time and there were some biggens.

✌️ cheers Cards... the occasional chuckle never goes astray

Yep as dumb as movies comes but it was a one off hoot. They certainly got the casting right. Fabulous chemistry with a dash of slapstick jack [censored] silliness thrown in along with some some very good straight men. Some classic meme's and GIFs from this one.

Covid related* - didnt think it deserved it's own thread...

Apart from the Pies & Kangas anomoly there's some nice results in there for a change. Even in our game i was wondering how the hec they were sitting on about 14 to 8 frees at one point when we were clearly getting most of the ball and leading by 20 odd points at that stage. We must, in general, be seriously loathed and victimised by the umps and i think that stemmed from the Nichols match in 2016 where Maxy thumped the ball away at the centre bounce as it went outside the circle and Nichols was heard to cry "what the hell did you do that for!??". As someone pointed out earlier the super dodgy ruck free against him that cost us the match against the doggies in 2019. Lovely to see the Hawks and Essendrug on the bottom. That has to be a first for a very long while i would guess. And what happened to Meth coke? Did the online petition to dump Margettes & Daglish from the local Darby from Freo supporters finally result in Gil having a word on the side telling them to ease up a little this season in general i wonder? 15 years of biased (some might say cheating) over there and now this. Even then they are still fairing ok sitting at approx 50/50. There is no way the GF should be played out west for the Dagettes factor alone. Unless of course they are banned from officiating in all finals matches involving Meth.

I dunno, at least our blokes will feel right at home GT

About time somebody posted the actual guideline ty Jnr! ... ref: " (the 2003 official rules of Vlad) AFL guidelines on off the ball incidents Clause 3: Guideline 5.6 section B (subjection) S

Anything's possible but Hunt seems a bridge too desperate for my liking unless we did have some injuries as you say Jnr. I still think he will unsettle the current cohesion up there as well given he usually plays very deep.

I didn't know about the 7 connection OD. Bit of a quiet achiever by the sounds of it. I'm not sure how they played in those old shin high boots back in the day! Although if i recall my first Barassi ones weren't that dissimilar!

It does have some merit over the next few weeks. Hannan would probably be the better option for Jones though if we need a step up in pace and pressure inside 50. Hunt averages the most tackles inside 50 when in the team but Hannan is the next best available here outside of those who played against the Pies. Hannan also averages 1 goal a match vs Hunt 0.3 and a few more score involvements than Hunt... 3.9 vs 1.7 bringing others into the game. Hannan also pushes a little higher up the ground at times, hopefully dragging his opponent away from the arc and creating a bit more space for others like Weid to lead in to. Whereas Hunt is more a deep starting forward and might crowd out that area for the bigger fellas (Weid & T-Mac) and his inclusion might blow up a good thing we have at present.

Road to Finals / GF - Triple Crown Update (to Rnd 12, 2020) Vs the Pies Meters Gained Differential (looking for + 200 or more) ? +628 ✔️ Marks inside 50 Differential (any positive is a win but the higher the better) ? +5 ✔️ Contested Possession Differential (looking for a +10 or greater) ? -2 ❌ Season Averages (the ones that count) Get ready, get set, we are finals bound fellow minions! Meters Gained Average Differential (looking for an average of + 200 or more) ? +204 ✔️ Up from +162 last week and into +200 territory for the first time this season! Retaining No.4 spot. Cats replacing the Power at No.1 The Lions dropping out of 5th place moving to 7th, replaced by the Doggies. The top five with current ladder positions in parenthesis below. Top five ? 1. Cats 345 (3rd) 2. Port 317 (1st) 3. Tigers 298 (6th) 4. Demons 204 (8th) 5. Bulldogs 131 (10th) Marks inside 50 Average Differential (ideally we need to see a top 6 ranking) ? 3rd ✔️ Holding at 3rd with a slight improvement from last week's +2.2 average to 2.5 Top five ? 1. Cats 2. Lions 3. Demons 4. Power 4. Tigers Contested Possession Average Differential (looking for +10 or more) ? +7.7 ❌ This one isn't quite as strong as the first two in terms or correlation and somewhat of a bonus but we remain in the top 3 which is still a very good indicator we are on track on this measure. Dropping one place to 3rd and still below the required pass rate but worth noting that no team has hit the required pass mark on this yet. Down from +8.7 last week to +7.7 Top five: 1. Cats 2. Pies 3. Demons 4. Power 4. Kangas

So out of curiosity who are you replacing Jones with Chazz?

it's from the dees podcast FB site PJ. Just a bit of fun, i'm not sure how they arrived at it. Might have included last year or whatever

I know it's only one match but it was against the Filth. I'll take equal 9th (statistically) from the Jones boy as a medium HF any day till someone else can shift him out of that spot. And sure it's not the chunk we once knew about 3 seasons or so ago. He's been a bit of a turnover king for a few seasons now. Which is why a HF role is more suited imho. Turnovers not as damaging to the team in this part of the ground. Even on season averages he is ranked 14th out of 34 who've played so far this season. Statistically still well inside the top 22. Who is ready to replace him right at this point who you could say with 100% certainty would do it better? If you enjoy doing what you do you also tend to do it better. Don't think i've seen Jones as happy as he was in the last match for some time. He carried us through some awful times and sure he's on the wrong side of the slope. Yes in a very strong team he might have been asked to move on at the end of last year but the FD saw fit for him to play on and he still might have a part to play in our finals destiny. Who knows he might even turn back the clock occasionally in this next block of matches (or finals!) and surprise us all plus get to the 300 mark! The other reason he might have been asked to continue....maybe a voice of experience on the field as an on field leader for the younger blokes? Can't say i've seen any evidence myself so far but who knows. Good luck Chunk Player Score Rank Angus Brayshaw 4.475 1 Christian Salem 4.125 2 Clayton Oliver 4.125 2 Ed Langdon 3.850 4 Steven May 3.425 5 James Harmes 2.950 6 Christian Petracca 2.900 7 Tom Sparrow 2.525 8 Nathan Jones 2.325 9 Michael Hibberd 2.325 9 Braydon Preuss # * 2.150 11 Charlie Spargo 1.900 12 Jake Lever 1.900 12 Tom McDonald # 1.750 14 Jake Melksham 1.700 15 Jack Viney 1.675 16 Jay Lockhart 1.475 17 Adam Tomlinson 1.450 18 Sam Weideman 1.375 19 Bayley Fritsch 1.100 20 Kysaiah Pickett 0.800 21 Aaron Vandenberg 0.500 22 Team Score 50.800 Top 6 22.950 Bottom 6 6.700

Courtesy of the Dees Podcast

Yes i think he got a mention in the interview with Spargo after the match AF

Yes OD i never saw any of them play (obviously too young for the Fox and a fair way shy of Bluey/Dicko) but i remember meeting Dicko after the "No merger" faction launch in the City square (i think it was there vs Fed square) in '96'. I didn't actually chat to him at the launch other than briefly hearing him speak alongside Alan Johnson. A quick hand shake and thank you for what they were doing for the club was about it. However, as i was walking back to where my car was parked i had the good fortune to run in to Brian. Had a good chat about all the goings on. He certainly didn't mince words and i remember thinking how switched on / sharp he was for the age he was pushing. He went on to tell me some of the history of his involvement and also how he felt about some of those involved pushing for the merger. I can't remember the exact details now but let's just say he was less than happy about the whole situation and there was some mention of some of the personalities on the no merger side etc. I do remember thinking how passionate he was for the red & blue afterwards but also didn't feel great with the chances of the no merger getting through. My gut feel after that chat was that he (and Johno) were coming to the party possibly too little too late as outsiders / rebels swimming against the tide if that makes sense. That may have been just before he managed to get diamond Joe on board. At that stage i had no idea how good a footballer he was and then went on to do a little reading to find out. And find out i did!

I'll second that BBP. No more forward experiments please. Structure is about right as it is.

Is that you Cam??

After 3 wins in a row by 50 plus and a convincing win over the arch enemy, aside from Gawn, i reckon you stick with the present winning line up. About the only other change i would love to see is Harley for Tomlinson but that's more wishful thinking than a possible reality at this point given his apparant defensive issues.