Demon Dynasty

Mossie getting involved alot in the 2nd half of that quarter has set the pidgeon amongst the Cats!! Great stuff son...keep it coming

One of the most disgraceful umpiring performances ive seen in that 5 minute period in the 2nd. We should have been running it up the field for a shot at goal instead he calls holding the man when it should've clearly been holding the ball. Two holding the balls that were 50/50 against us in our forward line against Frittata & Sparrow yet the Cats don't get called for similar and then get a reverse call instead. Faaark off Umps!

Clarry just take the first option son....FM

Doesn't take einstein

A chance to knock those puddy cats outta the eight tomorrow and put a decent gap between the top three and the rest. Let's go Demons!

3 years left to run

Wouldn't that be nice.... For a forward line of Kozzie BB Finlayson Fritta/Green LJ /Gawn Tracc

Ward has had a vn last term as the sweeper

Would love to get Finlayson. I know you can't pick and choose but he's exactly the medium skilled tall we lack atm. For a forward line of Kozzie BB Finlayson Fritta LJ /Gawn Tracc

Mummy must be on a seafood diet

Very much a jet. And yes stick him in the red & blue. Might help get us over the line into a GF...maybe more

Probably a poor example of a mummy SW

Mummy back always makes them walk a little taller also

It might be my death if it costs us a win EO

He also only averages about 65% game time each week. No doubt deliberate for whatever reason. The average for the 23 that have played so far is 81.5%

Melk is a "silk player" on the occasions he is given the ball Deevs. He brings zero accountability/grunt without ball in hand. Tomorrow's forecast indicates it will be about as far away from 'favourable for silky players' as one could get. While i respect the FD / Coaches decisions on these matters i am even more sceptical with this one, knowing what lays ahead condition wise. I expect a tight game. Hope this decision doesn't come back to haunt us. P.S. expectIng the Cats to put one of their best medium rebounders on Melk tomorrow to extract the most out of the lack of accountability / pressure. Stewart?

While i like what the 'stand' rule has brought to the game between the arcs, the AFL really needs to fix it's application to the set shots for goal. There is sometimes strict interpretation and at other times none in terms of stepping off the line of the mark while taking a shot. Some players are getting called immediately taking a step or two as they arc out of their line, while others appear invisible to the umpire and are alowed to arc out and waltz towards the side of the man standing the mark without any adjudication. With the latter (non-governance) gaining an extra 5 meters or more, sometimes the difference between a goal and falling a little short. A fundamental but obvious umpiring flaw that needs to be addressed and quickly. Could be the difference in a tight game.

Great effort to get to a Prelim. One quarter of reasonable footy won't cut it against the best i'm afraid. Apart from Paxmen, Hanks, Mithen, Scott and Zanker (first half or a tad less) the rest looked flat, not.enough clean possessions and took too long to decide / execute with ball in hand. Very disorganised forward of centre and mostly just bombed it in to the hot zone similar to the match against the Pies making it relatively easy for the defence to counter. While she tried hard, Pearce was also neautralised and / or beaten in general by Gould which had a huge impact on the girl's getting first use of the ball as often as they have in recent matches. Cunningham appeared to compete a little better when she was in there. Need to work on ball skills and quick movement / chains in the off season, forward craft and recruit some genuinly skilled ball users and smaller/medium forwards who can finish off the spillage. Nice effort overall for the season but need to recognise that we were also easily beaten and were a mile off it and still a whole match away from a GF. Have built solid foundations but much work and change required ahead to take the next step and complete the build. Ignore the fixes and assume it will just 'happen' we will find ourselves back in the pack again in 2022.

Thanks guys. Excellent work and much appreciated. Photos from Jack et al also

Sounds like a fair few are pretty rusty out there. The smalls getting a bit more of it makes sense on a day like today

Nice work thx HB. Next goal take a break and reward yourself with a nice chocolate big M followed by a frothy or two and your mouth won't feel a thing.

He wouldn't be running unless things were tickety-boo...good signs

Permanently on ice at Willy i'd reckon

No chance of that at tomorrow's match if history is anything to go by