Demon Dynasty

Firstly and most importantly ...GET STUFFED UMPS WHO TRIED TO MURDER US TONIGHT WITH REDICULOUS FREES SUCH AS THE DELIBERATE AGAINST MAY, THE INSANE BUNT FROM MAY TOWARDS A BOUNDARY UMP WHO RAN PAST IT WITH MAY GETTING PINGED AND THE PUSH OUT THAT WASN'T THERE FOR GREEN. YET WHEN THE TABLES WERE TURNED AND THE SAME FREES SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN AGAINST THE GIANTS THEY WERE OF COURSE COMPLETELY IGNORED. THE TWO MOST OBVIOUS ONES....BUNTINE A MILE IN THE CLEAR AND KICKS IT OUT OF BOUNDS WITH NO GIANT WITHIN 10 METERS & FRITTA CLEARLY COLLARED AROUND THE NECK ON THE LEAD WHICH WOULD HAVE SEEN HIM HAVING A SHOT FROM 35 OUT. Dare i say it.... we are no longer irrellevant and making up the bottom half. Just need BB to get in ASAP. TMac is a trier but he can't handle 1st or 2nd tall "Quality" defenders. We are also still one medium tall bullocking mobile marking goal kicking forward short like a Josh Bruce or a Stringer type. Weid is not the answer imho but happy to be proven wrong. Kozzie you bloody beauty mate. Thank god we went against the grain to get this bloke. Exactly what we needed. Tracc needs a reset and has regressed somewhat so far this season imv. Clarry FCS learn how to kick a goal mate. Even if that means kicking bananas around the body a la Stevie J. Maxxy what a game son. Vintage stuff! Hunt & Ed were superb again. May another solid performance given how quick the ball was coming in at times. Gus was on and played a great mop up game but also pressured beautifully. Goody fix the clearance issue / first use around center stoppages/ball ups pls mate. We are getting beaten to the drop and lead to the ball far too often and when we do get it we are over using the ball or hand balling when a long lick inside 50 would be more damaging. Just get it in quickly when under pressure especially early in the match when the heat is on. We started to do a bit more rush/knock & kick it off the ground forward a little more in the 2nd half utilising Max's knock ons a little better but we are looking a bit of a shambles through the middle at the moment. Even defending, we are allowing opp defenders to take the corridor in numbers, running in waves far too often. I realise it's alot harder ro do this for the entire match with the new manning the mark rule but surely we can protect the corridor a little better/more often than we are at present and push them out towards the boundary more often. All in all a gritty solid win coming from behind but we so often make the odd wrong choices under not much pressure at crucial times that brings the opp back into the game and gives them a sniff and killing our momentum / fuelling theirs (Tracc & Lever the culprits tonight).

2nd time in two games Tracc has gotten hands to the ball in the middle with clean service from Max then hospital hand balls backwards to a man who is well covered instead of turning and kicking the ball inside 50 or out wide to a runner. Cost us a goal both times. Last week it was a backward hospital hand ball towards Viney who had no hope of getting it for a goal to the Saints. FCS get rid of the "Hollywood" Tracc.

I guess it could've be worse uncle. There's always Dewar's!

That seems so out of character uncle. And i'm seeing that as an "unlike us" omen for this match. Demons by 7 at a canter.

Thanks 58

Good summary especially a bit messy up forward. Clear out that forward line a little and try and get a tall (Bannan/Zanker/Gay/Cunningham) with a small (Hanks!?) one out where possible on occasions. A bit too congested deep most of the time. Lead out and drag a few defenders away from the hot zone might work better. Freo did fold a spare down back when they were against the breeze though which no doubt added to the congestion woes so not all our doing. If i may also add... While maintaining possession is important, especially against the breeze, when you get a quick hand ball receive in congestion from a stoppage (and we did get a fair few..nicely done girls) and there's even a small window to go long with a big breeze at your back in a dangerous launching area of the ground (ie, about the back of the square and forward from there) just go the long option under severe pressure pls (when there's little time/space!). One too many extra hand balls in these scenarios cost us from gaining crucial yardage on a few occasions with the breeze and allowed Freo a few extra entries into their 50 against it. Mind you they'll probably not play in such a howler for the remainder of the finals so you can throw the 'go long under pressure once clear" option out the window lol.

Best from where i sat behind the southern end goals... Gay, Pearce (especially the last quarter where she refused to concede and kept getting to contests / clearing the ball), Cunningham, Hanks, Zanker (who almost pulled off a great speckie in the last (her and hanks a bit wasteful at times though. Especially when Zanker marked well about 50 out, breeze at her back, just had to get it in long and quick to Bannan deep one on one for a chance to seal it, but instead took forever to dispose allowing numbers back then kicked it shallow to the pocket for zero return), Paxman, Parry, Scott, Birch and Mithen. Maddie probably BOG. Paxman was in everything as always but i have a feeling she was double teamed a bit around the stoppages. The biggest tactical mistake for the day, kicking and running the ball early in the third for about the first five minutes to the club wing, allowing Freo the opportunity to rebound with a four to five goal breeze (AFL equivelant) at their back vs the outer side where they had to kick into the breeze a little with less accuracy and a little less distance. Thankfully the girls appeared to wake up to this flaw after Freo's first goal and started kicking / running it out along the far wing from then. All up they did well to score in both the first and third quarters against the howler and kick away a little in the last 5 minutes in what was a scrappy ugly game in blustery fickle conditions. Nice win indeed Demons!

Its the same Suns just a slightly improved one. They come out of the blocks looking pretty decent and fresh early but in the end they're mostly a meat & potatoes club with a sprinkling of talent. The bulk just aren't up to the contest even against the mediocre teams. Good effort but in the end they lose too many crucial one on ones, especially through the middle, while continuing to bomb it long to the same spots about 30 to 40 out from goal making it too easy for the opp to defend inside 50. Over a decade of plowing millions of dollars in to this mob and they still haven't won a match in Adelaide. What a rediculous waste of resourcez and time by Gil & Co. Would rather see a Tassie team in any day for GWS & GC. Tassie Govt should follow through with their threat to cancel the Hawks & North arrangement if the AFL doesn't come to the party and do us all a favour.

The Suns bomb it to the same spot far too often and too many are going up for the mark also. Remind you of anyone recently?

What was the deal with us and Ben King again? He's one amazing prospect and delivering the goods a fair chunk of the time. Lovely kick also

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The Pies may not be the finest chocolates going around at the moment but they almost always give a 100% red hot go every game, making them a hard team to beat. I would not even give them a millimeter let alone an inch. Replay that match ten times over they probably win eight of them and they're looking ok and one of the team's to beat. I must admit their forward line looks flakey though and too reliant on DeGoey kicking 4 to 5 each week to get them over the line. Hoewever as we know, footy is very fickle, occasionally decided by the mere direction a ball bounces (see Milne 1st drawn GF 2010). While they still have Pendles & Sidebottom (when in form) running around, write off the Pies at your peril.

Can someone tell me if you can buy tickets to tomorrow's final on the day at Casey gate or can they only be purchased online?

Yipee! How beautiful was that. Outside of Pendles and Sidebottom, who had a bit of a mare tonight (for his usual standard). Degoey always a threat, Grundy super competitive, Moore as well if allowed to run off. Daicos starting to look dangerous but IMHO pretty pedestrian outside of the above and the rest are flattered by them. Rich was superb in that final quarter or so.

There is very little chance of any of those three happening TU. And in today's more open game, one on one defending has become even more crucial, especially inside 50 to avoid slingshot rebound goals. Less opportunity to hide amongst the team defence style of yonder from now on. Players who refuse to pressure/man up when we lose possession will be even more exposed defensively and the team will pay a heavy price when playing this type of player. One on one accountability is back.

One can only hope!! Any score will do

Reckon they will try & go the snipe and biff early like they did against the Doggies in thier final up there in 2019 to great effect. That's about their only real prospect of putting the Demons off our game. Watch out for sniper Green in this one. He will have someone in his sights early. It's important we fly the flag here when he does. Our challenge will be to give as good as we get early without getting conpletely sucked in and maintain the structures / methods that we know are working. Demons to cruise home by 8 goals after a tough and spiteful first half.

Preposterous proposal. Something a bit smaller & practical like the Empire State building? Just dismantle and cart across the Pacific. Upright it would take up very little acreage and can probably straddle Brunton across the railway line with access straight into the G. Easy access for the players too who could parasail onto the G on game day.

I would be usurping these idiots and lobbying the Vic Govt & AFL. Impossible to reason with Kumbuya FitzWickys. They aren't living in the real world as we know it.

Well he will have to start leading there more often then and/or players will need to ignore him more often when he does lead out too close to the boundary BBP. The kicker has to take some responsibility here as well. Tracc's rediculous attempt to hit him up with opponent on his shoulder as Fritta lead to the pocket boundary line on Sat night a great example of that where it went OOTF. The injection of Bob might (hopefully) straighten us up a little and partially solve this issue but responsibility should also rest with the FD (messages/training) and the players themselves. I would also be highlighting to the players in the review period, the chances/odds of kicking goals from different areas/angles inside 50 in order to reinforce the importance of leading to places that improve their (and the team's) chances of goaling. I would assume this to be in Goody's (FD's) 101 coaching / training program and most players already well aware of this by now. If that is the case but for whatever reaaon it's still happening far too often, as a coach i would then be asking the question of the regular offenders to try and rectify any systemic bad habits.

I'm not sure he has AF. Appears to have improved to some degree in terms of leading patterns/timing and taking a mark out in front when it's delivered nicely. Not sure he has fixed this side when the ball isn't delivered on the lead and it's coming in from a fair height vs a nice lace out or similar.

6. Clarry - Oh boy...what more can you say! 5. Salem - Busboy of the MFC 4. May - Stonewall 3. ANB - The everywhere man. Gets to the right spots so often and often the first link receiver (distributor) around congestion. Appeared to be on Jones or near him much of the time. Got the ball often enough to keep him quiet. Pressure and run first rate. Presented well for many link up plays both marking and score involvements on the night. A few clangers but one of his more productive effective games for the club IMV. 2. Tracc - Lots of possessions. Many of them extracted under heavy pressure / traffic and difficulty. Lots of wasteful disposals though including reckless shots / bombs at goal. Rolls out onto his right automatically far too often for my liking without assessing first. On Sat this often saw him facing no clear target/s to kick to and he then dumped it to no man's land for nil advantage, a rushed behind or the turnover/rebound. Mixed amongst that was some great running and evasive work to present and mark on the lead. Fix some of the flaws he could end up as one of the greats and just maybe win a Chas. 1. Kozzie, Kozzie Kozzie! - 19 years of age in only his 16th match and we see a glimpse of an emerging star of the comp. Lots of work to do but Kozzie ain't waiting. He's obviously decided now is as good a time as any to say "HELLO" to the AFL comp. That was electric and can't say i've seen anything like it in a small package at Demonland since the Wiz hit the seen in 95/96. I still recall the mark over Gazza against the Tigers at the G. That was billed as a big day for the Tigers with a huge build up from them aiming for a win or small loss to make finals (a bit like our final round disaster against the Pies in 2017) and we came out and walloped them with the Wiz flying like a bird over the pack to take that screamer. For those not old enough to recall... This is the sort of stuff that can turn a club's fortunes right around and drag a stack of extra fans through the turnstiles...

Hopefully Sideshow will fix that somewhat when he comes in AF. Fritta is the main offender here. I understand him leading out there as a decoy / change up occasionaly but not so often. Part of the problem may lie with those who keep trying to honour him for going their imv. Maybe there weren't many alternatives aside from Tommy at times leading up the middle.

Fabulous come from behind win against Brisbane. Turned their season around completely after the disastrous match agaiist the Pies. Gay (real natural up forward), Pearce, Paxman (BOG), Bannon (so quick), Hanks, Downie, Emonson and Zanker (BOG to half time). The list goes on. I's throw Mithen in there but much or her great work to get the ball is offset by a few too many turnovers im afraid as well as poor penetration by foot. Pitty about Daisy but opportunity for someone else to step up. Chanel 7 will be forced to put the Demons up now much to theur chargrin i'm sure.

Weighted Average Scores up to & including Rnd 2 , 2021 vs 2019 Very early days, a long way to go and not a great sample size but the average team score of the top 22 players is already up 13% on the 2019 team average and only 3% below the 2018 season average of 69.53 Kozzie going ok! ? Player 2021 Weighted Score 2021 Rank 2019 Weighted Score % Change vs 2019 2019 Rank Change in Rank vs 2019 Clayton Oliver 5.838 1 4.643 25.74 1 0 Steven May 4.338 2 2.446 77.35 14 12 Christian Salem 3.888 3 3.658 6.29 3 0 Ed Langdon 3.863 4 C Petracca 3.825 5 2.616 46.22 10 5 Adam Tomlinson 3.375 6 Charlie Spargo 3.188 7 1.375 131.85 35 28 Nathan Jones 3.150 8 2.711 16.19 7 -1 Jack Viney * 3.150 8 3.068 2.67 5 -3 Jake Lever 3.050 10 2.313 31.86 17 7 Alex N-Bullen 2.975 11 1.984 49.95 21 10 Jayden Hunt 2.788 12 1.958 42.39 22 10 Max Gawn # 2.750 13 3.256 -15.54 4 -9 Kysaiah Pickett 2.738 14 Tom McDonald # 2.550 15 2.150 18.60 19 4 James Jordan 2.525 16 Angus Brayshaw 2.388 17 2.894 -17.48 6 -11 Tom Sparrow 2.288 18 1.075 112.84 37 19 Trent Rivers 2.288 18 Neville Jetta 2.250 20 2.264 -0.62 18 -2 James Harmes * 2.150 21 3.850 -44.16 2 -19 Bayley Fritsch 2.075 22 2.641 -21.43 9 -13 Luke Jackson # 1.425 23 Average Team Score - Top 22 67.43 59.62 13.09 # Hit outs to advantage not captured * Only played one match not an average score Stats courtesy of footywire.com