Demon Dynasty

Weighted Average Scores at the end of Rnd 8, 2020 Adjusted for 20% less game time this season, the team score so far is still tracking about 1% below that of 2019. That number itself would appear to be an ok result, However, given how ordinary 2019 was, after seven matches sadly i have to report we are still treading water (statistically). No improvement at all in an overall team sense. And approx 11% off the team's average from season 2018. There's some worrying individual results here statistically also. In particular Salem & Gus. But more so Harmes, Fritsch, Nev, Melk and Hunt. That's six out of seven who played last night. At this level most teams would struggle to cover one or two players who are in and out of games like a yo yo form wise, let alone five or more. We might have a light on injury list but we have plenty who are nowhere near playing at a level that will see the team succeed at AFL level ie; finals or better. And then there's the rookies you are trying to bring on plus an inept forward line that can't put a score on the board for more than a match or two. As much as i would love to say we are on the cusp of a major change in direction vs 2019 i'm going to call it now. We would need a minor miracle for that to occur and for us to make finals from here given our bog ordinary forward line. It's the elephant in the room that needs fixing. A genuine goal kicking KF along with a classy inside/outside goal kicking mid both desperately needed for 2021 if we are to finally taste some finals success on a regular basis. Player 2020 Weighted Score 2020 Rank 2019 Weighted Score % Change vs 2019 2019 Rank Change in Rank vs 2019 Christian Petracca 3.864 1 2.616 47.71 10 9 Clayton Oliver 3.486 2 4.643 -24.92 1 -1 Max Gawn # 3.368 3 3.256 3.44 4 1 Jack Viney 3.057 4 3.068 -0.36 5 1 Steven May 2.475 5 2.446 1.19 14 9 Ed Langdon 2.400 6 - - - - Alex N-Bullen 2.338 7 1.984 17.82 21 14 Christian Salem 2.300 8 3.448 -33.29 3 -5 Michael Hibberd 2.167 9 2.124 2.02 20 11 James Harmes 2.107 10 3.850 -45.27 2 -8 Nathan Jones 2.050 11 2.711 -24.38 8 -3 Angus Brayshaw 1.979 12 2.894 -31.62 6 -6 Oscar McDonald 1.975 13 1.877 5.22 26 13 Jake Lever 1.900 14 2.313 -17.86 17 3 Harley Bennell 1.875 15 - - - - Aaron Vandenburg 1.819 16 - - - - Jay Lockhart 1.788 17 1.660 7.71 31 14 Mitchell Hannan 1.720 18 1.325 29.81 36 18 Tom McDonald # 1.638 19 2.150 -23.81 19 0 Adam Tomlinson # 1.613 20 - - - - Bayley Fritsch 1.418 21 2.641 -46.31 9 -12 Sam Weideman 1.417 22 1.818 -22.06 23 1 Neville Jetta 1.305 23 2.264 -42.36 18 -5 Joel Smith 1.158 24 - - - - Toby Bedford * 1.150 25 - - - - Luke Jackson 1.117 26 - - - - Jake Melksham 1.114 27 1.931 -42.31 23 -4 Kysaiah Pickett 1.079 28 - - - - Trent Rivers 1.033 29 - - - - Jayden Hunt 0.858 30 1.958 -56.18 22 -8 Mitchell Brown * 0.625 31 - - - - Charlie Spargo * -0.250 32 1.375 -118.18 23 -9 Average Team Score -Top 22 48.754 59.623 -18.23 # Hit outs to advantage not captured

Appears to do a good job of negating the more stay at home forward types, even the strong overhead ones, at least for 2.5 to 3 quarters anyway. Is he still lacking a serious AFL tank? I'm not as convinced as some when he's asked to play on more athletic mobile types, including at ground level. Horses for courses at the selection table for mine. Maybe Marty for those types when he returns and finds fitness and some form. Oscar for the less athletic stay at home 2nd string options.

Rnd 8, 2020 Metricom Stadium - Demons vs Lions Too little left to too few when we are up against quality opposition. We got smashed in the second and weren't able to stop their link up run out of the middle, through the middle and around half forward. So many fumbles under heat (ball ups and stoppages) and unable to hit up the next link player on our side often enough or wide enough (too many dinky inside handballs that drew more heat...falling back into bad habits under heat against quality opposition?) or for more than a few possessions when we didn't. Some terrible shooting at goal by some didn't help. Sorry but Weid needs to kick at least one of those three goals tonight. Every goal is crucial against the rated clubs Two contested marks, Zero goals, 3 effectives and one tackle inside 50. That's just not enough output from a KF if you aren't kicking a goal. Not a bad return by the Jones boy tonight. Gus continues to be a serious concern. What's up with Harmes this season? Way off his usual form sadly and could be the difference if he gets back to that. Team score was 11% off the average score in 2019 tonight and 21% off 2018's. The bottom 6 score the worst for the season. Player Score Rank Christian Petracca 5.175 1 Clayton Oliver 4.400 2 Jack Viney 3.325 3 Nathan Jones 2.625 4 Steven May 2.525 5 Max Gawn 2.475 6 Christian Salem 2.450 7 Ed Langdon 2.400 8 Michael Hibberd 2.200 9 Jake Lever 1.850 10 Angus Brayshaw 1.700 11 Bayley Fritsch 1.550 12 Luke Jackson 1.450 13 Harley Bennell 1.400 14 Jake Melksham 1.400 14 Jay Lockhart 1.175 16 James Harmes 1.100 17 Sam Weideman 0.625 18 Kysaiah Pickett 0.550 19 Neville Jetta 0.250 20 Mitchell Hannan 0.225 21 Oscar McDonald 0.150 22 Team Score 41.000 Top 6 20.525 Bottom 6 2.900 # Hit outs to advantage not accounted for

That about sums it up for me LT. He looked as if he was in about 2nd gear most of the night and was sooking it up coming off the ground. His attitude is the pits and not a great look for those around him, particularly the rookies. Time to look elsewhere while he still has a modicum of value.

Needed to go back further behind the mark and assess. Had he done so he 'might' have gotten the 50 but unlikely from the umps who were against us for much of the evening. Instead he lost his head and almost immediately played on to a player leading to probably the lowest % spot in the forward line. Terrible decision making. No poise forward of center all night other than Chunk and Melk.

I love Nev but have to agree here. Time to bring Rivers in and while he might need managing on occasions he has to be played as much as possible from here on. We are badly missing an in form Marty Hore for Oscar as well. Oscar is ok if he doesn't get a 2nd tall forward that's both athletic and a strong overhead mark. When he does he is cooked after about 2 quarters or so and the opp look to go through that player much of the time to take advantage.

In every big match bar a couple of finals when the team was on a downhill run he has rarely stood up and kicked important goals when we are behind and under the pump. He's a mark and miss player when we aren't in front on the trot (little spotlight/pressure. Kicking brain goes to jelly.

he was pantsed in that 2nd half

yep that too....what a stupid place to lead to. Always one step away from being a decent team. We just dont get it at so many levels and always leave too much to too few against the rated clubs

wtf Hannon why would you go there!!????? Go back and wait for a lead up target or hit the hot zone with a finger breaker. SHOCKING DECISION

May beaten by a junior in the marking contest twice in 10 minutes! Very poor stuff needed to kill that

Leave Gus on he's been cleanish today with limited time. OMG same tackle as the one on Lever but they get it. [censored] off!

Common boys. That was gritty stuff. JACKSON AND MELK woot!!!

dangerous tackle!!!???

May should not be losing that contest of strength with the size difference. Lockhart has done ok tonight. Kicking a bit dodgy on occasions.

Clarry's got to get that trick stuff out of his [censored] game and just play the percentages. Thank Lucifer for Jack. O-Mac is done. Can't play out 4 quarters.

For sure

Omg...a crumb for a goal!! Amazing. First time for the match?

Im a big fan but Harmes has been bog ordinary. How was that not incorrect disposal by Charlie. What a [censored] of a game the umps are having tonight. Drinking their own AFL bathwater.

STILL no genuine key tall forwards that are reliable kicks at goal. It's time to bring Brown in for 3 matches or so for Weid. If that fails then its time to ask Tomlinson to earn his keep in place of May and send May forward for the final experiment before cleaning out our Key Tall stocks at end of season.

Sorry but Weid just doesn't like the pressure when kicking with a deficit. STILL a downhill skier. When the going gets tough his kicking goes to water.

weid MUST kick this to justify his spot

Well there's the difference. We miss from 20 and Charlie hits it clean from 25

we can't get clean first possessions in the center bounces. So many fumbled attempts that turnover straight to the opp who then pick up clean much of the time and hit their man with the first disposal by hand. Also how many times have we not pushed back far enough behind the man on the mark and had the kick touched? Amateur stuff and much of it by experienced players. If we clean much of the rubbish first possessions up and eliminate the amateur hour idiocy we might get back in this.