Demon Dynasty

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Super gutsy. Wilkie was fab especially his 3rd Q. Wood, Marshall, Owens, Jones, Higgens, Windhager, Hill among others.

Saints played red time nicely and up till about the 5 - 8 minute mark of the final Q they were consistently lowering their vision and looking to hit up the short / 45 targets including when they were coming i50. Looks like they're starting to play the way Ross is training them. Kudos to him and their list on that win tonight. Nights like this can sometimes make or break a club's season. A long way to go but a very impressive win.

Geeylong Capt = Accidental

Need to shorten the season once they come in also. Play each other once and kill off the stupid fixture with 5 random rounds of only a few select teams playing each other twice.

100%. You would often be under threat just going for a pee out there. The Dawks, Cats (only at Tax Payer Park though), Peptides and Filth were always in your face, even after a win. The Toiges supprorters were also the same around the Richmond area and its local pubs post match. Even the Vic based Swanny supporters have been absolute arragont a'holes over the years. Some of the worst stuff i've ever heard at the footy also came from the Saints grog squad (yep even they had one at one stage) during the 2006 finals series. As feral as you'll ever see that night. Never forget or forgive ppl.

That's a massive call Mr bigg!

Absolutely. Only Rnd 2 and already so many blow outs. Some of these matches are gonna be unwatchable. Early days but it seems like gulf has widened even further this season for some teams.

Blitz is always a good read... Just as well we postponed the Gold Coast game or we would be 3 zip. Stop trying to win you are not good enough This is pure Essington baby. Gonna be one hell of a year. I wonder if the guy that delivered the horse manure at Richmond years ago is still around? We should recruit him! There’s always a silver lining. At least we don’t have to worry about the post bye collapse, we are already there. Jack watts was a better number 1 pick.

As much as i'd like to see them come back from the bleaches again and beat these pretenders, It's gonna be a long & painful year for the Toiges me thinks

That's a very comprehensive assessment. Or maybe a critique. I'm not sure which Tarax 😄 Regardless you nailed it at the end and more than likely did so from the get go

Yep as ordinary as Sharp was i reckon we should roll with him for at least another week and see if he can find some of the pre-season form he showed. Is Spargo even ripe to go? Afrer such a long lay off he doesn't need the extra week at Casey? Woe looks like coming in for Windsor but gee he'd want to step things up to add anywhere near the value we've been getting from Caleb.

I agree on both counts. Still think Turner is a big WIP as a forward. As a defender however i have more confidence and would bring him in for Howes without blinking. Campbell for AJ. He's ready made for the Max chop out / resting forward role in the short term till AJ returns. Woe for Windsor? I'd rather see Woe earn his way in via Casey if he can but we are already low on stocks @ Rnd 3!

That 2nd Q from CP5 is off the charts

McVee out is probably a bit more critical than we realise. Especially on the forward 45 kicks and coming inside 50 hitting the odd target. Also McVee's defensive work is first class alot of the time. I like Howes' endeavour but is the FD hoping he will fill that role? If so, unfortunately he has fallen short of late and may not be coming on as much as the FD may have hoped? McVee is a big loss for mine and can't come back soon enough.

I usually include these in my weekly update N but a bit time poor lately. Will try to include with forthcoming updates... Team Stats Demons Giants Disposals Per Goal 35.45 33.00 % In50s Goal 19.60 21.20 Conversion % 57.90 50.00 Average Attributes Melbourne Attribute GWS 187.6cm Height 188.1cm 85.9kg Weight 85.5kg 25yr 6mth Age 26yr 2mth 97.3 Games 106 Total Players By Games Melbourne Games Played GWS 9 Less than 50 7 4 50 to 99 6 1 100 to 149 4 6 150 to 200 1 3 200 or more 5

Not that it will matter with the outcome i'm sure, but if everyone on D'land shares the Roar article with one or two mates it might get the algorithm going on the platforms you share it with such as messenger, X etc and it just might gather a bit of steam and head wind within general footy / sports circles. There's no way it will go anywhere via the mainstream AFL media as noted above. Unlikely but with a few extra clicks from a stack of D'Landers you never know!

Whenever an organisation investigates itself it will oft result in a dubious finding Brownie. No different here i'm guessing

In the context of the 6 newbies, yes pretty decent DZ. Need to follow it up this week though and put this one away before we hopefully see some of the top liners coming back for Rnd 3. In particular the triple Ms. Melk, May & McVee!

Crazy debut result. Ranked equal 13th alongside Coniglio and 7th in our 22, just behind Claz. Combined Ratings - Rnd 1, 2025 vs Giants Player Rating Rank Tom Green 5.375 1 L Whitfield 5.175 2 Max Gawn 5.050 3 J Lever 4.500 4 T McDonald 4.350 5 Toby Greene 4.100 6 H Himmelberg 3.925 7 F Callaghan 3.850 8 L Ash 3.825 9 C Salem 3.750 10 J Bowey 3.725 11 C Oliver 3.500 12 X Lindsay 3.475 13 S Coniglio 3.475 13 T Rivers 3.425 15 J Kelly 3.400 16 T Sparrow 3.300 17 C Petracca 3.225 18 J Buckley 3.175 19 S Taylor 3.125 20 J Viney 2.900 21 L Keeffe 2.875 22 H Petty 2.750 23 C Windsor 2.725 24 C Idun 2.600 25 C Ward 2.575 26 C Brown 2.550 27 Ed Langdon 2.500 28 A Cadman 2.425 29 K Chandler 2.325 30 J Wehr 2.275 31 J Henderson 2.050 32 C Stone 1.975 33 A Johnson 1.950 34 T Bedford 1.850 35 B Fritsch 1.600 36 J V Rooyen 1.600 36 B Daniels < 33% 1.475 38 B Howes < 48% 1.475 38 D Jones 1.375 40 M Jefferson 1.300 41 H Sharp 0.950 42 X O'Halloran 0.475 43 J Leake 0.300 44 H Langford > 21% 0.300 44 M Gruzewski > 27% -0.100 46 Stats courtesy of footwire.com & wheeloratings.com

https://www.theroar.com.au/2025/03/19/afl-news-concerns-over-conflict-of-interest-in-cats-audit-tiger-to-cash-in-on-flash-debut-curnow-back-for-blues/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJHYT9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHSa0P9-6Z8qNj3m-8P7xnPdwBp3de__2PTCK9Oubovg09VVGbhBEcQRWhA_aem_8HdL5Z3yW5SEV9si8A5iKQ

Round 1, 2025 MCG - Demons vs Giants Our Team Rating just marginally above that of the Giants but still more than 4% off our 2024 average. Statistically we were right with them but the scoreboard is the final judge of course. A big improvement on our last AFL match vs the Pies in the final round of 2024, where we posted a deeplorable 45.78 Another outstanding performance from the skipper. Lever, T-Mac, Bowey, Sparrow, Petty & Windsor also having very impressive first up games. And check out that debut result from Mr X! Amazing result. Demons Player Rating Rank 2024 Season Rating % Change vs 2024 Max Gawn 5.050 1 4.132 22.22 J Lever 4.500 2 3.103 45.02 T McDonald 4.350 3 2.967 46.61 C Salem 3.750 4 3.421 9.62 J Bowey 3.725 5 2.755 35.21 C Oliver 3.500 6 3.364 4.04 X Lindsay 3.475 7 - 0.00 T Rivers 3.425 8 3.391 1.00 T Sparrow 3.300 9 2.517 31.11 C Petracca 3.225 10 4.476 -27.95 J Viney 2.900 11 3.178 -8.75 H Petty 2.750 12 1.701 61.67 C Windsor 2.725 13 2.275 19.78 Ed Langdon 2.500 14 3.089 -19.07 K Chandler 2.325 15 2.223 4.59 J Henderson 2.050 16 - 0.00 A Johnson 1.950 17 - 0.00 B Fritsch 1.600 18 1.746 -8.36 J V Rooyen 1.600 18 2.026 -21.03 B Howes < 48% 1.475 20 2.341 -36.99 M Jefferson 1.300 21 - 0.00 H Sharp 0.950 22 - 0.00 H Langford > 21% 0.300 23 - 0.00 Team Score 62.43 65.17 -4.21 Top 6 24.88 22.53 10.41 Bottom 6 8.88 14.04 -36.79 < Subbed out TOG % > Subbed in TOG % Giants Player Rating Rank Tom Green 5.375 1 L Whitfield 5.175 2 Toby Greene 4.100 3 H Himmelberg 3.925 4 F Callaghan 3.850 5 L Ash 3.825 6 S Coniglio 3.475 7 J Kelly 3.400 8 J Buckley 3.175 9 S Taylor 3.125 10 L Keeffe 2.875 11 C Idun 2.600 12 C Ward 2.575 13 C Brown 2.550 14 A Cadman 2.425 15 J Wehr 2.275 16 C Stone 1.975 17 T Bedford 1.850 18 B Daniels < 33% 1.475 19 D Jones 1.375 20 X O'Halloran 0.475 21 J Leake 0.300 22 M Gruzewski > 27% -0.100 23 Team Score 62.18 Top 6 26.25 Bottom 6 7.45 Combined Ratings Player Rating Rank Tom Green 5.375 1 L Whitfield 5.175 2 Max Gawn 5.050 3 J Lever 4.500 4 T McDonald 4.350 5 Toby Greene 4.100 6 H Himmelberg 3.925 7 F Callaghan 3.850 8 L Ash 3.825 9 C Salem 3.750 10 J Bowey 3.725 11 C Oliver 3.500 12 X Lindsay 3.475 13 S Coniglio 3.475 13 T Rivers 3.425 15 J Kelly 3.400 16 T Sparrow 3.300 17 C Petracca 3.225 18 J Buckley 3.175 19 S Taylor 3.125 20 J Viney 2.900 21 L Keeffe 2.875 22 H Petty 2.750 23 C Windsor 2.725 24 C Idun 2.600 25 C Ward 2.575 26 C Brown 2.550 27 Ed Langdon 2.500 28 A Cadman 2.425 29 K Chandler 2.325 30 J Wehr 2.275 31 J Henderson 2.050 32 C Stone 1.975 33 A Johnson 1.950 34 T Bedford 1.850 35 B Fritsch 1.600 36 J V Rooyen 1.600 36 B Daniels < 33% 1.475 38 B Howes < 48% 1.475 38 D Jones 1.375 40 M Jefferson 1.300 41 H Sharp 0.950 42 X O'Halloran 0.475 43 J Leake 0.300 44 H Langford > 21% 0.300 44 M Gruzewski > 27% -0.100 46 Stats courtesy of footwire.com & wheeloratings.com

11am ish Sunday

Yup... will be in our best 22 and tearing it up post the MSD

Oh yeh. A hook then 😄