Demon Dynasty

All the media nonsense is just click bait guys. Barring injury, Claz has set himself for a big year. The media chimps are just chumps. The champ is back and chomping at the bit!

The Maroon years! I'm sure Schwab was a closet Fitzroy supporter. Almost that whole era (2008 - 2013) of scarves went in the bin alongside Cam's white board.

BN i felt a fair chunk of that was to do with a combo of... > Some poor / mostly shallow entries i50. Many of our attacking forays inside were kicks from mid field falling in the 40 - 50 meter zones. To me that's a groundhog issue from recent years that was on show yet again in the praccy. Old habbits die hard it seems. > Lack of pressure on the ball carrier i50. This is also an issue due to a lack of pace in general amongst most of our forwards, bar Kozzy (when played there) and to a lessor degree Chin. Chin also having little to no impact in any facet of the game last night was disappointing. Sharp might be able to add something here and i'd be seriously looking to progress him into the 22 as a mid who pushes up into a medium - small forward role at times to add some zest and pressure when Kozzy is spending time at CBs (in preference to Chandler). This is another reason i am all for Kozzy playing the bulk of time in a small forward goal sneak / pressure role. He's our best pressure & small forward and by a fair margin. Take him out for big chunks of time and you are robbing Peter. > Some absolute butchering of the ball coming inside by both hand and foot. In some cases with little to no pressure at all. Some horrid turnovers that left everyone out of position forward of the ball, exposing us to the sling shot. Regardless of whether it was Freo, most teams would've punished us here. Yes Kozzy coming out of the middle to help curb the inside 50 delivery prob is handy, but surely we can find at least two others to bring some sort of return here. Or maybe not! But if we could this would allow us the luxury of playing Kozzy in a mostly small forward / pressure role where his assets should have more impact in terms of scores from turnover inside our forward half. > Lastly a lack of genuine contested or big marking options up forward with JVR out. AJ was admirable but we look all at sea here without Roo and there ain't alot of danger elsewhere in the short term unless Disco has a pretty big year or AJ finds some serious mojo.

Edit: Forgot to add Salem as one of the positives. Thought he was solid for the majority.

I'd rather see Rivers in the middle and Lingers back to his wing for Billings Stinga. Rivers has show something through there in patches last season. Need to persevere. His upside is bigger than Lingers through there imho. Bowey hasn't been the same since his return from the LTI problem but certainly deserves a fair stab at getting his mojo back. He may need to try and find that mojo again at Casey however.

FWIW after one praccy and noting that it's just one pre-season warm up so not casting anyone in the bin at this point. Comments purely relate to this game in isolation... POSITIVES: Clarry ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Tracc ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Big M ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Windsor but more dangerous and effective when he pushed higher up the ground. Back to the wing for mine. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ AJ - Early jitters but improved as the match went on. I like ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Kozzy - only one quarter to go by but electrifying from the get go. Needs to play 80 / 20 Small Forward / CBAs (or thereabouts) once he returns though imo. We need his goal kicking smarts and ability to convert. Our constant inaccuracy is a momentum / coach killer. Sparrow ⭐️⭐️⭐️ - has shown VG early pre-season and in-seaaon form before though. Needs to bring this level or so most weeks. PASS MARK Langdon but like others i feel he needs to get back to the wing pronto for Billings NQRS THAT WEREN'T AT THE LEVEL Billings Howes Bowey Chandler Woe - albeit with limited TOG. Needs a bigger hit out to see where he's really at. Looks slow both across the ground and with decision making though and will need to start showing off other assets this season if he's to gain some traction and a regular spot in the 22.

How's Jeffo looking? These are the sort of matches he needs to be showing 'Something' and putting his hand up

DZ it's great to see you using a nic name i can relate to and get. I was beginning to think the King of England had joined in at training from GW's (& others) earlier reports.

Was Roy an option here? Can't recall seeing much of Hendo and what he brings. Roy is magic and just needs to get to AFL levels of fitness or close to it surely? Is he still an option somehow?

Oh well. Poor old Smacca can't take a break though eh

I'm somewhat perplexed at how the club came to the conclusion that one sole attendee, Mr P. Fence, is considered an entire family!? And which players are signing his autograph book??

Well after that little doozy, i'm gonna do what no one's had the courage to do here so far and call out your nemesis sir. Be afraid, be VERY afraid for what's about to follow... Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice!

wait... no Smacca?? Giving this list a big F!!

As you've highlighted already rjay. Nothing's changed and i believe the zoning fiasco started about 1967 yes? 2027 is just around the corner. Nearly 60 years of VFL / AFL Circus Crappola with no end in sight.

After reading this you're another D'lander i've crossed off my 'could be Chris from Camberwell' shortlist DM

I took that as meaning he wanted to bring one of them back from retirement for Jeffo Rjay!

Does his three year old getting 'reported" after running amok qualify as a report?

I could be wrong but i thought this may have been the same or similar issue he was carrying through parts of last season?

Chandler appears to be in this group alot of late. At least he was for long stints last season from what i saw and heard on here.

Jeffo owes it to Chris in Camberwell to have a 'break out" year. He'll blow a bloody woofer valve if he doesn't. Pressure's on!

I'm still scratching my head as to how RG isn't on our list in some form already. The bloke has more talent on his big toe than a couple that are running around out there at the moment. Teared it up in the match sim highlights and aside from no tank, he looked the goods either through the middle or up forward in his appearances at Casey last year. If we don't, someone else will surely.

Only seen him play twice (live) but from what i witnessed he looked to be as fit and solid as any ruckman running around at either level. He almost turned the second game i saw him play on its head single handedly out at Sandy last year but i have to curtail any enthusiasm with the knowledge that the AFL is a diff prospect for many. Even those who sometimes put their hand up at VFL level. He did run out of puff in the last quarter in that match. He's a big unit with a big frame who hits packs hard and can take the odd decent grab. Will certainly make his presence felt whether he's at Casey or the odd cameo upstairs. He reminds me just a tad of Meek and how he goes about things, albeit alot older.

Just the thought of that propsect would be enough to straighten even the most bent player up surely!

Is there any chance Simon and others inside the FD (some players included) wanted to see if they can move Clarry on but weren't sure if that was possible / best for the club in terms of the suiters / offers. They wanted to have their cake and eat it too but didn't want to put Clarry or themselves in the horrid position if they had to walk him back in. So they went with the Perty option. Perty taking the heat but managing to put the feelers out 🤔 I would see that as cowardly, gutless and very poor form but just putting it out there as one of many theories.