Demon Dynasty

Gosh even in Primary school my coach taught me to get the ball moving forward at any opportunity in the wet. Surely all players who reach the AFL and play for us know this by now??? Or is it just the ones that come to our club??

Easily our best half of footy for the year given the quality of the Opp.

No that's the way the AFL want it....the big four Vic clubs mostly winning.

TWO HANDS IN THE BACK.....IGNORED!

Tempo possession ...switching...finding targets on the 45....taking ground by hitting targets as you work your way up the field. Finding a player...SHORT... inside 50. Goal scored. VERY LITTLE CHAOS involved! Amazing how it's not required 24/7 in order to achieve the goal at hand ... ie., Kicking a goal.

Best bit of play all year lol

Viney gives his all on the park no issues there. Maybe it's just me but gives the appearance at times that he just isn't emotionally connected/invested all that much to his fellow players. Like he is playing in a bit of a bubble at times. Or is it that he just isn't enjoying himself much anymore? Probably just my imagination ?

The only difference in the two teams that's making a difference so far is the biased "Tiger's Only'" umpiring

Why did Frost have to take that kick again!!???? Allowed all Tigers to man up with extra pressure for us in the worst part of the ground!!

All tiggy holding frees to the Tigers - SEEN....and Paid!

Melk dragged off the contest without the ball. IGNORED....NO Free!

Corey legged running into goal = IGNORED.....NO Free! Viney kneed in the head while going for a ground ball = IGNORED .....NO free!

Zero pressure and expectations and a few decent "Ins" = a Dangerous Demon

Tracc starting to shine in the middle!!

Extend Lewis for one more in a quasi forward/Casey role. Will need close management but the bloke positions himself seriously well and has forward craft. Kicks straight also! Something different for the MFC!

Should put in a better showing (i'm not sure vs what!) with our best team in for about 4 to 5 weeks. Oscar on anyone is scary however.

Ok thanks BoG

Fair enough Iva ✌?

Are you saying he willngly hasn't (to whatever degree) and that if he did things would have turned out better BOG? or are you saying that he has and it's had a poor or nil effect?

Just a gut feel or a bit more than that Iva? Care to elaborate a little?

WWSW could you please let me know what tonic you are taking of late as i for one couldn't be less excited right now. If we were talking an insane trade with those two (along with some picks) for a genuine KPF and two blistering small forwards then i might be a little more excited. Roll on 2020.

Guys captaincy or no....hang in there for just a tad longer. Jack & the Jones boy should bounce back in 2020. Jones needs to find a role mostly up forward IMO (cant cover a quick player down back). Started his career there and did ok. One of his best games for the year (of a handful) in my op was the match against the Swans where he lead from the front kicking 3 very nice goals. We wont need him down back once May, Lever, Nev and Hibb (hopefully) start hitting some consistently good form. Next year is all about the forward line as well as finding some speed/class & finish on the outside. In the right place / role, with a little less (but focussed) game.time, Jones still has another solid year ahead IMHO. Viney might be carrying a niggle but if so then im not sure why we would play him from here (or even weeks ago). Most players have dropped away significantly as we know, with only a few players maintaining last year's form or better in rare cases. It's a team game, it's a bloody tough game. With the exceptions we're all aware of, the whole team needs to lift in 2020. Many hands make light work and if they do Jones & Viney can still play a solid role. Not necessarily as captains. It only needs one stellar season plus some fixes to maybe pull off the big one. One caveat here.. If Goody gets some major help and comes to his senses adding a tempo possession trait plus major list changes (especially forward) we might be in for a reasonable bounce back. If very little or none of the above occurs and Goody decides to bring more of the same...forget i mentioned any of the above positives and might want to batten down the hatches!

Mostly forwards (KF who can mark and kick goals, two blitzkreig smallish fellas who have white line fever & can also find the middle) and some outside speed class and finish with a raking left foot LN. May i suggest slipping a mickey into Simon's drink at the B&F. Take him out the back for a ripping session with one of Australia's leading hypnotists, starting with "Repeat after me....we must recruit..." and insert the above, i would be very appreciative. Thanking you in advance..... RN

Don't under estimate the FFF (Forwardline Flop Factor) in this year's demise Praha. It's been immense IMO and we would be knocking on the door of the final eight had we fired a shot here. One of Goody's (with assistance from Macca) greatest fails was to see Hogan walk without a 'genuine' KF coming in to replace (a la Lynch) while placing way too much emphasis on the ability of Weid to fill the void. Jeffy hasn't quite been up to his 2018 standards in terms of overall ability to impact up forward (yes still hitting the scoreboard and putting tackles on inside 50 which is great but outside of that) hasn't helped either. Partially due to the shoulder issue? No other quality smalls to assist Jeffy other than a medium small in Hunt popping up at times. Melk, our best ball user coming inside 50 and probably most mobile impact forward. One of our most accurate goal kickers also (not many of those either) has barely been on the park. The biggest fall IMO T-Mac. Firing on all cylinders once in 17 attempts! Then we have three keys mids who havent been anywhere near their 2018 form in Jones, Gus and Viney except on rare occasions and usually not together. Hibb's massive dropp off from his 2018 form. Apart from the Clarry, Big m, Harmes, Salem, the improvement of the Frostmeister and a bit of May brutality & attack on the ball it's been another season from hell really.

His heart was never in it. PJ's as well. Both did a very professional job whilst paid to. Was always a short term 'AFL' driven fix to right a badly listing rusty (culture) ship. The ship was righted but the rust remains. Needed at least another two years (or more) from both to eradicate the rust.