Demon Dynasty

Apparently Goody has said he is at least 2 or 3 weeks away. Really need him and Kenty back in ASAP to replace JKH & Tyson.

This ^ AND.... 1. A classy outside winger with speed who can finish off his line breaking running hitting targets and at goal from around 50 (a la Fritschkrieg but with a little more power on the burst out of congestion) in the vein of Burgoyne (yes i know he is a rare find....something similar somwhere!??). I have no idea whether that's Gaff. Maybe. He scrubs up pretty well in the stat comparisons. My one worry though is his kicking efficiency which is a fair way from elite i think. Burgoyne obviously at the top end sitting at 71.7% (i think the AFL average is around 65% - 68% (or thereabouts) vs Gaff @ 64.5% (both stats are career averages)... http://www.afl.com.au/stats/stats-pro#/Compare?playerIds=CD_I210012,CD_I290801&comparisonTab=h2h 2. A gun medium power forward who can play a little time through the mid field also if needed. Who can take the opposition apart in the air and on the ground (Gary Ablett Snr / Danger style). Someone who can take a match by the scruff of the neck and turn it on it's head in a 10 minute burst. Someone slightly lessor would do also along the lines of a Daniel Bradshaw. A clutch mark and goal kicker in crucial moments from distance and just from whatever angle etc.... Trade all NQRs at the end of this year for the 3 key players above and we start winning silver. There are at least 9 on the present list IMHO that we can trade / delist and 2 who are possibly going to retire anyway in Vince & Pedders. A total of 11.

JKH and Jeffy are about par right now in terms of what they are delivering (or not!). Who do you replace them with? We only have medium tall forwards like Kent and Vanders left in the McGoos.

I didn't think he ran off him in a damaging sense at all SW. If he can't handle Hawkins one on one (keep the goal scoring to 3 to 4 max) or any other decent KPF then what is his role in the team? Goody should therefore not play him at all. Would be better off playing Keilty or Pedders in his place and having Frost take the big boys from the get go. Anyway, it's the same old same old at Demonland. Whenever a chance to secure a sound spot in the Top 4 or 8 becons, we always blow it. Still have a very soft under belly against the rated clubs.

Which part SW? The ultimate role of a defender, especially a key one, is to defend and keep your opponent from scoring too often (ie., limit the damage). Struggles to hold the better key forwards in the comp when the question's asked. Goody stuffed it in part by stubbornly refusing to move him off Hawkins earlier, but O-Mac has to accept part of the blame surely?

Just a statistical take on tonight to compare (somewhat objectively lol) to yours PF. Keep in mind Max would usually place higher as i can't factor in hit outs to advantage. Harmes played a pretty tough lock down role so his rank is probably skewed as a result. Clarry a furlong ahead of anyone else and nearly got us over the line with that performance tonight IMHO.....

6. Clarry 5. Jones 4. Fritschkrieg 3. Lewis 2. Tracc 1. T-Mac

Yes, that was a knee in the back (or hip). Goody is turning him into a 'neither here nor there' player though Wise by playing him up the field far too often. He's becoming average (and sometimes sub par) at both, with the odd (but far to seldom) fine performance up forward (and on the scoreboard). Only send him back or up the field when parking the bus in last few minutes of quarters or if we are a mid fielder down through injury on the bench. Otherwise he needs to impact and score goals more often as a KPF. Bring the ball to ground more often also for the small crumbers nearer the goals. Just my opinion but i think this strategy from Goody is costing us in some of the big games and the close ones, like tonight, the first match against the Cats and the Port match to name a few.

JKH a liability also. Hogan still hasn't found any consistency as a key forward either which is hurting us on the conversion vs number of inside 50s. Just isn't playing at a high enough level often enough at the moment. This BS of having him play a high game for so much of the match also. Rubbish. If Hulk kicks 2 or 3 tonight we win that match. Needs to become an impact power forward and a regular 2 to 4 goal player. Goes missing on the scoreboard in far too many matches. He was recruited as a key forward not a mid fielder from what i remember and while i appreciate the work he does up the field we are robbing Peter to pay Paul playing him so much up the field IMO. And i don't put this so much on Hogan as Goody. Poor judge of what is needed IMO. We had Tyson in tonight to replace Hannan. That's your extra mid. No need for Hogan to play through there also. Goody tried this one before as well against Port. Another fail.

After the 5th goal (at least) one would have thought so Moon. He is just TOO SLOOOW to react. Not pro-active and doesn't see the bleeding obvious nor get some of the basics right. Playing T-Mac up the ground so often is a liability also IMO. He is just too slow to react and gets caught too often. Too many turnovers in poor parts of the ground instead of getting him to play deep from the goal square more often where he plays his best forward craft and impacts on the scoreboard. Wasting energy and costing us on the turn over by continuing to push him up the field. Dumb coaching.

The MFC needs to protest to the AFL to prevent Nichols from ever umpiring another game of ours. The guy clearly has issues with the MFC. Two insane examples (for a start).... the Harmes 50m penalty decision tonight (which clearly wasn't there) and the one against Melksham in the square running into an open goal against Port (which i'm still scratching my head over) Has had it in for us ever since from last season when Max knocked the ball away and he cracked it.

Not only that, why listen the the idiot fitness guys and rotate him on the bench for so long in the the last quarter while the cats took over in the middle and got momentum back in their favor. Just go with what feels right FFS! Those extra few minutes he could have come on earlier may have cost us the match....along with a couple of cheating umpiring decisions that swung the game back the other way when the Cats where down. The 50 meters against Harmes when he was clearly leaving the area (Nichols) and the free kick to Ablett when it should have been holding the ball against him in the last quarter which IMO completely changed the face of the game in the Cat's favour gifting them a crucial goal.

Dropping the ball Ablett paid holding the man....only against the Demons and for Ablett

Woo hoo! Great play jones to Melk ....nice finish

Frosty to Hawkins ...thank goodness

The O-Mac over Dunn decision always comes back to haunt us against the big gun KPFs

Hawkins has killed O-Mac tonight in the one on ones

Nah a few handballs and a few kicks in 3 quarters of footy? Your easily pleased Nash. Falling over far too often,. going up for marks in front of leading KFs ....when was the last time he kicked a goal or two?

Kent for Melksham next week please. In horrid form atm.

If Harmes was a 50 ([censored] you Nichols!!) then Lewis's was a 100 meter penalty. Not his fault he was blocked on the inside then had no choice but to go around after being called play on. One rule for the Cats.... another for us.

Move and run........take them on they are slower than us FFS! .& for God sake hit targets ! JKH that was Jeffy's goal had you hand balled ! Selfish or dumb one of the two

ANB to Ablett pls.... All day! (Resting assist from Harmes).

Ty KC & Drunkn. Fantastic win

Casey have flooded it's in the Cat's forward line.....SIREN!

27 minutes gone. Casey sending numbers back