Demon Dynasty

Common Demons....resting Gawn and then Pruess at FF might stretch em a little. And wow he STILL sits back on that LAST step and shanks left. It's ingrained and bound to miss 8 out of 10 times kicking like that FMD

Don't bring him to ground or you'll be penalised??

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Wow HUUUUUUUGE shove out of the contest on May by Kennedy....NO FREE not even mentioned on the commentary. Chanel 7 are [censored]!

Petty needs to work harder to get front position if he is going to play forward.

He is seriously barely VFL standard at present Jaded. In patches he might look VFL worthy but that's about it.

Harmes steps directly back over his mark while assessing his options and is immediately called to play on "off the line...play on"

How the FD chose ANB over Dunkley is beyond me. Its like playing one player short. Dunkley wouldn't offer much more but at least potentially has a future. The only reason i can think of is Dunkley was injured or too sore but even then i wouldn't select ANB. Goody seriously has no idea.

Performance in front of goals and some loose checking by some down back but the umpiring has, as usual, been diabolical. When was the last time we saw the MFC get so many easy decisions paid our way like the Eagles in that first quarter? Over the shoulder, play on immediately when it clearly isn't, chopping the arms, rough tackle....and on it goes. Many of those when our players are running forward out of position and the Eagles get the easy flip out the back with free players everywhere.

last 10 frees....9 to 1. Laughable. Trying to win the match for the Eagles in the first quarter or two as per usual. Nothing's changed

The AFL have the umpires running two sets of rules. One for the big boy clubs and one for the lessor lights. Earlier today Danger took a mark in the exact same position up against the boundary as Salem just then. Danger wheeled inside about 2 meters and set his own mark well inside the boudary....no "Play On" called. Salem takes one step or so in side the boundary and DOES NOT play on, no more than 2 feet, but is automatically called to "Play on"....there are two leagues running with two sets of umpiring interpretations going on, depending on who the team is on the receiving end.

Haha....set shots wow. 100% miss rate

Wow apparently you can't tackle to fiercely if you are an MFC player. All others are ok to do so though.

No "Nasty" LN I am redacting the Wags bit... more faith in CWags than J. Is a real goer and might make it

Would like to see us recruiting more indigenous players for the run, class and skills to finish over the likes of Spargo, ANB, Keilty, JKH and the Wags etc. Need to be goers also though with a bit of nasty.

Harmes, the Jones boy & AVB (IF he returns). Not sure he'll make the grade but Cwags hits in pretty hard also. Would add ANB & Salem in there as well. The latter two don't exactly body line the ball at every opp but that's probably not their forte'. Both lay their fair share of tackles if my eyes aren't deceiving me.

Only guessing but i assume it would be with Casey when not a regular upstairs DP. I would be very surprised if that intensity isn't in our training already. At the end of the day you can train the house down all you like DP, taking it to another level on game day really comes from within IMHO. I sometimes wonder how badly some of the fringe players really want it at times. Probably why they are fringe in many cases.

First time ive heard Oskar's name in the call. Didn't realise he was out there! Haven't heard Lefau's name mentioned since i praised him either ?

Would happily have Lefau on the list before the likes of JKH, ANB, Spargo, Jwags and Billy for the 2020 season. Plenty of speed and X factor that the others lack and pretty clean with ball in hand. Knows where the goals are also. A fair way off AFL level at this point but has weapons the others don't. Prospective AFL star if managed well.

Maybe already upgraded on our list PF!!??? ....speed X factor. Something we have very little of right now, especially the latter!

Solid post and agree with most of that BZ. Except the last part....partially. Why do i say partially? The game style can and does work for parts of a match/season when you have most of your best 26 to 28 on the list fit and firing on all cylinders. Unfortuantely, as you have expressed very succinctly, playing that particular style for most of a match/matches/season oft leads to extensive fatigue/injuries and an eating into the depth of one's list. Which then impacts on the ability and success of the team / club as a whole to maintain a winning run of games/seasons in the medium to long term. Especially when the fatigue/injuries see you tapping into players post your best 28 (ish). Unfortunately once you delve beyond your best 28 or so, as a minnow AFL club (ie; not an AFL favoured top 4 Vic, interstate or start up), you then drop away significantly from your best and your ability to produce a level of intensity in a chaos game that will get the chocolates other than against very ordinary bottom feeders (who are also struggling badly). Among other fixes in the next few pre-seasons/trades/drafts, Goody needs to recognise the above and adjust accordingly, injecting a slower possession tempo option into the mix for significant parts of a game more often if we are to become a serious (regular) finals contender and take a shot at a flag or two. My eye is on this for 2020. Start seeing it and it will be clear that Goody is on the money. Then we just need the cattle / success at the draft/trade table. Much of that depends on an AFL system (fixed) though. And we are not GWS, GC, the Hawks or the Pies etc so i wont be holding my breath on succeeding on this part. At this point we remain one of the bottom feeders in the eyes of Gill and likely to continue receiving the chaff instead of the wheat.

Thank LN. I believe second effort tackles that don't quite stick, and the like, are caught in the 'pressure acts' stat by Champion. Clarry has this well covered in all aspects. I have purposely watched for these 2nd effort acts and follow ups and there are very few in the league that match Clarry's ability to win or at worst neutralise a loose ground ball contest. This bloke is in a different league and has been for 2 solid seasons now. Dermy is way off on Clarry, aside from his disposal coming inside 50 (among others) he is not far away from 'Champion' territory. As i've said previously this season, Clarry, Big M and to a lessor extent Harmes and Salem are the type you can build a premiership team around. Viney at his best (with major clean up of disposal by foot) along with a few others starting to find their feet such as Tracc, May, Frosty, Hore and Melksham. In theory Gus should be in the group with Harmes and Salem IMO but this year has just seen a massive fall from his 2018 2nd half. His confidence and ability to just gather a loose ground ball with one touch (or even a few) seems to have deserted him. When that happens you no longer have that little bit of extra time and space you did previously which must put your whole game under extra pressure at the highest level. In some ways this is where a very good coach comes in. Form management (see belief/confidence in self/game) is a key component of man management. A short well constructed and managed stint at Casey overseen by performance or line coach with specific goals to work on may have been just the tonic for Gus earlier in the season when it was clear he was on a downward form spiral. Maybe he came in to the season carrying an issue LN? Maybe he's been getting some closer checking from the opp this season also? Was it the return of Viney to the middle and him getting pushed out again similar to first part of 2018 and he just doesn't have the silk/burst speed to impact as well (offensively/defensively on quicker opponent)? Interesting times with Gus. Let's hope he/we can turn it around in 2020. Maybe more time in the middle is needed. We seemed to win more often when he played more time through there in 2018. Unfortunately not so well this season given this year's ordinary disposal.

Nah. I usually respect a fair amount of what the Derm brings but IMHO he is off on this as far as Clarry is concerned. Clarry is our number 1 tackler so far this season (tackle average 6.31) and No.1 last year (6.77). Ranked No.1 for us in pressure acts averages (24). Ranked in the top 10 in the AFL this season for tackle averages (10th overall) and 13th in pressure acts!!! If he has issues in this area then i'm Uncle Bitter's uncle! Inside 50 Clarry is ranked 9th (1.19) and ranked 4th overall last year (1.09). Pretty good results given the amount of ground this bloke covers and the amount of contests he impacts. To put that in some perspective Tracc has spent a stack more time inside 50 and his results from 2019? ..... ranked 8th (1.25) and 2018? .... 21st! (0.48). Ok, Gus sitting @ 10th (3.44) has dropped off a little, having finished 6th for us in 2018 (4.68). Ranked 153rd in the AFL. Maybe an under done tank this season and/or lack of leg speed (bit of both)....just can't quite get to opponents often enough to lay a bloody tackle. So yes, plenty of room for improvement and Derm might have this one correct but did Gus come into 2019 with any niggles? Can't recall someone might remind me? Dunkley presently our 2nd best for tackle averages inside 50 (2.00), albeit off a small sample. Just behind Jeffy at No.1 (2.29)! Jeffy is No.1 in the AFL also this season and Dunkley No.4! Doubt he'll be dropped this week just on that strength alone ? As an aside Tim Smith sits at 14th in the AFL and 3rd for us (1.67), more than likely part of the reason the coach & FD will be bringing him back this week aside from the fact we presently don't have a genuine key tall forward running around.

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