Demon Dynasty

It was obvious to all on the night and should have been a lay down free kick to Smith. Obvious to all except all four umpires who had vision of the incident. No other players were involved in the play yet no umpire called the dangerous tackle (or at worst a ball up as he had no chance to dispose the ball with both arms clearly pinned)...

Over 15 years of data clearly confirms a bias out west for the Coasters, who are sitting as the number one free kicked team by a country mile. Sure someone has to be at the top...but to be a massive 64.3% ahead of their nearest rival the Kangas is a massive difference in anyone's language! And the argument "it's a home town issue get over it this happens in all other sports"...uh nup not by that differential it doesn't. And besides that can't be the case, with the Dockers sitting a lowly 3rd last! Something's smelly @West Coast and i smell a rat....or two!

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Hey we were still 2.4% better than last week Mono. (Desperate times!)

Yze would be better if available. Get piggy in there otherwise. Similar body shape / size

It's called blatant cheating Jaded. See the "Umps hate Melbourne" thread.

You saw alot more and alot more earlier than i did DV but yes old Fritschkreig flopped in that play and was generally very ordinary last night. Apart from not playing him down back, Goody needs to get him into the gym and build up some core & leg strength between now and 2020. Too easily pushed off the ball and off balance right now. Sorry to hear about the health issue there and my best wishes with that side DV ✌?

Dworship we should do the same ....D'land petition to both the club and the AFL requesting that these two cheats are removed from ever umpiring a game involving the Eagles.

6. Gawn 5. Harmes 4. Clarry 3. Oscar 2. Hunt 1. Hore

Player / Team Stats Form Guide To Round 9, 2019 vs Season 2018

Player / Team Stats Form Guide Rnds 7 to 9, 2019 vs Season 2018 In a team sense we have edged closer to our 2018 form in the last three weeks (-11.40%) vs Rnds 4 to 6 where we were down by 16.79%. Still a fair way off 2018 though.

It's not in the AFL's interest to ensure the game is umpired fairly to offer an even competition RTG. It is now a very big business and the AFL are out to ensure their brand is being grown and protected in the preferred manner / direction required to maximise profits. The Eagles are no doubt high on their brand priority list. We are probably sitting somewhere in their bottom four.

There was a moment late in the 3rd DV where we went to a very shallow zone on their kick in. They were able to pick their way through it with ease and push into their 50 for an easy goal. Where was our usual higher press with protection (sweeper) out back??? Was this an instruction from the FD or did we fall into some sort of slack period (mentally/physically?) letting the Eagles off the hook defensively?

IMO the energy used to barn storm our 50 in the first three quarters was pretty much all we had left in the tank ABG. Unfortunately we didn't put the score on the board by that point and as Goody said we left the door open and they had a little more left in the tank. I also noticed at one point (mid way through the 2nd quarter or so) we had already used 37 interchange vs their 30. This may have caught up with us later in the match and the Eagles might have had a few spare to press a late advantage here.

That is correct 56. They were also running straight at Maxy without an eye on the ball on a few occasions ...again...completely ignored by the corrupt snot goblins! They have about a 4 goal advantage playing at home with the armchair provided. Good luck beating that.

Port cleaner on the outside and a little quicker. Kick the ball low and in front of leading forwards who work hard to find front position or get loose. Casey fumbling alot today and have lacked run, link up play and clean ball use on the outside or finish coming inside. Not many targets to try and hit up though. Port have gotten on top around the contest in the 2nd half also lead by their ruckman and Lang (??) for the most part. Wouldn't risk Lever for these remaining minutes.

nice pressure by Wags to force the ball in there in Port's forward flank

Lefau nearly marked that one running away from the kick in and not even looking at the ball drop with hands in the air looking to spoil ! That would have been an amazing mark

Nice work by Chandler for that one. Lefau pretty clean so far with a turn of pace. Don't mind the look of him.

Interesting thanks KC

where is Lefau from KC?

I cant disagree more Buck. This is what separates an ok, mediocre or good club from a great club and sets the tone for culture going forward. There are certain things you just cannot accept in footy and life lying down. Someone rubbing your nose in it when you are down is one. It needed a super aggressive response risking potentially weeks out if the game to make a statement that you aren't accepting BS from any [censored] who decides to pull this [censored]. Whether that was a rugby tackle from 10 meters away, grabbing him by the collar and sling tackling him to the ground or putting on a headlock, the statement needed to be made by someone. WAP from those around!

Caught ball watching in no man's land again. If he can't play off a wing or HF he needs time at Casey until he has the tank/willingness/ability to close down his opponent when we dont have it. Its basic defence/team defence and is giving the opp too many easy looks at goal, including this horror bit of play last night.

Unlikely IMO ABG. More likely worrying about kicking it at the same time as attempting the mark (Focus!)

Cards are you suggesting to win a flag we need to re-introduce the drop kick?