Demon Dynasty

Is he our potential Burgoyne?

Where was that SWY?

I will make a deal with you OD. If we beat the Aints at Shitihad first up i will literally find a decent sized dark lid and lob it somewhere down the street here and join you in casting away that nasty pall of our recent past. Mind you i will probably wait till night time or someone might just fling it straight back at me! Most likely that bloody Hawthorn neighbour of mine. After that i will also need to head to the Box Hill RSL for a few pints of Stone & Wood to assist in my gradual rehabilitation

I must be taking longer to thaw out OD. The period of horror i think you are referring to felt more like an ice age from where i was sitting!

Can we close this thread quickly and delete please mods! I would hate for an AFL rep to trip over this and see that we're pretty pleased with a clash strip for the first time and that common sense has finally prevailed!

Demonised, returning OD's lid would seem to be the neighbourly thing to do yes? It might also assist in returning D'land to some kind of normality!

Saty?

I hear you OD. As long as we don't end up 9th with those 13 wins i'll be pretty pleased with that result P.S. ...but by no means satisfied

I would be happy if i see just one Watts up there in the final JLT hit out Skuit!

That's a rediculous statement Macca. There's no need for an email. Goody would be all over this site On the look out for some finer points within all the amazing posts. Never underestimate the power of a solid D'land thread sir!

I didn't see yesterday's match but I do recall a few examples of this last year Steve. One in particular where he played on unnecessarily from HB southern side of the G, then suddenly decided to switch for no apparent advantage that I could see (almost like he was on Auto 'must switch no matter what' pilot), missed a relatively easy target who was leading into space to try and provide the option (after he saw him switch!). His mis kick was easily intercepted and the opposition ran into an easy goal and the crowd went nutso. I have a feeling we were holding our own (in general play / confidence) to that point. When it happened I seem to recall it gave the opposition a massive boost and kick started their confidence a little and deflated ours somewhat. Was pretty early in the match also. Bombers maybe? A great athlete and solid spoiler/defender but running off your defender isn't going to help much and will leave you very exposed the other way if you struggle to hit targets often enough or choose the wrong time to do so putting yourself and team mates around you under uneccesary pressure as you say. If he hasn't started to reduce these type of brain fades and poor skill executions by now I would be getting pretty concerned if I was on the coaching side. Hopefully he has improved in this area on last year. If so then he may even snag an All Australian guernsey. Massive potential upside if he gets it right more often here.

I hope I don't have to throw that lid back over your fence this year OD .... I can say I am finally a bit optimistic and looking forward to a season for the first time in probably 10 years though. That's probably as good as it gets for me. If we get anywhere near your prediction then I reckon you might be right and I certainly won't complain if I need to make a few extra visits to Dan's. I just hope there's nothing ugly under the lid when I fully open it. You never know when a deadly floater might surprise as a Demon die hard

Hello Mr D. I thought it was worth enquiring! Even 5 JWs last night didn't get me as optimistic as Punt ? Paying a small price this morning however ?

Which ball Pro? ?

Punt can you send me a sample of whatever you're taking!

Nice thx !

Pedo is handy. Not sure about the other two. Hoping Trenners has finally found some pace/agility after getting a full pre season in.

Go girls Woot!!! Another great win How did my girl Paxman go?

I agree Macca. I doubt he will get many opportunities unless Maxy gets injured (touch wood that doesn't happen). Probably just managing big Maxy's workload coming into the real deal more than an experiment. Big Spencil is handy in these sort of matches and VFL level but fairly immobile to play anywhere but through the middle, which is a luxury most teams cant afford to risk in today's game.

I prefer to keep waiting big red. First match is still a few weeks away and at a ground that we have a woeful record on vs a team that has an amazing record there. Hopefully all that changes after Rnd 1

No again!

Thx! ?? wasn't she awesome. She's some athlete

The Bull could end up being as good as any MFC forward in the next 6 years or so if he gets a decent pre season in and enough match fitness/practice in order to get up to speed at senior level. This bloke could end up being our Podsiadly I reckon. Easily the most accurate forward down there at the moment along with Wattsy. In front of a big AFL crowd is another matter I realise but I'd love to see him get the chance this season.

Daisey's a gun and Paxman not far behind. Love watching these two ?? our FF is a gun also (name escapes me)

I'm blaming Lewis...spreading all that unsociable footy rubbish