Demon Dynasty

We have made solid progress Nasher but are still a mile off becoming a solid finals contender subject to the draft. 3 to 4 very solid mature bodied senior players needed. No more kids unless it's a likely Cyril/Nic Nat/Fyfe/Judd/Danger type please. We won't improve next year unless we balance the age/experience of this list up at the top end.

Enough time for some quality reds to have aged and mellowed

Nonsense just keep playing more kids... one day, maybe in my next lifetime, it will eventually pay off

You mean it isn't!??

Neighbor just said he saw the culprits making a quick getaway and they all had blue socks on! Bloody blue baggers

Haha! Touche'

Y'all Suck!!!

The idiots who think we're all skiing have probably misheard what we usually say after a loss..... "I'm gonna go hit the [censored]" with Piste! Mostly too drunk to stand up let alone ski

I sincerely hope you receive a letter from the Queen Tony....might be a while yet

He is probably preferring to play higher up the ground due to the lack of confidence in his kicking de cali. Pedo would have straitened us up IMO and offered a target for the mids, seeing them play more direct wet weather footy instead of chipping it around, hesitating so much and over using the pill due to not enough targets/structure up forward. Watts has had 2 pretty ordinary matches as well at the wrong end of the season which hasn't helped. Would play Hogan off HB from here until/unless he changes/improves his kicking action. Sucks the life out of the whole team IMO when you miss that many chances. Cloke a good example. By playing him off HB you are still saying he has value ....but that kicking! Fix it or you're backman. Rest Frost who has had two very tired/ordinary games now and bring in Pedo (AGAIN lol)

Hogan and an early pick for Fyfe (provided he passes all the fitness tests)?

Bernie needed a week off. Could see that in last week's match

Yep i agree with that Stu....no one truly knows for sure except his manager probably, but my gut feel tells me the same, shortly after his trip back West

It becomes an issue when you play more than one or two DSP when you already had the most inexperienced team in the AFL, and you then also throw in a 1 gamer up forward for a mature big bodied guy who's played over 60 games and can play a little. That's 60 games of experience lost right there, thrown into a mix that's already too young in general. Recipe for a loss and that's what we got.

Disagree, spends a fair % of time i50 and occasionally hits the scoreboard. Hasn't been able to take the step up so far this year. That was proven prior to today and today wasn't the day to make that risky selection in a must win game at this end of the season. Michie the same. Weids a shocking in for an experienced Pedo (not Weid's fault) . Poor selection and strategy by Roos & the FD. The recipe for the loss started right here IMO, giving the Blues a sniff at the selection table ie., "Hey look at these "'Ins' and 'Outs'... IF we get our match ups right we're a show here"! .

I disagree Brendan one should always err on the side of common sense and select a wringing wet 1 gamer over an experienced utility who was slowly hitting some decent form and played significant roles in earlier wins after a long stint out of the game. Especially when a chance to play finals is on the line!

We've been saying that every year since 1964

CHB? Frost forward for a while

Agreed .... Playing a baby to win a crucial game of footy. The youth at all costs policy should be renamed "Youth at a massive cost" Well done FD Lost at the selection table and above the shoulders

There's a bye before the finals which would freshen everyone up. No fatigue Issues. If you make finals you dont go in thinking you're just going in making up the numbers. Any finals experience is better than none. Take it and use the taste for it to go harder and deeper In 2017.

The range should be 8 to 10 plus regardless more than likely CBD. Aside from Harmes and Hulk's recent form, my main concern was Mr Vince who I really think was in much need of a week off to re-charge the batteries for the Cats game and a potential finals campaign afterwards. Has been serviceable but nowhere near the form he was in during the most part of the season. Was really hoping the FD would manage him this week. Ideal opportunity missed.

Agreed he has been in excellent form at Casey Samael. No argument from me there

Not at all, just don't play them at this point so late in a season with such a (potentially) critical match looming against the Cats. Ben Ken & Grimes have at least shown they can perform at AFL level albeit not stellar performers. Although having said that Grimes first up game was completely off the charts stats wise. Flopped a little the week after along with most others..out lol. Michie & ANB are too big a risk at this point and do nicely at VFL level but that's where their limitations lie right at this moment (ANB a potential AFL option next year if he can take it to another level). If they underwhelm and need changing out for the Cats match you have then also not given Grimes/ Ben Ken (if Jeffy doesn't get up for the Cats) a chance to adjust to the step up to AFL level. They'll be coming in cold. Not that the FD would ever pick Grimes I realise. By selecting Michie over Grimes (the worst selection table choice for quite some time IMO) Roos/Goodwin/ FD have obviously signed his papers. Grimes is easily our best "AFL ready" option at VFL level right at this moment who has proven he can play a role consistently vs others of a similar ilk playing at Casey. Next year might be different but we don't have "next year". We have two matches and need to win both of them very convincingly on the scoreboard to have a chance of playing finals (assuming the other games fall our way obviously).