Demon Dynasty

Watts 14 possessions

And Brayshaw/Toump/Viney!

Who will stand up for this club? AS I WAS writing that... the Hulk!

27/18 contested in favour of the Saints ughh

No spread / run according to plough just up and down the line

Plough noting that our forward line is too stagnant when Grimes marked that on 50

0 possessions N Jones.... must be copping a hard tag. Other mids need to give him a chop out and step up

We sure make a fairly straight forward game look extremely difficult

Brayshaw!

I would add Jetta, Mitchie and Spencil into that mix but thats probably about it lol

I hate it as well but to be fair Viney also does this and has had a few more games. Not many highlight Viney as often but he can also be handball happy and can not only hand out hospitals but also occasionaly gives or hands it straight to the opponent. We have alot of areas that need fixing in general play though. Great example is just using their brain eg, Dont go 2nd 3rd up in a marking contest if u see a solid tall in good position to mark. We do this far too often allowing opponents to gather the spilled ball and run off or kick a goal round the corner etc

Anb first disposal? behind

Agreed. I wld also be alot happier if he handballs to our players most of the time! (thinking of last week)

Nothing like a goal to kill off the oppositions effort a little. Wd Watts & Brayshaw

There is something to this but if the loose is good at reading the play and quick to close not necessarily a foil. In the end you MUST man up to to at least square the contest and bring more balls to ground for Garlett/Brayshaw/Vince

I really don't think it would have mattered if he was slightly off fndee. Pies are the No.1 team at scoring from turnovers. I'm not sure where we sit with turnover averages vs other AFL clubs but I doubt we would be doing very well with it. We may not be the worst either but we certainly seem to turn it over in our back half a fair bit which doesn't help our cause. 11 individual goal kickers so far and turnovers 33/10 in favour of the Pies. Very disciplined and pretty much always bring great pressure in general play and a solid full press.

Possibly but the Pies rarely put in a crappy performance. Buckley has them well tuned at the moment. They are the real deal "hard to beat" team that MN infamously claimed we were going to be

Yes BB u can say that again!

Our mid field had a decent win last week against a better rated mid field than St Kilda so in theory we should come out on top in this battle if we're on.The 2 keys will be our ability to shut down Roo & Stevens while at the same time kicking enough goals to get in front, then defend and stay there when the fat lady sings. Apart from Garlett and occasional cameos from Howe & the Hulk (who had a shocker last week), our forward line hasn't really clicked this year and IMO is presently our biggest weakness along with a few other ugly aspects of our skill levels and decision making in general play (outside of set plays around stoppages which has improved substantially but is unfortunately not sustained for the full 4 quarters...yet). Hoping for the best... Preparing for the worst

Nothing to do with a jinx. 20 in a row says it all

Defensive forward roles yes but Bail often racks up the lowest numbers of any running/run with player in the team, has little impact defensively i50 and rarely impacts the scoreboard when pushing forward other than the odd rare goal from a set shot. Jones is a notch above Bail and gets more involved in general stoppage play but still doesnt impact enough to warrant a regular game. Neither have grown into AFL regulars and will more than likely be traded/delisted at year's end.

His consistency and dedication to improve his game has been first class during a period of absolute horror. Much admiration for the dunny brush. Deserves a spell from the back half at some point in my opinion, even if just a few games to freshen him up. Couldn't do any worse than the Hulk's last game or Dawes and might even kick a couple.

Jones & Bail's numbers are a fair indicator of the gap between VFL & AFL standards and pace of game. Both unable to take the next step to impact in the big league so far.

The irony

The Hulk and Viney as well. The hulk is very green