Demon Dynasty

Reading between the lines in that presser, it seemed to me he was sounding out the Coaches chair for the remainder of the season, or at least a good part of it, to see whether the coach's job was a good fit as well as testing his ability to make sure he's still got it. If all's well he might decide to throw his hat in the ring, assuming it's still open.

He did today dl4. McDonald not far behind. But no surprises there. Doesn't always do so though. He's a very raw player at this level under a stack of pressure given how much ball comes in. Needs more time to develop his decision making etc. In the game against the Hawks he was pretty good and they're a darn sight better than the Saints. Against the Hawks he had 7 effective defensive acts (eg., spoils/smothers) 9 effective kicks, 5 effective handballs. 1 clanger by foot and 1 by hand. He had 1 effective kick in but 2 "lack of awareness acts". Compared to Garland (who has 80 more matches under his belt) in the same match: 11 defensive acts, 8 effective kicks (no effective handballs), 2 clangers by foot, 7 effective kick ins and 1 turnover from a kick in.

In the game against the Hawks he had the most effective defensive acts, which includes spoils/smothers etc. In total he had 11 for that match. The next best were Terlich with 7 and Pederson with 6.

Oh, one of the major negatives today was our tackle count. 47 versus our usual average of 59. Then again both team's tackle count was way down on their usual average. Effective disposals, IMHO one of the KEY stats was a major improvement on our usual average. 275 vs our usual 220 average. That's 55 effective disposal improvement over the course of the match or nearly 14 per quarter. Although countering this is the fact that our opponents also had 50 more than their usual average. So this may well have been a neutral outcome given the quality of the sides on the field. Best not to get overly excited at this point, especially after only 1 match.

Have put our average differential in for the year so far (in brackets) just for you Jumbo to assist. But generally i would say the disposal side in terms of contested (reasonable improvement), uncontested (major improvement) and effective disposals (major improvement) are very statistically significant improvements. So yes, some pretty big positives. A few marginal negatives versus the average in games prior to this in areas such as Clangers, Contested Marks, Clearances but nothing to warrant any major concern, not after one match anyway....... Contested: -17 (-27.5) Uncontested: -20 (-76.2) Effective Disposals: -24 (-87.8) Effective Disposal %: Even at 74% a piece Clangers: +3 (1.1) Contested Marks -3 (-2.4) Goal Assists: -3 (-7.1) Marks i50: -5 (-9.6) Clearances: -11 (-8.2) Rebound 50: -7 (8.8) 1 Percenters: +6 (2.7) Tackles: 47 a piece (-3.8)

Individual Stats - Top 3 (By Category) Contested Possessions 1. Rodan 2. Garland/Sylvia/N Jones 3. Terlich Uncontested Possessions 1. Garland 2. Sylvia/Terlich/Clisby 3. M Jones Effective Disposals 1. Garland 2. N Jones 3. Clisby Effective Disposal % 1. Dawes 2. N Jones 3. Spencer Tackles 1. Sylvia 2. Rodan 3. Garland/Terlich/N Jones/Davey/Byrnes/Trengove Clangers 1. Terlich 2. McDonald 3. Davey/Toumpas/Byrnes Contested Marks 1. McDonald/Watts (2 each) 2. Terlich/Pederson/Sylvia/N Jones/Garland (1 each) 3. Nip/Nada/Nil Marks i50 1. Fitzpatrick 2. Watts 3. N Jones/Byrnes/Howe/Nicholson Clearances 1. N Jones 2. Rodan/Sylvia 3. Spencer Rebound 50s 1. McDonald 2. Pederson 3. Sylvia/Garland/Dunn

Key Team Stats (Differentials) Contested: -17 Uncontested: -20 Effective Disposals: -24 Effective Disposal %: Even at 74% a piece Clangers: +3 Contested Marks -3 Goal Assists: -3 Marks i50: -5 Clearances: -11 Rebound 50: -7 1 Percenters: +6 Tackles: 47 a piece Stats: Courtesy of Footywire

Only 36 down on the total Disposal count so far. That's a major turnaround on most matches this year

Can Byrnes have an impact!?..... NOOOOOOOO!!!!

Carrot you copped a Collateral Stuie-pid !!!

Casn Fitzy do SOMETHING Finally!? YEEEEESSSSS!!

Another Quality Scalp to one of our Key Defenders, Garland over The Roo Frawley over Buddy 2 matches ago

Major Stats Update to 3/4 time Differentials Contested -12 Uncontested -11 Clangers +3 Contested Marks -2 Marks i50 -5 Hitouts +17 Rebound 50 -4 Tackles +4 1 Percenters +8 Inside 50 -1 Effective Disposal % Demons 73.2% Saints 75.8%

Has had a fairly good year though. Young in terms of games played. One of our best disposers by foot normally. Against the Hawks (arguably the best atm) he had 9 effective disposals by foot and 5 by hand with only 1 clanger by foot and 1 by hand.

On both sides Bing Clangers only +2 against us at half time. Not sure about this quarter yet

Probably playing a decoy up forward.....apart from that one lol

Average Effective Disposal % (for the team) to half time Demons 77% Saints 73.4%

Haha. Eat your words Parkin. Reckoned Watts was playing as if on the way to another club, Watts then kicks a goal from 50

Dissagree. It's the one aspect that's held together during the perfect storm. Never went away. Just needs a few injections of pace and decent ball use (we already have one in Terlich). Need one more though. Could be Blease for pace but defensively not so good and ball use is pretty ordinary atm.

Half Time Stats Summary (Differentials) Contested -16 Uncontested +15 Clangers +2 Contested Marks -1 Marks i50 -1 Hit Outs +8 Clearances -2 Center Clearances -4 Clearances from general stoppage +2 Rebound 50 -4 (not necessarily a negative result though.....could mean more time [compared to previous matches] being spent in our 50! Possibly first time for a long time time) Tackles +2 1 Percenters +8 !!! Bounces (play on) -4 i50 Even

Too early to say that Clint. Jimmy 5 games/ Morton was 70 games or so in and still dishing up softness

We're building a decent defence here. That's a major positive from all the carp in the last few years. Must keep Frawley at all costs. Dunn the exception, needs to be played forward off the bench or not at all. Must learn to move the ball quicker by hand through the press though. Terlich and Garland get this. Most others in defence are too stop start too often.

Wouldn't mind it flicking about in the Red & Blue

Has Fitzy had a possession yet or has he just come on?