Demon Dynasty

Played significant ruck minutes last match. Looks like that experiment went well.

So if we assume this is the case, and not saying it is. Is there a chance SG is looking to pull up stumps at season's end to move up there? Especially given all the pressures he spoke of in the Age interview a few weeks back. This sneaks out about a month ago and presto, there goes the playing group's passion and along with it the form of many which drops off a cliff (for now)? The balloon burst so to speak. Probably very far fetched but stranger things have happened and a few weeks or months can be a lomg time in footy as we witnessed with Dimma.

Sauce Older D?

So arguably the greatest player ever to have played the game will never be inducted due to some off field issues yet there's an exception for filth players with similar past discretions? If that is the case then get ready for DeGoey to be fast tracked in record time by HQ & their marketing team.

Those two words don't inspire me with much confidence given how we often play in anything that smells of slippery, greasy or wet.

Unfortuantely that word and the MFC have not really gone together since the last part of 2021 D Rev. Oh and a large part of the first half of 2022. And we are a long way off the level of that team at present plus the loss of our equal best player so far for the remainder. If Simon unleashes the shackles and brings in some new blood. Some run and carry off HB via Moniz and possibly Woe. Plus serious Rivers time through the middle. Melk & Smacca start to show something. Petty, Chandler, Bowey and Sparrow get replaced. Alternatively Petty is sent back again till Lever returns and we see a miracle entre from either BBB or Fullo into Petty's role. Maybe maybe. Alot of IFs though.

That's 7 years ago. Imagine how much further down the corruption track HQ would be now! And then there's this little ditty of an excerpt. Look away SWY!... McLachlan said on Friday: "I actually thought [Buckley's suggestion] was quite a good idea. "There's a responsibility everywhere, our players, coaches, officials, everyone's held incredibly accountable every day.

You mean not even brought back over 'the mark they are setting themselves'! Stand rule is and always was a complete farce about 4 to 6 months after its introduction.

Because they're all on the gravy train. It's up to Clarko, the NFC and the other clubs to do that (when on the receiving end) but none of them will stand up. You can apply the same to the MFC hierarchy who also went MIA on the entire Buzzy / Gus fiasco. They're all part of the circus act and getting paid very well to remain there. If you don't conply you'll end up an outcast and the $$ are so good not many have the courage to rock the boat. Some will but i would suggest not before they seek and get the nod of approval from their boss to go harder than usual on it for headline / click bait purposes. And the riskiest of all clubs to go after would be the filth as they most likely draw in the biggest $$ for the AFL ring masters. Don't rock the boat!

One can only hope TC

Can i just get his gossip without the hair do?

According to Tracc, no visitors allowed for a week or so, bar the other half with food & supplies, due to the spleen being associated with the immune system. Tracc interview / podcast here if it's not already been posted or mentioned in the other links above.... https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/jase-and-lauren/id1734322806?i=1000659202457

Agree with the first part D rev Not sure that Petty would cover off the Lever role given his apparent lack of agility / fitness until now. Worth a try though. You'd have to bring BB or Fullo in to replace. No objections from me in trialling that either. Hope we don't have the same finish as we did in 2017 though. That loss to the filth still sticks in my gut as one of our worst losses under Goody. And we meet them again in the last round. Hopefully we've either secured a finals spot by then or alternatively nothing riding on it as we've already bombed.

I think its mostly the two fold effect of an under done Clarry plus the loss of Gus thats killed things in general Dee. Then whatever happened to Vines post the Crows match is the icing on the cake. He was flying in those first five rounds. Lever against the Eagkes. Bit by bit the train started coming off the rails. And of course the nail in the coffin for 2024 was Tracc last week.

According to Razor you can't step accross and take the path of an opposing ruck WW. His words not mine. He said it's considered a block and should be paid as such. As i said in my first post about it, for some reason Reg is being allowed to get away with it when others, such as Hawkins, are occasionally getting pinged. Even Hawkins gets away with it on occasions, other times no. Yet here we have a cronic abuser who is using it to ensure the oppo ruck can't get to the drop and getting away with it. Surely the oppo rucks, ruck coaches / head coach are noticing this by now? The AFL truly is a circus act at the end of the day though. The ring master always has his way. And as frustrating as the whole AFL charade is i need to remind myseld of that and just laugh out loud more often. Different interpretation of rules for selective clubs and their folk depending on the HQ agenda trending at the time.

Add to that the match against Brissy where Max went down in the first few minutes. We got massacred after that with Reg nowhere to be seen. He has also taken to blocking his opponent's run at the ball this season yet never gets pinged. If he was trying that rubbish with us i reckon he would've had a record number of frees against. Amazing what happens when you play for an AFL protected species. 'Free Kick Daicos' another great example.

Why are there two of these topics going?

Can't argue with any of that. If only we'd picked up a decent mid instead.

Turner is being played as a forward with little effect bar the one match Kent. Can't see him holding his spot this week surely!? On Tommo i'd have him in for most games ahead of Howes, unless match ups insist on a more agile player to cover a small forward maybe? Bottom line with Tommo is he never drops his work rate and effort. That's a rare asset and a great one to have in a team where so many have shaat the bed in the last month and failed to turn up. You could even play Tommo forward in place of Turner. How could he be any worse! Answer... he wouldn't! And probably at least gets the ball to ground more often and takes out a few of the oppo's backmen in the process. Same with Moniz for Bowey. At least trial it for a good block of games. What's to lose? Season's pretty much shot now and Moniz deserves a run with Bowey not having any real weapons or serious form since his return.

If it was / is that dodgy he was probably a week to week proposition anyway. Then you have to ask, why did we play him vs Brissy when all the signs and the timing said don't. He even came off the track after the Cap run that week and looked very worried, chatting to trainers for at least 3 to 5 mins. Give him that week off, get the opp, then another 4 to 6 to fully heal. He's back for the Saints match (latest). Instead we gave him the bye to get over the opp and straight back into it again for Anzac eve. Has never looked fully right besides maybe one or two reasonable games since.

According to Razor you can't move (take a step or more) into the path of a player to prevent them from getting to the ball. This includes... 👉🏼 Blocking in general field play off the ball. Example... Max a few weeks back, was blocked way behind play heading through the middle of the ground and received a free kick. 👉🏼 The above also applies to contests in the goal square where a forward tries to prevent a defender from touching a ball that's heading for a goal. He can hold his ground to protect the drop but is not allowed to step across into the path of an oncoming defender. 👉🏼 It also applies to ruck contests. A good example of a player who often contravenes this rule is Tomahawk. He doesn't get pinged every time but occasionaly he does by moving across, pushing back and blocking the oppo ruck as he runs towards the drop of the ball up. The Swans version of Reg is now doing the above on a regular basis at the bulk of the around ground stoppages and never gets pinged. Alot of the time he even takes his eyes off the ump and glances behind to make sure he steps across to take the line of the opposing ruck. For some reason Reg is exempt and gets a free pass every week! How is that?

Bit harsh Chook. I for one don't think of you like that.

I've watched every game at Casey. He's no softer than Lobb but keep hanging your hat on Lobb as the saviour. You're wrongly confusing my comment that we already have back ups in JVR & Fullo with saying Fullo is better than Lobb. Personally i don't think either of those two (JVR or Fullo) are the solution and you've obviously not read anything i've written on the topic. Otherwise you'd know that. As per previous posts, i don't think either of them are the solution but we certainly don't need a third non-solution in Lobb. But feel free to carry on with your 'we must get Lobb' as back up and a forward target campaign. Uhh ...you call him whatever you like. I'm sticking with Fullo... less typing involved! Not sure how you arrived at that as meaning that i'm suggesting he's a proven player or whatever. Strange comment.

HQ obviously desperate to get the filth deep into finals.

Well if you're using that assumption then Jeffo's also a bust lol