Demon Dynasty

He said he is feeling great (specifically hammy) & roughly two weeks away at Monday's training. Was kicking goals from 50 so fair to say he's looking good hammy wise.

Or just pay her a weekly "Shopping / Travelling / Pampering / Butler & Nanny allowance" in exchange for signing a "No return requests or nagging me to come back... i'm here to enjoy me footy with me Demon mates and try n win another flag and i'll come back when i'm ready" contract.

And i suspect may have added a few kgs up top over the pre-seaaon to assist against the bigger bulls. Looks to be in great nic

Have to cover Butters. Maybe a role for Sparrow and Billings this week? He's their main play maker and tore us a new one last time

Choco wouldv'e been yelling out.... "Spread the field... Easy Kicks! "

Possibly recouping from a niggle early on Kent? Vs the Hawks he improved (at least statistically) posting a 2023 level rating. Not near his best but an improvement on the first two weeks yes? I also thought he got more involved as the match wore on. Maybe just a slow start form wise? He doesn't appear to have the break away run & carry side to the level we witnessed on a number of occasions last year just yet. Doesn't seem that far away either though. Someone else on here might have some intel.

Smacca - Shane McAdam WCW - Walking Civil War (Demon Army fanatic, regular track attendee-watcher, Demonland Unofficial Mod and good source of regular insider knowledge via Fritta's mum etc)

Yes that's correct although he was also in the main group training plus after for laps before doing the extra work on his own

Super fine morning / early arvo at Gosch's for the boys to blow out some cobwebs. Choco initially had the light duties / rehab group consisting of Chandler, BBB, Lever & Spargo. The boys started on their own. Then Choco joined the fray, initially as an observer. He wasn't happy with their frivolity & banter and told them so ..."stop talking you blokes & watch what you're doing!" They were initially doing HB drills then 15 - 20 meter stab passes where Choco asked them to place their kicking foot down after the kick and toward the target. Everyone followed instructions except Chandler (knee issue? Or just didn't listen lol). The main group (as listed by Kev earlier) went off too the boundary to do their bungy stretchy thingies before blowing some webs out with some half oval runs They then split into approx 3 diff forward focussed drills. Much of it connection boased with kicks coming inside and / or shooting for goal on the run after transversing obstacles etc. Choco was overseeing much of it including the short 30 meter (ish) passing drills into 50. His main emphasis was on accuracy with one instruction "Perfect kicks! Every one of them is a potential goal assist. Perfect kicks!" Choco always driving and asking for high standards never grows old 👏🏼 All in all, outside the light duties group and Bowey (on his own program), all involved in the main group looked to be in tip top shape albeit some were no doubt carrying the usual bumps / bruises from previous encounters. Smacca looks super fit to me and suggested such mentioning he is roughly two weeks away. First time i've seen him live and looks alot rangier than i figured. His reels suggest he can play tall on the lead which makes sense. How is he at ground level i wonder? Hunter is one more week away and then a likely starter for Casey the following week apparently (all going well). Melk is in fine shape and very happy with his progress so far and according to WCW on track for a second half appearance (touch wood) As already noted, BBB while obviously on a light program, appeared to be moving / kicking (short passes) without hindrance. Lever same and no way he is continuing through the high knee lift stepping drills if he was uncomfortable in any way imho. Spargo & Chandler restricted to light stuff and probably safe to assume Chin may not make the cut although there's another four full days before Saturday so who knows. Sestan doing alot of work both with the main group, then the lap work after plus additional stuff after everyone except Bowey had left. The FD must have high hopes for the young fella and see something special here. Sparrow very happy with Saturday and playing back in the middle. Lovely fella to speak to is Tom. Windsor said he pulled up fine after Saturday also and is right to go. Had the pleasure of meeting WCW (bonus hugs!). Great gal who i'm sure has red & blue running through her veins. Fingers crossed for Saturday. Carn the Mighty Demons!

Moniz? Spargs still in rehab

Petty was training as if playing forward today Jaded. Not that that means he's fixed to play there of course

Hunter one week away from a likely Casey appearance McAdam roughly 2 weeks Sparrow happy to be back in the middle on the weekend

Sestan last man standing doing tackling, agility, 1v1 marking & groundball drills Bowey also...laps

Petts & Clarry still practicing set shots from 40

Lingers just kicked a torp (bpuncing through) goal for fun from 65 out

McAdam mustn't be far off. Kicking snags from 50

Smacca (McAdam), Melk & Sestan with the main group

Chin left knee heavily strapped BBB, Spargs & Lever Bowey solo running separate kicking/sprint/agility drills

Team & Player Ratings to Rnd 2, 2024 vs H&A Season 2023 Player 2024 Rating 2024 Rank 2023 Rating % Change vs 2023 2023 Rank Change in Rank vs 2023 C Petracca 5.583 1 4.707 18.61 2 1 Jack Viney 4.317 2 3.707 16.46 4 2 C Oliver 3.967 3 5.002 -20.69 1 -2 Max Gawn 3.750 4 3.350 11.94 7 3 Steven May 3.724 5 3.213 15.90 8 3 Judd McVee 3.325 6 2.320 43.32 22 16 C Salem 3.292 7 2.993 9.99 12 5 K Pickett 3.288 8 2.101 56.50 26 18 T Sparrow 3.267 9 2.811 16.22 16 7 A Tomlinson* 3.175 10 2.915 8.92 14 4 Jake Lever 3.090 11 3.131 -1.31 9 -2 Ed Langdon 3.083 12 3.057 0.85 10 -2 B Howes 2.942 13 - - - - J Billings > 2.878 14 - - - - T Rivers 2.800 15 3.696 -24.24 5 -10 T McDonald 2.750 16 2.054 33.89 27 11 H Petty* 2.500 17 2.718 -8.02 19 2 A N-Bullen 2.475 18 2.532 -2.25 20 2 M Hore* 2.465 19 - - - - K Chandler 2.325 20 2.265 2.65 23 3 J V Rooyen 2.208 21 2.170 1.75 25 4 B Fritsch 2.192 22 2.324 -5.68 21 -1 C Windsor < 1.967 23 - - - - J Bowey* 1.950 24 2.820 -30.85 15 -9 Ben Brown 1.800 25 1.941 -7.26 28 3 C Spargo* 1.200 26 1.886 -36.37 29 3 B Laurie* < 0.775 27 2.235 -65.32 24 -3 J Schache* 0.700 28 1.525 -54.10 33 5 T Woewodin* > 0.550 29 1.406 -60.88 34 5 L Hunter - - 2.939 - 13 - D Turner - - 1.825 - 31 - J Melksham - - 1.599 - 32 - Team Rating 69.40 69.86 -0.66 Top 6 24.67 24.43 0.97 Bottom 6 14.17 15.17 -6.62 * Played less than two full matches (in total) < Subbed out at least once or more (player rating could be somewhat comprised) > Subbed in at least once or more (player rating could be somewhat comprised) Stats courtesy of footwire.com & wheeloratings.com

I'm surpirsed he survived and made it into this season TBH.

I still havent heard what happened tp Bell? Although the answer could be somewhere in this thread. Apologies if so. On his day he was the best of any of the listed recruits playing that position at Casey over the last few seasons. And by a fair margin. Did he have some off days? Of course. But his best was very serviceable and sometimes more than that. Hopefully just injured and coming back soonish?

Jaded from what i've experienced this is common "entitled arrogance / bullying" behavioral traits from this scum and has been for decades going back to the 80s. I've not only seen this at grounds/games over the years but also from an (indirect) corporate boss with Hawthorn player heritage (a Polkinghorne, didn't play) who bullied plenty he came in to contact with in my workplace. Don't know what it is about the Hawks but they tend to be followed by some of the worst of the worst. Old Jeff another great example.

Uncle you must've have had some sort of buffer in matches vs this lot to plonk them into your "don't mind" basket. Some of their supporters are the most arrogant and insufferable i've experienced over the years. Especially in finals. Norf also have some of the worst i've encountered. I voted Collingwont but the Hawks & Bombers were right behind. We needed a 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th vote here!