Demon Dynasty

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!

Round 2, 2024 MCG - Hawks vs Demons Forward line - Mids/others clicking✅ Focus on 'Team' first selfless principles✅ More fun & enjoyment, Relaxed Group = Improved Perf✅ Team performance off a tad from the previous week but i suspect that's the fallout from the May & Lever issue so no issues here unless one or more are out for months or worse. Bottom 6 in particular but that rating was impacted substantially by the above issue also and is no doubt an outlier from the norm. Clarry's rating impacted by the tag but still a very solid game from the champ all things considered. Some of the boys are in some pretty serious form here in general over the last two weeks 👏 Demon scoring efficiency... Disposals Per Goal 25.71 % In50s Goal 25.50 Conversion % 60.90 One of Tracc's best games in the red & blue? 25 effectives @ 86%, 6 clearances, 8 inside 50s, 3 tackles, 11 score involvements (most on the day - both teams), 3 intercepts, 1 goal, 2 one percenters (what was the other one!?), 5th in pressure points & 463 meters gained. Sparrow bounces back with a huge turnaround on last week's rating (20th) coming in at No.2! 16 Effectives @ 80%, 2 one percenters, 3 clearances, 4 inside 50s, 7 tackles (most on the day - both teams), 6 score involvements, 3 intercepts, 1 goal, 3rd in pressure points & 319 meters gained. Another solid rating from Langdon. Rivers getting back to his 2023 best? ANB & Pickett stepping up on their 2023 results in a big way. Fritta also having his best game for some time. While not expecting 5 snags every week, let's hope he can maintain something close to that form. Player Rating Rank 2023 Season Rating % Change vs 2023 C Petracca 6.500 1 4.707 38.09 T Sparrow 4.350 2 2.811 54.75 Jack Viney 4.175 3 3.707 12.62 Ed Langdon 3.950 4 3.057 29.21 C Oliver 3.800 5 5.002 -24.03 A N-Bullen 3.775 6 2.532 49.09 T Rivers 3.600 7 3.696 -2.60 J McVee 3.575 8 2.320 54.09 K Pickett 3.450 9 2.101 64.21 B Fritsch 3.425 10 2.324 47.38 Max Gawn 3.275 11 3.350 -2.24 C Salem 3.150 12 2.993 5.25 J V Rooyen 2.725 13 2.170 25.58 H Petty 2.500 14 2.718 -8.02 B Howes 2.425 15 - - J Billings 2.325 16 - - K Chandler 2.000 17 2.265 -11.70 T McDonald 1.550 18 2.054 -24.54 J Lever (inj) 1.375 19 3.131 -56.08 Ben Brown 1.225 20 1.941 -36.89 M Hore > 42% 1.175 21 - - C Windsor 0.925 22 - - S May < 45% 0.725 23 3.213 -77.44 Team Score 65.25 69.86 -6.60 Top 6 26.55 24.43 8.68 Bottom 6 8.25 15.17 -45.62 < Subbed out TOG > Subbed in TOG Stats courtesy of footwire.com & wheeloratings.com

Thanks gents. Looks like a no. I seem to recall seeing dogs there in a final late 2022 but memory from then is sketchy

Marty is super fit and will handle the intercept role to aplomb imv IF Lever is out

Not possible for the entire game L Sometimes you need to control the game / momentum and allow fellow players to recharge a little. While making the oppo work and at the same time preventing them scoring. You might add the odd bonus goal also if your kicking / leading is on Then back to swarming mode again. Our best DNA for mine is the ability to do both and knowing when to do so. And being able to do so as we've seen in the last two matches.

Does anyone know if you're allowed to bring dogs to Casey home games?

100%. It's better than playing on at break neck only to hand the ball straight back and see the oppo get some cheapies in junk time. We did this beautifully for much of the match against the Dogs and got the chockies. I was hoping we would bring this for stages in the 2nd but we preferred to pick and roll more often which i thought played into the Hawk's game a bit.

50 more disposals per goal than us today. Must be some sort of record. At one point they switched 4 consecutive times across HB. Disposals per Goal Hawks Demons 76.6 25.7 (last week 24.5)

He had also removed the strapping by the time the siren blew

You forgot the 'wee' part Rab

Fritta guarding grass in front of Sicily therr...get up on him and pressure son!!

Agree re Brown. Not reading it as well this week? Chandler's brought immense pressure around the arc though imv. For a small fella he does struggle to get away from his opponent on the receive at times and capatilise which is a tad worrying. Not easy at this level of course. Needs a bit more strength through legs & core maybe?

That is part of the plan being put forward apparently

My understanding is, we are just crossing some Ts for Govt funding / approval. All going well there should be an aannouncement by the end of this year. Assuming it gets the go ahead, we are on track to commence building of the facility at the Heath sometime in 2025.