Demon Dynasty

How the hell did he get back on the field. Crazy. Could be out for the remainder of the H&A? Lets hope there's no complications. All the best son ✌🏼

Round 13, 2024 MCG - Magpies vs Demons Our fourth capitulation for the season and imo our second worst performance behind Rnd 10 vs the Eagles. A few individual performances went well, but beyond that it was a complete team fail across all lines. Shut down Viney (or if he ends up injured) it would seem we are pretty much toast at extraction (and then clearance), especially in the middle where we are getting trounced even by mediocre opposition or worse! As high as Clarry's rating is he is still a long way off past seasons and i just didn't rate that game at all. He was running past contests, missing too many tackles, handballing to no one in particular or dump kicking without even glancing straight to the oppo etc. Kicking in general was abysmal at times. And then there was the post match disgrace with him and May, which i will leave there for fear of saying something i'll regret. His ranking is also a bit misleading with Viney having a complete downer and Tracc subbed out playing only 40% game time with the rib issue. Team Rating down substantially on 2023 again (-16%). Another horrid rating from the bottom 6 rated players (17th to 22nd). Overall Team Pressure (164) again WELL below AFL average (180) with the Pies a mile ahead (187). That's almost as bad the Saints against us a few weeks back (160). That's how bad we are tracking in this part of our game. Defence and forward 50 pressure a massive fail with a fair chunk of scoring chain sources coming from stoppages / turnovers inside our own F50 and the bulk from turnovers on the wings. If i was to hazard a guess, sadly i would say we are now one of the easiest teams to defeat in the AFL with possibly only North sitting below us (until now). And we will get an understanding of where we are at there in our next match. How Chandler, Sparrow, Petty are getting game after game after game is mind boggling. Not to mention the selection debacle of Billings & Laurie. Soft as butter. Player Rating Rank 2023 Season Rating % Change vs 2023 Max Gawn 4.875 1 3.350 45.5 T Rivers 4.750 2 3.696 28.5 C Salem 4.475 3 2.993 49.5 C Oliver 3.875 4 5.002 -22.5 K Pickett 3.800 5 2.101 80.9 S May 3.625 6 3.213 12.8 A N-Bullen 3.300 7 2.532 30.3 T McDonald 3.200 8 2.054 55.8 Ed Langdon 2.925 9 3.057 -4.3 J V Rooyen 2.850 10 2.170 31.3 J McVee 2.325 11 2.320 0.2 J Bowey 2.225 12 2.820 -21.1 C Petracca < 40% 2.175 13 4.707 -53.8 C Windsor 2.025 14 - - B Fritsch 2.025 14 2.324 -12.9 H Petty 1.875 16 2.718 -31.0 T Sparrow 1.850 17 2.811 -34.2 Jack Viney 1.625 18 3.707 -56.2 B Howes 1.625 18 - - K Chandler 1.600 20 2.265 -29.4 B Laurie 0.900 21 2.235 -59.7 D Turner 0.500 22 1.825 -72.6 J Billings > 45% 0.425 23 - - Team Score 58.43 69.86 -16.4 Top 6 25.40 24.43 4.0 Bottom 6 8.10 15.17 -46.6 < Subbed out TOG > Subbed in TOG Stats courtesy of footwire.com & wheeloratings.com

Another 4 to 5 weeks from a fitness sense but yes, i'd start blooding him ahead of Petty as sson as the metrics indicate he's capable of about 2.5 - 3 quarters off the bench. Turner is a young fella who hasn't been able to stay out of the injury shed for long enough to shine imv. Also looks lost up forward and a massive turnover kimg there to boot. Then again, aside from JVR yesterday, most of our KFs have looked.lost all year. Dog's breakfast ahead of the ball. I'd trial Turner in the River's role (at least try and mould him into it in this back half). And push Rivers into the middle for an inside / outside role to replace Clarry (short term trial over 4 to 6 weeks). Kemty most likely hasn't got the wheels yet but has the body, forward smarts / finish and white line fever we sadly lack with our KFs right now, aside from JVR. Just needs a fitness block. He would need a pre-season or two in the gym also but hec, so does Petty & Turner! Will need to be managed of course and probably only in short stints but i'd love.to see him getting some games experience in this back half ahead of Petty & Turner. BBB was also the best of the KFs at Casey yesterday from what i saw and i'd have him ahead of those last two in a heartbeat (in the short term) assuming his knee can go the distance up with the big boys.

Not yet Mr Old imv. Even Fullo has him covered, at least on the tap work side, at present. Even at ground level. Bodying sense Verral's well ahead but he can't leap much and this effects his tap work imv. Concrete boots if you like. His tank also doesn't seem to be there in terms of follow up ground work and ability either (yet). I'd have Fullo ahead of Verral right now if Max was out or needed a chop out (ahead of or in conjunction with JVR). And not with alot of confidence either. It's quite possibke that neither would make the step up! (as they sit right now). I reckon the FD might even be thinking of trialling BBB, with dodgy knee and all, as a replacement for another tall (and some/all of JVR's ruck duties or forward half duties) post the bye.

He's a slight step up on Laurie, Chandler, Billings & Bowsa at the moment. A decent rebounding link up player that has the wheels the above don't. Brings fairly high pressure too. I'd play him in a heart beat in front if the above for at least a block of 3 to 4 matches and see what he can bring. Was only ok at Casey this week though and Goodwin hasn't bothered to pick him in 2.5 seasons now even when he's had so super solid games so cant see that changing for North. His coaching has become very bland and predictable now. Boring stuff and has run out of ideas and ability to motivate this team to play hard nosed 'on-the-edge' footy. We are about to waste our third season in a row with a list that was in the window.

Right behind you PF. Horrible showing from some of the so called leaders today. I can only assume this soft woke messaging or similar was endorsed and/or given the nod / spruked by Simon. I hope not. I'm not expecting a blood bath either. But if it was as soft as they demonstrated out there, especially with the rubbish hand shaking and chumying up after... then imo it's on your bike at season's end son and take Richo, Lamb & Stafford with you. In a few months of footy, bar a few regular goers, we've seen this club reel backwards. Returning us to the realms of irrelevance. A laughing stock once more. Demons spirit!? What a crock of shiiite. Played like a bunch of faeries bar about six or so. As much as i loved 2021 the talk since then is just that. Talk. They have taken their eyes off the prize & just gone through the motions and rested on their laurels thinking it would all just come together with a bit of this and a bit of that. It doesn't work that way im afraid. Anyone who thinks it will all just happen is doomed to failure at this level as any oppo who wants it more will eventually catch you out. Goodwin has not helped with his inability / unwillingness to drop his favs and give Casey up and comers a fair shot at it. And no, subbing them in and out again then back to Casey the next week is not a fair go. Complacency comes at a cost! We have now witnessed the results of at least 18 months of complacency as well as poor list management since the flag, rip us a new one and send us tumbling out of top four, top eight and now down in the boon docks with the also rans. Soft as butter and i can't see myself going to watch this crappola from here. Unwatcheable joke fest bruise free footy. Maybe they'll play better with a covid 'no or low crowd' type atmosphere! P.S. Goodwin has been unable to get the edge over the Pies in 8 or so seasons of footy and finds brand new ways of losing to them almost every time. Even in our flag year we lost to them when they were having an ordinary run! If you're devoid of answers and can't motivate a team that had everything to play for today against a team full of secondary players and missing so many guns, its time to move on and give someone else the reigns.

100% Colm Weak as [censored] performance from the entire club today. Starting from the top down bar about a handful of players. Then to have Clarry and May suck up Mayturd's arrzz afterwards. Sickening. I would banish them both to Casey for the remainder of 2024 and bring in Tommo & Sesto starting with North.

Even half decent KFs win the occasional 50/50 battle and kick the odd goal TU. Petty just doesn't. He was even rag dolled in a 1 v1 against a 4 gamer on the wing at one point today. Not having a go at Turner as he's a bare boned rookie, especially as a forward. This fail is entirely on Goodwin for stubbornly continuing to play a guy who was never in any form for over two months and was brought back from injury severly under done and clearly not ready to play at VFL level let alone AFL level. Playing Turner again is another massive fail after last week. The entire season wasted through stubburness, stupidity, a team bereft of skills, run and below AFL standard pressure almost every week bar the Cartlon game. That's at least 50% on the coach.

Hope you're "leaning into this" Simon

For anyone watching and stressing over this dross we're dishing up, i'd highly recommend you try painting something. Great MFCSS therapy

Sparrow, Chandler & Petty should not be playing. Assuming a second half the same as that first... i'd add Clarry to that but will wait to see if he can turn it around. Viney has also been a long way off his best for whatever reason since the Crows game.

I think you're right RTG Goodwin has coached every last drop of run, dare, creativity and skills out of this group. The game plan is SO strict and boring that as you say, they are now (mostly) just purely reactive robots and sit back hoping not to make mistakes or look bad. Either that or something's gone down off the field that we are yet to hear about. They over handball far too often and have no method in transition. It's just a conplete horror show, even against shizen oppo like the Eagles.

They are so shiiite scared of turning the ball over and getting caught that they just panic the ball off any which way. A team completely devoid of confidence, skills, run and high pressure. How did we become this bad in four weeks of footy?

How did our skills become the worst in the AFL in 6.5 matches?

Petty straight swap for T-Mac ... We will lose comfortably with the present line up amyway

Did not look. Just tumbled it inside. I'd drag him straight away. Message meeds to be sent.

I love Rivers endeavour, attacking the game and run. But can he PLEASE clean up his disposal by foot. It's FAAARRKED

Turner to Hoskin Elliot now

Get Turner out of that forward line. Too many poor turnovers now under little to no pressure. I'd bring Bowey up forward and Turner into his role ... or just bench him for now

Nice from Macca there and good hit up from Max. Max our best so far

Too early... he's a step up from Clarry right now but that's off a shocking first quarter

Chandler continues his horrible form from 6 of the last 7 weeks

Woeful quarter. His head is not in the game and skills abhorrent in that quarter. The forward line has no system, no method. It's shambolic. The filth were in their heads before they even ran out it seems. We look like we've rattled ourselves! No skills, no dare, no flair and no structure. Petty Pffft Needs at least 4 goals to retain his spot from here. Soft as and just nowhere.

I could not see a finger touch? Is my eyesight that poor?

When will kozzy learn to stay down. Why hasn't he been told in 3 seasons of footy?