BAMF

Why not just post your opinion all the time? You used to be the poster I tended to agree with the most about a decade ago. I have found that I disagree with you a lot of the time nowadays, but I will still always read your posts and take on what you have said. It's Demonland. Just post what you are thinking and try not to overthink the responses that come your way. Edit: by the way. You are wrong on this one!

Thanks mate. Pretty much as I thought. I just thought I might have missed something a little bit more official than John Ralph guessing that our salary cap is tight.

He hasn't always been value. His form was fairly terrible for nearly 2 whole seasons. We didn't have much of a choice but to play him in 2019 as we had so many injuries. He played 7 games in 2020 and was asked to find another home for a reason. His turn around has been amazing and I tip my hat to him. It was 2020. https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/946353/against-all-odds-neal-bullen-earns-contract-extension

Interested to hear about these Cap issues. We have signed our big name players to long term deals last year so I already assumed that we would be tight, but has there been anything further reported on our salary cap? Jackson, Brayshaw, Sparrow and Spargo still out of contract I see.

1) offer him something between a) what he is worth - b) what we can afford. 2) make sure we offer him all the support available to become the best player he can be 3) be consistent with all the other players on the list to ensure we have on field success If he wants to leave after these things are done then there isn't anything in the clubs control. We are beyond needing a 'savior' or a player we screw our salary cap over. Don't pay him overs. We would get 2 first round picks for him and yes, we would lose the trade. Honestly, if he doesn't want to play for this club during this period then I would very reluctantly say goodbye.

Me too. I feel so much more relaxed now that we have won a premiership. I don't have that feeling in the pit of my stomach on game day any more. We lose a game? Yeah. It's going to happen. I know we are going to be there in September in one way or another.

Sounded like the crowd was 50% Demons supporters when watching on TV

What type of player are you thinking? A Stringer/Membrey type 190cm? Isn't Fritsch our medium/tall crafty match winner?

Somehow Joe Daniher has been the most interesting thing about this game.

It's hard going from the GWS v Sydney game to this.

I know exactly what you mean. It's like the majority of the players wish they had been drafted to another club but have accepted their fate. Like its genuinely just a job to most of them. They really should have won 2 premierships with the talented list they have.

So the agent guessed that Jackson wasn't on the table and they decided not to explore the deal further and moved straight to Carlton. Don't you think there would have been some more detailed conversations happening that weren't shown? The scenario you present is more than a stretch. Hell... It's more than a giant leap. Wouldn't the more likely scenario been that the agent asked the Demons what they were going to offer and that Jackson didn't come up in the conversation because he had no intention of leaving? I'm done with this.

I took a shot at you with my first post, I genuinely cant understand the connection from the Cerra trade to Jackson re-signing and i'm asking you to explain. I'm not the only one who cant understand. I'm not suggesting anything, I'm trying to work out what you mean and trying to help you explain by giving a potential scenario. If he had said to the club that he wanted to return home then we would have done the Cerra trade. Jackson is worth more than Cerra in my eyes but it would be steak knives if anything coming back our way. This is the crux of it. This is the bit that doesn't make sense. Why wouldn't we have done the Cerra trade if Jackson wanted to head home?

I fail to see the logical connection. Fremantle are a WA based club. Jackson is from WA. Is that it? If Jackson had told the club he wanted out, wouldn't we have Cerra on our list now? Or is it a Jeremy Howe situation where we have put him on the table and now he wants out?

I don't know how you don't know this already Lord Nev but I will let you know. *Spoilers* Bad news: We dont get Cerra. He goes to Carlton. Good News: We don't trade Jackson. He is still a Demon. You can stop worrying now.

Turner was injured?

Just feel like Carltons list is finally ready for finals. They have got the games into the kids and are actually applying good defensive pressure which was not seen under Teague. Hell... even Kennedy and Obrien looked the goods today

This year we will also have to contend with the other teams having a longer preseason. It should even itself up soon enough but we will have to dig deep early. Probably a good thing we play doggies first up in a way. Huge round 1 game.

Was Hunt that bad? Before the game I was thinking how good it was that we had some decent players to replace our first choices. Tomlinson looked just a bit off imo. Hopefully just getting some touch back.

My favourite number is 3 for a reason but I will call out his [censored] negativity when I want to. It's not a one off. All he has to do is pump up the other team instead. He has been better since we kicked 5 in a row.

The interesting thing is that it was mentioned by a few umpires last year that we were a very respectful team. Looks like the frustration is making a difference as Carlton arent getting pinged. This is what practice games are for I guess.

Carlton: 14, 3, 87 Demons: 10, 7, 67 1 min into the last.

Petracca came in and got him high. Was there when shown on replay.

I was at the grand final and the post match. He was clearly a demon man who loved the club. Can't stand him commenting Melbourne games. Constantly negative. I'm enjoying the game apart from him implying that we are getting ahead of ourselves. He has been like it for years. His attempts to be impartial is the problem. He needs to be taken off Demon games.

They look quicker too. We have been chasing them so much. They look a bit rattled too. Need to slow their momentum down and get our forward pressure game up and going.