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    Will Max Gawn ever be recognised as the best player in the league?

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    3 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

    happy to play if you wanna set it up 😈

    yeah... that's a good one. Hmmm... How would we do it? Perhaps as below ...

    • We select 2 'captains' (ie Demonlanders) to start the draft with pick one random and start a new thread.
    • In between picks, Demonlanders comment their opinion until the Captain makes his/her decision when we update the team sheet.
    • I'm thinking we're picking teams to play eachother the week after the grand final - giving enough time for injury recovery, but open to opinions about that.

    Instead of alternate picks, it might be fairer to give 2 picks at a time except for pick 1. ie first captain has pick #1, the next has picks #2 and #3. Then the first captain has #4 and #5 and so on.

    Your thoughts?

    Will Max Gawn ever be recognised as the best player in the league?

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    I've often thought that a better way to rank players would be to (simulate a) draft for an all-stars game.

    Each team coach/selector take turns in selecting players for their team until they have 23. In such a scenario, wouldn't you pick Max at #1?  There are enough champion midfielders that if you didn't get Oliver, you got Cripps or Neale or Wines or Petracca or  Martin or Fyfe etc

    The competition for selection would come over specialist positions rather than midfielders. Langdon would picked early, as would May. 

     

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    Melbourne 2012 vs 2022

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    42 minutes ago, McQueen said:

    I’m finding this topic too cringeworthy to pass up so I’ll play before mods delete it. 
     

    I’d send May straight to Watts. 
    Bowey to James Sellars. 

    Mitch Clark was doing pretty well for us until he was injured. I think May would have to take him. 2022 team would just have Lever picking off any passes anyone tried to send to Watts.

    At the other end, Frawley would have his hands full with a fit BBB. I'd definitely pick 2022 Tom McDonald in my team, just so that 2012 Tom could be sent to him. I'd back the 2012 version to keep himself quiet.

    Nathan Jones was at peak power in 2012 but our 2022 midfield would absolutely smash them.

    And as a desperate tactic if I was Mark Neeld, I'd pick 2012 Max, have him wear a fake beard and try to fool the 2022 team into passing the ball to him.

    2022 by 276 points.

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    Who are our rivals?

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    6 hours ago, Return to Glory said:

    This. 

    Let's not model ourselves on Hawthorn supporters, now or ever.

    Nah. I have every intention of being a smug arrogant pr..k around Hawthorn supporters and supporters of most other teams. The same way that Hawthorns supporter 'friends' have behaved  all my life. The exceptions are if they support the Saints ,North, GWS, GCS or Freo  in which case I'll just be condescending.


    I've waited my whole life to behave like this. I'm going to enjoy it.

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    CHANGES: Rd 05 vs GWS

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    I'm in the Weed camp on this. Although I also share everyone's frustration at the lack of follow up to last week's game, I don't think it helps to have Weed constantly worried that one bad game gets him dropped.

    While Macca played a (slightly) better game on Thursday night, Weeds game last week was far better than anything Macca has done this year so far. I want to see how he combines with BBB. 

     

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    GAMEDAY: Rd 02 vs Gold Coast Suns

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    15 minutes ago, DemonOX said:

    Well I’m off to the game and my back is screwed so the Mrs said why don’t you have a few rums to do which I replied ok for medicinal purposes. 

    10 rums later (the OP stuff) and a couple of neurophen and I am right to go. 
     

    GO U MIGHTY DEMONS. 

    Your wife sounds like a keeper

     

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    Schadenfreude: What do you say to your non-Demon friends?

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    I've been watching most games this weekend - and texting mates along the way when their teams are playing - and I've realised what a pr*** I've become. I've dreamed of being in this situation.

    To my Carlton friend: I think you guys have something this year, you might make the 8 if things go well. Good on you.

    To my St Kilda & Essendon friends: It's only round one, don't stress too much. I'm sure you'll win a few games.

    To my Collingwood friend: Maybe you guys won't finish bottom four. You're looking like a 9-12 side!

    To my Hawthorn friend: Impressive given your outs. I think you guys are building something (this text was given with particular glee)

    To my North friend: Looks like you guys nailed a no1 pick with Horne-Francis, you need one or two more high picks though, so don't worry too much about this year.

    I could get used to this.

     

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