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Casey Radio covering it - https://www.caseyradio.com.au/shows/vfl-vflw/ Weeds gets the opening goal!

Given the short turn around, if BBB puts in a good first half then take him off and guarantee him a spot on Thursday night.

Standards are HIGH at the Demons 2021. You need to perform well in multiple consecutive weeks at VFL to be considered for promotion. Chin up BBB. We need another five+ goals for Casey this weekend. No-one is gifted a game in Demons 2021. No matter who they are ... or were. If you're good enough you'll show us. Every Demon supporter wants you to succeed. Having said that, I feel sorry for poor Jonesy getting an injury straight after his pearler VFL game. There's still time to get back in this team but that sucks.

Imagine if Jones breaks Neitz' record while playing as the medi-sub!

Max is currently sitting 7th in the AFLCA champion player award and a shoe-in for another All-Australian berth. Lotfy standards indeed!

Goodwin said the Dees “don’t give anyone guarantees to play”. “What we will do is pick the best team that is available and the best team that is in form, no matter who the name is,” I wholeheartedly support this. Although hampered by the lack of VFL opportunities, B Brown doesn't come into the team just because of who he is. That was one of the first things Roos changed when he came to our club. In the Neeld days, we'd drop someone only to bring them back 2 weeks later when we dropped someone else, regardless of their form. Beat the door down, Benny and you'll get as game.

Yay!! Got my tix (MCC)

"His arms reaching up like giant testicles" was my favourite of Jack's.

I don't know if it's been said before, but I fail to see the point of crowd limit percentage at games when they just crowd everyone into one part of the ground and keep entire other sections of the ground closed. If games are at limited to 50% capacity then open the entire ground so that the crowd is spread out. Given you have to pre-book a seat, couldn't you just leave one space between every booking party as a minimum - so that no-one is sitting next to a stranger? Perhaps when you book each seat it also removes from play the equivalent number of seats that are near you?

I think a loss to a bottom 4 team means our head was in the wrong place. A loss to a top 4 team means they might be better than us. While i'd choose to never lose at all, losing to Collingwood and Adelaide but beating WB, Brisbane, Geel and Rich is way better than the other way around.

well, OK.

Jackson, ANB, Jordan and May good so far. Weeds hasn't got anywhere near the ball. Oliver quiet. Our first quarters have been so often underwhelming. We're ahead. Confident we'll smash them.

Don Dunstan!!!!!!

You got me! I won't sleep til I get this one.

left out John Kerr!

Malcolm Fraser Robert F Kennedy Norm Gallagher Tony Blair Martin Luther King??? Jack Mundey

I'm comfortable with being 10-1 and so good that a player of BB's calibre can't get a game. Forget his past, what we're paying him or his trade cost. When/if he's good enough on form to crack into this elite team known as the 2020 Champion Demons than good for him. If we keep winning, who cares!

My first thought on seeing this, was "I hope his preferred side is Melbourne, who is making a play for him?". FMD please don't do that to me!!

It's not as much fun to read the opposition fans' sites now that people are taking us seriously. Where's all the "who have they beaten?", "Pretenders!" posts gone? I'm also getting a bit sick of my non-MFC friends saying stuff like "well, if my team doesn't win, I hope you guys get up this year". I want us to be hated.

I think you're mixing up 1994 and 1998! One interesting point. In all the years we made finals between 1987 and 2018 we NEVER finished high enough to earn the 'double chance'. At this stage, even 6/5 for the rest of the season should place us in the top 4.

Back on Trac!

Re Brownlow. I did a calculation on Brownlow votes if they matched AFLCA between Clarry and Bont. After Rd11: Bont is on 13.5 votes with a range 12-14. Clarry is on 14.5 votes with a range 12-18. Not sure about other players. Clarry has possibly 4 BOGs so far. Another 4 in the second half and the Charlie is probably his.

I was thinking the same thing!

The 3/0 split on Petracca is interesting. Was it Beveridge giving him 3 votes because you really notice him, and Goodwin thinking 'meh, just another good game, nothing special' or the other way round? I think it more likely that Goodwin gave Harmes 3 votes given the way Goodwin, May etc spoke about Harmes post-game. (BTW I don't think it's possible that Harmes/Lever were split 2/2 but my brain is hurting with the maths).

YES YES YES