Diamond_Jim

was that the first of Gunston's 8 goals 2

Yawn.... another week another irrelevant game The usual.. just in it at half time 20 points down and then the goalless second half

we have dragons... and Gilli......mind you we had Sam as well but they dropped him

Agree... but please expand The defence is nothing spectacular The midfield has two or three performing old guys The forwards... well they have exceeded expectations. Yes....I'm jealous

have never thrilled to grey as a sporting colour... Is it the beige of clash jumpers Has always reminded me of US military underwear from the sixties... yeah it's another story

And to think I thought pre-season that we were better than Collingwood

Hypoxic training is not unusual. One version of it is training at altitude. This method though just sounds plain stupid and dangerous

Congratulations Dec and as many have said ..thanks to Drunk'n ... it is a journey shared. It's worthwhile taking a moment to think about how few players ever really make it at AFL level. That first game is a real milestone. https://www.reddit.com/r/AFL/comments/7iax40/what_percentage_of_afl_players_reach_each_games/ Game Milestone Number Of Players To Reach Milestone Percentage Of Players To Reach Milestone 10 7715 61.323% 50 3968 31.540% 100 2213 17.590% 150 1143 9.085% 200 560 4.452% 250 234 1.860%

And of course....Mary Hardy... a real professional

Tom Boyd and the Weid..... a certain amount of disappointing symmetry May they run free and both kick 10

Live sport was very rare at the time. The Penthouse club with its cross to the live trotting was gamebreaking. Most sports were super protective of their live viewing audiences. The real game changer was the broadcasting of the VFA match of the day on Sunday.

yep...under compensated by Freo and we over compensated the Wandering Suns. Great trade

I can only hope that such strange selections are a precursor to an amended gameplan. Perhaps we can play nearest the pin with the losing margin. Gunston to reprise his 2:8 of the finals or 8:2?

I see that our former top draft pick Jimmy T has put himself forward for the mid season draft. Could fit the current team perfectly.

Good thread. I think the coaching should be calmly rated as you have done. The Hawks are more like the Saints gameplan wise so this weeks ranking will be interesting. While many have criticised our defence it is the lack of scoring for long periods which is killing us in most games.

this usually goes......4-6 slipping out to around 11 Loving this winning feeling !!

One word answer...... Gameplan

I smell self preservation...not just by Misson "In his presentation, Misson showed that the Demons had 39 players complete a total of 33 training sessions each in the pre-season prior to the successful 2018 season, when they made the finals for the first time in 12 years and stormed in to the preliminary final. This year, in Misson’s telling, there were just 25 players completing a total of 22 sessions each – a massive drop partly explained by high number of players who had post-season surgery. But the lack of training sessions was also due to the Demons, as a preliminary finalist, finishing 2018 later and the longer break that their players get under the collective bargaining agreement deal with the AFL Players' Association." https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/demons-early-warning-on-poor-start-to-2019-20190430-p51isa.html

out of contract apparently at the end of the year https://www.footywire.com/afl/footy/pp-sydney-swans--jordan-dawson

Need to look at those clubs who will need salary cap relief and trade hard for a player in the 10-15 range of that club's best 22. Off the top of my head both Sydney and GWS will be looking to create room. You would think Collingwood and Richmond would be in a similar boat.

The gameplan has been suspect all along.Last year we lucked out on it and probably few of our opponents respected it thus allowing us to play on our own terms. This year as many have said the opposition have unpicked the gameplan and we are seeing the result.

Not hard so far to pick all the winners for this round. In the main humdrum football. My maximum TV watch these days is 2-3 games and quite often it's only the second half/last quarter if the game is close. Strange thing us that with my kayo sub allowing me to watch all 9 games I probably watch less than when I was watching FTA.

there was about 90 seconds left and Casey did take the ball forward but could not get clean possession. It was the right play

O'Mac punched it through... probably the right thing according to the commentators