Diamond_Jim

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

lost it in the third quarter but a good performance by Casey

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26.5 minutes gone one behind to the Tigers .. rushed

Petty takes a timely mark in defence

Hutchins marks 15 metres out on an angle and goals time on scores level

good strong pack mark I believe

Mark to Keilty 40 metres out and he nails it 6 points down

A behind to the Tigers 12 points down.. still possible next goal important to say the least

Mark and goal to Richmond back to 11 points down Rarely into the Tigers fifty this qua?rter

13 minutes into the last quarter... Casey continually attacking