Demon Jack

Gawn Chandler Turner Petracca Melksham Rivers Langford and Windsor unlucky to miss out. Also thought Spargo played pretty well tonight.

Out: Petty (concussion) In: JVR Oliver is obviously touch and go but I could imagine him coming in for Sharp.

Gawn, Chandler and Turner were all fantastic tonight. Melksham had some great moments as well. Some fantastic forward 50 entries.

Gawn is God

Expecting a Tim Kelly masterclass. That guy always plays well against us. Also, I mentioned this in another thread, but I get the feeling that Harley Reid will be pumped up for tonight considering he was at the forefront of our demolition around this time last year. Curtailing the influence of those two will go a long way towards a Demon victory.

Come a long way has Tommy Mac! He's having another superb season after his career was halted with injuries in 22-23. Should notch up 250 games later this season if he stays fit. I can't see him being dropped once Lever returns. Provided he wants to keep playing, I could see him playing for another 2-3 seasons.

37 goals from his first 26 games as a third string forward seems to indicate that he knows where the goals are. Admittedly, I haven't seen much of him. Can he take a mark?

This is a real danger game. Eagles are under the pump and are still winless. I think it was our first fixture against the Eagles last year where Harley Reid annouced himself and kicked GOTY against Trac. He's had a fairly average start to 2025, but he's going to be up and about I reckon...

Maxy's form over the last fortnight certainly puts him in line for an 8th AA jacket. I can't believe there were some folks who were writing him off a few weeks ago. What a gun.

The future is bright! Regardless of what pick Essendon end up netting from our finish this year, I feel very comfortable knowing that we'll have these two jets lining up in our midfield for the next 15 years.

O-Mac playing a blinder! Key influence in Freo's last two goals.

Gawn Bowey Petracca Salem Chandler Rivers Sparrow and Langdon also very good.

Gee we have a knack of picking up tall forwards who have no physical presence whatsoever. Fullerton, Schache, Weideman to name a few.

Fullerton didn't do much tonight. Do we pull the trigger on JVR, or really try and get him to smash the door down?

Our forward line remains an issue but our midfield looked much better in that second half. Gawn and Bowey were awesome tonight.

The glazing over Lalor is a bit much. Both Lindsay and Langford have looked superior players tonight.

Disappointing last five minutes. Looks like we've put the cue in the rack

(censored) me, there's nothing quite like watching Maxy in peak god mode. Best Melbourne player I've seen in my lifetime.

McVee hasn't done much wrong tonight on return. He's going to be very important over the next few weeks.

Gee, I swore the Richmond player got a finger to that... Not going to complain though. EDIT: Nah, he was miles away. Play on EDIT EDIT: Oh (censored) off.

Chandler huge tonight

Max has entered god mode again.

Brill quarter from the boys. Clarry and Trac have come alive.

Sparrow having a quietly good night.