Demon Jack

Coming off two consecutive six day breaks, I'm happily taking a 5-6 goal win. Some of the boys looked spent in the final quarter. Great to see Maxy back to his best. Jordan continues to improve week by week

Thanks for these edits TMD. Just a thought, it might be worth chucking these in a separate thread, as I feel they can get lost in these post game ones. Great stuff!

Watched the replay yesterday and I thought Fritsch had a better game than I first gave him credit for. Not a big night on the stats sheet, but he did a couple of really good team things that set up some shots at goal. - Paddled the ball to Langdon who kicked it to Weideman for his first shot of the match (behind) - Laid a strong tackle in the first quarter which rewarded him with a set shot (behind) - Stepped through a tackle and kicked the ball neatly to Sparrow in the second (goal)

Surprised to see that Jordon finished with only the 16 touches. Seemed to be around the ball a lot and generally used it well. Really liked his game tonight.

6. Oliver 5. Brayshaw 4. Langdon 3. Weideman 2. Gawn 1. Harmes

Great call. Kicked a ripping set shot in the second quarter as well when we were struggling to convert in front of goal.

Kudos to some of the younger boys Jordon, Bowey and Rivers barely put a foot wrong all night.

Shout out to Essendon for putting all of their time and effort in locking down Petracca which allowed Oliver and Brayshaw to run rampant.

Bit of light rain at the moment. Might be a slippery pill in the first quarter.

First game I've attended since ANZAC Eve/Jonesy's 300th last year. Excited!

To this day, I still say that we should've given Crossy another year.

Random rising star fact. Since the award was introduced in 1993, there have been a total of 21 players who have been nominated twice. Melbourne has had five of those players of their list Nathan Jones, Jordan Gysberts, Sam Blease, Luke Jackson and now Jake Bowey.

There's plenty of stiff competition at the moment, but a top 5 finish in the BnF isn't out the equation if ANB maintains his current form. One of our most reliable kicks and decision makers at the moment. We saw flashes of his ability back in 2018 when he kicked 25+ goals and, but his growth as a player over the last year has been immense.

1:07 on the Langdon video is my early contender for play of the year.

Looking like it's going to be a wet evening in Carrara. Wouldn't be surprised if pull a late change and being Bedford back in for a tall.

Friendly reminder that the AFL now apparently uses Neeld's press conferences as media training as an example of how not to behave in media commitments. https://amp.theage.com.au/sport/afl/neeld-just-one-part-of-the-problem-20130617-2odd2.html

Great finish by Gold Coast. Eagles clearly ran out of legs but GC played well. Good to see Matt Rowell back in action. Touk Miller is a star.

Ah, must've tried too hard to forget about it over the years.

Rankine with some Frost circa 2015 tunnelball action!

Have enjoyed Powell's work (no.27) tonight for the Gold Coast. Strong mark and good foot skills.

Thilthorpe with a textbook coach killer.

Gee, Mundy's still a quality player. Could give 400 games a nudge if he wants to play on next year and if his form holds up.

Joe you absolute peanut.

Luke Parker Wow wow wow!

Essendon have at least stemmed the flow, but they have no firepower in their forward line to kick anything resembling a winning score.