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$1.89 as Mickey just mentioned, my plane just landed.

Just walked into Brisbane airport wearing my Demons retro t shirt (for the record our best emblem, not this upside down acorn) & the first person I see is a bloke wearing a Swans polo, he looked at me then looked away. He knows….Olivers back baby and the Swans will taste defeat come Thursday night.

And get around him we will.

Even more exciting about going on Thursday night now.

And just like that the Dees have gone from $2.28 into $1.94.

The majority of football commentators have Sydney finishing in the 8, a few have them top 4. I’d forgotten Mills was out, they have some young key fwds that are still finding their way. I’ve got them finishing anywhere from 7th - 10th. I think we’ll account for them easily.

Thanks Binman, I’d forgotten all about that.

What’s happening with Mills?

Sparrow has stepped up.

FWIW David King attended their training and said there was an emphasis on rapid fast paced ball movement and their kicking was the best in the competition. To me this is similar to what the Tigers did, as I said in another thread the plan is no plan. Rapid ball movement bamboozles a lot of opponents, rapid ball movement on the back of elite kicking can tear good teams apart. This style of play also can create a high number of turnovers and good sides will make them pay going the other way. I think they’re very beatable, they had a lot of luck last year (and their fair share of favourable umpiring decisions). How many games won by under a goal, if 2-3 of them go the other way suddenly everything’s different. Interested to see what we’ve learnt from last year with regards to our entries inside fwd 50 and creating separation for our fwds.

Anyone take a guess at the Swans side? How bad is Parker’s arm?

Apparently the Pies are planning to play a faster brand of footy, GWS, Port, Carlton and the Lions to a point like the fast footy. I would personally rather play smart to a smaller fwd line than play a tall who has limited mobility for the sake of playing a tall. Really keen to see what McAdam brings, really keen to see both him and Kozi together deep in fwd 50. Some quick ball movement please.

TMac BBB Brayshaw Smith Melksham (potentially) Last year of contract Hunter (30 this season) Tomlinson (31 this season) Laurie (22 this season, can he break into the side?) There’s a lot of money right there, I’d be offering Petty (signed until end 2025) a new contract and definitely making a play for JUH. On a side note, I think JUH will be on the move, hopefully to us, where does that leave the Dogs. Can’t wait for the 19th and 20th team to come in.

Sanders > Reid.

I’ve got us finishing top 4 again. Best defence last 3 years. We’ve got too much talent not too. It won’t look pretty early but we’ll be banking wins, and as the season goes on our fwd line will take shape leading into a barnstorming run into the finals leading ultimately into our 2nd flag in four years.

Not all the time surely. Talls can also lead and take the ball out in front from a well executed kick. We need separation from our talls and for our smalls to time their run better.

I don’t think that’s the case, but we do expect to see more often than not the ball kicked to a players advantage and our smalls to be in the vacinity of the ball, not 15 plus metres away which is often the case.

What parts was he referring to? Surely the answer can’t be just the fwd handball game. What made Richmond so dominant in their recent premiership years was their manic ball movement, and quick delivery inside 50, then quickly spotting up someone in a better position. At times it seemed the plan was no plan, get it in quickly and put the opposition under pressure. Having some gun KPF and crafty smalls helped. In many ways that’s what Collingwood did last year.

Didn’t see the game but having read the comments, you can put whatever spin you want on it…. - It’s only practice match - Both coaches weren’t showing their hand - Key players only played part of the match - We had key players out Richmond had their fair share of players out too but there is no excusing poor disposal.

I’m glad Oliver is named, I don’t see this as him being rushed.

Petty is a bloody good footballer so it’s a no brainer he’s still on the list. He’s contracted until the end of next season but we probably only have until half way through this season to make a call. If he can get over his injury concerns and gets back to playing some good footy we need to offer him a new contract which supersedes his current one in order to keep him. If he can’t then he sees out his current one. Considering his age, talent and the fact he’s a key position premiership player (who played well in the finals) it’s madness to suggest we should of offloaded him at the end of last season.

Walsh was 7th after Daicos, he should also be on your list. Were yet to see him at his best.

Not related to the Demon Army by why can we no longer get players pictures on our membership cards and what happened to the fridge magnets with the draw on them? They can’t of been costing that much.

I don’t agree, quantity doesn’t always equate to quality. We currently have 25.69 million people and teams have holes in their lists. Not every team has a big name key fwd or ruck. Was talking earlier tonight to my mate who supports Collingwood, he says he’s worried about their depth. After the flag in 21 everyone was on here was taking up our depth on here, how’s that quickly turned.

Yes they are, and the cycle continues.