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    Re: Why are the Demons still so piss weak in 2018?

    Might be ironic by mid-afternoon on Saturday.

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    Re: Why are the Demons still so piss weak in 2018?

    Maybe we should change the title to Why are the Western Bulldogs so.........

    Dees are flying, they'll beat us by 60+ on Saturday

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    Quote Originally Posted by G-Mo77 View Post
    Maybe we should change the title to Why are the Western Bulldogs so.........

    Dees are flying, they'll beat us by 60+ on Saturday
    They should and probably will. But it's 5 in a row with the media firmly parked up their backside all week. And for some reason this has a sniff of the old days when we'd pull one or two big performances out of nowhere. It was always when the opposition had been favour of the month. That seemed to provoke a reaction out of us
    Have you been reading those Roddy Doyle books again, Dougal!?


    I have, yeah Ted, you big gobshite

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    Re: Why are the Demons still so piss weak in 2018?

    They should be flying after about their third re-build , a coach and ceo appointed by the afl !

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    Quote Originally Posted by Remi Moses View Post
    They should be flying after about their third re-build , a coach and ceo appointed by the afl !
    The AFL paid for them so it was only fair that they get to appoint them as well.
    Have you been reading those Roddy Doyle books again, Dougal!?


    I have, yeah Ted, you big gobshite

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    Re: Why are the Demons still so piss weak in 2018?

    Demons are now playing some good teams. And they are being shown to be piss weak.

    Pies took them apart.
    The fight is here; I need ammunition, not a ride.

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    Re: Why are the Demons still so piss weak in 2018?

    Quote Originally Posted by Dry Rot View Post
    Demons are now playing some good teams. And they are being shown to be piss weak.

    Pies took them apart.
    Yep totally shown up yesterday

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    Re: Why are the Demons still so piss weak in 2018?

    Melbourne have a really good attacking game, but the times where they have been knocked off this year, is when they've played against the most organised teams that don't give them the corridor. We all saw against us - the way they open up the ground taking the 45 degree kick into the middle of the ground - and their forwards just take off towards goal.

    Richmond, Collingwood, Geelong - are all top sides obviously, and they apply great pressure on Melbourne's kicking game and good attention to detail around outlets. But Hawthorn were the others to thump Melbourne - and although Hawthorn aren't as high on talent as they used to be - if you see them live - they are still so well organised in how they set up the ground - and Melbourne couldn't get their game going against it.

    The silver lining for Melbourne out of yesterday - is that they still have time to fix things and to find some different gears to their game when they can't always get their desired game going. I recall us getting dismantled by Geelong at Etihad in 2016 by 57 points and thinking we didn't measure up - but its a long season.

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    Re: Why are the Demons still so piss weak in 2018?

    Whilst losing the midfield battle didn't help Melbourne's cause at all their backline was really shown up as being under-sized without Lever (I think O-Mac was off for parts too) and a little slow (Lewis & Vince) by the Collingwood forwards.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mantis View Post
    Whilst losing the midfield battle didn't help Melbourne's cause at all their backline was really shown up as being under-sized without Lever (I think O-Mac was off for parts too) and a little slow (Lewis & Vince) by the Collingwood forwards.
    I'm not sure how Bernie Vince gets a game with the depth Melbourne have. Lever being out tests the depth - but they had Tyson, Bugg, Kennedy-Harris, Wagner, Frost, Weideman and Hunt amongst others play 2s on the weekend.

    Thought Hunt should be playing when the Pies have Stephenson and Hoskin Elliott with elite pace in their forward line.

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    Re: Why are the Demons still so piss weak in 2018?

    Quote Originally Posted by Dry Rot View Post
    Demons are now playing some good teams. And they are being shown to be piss weak.

    Pies took them apart.
    Don't underestimate the pies, they are the hardest midfield in the league and with the forward line now functioning I would put them favourites for the flag at this moment in time.
    Bring back the biff

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    Re: Why are the Demons still so piss weak in 2018?

    Quote Originally Posted by ledge View Post
    Don't underestimate the pies, they are the hardest midfield in the league and with the forward line now functioning I would put them favourites for the flag at this moment in time.
    Buckley really pushed to get a top midfield in and he was right.
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    Re: Why are the Demons still so piss weak in 2018?

    Quote Originally Posted by bornadog View Post
    Buckley really pushed to get a top midfield in and he was right.
    We started it !
    I Think Melbourne has a more skilful midfield but hard and tough seemed to not be in them.
    Collingwood has gone out and deliberately got hard,strong,hungry and angry mids.
    Degoey and a few others play hard on and off the ground but if you can get control of the off field stuff they are dynamite on the footy ground.
    If they continue in this form the flag is theirs.
    I picked it about 5 weeks ago, they are up and running, I can't see a better midfield, they are playing finals football.
    Bring back the biff

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    Re: Why are the Demons still so piss weak in 2018?

    Quote Originally Posted by ledge View Post
    We started it !
    I Think Melbourne has a more skilful midfield but hard and tough seemed to not be in them.
    Collingwood has gone out and deliberately got hard,strong,hungry and angry mids.
    Degoey and a few others play hard on and off the ground but if you can get control of the off field stuff they are dynamite on the footy ground.
    If they continue in this form the flag is theirs.
    I picked it about 5 weeks ago, they are up and running, I can't see a better midfield, they are playing finals football.
    A long way to go Ledge, anything can happen.
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    Re: Why are the Demons still so piss weak in 2018?

    Quote Originally Posted by ledge View Post
    We started it !
    I Think Melbourne has a more skilful midfield but hard and tough seemed to not be in them.
    Collingwood has gone out and deliberately got hard,strong,hungry and angry mids.
    Degoey and a few others play hard on and off the ground but if you can get control of the off field stuff they are dynamite on the footy ground.
    If they continue in this form the flag is theirs.
    I picked it about 5 weeks ago, they are up and running, I can't see a better midfield, they are playing finals football.
    Collingwood midfield was certainly too good on Monday, but I don't think midfield toughness s generally a problem for the current list. Oliver, Viney, Jones, Vince, Lewis and Spargo are pretty hard at it, with Hogan, Petracca and Brayshaw all having bursts through the middle.

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