Would love to know the stats of his direct opposition this year.
(Or lack thereof)
Frugal.
If only he would smile, while sucking the life from his opponents.
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Last few times he has got Didak.bigcarl wrote:Who should he get Friday?
Swan?
Pendlebury?
Thomas?
Which is the Magpie that you have to stop to stop them?
SainterK wrote:Last few times he has got Didak.bigcarl wrote:Who should he get Friday?
Swan?
Pendlebury?
Thomas?
Which is the Magpie that you have to stop to stop them?
He may not play.
I think Thomas would run off him, Jones perhaps?
Fisher may take Pendles.
Steven may go against Swan.
Dempster to Pendlebury?
I hope and doubt they would put Dempster in the middle. That is far to negative. Hopefully he will play on someone outside the middle like Thomas. CJ can play in the middle beause he can get the ball, Dempster doesnt. Not sure Fisher will play in the middle next week. May be needed down back. He was obviously playing on Pav yesterday where ever he went.SainterK wrote:Last few times he has got Didak.bigcarl wrote:Who should he get Friday?
Swan?
Pendlebury?
Thomas?
Which is the Magpie that you have to stop to stop them?
He may not play.
I think Thomas would run off him, Jones perhaps?
Fisher may take Pendles.
Steven may go against Swan.
Dempster to Pendlebury?
We lost last time by 10 goals. Surely 2 taggers in the middle is not the way to go.stkildathunda wrote:Dempster took Swan last time and pretty much came out on top. Swan had no influeance on the game and from memory only kicked a goal when it was all over.. Reckon he will take him..
Jones has to take Pendlebury. He is their play maker and is their Dal Santo.
We werent playing good footy when we played them last time and were only a kick down at half time (should have been up but for piss poor umpiring). Think Ross released the tags after half time. If we just go H2H with Swan & Pendles then we will go down by 100+ points...plugger66 wrote:We lost last time by 10 goals. Surely 2 taggers in the middle is not the way to go.stkildathunda wrote:Dempster took Swan last time and pretty much came out on top. Swan had no influeance on the game and from memory only kicked a goal when it was all over.. Reckon he will take him..
Jones has to take Pendlebury. He is their play maker and is their Dal Santo.
We dont have to go head to head. CJ can tag one of them and we can go head to head with the other. Fisher could even play on Swan but just as a run with and also get it player. Dempster doesnt get the ball. He is better as a backman who can play on a dangerous forward like Thomas when he is down there.stkildathunda wrote:We werent playing good footy when we played them last time and were only a kick down at half time (should have been up but for piss poor umpiring). Think Ross released the tags after half time. If we just go H2H with Swan & Pendles then we will go down by 100+ points...plugger66 wrote:We lost last time by 10 goals. Surely 2 taggers in the middle is not the way to go.stkildathunda wrote:Dempster took Swan last time and pretty much came out on top. Swan had no influeance on the game and from memory only kicked a goal when it was all over.. Reckon he will take him..
Jones has to take Pendlebury. He is their play maker and is their Dal Santo.
Swan doesnt have to be a hard tag, just have to make him accountable and ineffective. He will get 30 odd touches every week, its how he uses them which you can control. Cheap 15m kicks in backline is good for us...
Move on! lockett if he had stayed would of been done with footy altogeather by the end of 95 and we would of lost Loewe too the dockers as for barry we got Nick dal santo for him that wasnt a bad swap was ithungry for a premiership wrote:Seems like a really serious guy. He's nothing if not focused. I guess he and Schneids make up for Lockett and Hall. Not.
be like having an undertaker with a tape measure following you all day....unnerving to say the least....stkfc1 wrote:Seriously. Can anyone in the AFL get a kick against this guy?
Would love to know the stats of his direct opposition this year.
(Or lack thereof)
Frugal.
If only he would smile, while sucking the life from his opponents.
or...mcadam05 wrote:Move on! lockett if he had stayed would of been done with footy altogeather by the end of 95hungry for a premiership wrote:Seems like a really serious guy. He's nothing if not focused. I guess he and Schneids make up for Lockett and Hall. Not.
lol your kidding right if lockett had stay we would of got maybe 2 yrs out of him we would of lost loewe and burke because we wouldnt of had the money too keep them and really lack of goals really wasn't the reason for losing the 97 flagstinger wrote:or...mcadam05 wrote:Move on! lockett if he had stayed would of been done with footy altogeather by the end of 95hungry for a premiership wrote:Seems like a really serious guy. He's nothing if not focused. I guess he and Schneids make up for Lockett and Hall. Not.
...we would have won a premiership in 97....
Add in his next two performances aganst Brennan last week (12 touches IIR) and Ballantyne last night (8 touches) - pretty amazing.I think his amazing stopping form has gone largely unnoticed from opposition supporters and would love to get some opinions on him.
Early in the year, I was really keen to have Dempster demoted to Sandy, but he has proved me wrong in a big big way! One of our first picked now.
Since he started getting a defensive role every week, Round 10, he has really been fantastic, and been a big part of our current form turn around.
Our just outline the jobs his done lately
Round 10 vs. Ballantyne - Only 13 touches for the little man.
Round 11 vs. Swan - held Swan to just 12 touches to 3/4 time. Tag was released in the last quarter, and Swan found a heap of it. Swan largely ineffectual until late in junk time when Dempster was no long following him.
Round 12 vs. Giansiracusa - Only 6 kicks and 9 handballs for Gia. Gia also kicked 2 goals.
Round 13 vs. S.Johnson - Johnson came in with career best form and was totally shut out of the game by Dempster. Johnson didn't trouble the scorers and 13 of his 20 touches were in the back half.
Round 14, bye
Round 15 vs. Harvey - Held Harvey to just 17 touches and a goal.
Round 16 vs. Pearce - Just 16 touches for Pearce.
Round 17 vs. Embley - Embley has had a sensational year. Dempster just about Saints most important player on the night. Held Embley to just 12 touches and no influence.
Round 18 vs. Vince - Destroyed Bernie. Just killed him. 13 touches for Vince, including 4 clangers and just 46% efficiency.
If u have seen how Swan he players he doesn't rack up cheap half assed stats in the backhalf ala Bryce Gibbs.stkildathunda wrote:We werent playing good footy when we played them last time and were only a kick down at half time (should have been up but for piss poor umpiring). Think Ross released the tags after half time. If we just go H2H with Swan & Pendles then we will go down by 100+ points...plugger66 wrote:We lost last time by 10 goals. Surely 2 taggers in the middle is not the way to go.stkildathunda wrote:Dempster took Swan last time and pretty much came out on top. Swan had no influeance on the game and from memory only kicked a goal when it was all over.. Reckon he will take him..
Jones has to take Pendlebury. He is their play maker and is their Dal Santo.
Swan doesnt have to be a hard tag, just have to make him accountable and ineffective. He will get 30 odd touches every week, its how he uses them which you can control. Cheap 15m kicks in backline is good for us...