okeydoke7
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If I’m going to play forward pocket it might as well be at a decent club.
Media TiFmedia Sweet FA Power Rankings - Season 36
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damicky
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You could always drop Headless
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Wonders pass
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Yikes - sounds like you're well and truly out the door, then!
It's been done.
okeydoke7
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No, Wonders fail.
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I only played 6 games at FF and I managed to reach half the FRED medallist’s tally?
#2 - Mt Buller Demons
Somewhat surprisingly for some no doubt, we find the Mt Buller Demons in a lofty 2nd place in the competition to commence the Season 36 TiFmedia Power Rankings. A pretty mean feat for the Season 35 wooden spooners, coming in off what was unequivocally their worst ever season from a whopping 35 seasons in the competition as a foundation club... in what would best be described as their annus horribilis, or 'horrible anus' in Latin.
It's been a steady decline for the Dees since their premiership win back in S31, as their record since has seen them register 12, 11, 8, 6 & all the way down to just a pair of victories last season from 16 starts. And yet despite all of that, they have somehow managed to maintain, and even build on, one of the strongest lists in the competition over that same period of downturn. Boasting the GM of Qooty and equal longest serving active club skipper manangatang is just the start, as they have seen two of their ranks inducted in the Hall of Fame in that time, as well as a further two Dees elevated to Immortal status, a mark of the calibre and undeniable starpower of their list.
So putting S35 behind them, the only way is up. The good news is they've already equalled half their win tally from last season in just the first month of Qooty to kick start Season 36, and even at their cellar dwelling worst the Dees remain one of the great powerhouses of the competition.
OFF SEASON AT A GLANCE...
Notable Moves
IN:
Nil
OUT:
Callums_Guns
to East Side Phoenix via dormancy
It must be said the Dees were anything but active during the off season, but when you've got a squad list of their ilk why on earth would you be?
Journeyman Callums_Guns leaves for what feels like the third time in as many seasons as he at first appeared to retire, then backflipped and ended up at the struggling Phoenix at the commencement of the season in a loss that they have covered several times in the past and look to have already done so with the smart recruitment of GD tour recruit Gralin. Add in a speculative pickup of Furies escapee Scythe94 aaaand that's pretty much where it starts and finishes as far as their off season recruitment drive is concerned.
But as we touched on, there's is easily one of the strongest and deepest squads in the comp, and they have maintained their rusted on core Dees for over 10 seasons and counting. Sporting no less than 5 active and engaged Hall of Famers (sausageroll, Headless, Tarkyn_24, DemonJim & Hate), three beez Trophy winners (Marlowe, manangatang & Headless), a Mobbs Medallist (cooney woo), three Fred Medal winners (Tarkyn_24, Proper Gander & DemonJim) and more than 50 All-SFA selections between them all, The Dees have more than enough strength across their squad to allow for a season of failure and still remain on top courtesy of their faultless brand.
mang has an embarrassment of riches at his disposal, and yet and still he manages them wisely, effortlessly keeps everyone on board and engaged and as an outsider one imagines he coolly and calmly wrangles his squad from season to season with little need for deal sweeteners or fear of enemy raiders given just how settled and united the Demons have been for as long as anyone can really remember.
Even just over the past handful of seasons, they've quietly acquired the services of legit superstars like Marlowe, Hate, Wosh , while courting up and comers like the recently exited Greenery & PMBangers, all just adding to that elite established core of players synonymous with Mt Buller.
What an absolute stinker. Not even Amber Heard has ever shat the bed as bad as these guys did in Season 35. Their worst ever win-loss result as a club that has lined up for every one of the last 35 seasons of the Sweet FA competition, and with significant daylight too. Their 2 win, 1 draw & 13 loss season the worst performance by any club in the history of the competition as the only club to ever register a 2 win season. Their run of 8 losses and just a solitary win from their first 9 games of the season had them out of finals contention by the halfway mark, and from there they kept on keeping on right to the end.
Sadly there wasn't much to hang their hat on individually either, as their best performer come awards season was Tarkyn_24 and his 10th placed finish in the Mobbs Medal, on par with teammate & first year find, cartwright. Full Forward Wosh finished dead last in the Fred, with a paltry 36 goals to finish on less than half of that of eventual winner gab213, a mark of the limited supply from a woeful overall performance over the season. Their mediocrity on field was punctuated by not one Demon earning All-SFA selection in S35, down from an impressive 4 selections just the season prior.
Still, Hate was rewarded for a fantastic career with his Immortal elevation, Wosh was recognised for an Amazonian effort behind the scenes with a Frankston Rover Award and the Dees once again featured heavily in the beez with no less than 5 players featuring in the top 50, including three inside the top 10 alone.
But winning on the field and individual accolades only account for so much in this competition when it comes to throwing ones' weight around and few clubs dominate the league psyche and broader landscape than the Dees, having quite possibly boasted the league's greatest squad over the past 10 seasons they are packed to the rafters with household names, heavy hitters and some of the league's most respected powerbrokers. Of course they would still find themselves on top of the heap despite a season to forget, and it can only get better from here for the folk from the Snow Dome.
Really goes to show the whole season was Greenery ’s fault
Wosh
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Not bad for a club that sits around drinking fennel twig tea all off season
It’s tradition and TIF aint nothing if not a traditionalist.Gotta hand it to you TheInjuryFactory, Warriors number 1, this is so shamelessly self-promotional you're doing the legacy of Frankston Rover and BigJoeD_ proud!
Tarkyn_24
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We’re that good off field that it outweighs most of this sorry competition even with our dismal onfield performance.
Sorry you’re so s**t that you can’t even overcome that
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Tough look for our friends the Wonders, here. Runners-up last season but couldn't even podium on an objective ranking algorithm.
Tarkyn_24
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Anyone that’s seen and knows the Wonders would understand why thoughTough look for our friends the Wonders, here. Runners-up last season but couldn't even podium on an objective ranking algorithm.
damicky
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Tough look for our friends the Wonders, here. Runners-up last season but couldn't even podium on an objective ranking algorithm.
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Objective
PMBangers
@Headless approved!
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TheInjuryFactory has any club ever dropped as dramatically as the Wonders did based on their off-field? I think the system needs to be rejigged if this isn't a first
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Yes, just look at how much your form improved after I left.I only played 6 games at FF and I managed to reach half the FRED medallist’s tally?
Really goes to show the whole season was Greenery ’s fault
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Three beez medalists? In one club? Is that even allowed?
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That's right up there with 'damicky's friendship' or 'Ant Bear 's promise' or even 'NaturalDisaster 's sage counsel' as one of the more worthless artefacts one might expect to find in the Sweet FA swap meet.
Wosh
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Excuse me this is TheInjuryFactory ‘s excellent and well researched, totally objective thread.Yes, just look at how much your form improved after I left.
Sid down.
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He said I have a cool head. I wholeheartedly approve.
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