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Poor Gus, it’s all just to sad, what could and should have been for Gus and all of us.💕💕
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2024 Player Reviews: #40 Taj Woewodin
Bring-Back-Powell replied to Demonland's topic in Melbourne Demons
Looked better in his first year in the seniors compared to his second. -
2024 Player Reviews: #10 Angus Brayshaw
Neil Crompton replied to Demonland's topic in Melbourne Demons
If I could turn back time ……. -
LETTER FROM BRAD GREEN TO MEMBERS 24 OCT
Hawk the Demon replied to Satyriconhome's topic in Melbourne Demons
No ET. We are the only Club that has this rule. Do you remember the Hawks election? Interviews of candidates by Whateley - not allowed at Melbourne. -
LETTER FROM BRAD GREEN TO MEMBERS 24 OCT
Hawk the Demon replied to Satyriconhome's topic in Melbourne Demons
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I think we can. I expect a few of us do.
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Sydney weren't missing Heeney until they were: in the grand final. Heeney had a stress fracture and look how that turned out for the team.
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Welcome to Demonland: Blake Howes
Roost it far replied to Whispering_Jack's topic in Melbourne Demons
We wait with with bated breath -
@Axis of Bob “What would the reaction be here if we picked a key forward and a flanker?” Surprise. Shock. Dismay. All of these. Need to look at two aces, being a combination of an inside contested ball winning mid and an outside running mid/half back.
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Well 'ten Hag' getting sacked seems to have been a long time coming Almost every week there has some sort of story that he was on thin ice Man Utd reminds me of the VRC (Racing Victoria) ... not knowing what to about the free spending and successful noisy neighbour (Man City & NSW Racing) Mind you, Man City could have some big issues soon enough what with the investigation re their true & accurate financial situation And for what it's worth, the head of NSW Racing (Peter V'landys) is a true visionary with bucket loads of money at his disposal
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Very slight, pushed off the ball too easily, nothing to offer overhead, looks a bust to me.
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LETTER FROM BRAD GREEN TO MEMBERS 24 OCT
Satyriconhome replied to Satyriconhome's topic in Melbourne Demons
Demands....not suggestions... hmmm -
Who do we have under the age of 27-28 that is a good quality midfielder? That can extract the ball Arguably Rivers and…? It is a gaping hole and if we dont recruit two mids i’ll be staggered. The list will be in bits in 2-3 years Not saying we need two inside mids Ideally 1 inside/outside 1 power mid can go fwd
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Was better in the last couple of games. But for a player with a great kick he handballs too much. That I see a symptom of a player with low confidence at AFL level, he seems unsure of himself and rushes his decision making many times. He needs to slow down, find some space and deliver on his skills. The question can he get a sequence of games to build that confidence at AFL level. He's got a couple of years to show us.
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LETTER FROM BRAD GREEN TO MEMBERS 24 OCT
Cranky Franky replied to Satyriconhome's topic in Melbourne Demons
"Caved in" Ridiculous comment. They were very moderate, reasonable demands. -
He is sadly one of those players who is too good at VFL and NQR at senior level.
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I'd be surprised if we didn't take at least one 'proper' midfielder. With that being said, I have a lot of faith in Rivers being a big part of our 2025 midfield group and beyond. I thought what he showed in the middle in the last 6-8 or so weeks of the season, when our team as a whole was pretty much cooked, was very encouraging.
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Assuming that we take Armstrong at 5, it does beg the question about who is available and who we’ll target at 9. With Tauru and Armstrong in the top 8, my guess is that it will depend on who St Kilda are looking at with 7 and 8. There’s a chance that they’ll want to split the player types (small and tall, or midfielder and flanker), or maybe just go with two of the established midfield group - particularly if they have to choose from multiple midfielders who aren’t great defenders like Smilie and Langford. My guess is that they’ll have a choice of whoever is left of the midfield group of Lalor, O’Sullivan, Draper, Smith, Smilie and Langford. If St Kilda opt not to select two players from that group then we’ll get whichever one is left over. Alternatively, there are interesting players who are not necessarily pure midfielders that may be available. Travaglia and Hotton are two of the more interesting. What would the reaction be here if we picked a key forward and a flanker?
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2024 Player Reviews: #16 Bailey Laurie
Rodney (Balls) Grinter replied to Demonland's topic in Melbourne Demons
Fair calls. Wouldn't have picked Taj as playing 16 games in season 2024, but maybe he was sub for 75% game time in a number of them and that's why I have that perception (like that ridiculous situation when Kynan Brown was put on the ground with like 2mins to go). I stand corrected on him being contracted till 2026, although I did recall him being contracted way longer than what I thought his performances to date seemed to justify, last time he signed up. In that case, he'd want to really turn it on next year, otherwise I think we've really wasted a list spot over multiple seasons. Again I struggle to understand the rationale in investing so heavily on the main list with Laurie, when we can recruit guys like Judd McVee who come up off the rookie list and look like much better quality players from day dot. Even players with ability like Nev Jetta spent time being dropped onto the rookie list while we worked out if they could really make the grade. Part of me feels that he's been given more time to develop because we invested realitively heavily at the draft with him at pick 22 and want to try to squeeze blood out of that stone. -
Not sure about a flag next year but whenever it is will be before the first player runs onto a new home.
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2024 Player Reviews: #16 Bailey Laurie
Rodney (Balls) Grinter replied to Demonland's topic in Melbourne Demons
Agree with much of the above only it would be nice to release those guys to be used further up the ground to hit up targets inside 50 more, particularly Judd, Salem and Bowey. But also agree with you Re Laurie's kicking. It's suposed to be one of his assets, yet so often I watch him collect the ball with time and space, then proceed to shank or grass the kick into our 50, giving our forwards no chance and turning it over. -
There's a vast difference between acquiring a player like Derksen with pick 999, and spending a top 10 pick on a KPF. We may perceive Derksen as playing the role that we thought Fullarton would play. Our inability to acquire him should have no bearing on our draft plans. A new KPF isn't going to make an impact for 2-3 years, whereas Derksen should be physically capable.
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Or the game shifts to hybrid mid sized players forward of centre. Who knows.