Jump to content
View in the app

A better way to browse. Learn more.
Demonland

A full-screen app on your home screen with push notifications, badges and more.

To install this app on iOS and iPadOS
  1. Tap the Share icon in Safari
  2. Scroll the menu and tap Add to Home Screen.
  3. Tap Add in the top-right corner.
To install this app on Android
  1. Tap the 3-dot menu (⋮) in the top-right corner of the browser.
  2. Tap Add to Home screen or Install app.
  3. Confirm by tapping Install.

can we beat richmond next week

dees189227
in Melbourne Demons

Featured Replies

The main problem with our forward line is positioning.

That is exactly right, our forwards have no idea where to lead or even to stay in the forward line. If they can start leading straight up at the ball then hence we get an easier shot at goal. However I do not think Ricky Petterd should be our number one go to man as he has been. Forwards are recruited to kick goals, not stand on the wing and get 15 posessions I do not care if they get a heap of the ball they are there to kick goals and that is why we are not winning.

  • Quote
    •  

    I should probably wait until after today's game, but we can beat Richmond. I don't rate them at all. A lot will depend on team selection though.

  • Quote
    I should probably wait until after today's game, but we can beat Richmond. I don't rate them at all. A lot will depend on team selection though.

    After what I saw today, I`d say we are a chance. They turn the ball over more than we do and i have never seen as many Out of Bounds on the full in the history of AFL

  • Quote
    •  
    After what I saw today, I`d say we are a chance. They turn the ball over more than we do and i have never seen as many Out of Bounds on the full in the history of AFL

    A couple of key stats from Melbourne and Richmond's games this weekend.

    Disposal Efficiency

    Melbourne- 78%

    Richmond- 71%

    Clangers

    Melbourne- 41

    Richmond- 54

  • Quote
    A couple of key stats from Melbourne and Richmond's games this weekend.

    Disposal Efficiency

    Melbourne- 78%

    Richmond- 71%

    Clangers

    Melbourne- 41

    Richmond- 54

  • Quote

    That is exactly right, our forwards have no idea where to lead or even to stay in the forward line. If they can start leading straight up at the ball then hence we get an easier shot at goal. However I do not think Ricky Petterd should be our number one go to man as he has been. Forwards are recruited to kick goals, not stand on the wing and get 15 posessions I do not care if they get a heap of the ball they are there to kick goals and that is why we are not winning.

    We were sitting directly behind the goal at AAMI stadium, it is the kicking not the leading,

    Example Bate led from the square at 45degrees towards the kicker, kicked ball goes towards boundary line, result Bate trying to change direction at full speed and defender backing back.

    Example last quarter Bennell led from the goal square straight, nobody saw him go and was free all the way to the 50, lead ignored and kick went into the pocket

    Example Miller did one lead, doubled back and led again, kick went over his head to defender

    Good example Bennell looked up outside the fifty and saw Miller moving to his left, put kick that way and Miller took good mark going away from the defender.

    You only have to look at Richo and how frustrated he gets for Richomnd when he does some great work only to see the ball either misdirected or ignored.......at least our players don't show it.

    Personally I think we have a good chance of winning, I always do..........

  • Quote

    Based on the round 3 efforts by MFC and RFC we definitely are a chance to win! Both MFC and RFC played absolute ##%& in 2nd quarter and lost their game then. So pretty evenly matched in that regard!!!

    Would prefer the media to get off Plough's back though as all the pressure may make the Tiges play better!! His self declared month is not up yet & they play North and Swans after us. MFC needs everything to go right for us towin on Sunday..they can get the knives out afterwards!

  • Quote

    Sure I'll bite and say we're a chance. Will go in as underdogs but if Richmond serve up an effort much like they have for the most of the season so far, terrible turnovers etc, we might find ourselves in the game into the last quarter. I'm excited. Not sure why, but I am. Looking forward to the game.

  • Quote
    •  

    After Watching all of yesterday's game i really hope we beat Richmond. They are a joke. The Bulldogs were awful as well. Richmond had no leadership or structure after the first Q. If we can kick to Targets and play to the standard of our second half against the Power we are a big show. Drop Sylvia immediately-He just doesn't care.

    Can you imagine the papers next week if The Tigers Lose? Bring it on.

    Dean Bailey get the boys up for the challenge.

  • Quote

    IMHO ... its all about pressure ... if we hit them hard an early get a lead ... their internal pressure and self-belief must play on the back of their minds.

    The Doggies gave us a good lead on both - How not to play the Tigers ie 1st quarter - Then - How to play the Tigers ie pressure their ball carriers

    Rodney Eade is a very smart coach ... when plan A fails quickly move to plan B

    Are we as good as the Doggies to carry out the plan ... thats the beautiful thing ... dont think we have to be. I would be happy with a 1 point victory.

    Heard Wallace interview in "On the Couch" ... couldn't believe he said week 1 we choose players for "reason x" yet in following weeks we choose players for "reason Y"

  • Quote

    This week's game is fifty fifty.

    No kidding.

    We have been exposed by bursts continuous pressure and bursts of highly effective attacking play from opponents.

    Richmond wont be able to hurt us enough in their periods of ascendancy to seal the game.

    But we can't pretend they are going to be a pushover either.

    Like I said, it's a fifty-fifty game.

    The side sotry is - if we can do about 20 points better on the margin than freo can manage against the rampant saints at telstra dome (with freo coming off a 33 degree came, travelling, with one day less break), then even if we lose to the Tigers we'll still not be last on the ladder.

  • Quote

    They have a very good midfield. Won the clearances easily on Monday.

    Breakeven in the middle and we will win.

    Unless Richo goes nuts...

  • Quote
    They have a very good midfield. Won the clearances easily on Monday.

    Breakeven in the middle and we will win.

    Unless Richo goes nuts...

    With a near full list we would be an excellent chance,alas we have no goal kickers

  • Quote

    The day i goto a game thinking "why bother we won't win" is the day i stop going. What a STUPID, STUPID question. If you think you can't win, you WON'T! It will be hardwork to win, but win we will.

  • Quote

    Nar no chance.

    Unfortunetly Richmond are too good a footy side for us.

    8 goal loss given we have no fwds, our mids are turning the ball over like the plague and our defence will struggle to contain Richo, Brown, and Morton.

  • Quote

    Interesting situation.

    Given the blow torch on Wallet and the side for their meek performances to date, they will either be stung into form and absolutely [censored] us or they will fall further apart and MFC might be able to snatch a win. I said might.

    Now is there any chance Kane Johnson could put together a video about a chicken called Benny...... :rolleyes:

  • Quote
    With a near full list we would be an excellent chance,alas we have no goal kickers

    Do you know I actually thought we kicked 14.7 at the weekend, I must be mistaken, our scores are getting better each weekend.....totally agree we do not have a superstar who can come out and kick a bag, but if we have a few who get one or two what is the difference?

  • Quote

    Mmmm very interesting...

  • Quote

    • Archived

    This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

    Go to topic listing

    Featured Content

    • AFLW REPORT: Port Adelaide

      Well, that was a shock. The Demons 4-game unbeaten run came to a grinding halt in a tense, scrappy affair at the sunny, windy Alberton Oval, with the Power holding on for a 2-point win. The Dees had their chances—plenty of them—but couldn't convert when it mattered most. Port’s tackling pressure rattled the Dees, triggering a fumble frenzy and surprising lack of composure from seasoned players.

      • 0 replies
      Demonland

    • Welcome to Demonland: Steven King

      The Melbourne Football Club has selected a new coach for the 2026 season appointing Geelong Football Club assistant coach Steven King to the head role.

        • Thanks
        • Like
      • 898 replies
      Demonland

    • AFLW PREVIEW: Port Adelaide

      The undefeated Demons venture across the continent to the spiritual home of the Port Adelaide Football Club on Saturday afternoon for the inaugural match for premiership points between these long-historied clubs. Alberton Oval will however, be a ground familiar to our players following a practice match there last year. We lost both the game and Liv Purcell, who missed 7 home and away matches after suffering facial fractures in the dying moments of the game.

      • 1 reply
      Demonland

    • AFLW REPORT: Richmond

      A glorious sunny afternoon with a typically strong Casey Fields breeze favouring the city end greeted this round four clash of the undefeated Narrm against the winless Tigers. Pre-match, the teams entered the ground through the Deearmy’s inclusive banner—"Narrm Football Weaving Communities Together and then Warumungu/Yawuru woman and Fox Boundary Rider, Megan Waters, gave the official acknowledgement of country. Any concerns that Collingwood’s strategy of last week to discombobulate the Dees would be replicated by Ryan Ferguson and his Tigers evaporated in the second quarter when Richmond failed to use the wind advantage and Narrm scored three unanswered goals. 

      • 4 replies
      Demonland

    • CASEY: Frankston

      The late-season run of Casey wins was broken in their first semifinal against Frankston in a heartbreaking end at Kinetic Stadium on Saturday night that in many respects reflected their entire season. When they were bad, they committed all of the football transgressions, including poor disposal, indiscipline, an inability to exert pressure, and some terrible decision-making, as exemplified by the period in the game when they conceded nine unanswered goals from early in the second quarter until halfway through the third term. You rarely win when you do this.

      • 0 replies
      Demonland

    • AFLW PREVIEW: Richmond

      Round four kicks off early Saturday afternoon at Casey Fields, as the mighty Narrm host the winless Richmond Tigers in the second week of Indigenous Round celebrations. With ideal footy conditions forecast—20 degrees, overcast skies, and a gentle breeze — expect a fast-paced contest. Narrm enters with momentum and a dangerous forward line, while Richmond is still searching for its first win. With key injuries on both sides and pride on the line, this clash promises plenty.

      • 3 replies
      Demonland
    View All

    Configure browser push notifications
    Chrome (Android)
    1. Tap the lock icon next to the address bar.
    2. Tap Permissions → Notifications.
    3. Adjust your preference.
    Chrome (Desktop)
    1. Click the padlock icon in the address bar.
    2. Select Site settings.
    3. Find Notifications and adjust your preference.