Jump to content

Discussion on recent allegations about the use of illicit drugs in football is forbidden
  • IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING

    Posting unsubstantiated rumours on this website is strictly forbidden.

    Demonland has made the difficult decision to not permit this platform to be used to discuss & debate the off-field issues relating to the Melbourne Football Club including matters currently being litigated between the Club & former Board members, board elections, the issue of illicit drugs in footy, the culture at the club & the personal issues & allegations against some of our players & officials ...

    We do not take these issues & this decision lightly & of course we believe that these serious matters affecting the club we love & are so passionate about are worthy of discussion & debate & I wish we could provide a place where these matters can be discussed in a civil & respectful manner.

    However these discussions unfortunately invariably devolve into areas that may be defamatory, libelous, spread unsubstantiated rumours & can effect the mental health of those involved. Even discussion & debate of known facts or media reports can lead to finger pointing, blame & personal attacks.

    The repercussion is that these discussions can open this website, it’s owners & it’s users to legal action & may result in this website being forced to shutdown.

    Our moderating team are all volunteers & cannot moderate the forum 24/7 & as a consequence problematic content that contravenes our rules & standards may go unnoticed for some time before it can be removed.

    We reserve the right to delete posts that offend against our above policy & indeed, to ban posters who are repeat offenders or who breach our code of conduct.

    WE HAVE BUILT A FANTASTIC ONLINE COMMUNITY AT DEMONLAND OVER THE PAST 23 YEARS & WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS THE CLUB WE LOVE & ARE SO PASSIONATE ABOUT.

    Thank you for your continued support & understanding. Go Dees.


MFC Intraclub - 17th February, 2012


Rocknroll

Recommended Posts

Sellar was better than I expected from the training reports. He has some pretty decent pace and agility for a guy his size. Made a very nice play right at the start calling for the ball on the boundary, running around two players and delivering. He's got a great build too. I can see him getting some game time this year.

While Fitzpatrick was soundly beaten in the ruck, I was surprised at how well he competed. He rucked the entire game against Jamar and managed to make a decent contest most of the time. He also took a nice contested mark in the forward line and slotted it.

One player was helped from the ground with what looked like an ankle, but I have no idea who he was.

A nice surprise to hear about Sellars good form.

Fitzypatrick, I reckon over the next 2 years, this & 2013, we'll see him develop physically into a fine athlete.

He's still just a kid, as a lean beanpole, and will grow & mature.

This IMO, is a good timeframe fit,,,, with the Russian & Gawn/Spencer...

Link to comment
Share on other sites

yeh great to hear about sellars cant wait to see in a rel game happy.gifhappy.gifhappy.gif

happy.gifhappy.gifhappy.gif

Green machine, whats with these posted images? can't you post a pic properly? It just comes up as (PostedImage PostedImage PostedImage PostedImage PostedImage PostedImage)???

Is there something wrong with the computer? Rarely do they show an image.

happy.gifhappy.gifhappy.gif

happy.gifhappy.gifhappy.gif

happy.gifhappy.gifhappy.gif

happy.gifhappy.gifhappy.gif

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites


Article on the intra-club here

http://adamwbaldwin.wordpress.com/

flashdance, you have the wrong co-captain Jack in this para:

The Demons were missing several star players including co-captain Jack Grimes, Colin Sylvia, Jared Rivers, Luke Tapscott and Liam Jurrah.

Otherwise a great read!

Thanks everyone for their observations for those of us that couldnt get down there...

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I went along to the intraclub match today, and though it was very interesting to watch, it had little to say about our game plan etc...

There were a lot of long bombs into the forward line - actually I only saw two forward line leads honoured for the entire time - but feel this was to practice something that was planned beforehand. Sometimes it was a long blind kick to a very packed area. It looked like there was a direct practice of pack marking and crumbing, but I could be way off.

There was a lot of boundary play, and the corridor was often ignored even if two players were unattended in there.

Highlights:

Watts pass to Tom MacDonald, at full pace, on his left foot, across his body. BUt I agree with a note above that a few times Watts seemd to hold back.

Blease was magnificent, whether running away from congestion, running through it, or breaking through the wing area.

Morton was very good. Poise, control and he went in really hard at some stoppages. Looked very comfortable down back.

Bloke in front of me said "Fitzpatrick looks like a young giraffe" and got a general laugh. Very accurate too!

Clark's pack presence. Chucks himself at it and if he doesn't mark it, he splits the pack and creates something at ground level.

Jones, Moloney, Bate, Couch, Nicholson having a red hot crack and showing stoppage toughness.

Tynan. For a first run he showed intensity, ability to read the play, and could think on his feet.

Lowlights

Fitzpatrick injued. I think it ws his ankle but difficult to see.

The amount of players who could have had a run and didn't. I know the intraclub is a part of the training program, but once again the club has missed out on an opportunity to build supporter enthusiasm.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

flashdance, you have the wrong co-captain Jack in this para:

The Demons were missing several star players including co-captain Jack Grimes, Colin Sylvia, Jared Rivers, Luke Tapscott and Liam Jurrah.

Otherwise a great read!

Thanks everyone for their observations for those of us that couldnt get down there...

Shocking error! Oh well lets hope their names will be forever interchangable.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Was probably a better spectacle than I thought it was going to be today.

The 7 minute periods were annoying but there were some nice plays and decent skills on show.

- Clark is a crowd favourite already, just imposes himself and splits the pack like Neita used to do - which none of our existing forwards could last year.

- Watts struggled in contested situations but was good out in space.

- Crouch got a bit of the ball but was angry at himself for kicking a couple of long helicopters and turning it over.

- Blease super impressive. Backs himself to outpace anyone and does. His kicking was spot on, kicked a really nice goal too.

- Garland looking confident and assured - expert body work and was rarely beaten.

- Sellar probably just beat Cook when he was on him but is probably 20 kgs heavier. Cook battled hard, he is very competitive and fights tooth and nail for the ball which is great to see for the future.

- Josh Tynan was promising, granted a lot of his possies were uncontested but he didn't put a foot wrong and even courageously ran backwards to cut in front of a marauding Clark and punch away a pinpoint pass to him. Backed his skills.

- Joel Macdonald deserves credit for the way he played today.

- Moloney berates his teammates too much.

- I love the straight lines that Bail runs, he's just a machine.

- Davey didn't want to be there, his body language was awful from my perspective.

- Loving Stef's attack on the ball all over the ground. He's turning into a pearler.

-Fitzpatrick looked to be laughing on the bench after his injury, shouldn't be too bad.

- Casey is not a pleasurable car trip.

Feeling more confident about our skills in relation to the new game plan after today. Feeling REALLY confident about our forward line. Clark may be the recruit of the year.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

So when do we think it will be obvious what our 'game plan' is? Ive been watching the Wizard Cup games tonight, and they're high pressure affairs that otherwise dont really seem to have any clearly definable newly structured game plans.

The talk has been of mimicking the Pies gameplan of the last two years, but really is that a bit too introspective? The game changes quickly nowadays, and once coaches have enough time to analyse and successfully negate certain tactics, such as 'Clarkos Cluster', they quickly become redundant. See also the Brisbane Roars game style in the A-League that saw them win 30 odd games on the trot, only for opposition coaches to work on adaptable counter measures.

I just dont know if some of our boys have the footskills under pressure to execute some of the short, accurate passing to pull off the wide game.

This season certainly shapes up for mine as one of the most intriguing and anticipated for some years...

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Green machine, whats with these posted images? can't you post a pic properly? It just comes up as (PostedImage PostedImage PostedImage PostedImage PostedImage PostedImage)???

Is there something wrong with the computer? Rarely do they show an image.

happy.gifhappy.gifhappy.gif

happy.gifhappy.gifhappy.gif

happy.gifhappy.gifhappy.gif

happy.gifhappy.gifhappy.gif

Haha, glad I'm not the only one getting annoyed by that!

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Was probably a better spectacle than I thought it was going to be today.

The 7 minute periods were annoying but there were some nice plays and decent skills on show.

- Clark is a crowd favourite already, just imposes himself and splits the pack like Neita used to do - which none of our existing forwards could last year.

- Watts struggled in contested situations but was good out in space.

- Crouch got a bit of the ball but was angry at himself for kicking a couple of long helicopters and turning it over.

- Blease super impressive. Backs himself to outpace anyone and does. His kicking was spot on, kicked a really nice goal too.

- Garland looking confident and assured - expert body work and was rarely beaten.

- Sellar probably just beat Cook when he was on him but is probably 20 kgs heavier. Cook battled hard, he is very competitive and fights tooth and nail for the ball which is great to see for the future.

- Josh Tynan was promising, granted a lot of his possies were uncontested but he didn't put a foot wrong and even courageously ran backwards to cut in front of a marauding Clark and punch away a pinpoint pass to him. Backed his skills.

- Joel Macdonald deserves credit for the way he played today.

- Moloney berates his teammates too much.

- I love the straight lines that Bail runs, he's just a machine.

- Davey didn't want to be there, his body language was awful from my perspective.

- Loving Stef's attack on the ball all over the ground. He's turning into a pearler.

-Fitzpatrick looked to be laughing on the bench after his injury, shouldn't be too bad.

- Casey is not a pleasurable car trip.

Feeling more confident about our skills in relation to the new game plan after today. Feeling REALLY confident about our forward line. Clark may be the recruit of the year.

what do you mean by berate his teamates??

Link to comment
Share on other sites

It was a good hit out, I think the 8 eighths was needed due to the no interchange, a couple of players swapped at the breaks but of the 32 odd players that played only a couple had a rest. We didn't use any Casey players and he had a number of players missing.

A couple of changes in our set up, we always had two forwards in our attacking half, they didn't push up as a high giving us options for the long kick out of off the backline. On the defensive side it seemed we always had a couple players behind the forwards which meant we didn't get opened up if the other team worked through the zone. That was good to see, to many easy goals last year because we had opposition forwards behind our zone.

The other highlight was the body use to try and create space for your team mate. This was all over the ground and very good to see.

Our forward structure we will be starting with three talls in our forward line if fit expect to see Watts, Clark and Martin/Jamar up forward.

Link to comment
Share on other sites


Hard to take a lot out of the game in terms of individual performances, but the big thing to note was a lot of long kicking to forwards in the forward line. A lot of posters on here will be disappointed to hear this.

Sounds like we could be using elements of both Geelong and Collingwood gameplans. I.e. kicking deeper to marking targets in the forward line and avoiding the centre corridor at all costs.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

I was impressed with the way the players set up at stoppages. Both Bate and Green played well on the wing (and after what Neeld said on SEN this morning, I suspect Green will play most of the season there).

Was impressed by Sellar and Tynan (particularly later in the day). Blease's pace was outstanding and he made mainly good decisions.

The very short haired Nicho also showed great pace early but his disposal was poor. Bail kicked OOB on the full 3 times.

Watts did not do enough, but what he did was 1st class, and Clark's leap is impressive.

Morton was good and competed well. Joel Mac worked hard. Tom Mc did some really good things and slotted a nice goal.

I did not like Davey's body language. Lawrence could be very good - showed good acceleration and tackled well.

Dunn was also good.

The usually reliable were reliable.

The stanzas were pretty open except for the 3rd which was nearly all stoppages.

As mentioned by others, the corridor was mainly neglected.

I really wanted to see Magner play, but maybe next week.

I am very excited about this year.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

what do you mean by berate his teamates??

Funny this was raised. I went to last years intra club game and Beamer gave a young fella (can't recall who, could have even been a Casey top up player) an all mighty spray. From my, quite close, vantage point it seemed unfair and was by any standard well out of order. During that same game he drove another young fella into the ground and was generally mouthy to all and sundry.

Hardly positive leadership was my thinking and i reckon this trait may be one of the reasons he isn't in the LG. That and the fact he appears not to be the sharpest tool in the shed, which is in contrast to this years LG if their interviews on dee tv are any guide (which seems to indicate they are a pretty thoughtful, reflective bunch, not a bunch of pumped up yobs)

Edited by binman
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Unfortunately, your content contains terms that we do not allow. Please edit your content to remove the highlighted words below.
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
  • Demonland Forums  

  • Match Previews, Reports & Articles  

    DISCO INFERNO by Whispering Jack

    Two weeks ago, when the curtain came down on Melbourne’s game against the Brisbane Lions, the team trudged off the MCG looking tired and despondent at the end of a tough run of games played in quick succession. In the days that followed, the fans wanted answers about their team’s lamentable performance that night and foremost among their concerns was whether the loss was a one off result of fatigue or was it due to other factor(s) of far greater consequence.  As it turns out, the answer to

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Melbourne Demons 4

    TIGERS PUNT CASEY by KC from Casey

    The afternoon atmosphere at the Swinburne Centre was somewhat surreal as the game between Richmond VFL and the Casey Demons unfolded on what was really a normal work day for most Melburnians. The Yarra Park precinct marched to the rhythm of city life, the trains rolled by, pedestrians walked by with their dogs and the traffic on Punt Road and Brunton Avenue swirled past while inside the arena, a football battle ensued. And what a battle it was? The Tigers came in with a record of two wins f

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Casey Articles

    PREGAME: Rd 08 vs Geelong

    After returning to the winners list the Demons have a 10 day break until they face the unbeaten Cats at the MCG on Saturday Night. Who comes in and who goes out for this crucial match?

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Melbourne Demons 91

    PODCAST: Rd 07 vs Richmond

    The Demonland Podcast will air LIVE on Monday, 29th April @ 8:30pm. Join George, Binman & I as we analyse the Demons victory at the MCG against the Tigers in the Round 07. You questions and comments are a huge part of our podcast so please post anything you want to ask or say below and we'll give you a shout out on the show. If you would like to leave us a voicemail please call 03 9016 3666 and don't worry no body answers so you don't have to talk to a human. Listen & Chat

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Melbourne Demons 10

    VOTES: Rd 07 vs Richmond

    Last week Captain Max Gawn overtook reigning champion Christian Petracca in the Demonland Player of the Year Award. Steven May, Jack Viney & Alex Neal-Bullen make up the Top 5. Your votes for the win against the Tigers. 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Melbourne Demons 52

    POSTGAME: Rd 07 vs Richmond

    The Demons put their foot down after half time to notch up a clinical win by 43 points over the Tigers at the MCG on ANZAC Eve keeping touch with the Top 4.

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Melbourne Demons 305

    GAMEDAY: Rd 07 vs Richmond

    It's Game Day and the Demons once again open the round of football with their annual clash against Richmond on ANZAC Eve. The Tigers, coached by former Dees champion and Premiership assistant coach Adem Yze have a plethora of stars missing due to injury but beware the wounded Tiger. The Dees will have to be switched on tonight. A win will keep them in the hunt for the Top 4 whilst a loss could see them fall out of the 8 for the first time since 2020.

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Melbourne Demons 683

    TRAINING: Tuesday 23rd April 2024

    Demonland Trackwatcher Kev Martin ventured down to Gosch's Paddock to bring you his observations from this morning's Captain's Run including some hints at the changes for our ANZAC Eve clash against the Tigers. Sunny, though a touch windy, this morning, 23 of them no emergencies.  Forwards out first. Harrison Petty, JvR, Jack Billings, Kade Chandler, Kozzy, Bayley Fritsch, and coach Stafford.  The backs join them, Steven May, Jake Lever, Woey, Judd McVee, Blake Howes, Tom McDonald

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Training Reports

    OOZEE by The Oracle

    There’s a touch of irony in the fact that Adem Yze played his first game for Melbourne in Round 13, 1995 against the club he now coaches. For that game, he wore the number 44 guernsey and got six touches in a game the team won by 11 points.  The man whose first name was often misspelled, soon changed to the number 13 and it turned out lucky for him. He became a highly revered Demon with a record of 271 games during which his presence was acknowledged by the fans with the chant of “Oozee” wh

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Match Previews 3
  • Tell a friend

    Love Demonland? Tell a friend!

×
×
  • Create New...