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.

Featured Replies

Good to see Gysberts Tappy and Morton back.

Interesting to see how Morton goes, surely he is playing for his career.

 

how many are we expecting at this game?

Good to see Gysberts Tappy and Morton back.

Interesting to see how Morton goes, surely he is playing for his career.

I think he is playing because we are so bad and have no-one else left

 

I think he is playing because we are so bad and have no-one else left

I knew that.......I just didnt want to say it :(

how many are we expecting at this game?

Another situation where I have to work and will be filthy with any Melbourne fan that has a can't be bothered attitude and not go.

Kick to kick on the ground this week, spread the word!

18,800


Another situation where I have to work and will be filthy with any Melbourne fan that has a can't be bothered attitude and not go.

Kick to kick on the ground this week, spread the word!

18,800

Agree, Ill be there with my brother and a couple of mates so thats at least 4.

Heres hoping for 20,000 so we dont write the afl a cheque

I think he is playing because we are so bad and have no-one else left

So where does that leave Cook?

No forwards left, almost no players left.

And the coach says he is no way ready.

Umm does not look flash!

So where does that leave Cook?

No forwards left, almost no players left.

And the coach says he is no way ready.

Umm does not look flash!

I dont usually agree with you old dee but this time I do. I was expecting Cook earlier in the year. Especially when Clark went down.

Time may be up at seasons end

 

I dont usually agree with you old dee but this time I do. I was expecting Cook earlier in the year. Especially when Clark went down.

Time may be up at seasons end

Oh Jonesbag I am devastated .

You mean you usually ignore my theories!

Seriously I am only making an observation on his non playing.

I have no idea how you find out but how many first round draft picks have not had a game in their first two years?

must be a low number you would think

Oh Jonesbag I am devastated .

You mean you usually ignore my theories!

Seriously I am only making an observation on his non playing.

I have no idea how you find out but how many first round draft picks have not had a game in their first two years?

must be a low number you would think

It is very concerning. Looks like another pick wasted. It doesnt seem like he is even pushing for selection as well.

Well done MFC recruiting team. Add Cook to the Morton, Maric, Dunn and Bate pile.


It is very concerning. Looks like another pick wasted. It doesnt seem like he is even pushing for selection as well.

Well done MFC recruiting team. Add Cook to the Morton, Maric, Dunn and Bate pile.

Mate..... he has been injured most of this year.....I know people want to see these players play....but....

Gee ... I thought last week's team sheet was a horror movie but

In Jordan Gysberts Jack Fitzpatrick James Magner Cale Morton Luke Tapscott Josh Tynan

Superstars every one of them... wow!

I know what you are saying there C&B, but on the other hand, how good is it that some of these kids that we have picked up are starting to push for selection (albeit due to running out of players!). From all reports, they all have been performing well enough at Casey, so their hard work is paying off. This IS the future of the Club, so let's give them a couple of games while the opportunity is there (against another week team), just to get that appetite for a big 12/13 preseason.

FWIW - can anyone tell me what the Casey theme song is? We may be singing it on Sunday around 3pm.

Mate..... he has been injured most of this year.....I know people want to see these players play....but....

My problem is that he hasnt really shown anything at VFL level though.

He kicked 5 in the development league but since then he has rarely kicked a goal.

I dont like knocking on him because I had very high hopes for him but atm it just looks like he isnt going to make it.

I hope he proves me wrong.

We're obviously tanking !!

Whatever the situation, if we perform poorly (which is a good chance given the make up of the side), you can bet that Paul Roos will be On the Couch pontificating that our plight is solely as a result of the fact that we blatantly tanked in 2009. There will be no mention of the fact that our top goalkicker of this year and last are both out injured, that our AA ruckman and our next best ruckman are out injured, that Jack Watts whose form this year has been excellent is out injured, that about a dozen others are out injured, that more still have had their seasons interrupted, that the MFC has had numerous disruptions in a year when the coach was introducing a new style of play. Of course, Roos has no evidence that the club tanked in 2009 (his guest even denied it and called it "experimenting") and there is no empirical evidence supporting his claim.

My definition of tanking is when a club is doing nothing else but trying to lose a game. The only time I can recall an AFL coach coming close to that is during a pre season game involving the Sydney Swans. Perhaps the coach of the Swans of the time would be prepared to answer some questions a particualr viewer would like put to him about instructions given by that coach during the game in question. It would make riveting viewing.

No rucks, no mids and no forwards and we are favorites? LOL. Is Cook the only senior to have not had a game in the afl this year?

sylvia/McK/Moloney/Gyssy are mids?


Fitz/Spencer=note Fitzy been kicking butt in the Magoos?

The Morton!! another mid!

Rucks are young but have potential.

This is the way to go.

Solid defence.

Given Fitzpatrick, Tynan, and Magner have also been named for Casey while Morton, Tapscott, Strauss and Gysberts have not, could this give us a clue as to who will be getting a game. I think it'll be better for Fitzpatrick to keep playing that sole ruck roll in the 2's. He's been improving each week, so why not keep him down there a little bit longer and just get McDonald to pinch hit in the ruck. He played as a ruck/forward in juniors. Alternatively Sellar can pinch hit in the ruck.

Edited by pm24

Given Fitzpatrick, Tynan, and Magner have also been named for Casey while Morton, Tapscott, Strauss and Gysberts have not, could this give us a clue as to who will be getting a game. I think it'll be better for Fitzpatrick to keep playing that sole ruck roll in the 2's. He's been improving each week, so why not keep him down there a little bit longer and just get McDonald to pinch hit in the ruck. He played as a ruck/forward in juniors.

That's because against 17 year olds he would've looked like a behemoth!


Whatever the situation, if we perform poorly (which is a good chance given the make up of the side), you can bet that Paul Roos will be On the Couch pontificating that our plight is solely as a result of the fact that we blatantly tanked in 2009. There will be no mention of the fact that our top goalkicker of this year and last are both out injured, that our AA ruckman and our next best ruckman are out injured, that Jack Watts whose form this year has been excellent is out injured, that about a dozen others are out injured, that more still have had their seasons interrupted, that the MFC has had numerous disruptions in a year when the coach was introducing a new style of play. Of course, Roos has no evidence that the club tanked in 2009 (his guest even denied it and called it "experimenting") and there is no empirical evidence supporting his claim.

My definition of tanking is when a club is doing nothing else but trying to lose a game. The only time I can recall an AFL coach coming close to that is during a pre season game involving the Sydney Swans. Perhaps the coach of the Swans of the time would be prepared to answer some questions a particualr viewer would like put to him about instructions given by that coach during the game in question. It would make riveting viewing.

Am I the only one that has a feeling that Roos angst towards Melbourne has more to do with us giving his team the best pantsing the Bloods copped during his reign rather than tanking or any other matter.

I like the in's to be honest

Gysberts, Strauss and Tapscott need to deliver on glimpses of promise and the sooner the better.

I'm a Fitzpatrick fan, although admit that to date he looks bad at AFL level. He looks a different player at VFL where he plays with confidence

 

I'm sorry but does anyone listen to Neeld and Misson about Cook? they have said repeatedly said that his body is not ready to play AFL at this stage.

another point RE cook, is perhaps by not giving him a game we are able to negotiate a contract value which reflects this? I'm guessing the club would be pretty keen to keep these types of player on pretty low contracts where possible to keep room for the end of season raid on free agents etc


Archived

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

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.

      • Thanks
    • 0 replies
  • 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.

      • Shocked
      • Thumb Down
      • Clap
      • Haha
      • Love
      • Thanks
      • Like
    • 959 replies
  • 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.

      • Love
      • Thanks
    • 1 reply
  • 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. 

      • Clap
      • Love
      • Thanks
      • Like
    • 4 replies
  • 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.

      • Thanks
      • Like
    • 0 replies
  • 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.

      • Thanks
      • Like
    • 3 replies

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.