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.

NAB Challenge 2 - Melbourne v Geelong

Featured Replies

Why isn't Fitzpatrick forward? They are just double teaming Hogan.

he has been from what I've seen. Just not in the right spots
 

Why isn't Fitzpatrick forward? They are just double teaming Hogan.

Yeah...where did Fitz go. Has a good tank, very little involvement, so why was he being "rested"?

 

that was a pretty poor first quarter from us.

geelong were able to take it away from the centre with impunity, and our defensive forwards - toumpas, byrnes - did not put a scintilla of pressure on their running overlap defenders.

clisby composed and neat down back, dunn the same, watts and michie working hard on the wings.

only three players - cross, spencer and bail - have laid more than one tackle, and then only two tackles each. we've really lacked defensive pressure tonight.

Actually, the scoreboard flatters us.

Maybe....but in this "practice game" one can see Roos' game plan evolving.


We are miles away from Geelong and that's ok.

I'm liking our tackling in close, but we seem a lot more hesitant to move the ball than we were last week. Maybe the opponent is too daunting?

he has been from what I've seen. Just not in the right spots

Ok, he isn't helping out poor Hogan then..

Hogans leading to the right places - and multiple leads - but Geelong are just waiting on the high long kick in.

Much prefer Clisby to Terlich. Been saying this for a long time

 

Smashed that quarter. Our ball use is still very panicked when real pressure is applied. Clisby a highlight.


Geelong are a top 4 quality team and we are matching them imo in most areas, the difference in polish is just incredible, but we will get that in time, the direction and game plan is there though, first time in 5 years.

Geelong got a serious and slightly scary run on, it seemed like it was all their way for a lot of that quarter. BUT we still managed to peg a few goals and keep the scoreline (flatteringly) under control.

What would that have looked like 6 months ago?

I'm on the edge of my seat for the next quarter...

all I got from the radio was we have no forward structure, getting smashed out of the middle, watts had a good 1st quarter and we are handball happy.


Viv!


For those who suffer from MFCSS, surely this means the final nail in the coffin on Frawley's future with the Dees.

finis gawn ?

 

Archived

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

Featured Content

  • 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.

      • Like
    • 633 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.

    • 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. 

    • 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.

    • 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.

    • 3 replies
  • AFLW REPORT: Collingwood

    Expectations of a comfortable win for Narrm at Victoria Park quickly evaporated as the match turned into a tense nail-biter. After a confident start by the Demons, the Pies piled on pressure and forced red and blue supporters to hold their collective breath until after the final siren. In a frenetic, physical contest, it was Captain Kate’s clutch last quarter goal and a missed shot from Collingwood’s Grace Campbell after the siren which sealed a thrilling 4-point win. Finally, Narrm supporters could breathe easy.

    • 2 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.