Jump to content


Recommended Posts

Posted
4 minutes ago, jacey said:

Roos erred when choosing the team v saints. Shouldn't make the same mistake.

Oliver got rested so wouldn't be surprised if hunt and Wagner got theirs. 

In. Salem. Prince

Out. Wagner. Hunt

 

Hunt is in his third season on the list (notwithstanding missing most of the first injured) and Wagner is nearly 22. I'd be surprised if these two were treated with the kid gloves that have been applied to the first year players in Oliver, Weideman and Hulett. Especially not on the back of both of them playing their best games.

  • Like 10

Posted
3 minutes ago, Return to Glory said:

No changes for mine. We'll beat them next week. Little bit of rain and we'll beat them well. Not convinced that Doggies style can be sustained at the G for four quarters.

The doggies are a great defensive team. The stats prove that. Etihad skewed? Maybe but they contested poession team as well. 

Key match up.

Tommac on Jesse stringer. String is a gun but struggles against bigger opponents who can go with him on the ground. Stratton has got his number. 

 

Posted
6 minutes ago, Return to Glory said:

No changes for mine. We'll beat them next week. Little bit of rain and we'll beat them well. Not convinced that Doggies style can be sustained at the G for four quarters.

Don't think the Doggies' good run with the umpires (28-12 frees) can be sustained either.

I'm hoping that the media and the Adelaide supporting public keep this subject at the forefront because the usual reaction is a reverse effect the following week.

  • Like 5
Posted
1 minute ago, jacey said:

The doggies are a great defensive team. The stats prove that. Etihad skewed? Maybe but they contested poession team as well. 

Key match up.

Tommac on Jesse stringer. String is a gun but struggles against bigger opponents who can go with him on the ground. Stratton has got his number. 

 

I reckon it is Etihad skewed. They were very average when we played them at the G last year.

Posted

Highlight of the night was a bus load of Melbourne supporters belting out the song about 6 times on the way back from  Metricon to Broadbeach.

A great night to be a Melbourne supporter and I was blown away by the support we had at the ground - both Qld supporters and those that travelled up.

  • Like 3

Posted
11 hours ago, Moneider96 said:

Every week people are recommending we drop Bugg. What is with that? 

He must Bug a lot of people.

  • Like 1
Posted

What is with people nominating Trengove... I cant see him being in contention for another 3-4 weeks. Surely he needs a bit more time after being out of the game for so long.

Posted

Not that im a big fan but Lumumba would be a good chance to come straight back in.. His run & carry against the Dogs could be useful. Hunt stays for that exact reason. Wagner was solid again apart from the odd blunder. Garland will stay unless it's for Dunn, can't see why they'd make a change after 1 week. 

Salem will come in. Michie played his role but Salem is best 22, unlucky but that's footy

  • Like 1

Posted

i would be absolutely shocked if hunt or wagner were dropped.

 

the former gives us great pace coming out of defence and the latter is playing a role similar to jonas for port i reckon - undersized backman who can 'play tall' and excels at zoning off.

 

i definitely want salem back down there to just add a titch more class to the side. michie out.

 

it's a matter of how do we combat their surprising height up forward? campbell rotates in the ruck with roughead and redpath, dickson is a classic third tall, stringer is one of the most exciting players in the competition, the bont is even better and drifts forward too, and then they have a mosquito fleet who rotate from midfield to forward.

 

they're going to have the same issues with us - hogan and watts are our keys, but pedo and gawn are dangerous up forward when on song, plus kennedy, kent and garlett forward, and then the rotating likes of trac, oliver, jones, tyson. their match-ups will be stretched too.

 

it's clearly the game of the round for mine.

Posted
3 minutes ago, JV7 said:

Not that im a big fan but Lumumba would be a good chance to come straight back in.. His run & carry against the Dogs could be useful. Hunt stays for that exact reason. Wagner was solid again apart from the odd blunder. Garland will stay unless it's for Dunn, can't see why they'd make a change after 1 week. 

Salem will come in. Michie played his role but Salem is best 22, unlucky but that's footy

He's just travelling at the minute imo

  • Like 1

Posted
13 hours ago, Petraccattack said:

 

Why would you drop Bugg...........

 

All I can say is that his disposal is poor. That is purely the reason. 

I also believe we need Salem and Brayshaw in the side.  That is just my opinion.

Posted
1 hour ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Highlight of the night was a bus load of Melbourne supporters belting out the song about 6 times on the way back from  Metricon to Broadbeach.

A great night to be a Melbourne supporter and I was blown away by the support we had at the ground - both Qld supporters and those that travelled up.

it happened on the bus back to Nerang station too :)

Posted
Just now, 3Dee said:

No Changes. 8 day rest

I'm inclined to go with no changes as well, although if they go with Salem for Michie then I won't complain.

I'd be surprised, and a little disappointed, if we made 3 changes.  As far as I'm concerned pretty much every player did their job last night and would be stiff to be dropped.  I don't see why we need to play Trengove - let him continue to build confidence in his body and get fully fit.  We don't need him at the minute.

  • Like 1
Posted
13 hours ago, ILLDieADemon said:

We need speed in, the Dogs are very quick attacker so "H" would be a good in for defence. 

The dogs play a similar style to the saints. We need to have learned from last weeks game. 

The big X factor however is the G'. The dogs lost 2 from 3 at the ground last year.

Our game style suits the G' better than the dogs. Their fast paced game takes its toll at the G' which is better suited to our contested grinding game. 

The ground also favors talls and our talls are better then theirs.  

Posted
3 hours ago, Return to Glory said:

No changes for mine. We'll beat them next week. Little bit of rain and we'll beat them well. Not convinced that Doggies style can be sustained at the G for four quarters.

Agree... We will grind them down. Their style works at docklands but less effective at the larger G

Posted

Tommy will go to Stringer

Garland will be undersized against Redpath. I know he was ok against Wright last night who is bigger than Red, but Redpath is one of those big, bulloking key forwards that loves to wrestle in the contest. Wrestling (besides brain fades, disposal and decision making) is one of Garlands weaknesses. Dunn may be brought in. Not to mention they may start Campbell forward with Roughead in the ruck

Posted

This week will be a good test of picking the right team to play the opposition and ground. Michie did not do enough. Aside from Garlo's nomination for worst handball I have ever seen he played his role well. With the dogs playing Redpath, Stringer and a resting ruck forward we will need the extra tall back (Dunn, Omac or Frost) I would think unless we are playing Pederson back (which I would  not prefer to stretch them the other way). Hunt and Wagner had excellent games so cant see either missing unless sore. You could possibly argue Salem for Stretch but I cant see who else would miss for Salem or H. It may be a case of bad timing for them and come back through Casey. 

 

  • Like 1

Posted

You learn so much more about the logic of certain Demonlanders when we win well and they can't help but still demand the changes that they'd been hoping for all season, even when it's completely illogical.

Unless there are injuries that we don't know about (I suspect that Viney will be OK, but he's one that will be monitored no doubt) then there's not a hope in hell for our VFL players to get in next week.

The only two players that will come into consideration will be regulars Salem and Lumumba and even they are not walk-ups this week and if they still show any sign of lingering concussion malaise then they will be given another week off and another week of match fitness conditioning work.

The only two possible outs, and they did nothing wrong, are Michie - who will be omitted if Salem is fine, because they play the same role - clever ball use from down back. The other is Billy, who would lose his spot to H with Bernie spending more time back in the middle and most likely tagging Bont with Bugg being pushed back out to Billy's wing.

Garland is safe - apart from his early handpass which got everyone's back up, he was quite reliable and will be needed to play on either Redpath or resting Campbell/Roughead.

I expect that Wagner will be given his biggest honour yet - a match-up with Stringer, although if H doesn't get up I reckon Bernie will be putting his hand up for him.

The Dogs are now playing three talls up forward (Redpath, Campbell/Roughead and Stringer) - so I'm sorry unless this changes it is absolutely bizzare to call for Garland's omission for Salem.

Hunt was very impressive against Suns, but playing on a resting Daniel or Dahlhaus is a major step up from a first-gamer. 

 

  • Like 2
Posted
47 minutes ago, Deespicable said:

 so I'm sorry unless this changes it is absolutely bizzare to call for Garland's omission for Salem.

How many posters have called for this ?

  • Like 1

Posted
15 hours ago, Clint Bizkit said:

Potential outs: Garland, Kennedy, Kent, Michie, Stretch

Potential ins: Frost (only as a defender), Salem, ANB, Trengove

Fringe players for fringe players is a mugs game, especially after a huge win. Salem is the only viable in in that list of yours, along with Lumumba.

  • Like 1
Posted
1 minute ago, Nasher said:

Fringe players for fringe players is a mugs game, especially after a huge win. Salem is the only viable in in that list of yours, along with Lumumba.

Garland against Redpath is already giving me nightmares, if we look as flat and tired against the Bulldogs as we did St Kilda then I will spew up.

  • Like 2
Posted
Just now, Clint Bizkit said:

Garland against Redpath is already giving me nightmares, if we look as flat and tired against the Bulldogs as we did St Kilda then I will spew up.

Just like Garland against Wright was giving you nightmares last week...?

Posted
3 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

Just like Garland against Wright was giving you nightmares last week...?

Wright kicked two goals with Garland or McDonald nowhere near him, Michie and Hunt were forced to play on him.

Six goals between Lynch and Wright against McDonald and Garland in a team that lost by 12 goals and had very few opportunities.

  • Like 2
Posted
Just now, Clint Bizkit said:

Wright kicked two goals with Garland or McDonald nowhere near him, Michie and Hunt were forced to play on him.

Six goals between Lynch and Wright against McDonald and Garland in a team that lost by 12 goals and had very few opportunities.

You're putting Redpath in the same sentence as Lynch, then?

And by the way, what is your solution to Redpath if Garland isn't it? 

Guest
This topic is now closed to further replies.
  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
  • Demonland Forums  

  • Match Previews, Reports & Articles  

    2024 Player Reviews: #15 Ed Langdon

    The Demon running machine came back with a vengeance after a leaner than usual year in 2023.  Date of Birth: 1 February 1996 Height: 182cm Games MFC 2024: 22 Career Total: 179 Goals MFC 2024: 9 Career Total: 76 Brownlow Medal Votes: 5 Melbourne Football Club: 5th Best & Fairest: 352 votes

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Melbourne Demons 6

    2024 Player Reviews: #24 Trent Rivers

    The premiership defender had his best year yet as he was given the opportunity to move into the midfield and made a good fist of it. Date of Birth: 30 July 2001 Games MFC 2024: 23 Career Total: 100 Goals MFC 2024: 2 Career Total:  9 Brownlow Medal Votes: 7 Melbourne Football Club: 6th Best & Fairest: 350 votes

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Melbourne Demons 2

    TRAINING: Monday 11th November 2024

    Veteran Demonland Trackwatchers Kev Martin, Slartibartfast & Demon Wheels were on hand at Gosch's Paddock to kick off the official first training session for the 1st to 4th year players with a few elder statesmen in attendance as well. KEV MARTIN'S PRESEASON TRAINING OBSERVATIONS Beautiful morning. Joy all round, they look like they want to be there.  21 in the squad. Looks like the leadership group is TMac, Viney Chandler and Petty. They look like they have sli

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Training Reports 2

    2024 Player Reviews: #1 Steven May

    The years are rolling by but May continued to be rock solid in a key defensive position despite some injury concerns. He showed great resilience in coming back from a nasty rib injury and is expected to continue in that role for another couple of seasons. Date of Birth: 10 January 1992 Height: 193cm Games MFC 2024: 19 Career Total: 235 Goals MFC 2024: 1 Career Total: 24 Melbourne Football Club: 9th Best & Fairest: 316 votes

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Melbourne Demons

    2024 Player Reviews: #4 Judd McVee

    It was another strong season from McVee who spent most of his time mainly at half back but he also looked at home on a few occasions when he was moved into the midfield. There could be more of that in 2025. Date of Birth: 7 August 2003 Height: 185cm Games MFC 2024: 23 Career Total: 48 Goals MFC 2024: 1 Career Total: 1 Brownlow Medal Votes: 1 Melbourne Football Club: 7th Best & Fairest: 347 votes

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Melbourne Demons 5

    2024 Player Reviews: #31 Bayley Fritsch

    Once again the club’s top goal scorer but he had a few uncharacteristic flat spots during the season and the club will be looking for much better from him in 2025. Date of Birth: 6 December 1996 Height: 188cm Games MFC 2024: 23 Career Total: 149 Goals MFC 2024: 41 Career Total: 252 Brownlow Medal Votes: 4

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Melbourne Demons 9

    2024 Player Reviews: #18 Jake Melksham

    After sustaining a torn ACL in the final match of the 2023 season Jake added a bit to the attack late in the 2024 season upon his return. He has re-signed on to the Demons for 1 more season in 2025. Date of Birth: 12 August 1991 Height: 186cm Games MFC 2024: 8 Career Total: 229 Goals MFC 2024: 8 Career Total: 188

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Melbourne Demons 7

    2024 Player Reviews: #3 Christian Salem

    The luckless Salem suffered a hamstring injury against the Lions early in the season and, after missing a number of games, he was never at his best. He was also inconvenienced by minor niggles later in the season. This was a blow for the club that sorely needed him to fill gaps in the midfield at times as well as to do his best work in defence. Date of Birth: 15 July 1995 Height: 184cm Games MFC 2024: 17 Career Total: 176 Goals MFC 2024: 1 Career Total: 26 Brownlow Meda

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Melbourne Demons 8

    2024 Player Reviews: #39 Koltyn Tholstrop

    The first round draft pick at #13 from twelve months ago the strongly built medium forward has had an impressive introduction to AFL football and is expected to spend more midfield moments as his career progresses. Date of Birth: 25 July 2005 Height: 186cm Games MFC 2024: 10 Career Total: 10 Goals MFC 2024: 5 Career Total: 5 Games CDFC 2024: 7 Goals CDFC 2024: 4

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Melbourne Demons 9
  • Tell a friend

    Love Demonland? Tell a friend!

×
×
  • Create New...