MATCH PREVIEW AND TEAM SELECTION - Round 23

[Mickey 4,662]

I'm disappointed ANB doesn't get a good run in the ones. Played out of position and with Oliver out you think there would be more opportunity in the guts

[P-man 13,366]

Strange decision not to bring Pedo back. Oh well.

Excited to see what Salem can produce.

[sisso 2,580]

Thanks to our lame effort last week and strange selections (2 going straight out again why were ANB and Michie ever in?) it's hard to give a toss about this game...

[jumbo returns 6,741]

I love Clayton Oliver, but did he perchance allow Gibbs and/or Cripps too much space?

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3 minutes ago, jumbo returns said:

I love Clayton Oliver, but did he perchance allow Gibbs and/or Cripps too much space?

Not sure how the match committee could pin that on a guy who played less than 70% of a game, where he was our best mid.

[Je Roos Salem 661]

5 minutes ago, sisso said:

Thanks to our lame effort last week and strange selections (2 going straight out again why were ANB and Michie ever in?) it's hard to give a toss about this game...

Exactly, we could've saved the lame selections for this week had we still lost.I really wish I cared more about this game, it should be big given it's a chance to back up our Geelong effort last season

[bing181 9,218]

6 minutes ago, sisso said:

2 going straight out again why were ANB and Michie ever in?

Because people like you come on in consistently clammering for the big-hitters at Casey to get games.

[jumbo returns 6,741]

4 minutes ago, schmuttt said:

Not sure how the match committee could pin that on a guy who played less than 70% of a game, where he was our best mid.

Match committee have baffled me all year with their selections

[Rodney (Balls) Grinter 10,817]

I'm like the look of the team much better this week, with all the ins.

Would have liked to have seen Pedo, but I guess it won't hurt to give Weid some more experience at the top level to understand where he needs to develop his game to play there next year.

[Lucifers Hero 39,732]

I know it is not an MFC selection but delighted to see Jack Fitz has been selected for the Hawks.  Always good to see ex MFC players getting a go.

Has had a tough year so hope he has a good game!

[picket fence 17,137]

22 minutes ago, Dee-licious said:

Conspiracy theory - he needs one more game to be eligible for VFL finals.........

Farrrrrrrrrrrrrk that wth f 

This is BUUUUUUUUUUULSHIIIT SHITT Im livid 

Was in the best last week CASEY CAN GET STUFFED IF THAT WAS THE REASON FOR 

THIS IS CRAP!!

[Adam The God 30,218]

I think we've managed Oliver brilliantly this year. He'll be ready to put in a huge pre-season ahead of 2017. When he develops a tank he'll be our best midfielder.

I like the changes and I think we'll win. I'm looking forward to going into a game with no pressure on, much like the players, I'm sure.  I reckon we'll win and win by a couple of goals.

[Adam The God 30,218]

Oh and if ever there was a young mid (outside of Neale) to look like breaking the 700 disposal barrier again, it'd be Oliver. He is an incredible young player. 24 touches with 70% TOG. Please get that tank right and you'll be getting 30 regularly next year. Can you tell I'm excited about him?

Edited August 25, 2016 by A F

[DeeZee 7,377]

Thought Oliver was one of our only real fighters last week

[picket fence 17,137]

Well, im in meldown mode this is the WORST DECISION EVER!

[Je Roos Salem 661]

Oliver is the kind of player I go to the footy to watch. Hey maybe I'll go see Casey this week.

Edited August 25, 2016 by Je Roos Salem

[picket fence 17,137]

On 8/24/2016 at 5:34 PM, Demonland said:

THE PEOPLE SPEAK by the Demonland Crew

We asked the fans on Demonland to help with the final match preview for the year. The quantity might not have been great but it's the quality that counts. Thanks folks and thanks to those who contributed to this section during the year. 

Demon Head "Whatever the result on Sunday, Demon fans will be left wondering whether their glass is half full or half empty after season 2016.

On the one hand, they have seen the improvement and development from a young side growing in stature and reaching the double figure mark in wins for the first time in a decade.

On the other hand, they will look upon the opportunities lost in terms of the four games against fellow bottom six teams from last year squandered - Essendon, St Kilda (twice) and Carlton. These were all winnable games where they team performed abysmally, which were marked by turnovers, poor decision making and woeful disposal. Turn those games around and you make the finals.

Against Geelong at Geelong, a game that means a hell of a lot less to Melbourne than the Carlton (a team which had lost nine in a row) at the MCG of  last week, I wonder which Demon team will come out?"

dpositive "Melbourne Football Club has little to play for this year after succumbing to the Blues last week.

However they have everything to play for, for next year. The progress of the team has been obvious and the high point with wins over Hawthorn and Port show that there is a nucleus of performance that can generated into something more meaningful. Will the young and emerging players benefit from another exposure at AFL level, for that is all it will be exposure. Victory will have little reward and loss will have further depletion of spirit. Or does the club concentrate its efforts on  Casey  and provide the club with a greater chance to enjoy the sweetness of success.

A positive finish to what has been another frustrating year would provide some solace to the many weary Demon supporters who will continue to follow the club.

Whoever takes the field against Geelong should know exactly what they are playing for, its not the present it is most assuredly the future. In some cases it will be their individual future but it is most certainly the future of this club which is poised on the brink of something. Supporters hope that something is success and will hope to see that manifested with a hard fought win or loss, a blow out after the disappointment of last week is just not acceptable. The club must select the team that will match up and play against a team that is assured of finals participation, they must match them and their clubmates must see them match them. They must see them apply every fibre of their being to match them and they must see them leave the field exhausted. The memory of other matches must be erased and a new standard set, one that will reignite that candle of hope that was snuffed out so easily last week, and burn into a fire of rage for next season. "

krazyjay "A season of ups and downs again for the diehard Dees supporters, albeit with more ups than downs, could well be remembered as the one that got away.  With everything to play for in the penultimate round the players just didn't give a yelp and looked like rabbits trapped in the headlines ... I mean headlights.  

A young group, lacking in the leadership that can only come from being winners, have tried hard all year and given their supporters moments of hope and belief with the odd WTF thrown in every couple of weeks.

With a solid victory, against a Carlton side that most predicted would happen, this young side would have gone into the final round down at the Cattery oozing a confidence that had not been imagined some 23 weeks earlier.  Although some may argue that a side that lost to Essendrug in 2016 is no side that deserves to be playing come September.

After all is said and done this young side with potential dripping from every orifice will go into their last game of the year with an "I don't care" attitude (in a good way) that could shock the club right down to its foundations.  Run, dash, carry and ferociousness will be plentiful.  Followed by poor handballs and simple skill errors that give this match the potential of being one of two things.... An absolute ripper where a young up and coming side with nothing to lose come out and make a statement that tells the competition they better get ready for the next 10 years because you all 'bout to dance with the devil .... Or ... A bully beats down on a scrawny school kid who thinks just because he has new shoes that he is entitled to strut around the playground like he is the ducks nuts.

Here's hoping for the former!

Dees by 31"

THE GAME

Geelong v Melbourne at Simonds Stadium on Saturday 27 August 2016 at 1.45pm

HEAD TO HEAD

Overall Geelong 126 wins Melbourne 84 wins 2 draws

At Simonds Stadium Geelong 37 wins Melbourne 18 wins 1 draw

The last five meetings Geelong 4 wins Melbourne 1 win

The Coaches Scott 1 Roos 1

MEDIA

TV - Fox Footy Channel Live at 1.30pm, Channel 7 delayed at 3.00pm

RADIO - Triple M 3AW

THE BETTING

Geelong to win $1.15 Melbourne to win $5.50

LAST TIME THEY MET Melbourne 18.5.113 defeated Geelong 13.11.89 at Simonds Stadium in Round 12, 2015

In a shock result, Melbourne with Max Gawn dominating the ruck duels and marking everywhere on the ground, beat Geelong by four goals at the Cattery. Bernie Vince (38 disposals) and Nathan Jones (35) starred.

THE TEAMS

GEELONG

B: 
HB:
C: 
HF: 
F: 
FOLL: 
I/C: 
EMG: 

IN: 

OUT:

MELBOURNE

B: Sam Frost, Tom McDonald, Neville Jetta
HB: Jayden Hunt, Oscar McDonald, Tomas Bugg
C: Billy Stretch, Bernie Vince, Dom Tyson
HF:  Sam Weideman, Jack Watts, Aaron vandenBerg
F: Christian Petracca, Jesse Hogan, Jeff Garlett
FOLL:  Max Gawn, Nathan Jones, Jack Viney
I/C:  Angus Brayshaw, Dean Kent, James Harmes
EM: Jack Trengove, Cameron Pedersen, Matt Jones, Christian Salem

IN: Jeff Garlett, James Harmes, Christian Salem, 

OUT: Viv Michie (omitted), Alex Neal-Bullen (omitted), Clayton Oliver (omitted)

Harmes over Clarry Choo Choo SHOCKING!

[picket fence 17,137]

Worst decision in years Clarry has a dip !! Sheeit I just can't fathom this! Speechless!!

[Nasher 33,613]

43 minutes ago, P-man said:

Strange decision not to bring Pedo back. Oh well.

Development decision. Same as last week. 

[Ethan Tremblay 30,856]

Oliver being omitted baffles me. 24 touches and a goal last week with 70% game time.

[Bitter but optimistic 22,236]

2 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

Oliver being omitted baffles me. 24 touches and a goal last week with 70% game time.

For god's sake don't feed picket's trolling Ethan.

[The heart beats true 18,123]

9 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

Oliver being omitted baffles me. 24 touches and a goal last week with 70% game time.

I think the issue is the 70% game time. He doesn't have the forward sense to be a small forward so we are essentially one man down for a quarter. Just needs another preseason. I also think if you look at his season his first game back has been strong and then his output gradually diminished. He's just being managed.

[Dee-licious 1,949]

The Casey thread isnt up yet but the teams are in.....

 

Newton is in the D-League...... (edit - sorry forgot he was injured last week!)

And Clarry has been named at Casey. But no Dawes. 

Edited August 25, 2016 by Dee-licious

[picket fence 17,137]

NUP not buying this rationale! gets the footy exactly what we need this week v cats! If I were him i would be Verrry peased OFF!

[old55 23,541]

Emergency: Trengove, Pedersen, M.Jones - maybe an indicator to contracts for next year? I hope so, I think they've all got something to offer.