Jump to content


Recommended Posts

Posted
16 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

I think our midfield and its depth is being massively overrated if posters think we can afford to trade Brayshaw. 

Agreed. You don't put a player such as Brayshaw on the table unless the target is an out and out gun. Lever's good but not that good.

  • Like 1

Posted

I didn't realize Lever was key position 

Posted
22 minutes ago, Ethan Tremblay said:

I think our midfield and its depth is being massively overrated if posters think we can afford to trade Brayshaw. 

This ^^

Midfield wins games IMO.

We have lots of youth and potential in our midfield but I'd prefer to trade for another experienced A grade mid than a key back.

Having said that, I would not be unhappy to see Lever at the Dees.

'Lever to Demons' sounds like a sitcom.

  • Like 3
Posted
1 hour ago, DemonAndrew said:

nup. not calling for brayshaw's trading either; just that as a clearly highly-rated player he may have value.

Not asking about Brayshaw because not a person on this site would want him "delisted", but plenty thought Hunt's time was up.

If you'd just said, "No, I was happy retaining Hunt", no further questions would have been asked.

I can't be bothered searching the archives to make sure.

Posted (edited)

Pass on Lever, and let Jason Taylor and the team work their draft magic with a full set of picks to use...

In addition to young guns via the draft, we are entering the window where we can attract quality free agents who'll slot straight in. 

Trading picks or our gun players for other gun players should be our last resort.

Edited by PaulRB
  • Like 1
Posted
1 hour ago, PaulRB said:

Pass on Lever, and let Jason Taylor and the team work their draft magic with a full set of picks to use...

In addition to young guns via the draft, we are entering the window where we can attract quality free agents who'll slot straight in. 

Trading picks or our gun players for other gun players should be our last resort.

Exactly, I was really tired after a full week at work, thought I had fallen asleep and woken up at the end of September

If the club rate Lever or think we need him Taylor, Viney and Mahoney will do the best thing by the club

  • Like 1

Posted
9 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Bugg and pick 11 to Carltank

Gibbs to the murder of Crows

Lever to Dees

Not gonna happen. Carlton will want two top picks for Gibbs and will probably not want Bugg, despite SOS' involvement.

Posted
On 05/04/2017 at 8:20 PM, FlashInThePan said:

Brayshaw is going to be a gun. Trading him would be insane. Why this forum needs to descend into cannibalizing our own list constantly is completely beyond me. 

tis what forums do...

Posted

Not being a big Oscar fan (yet) I started to get caught up in the idea of upgrading to Jake Lever.  Then I thought - well is it? Not watching other games very closely I thought I'd do a Footywire stats comparison for 2016.  Looks as though we'd be paying a lot for what we already have - at least statistically.  Is there an X factor that doesn't show up here that I'm missing, or is it just a grass is greener view that us supporters have? Jake has an even higher 'clanger' average. 

Player Statistics Comparison

 

Jake Lever

Name

Oscar McDonald

Adelaide Crows

Team

Melbourne Demons

Defender

Position

Defender

37

Career Games

20

Calder Cannons

Origin

North Ballarat Rebels

March 5, 1996

Date of Birth

March 18, 1996

Turned 20 in 2016

Age

Turned 20 in 2016

195cm

Height

196cm

93kg

Weight

97kg

2014 National Draft

Last Drafted In

2014 National Draft

Round 1, Pick #14

Last Draft Position

Round 3, Pick #53

Adelaide Crows

Last Drafted By

Melbourne Demons

2016

Stats for Season

2016

24

Games

15

10.3

Kicks Per Game

7.8

5.4

Handballs Per Game

8.5

15.8

Disposals Per Game

16.3

5.2

Marks Per Game

4.2

0.1

Goals Per Game

0

0.1

Behinds Per Game

0

1.0

Tackles Per Game

1.8

0

Hitouts Per Game

0

1.4

Inside 50s Per Game

1.3

0.1

Goal Assists Per Game

0.1

0.7

Frees For Per Game

0.7

1.0

Frees Against Per Game

0.6

5.6

Contested Possessions Per Game

5.7

10.1

Uncontested Possessions Per Game

10.4

12.1

Effective Disposals Per Game

12.7

76.6%

Disposal Efficiency % Per Game

77.9%

2.2

Clangers Per Game

1.4

0.8

Contested Marks Per Game

0.5

0.1

Marks Inside 50 Per Game

0

0.1

Clearances Per Game

0.4

2.8

Rebound 50s Per Game

2.4

5.1

One Percenters Per Game

5.7

0.2

Bounces Per Game

0

84.0

Time On Ground % Per Game

85.4

59.5

AFL Fantasy Score Per Game

59.1

70.5

Supercoach Score Per Game

68.9

 

 

  • Like 11
Posted

Good post Palace.

Said before that while Lever is a good young prospect his disposal by foot can actually be quite poor. Saw alot of adelaide games last year and some of his turnovers even without pressure were atrocious. Adelaide fans will say that while he is a decent prospect he needs to work on this area.

I dont think Lever is what we need. We still need to continue to top up on midfield depth and a Ruckman/forward. I have enough confidence in Frost Smith Wagner Oscar and Hibberd to hold our backline together once they are all fit.

  • Like 5
Posted

I have a very high opinion of Lever and he would be a great addition to any team.  Trading him in would be a luxury, not necessarily addressing an urgent need.

With that said, I think that OMac and Frost are very promising long term KPD options for us going forward.  We also tend to forget how young TMac is- hasn't even reached his peak yet.

Posted

Omac is tracking fine. With another couple of preseasons and increased core/upper body strength, he'll become they second key back we need. More games and strength will help him.

We really need an experienced A grade midfielder to come in next year. They aren't easy to get, but I'd be having a big crack at Fyfe or Dusty. Cost us a packet, but as FAs we'd still have our draft picks. Unless we are forced to trade for them...

  • Like 1

Posted
1 hour ago, Palace Dees said:

Not being a big Oscar fan (yet) I started to get caught up in the idea of upgrading to Jake Lever.  Then I thought - well is it? Not watching other games very closely I thought I'd do a Footywire stats comparison for 2016.  Looks as though we'd be paying a lot for what we already have - at least statistically.  Is there an X factor that doesn't show up here that I'm missing, or is it just a grass is greener view that us supporters have? Jake has an even higher 'clanger' average. 

Player Statistics Comparison

 

Jake Lever

Name

Oscar McDonald

Adelaide Crows

Team

Melbourne Demons

Defender

Position

Defender

37

Career Games

20

Calder Cannons

Origin

North Ballarat Rebels

March 5, 1996

Date of Birth

March 18, 1996

Turned 20 in 2016

Age

Turned 20 in 2016

195cm

Height

196cm

93kg

Weight

97kg

2014 National Draft

Last Drafted In

2014 National Draft

Round 1, Pick #14

Last Draft Position

Round 3, Pick #53

Adelaide Crows

Last Drafted By

Melbourne Demons

2016

Stats for Season

2016

24

Games

15

10.3

Kicks Per Game

7.8

5.4

Handballs Per Game

8.5

15.8

Disposals Per Game

16.3

5.2

Marks Per Game

4.2

0.1

Goals Per Game

0

0.1

Behinds Per Game

0

1.0

Tackles Per Game

1.8

0

Hitouts Per Game

0

1.4

Inside 50s Per Game

1.3

0.1

Goal Assists Per Game

0.1

0.7

Frees For Per Game

0.7

1.0

Frees Against Per Game

0.6

5.6

Contested Possessions Per Game

5.7

10.1

Uncontested Possessions Per Game

10.4

12.1

Effective Disposals Per Game

12.7

76.6%

Disposal Efficiency % Per Game

77.9%

2.2

Clangers Per Game

1.4

0.8

Contested Marks Per Game

0.5

0.1

Marks Inside 50 Per Game

0

0.1

Clearances Per Game

0.4

2.8

Rebound 50s Per Game

2.4

5.1

One Percenters Per Game

5.7

0.2

Bounces Per Game

0

84.0

Time On Ground % Per Game

85.4

59.5

AFL Fantasy Score Per Game

59.1

70.5

Supercoach Score Per Game

68.9

 

 

Tells me Adelaide's midfield works a lot harder than ours. As our midfield progresses, and it's making great gains, we'll find Oscar becomes even sturdier as a defender.

He stills plays a bit like ANB, in that he can panic, but I suspect that's an experience thing.

Posted
12 minutes ago, Moonshadow said:

Omac is tracking fine. With another couple of preseasons and increased core/upper body strength, he'll become they second key back we need. More games and strength will help him.

We really need an experienced A grade midfielder to come in next year. They aren't easy to get, but I'd be having a big crack at Fyfe or Dusty. Cost us a packet, but as FAs we'd still have our draft picks. Unless we are forced to trade for them...

Agree with the sentiment, Moonie, but not the targets. I'd be having a big crack at a Dylan Shiel (he is out of contract at the end of 2017). Quick, ball magnet, perfect age bracket (ready to explode) and disposal is improving. Dusty and Fyfe are too expensive and Shiel is two years younger than both. 

  • Like 7
Posted
18 minutes ago, A F said:

Agree with the sentiment, Moonie, but not the targets. I'd be having a big crack at a Dylan Shiel (he is out of contract at the end of 2017). Quick, ball magnet, perfect age bracket (ready to explode) and disposal is improving. Dusty and Fyfe are too expensive and Shiel is two years younger than both. 

Like it. Shiel isn't a FA, I think, so we'd have to trade. Still bite into our sc a lot

  • Like 1

Posted
19 minutes ago, A F said:

Agree with the sentiment, Moonie, but not the targets. I'd be having a big crack at a Dylan Shiel (he is out of contract at the end of 2017). Quick, ball magnet, perfect age bracket (ready to explode) and disposal is improving. Dusty and Fyfe are too expensive and Shiel is two years younger than both. 

Dylan Shiel is probably one of their best midfielders after Toby Greene. Would not come cheap and could therefore upset the salary balance in the midfield

Posted
7 minutes ago, Moonshadow said:

Like it. Shiel isn't a FA, I think, so we'd have to trade. Still bite into our sc a lot

Yep, we'd have to trade, but if we can convince him to nominate us, that'll go a long way to a deal being done. Given our good trading history with GWS, I reckon we could get the deal done. The way they're intent on spreading the age of their list, I wonder if GWS would take our next two first rounders? At this point, I'd back Jason Taylor with second and third round picks to keep improving our list. 

Posted (edited)
18 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Dylan Shiel is probably one of their best midfielders after Toby Greene. Would not come cheap and could therefore upset the salary balance in the midfield

This would be my biggest concern. Would Shiel be on $500k at GWS? They have a lot of talent to pay to keep them up in that hellhole. I just wonder if that would get it done. It may not. I might be dreaming, but doesn't mean I wouldn't try.

And Toby Greene isn't a midfielder. He's a very, very good half forward. One of the best in the league for the last year, hence the AA wraps, but he isn't a mid.

Edited by A F
  • Like 1
Posted

If we are to chase someone like Shiel, then I hope we do it as quietly as possible.  I cringe each time I see how North go about their business by basically throwing huge bucks and contracts at anyone who will listen.  It's pathetic, really.  If we are looking to chase a big fish then I hope we don't allow it to be played out in the media.

  • Like 2
Posted
7 minutes ago, A F said:

This would be my biggest concern. Would Shiel be on $500k at GWS? They have a lot of talent to pay lots to keep them up in that hellhole. I just wonder if that would get it done. It may not. I might be dreaming, but doesn't mean I wouldn't try.

And Toby Greene isn't a midfielder. He's a very, very good half forward. One of the best in the league for the last year, hence the AA wraps, but he isn't a mid.

half back .. half forward .. they're all mid fielders these days

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  

    TRAINING: Friday 22nd November 2024

    Demonland Trackwatchers were out in force on a scorching morning out at Gosch's Paddock for the final session before the whole squad reunites for the Preseason Training Camp. DEMONLAND'S PRESEASON TRAINING OBSERVATIONS It’s going to be a scorcher today but I’m in the shade at Gosch’s Paddock ready to bring you some observations from the final session before the Preseason Training Camp next week.  Salem, Fritsch & Campbell are already on the track. Still no number on Campbell’s

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Training Reports 2

    UP IN LIGHTS by Whispering Jack

    Those who watched the 2024 Marsh AFL National Championships closely this year would not be particularly surprised that Melbourne selected Victoria Country pair Harvey Langford and Xavier Lindsay on the first night of the AFL National Draft. The two left-footed midfielders are as different as chalk and cheese but they had similar impacts in their Coates Talent League teams and in the National Championships in 2024. Their interstate side was edged out at the very end of the tournament for tea

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Special Features

    TRAINING: Wednesday 20th November 2024

    It’s a beautiful cool morning down at Gosch’s Paddock and I’ve arrived early to bring you my observations from today’s session. DEMONLAND'S PRESEASON TRAINING OBSERVATIONS Reigning Keith Bluey Truscott champion Jack Viney is the first one out on the track.  Jack’s wearing the red version of the new training guernsey which is the only version available for sale at the Demon Shop. TRAINING: Viney, Clarry, Lever, TMac, Rivers, Petty, McVee, Bowey, JVR, Hore, Tom Campbell (in tr

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Training Reports

    TRAINING: Monday 18th November 2024

    Demonland Trackwatchers ventured down to Gosch's Paddock for the final week of training for the 1st to 4th Years until they are joined by the rest of the senior squad for Preseason Training Camp in Mansfield next week. WAYNE RUSSELL'S PRESEASON TRAINING OBSERVATIONS No Ollie, Chin, Riv today, but Rick & Spargs turned up and McDonald was there in casual attire. Seston, and Howes did a lot of boundary running, and Tom Campbell continued his work with individual trainer in non-MFC

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Training Reports

    2024 Player Reviews: #11 Max Gawn

    Champion ruckman and brilliant leader, Max Gawn earned his seventh All-Australian team blazer and constantly held the team up on his shoulders in what was truly a difficult season for the Demons. Date of Birth: 30 December 1991 Height: 209cm Games MFC 2024: 21 Career Total: 224 Goals MFC 2024: 11 Career Total: 109 Brownlow Medal Votes: 13 Melbourne Football Club: 2nd Best & Fairest: 405 votes

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Melbourne Demons 12

    2024 Player Reviews: #36 Kysaiah Pickett

    The Demons’ aggressive small forward who kicks goals and defends the Demons’ ball in the forward arc. When he’s on song, he’s unstoppable but he did blot his copybook with a three week suspension in the final round. Date of Birth: 2 June 2001 Height: 171cm Games MFC 2024: 21 Career Total: 106 Goals MFC 2024: 36 Career Total: 161 Brownlow Medal Votes: 3 Melbourne Football Club: 4th Best & Fairest: 369 votes

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Melbourne Demons 5

    TRAINING: Friday 15th November 2024

    Demonland Trackwatchers took advantage of the beautiful sunshine to head down to Gosch's Paddock and witness the return of Clayton Oliver to club for his first session in the lead up to the 2025 season. DEMONLAND'S PRESEASON TRAINING OBSERVATIONS Clarry in the house!! Training: JVR, McVee, Windsor, Tholstrup, Woey, Brown, Petty, Adams, Chandler, Turner, Bowey, Seston, Kentfield, Laurie, Sparrow, Viney, Rivers, Jefferson, Hore, Howes, Verrall, AMW, Clarry Tom Campbell is here

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Training Reports

    2024 Player Reviews: #7 Jack Viney

    The tough on baller won his second Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy in a narrow battle with skipper Max Gawn and Alex Neal-Bullen and battled on manfully in the face of a number of injury niggles. Date of Birth: 13 April 1994 Height: 178cm Games MFC 2024: 23 Career Total: 219 Goals MFC 2024: 10 Career Total: 66 Brownlow Medal Votes: 8

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Melbourne Demons 3

    TRAINING: Wednesday 13th November 2024

    A couple of Demonland Trackwatchers braved the rain and headed down to Gosch's paddock to bring you their observations from the second day of Preseason training for the 1st to 4th Year players. DITCHA'S PRESEASON TRAINING OBSERVATIONS I attended some of the training today. Richo spoke to me and said not to believe what is in the media, as we will good this year. Jefferson and Kentfield looked big and strong.  Petty was doing all the training. Adams looked like he was in rehab.  KE

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Training Reports
  • Tell a friend

    Love Demonland? Tell a friend!

×
×
  • Create New...