Jump to content

Featured Replies

 
On 8/28/2019 at 4:35 PM, Pipefitter said:

I love Kane Cornes.

He was right about Lewis

On 8/10/2019 at 5:24 AM, rjay said:

Why do we keep blaming Neeld for this?

It might have been Viney...Jack was certainly in the Toumpas camp.

...but whatever, I would love to know the true story on it and not the Neeld narrative that is continually thrown around here.

Because his french connectioned  decisions at our club our still being felt till this day.

That's why people will continue to have a go at him and rightly so.

 
10 minutes ago, Win4theAges said:

Because his french connectioned  decisions at our club our still being felt till this day.

That's why people will continue to have a go at him and rightly so.

Yep, not a fan either but to this day no one has proven that it was his decision to take Toumpas over Wines.

We can blame him for many things but this one maybe not despite the conventional wisdom on this site.

It may well have been Viney that made the call for all we know, Jack seemed to be a Toumpas fan.

Edited by rjay

 

Melbourne
If

Ollie Wines is indeed gettable ...

then

the Dees should take a close look.

Edited by John Demonic
^^ Damien Barrett


If we're interested in trading out another first round draft pick, I hope to hell it's not to land Ollie Wines. 

Edited by stevethemanjordan

18 minutes ago, John Demonic said:

 

Melbourne
If

Ollie Wines is indeed gettable ...

then

the Dees should take a close look.

Damn, I thought Barrett would continue with Part 2 of his If/Then after last week’s carrot dangle.

Curious though, how many on here would take Wines right now?

I’d take wines for draft pick 3 in a flash... would be top 10 player, add a lot to our mid-field, low risk (as in proven quality) and would grasp the move as opportunity to reinvigorate career. 

Only downside is how we’d then address the outside run issue and rejig the midfield to accomodate him.

Gawn tapping to a midfield group of Clarey Petracca, Wines, Viney, Brayshaw, Harmes etc... would win finals for us.

Edited by PaulRB

 
13 minutes ago, stevethemanjordan said:

If we're interested in trading out another first round draft pick, I hope to hell it's not to land Ollie Wines. 

Could we not trade Brayshaw? I know this comes across as being keen to off the load the guy, but perhaps a horizontal trade move (like for like) provides more of a benefit in freshening up the midfield dynamic between players. And a fresh change for each player at a new club. Could be win/win. 

Otherwise there really is no market for Brayshaw in terms of finding an outside mid/forward that has the same trade collateral.

Edited by John Demonic

1 minute ago, PaulRB said:

Gawn rapping to a midfield group of Clarey Petracca, Wines, Viney, Brayshaw, Harmes etc... would win finals for us.

Gawn tapped to all those names bar Ollie Wines this year, how did it go? 

Unless we have some serious plans to restructure our forwardline and wings, I just couldn't fathom why the club would want to bring in Ollie Wines given the current balance of the list.

It is a completely nonsensical move when looking at our weaknesses as a list in it's current state. 

Hopefully Barrett is just filling in fluff for our column. 


Would love Ollie playing alongside Jack? But there would be no chance at all?

Barrett make s*#^ up again

 

17 minutes ago, Dee Zephyr said:

Damn, I thought Barrett would continue with Part 2 of his If/Then after last week’s carrot dangle.

Curious though, how many on here would take Wines right now?

With the downturn in memberships next year and a fixture that will reward us for the mediocrity, maybe it makes business sense to actually bring in a big name signing, even if he's a type of player we are already filled with. Langdon, Tomlinson just may not cut it. I wouldn't trade out firsts of course, or split them, as I think the pick 3 player will also be a new signing that puts bums on seats early next year as we turn up to see how they perform.

39 minutes ago, John Demonic said:

 

Melbourne
If

Ollie Wines is indeed gettable ...

then

the Dees should take a close look.

IF we’re believing in anything Damian Barrett spews out... THEN we’ve all completely and utterly lost hope

7 minutes ago, John Demonic said:

Could we not trade Brayshaw? I know this comes across as being keen to off the load the guy, but perhaps a horizontal trade move (like for like) provides more of a benefit in freshening up the midfield dynamic between players. And a fresh change for each player at a new club. Could be win/win. 

Otherwise there really is no market for Brayshaw in terms of finding an outside mid/forward that has the same trade collateral.

Brayshaw was incredible at times last year. 

Unless he is completely unhappy and there's been an irreversible fallout, it would be a very questionable move to trade him. 

He's had one down year and is about to come into his prime along with many of his team mates. 

5 minutes ago, AaronDaveyChipsAndGravey said:

IF we’re believing in anything Damian Barrett spews out... THEN we’ve all completely and utterly lost hope

It's more a case of the imagination operating on 'what if' scenario's, it's the whole point of the trade board really. I mean, if you've got better things to do...


What is wrong with being known as a slow plodding team with no speed, outside run or skills anyway?

Most other clubs have got it all wrong.

I for one am loving the fact that we are devoid of the above and any X factor.

This is what defines us.  Happy to stick with good old MFC traditions and buck the trend.

There should be more Toumpas!

im laughing so hard GIF

A club captain who was out injured and had to wait for another player to become injured to get his spot back.

No thank-you.

P.S. Barrett is a ball-bag.

For a first round pick?  No.

For a second round pick?  No.

For a third round pick?  Maybe....

We don't need him, as we have enough of his type, and Port wouldn't sell him cheap.  There are other areas we need to address and this isn't one of them.

Watching last night I reckon the Bombers could use him better than us


29 minutes ago, Meggs said:

Watching last night I reckon the Bombers could use him better than us

Agreed, exactly what they need. So let's hope hope he doesn't get to them.

2 hours ago, John Demonic said:

It's more a case of the imagination operating on 'what if' scenario's, it's the whole point of the trade board really. I mean, if you've got better things to do...

The whole point of working the trade board is to see who fits into the team. Just because theyre available doesnt mean you take them. Ollie Wines is just that. Grabbing another slow inside mid with terrible disposal is literally the last thing we need right now. 

2 hours ago, PaulRB said:

I’d take wines for draft pick 3 in a flash... would be top 10 player, add a lot to our mid-field, low risk (as in proven quality) and would grasp the move as opportunity to reinvigorate career. 

Only downside is how we’d then address the outside run issue and rejig the midfield to accomodate him.

Gawn tapping to a midfield group of Clarey Petracca, Wines, Viney, Brayshaw, Harmes etc... would win finals for us.

Gawn tapping to all those players that get sucked into the contest like bees to a honey pot. Would have the worst inside-outside balance in the comp by a mile second year in a row. 

Our stoppage footage from this year was nothing short of embarrasing. Some of the quality midfields have those Oliver, Viney Wines types, but balanced with class players who can compete contested balls when needed, but have the smarts to hang back when fequired. Think Josh Kelly, Scott Pendlebury, Andrew Gaff, Dusty etc. 

Stoppage balance is my main problem with this team at the moment and adding Wines at that price does nothing to rectify this. 

 
21 minutes ago, AaronDaveyChipsAndGravey said:

The whole point of working the trade board is to see who fits into the team. Just because theyre available doesnt mean you take them. Ollie Wines is just that. Grabbing another slow inside mid with terrible disposal is literally the last thing we need right now. 

Spot on, ADCAG.  Supporters at the moment want change, and rightly so, but it means we want the club to be keen on anyone and everyone.  That won't happen - we will be lucky to get 2 - 3 players through trades/free agency who will slot in as best 22 players.  We can't put time into every single player who might be looking at new opportunities.


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...

Featured Content

  • NON-MFC: Round 15

    As the Demons head into their Bye Round, it's time to turn our attention to the other matches being played. Which teams are you tipping this week? And which results would be most favourable for the Demons if we can manage to turn our season around? Follow all the non-Melbourne games here and join the conversation as the ladder continues to take shape.

      • Like
    • 275 replies
  • REPORT: Port Adelaide

    Of course, it’s not the backline, you might argue and you would probably be right. It’s the boot studder (do they still have them?), the midfield, the recruiting staff, the forward line, the kicking coach, the Board, the interchange bench, the supporters, the folk at Casey, the head coach and the club psychologist  It’s all of them and all of us for having expectations that were sufficiently high to have believed three weeks ago that a restoration of the Melbourne team to a position where we might still be in contention for a finals berth when the time for the midseason bye arrived. Now let’s look at what happened over the period of time since Melbourne overwhelmed the Sydney Swans at the MCG in late May when it kicked 8.2 to 5.3 in the final quarter (and that was after scoring 3.8 to two straight goals in the second term). 

      • Clap
      • Thanks
      • Like
    • 3 replies
  • CASEY: Essendon

    Casey’s unbeaten run was extended for at least another fortnight after the Demons overran a persistent Essendon line up by 29 points at ETU Stadium in Port Melbourne last night. After conceding the first goal of the evening, Casey went on a scoring spree from about ten minutes in, with five unanswered majors with its fleet of midsized runners headed by the much improved Paddy Cross who kicked two in quick succession and livewire Ricky Mentha who also kicked an early goal. Leading the charge was recruit of the year, Riley Bonner while Bailey Laurie continued his impressive vein of form. With Tom Campbell missing from the lineup, Will Verrall stepped up to the plate demonstrating his improvement under the veteran ruckman’s tutelage. The Demons were looking comfortable for much of the second quarter and held a 25-point lead until the Bombers struck back with two goals in the shadows of half time. On the other side of the main break their revival continued with first three goals of the half. Harry Sharp, who had been quiet scrambled in the Demons’ first score of the third term to bring the margin back to a single point at the 17 minute mark and the game became an arm-wrestle for the remainder of the quarter and into the final moments of the last.

      • Clap
    • 0 replies
  • PREGAME: Gold Coast

    The Demons have the Bye next week but then are on the road once again when they come up against the Gold Coast Suns on the Gold Coast in what could be a last ditch effort to salvage their season. Who comes in and who comes out?

      • Thanks
    • 114 replies
  • PODCAST: Port Adelaide

    The Demonland Podcast will air LIVE on Monday, 16th June @ 8:00pm. Join Binman, George & I as we dissect the Dees disappointing loss to the Power.
    Your questions and comments are a huge part of our podcast so please post anything you want to ask or say below and we'll give you a shout out on the show.
    Listen LIVE: https://demonland.com/

      • Thanks
    • 33 replies
  • POSTGAME: Port Adelaide

    The Demons simply did not take their opportunities when they presented themselves and ultimately when down by 25 points effectively ending their finals chances. Goal kicking practice during the Bye?

      • Haha
      • Thanks
    • 252 replies