The Demons were traveling along nicely when they played the Gold Coast Suns earlier this season. 

With so much at stake this time, they cannot afford to take the Suns lightly.

These were the selected teams from Round 8 when Melbourne drew away in the last half to win by 69 points.

THE TEAMS  
 
GOLD COAST SUNS

B: Jarrod Harbrow, Rory Thompson, Steven May 
HB: Aaron Hall, Jack Leslie, Callum Ah Chee 
? Jack Bowes, Jarryd Lyons, Lachie Weller 
HF: Nick Holman, Brayden Crossley, Charlie Ballard 
F: Jack Martin, Sam Day, Aaron Young 
Foll: Jarrod Witts, Touk Miller, David Swallow 
I/C: Ben Ainsworth, Michael Rischitelli, Brad Scheer, Alex Sexton 
Emg: Will Brodie, Jacob Heron, Connor Nutting, Max Spencer  
 
In: Aaron Hall, Jack Leslie, Steven May
 
Out: Jesse Joyce (injured), Matt Rosa (injured) Max Spencer (omitted)

MELBOURNE

B: Michael Hibberd, Oscar McDonald, Neville Jetta
HB: Angus Brayshaw, Jake Lever, Bernie Vince
? Jordan Lewis, Nathan Jones, Christian Salem
HF: James Harmes, Jesse Hogan, Jake Melksham
F: Sam Weideman, Tom McDonald, Christian Petracca
Foll: Max Gawn, Dom Tyson, Clayton Oliver
I/C: Charlie Spargo, Mitch Hannan, Alex Neal-Bullen, Bayley Fritsch
Emg: Jayden Hunt, Jeff Garlett, Tim Smith, Josh Wagner

In: Christian Salem

Out: Jayden Hunt (omitted)

The main outs this time around would be Jake Lever and Michael Hibberd while Jack Viney was on the cusp of coming back. 

If we can get Hibberd and Viney back into the side for the big run home, it would be very helpful.

I’m feeling that we don’t press on Viney, Hibbo or any others having a break. I’d be happy to let Hogan take some time off, bring in one of (AVB/Pedo) for Hogan. 

Spargo to one of (Kent/Bugg).

everyone else we should retain - I hold high hopes for next weekend, possibly even get our percentage back up to over 130% to hold back the other contenders. 

 

 

9 hours ago, Whispering_Jack said:

The main outs this time around would be Jake Lever and Michael Hibberd while Jack Viney was on the cusp of coming back. 

If we can get Hibberd and Viney back into the side for the big run home, it would be very helpful.

A fit and ready to go J Hunt may be a finals wildcard if we make it too,

Has AVB improved in the two years he missed?

 

12 hours ago, D4Life said:

Has AVB improved in the two years he missed?

 

Thats the big question his Tackling pressure and hardness are top shelf elite, but how has his impact been in regards to general possesions,kicking goals etc.

12 hours ago, MSFebey said:

A fit and ready to go J Hunt may be a finals wildcard if we make it too,

How far is Hunty off from playing at Casey? He'd have to play 2-3 blinders in a row to be considered for the Dees.

9 minutes ago, Win4theAges said:

How far is Hunty off from playing at Casey? He'd have to play 2-3 blinders in a row to be considered for the Dees.

Will play this weekend coming and yes, would need a good patch for sure

Alright, I’ve been meaning to discover why the hell the super smiley emoji always appears instead of the ‘C’ on people’s team sheets?!

is our midfield super smiley happy all the time? 

Lets see.....

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