Jump to content

GAMEDAY: Rd 09 vs West Coast

Whispering_Jack
Whispering_Jack
in Melbourne Demons

Featured Replies

2 minutes ago, don't make me angry said:

Goodwin has fallen for Simpson's three card trick, Vardy was never going to ruck by himself when the better ruckmen bring hickory is  available,  team selection is Goodwin's Achilles heel he's got no idea about team selection he should be kept out of the team selection process, they're going to Target Max work him over, vardy is just going to smash into him whenever he has got the chance.

Simple Simon.

    • Like 1
     

    West Coast twice,

    Adelaide twice,

    Sydney once,

    Geelong... well, just about.

    We just seem to come to play when we’re,

    1: On the road

    2: When we’re the clear underdogs.

    Not the same team, we know... but something’s in the air tonight.

     

    ??

    Edited by RedLegs23

    • Like 2
    32 minutes ago, picket fence said:

    Uncle, I can arrange some lavish Oysters for the occasion as after match... What say you!

    Have them sent around picket.

     
    10 minutes ago, Graeme Yeats' Mullet said:

    Nice OX

    I'm 6 beers deep!

    Good one.

    You have to be in a certain state to watch the dees GYM. 

    • Like 1

    have just cracked a single malt in preparation of drunk deep depression or over the top exuberant celebration...... 

    there is no in between! :cool:

    • Haha 1

    farrrrgin HELL We are INEPT.. PRUESS NO BRAINER!

    Will be FLOGGED!

    How hard is it to see this coaching maneuver from WC 

    Cheezus

     

    • Like 2
    7 hours ago, Diamond_Jim said:

    Cannot understand the Preuss non selection.

    His game last week was almost outstanding. If he wasn't selected he should be at Casey building up his tank and perfecting his forward role.

    Taking him as an emergency is just strange.

    Weidman's non appearance for Casey along with Spargo is equally perplexing. With the two injuries at the senior level last week to Melksham and Hibberd the team structure is becoming non existent.

    especially since Hickey is now in

     

    I actually reckon it might be the other way and we flew Pruess over as a bit of gamesmanship. I think Goodwin has conceded that we won't beat westcoast in the air and will endeavour to play the game on the ground.

    That's my take.. I don't think he got outfoxed, they'd have played Pruess if they'd wanted to.

    • Like 6

    23 minutes ago, Graeme Yeats' Mullet said:

    Yep

    Hickey in for WCE

    No changes Dees

    They blinked, we're looking short

    Good to see we learn from our mistakes. 

    FMD it shouldn’t have mattered if Hickey was in or not Preuss should have been selected. 

    • Like 1
    • Thanks 1

    Our read of the tea leaves tonight suggests the season's trajectory has turned ever so slightly on an upward trend.  Victory is tangibly close provided there is total team belief and commitment to the  fundamentals. 

    2 minutes ago, David Williamson said:

    That's my take.. I don't think he got outfoxed, they'd have played Pruess if they'd wanted to.

    You mean there are other possible scenarios here apart from the one that says that Goodwin doesn't know what he's doing?

    Radical.

    Is it too late to bring Pruess in right now to counter their trick?

    We’re better with Pruess and Max together anyway. 

    5 minutes ago, FireInTheBelly said:

    Was it Hickey at the Saints that always used to towel Maxy up?

    He jumps into Maxy at every stoppage to wear him out. 


    Love that some on here are trying to set up the story that if we lose its because Preuss wasn’t selected... so they can somehow feel vindicated when we lose.

    Really! 

    We’ve been decimated with injuries and the coaching panel have developed and are deploying their best strategy to enable us to win... and it don’t include Pruess, and they (our coaches) know a lot more than any on here.

    and we’ll still probably lose, but have given it our best crack.

    some respect

    go Demons.

    Edited by PaulRB

    • Like 4
    8 minutes ago, Rob Mac...... said:

    Is it too late to bring Pruess in right now to counter their trick?

    We’re better with Pruess and Max together anyway. 

    There is still time for a very late change for a player who is sore/injured during the warm-up eg Oscar if he is sore from last week.  It really can't be Petty as it wouldn't be fair to select him and drop him at the last minute.

    The thing is it was just so obvious WCE would bring in Hickey at the last minute.  If Preuss doesn't come in Goodwin has a good reason. 

    If we don't bring in Preuss and WCE tag and work Max over again I hope Goodwin has a very big flack jacket as fans (DL's) will have mega meltdowns be they warranted or not.

    Edited by Lucifer's Hero

    • Thanks 1

    That’s bull. 

    Clubs should not be able to pull a player out for ‘general soreness’ to create a mismatch. People can say Goodwin has had the wool pulled over his eyes, bollocks!

    WCE should get fined the same as a club staying to pull a player in from outside the emergency listed players.

    Surprised we didn’t play Pruess, but that’s not the point!

    • Like 2
    5 hours ago, Josh said:

    It's a bit like watching Collingwood and Carlton, you are thrilled that one has to lose but unfortunately one has to win for that to happen

    Well there is Flux

    14 minutes ago, FireInTheBelly said:

    Was it Hickey at the Saints that always used to towel Maxy up?

    Yep was one of the few ruckmen which would rough him up and at worst break even 


    A tale of 2 teams

    Last year in the prelim, we were on fire, hungry, and playing with nearly a full team (plus we were feared and favoured, which was no doubt helped by the fact that we had recently beaten the Eagles at the same ground). Then we got belted. 

    This year, we are out of form, still fairly unfit, and having to choose from the most depleted list in the league. It doesn't bode well. Arguably we should lose by more as all the factors that were in our favour in the prelim no longer exist. It really could, and should be ugly.

    But is it too much to dream? I love an underdog story. Maybe I'm just fatigued (1 month newborn at home), but this is the exact sort of game good teams can win. It's not impossible. Unlikely, sure, but impossible?

    I've tipped us by 1 point. We CAN do this.

    Go Dees! ??

    Edited by RedButMostlyBlue

    • Like 1

    Dirty move by the Eagles to bring in Hickey late, but what else would anyone expect from that drug den of a club.

    • Like 2
    1 minute ago, GCDee said:

    Yep was one of the few ruckmen which would rough him up and at worst break even 

    I thought that was the case. I recall Hickey being the ruck in the infamous 'straight arm' free kick game where the umps slaughtered Maxy to the point he almost gave up.

    This doesn't bode well.

     

    I agree with Ouch! What the heck is general soreness anyway? They would have known about that well before the game. It amounts to cheating in my view. Typical West Coast *%*#. 

    • Like 1

    Guest
    This topic is now closed to further replies.
    Go to topic listing

    Featured Content

    • PREVIEW: Essendon

      As the focus of the AFL moves exclusively to South Australia for Gather Round, the question is raised as to what are we going to get from the  Melbourne Football Club this weekend? Will it be a repeat of the slop fest of the last three weeks that have seen the team score a measly 174 points and concede 310 or will a return to the City of Churches and the scene where they performed at their best in 2024 act as a wakeup call and bring them out of their early season reverie?  Or will the sleepy Dees treat their fans to a reenactment of their lazy effort from the first Gather Round of two years ago when they allowed the Bombers to trample all over them on a soggy and wet Adelaide Oval? The two examples from above tell us how fickle form can be in football. Last year, a committed group of players turned up in Adelaide with a businesslike mindset. They had a plan, went in confidently and hard for the football and kicked winning scores against both home teams in a difficult environment for visitors. And they repeated that sort of effort later in the season when they played Essendon at the MCG.

      • 0 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • PREGAME: Essendon

      Facing the very real and daunting prospect of starting the season with five straight losses, the Demons head to South Australia for the annual Gather Round, where they’ll take on the Bombers in search of their first win of the year. Who comes in, and who comes out?

        • Like
      • 438 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • NON-MFC: Round 05

      Gather Round is here, kicking off with a Thursday night blockbuster as Adelaide faces Geelong. The Crows will be out for redemption after a controversial loss last week. Saturday starts with the Magpies taking on the Swans. Collingwood will be eager to cement their spot in the top eight, while Sydney is hot on their heels. In the Barossa Valley, two rising sides go head-to-head in a fascinating battle to prove they're the real deal. Later, Carlton and West Coast face off at Adelaide Oval, both desperate to notch their first win of the season. The action then shifts to Norwood, where the undefeated Lions will aim to keep their streak alive against the Bulldogs. Sunday’s games begin in the Barossa with Richmond up against Fremantle. In Norwood, the Saints will be looking to take a scalp when they come up against the Giants. The round concludes with a fiery rematch of last year's semi-final, as the Hawks seek revenge for their narrow loss to Port Adelaide. Who are you tipping this week and what are the best results for the Demons besides us winning?

      • 115 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • CASEY: Geelong

      There was a time in the second quarter of the game at the Cattery on Friday afternoon when the Casey Demons threatened to take the game apart against the Cats. The Demons had been well on top early but were struggling to convert their ascendancy over the ground until Tom Fullarton’s burst of three goals in the space of eight minutes on the way to a five goal haul and his best game for the club since arriving from Brisbane at the end of 2023. He was leading, marking and otherwise giving his opponents a merry dance as Casey grabbed a three goal lead in the blink of an eye. Fullarton has now kicked ten goals in Casey’s three matches and, with Melbourne’s forward conversion woes, he is definitely in with a chance to get his first game with the club in next week’s Gather Round in Adelaide. Despite the tall forward’s efforts - he finished with 19 disposals and eight marks and had four hit outs as back up to Will Verrall in the second half - it wasn’t enough as Geelong reigned in the lead through persistent attacks and eventually clawed their way to the lead early in the last and held it till they achieved the end aim of victory.

      • 0 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • REPORT: Geelong

      I was disappointed to hear Goody say at his post match presser after the team’s 39 point defeat against Geelong that "we're getting high quality entry, just poor execution" because Melbourne’s problems extend far beyond that after its 0 - 4 start to the 2025 football season. There are clearly problems with poor execution, some of which were evident well before the current season and were in play when the Demons met the Cats in early May last year and beat them in a near top-of-the-table clash that saw both sides sitting comfortably in the top four after round eight. Since that game, the Demons’ performances have been positively Third World with only five wins in 19 games with a no longer majestic midfield and a dysfunctional forward line that has become too easy for opposing coaches to counter. This is an area of their game that is currently being played out as if they were all completely panic-stricken.

      • 0 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • NON-MFC: Round 04

      Round 4 kicks off with a blockbuster on Thursday night as traditional rivals Collingwood and Carlton clash at the MCG, with the Magpies looking to assert themselves as early-season contenders and the Blues seeking their first win of the season. Saturday opens with Gold Coast hosting Adelaide, a key test for the Suns as they aim to back up their big win last week, while the Crows will be looking to keep their perfect record intact. Reigning wooden spooners Richmond have the daunting task of facing reigning premiers Brisbane at the ‘G and the Lions will be eager to reaffirm their premiership credentials after a patchy start. Saturday night sees North Melbourne take on Sydney at Marvel Stadium, with the Swans looking to build on their first win of the season last week against a rebuilding Roos outfit. Sunday’s action begins with GWS hosting West Coast at ENGIE Stadium, a game that could get ugly very early for the visitors. Port Adelaide vs St Kilda at Adelaide Oval looms as a interesting clash, with both clubs form being very hard to read. The round wraps up with Fremantle taking on the Western Bulldogs at Optus Stadium in what could be a fierce contest between two sides with top-eight ambitions. Who are you tipping this week and what are the best results for the Demons besides us winning?

        • Shocked
        • Like
      • 273 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland
    View All