Jump to content

CHANGES: Rd 21 v Collingwood

Dee Zephyr
in Melbourne Demons

Featured Replies

Last week I predicted a 30 point loss. This week I say with a good coaching performance and a confident bunch of players we can have a win. 

    • Love 1
     
    1 hour ago, Demonland said:

    Big Cox Out

     

    In the world of what ifs..... imagine if the Weed had been having a reasonable season and he hadn't signed an extension.

    His manager may have been proved right

     

    Only two players in contention for inclusion this week and both must play if fit.

    1 ) Marty Hore - what a disgrace that he was left to play VFL last week.

    2) May - Obviously depends on him passing his fitness test.

    Out: Lever (if injured, but I suspect that he will just be heavily strapped and will be good to go)

    O.Mac - if the coach wants to omit Preuss instead, then O.Mac has to play forward and back-up ruck if that is the case. 

    C.Wagner - only left out if Lever is fit.

    Shock move: I liked how Goody sent Hunt back last week to combat the pacey Tiger smalls and I think this week it's time we tried to get Salem more involved with offense and play him in the mids with job of tagging Sidebottom. 

    B: Hunt May Hore

    HF: Jones Lever Hibberd

    C Baker Brayshaw Salem

    HF: Melky Petty Fritsch

    F: Petracca Lewis Harmes

    Ru: Gawn Oliver Viney

    Int: Frost (def), JKH (mid), Dunkley (fwd),  Preuss or O.Mac (ruck/fwd)

    • Like 1

    Play Stretch for every match to see how bad he really is.

    • Haha 1
    • Shocked 1

    9 hours ago, dpositive said:

    Play Stretch for every match to see how bad he really is.

    d+ If you close your eyes and imagine he is playing he will have the same impact. I would rather we went experimental, May and OMac forward with Viney as small forward, Preuss to the backline with Oliver , Gus and Salem on the ball. No tanking here just an in season experiment.

    We have to play Hore, Petty, Baker, Dunkley and Preuss. They will definitely be at the club next year and need a run of games.

    If Lever plays, May stays down back. These two plus Jetta and Hibberd need to play alongside each other to develop the connection that has been missing so much.

    Omac. I passionately defended him about 2 years ago here on DL, saying wait until he has developed to 70 games. I waited. His development has taken a massive step back this year. No more games but keep unless another tall back develops.

    Long term, I am not hugely impressed by the Wagner boys, so don't mind if they are dropped.

    And I actually think we a real good chance against the June premiers Collingwood. 

    • Like 2
    21 minutes ago, Maldonboy38 said:

    We have to play Hore, Petty, Baker, Dunkley and Preuss. They will definitely be at the club next year and need a run of games.

    If Lever plays, May stays down back. These two plus Jetta and Hibberd need to play alongside each other to develop the connection that has been missing so much.

    Omac. I passionately defended him about 2 years ago here on DL, saying wait until he has developed to 70 games. I waited. His development has taken a massive step back this year. No more games but keep unless another tall back develops.

    Long term, I am not hugely impressed by the Wagner boys, so don't mind if they are dropped.

    And I actually think we a real good chance against the June premiers Collingwood. 

    Good rationale. ..re players.

    I fear it's  another Melbourne  2/3 - 3/4 worth of game coming  up.  Unlike us.. they'll  come  to play and refine ahead of finals. 

    • Like 1
     
    23 hours ago, Demonland said:

    Big Cox Out

     

    You can get locked up for that.

    Someone had to go there...

    34 minutes ago, In Harmes Way said:

    You can get locked up for that.

    Someone had to go there...

    Reminded me of one of my favourite Greg Champion songs (an underrated musical treasure)

     

     

    • Thanks 1

    so Cox pulled out coz he got something in his eye?

    soft Cox. grab a tissue and get on with it

    1 hour ago, DubDee said:

    so Cox pulled out coz he got something in his eye?

    soft Cox. grab a tissue and get on with it

    What a careless thing to say.

    On 8/4/2019 at 10:11 AM, Deemania since 56 said:

    OMac must be dropped for this game - too unable to contest the ball against an opponent, shirks the issues, reliant of chasing whilst getting further and further behind the spoiling zone, creates significant gaps in the backline arriving to the contest after the ball has been marked or delivered by hand and/or foot. 

    Yeh, the gate to the members lounge did not work ....is that Omac's fault too !!

    3 hours ago, Maldonboy38 said:

    We have to play Hore, Petty, Baker, Dunkley and Preuss. They will definitely be at the club next year and need a run of games.

    If Lever plays, May stays down back. These two plus Jetta and Hibberd need to play alongside each other to develop the connection that has been missing so much.

    Omac. I passionately defended him about 2 years ago here on DL, saying wait until he has developed to 70 games. I waited. His development has taken a massive step back this year. No more games but keep unless another tall back develops.

    Long term, I am not hugely impressed by the Wagner boys, so don't mind if they are dropped.

    And I actually think we a real good chance against the June premiers Collingwood. 

    Jetta wont be there for the rest of the year.

    Sounds like May will be back, not convinced by the Lever info though going on previous fitness tests.

    Injury update: May set to return

    I notice they also slipped in a line about Weideman having hip surgery, and not just one operation by the sound of it. Did I miss that previously or is that news to others as well?


    On 8/5/2019 at 12:48 PM, monoccular said:

    Mmmm .. maybe Preuss to follow Cox wherever he goes (assuming he plays - isn't he under some sort of injury cloud?) ..... meaningless game so experiment time.

    Too true.  Petty is just starting to show he is learning as a forward: why not leave him there?

     

    On 8/5/2019 at 4:04 PM, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    Preuss’s stocks with respect to playing this week just plummeted.

    I guess that could mean - Cox out, Preuss out.

    Who would be Colonwood's back up ruckman?

    32 minutes ago, Lord Nev said:

    Sounds like May will be back, not convinced by the Lever info though going on previous fitness tests.

    Injury update: May set to return

    I notice they also slipped in a line about Weideman having hip surgery, and not just one operation by the sound of it. Did I miss that previously or is that news to others as well?

    Mid year he missed a couple of weeks and their were rumours he needed hip ops. First I've heard of it since though. Broken jaw may be a blessing in disguise if they were waiting to do them.

    7 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

    Mid year he missed a couple of weeks and their were rumours he needed hip ops. First I've heard of it since though. Broken jaw may be a blessing in disguise if they were waiting to do them.

    Yeah, he had the injury then but I think avoided surgery at the time, but I seem to recall him having hip surgery in his first or second offseason?

    5 hours ago, Lord Nev said:

    I notice they also slipped in a line about Weideman having hip surgery, and not just one operation by the sound of it. Did I miss that previously or is that news to others as well?

     

    4 hours ago, DeeSpencer said:

    Mid year he missed a couple of weeks and their were rumours he needed hip ops. First I've heard of it since though. Broken jaw may be a blessing in disguise if they were waiting to do them.

     

    4 hours ago, Lord Nev said:

    Yeah, he had the injury then but I think avoided surgery at the time, but I seem to recall him having hip surgery in his first or second offseason?

    Interesting, I remember seeing somewhere they said he shouldn't miss too much preseason.

    Thought that strange if it was only a broken jaw...


    I had been promoting the idea of retaining Preuss purely for the extra support he gives Max in the ruck. However, the weather forecast for Saturday which inlcudes a 95% chance of showers, between 8-15 mm of rain, a chance of thunderstorms, possible hail and snow down to Preuss's eyebrows suggests it might not be the conditions in which to play him. Cox being out also reduces the need for a giant second ruckman. But, if T Smith isn't available and with our other nominal KPFs already out injured, who could give Max the 5 minute break he needs each quarter if Preuss doesn't play? It hasn't worked before, but do we turn to Frost (which coincidentally seems a weather appropriate name)?  

    • Like 2

    Can't use injuries as an excuse this week:

    Collingwood missing 9 of their best 22:

    De Goey, Stevenson, Beams, Langdon, Sier, Cox, Moore, Aish and Wells (who will return for finals).

    Or will the apologists still blame the interrupted pre season, 21 weeks later?

    • Like 1
    14 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    Can't use injuries as an excuse this week:

    Collingwood missing 9 of their best 22:

    De Goey, Stevenson, Beams, Langdon, Sier, Cox, Moore, Aish and Wells (who will return for finals).

    Or will the apologists still blame the interrupted pre season, 21 weeks later?

    As a whole I agree, but you're including Sier as a best 22 player? He couldn't get a game until they had an injury 'crisis'. 

    • Like 1
     
    1 hour ago, ArtificialWisdom said:

    As a whole I agree, but you're including Sier as a best 22 player? He couldn't get a game until they had an injury 'crisis'. 

    Agree in that he didn't get a game in the early rounds when they were up and about. Beams probably took his place.

    However, he had an interrupted pre season and was a part of their grand final side last year, so he's certainly in the best 22-26 mix for Collingwood.

    I'll spew if OMac and Preuss play. Hore and May are certainties if fit. unbelievable decision not to play Hore last week - i have little faith in the selection process.


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

    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.

        • Haha
      • 36 replies
      Demonland

    • 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). 

      • 2 replies
      Demonland

    • 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.

      • 0 replies
      Demonland

    • 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?

        • Haha
      • 110 replies
      Demonland

    • 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
        • Like
      • 32 replies
      Demonland

    • 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?

        • Like
      • 252 replies
      Demonland
    View All