Jump to content
View in the app

A better way to browse. Learn more.
Demonland

A full-screen app on your home screen with push notifications, badges and more.

To install this app on iOS and iPadOS
  1. Tap the Share icon in Safari
  2. Scroll the menu and tap Add to Home Screen.
  3. Tap Add in the top-right corner.
To install this app on Android
  1. Tap the 3-dot menu (⋮) in the top-right corner of the browser.
  2. Tap Add to Home screen or Install app.
  3. Confirm by tapping Install.

Pruess Knee Injury (8-10 Weeks)

Mickey
in Melbourne Demons

Featured Replies

Jackson to debut round 1 and become the league’s premier ruckman in his first year, signing a 25 year deal by years end.

  • Quote
    • Like 2
    • Haha 3
     
    46 minutes ago, Beetle said:

    Jackson to debut round 1 and become the league’s premier ruckman in his first year, signing a 25 year deal by years end.

    Has anyone ever done the rising star/brownlow/norm Smith trifecta?

  • Quote
    • Like 1

    Preuss has worked his [censored] off and completely changed his body shape to give himself the absolute best shot at being a regular at senior AFL level.

    How typical of our (MFC) luck does this sort of thing happen........

    I know its not the end of our season, but seriously.... GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

     

     

  • Quote
    • Like 6
     

    MFCSS FCS

    Seriously cursed. 
    Thanks Dr Don Duffy - the curse of Norm Smith raises its ugly head again.  

  • Quote
    • Like 1

    2 hours ago, Damo said:

    8-10 for Pruess will mean he isnt right this year. probably look a million dollars 1st November for Pre-season.

    I think he'll stay quite fit off legs for a while,  and then work hard doing a mini preseason...  maybe even another trip to the USA.?

    I would If I was him, as he is dipping his toe,  into a widening pond below.

  • Quote
    1 hour ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

    Has anyone ever done the rising star/brownlow/norm Smith trifecta?

    We’re about to find out.

  • Quote
    • Haha 1
     
    2 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    Great. 2 Ruckman with dodgy knees

    Marvellous news...

    It is not a dodgy knee, it was an injury sustained at training, I thought he had been kicked in the leg, as there was a tangle of legs

    You really do need to lighten up, it's footy, contact injuries happen

  • Quote
    • Like 5

    Luke Jackson  is not only going to be pushed into playing   as early as round 1, he could possibly be more involved in sharing the ruck responsibilities with Max assuming that Maxy might not be quite 100%.

    As young as  Luke is, he   will have to grow up very quickly and I have the feeling that he will meet the challenge.

    Hopefully Max is right to go by then. 

     

     

  • Quote
    • Like 1
    1 hour ago, Satyriconhome said:

    It is not a dodgy knee, it was an injury sustained at training, I thought he had been kicked in the leg, as there was a tangle of legs

    You really do need to lighten up, it's footy, contact injuries happen

    Yes Max injured his knee at training. Now it is suspect 

    that is called a dodgy knee until it isn’t. 

  • Quote

    If we're talking the next couple of weeks then  a little tap work from Tyson Fury  plus odd chop out from Deontay Wilder should do the trick.

  • Quote

    Well we drafted LJ and have the midseason draft to bring in a depth ruckmen if needed.

    Not worried about this injury,   bad luck for Preuss though.

  • Quote

    Just when I thought all hope was lost, my long-standing Sam Baulderstone campaign is given a fresh breath of life.

    While right on the verge, Max Gawn was last year cruelly robbed of becoming the tallest ever AFL captain with the promotion of Jarrod Witts to co-lead that sham Gold Coast Sun franchise. Pruess's off-season slim-down has meanwhile seen him fall out of contention for the AFL's chunkiest player accolade.

    Why not right these obvious wrongs by recruiting what would be the fattest ever human being to later play top-flight Australian football, a record unlikely to ever be eclipsed? Forget the supposedly feel-good story that is Bennell, preternaturally skilled beyond we couch-dwelling mortals with crushed MCG dreams - this would be literally huge.  

    Beyond that, there's also a decent football case to be made. Runner-up in the Redlegs best-and-fairest last year, ahead of all of Alex Georgiou, Lewis Johnstone, Dom Barry, Michael Talia and Mitch Grigg - all of who you may note were given their chance on an AFL list. Was also named as the SANFL's 22nd best player last season, after averaging a huge 37 hit-outs per game. 

    Seriously, big-bodied mature tap specialist who can genuinely kick and comes for free as a pres-season sup for a few games coverage. 

     image.jpeg.1f21d0a8a14af63c3c6b8c819d71803c.jpeg

  • Quote
    • Haha 1
    • Shocked 1

    8-10 weeks probably means the first 4 weeks of teh year.. its not ideal, but its not the end of the world. What we have to be clear of now is if Max isnt 100% for R1 then there is no way in hell he should play. Would love to win R1 but would rather not risk any kety players over in the west.

    Use Brown, Use Weid, Use Petty if we have to. 

  • Quote

    ..

    Edited by TheoX

  • Quote
    13 hours ago, Soidee said:

    Add Dunkley to the list. Just saw him in a moon boot. ?

    Might explain that mystery. 

  • Quote

    Max is back running and in amazing nick.  will get a practice game or two in and dominate.

    Pruess is not best 22 so unless Max gets injured again I see no major issue here. just lost  a back-up ruck for the first few rounds

  • Quote

    3 hours ago, Skuit said:

    Just when I thought all hope was lost, my long-standing Sam Baulderstone campaign is given a fresh breath of life.

    Why not right these obvious wrongs by recruiting what would be the fattest ever human being to later play top-flight Australian football, a record unlikely to ever be eclipsed? Forget the supposedly feel-good story that is Bennell, preternaturally skilled beyond we couch-dwelling mortals with crushed MCG dreams - this would be literally huge.  

    Beyond that, there's also a decent football case to be made. Runner-up in the Redlegs best-and-fairest last year, ahead of all of Alex Georgiou, Lewis Johnstone, Dom Barry, Michael Talia and Mitch Grigg - all of who you may note were given their chance on an AFL list. Was also named as the SANFL's 22nd best player last season, after averaging a huge 37 hit-outs per game. 

    Seriously, big-bodied mature tap specialist who can genuinely kick and comes for free as a pres-season sup for a few games coverage. 

     image.jpeg.1f21d0a8a14af63c3c6b8c819d71803c.jpeg

    I think Mick Nolan with a playing weight of 135 kg would give Sam a run for his money. 
     

     

    36420CD6-0814-42E3-A59B-DBB3D157DA4D.jpeg

  • Quote

    Maybe it’s years of disappointment we have endured but I have a sick feeling in my gut about this season and slowly but surely the injury list continues to grow. 

  • Quote
    15 hours ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

    Has anyone ever done the rising star/brownlow/norm Smith trifecta?

    Or the quadrella, throwing in the Coleman?

    5 hours ago, TheoX said:

    ..

    So succinctly stated TheoX

  • Quote
    • Like 1
     
    20 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

    Great. 2 Ruckman with dodgy knees

    Marvellous news...

    One ruck that ain’t a second ruck.  Preuss is so slow defensively, that he is a liability in the modern game.

    Now returning from a knee mid-year, even the simpletons must doubt any impact in 2020.

    Preuss is a first ruck or nothing.

     

    Should have been traded out, injury or no injury.

     

  • Quote
    7 hours ago, FarNorthernD said:

    I think Mick Nolan with a playing weight of 135 kg would give Sam a run for his money. 
     

     

    36420CD6-0814-42E3-A59B-DBB3D157DA4D.jpeg

    Baulderstone at peak fatness weighed more than Langdon and Lockhart combined.  

  • Quote
    • Haha 1

    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...
    Go to topic listing

    Featured Content

    • Welcome to Demonland: Steven King

      The Melbourne Football Club has selected a new coach for the 2026 season appointing Geelong Football Club assistant coach Steven King to the head role.

        • Clap
        • Haha
        • Like
      • 573 replies
      Demonland

    • AFLW PREVIEW: Port Adelaide

      The undefeated Demons venture across the continent to the spiritual home of the Port Adelaide Football Club on Saturday afternoon for the inaugural match for premiership points between these long-historied clubs. Alberton Oval will however, be a ground familiar to our players following a practice match there last year. We lost both the game and Liv Purcell, who missed 7 home and away matches after suffering facial fractures in the dying moments of the game.

      • 1 reply
      Demonland

    • AFLW REPORT: Richmond

      A glorious sunny afternoon with a typically strong Casey Fields breeze favouring the city end greeted this round four clash of the undefeated Narrm against the winless Tigers. Pre-match, the teams entered the ground through the Deearmy’s inclusive banner—"Narrm Football Weaving Communities Together and then Warumungu/Yawuru woman and Fox Boundary Rider, Megan Waters, gave the official acknowledgement of country. Any concerns that Collingwood’s strategy of last week to discombobulate the Dees would be replicated by Ryan Ferguson and his Tigers evaporated in the second quarter when Richmond failed to use the wind advantage and Narrm scored three unanswered goals. 

      • 4 replies
      Demonland

    • CASEY: Frankston

      The late-season run of Casey wins was broken in their first semifinal against Frankston in a heartbreaking end at Kinetic Stadium on Saturday night that in many respects reflected their entire season. When they were bad, they committed all of the football transgressions, including poor disposal, indiscipline, an inability to exert pressure, and some terrible decision-making, as exemplified by the period in the game when they conceded nine unanswered goals from early in the second quarter until halfway through the third term. You rarely win when you do this.

      • 0 replies
      Demonland

    • AFLW PREVIEW: Richmond

      Round four kicks off early Saturday afternoon at Casey Fields, as the mighty Narrm host the winless Richmond Tigers in the second week of Indigenous Round celebrations. With ideal footy conditions forecast—20 degrees, overcast skies, and a gentle breeze — expect a fast-paced contest. Narrm enters with momentum and a dangerous forward line, while Richmond is still searching for its first win. With key injuries on both sides and pride on the line, this clash promises plenty.

      • 3 replies
      Demonland

    • AFLW REPORT: Collingwood

      Expectations of a comfortable win for Narrm at Victoria Park quickly evaporated as the match turned into a tense nail-biter. After a confident start by the Demons, the Pies piled on pressure and forced red and blue supporters to hold their collective breath until after the final siren. In a frenetic, physical contest, it was Captain Kate’s clutch last quarter goal and a missed shot from Collingwood’s Grace Campbell after the siren which sealed a thrilling 4-point win. Finally, Narrm supporters could breathe easy.

      • 2 replies
      Demonland
    View All

    Configure browser push notifications
    Chrome (Android)
    1. Tap the lock icon next to the address bar.
    2. Tap Permissions → Notifications.
    3. Adjust your preference.
    Chrome (Desktop)
    1. Click the padlock icon in the address bar.
    2. Select Site settings.
    3. Find Notifications and adjust your preference.