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THE TEAM STRUCTURE


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BACKLINE

B: ? , MAY, ? 

HB: ?, ? , ?

 

We have major problems down back the only consistent player we have is May.

Jetta is finished and his replacement in Lockhart plays like a VFL player.

Lever has been a disaster it teaches you to never give big bucks to a player that plays like a poor man's Jason Cloke.

Salem has been disappointing hasn't improved at all maybe a spot on the wing or half forward can rejuvenate him.

O.McDonald is a spud he can play a handful of good games but when he's bad he's awful, Smith is developing can't expect too much from him.

Hibberd has been good but he only has 1 year max left in him and his replacement in Rivers is developing.

 

CENTRE LINE

C : LANGDON, PETRACCA, ?

FOLL: GAWN, ? , VINEY

 

Our major problem in the midfield is our kicking skills no one can hit a target.

Langdon has been a good pick up even though his skills are sub par can't blame the Dees for picking him up.

Petracca is the only one stepping up we have 2 of the top 5 players in the league in him and Gawn just shows how bad the rest of the team is when we are 14th on the ladder.

Tomlinson has been a disaster he was poor at GWS and he has been poor here an absolute recruiting blunder.

Gawn has been out of form the last 2 weeks but I'm sure he can back to the form that makes him one of the top 5 players in the league.

I don't think we can have Oliver and Viney in the same team I'd prefer Viney because he can barely kick but Oliver can't kick at all trade him while he's worth something before his trade worth is very little like Brayshaw.

 

FORWARD LINE

HF: BENNELL, ?, ?

F: ?, ?, FRITSCH

 

Our forward line is our biggest problem we have no key talls, Jackson is developing can't expect too much from him, T.McDonald has been a disaster play him down back or not at all, and Weideman is an enigma don't know what to expect from him.

Bennell is the class we need even though he's not fit enough ATM.

Pickett is developing so can't expect too much from him.

I'm not sure of Melksham he's a great kick but he goes missing too often.

I'm a fan of Fritsch he wasn't great against Port but he's our leading goal kicker and has a lot more to give.

 

INTERCHANGE

?, ?, ?, ?

 

Vandenberg is the only viable option on the bench and maybe Melksham the rest aren't up to AFL standard.

Harmes and Brayshaw have lost the plot.

Sparrow and Jordon are developing.

The rest are VFL players.

 

So we only have 7 to 9 good AFL players the rest are developing or they are a joke, so if you think I'm unhappy about the way the club is going especially Jason Taylor's spot you would be right. The club has to put most of the players on the trade table and start again.

 

 

 

 

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Great idea for review, perhaps not best done after the years worst performance, as Thursday night I don’t think I would have picked more than 2-3 players!!

Backline - no backline would have held up against how easily the ball was brought in on Thursday. 
Back six:

Definite: May, Lever, Hibberd, Salem

Structural: OMac (Thursday night aside, backline is definitely more settled and structured when he plays)

Developing: Lockhart, Rivers, Smith

At moment I’d stick with Lockhart

Middle:
Wing: Langdon Not sure about other side maybe VDB for aggression

Tagger: Harmes just put him on oppositions best mid, he had a great season doing this, let him play the role. When guy he is tagging goes off ground so does Harmes

Centre/Rover: Petracca/Oliver/Viney/Brayshaw with each of Petracca/Oliver/Viney/Brayshaw rotating in Forward Pocket/Flank

Ruck: Max supported by Jackson
Forwards

Weideman just give him the rest of the season at FF

Jackson Plays rest of season / 2-3 game breaks replaced by TMac role of Forward/Ruck

Melksham / Bennell highly skilled

Petracca/Oliver/ Viney/ Brayshaw share forward role

Pickett  rest of season, this week off and two other rest breaks Spargo to backup

Bench: Rivers, Brayshaw, Smith, possibly Tomlinson 

 

 

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Just now, ArtificialWisdom said:

Just out of curiosity, @WERRIDEE how would you define "Team Structure". You've called the thread "The Team Structure" then commented on the quality of individual players broken into forward, back, midfield and interchange.... 

What would you call it then?

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1 minute ago, WERRIDEE said:

What would you call it then?

I'm not trying to be a smartarse (maybe a little). But I would describe team structure as the roles and their purpose within our 22. In theory you should be able to write up our whole structure and what each role entails without mentioning a single player name. Different teams have different collections of roles and it is a very fair discussion to have that our structure is not working well enough and needs to change. But I would describe this thread as a rebranding of "Our Best 22" without that title because you're disappointed (and rightfully so) with player performances on Thursday

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While we are on team structure, how on earth have we had pretty much all of last year, all pre season to get the right structure and team balance, and yet here we are again talking about the same problem.

Its like when we went in with the one key forward at the start of the year with TMac and left Weideman. Blind Freddy could tell it was a recipe for disaster. Every single supporter but the coaches could see it was never going to work. ?‍♂️

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2 hours ago, WERRIDEE said:

BACKLINE

B: ? , MAY, ? 

HB: ?, ? , ?

 

We have major problems down back the only consistent player we have is May.

Jetta is finished and his replacement in Lockhart plays like a VFL player.

Lever has been a disaster it teaches you to never give big bucks to a player that plays like a poor man's Jason Cloke.

Salem has been disappointing hasn't improved at all maybe a spot on the wing or half forward can rejuvenate him.

O.McDonald is a spud he can play a handful of good games but when he's bad he's awful, Smith is developing can't expect too much from him.

Hibberd has been good but he only has 1 year max left in him and his replacement in Rivers is developing.

 

CENTRE LINE

C : LANGDON, PETRACCA, ?

FOLL: GAWN, ? , VINEY

 

Our major problem in the midfield is our kicking skills no one can hit a target.

Langdon has been a good pick up even though his skills are sub par can't blame the Dees for picking him up.

Petracca is the only one stepping up we have 2 of the top 5 players in the league in him and Gawn just shows how bad the rest of the team is when we are 14th on the ladder.

Tomlinson has been a disaster he was poor at GWS and he has been poor here an absolute recruiting blunder.

Gawn has been out of form the last 2 weeks but I'm sure he can back to the form that makes him one of the top 5 players in the league.

I don't think we can have Oliver and Viney in the same team I'd prefer Viney because he can barely kick but Oliver can't kick at all trade him while he's worth something before his trade worth is very little like Brayshaw.

 

FORWARD LINE

HF: BENNELL, ?, ?

F: ?, ?, FRITSCH

 

Our forward line is our biggest problem we have no key talls, Jackson is developing can't expect too much from him, T.McDonald has been a disaster play him down back or not at all, and Weideman is an enigma don't know what to expect from him.

Bennell is the class we need even though he's not fit enough ATM.

Pickett is developing so can't expect too much from him.

I'm not sure of Melksham he's a great kick but he goes missing too often.

I'm a fan of Fritsch he wasn't great against Port but he's our leading goal kicker and has a lot more to give.

 

INTERCHANGE

?, ?, ?, ?

 

Vandenberg is the only viable option on the bench and maybe Melksham the rest aren't up to AFL standard.

Harmes and Brayshaw have lost the plot.

Sparrow and Jordon are developing.

The rest are VFL players.

 

So we only have 7 to 9 good AFL players the rest are developing or they are a joke, so if you think I'm unhappy about the way the club is going especially Jason Taylor's spot you would be right. The club has to put most of the players on the trade table and start again.

 

 

 

 

Agree on Lever, called it a while ago about the Cloke similarity. His build or lack of development speaks to his style of play. It takes less courage to just punch the ball rather than put your body on the line and try and mark. Did you see him when he was totally clear and fisted to the boundary. In school footy you woulda got called out for not having a go. I was an average footy player who never thought I could make VFL but if someone had told me to spend my whole junior footy career just punching the ball, I had grown to Levers height and could point a bit, who knows.

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The issue I have with structure is at selection.
We finally played two talls, played good footy, then this week we played three.
if goody doesn’t know his game plan with required structures....then there is no guessing why the players look like deer in the headlights. ? ? 

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completely disagree re yr assessment of lever; he's no more or less a failure as a recruit as may

backline is set to be built around may, lever, lockhart and salem with other spots up for grabs - at the moment hibberd and o mac are the incumbents, but i'm hoping that rivers and perhaps petty can take those roles

your assessment of oliver is absurd; he's clearly one of our best midfield players in a long, long time

our core inside trio should be gawn, oliver, and petracca - we need viney to be a part of that make-up as when he's firing he's excellent, but we definitely need someone with the ability to break away from packs and kick with accuracy from the centre square make-up; trac is arguably that role, but he seems to prefer dinky little handballs in the telephone box too often as well

langdon is obviously one wingman and there's a yawning gap to fill on the other side; i have completely convinced myself that brayshaw for polec makes sense, but given that that is unlikely then perhaps it will be someone that we recruit in that not too distant future

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38 minutes ago, whatwhatsaywhat said:

completely disagree re yr assessment of lever; he's no more or less a failure as a recruit as may

backline is set to be built around may, lever, lockhart and salem with other spots up for grabs - at the moment hibberd and o mac are the incumbents, but i'm hoping that rivers and perhaps petty can take those roles

your assessment of oliver is absurd; he's clearly one of our best midfield players in a long, long time

our core inside trio should be gawn, oliver, and petracca - we need viney to be a part of that make-up as when he's firing he's excellent, but we definitely need someone with the ability to break away from packs and kick with accuracy from the centre square make-up; trac is arguably that role, but he seems to prefer dinky little handballs in the telephone box too often as well

langdon is obviously one wingman and there's a yawning gap to fill on the other side; i have completely convinced myself that brayshaw for polec makes sense, but given that that is unlikely then perhaps it will be someone that we recruit in that not too distant future

Why don't they try Salem on the wing and Rivers down back?

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I agree with a lot of what you have to say but don't blame too many players.  The coaching has to take most of the heat as they are the ones in command.

Does Goodwin know before the game how bad we are going to be on the day?  Does he sense the mood?  Does he get them up for the challenge?  What does he do when they realise we have not come prepared?  Does he have another strategy when the current one is failing badly?

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TMac looks done, but it's obvious to me why we played him Thursday,. We have Weid who is still not reliable and Jackson who's a first year player, if they're both off then who do you play through. It was a gamble, it didn't work, but I see why it was tried.

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On 8/1/2020 at 3:02 AM, whatwhatsaywhat said:

no idea

i guess they like salem behind the ball as the set-up man

My guess would be they don’t think he has the leg speed of tank for a wing role, which I would agree with. 

Structure wise I echo thoughts of others that this scathing analysis came after our worst loss and not after one of our wins or close loss to Brisbane, therefor it’s been looked at our worst and not at our best. 

I wasn’t against the trial of three tall forwards but you could strongly argue that doing it against the top team was extremely poor timing. In any case I feel that it has been proven to be the wrong approach. Up forward for the rest of the year I think we should be using Weid at FF and Jackson as a roaming HF/ruck, looking towards them building cohesion together. TMac looks done to me, so if there needs to be changing in personnel than I’d give Brown a crack. For me our forward line looks something like this:

HF Melksham/Hannan Jackson Bennell/AvB

F Fritch Weid Pickett

Defence I think you’re being extremely harsh, against Brisbane it held up very well and against Port it had to endure an onslaught of easy balls coming into the 50. I feel like our biggest quandary comes with Nev clearly starting to lose his legs. Lockhart is doing ok for a young player but like many other Melbourne players has very suspect disposal. But our structure has look 100x better since OMac’s return and anyone that doesn’t see that has blinkers on that can only see Oscar as a liability. He’s not a world beater but he is a solid defender that is surrounded by May (who is playing well) and Lever (who until Port was starting to look a lot more like what we got him for. Hibberd had been getting back into form but like others looked awful vs Port. For me our back line looks something like this:

HB Salem Lever  Hibberd
B Lockhart/Nev May Oscar

Rivers and Smith provide development in the background, Harmes is going back there but I don’t think that’s his long term position. 

I won’t go deeply into the centre, I think we know who generally goes in there and most of the time they win the ball. It’s just some god awful disposal that hurts us. 

Thursday was a disgraceful night, we have Adelaide and North coming up to try to turn things around. It’s now or never. 

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On 8/1/2020 at 11:06 AM, Half forward flank said:

Agree on Lever, called it a while ago about the Cloke similarity. His build or lack of development speaks to his style of play. It takes less courage to just punch the ball rather than put your body on the line and try and mark. Did you see him when he was totally clear and fisted to the boundary. In school footy you woulda got called out for not having a go. I was an average footy player who never thought I could make VFL but if someone had told me to spend my whole junior footy career just punching the ball, I had grown to Levers height and could point a bit, who knows.

I was taken aback that he punched it rather than mark it - he was the only player going for the ball - a bad look.

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I don’t think TMac is done yet. He played like he was sore last week. If that’s the case, or unless he did something very early in the game, he shouldn’t have played.

I reckon Weideman is the most overrated player on the list.  He has had several pre-seasons now to bulk up his upper body and strengthen his grip but clearly that hasn’t happened.  He gets pushed off the ball and out of position way too easily. He is not physically strong enough to successfully compete with some of the competitions key defenders.  Harry Petty has more upside.
 

 I notice some guys potting young Jackson. He is going to be very good once he properly adjusts to the tempo of the game and grows in confidence. I would keep banging the games in to him.
 

Oliver pizzes me off with those in close handballs.  Rather than handball, I’d prefer to see him just kick the ball, even blindly.  Just slam it on the boot. At least that gives us some chance of getting the footy. Those cute little handballs mostly impose more unnecessary pressure upon team mates.  Further, he needs a spell out of the midfield. Throw him down forward for half a game.  There is no doubting his ball winning ability but that’s all for nought if the subsequent disposal is sh1te.

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On 8/1/2020 at 8:58 AM, WERRIDEE said:

BACKLINE

B: ? , MAY, ? 

HB: ?, ? , ?

 

We have major problems down back the only consistent player we have is May.

Jetta is finished and his replacement in Lockhart plays like a VFL player.

Lever has been a disaster it teaches you to never give big bucks to a player that plays like a poor man's Jason Cloke.

Salem has been disappointing hasn't improved at all maybe a spot on the wing or half forward can rejuvenate him.

O.McDonald is a spud he can play a handful of good games but when he's bad he's awful, Smith is developing can't expect too much from him.

Hibberd has been good but he only has 1 year max left in him and his replacement in Rivers is developing.

 

CENTRE LINE

C : LANGDON, PETRACCA, ?

FOLL: GAWN, ? , VINEY

 

Our major problem in the midfield is our kicking skills no one can hit a target.

Langdon has been a good pick up even though his skills are sub par can't blame the Dees for picking him up.

Petracca is the only one stepping up we have 2 of the top 5 players in the league in him and Gawn just shows how bad the rest of the team is when we are 14th on the ladder.

Tomlinson has been a disaster he was poor at GWS and he has been poor here an absolute recruiting blunder.

Gawn has been out of form the last 2 weeks but I'm sure he can back to the form that makes him one of the top 5 players in the league.

I don't think we can have Oliver and Viney in the same team I'd prefer Viney because he can barely kick but Oliver can't kick at all trade him while he's worth something before his trade worth is very little like Brayshaw.

 

FORWARD LINE

HF: BENNELL, ?, ?

F: ?, ?, FRITSCH

 

Our forward line is our biggest problem we have no key talls, Jackson is developing can't expect too much from him, T.McDonald has been a disaster play him down back or not at all, and Weideman is an enigma don't know what to expect from him.

Bennell is the class we need even though he's not fit enough ATM.

Pickett is developing so can't expect too much from him.

I'm not sure of Melksham he's a great kick but he goes missing too often.

I'm a fan of Fritsch he wasn't great against Port but he's our leading goal kicker and has a lot more to give.

 

INTERCHANGE

?, ?, ?, ?

 

Vandenberg is the only viable option on the bench and maybe Melksham the rest aren't up to AFL standard.

Harmes and Brayshaw have lost the plot.

Sparrow and Jordon are developing.

The rest are VFL players.

 

So we only have 7 to 9 good AFL players the rest are developing or they are a joke, so if you think I'm unhappy about the way the club is going especially Jason Taylor's spot you would be right. The club has to put most of the players on the trade table and start again.

 

 

 

 

Complete overreaction 

Same as your disrespect for Garry  Lyon.

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On 8/1/2020 at 11:18 AM, Gunna’s said:

The issue I have with structure is at selection.
We finally played two talls, played good footy, then this week we played three.
if goody doesn’t know his game plan with required structures....then there is no guessing why the players look like deer in the headlights. ? ? 

In the space of 7 games since the restart, we have played with 1 tall, 2 talls and now 3 talls, which does give the impression goodwin is just throwing darts and hoping something works at this stage.

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10 hours ago, Pates said:

My guess would be they don’t think he has the leg speed of tank for a wing role, which I would agree with. 

Structure wise I echo thoughts of others that this scathing analysis came after our worst loss and not after one of our wins or close loss to Brisbane, therefor it’s been looked at our worst and not at our best. 

I wasn’t against the trial of three tall forwards but you could strongly argue that doing it against the top team was extremely poor timing. In any case I feel that it has been proven to be the wrong approach. Up forward for the rest of the year I think we should be using Weid at FF and Jackson as a roaming HF/ruck, looking towards them building cohesion together. TMac looks done to me, so if there needs to be changing in personnel than I’d give Brown a crack. For me our forward line looks something like this:

HF Melksham/Hannan Jackson Bennell/AvB

F Fritch Weid Pickett

Defence I think you’re being extremely harsh, against Brisbane it held up very well and against Port it had to endure an onslaught of easy balls coming into the 50. I feel like our biggest quandary comes with Nev clearly starting to lose his legs. Lockhart is doing ok for a young player but like many other Melbourne players has very suspect disposal. But our structure has look 100x better since OMac’s return and anyone that doesn’t see that has blinkers on that can only see Oscar as a liability. He’s not a world beater but he is a solid defender that is surrounded by May (who is playing well) and Lever (who until Port was starting to look a lot more like what we got him for. Hibberd had been getting back into form but like others looked awful vs Port. For me our back line looks something like this:

HB Salem Lever  Hibberd
B Lockhart/Nev May Oscar

Rivers and Smith provide development in the background, Harmes is going back there but I don’t think that’s his long term position. 

I won’t go deeply into the centre, I think we know who generally goes in there and most of the time they win the ball. It’s just some god awful disposal that hurts us. 

Thursday was a disgraceful night, we have Adelaide and North coming up to try to turn things around. It’s now or never. 

Agree, it's time to give Brown a crack.

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11 hours ago, cantstandyasam said:

I was taken aback that he punched it rather than mark it - he was the only player going for the ball - a bad look.

Normally that happens under perceived pressure and go for the safe option of the punch. it is also a symptom of a lack of talk from the players around him that he had no pressure and time to mark.  

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Our midfield is our structure.

Midfield is generally 8 players. 4 in the middle, 2 wings the high HFF and the attacking HBF. 

Gawn/Oliver/Petracca/Viney/Langdon are the main 5, Salem/Brayshaw/Harmes/AVB/Jones/Melksham/Bennell etc are the players that come in and out of that system when either playing a role or rotations.

It all revolves around Gawn winning the Ruck. Vs Brisbane 2nd Qtr and Vs Port The opposition sharked the ball or waited for us to take the ball and dispossess and spread from there. We have no plan to counter this, or they can't execute. 

This I believe has a knock on effect on the structure of the other 4 mids. They are all at sea. Our defenders are then caught in a decision making process to defend space or the man. Also if other mids are too slow to react or too slow anyway they are out of position for turnovers either for or against.

May/Salem being left footers hugging that boundary is so easily defended against.  

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    NON-MFC: Round 03

    Discussion of all the other games that don't involve the Demons in Round 03 ... READ MORE

    Demonland | Round 03

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    DEPTH CHARGE by Whispering Jack

    The jubilation on the coach’s face as he danced a celebratory jig by the playing bench after the final siren sounded to record his team’s four-point victory over the Demons when the teams last met, said it all ... READ MORE

    Demonland | March 27

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    PODCAST: Rd 02 vs Hawthorn

    The boys dissected the clinical thrashing of Hawks praising the immense performance of Christian Petracca whilst lamenting the injury toll to our defensive unit ... LISTEN

    Demonland | March 26

  • Training  

    Monday, 25th March 2024

    Demonland Trackwatchers Demon Dynasty & Kev Martin were trackside at Gosch's Paddock today to bring you their observations from training ... READ MORE

    Demonland | March 25

  • Casey Report      

    HIBERNATING by KC from Casey

    When they locked up the rooms for summer at the end of last year’s football season, the rooms gathered cobwebs, the atmosphere became dense and the place developed a sleepy feel. They opened up the rooms to let Casey out to play on Sunday but the team was still hibernating and they missed the bulk of the opening quarter ... READ MORE

    Demonland | March 25

  • PreGame      

    PREGAME: Rd 03 vs Port Adelaide

    The Demons head out on the road for the next 2 weeks as they travel to Adelaide to play Port on Saturday and then have a 5 Day break before facing the Crows in Gather Round. With injuries to May and Lever who comes in and who goes out? ...READ MORE

    Demonland | March 28

  • Match Report      

    A FORK IN THE HAWK by George on the Outer

    For too long in the past, Demon fans became habitually sick and tired of watching the Hawks hand out thrashings to their side. But Melbourne’s empahtic 55-point win at the MCG on Saturday has truly put a fork in the Hawk and turned that history well and truly on its head ... READ MORE

    Demonland | March 23

  • Post Game      

    POSTGAME: Rd 02 vs Hawthorn

    The Demons cruised to an easy 55 point win over the Hawks at the MCG but but paid a heavy toll on the injury front with Steven May & Jake Lever possibly sidelined for a number of weeks ...READ MORE

    Demonland | March 23

  • Votes      

    VOTES: Rd 02 vs Hawthorn

    Last week Steven May took the lead in the Demonland Player of the Year Award from Jack Viney. Clayton Oliver & Max Gawn round out the Top 4. Your votes for the win/loss against/to the Hawks. 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 ...READ MORE

    Demonland | March 23

  • Game Day      

    GAMEDAY: Round 02 vs Hawthorn

    It's Game Day and after mixed results in the first two weeks of the season the Demons have the opportunity to capitalise on their good form last week when they take on the Hawks at the MCG today ... READ MORE

    Demonland | March 23

  • Training  

    Friday, 22nd March 2024

    Demonland Trackwatcher Kev Martin and I attended the Captain's Run at Gosch's Paddock on this lovely sunny morning to bring you the following observations from the training session ... READ MORE

    Demonland | March 22

  • Training  

    Tuesday, 19th March 2024

    Demonland Trackwatchers Kev Martin & Walking Civil War attended Tuesday morning's training session at Gosch's Paddock to bring you the following observations ... READ MORE

    Demonland | March 19

  • Training  

    Saturday, 16th March 2024

    Demonland Trackwatchers Kev Martin and Dee Zephyr wandered down to Gosch's Paddock on Saturday morning to bring you their observations from the Captain's Run in the lead up to Sunday's Round One match against the Bulldogs ... READ MORE

    Demonland | March 16

  • Farewell  

    Angus Brayshaw Retires

    After 167 games including the drought breaking Premiership Angus Brayshaw has made the heart breaking decision to medically retire from football as a result of a series of serious head knocks over his nearly decade of footy. We wish Gus all the best and he'll always be a hero at Demonland ... READ MORE

    Demonland | February 22

  • Latest Podcast  

    PODCAST: Koltyn Tholstrup Interview

    I interview the Melbourne Football Club’s newest recruit Koltyn Tholstrup to have a chat about his journey from the farm to the Demons, his first few weeks of preseason training, which Dees have impressed him on the track and his aspirations of playing Round 1 ... LISTEN

    Demonland | December 14

  • Latest Podcast  

    PODCAST: Jason Taylor Interview

    I interview the Melbourne Football Club's National Recruitment Manager Jason Taylor to have a chat about our Trade and Draft period, our newest recruits, our recent recruits who have yet to debut as well as those father son prospects on the horizon ... LISTEN

    Demonland | November 27

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      PLAYER INJURY LENGTH
    Jake Lever Knee Test
    Clayton Oliver Hand Test
    Oliver Sestan Concussion Test
    Steven May Ribs 1 Week
    Lachie Hunter Calf 1 Week
    Daniel Turner Hip 2-3 Weeks
    Charlie Spargo Achilles 2-4 Weeks
    Shane McAdam Hamstring 3-5 Weeks
    Jake Bowey Shoulder 7 Weeks
    Jake Melksham ACL 12-14 Weeks
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    1 Christian Petracca 27
    2 Steven May 25
    3 Max Gawn 21
    4 Jack Viney 20
    5 Bayley Fritsch 19
    6 Clayton Oliver 18
    7 Christian Salem 12
    8 Blake Howes 11
    9 Jack Billings 10
    9 Alex Neal-Bullen 10

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