Jump to content

GAMEDAY: Rd 18 vs Essendon

Whispering_Jack
Whispering_Jack
in Melbourne Demons

Featured Replies

2 hours ago, Better days ahead said:

My faith has been shaken a little by the GWS sh*t show last night. GWS had something to play. Freo don’t and they’ll need to have a red hot crack if they’re to beat the doggies. Will they put their bodies on the line in an end of season game with nothing to play for? I’m not confident.  

Looking at Longmuir the last couple of weeks indicates to me they're definitely out to win all games, he has been like a cat on a hot tin roof.  Here's hoping their form continues.

    • Like 1
     

    Will be interesting to hear the excuses flowing if we get beaten. The would losses to 3 bottom 6 sides in 4 games

    There will be nowhere to hide and heads should roll. But they won't because this club accepts mediocrity like a dying man in the desert accepts a sip of water

    Fully expecting us to fall 5 goals behind, rally into the last and win by 2pts meaning another 12 months at least of the most boring coach in the world.

    Yay  Go Dees

     

     

    As much as I hate saying it, but I hope we lose today. It may just force the club to make a call on Goodwin. We simply cannot have him as coach next year. With both Gawn and Oliver out of contract, and Salem a RFA, we need a new approach and a successful year in 2021. 

     
    1 minute ago, bobby1554 said:

    As much as I hate saying it, but I hope we lose today. It may just force the club to make a call on Goodwin. We simply cannot have him as coach next year. With both Gawn and Oliver out of contract, and Salem a RFA, we need a new approach and a successful year in 2021. 

    Goodwin is starting  the 2021 season as coach no matter what happens today.  

    Accept nothing less than a thumping win over the drug cheats and maybe we even make the finals.

    Edited by Pickett2Jackson

    I think we will win it.  We are much better in the contest, and if we commit to maintaining defensive structures we will force them backwards and down the line.  Bombers look terrible when they do this.  If we let them work with speed and through the corridor, then we are in big trouble!  The hardness of the contest wins and the two way defensive running will tell the tale for me.

    We should do it by 40+.

    Will it matter?  There may be a few coaches and players that will need this and to make the finals to make a case to be on the roster next year.  So hopefully they come out and take the game off the table early.


    It’s a real free hit for us today as we were all resigned to no finals post the cairns disaster. Win today and the pressure is all on bulldogs. 

    • Like 1

    I heard Ed say on mmm this week he is doing our game. Great. Ed commentate the game, don't ask your fellow questions about the good old days and chat while the game is going on like you are at the pub. 

    • Like 2
     
    11 minutes ago, layzie said:

    Wow accredited diploma! 

    Cuddletherapy.com checks their google analytics on Monday and wonders why there's a sudden traffic spike from something called Demonland. 

    • Haha 3

    The boy kicked his first goal for the year this morning for his rampaging U10 side. He wears number 26 so I am taking that as a Weid omen for a bag.

    Mowed the lawns and now enjoying a lawnmower beer...fully expect the Dees to ruin what has been an extremely pleasant day so far.

    • Like 2
    • Love 1
    • Haha 2
    1 hour ago, Pickett2Jackson said:

    No more excuses for Weideman. After showing improvement hes done nothing the last 3 weeks.

    Time for Sam to grow up and be a man and take the game by the balls today.  Youre 23 Sam not 18!

    Don't think Weid has the required competitive streak to be the no1 forward, he's happy just to kick 1-2 goals a game.

    2 hours ago, Wiseblood said:

    It would be so Melbourne to lose this.  So Melbourne in fact that I don't think anyone here would be surprised.

    I'll be more surprised if we win, and even win well.

    Let's see if we can flip the script for a change.

    For what it's worth, I can't see the Dogs losing tomorrow, so today's outcome is almost a moot point, but it would be nice to be in the game for at least 24 hours longer.

    The most Melbourne outcome would be to lose this and then the Dogs lose as well,  Meaning a win would’ve gotten us home.

    A final serve of punch in the guts with an extra dollop of boot to the groin.

    • Like 2
    1 minute ago, P-man said:

    The most Melbourne outcome would be to lose this and then the Dogs lose as well,  Meaning a win would’ve gotten us home.

    A final serve of punch in the guts with an extra dollop of boot to the groin.

    And a horror six months of pre-season, with nothing else to talk about, begins.

    • Like 1
    2 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

    And a horror six months of pre-season, with nothing else to talk about, begins.

    Not entirely true, those pre-season training threads usually generate some robust discussion.

    • Haha 2

    **Public Service Announcement**

    If you want to avoid the ‘Head burstingly intense, Jim beam necking, sausage roll throwing, fury fest(tm)’ that is the Demonland thread.

    you may want to head here with Jonathon Howcrofts ‘ Sedately quaffing Pinot, with cheese and quince paste minute but minute update’ instead.   https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2020/sep/19/afl-season-2020-round-18-essendon-v-melbourne-live?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

    • Thanks 1
    1 hour ago, leave it to deever said:

    Been saying this for a while now....someone for us us going to kick a bag.

    Weid, Pickett or Fritta?

    Possibly Trac.

     

    Trac. Give him the AA, the MVP and the Brownlow for good measure.?

    • Like 1
    1 hour ago, Dr.D said:

    Not sure why people care. We got taught a football lesson by Fremantle and Sydney. We don't deserve to play finals. And I'm not all that motivated to play finals only for our lack of structure and defensive pressure to rear its ugly head again.

    You seem to care enough to make the exact same post 64 times this week.

    • Like 2
    • Haha 1
    1 minute ago, Kumamoto_Ken said:

    Kingy. "If Melbourne are ruthless today, they bash them..."

    so we know whats gonna happen then


    1 minute ago, Kumamoto_Ken said:

    Kingy. "If Melbourne are ruthless today, they bash them..."

    They don't belong in the same sentence unfortunately

    • Haha 1

    If he does nothing else, please, Weid, crash the [censored] out of some packs. 

     

    Bomber fapfest on Fox. 

    • Haha 1

    Gameday challenge to @Josh: san choy bau and Bloody Mary's in the pool*

    *I float in solidarity with my Melbourne brothers and sisters in lockdown. 

    Go Dees!


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

    Featured Content

    • PREVIEW: Fremantle

      A month is a long time in AFL football. The proof of this is in the current state of the two teams contesting against each other early this Saturday afternoon at the MCG. It’s hard to fathom that when Melbourne and Fremantle kicked off the 2025 season, the former looked like being a major player in this year’s competition after it came close to beating one of the favourites in the GWS Giants while the latter was smashed by Geelong to the tune of 78 points and looked like rubbish. Fast forward to today and the Demons are low on confidence and appear panic stricken as their winless streak heads towards an even half dozen and pressure mounts on the coach and team leadership.  Meanwhile, the Dockers have recovered their composure and now sit in the top eight. They are definitely on the up and up and look most likely winners this weekend against a team which they have recently dominated and which struggles to find enough passages to the goals to trouble the scorers. And with that, Fremantle will head to the MCG, feeling very good about itself after demolishing Richmond in the Barossa Valley with Josh Treacy coming off a six goal haul and facing up to a Melbourne defence already without Jake Lever and a shaky Steven May needing to pass a fitness test just to make it onto the field of play. 

      • 0 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • NON-MFC: Round 06

      The Easter Round kicks off in style with a Thursday night showdown between Brisbane and Collingwood, as both sides look to solidify their spots inside the Top 4 early in the season. Good Friday brings a double-header, with Carlton out to claim consecutive wins when they face the struggling Kangaroos, while later that night the Eagles host the Bombers in Perth, still chasing their first victory of the year. Saturday features another marquee clash as the resurgent Crows look to rebound from back-to-back losses against a formidable GWS outfit. That evening, all eyes will be on Marvel Stadium where Damien Hardwick returns to face his old side—the Tigers—coaching the Suns at a ground he's never hidden his disdain for. Sunday offers two crucial contests where the prize is keeping touch with the Top 8. First, Sydney and Port Adelaide go head-to-head, followed by a fierce battle between the Bulldogs and the Saints. Then, Easter Monday delivers the traditional clash between two bitter rivals, both desperate for a win to stay in touch with the top end of the ladder. Who are you tipping this week and what are the best results for the Demons?

      • 100 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • REPORT: Essendon

      What were they thinking? I mean by “they” the coaching panel and team selectors who chose the team to play against an opponent who, like Melbourne, had made a poor start to the season and who they appeared perfectly capable of beating in what was possibly the last chance to turn the season around.It’s no secret that the Demons’ forward line is totally dysfunctional, having opened the season barely able to average sixty points per game which means there has been no semblance of any system from the team going forward into attack. Nevertheless, on Saturday night at the Adelaide Oval in one of the Gather Round showcase games, Melbourne, with Max Gawn dominating the hit outs against a depleted Essendon ruck resulting from Nick Bryan’s early exit, finished just ahead in clearances won and found itself inside the 50 metre arc 51 times to 43. The end result was a final score that had the Bombers winning 15.6 (96) to 8.9 (57). On balance, one could expect this to result in a two or three goal win, but in this case, it translated into a six and a half goal defeat because they only managed to convert eight times or 11.68% of their entries. The Bombers more than doubled that. On Thursday night at the same ground, the losing team Adelaide managed to score 100 points from almost the same number of times inside 50.

      • 0 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • PODCAST: Essendon

      The Demonland Podcast will air LIVE on Monday, 14th April @ the all new time of 8:00pm. Join Binman, George & I as we dissect another Demons loss at Kardinia Park to the Cats in the Round 04. 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. If you would like to leave us a voicemail please call 03 9016 3666 and don't worry no body answers so you don't have to talk to a human.

      • 62 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • PREGAME: Fremantle

      The Demons return home to the MCG in search of their first win for the 2025 Premiership season when they take on the Fremantle Dockers on Saturday afternoon. Who comes in and who goes out?

        • Haha
        • Love
        • Thanks
        • Like
      • 394 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • VOTES: Essendon

      Max Gawn leads the Demonland Player of the Year ahead of Clayton Oliver, Christian Petracca, Kade Chandler and Jake Bowey. Your votes please. 6, 5, 4, 3, 2 & 1.

        • Like
      • 24 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland
    View All