Jump to content

  • IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING

    Posting unsubstantiated rumours on this website is strictly forbidden.

    Demonland has made the difficult decision to not permit this platform to be used to discuss & debate the off-field issues relating to the Melbourne Football Club including matters currently being litigated between the Club & former Board members, board elections, the issue of illicit drugs in footy, the culture at the club & the personal issues & allegations against some of our players & officials ...

    We do not take these issues & this decision lightly & of course we believe that these serious matters affecting the club we love & are so passionate about are worthy of discussion & debate & I wish we could provide a place where these matters can be discussed in a civil & respectful manner.

    However these discussions unfortunately invariably devolve into areas that may be defamatory, libelous, spread unsubstantiated rumours & can effect the mental health of those involved. Even discussion & debate of known facts or media reports can lead to finger pointing, blame & personal attacks.

    The repercussion is that these discussions can open this website, it’s owners & it’s users to legal action & may result in this website being forced to shutdown.

    Our moderating team are all volunteers & cannot moderate the forum 24/7 & as a consequence problematic content that contravenes our rules & standards may go unnoticed for some time before it can be removed.

    We reserve the right to delete posts that offend against our above policy & indeed, to ban posters who are repeat offenders or who breach our code of conduct.

    WE HAVE BUILT A FANTASTIC ONLINE COMMUNITY AT DEMONLAND OVER THE PAST 23 YEARS & WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS THE CLUB WE LOVE & ARE SO PASSIONATE ABOUT.

    Thank you for your continued support & understanding. Go Dees.


Death Riding Fremantle 2023 - Feathered Cap Edition


adonski

Recommended Posts

1 minute ago, Stu said:

I’ve watched the GF replay so many times that I feel like I know this guy personally. 

I reckon his wife was like “I told you this was a waste of money” and he was like “I hate this woman”. 

Edited by Jaded No More
  • Haha 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites

I know you all are looking for Freo to fall so we get a good pick for next season but I'm more involved in this season and wish nothing better than us winning tomorrow night. Could not care less what the Dockers do.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Just now, Docs Demons said:

I know you all are looking for Freo to fall so we get a good pick for next season but I'm more involved in this season and wish nothing better than us winning tomorrow night. Could not care less what the Dockers do.

Both Is Good The Road To El Dorado GIF

  • Like 2
  • Love 1
  • Haha 7
Link to comment
Share on other sites

All-time greatest death-rides?

Can’t exactly recall or be bothered looking it up, but future trades commenced sometime around Clarry’s draft year, and we were at the forefront from the beginning.

There’s probably an alternative universe out there where the Demons have been death-ridden on some obscure footy forums. Indeed, there’s now likely a multiverse of death-riding annals.

As a weird microcosmic geopolitical inheritance metaphor, we were Africa, constantly selling out our future, but have somehow skipped a generation and are now the kids of Switzerland.

My questions are;

What’s the best and worst death-rides any team has had against us? North Melbourne I think gave us Pickett for a future first? They got some guy called Tom Powell in exchange?

What are the all-time best and worst death-rides, and are we a chance to top that list as the finest ride ever? Something about the Carlton Stocker deal? What did the Crows end up with in return?

There are multiple parameters in this buckle-up quiz, so please choose one or add your own variation in preamble to avoid arguing at cross-hairs.

1) Pure draft slides and points is an easy measure of future-first gambling. But has to be considered without context and a team’s expected trajectory.

2) Subjective, but who won and lost with ladder gambles? We finished 17th in 2019. North thought it was a trend. We probably couldn’t stop laughing in our tank-bank.

3) This one is a can of worms and will never be satisfied; but post-future-trades, who are the winners and losers according to the players the teams ultimately picked up with such picks?

 

 

 

 

  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

1 minute ago, Docs Demons said:

I know you all are looking for Freo to fall so we get a good pick for next season but I'm more involved in this season and wish nothing better than us winning tomorrow night. Could not care less what the Dockers do.

Can someone please post the Old El Paso meme please? Thanks, AF.

  • Like 2
  • Haha 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites

7 minutes ago, Docs Demons said:

I know you all are looking for Freo to fall so we get a good pick for next season but I'm more involved in this season and wish nothing better than us winning tomorrow night. Could not care less what the Dockers do.

Why Dont We Have Both GIF

  • Like 3
  • Love 1
  • Haha 3
  • Clap 3
Link to comment
Share on other sites


17 minutes ago, Skuit said:

All-time greatest death-rides?

Can’t exactly recall or be bothered looking it up, but future trades commenced sometime around Clarry’s draft year, and we were at the forefront from the beginning.

There’s probably an alternative universe out there where the Demons have been death-ridden on some obscure footy forums. Indeed, there’s now likely a multiverse of death-riding annals.

As a weird microcosmic geopolitical inheritance metaphor, we were Africa, constantly selling out our future, but have somehow skipped a generation and are now the kids of Switzerland.

My questions are;

What’s the best and worst death-rides any team has had against us? North Melbourne I think gave us Pickett for a future first? They got some guy called Tom Powell in exchange?

What are the all-time best and worst death-rides, and are we a chance to top that list as the finest ride ever? Something about the Carlton Stocker deal? What did the Crows end up with in return?

There are multiple parameters in this buckle-up quiz, so please choose one or add your own variation in preamble to avoid arguing at cross-hairs.

1) Pure draft slides and points is an easy measure of future-first gambling. But has to be considered without context and a team’s expected trajectory.

2) Subjective, but who won and lost with ladder gambles? We finished 17th in 2019. North thought it was a trend. We probably couldn’t stop laughing in our tank-bank.

3) This one is a can of worms and will never be satisfied; but post-future-trades, who are the winners and losers according to the players the teams ultimately picked up with such picks?

 

 

 

 

Pies traded a future first pick for 3 x second rounders in the 2020 draft 

That future first pick became Finn Calaghan, selected before Nick Daicos

Pies didn't need to trade the pick out....in hindsight 

  • Like 1
  • Love 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites

7 hours ago, adonski said:

Pies traded a future first pick for 3 x second rounders in the 2020 draft 

That future first pick became Finn Calaghan, selected before Nick Daicos

Pies didn't need to trade the pick out....in hindsight 

That was the best death ride because it was Collingwood!!

All the way down to pick 2!!

Edited by Lucifers Hero
  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

7 hours ago, 1964nowMORE said:

Went along tonight and cheered hard for the Swans; good for the Dees in 2023 seeing a challenging Dogs lose AND the extra bonus was seeing Sydney cruise pay the Dockers on the ladder. Back to the G tomorrow night, go Dees.

Wow!

You flew up to Sydney just to watch Freo lose a spot on the ladder. I admire your dedication👍

  • Like 5
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Freo have pies, swans at home, cats and lions away next 4. could easily lose all 4 now that the swans might have found some form.

hawks have north, Richmond and saints next 3. win 2 of those and they'll be pressuring Freo. I reckon Hawks will be my second team for the next couple of weeks.

Long odds still but pick 3 would be a monumental result for us. 

  • Like 3
Link to comment
Share on other sites


8 hours ago, Docs Demons said:

I know you all are looking for Freo to fall so we get a good pick for next season but I'm more involved in this season and wish nothing better than us winning tomorrow night. Could not care less what the Dockers do.

Yeah I get where you’re coming from.

I think this thread went off the rails when people wanted the Bulldogs to beat Freo two weeks ago despite Bulldogs being in direct competition with Melbourne for a top 4 spot at the time.

Luckily it’s all seemed to be working out as the Dogs are falling off the pace and Freo find themselves in the bottom 4!

Edited by Bring-Back-Powell
  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

56 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

Yeah I get where you’re coming from.

I think this thread went off the rails when people wanted the Bulldogs to beat Freo two weeks ago despite Bulldogs being in direct competition with Melbourne for a top 4 spot at the time.

Luckily it’s all seemed to be working out as the Dogs are falling off the pace and Freo find themselves in the bottom 4!

The death ride went off the rails??

 

If we don’t finish top 4 it’s on us. Forget about what other teams do and don’t do.

So I death ride for all time!

Or until end of august 

Whichever comes first

  • Like 4
Link to comment
Share on other sites

11 hours ago, Docs Demons said:

I know you all are looking for Freo to fall so we get a good pick for next season but I'm more involved in this season and wish nothing better than us winning tomorrow night. Could not care less what the Dockers do.

While  of course winning this year is more important than a pick, I can walk and chew gum at the same time.  

  • Like 2
Link to comment
Share on other sites

16 hours ago, Bitter but optimistic said:

Here's my tuppence worth on this matter.

If you are writing some sort of formal document or academic submission then accuracy in spelling and grammar is vital.

However, on platforms like Demonland it's more about people being able to comfortably and confidently express their opinions on a subject they are no doubt passionate about.

Provided the meaning of their submission is clear, I see no good reason to dampen their enthusiasm with unnecessary pedantry.

Expressing one's opinions does not necessarily mean communicating. Sometimes I simply give up after reading a sentence two or three times trying to decipher what someone is trying to say. 

"I take for granite some people's poor grammer. More pacifically how there always thinking "for all intensive purposes" is supposably correct. Buy the way lets eat Fred." There cutting homeless people in half!":

Link to comment
Share on other sites

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...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.
  • Demonland Forums  

  • Match Previews, Reports & Articles  

    CENTIMETRES by Whispering Jack

    Our game is one where the result is often decided by centimetres; the touch of a fingernail, a split-second decision made by a player or official, the angle of vision or the random movement of an oblong ball in flight or in its bounce and trajectory. There is one habit that Melbourne seems to have developed of late in its games against Carlton which is that the Demons keep finding themselves on the wrong end of the stick in terms of the fine line in close games at times when centimetres mak

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Melbourne Demons

    PREGAME: Rd 10 vs West Coast Eagles

    The Demons have a 10 day break before they head on the road to Perth to take on the West Coast Eagles at Optus Stadium on Sunday. Who comes in and who goes out?

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Melbourne Demons 84

    PODCAST: Rd 09 vs Carlton

    The Demonland Podcast will air LIVE on Sunday, 12th May @ 8:30pm. Join George, Binman & I as we analyse the Demons loss at the MCG against the Blues in the Round 09. You 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. Listen & Chat LIVE:

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Melbourne Demons 18

    VOTES: Rd 09 vs Carlton

    Last week Captain Max Gawn consolidated his lead over reigning champion Christian Petracca in the Demonland Player of the Year Award. Steven May, Jake Lever, Jack Viney & Clayton Oliver make up the Top 5. Your votes for the loss against the Blues. 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Melbourne Demons 38

    POSTGAME: Rd 09 vs Carlton

    The Demons were blown out of the water in the first quarter and clawed their way back into the contest but it was a case of too little too late as they lost another close one to Carlton losing by 1 point at the MCG.  

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Melbourne Demons 476

    GAMEDAY: Rd 09 vs Carlton

    It's Game Day and the Demons are once again headlining another blockbuster at the MCG to kick off the round of footy. The Dees take on the Blues and have the opportunity to win their third game on the trot to solidify a spot in the Top 4 in addition to handing the Blues their third consecutive defeat to bundle them out of the Top 8.

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Melbourne Demons 959

    MELBOURNE BUSINESS by The Oracle

    In days of old, this week’s Thursday night AFL match up between the Demons and the Blues would be framed on the basis of the need to redress the fact that Carlton “stole” last year’s semi final away from Melbourne and with it, their hopes for the premiership.  A hot gospelling coach might point out to his charges that they were the better team on the night in all facets and that poor kicking for goal and a couple of lapses at the death cost them what was rightfully theirs. Moreover, now was

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Match Previews 1

    UNDER THE PUMP by KC from Casey

    The Casey Demons have been left languishing near the bottom of the VFL table after suffering a 32-point defeat at the hands of stand alone club Williamstown at Casey Fields on Sunday. The Demons suffered a major setback before the game even started when AFL listed players Ben Brown, Marty Hore and Josh Schache were withdrawn from the selected side. Only Schache was confirmed as an injury replacement, the other two held over as possible injury replacements for Melbourne’s Thursday night fixt

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Casey Articles

    THE MEANING OF FOOTY by Whispering Jack

    Throughout history various philosophers have grappled with the meaning of life. Aristotle, Aquinas, Kant, Nietzsche, Schopenhauer and a multitude of authors of diverse religious texts all tried. As society became more complex, the question became attached to specific endeavours in life even including sporting pursuits where such questions arose among our game’s commentariat as, “what is the meaning of football”? Melbourne coach Simon Goodwin must be tired of dealing with such a dilemma but,

    Demonland
    Demonland |
    Match Reports 1
  • Tell a friend

    Love Demonland? Tell a friend!

×
×
  • Create New...