Jump to content

PREGAME: Rd 03 vs Sydney

Demonland
in Melbourne Demons

Featured Replies

2 hours ago, leave it to deever said:

Great post but I feel sorry for Tommo. 

I’m with you. I thought he played far too well to be dropped.

    • Like 3
     

    MicrosoftTeams-image-4-.png?width=500

    T Mac Dropped

    Hibberd in with McVee still in the side, Gus into the middle to take Harmes' minutes presumably?

    Edited by adonski

    • Like 3

    Why no team changes threads this year? Feels weird 

    Either way I love the decisions from the brain trust this week

     

    Wow.. didn't see tmac getting dropped especially with Gawn going down.

    • Like 6

    It will be interesting to see if Tom McDonald lines up for Casey. Word is his foot has come up sore after each match. Not sure why the club aren't just being honest with supporters if this is the case. Rumours that May will be a late out too.


    1 minute ago, pewpewpew said:

    It will be interesting to see if Tom McDonald lines up for Casey. Word is his foot has come up sore after each match. Not sure why the club aren't just being honest with supporters if this is the case. Rumours that May will be a late out too.

    Surely if May is any chance of being a late out Tomlinson would be an emergency,

    • Like 3

    They've named him as an emergency, so definitely dropped not rested or soft dropped.

    Edited by deanox

    • Like 2
    Just now, pewpewpew said:

    Rumours that May will be a late out too.

    You'd think Tomlinson would be an emergency if May's in doubt, but who knows??

    Having only Petty and Lever to take on the three pronged attack of Buddy, McDoanald and Amartey would be fraught with danger if May's out but no cover from Tomlinson.

    • Like 2
     

    I know the positions here dont mean much, but Hunter on HB is interesting. I dont mind it actually as it creates a reason to get Gus off HB and can help setup our transition. Also means JJ gets a run on the wing. Harmes will find it hard to get back in i think. 

    No cover for May if he is a late withdrawal make me think he is fine as id expect Tommo on the emergencies ahead of TMac in the backline. 

    Wow Tmac dropped. That’s a big statement or he’s literally buggered and they don’t want to tell us. 

    • Like 2

    2 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

    Wow Tmac dropped. That’s a big statement or he’s literally buggered and they don’t want to tell us. 

    I feel like the public statement of dropping to make him an emergency is worse than telling us about an injury, don't you?

    • Like 1

    3 back half players on the interchange bench and Brayshaw notionally listed at HFF

    No Chandler

    Strange composition

    PS Sorry they hid Chandler on the HBF

    Edited by Diamond_Jim

    On 3/30/2023 at 10:24 AM, mandeelorian said:

    Absolutely stoked that JVR is getting a call up.

    I saw someone comment on the Demonland facebook page that the call up might be at the expense of Tommy Mac being out with a foot injury. Yep it was on Facebook so it must be true. I know, I know. But if there is some truth to it we need to cover him and Max being out. Another tall needs to come in otherwise it will leave Benny Brown the lone tall in the forward line at times.

    There was no proof in that post It was pure conjecture that he might miss. Let's see anyway JVR will play any way that's a surety. 

    19 minutes ago, adonski said:

    MicrosoftTeams-image-4-.png?width=500

    T Mac Dropped

    Hibberd in with McVee still in the side, Gus into the middle to take Harmes' minutes presumably?

    If that is the side, then Tom has to be the sub, as if Grundy goes down, are we really going to throw a first gamer key forward into the ruck?

    Why the silly naming of Chandler on the hbf, when everyone knows it’s not happening?

    Not sure why clubs do this.

    Last, our forward line has gotten smaller with Max and Tom out and JVR only in.

    Edited by Redleg

    • Like 3
    1 minute ago, 58er said:

    There was no proof in that post It was pure conjecture that he might miss. Let's see anyway JVR will play any way that's a surety. 

    Might have to take that back. Sorry but unless Tmac is injured put him to the backline and let Harry have a go up forward.  It's Goody's opportunity to show his dare for this year and attacking moves. 


    4 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

     

    Geez the compassion shown here is off the [censored] charts. You don’t know why Harmesy’s not available. Nor do I. But how about erring on the side of he may’ve suffered a personal loss, for example?

     

    • Like 3
    • Love 1

    Going in with a very short forward line not sure why we think this will work...?

    The Pies and the swans share a simlar game plan (as do we now too for that matter) - ball in motion, get it forwad quickly, agressive kicks and use the corridor.

    In many ways that game plan was a reaction to ours - it became obvious the only way to beat us was to play fast so our defence can't get set.

    The way to beat their game game plan is huge pressure on every disposal, but in particular kicks.

    Press up to deny space, corall, chase from behind, harrass. Add clogging up the corridor as much as possible.

    The Swans' game plan fell apart under the Cats pressure in the GF. The Pies did well to almost beat the Cats in the prelim - but ultimately lost it because their kicks to the corridor in the last quarter came unstuck. 

    My tip is that scoring will go down now as the early season fast ball movment trend will disapate because if teams can't go with teams like the Pies, swans and the dees  - and by that i mean literally leg speed but also conditioning -  they will get dismantled. And coaches dont like that.

    So i expect to see more games like last night where teams look to take the speed out of the game and make it a kick to kick, stoppage based slugfest and clog up the corridor as much as possible.  

    I suspect that trend wil start tonight because the Pies will cut the Tigers up if they just go head to head fast footy. The slippery conditions wil help the tigers turn the game into a scrap.

    As for our game, the key will be how much pressure we can apply.

    Pressure, pressure, pressure. 

     

     

    Edited by binman

    • Like 5

    not a fan of only having two forwards and one ruck in the starting 22, but that's just my preference of team balance

    fingers crossed we smash em with ball movement

    • Like 1

    8 minutes ago, david_neitz_is_my_dad said:

    Tmac has been very poor, cant be surprised

    I am.

    • Like 3
    17 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

    Wow Tmac dropped. That’s a big statement or he’s literally buggered and they don’t want to tell us. 

    I worry it is the latter

    26 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

    he’s literally buggered

    Not literally, I trust.

     

    Edited by Demonstone

    • Haha 3
     
    14 minutes ago, binman said:

    The Pies and the swans share simlar game plan (as do we now too for that matter) - ball in motion, get it forwad quickly, aggresisve kicks and use the corridor.

    In many ways that game plan was reaction to ours - it became obvious the only way to beat us was to playt fast so our defence couldn't get set.

    The way to beat their game game plan is huge pressure on every disposal, but in particular kicks. Press up to deny space, corall, chase from behind, harrass. Add clogging up the corridor as much as possible.

    The Swans' game plan fell apart under the Cats pressur einb the GF. The Pies did well to almost beat the Cats in the prelim - but ultimately lost it becuase their kicks to the corridor in the last quarter came unstuck. 

    My tip is that scoring will go down now as the early season fast bvall movment trend will diappate because if teams can't go with teams like the Pies, swans and the dees  - and by that i mean literally leg speed but also conditioning -  they will gte dimantled. And coaches dont like that.

    So i expect to see more game like last night where teams look to take th speed out of the game and make it a kick to kick, stoppage based slugfest and clog up the corridor as much as possible.  

    I suspect that trend wil start tonight because the Pies will cut the Tigers up if they just go head to head fast footy. The slippery conditions wil help the tigers turn the gamne into a scrap.

    As for our game, the key will be how much pressure we can apply.

    Pressure, pressure, pressure. 

     

     

    Absolutely cannot play anything like last week or will get smashed 


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

    Featured Content

    • NON-MFC: Round 13

      Follow all the action from every Round 13 clash excluding the Dees as the 2025 AFL Premiership Season rolls on. With Melbourne playing in the final match of the round on King's Birthday, all eyes turn to the rest of the competition. Who are you tipping to win? And more importantly, which results best serve the Demons’ finals aspirations? Join the discussion and keep track of the matches that could shape the ladder and impact our run to September.

        • Thanks
      • 39 replies
      Demonland

    • PREVIEW: Collingwood

      Having convincingly defeated last year’s premier and decisively outplayed the runner-up with 8.2 in the final quarter, nothing epitomized the Melbourne Football Club’s performance more than its 1.12 final half, particularly the eight consecutive behinds in the last term, against a struggling St Kilda team in the midst of a dismal losing streak. Just when stability and consistency were anticipated within the Demon ranks, they delivered a quintessential performance marked by instability and ill-conceived decisions, with the most striking aspect being their inaccuracy in kicking for goal, which suggested a lack of preparation (instead of sleeping in their hotel in Alice, were they having a night on the turps) rather than a well-rested team. Let’s face it - this kicking disease that makes them look like raw amateurs is becoming a millstone around the team’s neck.

        • Thanks
      • 1 reply
      Demonland

    • CASEY: Sydney

      The Casey Demons were always expected to emerge victorious in their matchup against the lowly-ranked Sydney Swans at picturesque Tramway Oval, situated in the shadows of the SCG in Moore Park. They dominated the proceedings in the opening two and a half quarters of the game but had little to show for it. This was primarily due to their own sloppy errors in a low-standard game that produced a number of crowded mauls reminiscent of the rugby game popular in old Sydney Town. However, when the Swans tired, as teams often do when they turn games into ugly defensive contests, Casey lifted the standard of its own play and … it was off to the races. Not to nearby Randwick but to a different race with an objective of piling on goal after goal on the way to a mammoth victory. At the 25-minute mark of the third quarter, the Demons held a slender 14-point lead over the Swans, who are ahead on the ladder of only the previous week's opposition, the ailing Bullants. Forty minutes later, they had more than fully compensated for the sloppiness of their earlier play with a decisive 94-point victory, that culminated in a rousing finish which yielded thirteen unanswered goals. Kicks hit their targets, the ball found itself going through the middle and every player made a contribution.

        • Thanks
        • Like
      • 1 reply
      Demonland

    • REPORT: St. Kilda

      Hands up if you thought, like me, at half-time in yesterday’s game at TIO Traeger Park, Alice Springs that Melbourne’s disposal around the ground and, in particular, its kicking inaccuracy in front of the goals couldn’t get any worse. Well, it did. And what’s even more damning for the Melbourne Football Club is that the game against St Kilda and its resurgence from the bottomless pit of its miserable start to the season wasn’t just lost through poor conversion for goal but rather in the 15 minutes when the entire team went into a slumber and was mugged by the out-of-form Saints. Their six goals two behinds (one goal less than the Demons managed for the whole game) weaved a path of destruction from which they were unable to recover. Ross Lyon’s astute use of pressure to contain the situation once they had asserted their grip on the game, and Melbourne’s self-destructive wastefulness, assured that outcome. The old adage about the insanity of repeatedly doing something and expecting a different result, was out there. Two years ago, the score line in Melbourne’s loss to the Giants at this same ground was 5 goals 15 behinds - a ratio of one goal per four scoring shots - was perfectly replicated with yesterday’s 7 goals 21 behinds. 
      This has been going on for a while and opens up a number of questions. I’ll put forward a few that come to mind from this performance. The obvious first question is whether the club can find a suitable coach to instruct players on proper kicking techniques or is this a skill that can no longer be developed at this stage of the development of our playing group? Another concern is the team's ability to counter an opponent's dominance during a run on as exemplified by the Saints in the first quarter. Did the Demons underestimate their opponents, considering St Kilda's goals during this period were scored by relatively unknown forwards? Furthermore, given the modest attendance of 6,721 at TIO Traeger Park and the team's poor past performances at this venue, is it prudent to prioritize financial gain over potentially sacrificing valuable premiership points by relinquishing home ground advantage, notwithstanding the cultural significance of the team's connection to the Red Centre? 

        • Thanks
      • 4 replies
      Demonland

    • PREGAME: Collingwood

      After a disappointing loss in Alice Springs the Demons return to the MCG to take on the Magpies in the annual King's Birthday Big Freeze for MND game. Who comes in and who goes out?

        • Thanks
      • 259 replies
      Demonland

    • PODCAST: St. Kilda

      The Demonland Podcast will air LIVE on Monday, 2nd June @ 8:00pm. Join Binman, George & I as we have a chat with former Demon ruckman Jeff White about his YouTube channel First Use where he dissects ruck setups and contests. We'll then discuss the Dees disappointing loss to the Saints in Alice Springs.
      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
      • 47 replies
      Demonland
    View All