Jump to content

PREGAME: Opening Round vs Sydney

Demonland
Demonland
in Melbourne Demons

Featured Replies

On 01/03/2024 at 16:11, Redleg said:

I believe if your namesake was playing in the QF last year, Gus would still be playing and we would have been into the Prelim Final and possibly winning the flag.

Maynard would never have done that if Rodney was out there.

 

Balls is 58 years of age. Do you really think he would frighten Maynard?

    • Haha 1
     
    13 minutes ago, Pinball Wizard said:

    Balls is 58 years of age. Do you really think he would frighten Maynard?

    He still frightens me,

    You know what I meant, when he was playing. You could substitute Ditterich, Biffen, Durnan, Cameron Clayton, Byron Pickett and a few others in their playing days.

    He did it because he knew he would get away with an on the edge, hard hit, early in the game.

    • Love 1
    • Haha 1
    4 minutes ago, Redleg said:

    He still frightens me,

    You know what I meant, when he was playing. You could substitute Ditterich, Biffen, Durnan, Cameron Clayton, Byron Pickett and a few others in their playing days.

    He did it because he knew he would get away with an on the edge, hard hit, early in the game.

    I reckon this bloke would have sorted him out nicely (and a reminder about how many sleeps to go to the start of the season).

    IMG_1652.thumb.jpeg.0d4416f5dfa8f30302e795436d1a6efa.jpeg

    • Like 3
    • Thanks 1
    • Haha 3
    • Clap 2
     

    Trying to think of a recent tough guy.

    Vanders maybe?

    • Like 1
    On 28/02/2024 at 23:31, pingu said:

    I'm feeling very positive about this match after watching us against the Blues.

    Surely Clarry plays.

    Billings and Windsor are a lock as the Demon debutants.

    Agreed all around.

     

    I think only changes to Carlton squad will be Clarry for Brown & perhaps Fullarton for Kos, with Laurie as more of a fwd/mid option. Unless we somehow work a miracle with McAdam & he can be the sub. 
     

    They may wait in Clarry but way I see it he played with Casey to protect him exposure wise and cannot see why he’d be held above as that’d only add pressure to his shoulders for R1-2. 

     

     

    • Like 2

    1 hour ago, Pinball Wizard said:

    Balls is 58 years of age. Do you really think he would frighten Maynard?

    YES

    • Like 3
    2 minutes ago, Tolstoys Nudge said:

    Agreed all around.

     

    I think only changes to Carlton squad will be Clarry for Brown & perhaps Fullarton for Kos, with Laurie as more of a fwd/mid option. Unless we somehow work a miracle with McAdam & he can be the sub. 
     

    They may wait in Clarry but way I see it he played with Casey to protect him exposure wise and cannot see why he’d be held above as that’d only add pressure to his shoulders for R1-2. 

     

     

    I saw McAdam at training yesterday. He was running freely but appears to be a few weeks off.

    • Thanks 3
    1 hour ago, Whispering_Jack said:

    I reckon this bloke would have sorted him out nicely (and a reminder about how many sleeps to go to the start of the season).

    IMG_1652.thumb.jpeg.0d4416f5dfa8f30302e795436d1a6efa.jpeg

    Jacko was tough.

    I used to watch Dees' games with Cameron Clayton's dad while Clayton was a Dee. Cameron was seriously tough.

    Stewart Gull was another who was tough. He was a boxer. One practice game at Prahran he hit his eye on the point post and split it open. I watched him get it sewn up in the rooms and he was just happily lying there, blood everywhere, while I was struggling not to faint.

    • Like 4
    • Love 1
     
    On 01/03/2024 at 12:31, DubDee said:

    No Mills, Parker or Adams tips the midfield battle in our favour

    Sparrow or Viney to lock down Gulden

    • Like 2
    14 hours ago, picket fence said:

    If we Dont play Clarry and it goes to the wire.... and we lose... Good luck on this site🤯

    Agree with the sentiment, why keep the Ferrari in the garage.

    I reckon he has paid his dues. Hope the club feels that way.

    • Like 4
    • Clap 1

    1 hour ago, Whispering_Jack said:

    I saw McAdam at training yesterday. He was running freely but appears to be a few weeks off.

    Still only running restricted distance and timed sprints (150-200 m).

    Still not doing much in the way of directional change drills or ball work.

    When he starts doing some hard running laps, then he could be right to go. 

    Edited by kev martin

    • Like 2
    • Thanks 2

    If Clarry does, or when he plays, I believe his challenge will be dealing with some sledging. Hope it fires him up. He seems to loves niggle and can be a smart [censored]. Umpires have shown that they don't give him much love. Hope he doesn't explode/implode, otherwise all teams will be at him.

    Need an enforcer! 

    Edited by kev martin

    • Like 2
    On 01/03/2024 at 11:36, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

     

    My suspicion is that the AFL has an ongoing promise to Richmond and Carlton that they will play the first game of Round 1 every year. And the AFL has found a way to stick to that promise.  

    Makes more sense than anything else I have heard. Continuing this trend will get us to Round -1 soon ... 😆

    • Like 1
    • Haha 1
    • Clap 1
    4 hours ago, kev martin said:

    If Clarry does, or when he plays, I believe his challenge will be dealing with some sledging. Hope it fires him up. He seems to loves niggle and can be a smart [censored]. Umpires have shown that they don't give him much love. Hope he doesn't explode/implode, otherwise all teams will be at him.

    Need an enforcer! 

    I'm not worried about that with Clayton. When the ball is not active he's definitely got into niggles in the past but one thing that is known is that as soon as that ball is live in play he locks in. I still love thinking back to that first year under Roos where he encouraged the 'see ball get ball' to simplify the role for Clarry as a first year player/young bull. Obviously since then he's matured and become somewhat more dynamic but he's always been pretty focused and doesn't get caught up in bull[censored]. 

    Edited by Young Blood

    • Like 2
    • Thanks 1

    John Ralph just said Oliver was likely to play against Sydney. 

    Said he just needs to get through training tomorrow or something like that

    Edited by Simmo0911

    • Like 4
    • Thanks 3
    • Love 1
    • Shocked 2

    8 hours ago, Pinball Wizard said:

    Balls is 58 years of age. Do you really think he would frighten Maynard?

    Yep. And win a few kicks as well.

    • Like 1
    10 hours ago, leave it to deever said:

    Trying to think of a recent tough guy.

    Vanders maybe?

    Cale Morton 10 😂

    • Haha 2
    11 hours ago, Pinball Wizard said:

    Balls is 58 years of age. Do you really think he would frighten Maynard?

    Yes! And the way I feel I would go seriously balistic and I am older than Rodney and would not be adverse to seeing how tough this (censored) is!

    Edited by picket fence

    • Thanks 1
    • Haha 1
    10 hours ago, leave it to deever said:

    Trying to think of a recent tough guy.

    Vanders maybe?

    Viney, but I think they have told him to curtail his whack-'em mold

    • Like 3
    • Thanks 1
    On 02/03/2024 at 13:13, dazzledavey36 said:

    Watched the Sydney game against Brisbane and Ladhams was far away the better ruckman between he and Grundy.

    Grundy ran around looking like he lacked the required match fitness.

    Yeah I thought that too

    • Like 1

    19 minutes ago, Demongirl35 said:

    Do teams still come out on Wednesday even though we play Thursday? I forgot 

    Wednesday night for Thursday game

    And Thursday night for remainder of the weekends games

    • Like 1
    28 minutes ago, adonski said:

    Wednesday night for Thursday game

    And Thursday night for remainder of the weekends games

    Don’t ask me why I thought it was Wednesdays even though I knew it’s always 6pm Thursday. Haha jelly brain with no footyball 

    • Haha 1
     

    Clarry to play 🥰a little inside intell tells me so! Hope its correct

    • Like 9
    • Love 1
    • Clap 1
    • Shocked 1
    12 hours ago, Pinball Wizard said:

    Balls is 58 years of age. Do you really think he would frighten Maynard?

    Yep. Balls was tough: Mayn#&* is just a thug. 

    5 hours ago, Simmo0911 said:

    John Ralph just said Oliver was likely to play against Sydney. 

    Said he just needs to get through training tomorrow or something like that

    So is John Ralph the oracle now?

    • Haha 2

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

    Featured Content

    • REPORT: Richmond

      The fans who turned up to the MCG for Melbourne’s Anzac Day Eve clash against Richmond would have been disappointed if they turned up to see a great spectacle. As much as this was a night for the 71,635 in attendance to commemorate heroes of the nation’s past wars, it was also a time for the Melbourne Football Club to consolidate upon its first win after a horrific start to the 2025 season. On this basis, despite the fact that it was an uninspiring and dour struggle for most of its 100 minutes, the night will be one for the fans to remember. They certainly got value out of the pre match activity honouring those who fought for their country. The MCG and the lights of the city as backdrop was made for nights such as these and, in my view, we received a more inspirational ceremony of Anzac culture than others both here and elsewhere around the country. 

      • 0 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • CASEY: Richmond

      The match up of teams competing in our great Aussie game at its second highest level is a rarity for a work day Thursday morning but the blustery conditions that met the players at a windswept Casey Fields was something far more commonplace.They turned the opening stanza between the Casey Demons and a somewhat depleted Richmond VFL into a mess of fumbling unforced errors, spilt marks and wasted opportunities for both sides but they did set up a significant win for the home team which is exactly what transpired on this Anzac Day round opener. Casey opened up strong against the breeze with the first goal to Aidan Johnson, the Tigers quickly responded and the game degenerated into a defensive slog and the teams were level when the first siren sounded.

      • 0 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • PODCAST: Richmond

      The Demonland Podcast will air LIVE on Monday, 28th April @ 8:00pm. Join Binman, George & I as we analyse the Demons 2nd win for the year against the Tigers.
      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.
      Listen LIVE: https://demonland.com/
      Call: 03 9016 3666
      Skype: Demonland31

      • 19 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • PREGAME: West Coast

      The Demons hit the road in Round 8, heading to Perth to face the West Coast Eagles at Optus Stadium. With momentum building, the Dees will be aiming for a third straight victory to keep their season revival on course. Who comes in and who goes out?

      • 188 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • POSTGAME: Richmond

      After five consecutive defeats, the Demons have now notched up back-to-back victories, comfortably accounting for the Tigers in the traditional ANZAC Eve clash. They surged to a commanding 44-point lead early in the final quarter before easing off the pedal, resting skipper Max Gawn and conceding the last four goals of the game to close out a solid 20-point win.

        • Like
      • 294 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • VOTES: Richmond

      Max Gawn leads the Demonland Player of the Year from Jake Bowey with Christian Petracca, Ed Langdon and Clayton Oliver rounding out the Top 5. Your votes for the Demons victory over the Tigers on ANZAC Eve. 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, & 1.

      • 48 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland
    View All