Jump to content

Trade Targets

Flag Favourites 3019
Flag Favourites 3019
in Melbourne Demons

Featured Replies

So we’re does our improvement come from?? So basically our trades for the past 3 seasons has seen, Hunter retired, Shache delisted, Fullerton & Mccadam can’t get a game, Billing’s only getting games due to injuries. The mess around the handling of Oliver & Trac! It obvious no decent payer wants to come so Who’s to blame for this mess?

  • Quote
    • Clap 1
     
    4 minutes ago, Demonsone said:

    So we’re does our improvement come from??

    The media want us all to believe that trades are the main things that allow you to improve. They want trades linked directly to hope. 

    But what lets you improve is really careful list management, player development, footy strategy, injury management, luck and all sorts of other things. Yes, trades are a part of list management, but so is drafting, maintaining a good balance in areas like position, age and experience, developing depth and so on. 

  • Quote
    • Like 7
    3 hours ago, Redleg said:

    We didn't, our star player did.

    My understanding is the only way we messed this up is our first pick driftedmuch higher in the back end of the year than when we were willing to part with it for the proposed deal. Then both parties cooled for differing reasons.  

  • Quote
    • Like 3
     
    3 hours ago, Demonland said:

     

    Waterman, more like Wateverman

  • Quote
    • Love 1
    • Haha 3

    never liked him anyway. Dodgy haircut

  • Quote

    8 minutes ago, jnrmac said:

    never liked him anyway. Dodgy haircut

    Clarry’s isn’t much better.

  • Quote
    53 minutes ago, Demonsone said:

    So we’re does our improvement come from?? So basically our trades for the past 3 seasons has seen, Hunter retired, Shache delisted, Fullerton & Mccadam can’t get a game, Billing’s only getting games due to injuries. The mess around the handling of Oliver & Trac! It obvious no decent payer wants to come so Who’s to blame for this mess?

    Windsor

    Tholstrup

    Rivers

    McVee

    JVR

    Jefferson

    Turner

    Kozzie 

     

    This is where the improvement comes from 

  • Quote
    • Like 12
    • Love 2
    • Clap 1

    I would love us to have a crack at 

    1 Tim Membrey

    2 Matt Kennedy

    and possibly 

    3 Matt Owies

    all would be upgrades for us

  • Quote
    • Vomit 4
     

    Fin Macrae is considering his options off the back of struggling to break into Collingwood’s senior side this year, per Mitch Cleary. 

     

    We were interested in his draft year 

  • Quote
    • Like 1
    1 hour ago, picket fence said:

    I would love us to have a crack at 

    1 Tim Membrey

    2 Matt Kennedy

    and possibly 

    3 Matt Owies

    all would be upgrades for us

    Upgrades on who?

  • Quote

    54 minutes ago, Demons11 said:

    Upgrades on who?

    PETTY

    CHANDLER

    SPARROW

  • Quote
    • Haha 1
    27 minutes ago, picket fence said:

    PETTY

    CHANDLER

    SPARROW

    You are kidding yourself, Sparrow and Kennedy would be on par and Sparrow is younger.  Chandler is defensively superior to Owies but I agree I would see Owies as a slight upgrade but there is no way you are playing Membrey over Petty.

    Edited by Demons11

  • Quote
    • Like 2
    4 hours ago, Demonsone said:

    So we’re does our improvement come from?? So basically our trades for the past 3 seasons has seen, Hunter retired, Shache delisted, Fullerton & Mccadam can’t get a game, Billing’s only getting games due to injuries. The mess around the handling of Oliver & Trac! It obvious no decent payer wants to come so Who’s to blame for this mess?

    Fit and happy Petracca, fit and moderately sane Oliver will help…

    When does a trade revolutionise or even revamp? Lever and May took a year to get going. 

    Like another posted listed - improvement comes from within. Rivers and McVee continuing to allow CP5 more time forward, Petty being fit will give this experiment its final beta test, Pickett providing more explosiveness in the middle, AMW and Woey releasing others to do more in the backline, and continuing to commit to a game style that suits a team that has no dominant tall forward and needs to move the ball quickly, with dare, and not wait for May to kick it or for Gawn to mark it.

  • Quote
    • Like 1
    On 09/10/2024 at 18:57, FrothiesLiam said:

    Fin Macrae is considering his options off the back of struggling to break into Collingwood’s senior side this year, per Mitch Cleary. 

     

    We were interested in his draft year 

    Wasn't he highly rated, where would he fit in, what's his point of difference or weapon?

  • Quote
    16 minutes ago, Ungarieboy said:

    Wasn't he highly rated, where would he fit in, what's his point of difference or weapon?

    Small midfielder without many tricks

  • Quote

    On 09/10/2024 at 12:14, Demons11 said:

    You are kidding yourself, Sparrow and Kennedy would be on par and Sparrow is younger.  Chandler is defensively superior to Owies but I agree I would see Owies as a slight upgrade but there is no way you are playing Membrey over Petty.

    Which one of Petty's 9 goals in the same amount of games as Membrey's 30 goals, impressed you so much?

  • Quote
    • Like 3
    2 minutes ago, John Demonic said:

    Which one of Petty's 9 goals in the same amount of games as Membrey's 30 goals, impressed you so much?

    I really hope the experiment is over.

  • Quote
    5 minutes ago, KozzyCan said:

    I really hope the experiment is over.

    Let's see how he goes with a pre-season though. Getting Membrey in also allows us to shift Petty OR Turner down back, as defensive cover. Given we won't have Tomlinson anymore and Tmac and May will be 32/33 years old respectively. It might be something we need cover with. Derkson is an unknown commodity in that regard.

    Edited by John Demonic

  • Quote

    Petty looks lazy when playing forward. Could Tomlinson stay for a year, not much appears to be going on from trade point of view

    Edited by Demons1858

  • Quote
    Just now, John Demonic said:

    Let's see how he goes with a pre-season though. Getting Membrey in also allows us to shift Petty OR turner down back, as defensive cover. Given we won't have Tomlinson anymore and Tmac and May are 32/33 years old respectively. it might be something we need cover with.

    I don't think we're getting Membrey in any case. Personally would just move Petty back and use Tmac as Depth. No more than two talls in the forwardline. Go smaller and focus on moving the ball rather than playing a bunch of NQR key forwards.

  • Quote

    5 minutes ago, KozzyCan said:

    I don't think we're getting Membrey in any case. Personally would just move Petty back and use Tmac as Depth. No more than two talls in the forwardline. Go smaller and focus on moving the ball rather than playing a bunch of NQR key forwards.

    Why do you say that? It's the kind trade that gets done on the last day for a bag of chips, when all other business is attended to. And we've been rumoured to have been in talks with him per sam Edmund.

    https://demonland.com/forums/topic/59295-the-tim-membrey-thread/

    Edited by John Demonic

  • Quote
    5 minutes ago, John Demonic said:

    Why do you say that? It's the kind trade that gets done on the last day for a bag of chips, when all other business is attended to. And we've been rumoured to have been in talks with him per sam Edmund.

    https://demonland.com/forums/topic/59295-the-tim-membrey-thread/

    Because we've already flatly stated we're not interested as of 3 days ago? Just because we had a chat with him a month ago doesn't mean we're still keen.

  • Quote
    • Like 1
    7 minutes ago, KozzyCan said:

    Because we've already flatly stated we're not interested as of 3 days ago? Just because we had a chat with him a month ago doesn't mean we're still keen.

    Did we? Tim Lamb? I must've missed wherever you heard that, I haven't listened to any media this week,

    Edit: Nor seen anyone bump the TM thread.

    Edited by John Demonic

  • Quote
    •  
    6 minutes ago, John Demonic said:

    Did we? Tim Lamb? I must've missed wherever you heard that, I haven't listened to any media this week,

    Edit: Nor seen anyone bump the TM thread.

    Yes, was a question asked at Tim Lamb's press conference earlier this week right towards the end.  Was a flat no.

  • Quote
    • Like 2
    On 09/10/2024 at 15:33, jnrmac said:

    never liked him anyway. Dodgy haircut

    the munsters 60s movies GIF by absurdnoise

  • Quote

    • 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...
    Go to topic listing

    Featured Content

    • REPORT: Brisbane

      “Max Gawn has been the heart and soul of the Dees for years now, but this recent recovery from a terrible start has been driven by him. He was everywhere again, and with the game in the balance, he took several key marks to keep the ball in the Dees forward half.” - The Monday Knee Jerk Reaction: Round Ten Of course, it wasn’t the efforts of one man that caused this monumental upset, but rather the work of the coach and his assistants and the other 22 players who took the ground, notably the likes of Jake Melksham, Christian Petracca, Clayton Oliver and Kozzie Pickett but Max has been magnificent in taking ownership of his team and its welfare under the fire of a calamitous 0-5 start to the season. On Sunday, he provided the leadership that was needed to face up to the reigning premier and top of the ladder Brisbane Lions on their home turf and to prevail after a slow start, during which the hosts led by as much as 24 points in the second quarter. Titus O’Reily is normally comedic in his descriptions of the football but this time, he was being deadly serious. The Demons have come from a long way back and, although they still sit in the bottom third of the AFL pack, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel as they look to drive home the momentum inspired in the past four or five weeks by Max the Magnificent who was under such great pressure in those dark, early days of the season.

        • Thanks
        • Like
      • 0 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • CASEY: Southport

      The Southport Sharks came to Casey. They saw and they conquered a team with 16 AFL-listed players who, for the most part, wasted their time on the ground and failed to earn their keep. For the first half, the Sharks were kept in the game by the Demons’ poor use of the football, it’s disposal getting worse the closer the team got to its own goal and moreover, it got worse as the game progressed. Make no mistake, Casey was far and away the better team in the first half, it was winning the ruck duels through Tom Campbell’s solid performance but it was the scoreboard that told the story.

        • Thanks
      • 3 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • PREGAME: Sydney

      Just a game and percentage outside the Top 8, the Demons return to Melbourne to face the Sydney Swans at the MCG, with a golden opportunity to build on the momentum from toppling the reigning premiers on their own turf. Who comes in, and who makes way?

        • Thanks
      • 164 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • PODCAST: Brisbane

      The Demonland Podcast will air LIVE on Monday, 12th May @ 8:00pm. Join Binman, George & I as we analyse a famous victory by the Demons over the Lions at the Gabba.
      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/

        • Clap
        • Love
        • Thanks
        • Like
      • 34 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • POSTGAME: Brisbane

      The Demons pulled off an absolute miracle at the Gabba coming from 24 points down in the 2nd Quarter to overrun the reigning premiers the Brisbane Lions winning by 11 points and keeping their season well and truly alive.

        • Haha
        • Love
        • Like
      • 493 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • VOTES: Brisbane

      Captain Max Gawn still has a massive 48 votes lead in the Demonland Player of the Year ahead of Jake Bowey. Christian Petracca, Harvey Langford and Kade Chandler round out the Top 5. Your votes please. 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

        • Thanks
      • 61 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland
    View All