Jump to content

PREGAME: Rd 17 vs West Coast

Demonland
Demonland
in Melbourne Demons

Featured Replies

3 minutes ago, leave it to deever said:

I think Cyril was mouth watering.

He was, wasn’t he? He had everyone salivating, didn’t he? Folks of every persuasion were in love with him, weren’t they? You wish I’d stfu now, don’t you? But I won’t, will I? I’m entitled to my own opinion, aren’t I? That’s the licence for saying whatever one wants to say, isn’t it? You can tell on I’m on a train bored sch!ttless, can’t you?

🤪

 
6 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

He was, wasn’t he? He had everyone salivating, didn’t he? Folks of every persuasion were in love with him, weren’t they? You wish I’d stfu now, don’t you? But I won’t, will I? I’m entitled to my own opinion, aren’t I? That’s the licence for saying whatever one wants to say, isn’t it? You can tell on I’m on a train bored sch!ttless, can’t you?

🤪

special

    • Haha 1

    I think Woewodin will be lucky to hold his spot. He needs to go harder and be cleaner if he is going to make it.

    Tomlinson may only hold his spot if TMac goes forward. (Champion Data had TMac's game last week as exceptional but I doubt we really want a backline with all of Lever, Tomlinson, May and TMac.)

    Melksham could be the sub.

    • Like 1
     
    7 minutes ago, Fat Tony said:

    I think Woewodin will be lucky to hold his spot. He needs to go harder and be cleaner if he is going to make it.

    Tomlinson may only hold his spot if TMac goes forward. (Champion Data had TMac's game last week as exceptional but I doubt we really want a backline with all of Lever, Tomlinson, May and TMac.)

    Melksham could be the sub.

    TMac won't go forward, or at least for anything other than a cameo. He (and/or the Club/coach) have said that his fitness/foot issues make that non viable.

    Melksham needs match fitness. Being the sub won't help that.

    I can't remember which thread it was/is, but when D'landers are antagonistic towards each other, they would be well advised to heed the words of a great philosopher/thinker ...

    We don't need to share the same opinions as others, but we need to be respectful. - Taylor Swift

     

     

     

     

     

    • Like 1
    • Haha 1

    I think Fullerton could play and chop out for Max and play pettys role. 

    If that's the case them Melk as sub.

     

    More than likely we play Melk in the Petty role and swing TMac forward if we need more tall targets up front

    • Like 2

    11 hours ago, DubDee said:

    We can’t lose Petty and Tommo. 

    WC have 3 tall fwds in darling Allen Waterman. not huge talls but all dangerous

    Petty Brown out 

    Melksham Salem in

     

    How much more dangerous than Stock Aitken Waterman?

    We should be so lucky.

    • Haha 4

    Looking at the two sides West Coast are not much less experienced than we are....you'd think a bottom team would be playing all kids but the Eagles have plenty of veterans - just not performing consistently anymore. 

    image.png.41b0677ac669b4da2657b404ee320d90.png

    • Like 3
    • Thanks 4
    13 hours ago, picket fence said:

    Fullarton instead of Jeffo!! Are we tanking? Explain how Jeffo travelling emergency last week played an excellent game in the wet last week and not even in the extended squad??

    GOODWIN has lost the plot!

    I have read your famous track reports, so I’m sure you have the better handle on the roles these players are capable.

    But Jeffo surely doesn’t ruck well, at AFL level? And Gawn needs a break. If Fullerton is worth a list spot, surely THIS is the moment!

    • Like 3
     
    16 hours ago, Cranky Franky said:

    It usually doesn't work. Goodie has made a career of bringing players straight back in after injury or too early & it usually fails.

    Salem - fail   Bowey - fail  Petty- fail

    McAdam  - fail

    Not a pretty record.

     

     

    Spargo - fail

    • Sad 1

    If there ever was a time for a test for Fullerton as a ruck chop out/big this would be it. 

    • Like 5

    1 hour ago, DemonWA said:

    I think Fullerton could play and chop out for Max and play pettys role. 

    If that's the case them Melk as sub.

     

    More than likely we play Melk in the Petty role and swing TMac forward if we need more tall targets up front

    Agree on Fullarton, to give Max a rest.

    But Melk is named on ground, doesn’t that mean he isn’t sub?

    Think both Fullarton and Melk will play. TMac in defence.


    Fullarton, Chandler, Turner and Salem (or Bowey)

    Tholstrup sub

     

    • Like 3
    1 hour ago, DemonWA said:

    I think Fullerton could play and chop out for Max and play pettys role. 

    If that's the case them Melk as sub.

     

    More than likely we play Melk in the Petty role and swing TMac forward if we need more tall targets up front

    It’s my dream that fullarton can be that second Ruck and we leave JVR up forward to kick bags. 6 this week will do!

    • Like 4

    Dees have a 100% strike rate of mistakenly bringing someone straight back in the senior.

    Buck the trend Jake

    • Like 5
    35 minutes ago, No10 said:

    Agree on Fullarton, to give Max a rest.

    But Melk is named on ground, doesn’t that mean he isn’t sub?

    Think both Fullarton and Melk will play. TMac in defence.


    Fullarton, Chandler, Turner and Salem (or Bowey)

    Tholstrup sub

     

    I hope they keep Tholstrup and give him a decent run. Then perhaps Windsor as sub as he hasn’t done a lot the past couple of games and his kicking and handball radar has been well off.

    • Like 5
    1 minute ago, Neil Crompton said:

    I hope they keep Tholstrup and give him a decent run. Then perhaps Windsor as sub as he hasn’t done a lot the past couple of games and his kicking and handball radar has been well off.

    Would definitely support that...hope Tholstrup stays in.

    • Like 1

    1 hour ago, No10 said:

    Agree on Fullarton, to give Max a rest.

    But Melk is named on ground, doesn’t that mean he isn’t sub?

    Think both Fullarton and Melk will play. TMac in defence.


    Fullarton, Chandler, Turner and Salem (or Bowey)

    Tholstrup sub

     

    I'd hate to see kolton as the sub I liked his game last week. Keep him in the rest of the year please !!

    • Like 4
    9 minutes ago, Neil Crompton said:

    I hope they keep Tholstrup and give him a decent run. Then perhaps Windsor as sub as he hasn’t done a lot the past couple of games and his kicking and handball radar has been well off.

    who plays on the wing then? not sure Kolt has the run in him yet?

    • Like 1
    2 hours ago, Viney Vidi Vici said:

    If there ever was a time for a test for Fullerton as a ruck chop out/big this would be it. 

    With Petty out I think we need some height up forward and JVR to stay in the forward line for the entire game aside from when he's on the bench.

    Therefore I wouldn't be opposed to Fullarton getting a gig.  It would mean that Kolt would probably get dropped from the extended bench and most would be against that.

    • Like 2
    3 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

    With Petty out I think we need some height up forward and JVR to stay in the forward line for the entire game aside from when he's on the bench.

    Therefore I wouldn't be opposed to Fullarton getting a gig.  It would mean that Kolt would probably get dropped from the extended bench and most would be against that.

    Agreed. I think JVR is a great 2nd ruck but we need him at full forward more. Carlton get by with Cripps at stoppage, so surely we can fill the position when Gawn is off the ground with someone who isn't quite so vital to our structure up forward (as JVR is).

    • Thanks 1
    4 hours ago, Fat Tony said:

    I think Woewodin will be lucky to hold his spot. He needs to go harder and be cleaner if he is going to make it.

    I agree, although he's listed on the ground, so he's playing in the 22. But to be fair to Woey, we have yo yo'd him in and out for 12 months. Hard to get continuity going with that.

    • Like 3

    4 hours ago, DemonWA said:

    I think Fullerton could play and chop out for Max and play pettys role. 

    If that's the case them Melk as sub.

     

    More than likely we play Melk in the Petty role and swing TMac forward if we need more tall targets up front

    Rather than having a forest of tall timbers up front, we more desperately need more mobility up front to be creative targets for those to whom the responsibility, downfield, is to exploit their eyes, the opportunities and leads and space-making that result in goals, not clearances by the opposition (as our key forwards are pillars of salt who do not even bother to chase down opposition clearance exponents). 

     

    • Sad 1
    50 minutes ago, Chook said:

    Agreed. I think JVR is a great 2nd ruck but we need him at full forward more. Carlton get by with Cripps at stoppage, so surely we can fill the position when Gawn is off the ground with someone who isn't quite so vital to our structure up forward (as JVR is).

    Cripps is 6 foot 4 though, so taller than JVR. None of our mids are in that height range and because we can lack speed from the stoppage, it probably is a little dangerous to play without someone who gives us a good contest. JVR does this. But I'd play Fullarton this week.

    • Like 4
    24 minutes ago, Binmans PA said:

    Cripps is 6 foot 4 though, so taller than JVR. None of our mids are in that height range and because we can lack speed from the stoppage, it probably is a little dangerous to play without someone who gives us a good contest. JVR does this. But I'd play Fullarton this week.

    Cripps is 195 cms which is nearly 6 foot 5 inches.

    Edited by Redleg

    • Like 1
    • Thanks 1
     

    Texts have been revealed from 3 current WC players discussing how they want the coach gone

    Things are going great out West

    My word we better belt them

    • Like 4
    • Thanks 1
    • Haha 1
    21 hours ago, YesitwasaWin4theAges said:

    I think the main thing with Melk is too give him a game in the Magoo's.

    If he shows something during the game bring him off at half time for next week.

    Let's be sensible with this and respect his comeback appropriately.

    Training and rehab form different to game day situations/intensity.

    I was obviously wrong. 

    Go The Snake, Go Dees.

    🐍🇱🇮

    • Like 2

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

    Featured Content

    • GAMEDAY: West Coast

      It's Game Day and the Demons have a chance to notch up their third consecutive win — something they haven’t done since Round 5, 2024. But to do it, they’ll need to exorcise the Demons of last year’s disastrous trip out West. Can the Dees continue their momentum, right the wrongs of that fateful clash, and take another step up the ladder on the road to redemption?

        • Love
        • Thanks
        • Like
      • 291 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • FEATURE: 1925

      A hundred years ago today, on 2 May 1925, Melbourne kicked off the new season with a 47 point victory over St Kilda to take top place on the VFL ladder after the opening round of the new season.  Top place was a relatively unknown position for the team then known as the “Fuchsias.” They had finished last in 1923 and rose by only one place in the following year although the final home and away round heralded a promise of things to come when they surprised the eventual premiers Essendon. That victory set the stage for more improvement and it came rapidly. In this series, I will tell the story of how the 1925 season unfolded for the Melbourne Football Club and how it made the VFL finals for the first time in a decade on the way to the ultimate triumph a year later.

      • 0 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • PREVIEW: West Coast

      Saturday’s election night game in Perth between the West Coast Eagles and Melbourne represents 18th vs 15th which makes it a tough decision as to which party to favour. The Eagles have yet to break the ice under their new coach in Andrew McQualter who is the second understudy in a row to confront Demon Coach Simon Goodwin who was also winless until a fortnight ago. On that basis, many punters might be considering to go with the donkey vote but I’ve been assigned with the task of helping readers to come to a considered opinion on this matter of vital importance across the nation. It was almost a year ago that I wrote a preview here of the Demons’ away game against the Eagles (under the name William from Waalitj because it was Indigenous Round).  I issued a warning that it was a danger game, based on my local knowledge that the home team were no longer easybeats and that they possessed a wunderkind generational player in Harley Reid who was capable of producing stellar performances playing among men a decade and more older than he.  At the time, the Eagles already had two wins off the back of a couple of the young man’s masterclasses and they had recently given the Bombers a scare straight after their Anzac Day blockbuster draw against the then reigning premiers.

      • 1 reply
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • NON-MFC: Round 08

      Round 08 of the 2025 AFL Season kicks off on Thursday with a must-win game for the Bombers to stay in touch with the top eight, while the struggling Roos seek a morale-boosting upset. Friday sees the Saints desperate for a win as well if they are to stay in finals contention and their opponents the Dockers will be eager to crack in to the Top 8 with a win on the road. Saturday kicks off with a pivotal clash for both sides asthe Bulldogs look to solidify their top-eight spot, while Port seeks to shake their pretender tag. Then the Crows will be looking to steady their topsy turvy season against a resurgent Blues looking to make it 4 wins on the trot. On Election Night a Blockbuster will see the ladder-leading Pies take on the Cats, who are keen to bounce back after a narrow loss. On Sunday the Sydney Derby promises fireworks as the Giants aim to cement their top-eight status, while the Swans fight to keep their season alive. The Hawks, celebrating their centenary, will be looking to easily account for the Tigers who are desperate to halt their slide. The Round concludes on Sunday Night with a top end of the table QClash with significant ladder implications; both Queensland teams are in scintillating form. Who are you tipping this week and what are the best results for the Demons?

        • Like
      • 181 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?

        • Thanks
        • Like
      • 563 replies
      Demonland
      Demonland

    • 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
    View All