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I'm pretty sure Roosy started out with "you" and then was ending with "we". He said it himself at the end that he's a Demon now.

The late start is still a mystery to me. No settings had changed but it just would not connect to the stream whereas a computer in the other room with the same settings and internet connection were able to connect fine. Thankfully Roosy wasn't waiting on the line as we usually do with guests otherwise I would have really been embarrassed.

It was @Grapeviney's question but I love the chuckle he gave. It's hard not to automatically think "same old Melbourne" after a loss like the QB game considering the deep scarring that supporters have from the past decade. It's been a long time since I was relatively confident that we could rise to a big occasion like I did for QB and I was disappointed yet again. I will take Roosy's counsel on the matter though. For me the back half of the year will be proof as to whether we are a new Melbourne or a new version of the "same old Melbourne".

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That was not lost on me and for me personally it was the perfect answer to his legacy question and not just for the kids.

I'll have the show up shortly for those who missed it live (well on Adelaide time).

Thanks!!! Sorry about the half an hour delay. Don't know why my program that streams the show live just wouldn't connect. I was going to delete and redownload the program straight away but didn't and that seem to do the trick. Lucky we didn't have Roosy waiting on the line. That would have been embarrassing.

We'll be LIVE with the Paul Roos interview in 5 minutes. http://demonland.com/podcast

We'll be airing the Paul Roos Interview in just over an hour at 8:30pm. Listen and Chat LIVE: http://demonland.com/podcast

No problem. Have a ball doing it.

From Roosy? Or us after the interview? A little from Roosy. Mostly talked about his time at the Dees with spill over to current day. No spoilers. You'll have to listen. We'll talk about the Pies game after the interview. If anyone would like to join the discussion about the QB game or any other issues then call: 03 9016 3666 or Skype: Demonland31. I think next week we'll give our mid year review perhaps doing a player by player review before looking at our one and only Friday night game of the Home and Away season.

I was probably fudging my stats upwards.

It is 1 hour of awesomeness from Roosy. @Supermercado was great too. I was above average at best.

Good question but unfortunately we interviewed Roosy yesterday in order to accommodate for his busy schedule. We will be airing that interview tonight prior to our discussion of the Queens birthday game. The interview as well as the full podcast will be available from tonight after the podcast airs. Subscribe to us on iTunes or stream it on Soundcloud. The interview itself will also be posted to YouTube.

@Supermercado and I interview Paul Roos Tonight @ 8:30pm Listen and Chat LIVE: http://demonland.com/podcast Call: 03 9016 3666 Skype: Demonland31

PLAYER VOTES 1 Max Gawn 106 2 Clayton Oliver 100 3 Jesse Hogan 89 4 Nathan Jones 67 5 Angus Brayshaw 48 6 Tom McDoanld 44 7 Christian Salem 35 8 Neville Jetta 32 9 Jake Melksham 31 10 Jake Lever 29 10 Oscar McDoanld 29 12 Christian Petracca 26 13 Michael Hibberd 23 14 Jordan Lewis 20 15 Bayley Fritsch 17 16 Jeff Garlett 16 16 James Harmes 16 18 Alex Neal-Bullen 7 19 Tomas Bugg 6 19 Jack Viney 6 21 Joel Smith 4 22 Dean Kent 2 23 Bernie Vince 1 23 Josh Wagner 1

Clayton Oliver is making a charge. 106. Max Gawn 100. Clayton OIiver 89. Jesse Hogan 67. Nathan Jones 48. Angus Brayshaw 44. Tom McDonald 35. Christian Salem 32. Neville Jetta 31. Jake Melksham 29. Jake Lever Oscar McDonald 26. Christian Petracca 23. Michael Hibberd 20. Jordan Lewis 17. Bayley Fritsch 16. Jeff Garlett James Harmes 7. Alex Neal-Bullen 6. Tom Bugg Jack Viney 4. Joel Smith 2. Dean Kent 1. Bernie Vince Josh Wagner

The Paul Roos Interview airs LIVE Tomorrow night (13/6).

On a day to promote the cause to find a cure for MND, it wasn’t only the coaches who took a bath; the Demons took one from the Pies as well, when they went down by seven goals in front of a big crowd at the MCG. It was a big day for the Melbourne Football Club - a big occasion, big crowd, big expectations and all that happened was a big, big disappointment. The loss of the game and the loss of percentage dropped the club to fifth spot on the ladder and facing a game against Port Adelaide in 2 weeks time, who will be looking to leap ahead of them. The game started badly with Collingwood having ten scoring shots in the first quarter to a paltry two for the Demons. The forward line set-up was poor, leaving Jeremy Howe free and he repelled attack after attack. When he was properly manned up at quarter time, he didn’t get another intercept mark for the game. But it was the clearance battle that was decisive, with the Pies able to extract the ball from the middle to their outside runners with ease. Unfortunately, no change was made by the coaches to stop their players coming off the back of the square to provide those outlets. And our players simply didn’t go with their opponents. Gawn v Grundy was touted as the competition for AA ruckman, and probably was a tie, given Grundy managed 5 more hit-outs, but Gawn had 4 more possessions including 3 marks to 1. Keeping the ball in close was the Collingwood aim, and it worked all game, with 45 to 28 clearances in the Pies favour. Our much vaunted contested ball players were given a bath. The game really didn’t change much over the final three quarters as Collingwood kept on giving themselves more opportunities in front of goal. A total of 18 chances to 9 at half-time blew out to 33 v 21 at the final bell - the Demons were never going to win a game with that sort of return. In addition it was the Collingwood spread which provided those opportunities, and the lack of run in the legs of the Melbourne players was obvious. The drop off in possessions for the likes of Brayshaw (16), Petracca (15), Spargo (12), Melksham (12) and Hannan (8) showed either some very tired players, or players who need to lift their running game and effort when needed most. The addition of Cam Pedersen was a complete failure as he was to provide a replacement for Tim Smith up forward. By half-time he was relegated to the backline. The only forward to provide any real output was Tom McDonald with six goals from six contested marks. Jesse Hogan was left stranded by the lack of opportunities coming his way, and was used in the middle to try to get his hands on the ball, but that didn’t work either. With low output from the small forwards and a lack of accountability for their opponents, the ball came out of the Collingwood defence all too easily. In sharp contrast the defence without Jake Lever was poor. Jordan Lewis racked up 33 touches, but that in itself is a bad sign as it showed how often the ball was down that way. Also running him as the spare, when he is not the most athletically gifted gave no drive from the backline. It was just a stop and kick movement, which was completely inadequate against a running Collingwood. Joel Smith is a work in progress, to replace Lever for the remainder of the season but he was used badly and was forced to play on Cox initially. An older head should have been assigned the role as Joel still needs to learn how to position his body. He would have been the better option as the spare, with Lewis on Cox. He still managed 16 touches and will be better for the experience. It will take some time for him to get used to the role that he has to play. With a bye next week, the break will relieve the tired younger bodies. With eight wins to date, there is still a lot of work to be done to ensure a finals appearance for the team. The Magpies cheer squad reminded us all today of what happened in Round 23 last year ... does the team want to be given a bath again in the second half of the season? Melbourne 2.0.12 7.2.44 11.5.71 14.7.91 Collingwood 5.5..38 9.9.63 15.11.101 20.13.133 Goals T McDonald 6 Hannan 2 Fritsch Gawn Harmes Neal-Bullen Oliver Viney Collingwood Cox 5 Hoskin-Elliott Stephenson 4 Thomas 3 Adams Mihocek Pendlebury Treloar Best Melbourne T McDonald Jetta Oliver Jones Collingwood De Goey Cox Adams Hoskin-Elliott Sidebottom Treloar Injuries Melbourne Jetta (shoulder) O McDonald (concussion) Collingwood Wells (foot) Reports Nil Umpires Donlon, Haussen, Findlay Official crowd 83,518 at the MCG

TAKING A BATH by George on the Outer On a day to promote the cause to find a cure for MND, it wasn’t only the coaches who took a bath; the Demons took one from the Pies as well, when they went down by seven goals in front of a big crowd at the MCG. It was a big day for the Melbourne Football Club - a big occasion, big crowd, big expectations and all that happened was a big, big disappointment. The loss of the game and the loss of percentage dropped the club to fifth spot on the ladder and facing a game against Port Adelaide in 2 weeks time, who will be looking to leap ahead of them. The game started badly with Collingwood having ten scoring shots in the first quarter to a paltry two for the Demons. The forward line set-up was poor, leaving Jeremy Howe free and he repelled attack after attack. When he was properly manned up at quarter time, he didn’t get another intercept mark for the game. But it was the clearance battle that was decisive, with the Pies able to extract the ball from the middle to their outside runners with ease. Unfortunately, no change was made by the coaches to stop their players coming off the back of the square to provide those outlets. And our players simply didn’t go with their opponents. Gawn v Grundy was touted as the competition for AA ruckman, and probably was a tie, given Grundy managed 5 more hit-outs, but Gawn had 4 more possessions including 3 marks to 1. Keeping the ball in close was the Collingwood aim, and it worked all game, with 45 to 28 clearances in the Pies favour. Our much vaunted contested ball players were given a bath. The game really didn’t change much over the final three quarters as Collingwood kept on giving themselves more opportunities in front of goal. A total of 18 chances to 9 at half-time blew out to 33 v 21 at the final bell - the Demons were never going to win a game with that sort of return. In addition it was the Collingwood spread which provided those opportunities, and the lack of run in the legs of the Melbourne players was obvious. The drop off in possessions for the likes of Brayshaw (16), Petracca (15), Spargo (12), Melksham (12) and Hannan (8) showed either some very tired players, or players who need to lift their running game and effort when needed most. The addition of Cam Pedersen was a complete failure as he was to provide a replacement for Tim Smith up forward. By half-time he was relegated to the backline. The only forward to provide any real output was Tom McDonald with six goals from six contested marks. Jesse Hogan was left stranded by the lack of opportunities coming his way, and was used in the middle to try to get his hands on the ball, but that didn’t work either. With low output from the small forwards and a lack of accountability for their opponents, the ball came out of the Collingwood defence all too easily. In sharp contrast the defence without Jake Lever was poor. Jordan Lewis racked up 33 touches, but that in itself is a bad sign as it showed how often the ball was down that way. Also running him as the spare, when he is not the most athletically gifted gave no drive from the backline. It was just a stop and kick movement, which was completely inadequate against a running Collingwood. Joel Smith is a work in progress, to replace Lever for the remainder of the season but he was used badly and was forced to play on Cox initially. An older head should have been assigned the role as Joel still needs to learn how to position his body. He would have been the better option as the spare, with Lewis on Cox. He still managed 16 touches and will be better for the experience. It will take some time for him to get used to the role that he has to play. With a bye next week, the break will relieve the tired younger bodies. With eight wins to date, there is still a lot of work to be done to ensure a finals appearance for the team. The Magpies cheer squad reminded us all today of what happened in Round 23 last year ... does the team want to be given a bath again in the second half of the season? Melbourne 2.0.12 7.2.44 11.5.71 14.7.91 Collingwood 5.5..38 9.9.63 15.11.101 20.13.133 Goals T McDonald 6 Hannan 2 Fritsch Gawn Harmes Neal-Bullen Oliver Viney Collingwood Cox 5 Hoskin-Elliott Stephenson 4 Thomas 3 Adams Mihocek Pendlebury Treloar Best Melbourne T McDonald Jetta Oliver Jones Collingwood De Goey Cox Adams Hoskin-Elliott Sidebottom Treloar Injuries Melbourne Jetta (shoulder) O McDonald (concussion) Collingwood Wells (foot) Reports Nil Umpires Donlon, Haussen, Findlay Official crowd 83,518 at the MCG