Demonland

Well played

Sam McClure loathes Melbourne. Who hurt him at Primary School? This is deep seeded pathological hatred.

Sparrow out as expected. May won't play this week.

YEAR PLAYER 2001 Adem Yze 2002 Adem Yze 2003 Clint Bizzell 2004 Jeff White 2005 Travis Johnstone 2006 Cameron Bruce 2007 Nathan Jones 2008 Brad Green 2009 Aaron Davey 2010 James Frawley 2011 Jack Trengove 2012 Nathan Jones 2013 Nathan Jones 2014 Nathan Jones 2015 Jack Viney 2016 Max Gawn 2017 Clayton Oliver 2018 Clayton Oliver 2019 Max Gawn 2020 Christian Petracca 2021 Clayton Oliver 2022 Clayton Oliver 2023 Christian Petracca

PLAYER VOTES 1 Max Gawn 206 2 Jack Viney 123 3 Trent Rivers 109 4 Steven May 104 5 Christian Petracca 97 6 Alex Neal-Bullen 93 7 Ed Langdon 79 8 Kysaiah Pickett 76 9 Clayton Oliver 65 10 Jacob van Rooyen 58 11 Christian Salem 52 12 Judd McVee 50 13 Jake Lever 43 14 Tom McDonald 37 15 Bayley Fritsch 32 =16 Tom Sparrow 25 =16 Caleb Windsor 25 18 Daniel Turner 22 19 Harry Petty 20 20 Kade Chandler 19 21 Blake Howes 15 22 Jack Billings 13 23 Jake Bowey 10 24 Adam Tomlinson 9 =25 Jake Melksham 2 =25 Andy Moniz-Wakefield 2

No award for guessing the winner of the 2024 Demonland Player of the Year. Even second and third places are virtually all but decided. The progress voting to Round 23 is - 206. Max Gawn 123. Jack Viney 109. Trent Rivers 104. Steven May 97. Christian Petracca 93. Alex Neal-Bullen 79. Ed Langdon 76. Kysaiah Pickett 65. Clayton Oliver 56. Jacob van Rooyen 52. Christian Salem 50. Judd McVee 43. Jake Lever 37. Tom McDonald 32. Bayley Fritsch 25. Tom Sparrow Caleb Windsor 22. Daniel Turner 20. Harry Petty 19. Kade Chandler 15. Blake Howes 13. Jack Billings 10. Jake Bowey 9. Adam Tomlinson 2. Jake Melksham Andy Moniz-Wakefield

Demonlanders every night worrying about a future Darwin team.

Well that settles it then. Melbourne has been assured by Kysaiah Pickett’s management that he is content at the Demons despite continual approaches from clubs across the country. Pickett signed a new deal last April until 2027 and while he has spent time in Adelaide and West Australia growing up he does not consider either of them his home town. Clubs including Port Adelaide have recently again upped the ante as they attempt to bring him back to the state where he lived with his uncle, Power legend Byron Pickett, for a time as he approached draft age. But his manager Peter Rohde confirmed on Tuesday he had spoken with Melbourne football boss Alan Richardson as recently as Tuesday morning to assure him there was nothing to the speculation. Pickett loves the city of Darwin and its tropical weather as an escape from the bitter cold of Melbourne’s winters. But unless the AFL fast-tracks a 20th team into the Northern Territory before he retires, he will remain with Melbourne for the foreseeable future. All Melbourne players have been disappointed with their response to a pair of straight-sets finals departures, flat they could not put together a deep finals run. But as the Demons prepare to take on Collingwood in their round 24 clash on Friday night, his focus is on fulfilling his contract. Ironically Pickett has just been spruiking the city in a fashion shoot for the City of Melbourne for splashed across his Instagram pages. He and partner Ardu welcomed their first child in April this year, with Pickett enjoying a solid but not brilliant season with 34 goals after 40, 41 and 37 majors in his past three seasons for the Demons.

According to Goody's Presser they will be honouring the 64 premiership team as well. Hassa Mann was at the club today talking about his hate for Collingwood.

Very close. 1:35 in clip

From about 3:14 re: Trac meeting

We've now entered "The Journos are Just Bored" Phase of this whole saga.

I just assumed it was either an inquiry by the media when talking to Port about the Houston to Dees trade and whether the Dees throwing Kozzy into the mix would sweeten the deal or Port, knowing they're losing Houston and Melbourne being a potential suitor, would the Dees consider trading a player who was also contracted so as not to have to give up 1st rounders, and they leaked to the media.

No comment. Check out my socials for a delicious recipe though. Too soon?

Surely this is classed as a hate crime.

So if Houston is worth 2 first round draft picks is Kozzy worth 3 or more? Asking for Ken ...

Melbourne Demons, Christian Petracca injuries, communication with Max Gawn, Noosa holiday, Caroline Wilson, Footy Classified Caroline Wilson says she is "staggered" at Melbourne's communication breakdown with Christian Petracca. It follows reports that Petracca addressed the playing group on Monday, clarifying his extended break in Noosa, his terrifying season-ending injuries suffered in round 13, as well as growing trade speculation. There have been suggestions that Petracca had become disgruntled and disillusioned with the club. And despite Dees skipper Max Gawn moving to shut down speculation that tension still exists between Petracca and his teammates, Wilson still has her concerns. "I find the communication breakdown at the Melbourne football club extraordinary," Wilson said on Nine's Footy Classified on Monday night. "What is baffling to me is that Christian Petracca addressed his teammates this morning, for the first time as a group, and talked about the trauma he suffered. "I'm staggered that players didn't know that Christian Petracca had gone up to Noosa for a month, because he was suffering from post traumatic stress disorder, if that's what it was, or some form of stress and trauma after what had happened to him. "If he's got all these cultural issues with the club, when he addressed the players ... I wish he'd said that. I'm told that he specifically only spoke about what he went through (with his injuries)." Wilson also questioned why Gawn has been withholding information surrounding Petracca's health from his teammates. "How does Max Gawn ... keep his teammates in the loop about how Christian is going? About why he's gone to Noosa?" she said. "Petracca is their greatest player, their Norm Smith Medallist. Do you find it a bit odd? It is unusual for a footy club to not be communicating to that degree? "This is a playing group that has won a flag together. How does the playing group not know about this situation?" And it's not just on Gawn to be keeping the group informed, according to Matthew Lloyd. "It's on everyone. It's on the head of football, Alan Richardson, it's on Gary Pert, the CEO," Lloyd said.

Looked very disinterested when he kicked 4 goals 2 weeks ago.

PETRACCAROO I can exclusively confirm that Christian Petracca did tour the Kangaroos facilities out at Arden street and is open to hopping over to the Roos ... ---- Tom Morris probably