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The official site now has links to each quarter on their site so best to view them there as our sponsors are displayed so any potential clicks will presumably earn our club dollars. Q1 - Full Replay - http://www.melbournefc.com.au/video/2013-03-04/deetv-melbourne-v-port-adelaide-q1 Q2 - Full Replay - http://www.melbournefc.com.au/video/2013-03-04/deetv-melbourne-v-port-adelaide-q2 Q3 - Full Replay - http://www.melbournefc.com.au/video/2013-03-04/deetv-melbourne-v-port-adelaide-q3 Q4 - Full Replay - http://www.melbournefc.com.au/video/2013-03-04/deetv-melbourne-v-port-adelaide-q4

Yes! I can confirm that.

Video of the Game: Q1 - Full Replay - http://www.melbourne...ort-adelaide-q1 Q2 - Full Replay - http://www.melbourne...ort-adelaide-q2 Q3 - Full Replay - http://www.melbourne...ort-adelaide-q3 Q4 - Full Replay - http://www.melbourne...ort-adelaide-q4

Posted this in the video thread but thought I post the links here too: Here are the links to all 4 quarters. Q1 - Full Replay - http://www.melbourne...ort-adelaide-q1 Q2 - Full Replay - http://www.melbourne...ort-adelaide-q2 Q3 - Full Replay - http://www.melbourne...ort-adelaide-q3 Q4 - Full Replay - http://www.melbourne...ort-adelaide-q4 Videos cannot be watched on your phone and can only be accessed on your PC. Not sure about iPads and similar tablet devices. EDIT: Video can be watched through the Official Demons iPhone App.

FYI These video cannot be watch from your phone. You can only watch from a PC.

Footage is decent quality considering it is just one camera high up on the wing.

Thanks again to portadelaidefc.com.au - Here are the links to all 4 quarters. Q1 - Full Replay - http://bit.ly/YIp760 Q2 - Full Replay - http://bit.ly/Xk9Ah1 Q3 - Full Replay - http://bit.ly/14ivvVb Q4 - Full Replay - http://bit.ly/YIyS4h

courtesy of the Official Site: http://www.melbournefc.com.au/dee-tv http://www.melbournefc.com.au/video/2013-03-04/deetv-chase-down-and-evans-goal http://www.melbournefc.com.au/video/2013-03-04/deetv-sellars-five-goal-performance http://www.melbournefc.com.au/video/2013-03-04/deetv-demons-go-coast-to-coast http://www.melbournefc.com.au/video/2013-03-04/deetv-magner-post-game-renmark http://www.melbournefc.com.au/video/2013-03-04/deetv-neeld-post-game-renmark Full Game Replay can be found here courtesy of portadelaidefc.com.au http://www.portadelaidefc.com.au/ptv/power-v-demons-full-replay Here are the links to all 4 quarters individually: Q1 - Full Replay - http://www.melbourne...ort-adelaide-q1 Q2 - Full Replay - http://www.melbourne...ort-adelaide-q2 Q3 - Full Replay - http://www.melbourne...ort-adelaide-q3 Q4 - Full Replay - http://www.melbourne...ort-adelaide-q4

THE LOST GAME by The Oracle How can you do a match report on a game you didn't attend, wasn't televised and was broadcast by a radio station that employs one-eyed hillbillies with a phobia about giving away the names of many of the visiting team's players? Easy, just quote the media reports on the following day. I'll start with Ashley Porter from the Age. Youngsters fire up battle of the battlers Porter's report contained one familiar Fairfax clanger of Wilsonesque proportions:- He called the ruck duel between Jake Spencer and Jarrad Redden a feature of the game which might come as a surprise to those who tuned in to 5AA whose commentators only mentioned the latter in describing the game's ruck contests. And if you think 5AA was bad for bias, cop this offering from the Andrew Capel in the Adelaide Advertiser:- Port Adelaide's young guns shine in narrow loss against Melbourne In South Australia, it seems that, even in practice matches, the spoils go to the loser. More on the AFL site:- Super Sellar sees Dees pip Port MELBOURNE 0.4.3.27 0.8.5.53 0.9.6.60 0.12.6.78 PORT ADELAIDE 0.2.3.15 0.5.3.33 0.8.4.52 1.10.7.76 Supergoals Melbourne Nil Port Adelaide Hartlett Goals Melbourne Sellar 5 Davey 3 Kent 2 Evans Tapscott Port Adelaide Daniel Stewart 3 Hartlett 2 Colquhoun Neade Newton Wingard Young Best Melbourne Magner Sellar Jetta Tapscott Evans Sylvia Port Adelaide Hartlett Wines Mitchell Colquhoun Stevenson Redden INJURIES Melbourne Nil Port Adelaide Nil Reports Nil Umpires Fila Hay Haussen Official crowd 3,754 at Renmark Oval STATISTICS Disposals - Melbourne 262 Port Adelaide 302 Kicks - Melbourne 146 Port Adelaide 165 Handballs - Melbourne 116 Port Adelaide 137 Free Kicks - Melbourne 16 Port Adelaide 23 Clearances - Melbourne 32 Port Adelaide 21 Centre - Melbourne 19 Port Adelaide 7 Stoppages - Melbourne 13 Port Adelaide 14 Inside 50 - Melbourne 36 Port Adelaide 40 Marks in 50 - Melbourne 7 Port Adelaide 16 Contested Possessions - Melbourne 104 Port Adelaide 113 Tackles - Melbourne 54 Port Adelaide 45 Hit-Outs - Melbourne 21 Port Adelaide 28 Melbourne [K H M HO T SG.G.B DT] James Sellar 10 5 7 0 2 0.5.1 101 James Magner 17 7 3 0 7 0.0.0 98 Neville Jetta 8 12 3 0 5 0.0.0 81 Luke Tapscott 6 4 3 0 8 0.1.0 74 Troy Davis 10 6 4 0 1 0.0.0 59 Dean Terlich 9 7 2 0 5 0.0.0 58 Dean Kent 9 1 3 0 2 0.2.1 56 Michael Evans 8 4 3 0 2 0.1.0 55 Aaron Davey 7 3 1 0 2 0.3.0 54 James Strauss 3 8 3 0 5 0.0.0 54 Joel MacDonald 8 11 4 0 1 0.0.0 53 Colin Sylvia 10 4 2 0 3 0.0.0 47 Tom Gillies 6 7 4 0 0 0.0.0 44 Matt Jones 8 7 1 0 3 0.0.0 43 Tom Couch 6 5 1 0 2 0.0.3 42 Josh Tynan 5 6 3 0 1 0.0.0 37 Jake Spencer 1 2 2 20 1 0.0.0 31 Daniel Nicholson 2 2 4 0 2 0.0.0 27 Rory Taggert 3 6 2 0 0 0.0.0 27 Jesse Hogan 4 1 2 0 0 0.0.0 21 Dom Barry 2 4 0 0 1 0.0.0 18 Jack Fitzpatrick 0 3 0 1 1 0.0.0 9 Nathan Stark 2 0 0 0 0 0.0.0 8 Cameron Pedersen 1 1 0 0 0 0.0.0 5

How can you do a match report on a game you didn't attend, wasn't televised and was broadcast by a radio station that employs one-eyed hillbillies with a phobia about giving away the names of many of the visiting team's players? Easy, just quote the media reports on the following day. I'll start with Ashley Porter from the Age. Youngsters fire up battle of the battlers Porter's report contained one familiar Fairfax clanger of Wilsonesque proportions:- He called the ruck duel between Jake Spencer and Jarrad Redden a feature of the game which might come as a surprise to those who tuned in to 5AA whose commentators only mentioned the latter in describing the game's ruck contests. And if you think 5AA was bad for bias, cop this offering from the Andrew Capel in the Adelaide Advertiser:- Port Adelaide's young guns shine in narrow loss against Melbourne In South Australia, it seems that, even in practice matches, the spoils go to the loser. More on the AFL site:- Super Sellar sees Dees pip Port Video of the Game: Q1 - Full Replay - http://www.melbourne...ort-adelaide-q1 Q2 - Full Replay - http://www.melbourne...ort-adelaide-q2 Q3 - Full Replay - http://www.melbourne...ort-adelaide-q3 Q4 - Full Replay - http://www.melbourne...ort-adelaide-q4 MELBOURNE 0.4.3.27 0.8.5.53 0.9.6.60 0.12.6.78 PORT ADELAIDE 0.2.3.15 0.5.3.33 0.8.4.52 1.10.7.76 Supergoals Melbourne Nil Port Adelaide Hartlett Goals Melbourne Sellar 5 Davey 3 Kent 2 Evans Tapscott Port Adelaide Daniel Stewart 3 Hartlett 2 Colquhoun Neade Newton Wingard Young Best Melbourne Magner Sellar Jetta Tapscott Evans Sylvia Port Adelaide Hartlett Wines Mitchell Colquhoun Stevenson Redden INJURIES Melbourne Nil Port Adelaide Nil Reports Nil Umpires Fila Hay Haussen Official crowd 3,754 at Renmark Oval STATISTICS Disposals - Melbourne 262 Port Adelaide 302 Kicks - Melbourne 146 Port Adelaide 165 Handballs - Melbourne 116 Port Adelaide 137 Free Kicks - Melbourne 16 Port Adelaide 23 Clearances - Melbourne 32 Port Adelaide 21 Centre - Melbourne 19 Port Adelaide 7 Stoppages - Melbourne 13 Port Adelaide 14 Inside 50 - Melbourne 36 Port Adelaide 40 Marks in 50 - Melbourne 7 Port Adelaide 16 Contested Possessions - Melbourne 104 Port Adelaide 113 Tackles - Melbourne 54 Port Adelaide 45 Hit-Outs - Melbourne 21 Port Adelaide 28 Melbourne [K H M HO T SG.G.B DT] James Sellar 10 5 7 0 2 0.5.1 101 James Magner 17 7 3 0 7 0.0.0 98 Neville Jetta 8 12 3 0 5 0.0.0 81 Luke Tapscott 6 4 3 0 8 0.1.0 74 Troy Davis 10 6 4 0 1 0.0.0 59 Dean Terlich 9 7 2 0 5 0.0.0 58 Dean Kent 9 1 3 0 2 0.2.1 56 Michael Evans 8 4 3 0 2 0.1.0 55 Aaron Davey 7 3 1 0 2 0.3.0 54 James Strauss 3 8 3 0 5 0.0.0 54 Joel MacDonald 8 11 4 0 1 0.0.0 53 Colin Sylvia 10 4 2 0 3 0.0.0 47 Tom Gillies 6 7 4 0 0 0.0.0 44 Matt Jones 8 7 1 0 3 0.0.0 43 Tom Couch 6 5 1 0 2 0.0.3 42 Josh Tynan 5 6 3 0 1 0.0.0 37 Jake Spencer 1 2 2 20 1 0.0.0 31 Daniel Nicholson 2 2 4 0 2 0.0.0 27 Rory Taggert 3 6 2 0 0 0.0.0 27 Jesse Hogan 4 1 2 0 0 0.0.0 21 Dom Barry 2 4 0 0 1 0.0.0 18 Jack Fitzpatrick 0 3 0 1 1 0.0.0 9 Nathan Stark 2 0 0 0 0 0.0.0 8 Cameron Pedersen 1 1 0 0 0 0.0.0 5 NAB Cup Rd 2 - Quarter by quarter

You have the AFL app on your phone so presumably you'll be able to listen through there if tunein app switches off the 5AA stream.

I normally don't post articles from the official site verbatim but I thought that this was a special case: from http://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/2013-03-01/help-find-imogens-guernsey

FIVEAA confirmed to me via Facebook that they will be broadcasting the game on Sunday via the afl.com.au website.

In the past 5AA in South Australia have broadcast the preseason games from Adelaide but I'm not sure whether they will be broadcasting the game from Renmark. I sent 5AA a tweet but they have not responded. They did respond last year when I sent a similar tweet. If anyone else wants to tweet them the same thing then that would be great. Surely they will reply to someone if they receive enough tweets about it. Their twitter handle is @1395FIVEaa UPDATE: FIVEAA confirmed to me via Facebook that they will be broadcasting the game on Sunday via the afl.com.au website.

The AFL has decided to scrap a trial of the GPS in the Footy Technology which would assist clubs by complementing the data they already receive from the GPS on the players. The link below has a video featuring the Dees at training and interviews Neil Craig who is a big fan of the technology. If you are into conspiracies it could be inferred from the article that Champion Data, who supply the match stats for the AFL, may have had something to do with the trial being scrapped. http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-02-25/afl-scraps-smartball-trial?utm_medium=RSS

I thought Dawes was also injured.

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Intra-Club Casey Fields 15 February 2013. I think it was Kevin Sheedy who coined the phrase dancing with your sister to describe intra-club practice matches. Both could never be taken too seriously and a lack of true physical contact would be a no no ... So what to make of a match simulation for the same event, as described in press releases from the Club? Well, they had umpires. It all looked serious enough without the serious physical aspects, but keeping score was irrelevant especially when points scored saw the ball taken to the opposing half-back line for a restart. Anyhow you looked at whatever it was called, it was more than a normal training run, but less than the real McCoy. It certainly provided the opportunity to gauge how the newer recruits would hold up in a more intense atmosphere. No shows, as would have been expected were Clark, Dawes, Trengove and Gawn. Didnt sight Jack or Max, but the other two were seen on the boundary, with Dawes doing the warm-ups. So he cant be too far away from more serious work. Joel McDonald sat out and only did slight warm-ups with one of the training staff. Four quarters of about 15-20 minutes in 30 degree temperatures was testing for everyone, but it must be said that it was hard to find anyone seriously affected by the heat and exercise. No-one lying half dead on the ground after, as the whole group just walked calmly from the oval. Good signs, and the benefits of the current fitness regime and the Darwin trip may be showing already. The two sides were in blue and white respectively, and while the blue side had the ascendancy on the day, with only a few exceptions, it would be the side that we can see on the park next week. So just some observations: ■ Jack Viney is a seriously good player. He is simply into everything and just doesnt stop. His natural ability is matched with a ferocious competitiveness that mean he makes the ball his time after time. He will play plenty this year,providing he can tolerate the demands of AFL at senior level. ■ Jimmy Toumpas is silken class and another natural footballer. Still working his way into the rhythm and speed of the game, he shows more than glimpses of his underlying talent. ■ Get excited about Hulk Hogan, and make sure you get down to Casey to see him play this year. This kid could be anything. At just 17 he is seriously scary and already can hold his own against long established players. ■ Shannon Byrnes went off in the last with icing to his calf, but probably because he overused his leg from the number of kicks he was getting. ■ David Rodan will be another positive in the mid-field with strong body and simply superb vision in the packs. He can dance through bodies and finds space effortlessly, the hallmark of a truly gifted player. ■ And Cam Pedersen will be another more than useful pick-up from last year. Strength, height and the ability to open space in front of himself produced options that we simply didnt have last year. ■ Mark Jamar is back to his best. He is jumping off the ground again, unlike last year, and gave Spencer an absolute bath in the ruck. Sadly, Spencer still is not concentrating on the ball, despite his enormous height advantage, and apart from a good single mark, he did not touch the ball in general play or at ruck contests. By that I mean he did not touch the ball ■ Overall, it was good to have so many players on the field at this time of the year. The fitness staff have to be congratulated as it will give us options in the weeks to come. ■ Impressive was the speed of movement of the ball. Yes, it is difficult to judge when we are playing amongst ourselves, but some of the change of direction and ability to break through lines with swift and accurate handball was a delight to watch. ■ Dont expect too much from Aaron Davey this year. While his delivery is simply sublime when he has it in his hands, he has simply lost the yard necessary to make the electrifying moves of years past. He was unable to open space between himself and his opponent constantly, and barely touched the ball. A loose bouncing ball in the goal-square would have been a certain 6 pointer years ago, but today only resulted in a scrimmage and ball-up. ■ Have to give Rory Taggert a rub for a beautiful 50 metre goal from the boundary line ... and because his mum wasnt too far away from where we were sitting ... Overall, the session was more than a dance ,,, it was quick, efficient and lacking in howler type blunders. There was plenty to be pleased about with lines of players like Watts, Strauss, M. Jones, Sylvia, Frawley, Barry, Tom McDonald, all showing the skills that they have consistently, repeatedly and properly. Take this into the season, and we have plenty to hope for. See you all next Friday http://bit.ly/Ydq6uD

Who says we're not immune from criticism. We've taken RGRS's point on board and merged the threads. George's article is also on our features and articles board as well ... and it's probably timely toi welcome George on board and thank him for hisDemonland debut article. Cheers folks and it's good to have the footy back.

Photos from today:

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