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Melbourne 11.11.77 defeated Sydney Swans 7.14.56 at the SCG in Round 24, 2023. It was a massive team effort in a dead rubber for the Demons against a side that had a lot to fight for in their last home game for the year. The midfield starred, Bayley Fritsch managed five goals in his return from injury after giving us all a bit of a fright and Jake Melksham cruelly suffered an ACL injury that ended his season of resurgence. This was the club’s most recent victory (leaving aside this week’s scratch match vs Carlton which doesn’t count). Ironically, two players not selected by Melbourne for this game, Brodie Grundy and James Jordan are almost certain starters for the Swans next Thursday. SYDNEY SWANS B T. McCartin D. Rampe H. Cunningham HB O. Florent N. Blakey J. Lloyd C E. Gulden C. Warner D. Stephens HF W. Hayward H. McLean I. Heeney F L. McDonald J. Amartey R. Clarke FOLL T. Hickey L. Parker C. Mills I/C B. Campbell R. Fox J. Rowbottom S. Wicks SUB A. Francis EMG L.Melican M.Roberts IN J.Amartey OUT T. Papley (hamstring) MELBOURNE
 B J. Bowey S. May T. Rivers HB J. McVee J. Lever C. Salem C L. Hunter J. Viney A. Brayshaw HF K. Chandler J. Melksham A. Neal-Bullen F E. Langdon J. van Rooyen K. Pickett FOLL M. Gawn C. Oliver C. Petracca I/C B. Fritsch J. Smith T. Sparrow D. Turner SUB B. Laurie EMG T. McDonald A. Tomlinson T. Woewodin IN B. Fritsch D. Turner OUT J. Schache (omitted) A. Tomlinson (omitted)

If you enjoyed the 2023 Deathride then you're going to love the 2024 Playing Possum Ride.

POWER B: R Burton 3, B Zerk-Thatcher 25, E Ratugolea 27 HB: L Jones 34, A Aliir 21, D Houston 5 C: M Bergman 14, W Drew 28, K Farrell 6 HF: J McEntee 41, T Marshall 4, C Rozee 1-C F: Z Butters 9, C Dixon 22, W Rioli 15 Foll: I Soldo 13, O Wines 16, J Horne-Francis 18 I/C: J Burgoyne 7, T Boak, D Williams 23, J Sweet 24, O Lord 30, F Evans 31, D Byrne-Jones 33, J Mead 44 Emergencies: J Finlayson 11, T McKenzie 12, T Clurey 17, M Georgiades 19 DOCKERS B: Oscar McDonald, Alex Pearce, Jordan Clark HB: James Aish, Luke Ryan, Ethan Hughes C: Matthew Johnson, Andrew Brayshaw, Jeremy Sharp HF: Michael Walters, Sam Sturt, Pat Voss F: Sam Switkowski, Matt Taberner, Josh Treacy R/Fol: Sean Darcy, Nat Fyfe, Caleb Serong I: Cooper Simpson, Hayden Young, Jaeger O’Meara, Karl Worner, Liam Reidy, Bailey Banfield, Joshua Draper, Neil Erasmus E: Will Brodie, Brandon Walker, Corey Wagner, Jye Amiss

Was Kayo running a different feed of the match or was your air con on too high. 😜

The drop punt for goal is dead.

CATS B: Mark O’Connor, Sam De Koning, Jake Kolodjashnij HB: Jack Henry, Tom Stewart, Jed Bews C: Mark Blicavs, Max Holmes, Mitch Duncan HF: Tyson Stengle, Brad Close, Jeremy Cameron F: Tom Hawkins, Gryan Miers, Shannon Neale FOL: Rhys Stanley, Patrick Dangerfield, Tom Atkins I/C: Zach Guthrie, Tanner Bruhn, Jhye Clark, Oisin Mullin, Zach Tuohy, Oliver Dempsey, Shaun Mannagh, Jack Bowes EMG: Toby Conway, Mitch Knevitt, Connor O’Sullivan, Brandan Parfitt BOMBERS B: Ridley, McKay, Reid HB: Redman, Laverde, McGrath C: Durham, Parish, Martin HF: Caldwell, Langford, Gresham F: Stringer, Wright, Perkins FOL: Goldstein, Setterfield, Merrett INT: Tsatas, Cox, Hind, Jones, Bryan, Duursma, Guelfi, Menzie EMG: Weideman, Hayes, A.Davey Jnr, Roberts

Deathriders! Let's Ride!

Also that first clip was from the 88 Elimination Final not the Semi Final as stated on the Podcast. We lost to the Eagles in 90 and 91 in Semi Finals at Waverly. Johnson didn't play in the 90s finals series which was his last season.

How good were long handballs. They're a forgotten art of the game. Rarely see them anymore.

In Round 3 we play Port Adelaide on Saturday night 30th March and then play Adelaide the following week in Gather Round on the Thursday night (4th April) off a 5 day break to the Crows 6 day break with a trip back from Perth. You'd have to think we will stay in Adelaide given the short turn around. We would be crazy not to with all that traveling back and forth especially with the 5 day break in between. Our match the next week in Round 5 is also a Thursday night (11th April) against Brisbane before we get a bye leading into a Wednesday night ANZAC eve game on 24th April.

For our Sydneysiders and traveling Melburnians there is an SCG Open Training Session https://www.melbournefc.com.au/teams/training-times/ Wednesday 6 March 3:15pm onwards with player signing at the conclusion of training. I am arriving in Sydney on Wednesday and will attempt to make this sessions but will depend on no flight delays and traffic in Sydney. May be pushing it.

SCG Open Training Session https://www.melbournefc.com.au/teams/training-times/ Wednesday 6 March 3:15pm onwards with player signing at the conclusion of training. I am arriving in Sydney on Wednesday and will attempt to make this sessions but will depend on no flight delays and traffic in Sydney. May be pushing it. Melbourne Sessions below. I will be at training tomorrow morning. Gosch's Paddock Saturday 2 March 11:45am onwards Monday 11 March 11:45am onwards Saturday 16 March 9:45am onwards Tuesday 19 March 11:45am onwards Friday 22 March 9:45am onwards Monday 25 March 11:45am onwards Demon Family Series April School Holiday Open Training Date and location: April 7 (Gosch's Paddock or nearby location) Inclusions: Players training Signing opportunities Kids' activities Partner giveaways Demon Family Series July School Holiday Open Training Date and location: TBC (Gosch's Paddock or nearby location) Inclusions: Players training Signing opportunities Kids' activities Partner giveaways Casey Fields Times will be updated here when available.

For all the knockers. NSFW @binman