Demonland

Guaranteed we will go into the Swans game with the same lineup as the Blues game with Brown slotting in for Kozzy. I’d like to see Fullarton get a nod over the early rounds but we’ve also got to give Schache a look in too.

McAdam has split from the main group and is doing 200m run through on the boundary as he’s been doing the last few sessions I’ve been to.

Selwyn Griffiths taking the boys through some warm up jog troughs

Hunter just arrived in training T-shirt and runners. Will keep an eye on what he does.

Not present: Melksham & Smith

Main Squad: May, JVR, Salem, McVee, Trac, Windsor, Viney, Lever, Gawn, Clarry, Billings, Langdon, Laurie, Bowey, Schache, Tomlinson, Jefferson, Howes, McAdam, Rivers, McDonald, Adams, Hore, Verrell, ANB, Fritsch, Sparrow, Fullarton, Petty, Kozzy, Chandler, Sestan, Tholstrup, Woey, K Brown, KFW, AMW

Training Squad: Full Squad so easier to make rehab group. Rehab: Brown, Spargo, Turner handballing in triangle. Woey who I reported as having strapping on quad after Casey game is warming up with main group as is McAdam & Petty

I’m at Gosch’s Paddock this morning in the lead up to our first match of the 2024 AFL Season.

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.