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Votes Player (Club) 10 Max Gawn (MELB) 8 Harrison Petty (MELB) 6 Jack Viney (MELB) 4 Dustin Martin (RICH) 2 Christian Petracca (MELB) Leaderboard Votes Player Club 99 Nick Daicos COLL 86 Christian Petracca MELB 77 Zak Butters PORT 76 Marcus Bontempelli WB 74 Toby Greene GWS 73 Lachie Neale BL 72 Connor Rozee PORT 71 Noah Anderson GCFC 70 Zach Merrett ESS 68 Jordan Dawson ADEL 63 Caleb Serong FRE 63 Tim Taranto RICH 59 Errol Gulden SYD 58 Jack Sinclair STK 52 Charlie Curnow CARL 52 Tom Stewart GEEL 50 Jordan De Goey COLL 50 Dan Houston PORT 50 Tom Liberatore WB 50 Jai Newcombe HAW

Tracc still on 199 ~ 199. Christian Petracca 154. Jack Viney 127. Clayton Oliver 89. Max Gawn 65. Steven May 64. Angus Brayshaw 51. Trent Rivers 49. Jake Lever 45. Lachie Hunter 43. Christian Salem 40. Brodie Grundy 37. Kysaiah Pickett 27. Jake Bowey Ed Langdon 25. Tom Sparrow 23. Judd McVee 19. Bayley Fritsch 18. Kade Chandler 16. Harry Petty 13. Jacob van Rooyen 10. Jake Melksham 9. Ben Brown Alex Neal-Bullen 8. Charlie Spargo 5. Tom McDonald 4. Michael Hibberd 3. James Jordon Adam Tomlinson

Just added Buddy - great career.

What a great career.

You'll have wait until my match wrap up. Spoiler Alert. I had two warnings on my watch for high heart rate alerts.

Very early in the first quarter a Demon fan near me ridiculously yelled "ball" when the Tiger's player clearly had no prior opportunity. A Tiger's supporter near him took umbrage (despite the fact that he would not know the meaning of the word) with the call and turned around and yelled that there was no prior opportunity and he was right. He must have forgotten the rules after that because this Einstein yelled ball every single time a Tiger's player laid a finger on a Demon player. I've not seen a redder face out of anger than this numpty in the last quarter. It was beautiful. Credit to him he stayed to the bitter end unlike a few other ferals near me. I don't know why the filth get such a bad name in the deplorables department. Tiger's fans per capita are much worse.

The multiverse of madness.

After conceding the first six goals, some of them through careless play against a howling wind at their home fortress, the Casey Demons seemed to have atoned for their sins by clawing back an early 38-point deficit and taking the lead at the 24-minute mark of the final term. Had the stakes not been so high, they might have been forgiven for thinking they had the game in the bag, but they missed the point. And the point is that game is never over until it’s over. The fighting Seagulls dug deep to score a point and the winning goal against all odds to win by the narrowest of margins to deprive the reigning premiers of the opportunity of fighting for a top four placing before the finals. Casey still sits in fifth spot but with a bye coming up, will have a fight on its hands to maintain a strategic place on the ladder under the VFL’s new final ten system. For the visitors it was a good toss to win, and they made the most of the advantage with their early accuracy while they had the wind advantage. For Casey, the improving Andy Moniz-Wakefield was the early hero. He slotted the team’s only goal for the opening term and kicked two more in the second when it was the Demons’ turn with the wind. The club’s Category B rookie finished with seventeen touches and played a big role in reducing the deficit at half time to just five points. Meanwhile, the blustery conditions were troublesome for Casey’s tall forwards. None of Brodie Grundy, Ben Brown and Josh Schache managed to kick goals for the game although in the latter’s case it was not for want of trying as he took some strong marks up forward. Grundy went back to what he’s best at by going into the ruck and amassing thirty-one hit outs, ten disposals and six tackles. Rookie ruckman Will Verrall also finished with 31 hit outs and laid nine tackles in a promising performance. The Demons pressed hard against the wind in the third quarter and did well to hold the Seagulls to three goals while managing two themselves, one to father/son prospect Kynan Brown, the other to young forward Matt Jefferson. They were primed to win at the final break but allowed two goals through to Williamstown during the term with the result a heartbreaking one-point defeat. Luke Dunstan was prolific again with 35 possessions and nine clearances, Michael Hibberd was close behind with 32 touches and Bailey Laurie made the most of his 20 possessions and laid ten tackles and scored a goal. Casey was again well served by Jimmy Munro who did the hard yards with his fearsome tackling (a game high 16) to go with his 26 possessions and a goal while Mitch White and George Grey worked hard in the difficult conditions. With the bye coming up, Casey can only sit back next week, view the action while others make their move ahead of the finals. They will surely rue those last-minute lapses that saw the almost certain demise of their back-to-back premiership aspirations, missing out by a single point. CASEY DEMONS 1.1.7 5.5.35 7.5.47 11.8.74 WILLIAMSTOWN 6.4.40 6.4.40 9.8.62 11.9.75 GOAL CASEY DEMONS Moniz-Wakefield 3 K Brown Dunstan Grey Jefferson Laurie Munro Spargo White WILLIAMSTOWN Ottavi 3 Downie Ebinger Pickes 2 Conway Ellison BEST CASEY DEMONS Munro Dunstan Hibberd Laurie Moniz-Wakefield Grey WILLIAMSTOWN Downie Grieser Ebinger Ottavi Pickes Triffet Statistics Jed Adams 9 kicks 1 handballs 10 disposals 2 marks 6 tackles 59 dream team points Ben Brown 2 behinds 2 kicks 1 handballs 3 disposals 1 mark 10 dream team points Kynan Brown 1 goal 4 kicks 1 handballs 5 disposals 1 mark 4 tackles 39 dream team points Matt Buntine 8 kicks 4 handballs 12 disposals 2 marks 5 tackles 60 dream team points Luke Dunstan 1 goal 1 behind 15 kicks 20 handballs 35 disposals 5 marks 3 tackles 114 dream team points Tyler Edwards 8 kicks 3 handballs 11 disposals 3 marks 2 tackles 47 dream team points Tom Freeman 2 kicks 4 handballs 6 disposals marks tackles dream team points George Grey 1 goal 12 kicks 6 handballs 18 disposals 2 marks 7 tackles 86 dream team points Brodie Grundy 5 kicks 5 handballs 10 disposals 2 marks 6 tackles 31 hit outs 84 dream team points Michael Hibberd 18 kicks 15 handballs 33 disposals 5 marks 4 tackles 113 dream team points Matt Jefferson 1 goal 3 kicks 2 handballs 5 disposals 2 marks 1 tackle 29 dream team points Bailey Laurie 1 goal 11 kicks 9 handballs 20 disposals 1 mark 10 tackles 97 dream team points Andy Moniz-Wakefield 3 goals 11 kicks 6 handballs 17 disposals 3 marks 5 tackles 93 dream team points Ned Moodie 2 kicks 2 handballs 4 disposals 7 dream team points James Munro 1 goal 15 kicks 11 handballs 26 disposals 1 mark 16 tackles 143 dream team points Josh Schache 2 behinds 10 kicks 6 handballs disposals 8 marks 3 tackles 1 hit out 76 dream team points Oliver Sestan 3 kicks 1 handballs 4 disposals 2 tackles 21 dream team points (injured) Deaykin Smith 7 kicks 6 handballs 13 disposals 2 marks 6 tackles 63 dream team points Charlie Spargo 1 goal 3 kicks 6 handballs 9 disposals 1 mark 2 tackles 33 dream team points Roan Steele 6 kicks 12 handballs 18 disposals 2 marks 3 tackles 55 dream team points Ryan Valentine 5 kicks 6 handballs 11 disposals 3 marks 1 tackle 41 dream team points Will Verrall 2 kicks 5 handballs 7 disposals 9 tackles 31 hit outs 80 dream team points Mitch White 1 goal 16 kicks 6 handballs 22 disposals 1 mark 4 tackles 83 dream team points

Twice in the game against Richmond, Melbourne found itself down by 20 points but it kept on coming. By the ¾ time bell, the Dees had their noses in front in a game that was turning into a cliffhanger. The Toiyges persevered and found themselves again in front early in the final quarter. All of a sudden however, the game changed — in a short space of time, it turned from a cliffhanger into a deep chasm with the Demons eventually running out winners by five goals. For the Tigers, not only has the cliff loomed up following their three premierships in four years, but in the same way as this game panned out, their aging stars have reached the end of their useful life. They simply are unable to do what they had done in the past. Cotchin, with a meagre nine touches, Grimes six, Riewoldt eight, Baker eleven. They were all the movers and shakers from those glory years, yet in this game could not amass more possessions combined than Jack Viney. Viney on his own was better than those four Richmond players, but a collective gasp went through the Melbourne supporters as it looked like he had done some sort of serious injury in the third quarter as he lay motionless on the ground. As doctors and trainers rushed to him, it appeared to all that he was finished for the game but like the legendary Lazarus, he wasn’t down and out for four days before resurrection. He returned to the battle straight away, without even taking a break on the bench. Things got even worse for Richmond in that final quarter, when Max Gawn grabbed the game by the scruff of the neck and kept blasting the ball forward from centre bounce and around the ground ruck contests. In no small measure his dominance came when Ivan Soldo fell off the cliff, couldn’t run any more, and Richmond were forced to use Balta and Martin as substitute rucks. Max finished with 28 possessions of which an incredible 22 were contested, and 10 score involvements. Feeding off the Gawn masterclass were Viney with 32 touches, 10 contested while Christian Petracca kept racking up similar numbers with 29 of his own, and 14 of those contested. And then Angus Brayshaw chipped in with a leisurely 22 touches and nine contested. While the lead changes kept coming until that final stanza, the much doubted Melbourne forward line hit a frightening high for other teams in contention, with 130 points scored including six in the final quarter. There is now no other place in the side than forward for Harrison Petty who slotted six goals straight from ten marks, while his partner in Jacob van Rooyen kept putting it straight over the goal umpires cap four times without a miss. The accuracy, which had been missing earlier in the season became infectious and Jake Melksham sent the ball sailing over the same goal umpires hats four times without missing. Of course, Kysaiah Pickett had to have some influence and he put through two majors, but blotted the forwards copy book with a solitary point, unlike the others. But we will forgive that … The backs struggled for a good part of the match, and kept giving up silly goals to keep the Tigers in the match. To change things up, Judd McVee was struggling with Dustin Martin, when he was playing forward, but Simon Goodwin then moved Steven May on to him, and like his other premiership team-mates, he simply went missing in the end. This change could have been damaging to a young player, but not Judd, who was simply sublime in that final challenging quarter, dancing through opposition players, and delivering the ball accurately to those upfield. Jake Lever, of course, was back to his best with nine intercept possessions and eight marks, but the really damaging player in the backline is becoming Trent Rivers with 22 touches, and with his long kicking an extraordinary 427 metres gained. Melbourne now sits comfortably in the top four and nothing is likely to change from that position from here to finals time. Can they slide into the top two spot? It’s possible given that the other top three sides lost this week, so a lot depends upon their results in the coming games. The Demons are looking to climb the mountain again, and are in the perfect condition at the right time in the season. For the Toyges, they simply nosedived, not only out of contention for the eight, but into a very deep hole for the future. There was no cliffhanger in this game, no hanging on by the finger nails; they were booted well and truly over the edge. At the end their players were truly “yellow and black” from the beating they took and the hard landing at the bottom. MELBOURNE 3.5.23 8.5.53 14.6.90 20.10.130 RICHMOND 5.4.34 9.7.61 13.8.86 15.8.98 GOALS MELBOURNE Petty 6 Melksham van Rooyen 4 Pickett 2 Chandler Hunter Neal-Bullen Petracca RICHMOND Martin 3 Baker McIntosh 2 Balta Bolton Coulthard Prestia Riewoldt Rioli Soldo Taranto BEST MELBOURNE Petty Gawn Viney Melksham van Rooyen Rivers
 RICHMOND Martin Bolton Taranto Prestia Baker INJURIES MELBOURNE Nil
 RICHMOND Nil REPORTS MELBOURNE Nil RICHMOND Nil SUBSTITUTIONS MELBOURNE Joel Smith (replaced Adam Tomlinson in the third quarter) RICHMOND Matthew Coulthard (replaced Ben Miller in the third quarter) UMPIRES Daniel Johanson Mathew Nicholls Nathan Toner Andre Gianfagna CROWD 52,294 at the MCG

At one stage they were 7 frees to 2 and we got a free kick and the Tiger's supporter near me (with face tatts mind you) was carrying on like a European Soccer player who barely got clipped yelling that the umps have been giving us freebees all blinking day. I didn't have the heart to correct him. He didn't seem to be the kind of guy who likes to be informed that he is wrong by someone with immaculate dental hygiene.

MELBOURNE 8.2.50 13.3.81 16.4.100 22.7.139 NORTH MELBOURNE 1.0.6 2.3.15 4.6.30 7.7.49 Earlier this year, the Demons smashed the lacklustre Kangaroos who were struggling after a bright start under Al Clarkson’s coaching. They had five goals on the board before you could blink and injuries to some of the North players didn’t help their cause. A few late goals prevented them from suffering a 100 point plus humiliation. THE TEAMS 
 
 MELBOURNE B J. Bowey S. May J. Lever HB A. Brayshaw B. Fritsch T. Rivers C E. Langdon C. Oliver T. Sparrow HF J. Viney J. Schache M. Hibberd F J. Jordon J van Rooyen J. McVee FOLL M. Gawn C. Petracca K. Chandler I/C B. Grundy L. Hunter A. Neal-Bullen K. Pickett SUB J. Harmes EMG B. Laurie T. McDonald D. Turner IN J. Harmes J. Schache OUT B. Laurie (omitted) H. Petty (concussion) NORTH MELBOURNE B G. Logue B. McKay J. Ziebell HB L. McDonald A. Hall H. Sheezel C C. Taylor T. Powell L. Shiels HF P. Curtis C. Comben J. Stephenson F J. Simpkin N. Larkey C. Coleman-Jones FOLL T. Goldstein D. Tucker C. Zurhaar I/C A. Corr B. Cunnington B. Scott K. Turner SUB D. Howe EMG B. Drury H. Greenwood D. Howe W. Phillips IN C. Coleman-Jones D. Howe J. Simpkin OUT L. Davies-Uniacke (heel) D. Howe (omitted) W. Phillips (omitted)

MISSING THE POINT by KC from Casey After conceding the first six goals, some of them through careless play against a howling wind at their home fortress, the Casey Demons seemed to have atoned for their sins by clawing back an early 38-point deficit and taking the lead at the 24-minute mark of the final term. Had the stakes not been so high, they might have been forgiven for thinking they had the game in the bag, but they missed the point. And the point is that game is never over until it’s over. The fighting Seagulls dug deep to score a point and the winning goal against all odds to win by the narrowest of margins to deprive the reigning premiers of the opportunity of fighting for a top four placing before the finals. Casey still sits in fifth spot but with a bye coming up, will have a fight on its hands to maintain a strategic place on the ladder under the VFL’s new final ten system. For the visitors it was a good toss to win, and they made the most of the advantage with their early accuracy while they had the wind advantage. For Casey, the improving Andy Moniz-Wakefield was the early hero. He slotted the team’s only goal for the opening term and kicked two more in the second when it was the Demons’ turn with the wind. The club’s Category B rookie finished with seventeen touches and played a big role in reducing the deficit at half time to just five points. Meanwhile, the blustery conditions were troublesome for Casey’s tall forwards. None of Brodie Grundy, Ben Brown and Josh Schache managed to kick goals for the game although in the latter’s case it was not for want of trying as he took some strong marks up forward. Grundy went back to what he’s best at by going into the ruck and amassing thirty-one hit outs, ten disposals and six tackles. Rookie ruckman Will Verrall also finished with 31 hit outs and laid nine tackles in a promising performance. The Demons pressed hard against the wind in the third quarter and did well to hold the Seagulls to three goals while managing two themselves, one to father/son prospect Kynan Brown, the other to young forward Matt Jefferson. They were primed to win at the final break but allowed two goals through to Williamstown during the term with the result a heartbreaking one-point defeat. Luke Dunstan was prolific again with 35 possessions and nine clearances, Michael Hibberd was close behind with 32 touches and Bailey Laurie made the most of his 20 possessions and laid ten tackles and scored a goal. Casey was again well served by Jimmy Munro who did the hard yards with his fearsome tackling (a game high 16) to go with his 26 possessions and a goal while Mitch White and George Grey worked hard in the difficult conditions. With the bye coming up, Casey can only sit back next week, view the action while others make their move ahead of the finals. They will surely rue those last-minute lapses that saw the almost certain demise of their back-to-back premiership aspirations, missing out by a single point. CASEY DEMONS 1.1.7 5.5.35 7.5.47 11.8.74 WILLIAMSTOWN 6.4.40 6.4.40 9.8.62 11.9.75 GOALS CASEY DEMONS Moniz-Wakefield 3 K Brown Dunstan Grey Jefferson Laurie Munro Spargo White WILLIAMSTOWN Ottavi 3 Downie Ebinger Pickes 2 Conway Ellison BEST CASEY DEMONS Munro Dunstan Hibberd Laurie Moniz-Wakefield Grey WILLIAMSTOWN Downie Grieser Ebinger Ottavi Pickes Triffet Statistics Jed Adams 9 kicks 1 handballs 10 disposals 2 marks 6 tackles 59 dream team points Ben Brown 2 behinds 2 kicks 1 handballs 3 disposals 1 mark 10 dream team points Kynan Brown 1 goal 4 kicks 1 handballs 5 disposals 1 mark 4 tackles 39 dream team points Matt Buntine 8 kicks 4 handballs 12 disposals 2 marks 5 tackles 60 dream team points Luke Dunstan 1 goal 1 behind 15 kicks 20 handballs 35 disposals 5 marks 3 tackles 114 dream team points Tyler Edwards 8 kicks 3 handballs 11 disposals 3 marks 2 tackles 47 dream team points Tom Freeman 2 kicks 4 handballs 6 disposals marks tackles dream team points George Grey 1 goal 12 kicks 6 handballs 18 disposals 2 marks 7 tackles 86 dream team points Brodie Grundy 5 kicks 5 handballs 10 disposals 2 marks 6 tackles 31 hit outs 84 dream team points Michael Hibberd 18 kicks 15 handballs 33 disposals 5 marks 4 tackles 113 dream team points Matt Jefferson 1 goal 3 kicks 2 handballs 5 disposals 2 marks 1 tackle 29 dream team points Bailey Laurie 1 goal 11 kicks 9 handballs 20 disposals 1 mark 10 tackles 97 dream team points Andy Moniz-Wakefield 3 goals 11 kicks 6 handballs 17 disposals 3 marks 5 tackles 93 dream team points Ned Moodie 2 kicks 2 handballs 4 disposals 7 dream team points James Munro 1 goal 15 kicks 11 handballs 26 disposals 1 mark 16 tackles 143 dream team points Josh Schache 2 behinds 10 kicks 6 handballs disposals 8 marks 3 tackles 1 hit out 76 dream team points Oliver Sestan 3 kicks 1 handballs 4 disposals 2 tackles 21 dream team points Deaykin Smith 7 kicks 6 handballs 13 disposals 2 marks 6 tackles 63 dream team points Charlie Spargo 1 goal 3 kicks 6 handballs 9 disposals 1 mark 2 tackles 33 dream team points Roan Steele 6 kicks 12 handballs 18 disposals 2 marks 3 tackles 55 dream team points Ryan Valentine 5 kicks 6 handballs 11 disposals 3 marks 1 tackle 41 dream team points Will Verrall 2 kicks 5 handballs 7 disposals 9 tackles 31 hit outs 80 dream team points Mitch White 1 goal 16 kicks 6 handballs 22 disposals 1 mark 4 tackles 83 dream team points

The Demons are back on the road again and will travel to Blunstone Arena in Hobart to take on the North Melbourne Kangaroos on Sunday afternoon. Who comes in and who goes out?

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The Demons have further consolidated their position in the Top 4 creating a 2 game and percentage buffer with 5th place by beating the Richmond Tigers by 32 points at the MCG

Christian Petracca is the runaway leader of the Demonland Player of the Year and has more than a 50 vote lead over Jack Viney and the injured Clayton Oliver whilst Max Gawn is a long way back in 4th place. Your votes for the win over the Tigers. 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

There are a lot more Tigers fans here than Dees fans. We’re going to be severely outnumbered which shouldn’t be a surprise.