Demonland

Sadly we're not a destination club unless we're willing and able to pay overs.

I am aware. I was being a little bit facetious. A decade plus (minus our gap year) will do that to a person.

I'll bet we're close to last for both inaccuracy for and accuracy against. Poor tired legs. ?

No surprises here.

How about you report posts instead of whinging about them in threads. Mods can't read every post.

Early 2018 - almost a lifetime away in the history of this team ... THE TEAMS MELBOURNE B: Jake Lever, Oscar McDonald, Josh Wagner HB: Bernie Vince, Michael Hibberd, Neville Jetta ? Jordan Lewis, Nathan Jones, Christian Salem HF: Jake Melksham, Sam Frost, Alex Neal-Bullen F: Christian Petracca, Jesse Hogan, Jeff Garlett Foll: Max Gawn, Clayton Oliver, Dom Tyson I/C: Tom Bugg, Bayley Fritsch, James Harmes, Dean Kent Emg: Mitch Hannan, Jayden Hunt, Corey Maynard, Cam Pedersen In: Sam Frost, Dean Kent Out: Jayden Hunt, Cam Pedersen NORTH MELBOURNE B: Marley Williams, Scott Thompson, Ryan Clarke HB: Jamie Macmillan, Robbie Tarrant, Ed Vickers-Willis ? Ben Jacobs, Jy Simpkin, Billy Hartung HF: Shaun Atley, Jarrad Waite, Kayne Turner F: Jack Ziebell, Ben Brown, Luke McDonald, Foll: Todd Goldstein, Shaun Higgins, Ben Cunnington I/C: Jed Anderson, Luke Davies-Uniacke, Trent Dumont, Nathan Hrovat Emg: Majak Daw, Mitchell Hibberd, Mason Wood, Cameron Zurhaar No change

The Casey Demons finished off their home and away season against Frankston at Skybus Stadium on Sunday with a narrow, unconvincing 6-point victory that left the door slightly open for a top eight berth when the VFL finals begin in a fortnight’s time. While sunny skies prevailed over Frankston in the morning, the skies became overcast by noon and heavy waves pounded the bay nearby as the rains came in to greet the players as the game started. And conditions stayed dark and dreary for the remainder of the day as the rain lashed the ground making the spectacle as poor an advertisement for football as you can get leaving one to believe that the Demons certainly need some more help from above if their season is to remain alive. The game epitomised all what has become of the Demons’ season. Injuries again left the team with less than double figure numbers of AFL listed players and those who took part kicked no goals and nine behinds in an afternoon of wasted opportunities and ended in near defeat as the fast-finishing Dolphins side almost reeled them in during the latter stages of the final quarter of an otherwise dreary low scoring affair. The Casey Demons started brightly with Brayden Preuss once again dominating the hit out count and were seemingly in complete control of the game for much of the opening term. Mitch White booted the opening goal at the two minute mark and by 10 minutes in Jack Hutchins kicked the second to make it 2.2.14 to nothing. Incredibly, Casey kicked half its goals in that period and it still managed to win despite kicking only two goals for the rest of the game. You can certainly put that down to the conditions but, sad to say, it appeared that too many players were going through the motions, tired and incapable of lifting, even when their season was on the line. The exceptions were Preuss who once again excelled at this level and amassed an amazing 23 kicks, 8 tackles and 63 hit outs in a brute of a performance which along with the indefatigable Jimmy Munro (28 possessions and 10 tackles) willed their team across the line. A few others like Josh Wagner, Hutchins and skipper Mitch White worked hard but there was certainly nothing in this performance to indicate that the Demons are capable of making inroads should the Magpies do them the unlikely favour and give them some help by disposing of the Hawks at Box Hill City Oval next Saturday. 2019 Hard Yakka / Totally Workwear VFL Casey Demons 2.6.18 3.8.26 4.13.37 4.14.38 Frankston 0.2.2 3.3.21 3.4.22 4.8.32 Goals Casey Demons Hutchins 2 Wale-Buxton White Best Casey Demons Preuss Munro Hutchins Tynan Lockhart White Statistics Oskar Baker 6 kicks 7 handballs 13 disposals 3 marks 3 tackles 60 dream team points Toby Bedford 6 kicks 4 handballs 10 disposals 1 mark 6 tackles 49 dream team points Austin Bradtke 2 kicks 2 disposals 1 mark 1 hit outs 10 dream team points Dylan Collis 6 kicks 3 handballs 9 disposals 4 tackles 40 dream team points Wayne Collis 3 kicks 1 handballs 4 disposals 1 mark 2 tackles 13 dream team points Tom Freeman 9 kicks 1 handballs 10 disposals 2 marks 2 tackles 44 dream team points Matt Gahan 3 kicks 3 handballs 6 disposals 1 mark 1 tackles 42 dream team points Mitch Gent 5 kicks 3 handballs 8 disposals 2 tackles 29 dream team points Jayden Hunt 12 kicks 2 handballs 14 disposals 3 marks 6 tackles 69 dream team points Jack Hutchins 2 goals 2 behinds 10 kicks 3 handballs 13 disposals 4 marks 5 tackles 83 dream team points James Jordon 1 behind 10 kicks 9 handballs 19 disposals 4 tackles 66 dream team points Declan Keilty 3 kicks 2 handballs 5 disposals 2 marks 2 tackles 22 dream team points Mitch Lewis 6 kicks 5 handballs 11 disposals 2 marks 4 tackles 51 dream team points Jay Lockhart 3 behinds 12 kicks 7 handballs 19 disposals 1 mark 4 tackles 92 dream team points Nick Lowden 4 kicks 5 handballs 9 disposals 3 marks 9 tackles 61 dream team points Ariek Lual 6 kicks 2 handballs 8 disposals 3 marks 1 tackle 32 dream team points James Munro 1 behind 11 kicks 17 handballs 28 disposals 2 marks 10 tackles 115 dream team points Braydon Preuss 5 behinds 23 kicks 23 disposals 5 marks 8 tackles 63 hit outs 187 dream team points Cory Stockdale 3 kicks 5 handballs 8 disposals 2 tackles 24 dream team points Luke Tynan 8 kicks 4 handballs 12 disposals 2 marks 4 tackles 55 dream team points Josh Wagner 1 behind 10 kicks 9 handballs 19 disposals 1 mark 5 tackles 73 dream team points Liam Wale-Buxton 1 goal 2 kicks 2 handballs 4 disposals 2 marks 6 tackles 11 hit outs 67 dream team points Mitch White 1 goal 1 behind 12 kicks 6 handballs 18 disposals 5 marks 9 tackles 98 dream team points

HELP! by KC from Casey The Casey Demons finished off their home and away season against Frankston at Skybus Stadium on Sunday with a narrow, unconvincing 6-point victory that left the door slightly open for a top eight berth when the VFL finals begin in a fortnight’s time. While sunny skies prevailed over Frankston in the morning, the skies became overcast by noon and heavy waves pounded the bay nearby as the rains came in to greet the players as the game started. And conditions stayed dark and dreary for the remainder of the day as the rain lashed the ground making the spectacle as poor an advertisement for football as you can get leaving one to believe that the Demons certainly need some more help from above if their season is to remain alive. The game epitomised all what has become of the Demons’ season. Injuries again left the team with less than double figure numbers of AFL listed players and those who took part kicked no goals and nine behinds in an afternoon of wasted opportunities and ended in near defeat as the fast-finishing Dolphins side almost reeled them in during the latter stages of the final quarter of an otherwise dreary low scoring affair. The Casey Demons started brightly with Brayden Preuss once again dominating the hit out count and were seemingly in complete control of the game for much of the opening term. Mitch White booted the opening goal at the two minute mark and by 10 minutes in Jack Hutchins kicked the second to make it 2.2.14 to nothing. Incredibly, Casey kicked half its goals in that period and it still managed to win despite kicking only two goals for the rest of the game. You can certainly put that down to the conditions but, sad to say, it appeared that too many players were going through the motions, tired and incapable of lifting, even when their season was on the line. The exceptions were Preuss who once again excelled at this level and amassed an amazing 23 kicks, 8 tackles and 63 hit outs in a brute of a performance which along with the indefatigable Jimmy Munro (28 possessions and 10 tackles) willed their team across the line. A few others like Josh Wagner, Hutchins and skipper Mitch White worked hard but there was certainly nothing in this performance to indicate that the Demons are capable of making inroads should the Magpies do them the unlikely favour and give them some help by disposing of the Hawks at Box Hill City Oval next Saturday. 2019 Hard Yakka / Totally Workwear VFL Casey Demons 2.6.18 3.8.26 4.13.37 4.14.38 Frankston 0.2.2 3.3.21 3.4.22 4.8.32 Goals Casey Demons Hutchins 2 Wale-Buxton White Best Casey Demons Preuss Munro Hutchins Tynan Lockhart White Statistics Oskar Baker 6 kicks 7 handballs 13 disposals 3 marks 3 tackles 60 dream team points Toby Bedford 6 kicks 4 handballs 10 disposals 1 mark 6 tackles 49 dream team points Austin Bradtke 2 kicks 2 disposals 1 mark 1 hit outs 10 dream team points Dylan Collis 6 kicks 3 handballs 9 disposals 4 tackles 40 dream team points Wayne Collis 3 kicks 1 handballs 4 disposals 1 mark 2 tackles 13 dream team points Tom Freeman 9 kicks 1 handballs 10 disposals 2 marks 2 tackles 44 dream team points Matt Gahan 3 kicks 3 handballs 6 disposals 1 mark 1 tackles 42 dream team points Mitch Gent 5 kicks 3 handballs 8 disposals 2 tackles 29 dream team points Jayden Hunt 12 kicks 2 handballs 14 disposals 3 marks 6 tackles 69 dream team points Jack Hutchins 2 goals 2 behinds 10 kicks 3 handballs 13 disposals 4 marks 5 tackles 83 dream team points James Jordon 1 behind 10 kicks 9 handballs 19 disposals 4 tackles 66 dream team points Declan Keilty 3 kicks 2 handballs 5 disposals 2 marks 2 tackles 22 dream team points Mitch Lewis 6 kicks 5 handballs 11 disposals 2 marks 4 tackles 51 dream team points Jay Lockhart 3 behinds 12 kicks 7 handballs 19 disposals 1 mark 4 tackles 92 dream team points Nick Lowden 4 kicks 5 handballs 9 disposals 3 marks 9 tackles 61 dream team points Ariek Lual 6 kicks 2 handballs 8 disposals 3 marks 1 tackle 32 dream team points James Munro 1 behind 11 kicks 17 handballs 28 disposals 2 marks 10 tackles 115 dream team points Braydon Preuss 5 behinds 23 kicks 23 disposals 5 marks 8 tackles 63 hit outs 187 dream team points Cory Stockdale 3 kicks 5 handballs 8 disposals 2 tackles 24 dream team points Luke Tynan 8 kicks 4 handballs 12 disposals 2 marks 4 tackles 55 dream team points Josh Wagner 1 behind 10 kicks 9 handballs 19 disposals 1 mark 5 tackles 73 dream team points Liam Wale-Buxton 1 goal 2 kicks 2 handballs 4 disposals 2 marks 6 tackles 11 hit outs 67 dream team points Mitch White 1 goal 1 behind 12 kicks 6 handballs 18 disposals 5 marks 9 tackles 98 dream team points

It's all about the bragging rights.

None taken. A sucker is born every minute.

I've done this every year since about 1998.

I can't change it but you are welcome to express those opinions in the comments.

This thread now has a poll.

Who is this Ben Brown you speak of?

Congratulations to Max Gawn who can’t be overtaken. Clayton Oliver is the runner up. 217. Max Gawn 193. Clayton Oliver 135. James Harmes Christian Salem 89. Angus Brayshaw 71. Jack Viney 57. Sam Frost 56. Bayley Fritsch 54. Christian Petracca 49. Nathan Jones 47. Jake Melksham 43. Steven May 42. Marty Hore 28. Jayden Hunt 27. Tom McDonald 24. Michael Hibberd 12. Jordan Lewis Jay Lockhart 9. Jake Lever 7. Harry Petty 5. Oskar Baker Braydon Preuss 4. Josh Wagner 3. Jay Kennedy Harris Corey Wagner Sam Weideman 2. Alex Neal-Bullen 1. Kyle Dunkley Jeff Garlett Neville Jetta Oscar McDonald Billy Stretch

Thanks, but no thanks! In a round where the club was supposed to thank their fans for the support during the year, the Melbourne Football Club chose to do otherwise with a 53 point loss to a team that sat 15th on the ladder. Don’t give us cheap jumpers that can’t be sold in the Demon shop. Don’t give us vouchers to shop there, give us something on the field, which is why we come to the football in the first place. It was a disgraceful performance, which started with a disgraceful team selection on the Thursday night. It is all good and well to bring in a player like Kade Chandler to give him a taste of senior AFL football, when there is nothing left in the season. But it was reprehensible to bring back a swathe of sub-standard players en-masse and expect anything other than a complete drubbing. Put simply, players that have been tried and tried again and have failed, failed yet again. And to bring them in alongside another group of players who ordinarily would not be expected to play senior football, meant that nearly ½ the side on the field was incapable of producing the skills necessary to play at this level. Thanks for that. We come along to watch NQR players? Might as well go to the local footy. Sydney scored its first goal within 30 seconds of the game commencing, then followed it up with another 2 before the Demons managed to find the big sticks. Like the week before and the week before that, the Sydney scoring came from the opposition players being unmarked behind the ball. All the Melbourne mids go in and at the ball, without realising that only one of them can actually get it. If they do win the contest, then the first option is to handball to someone who is already surrounded by the opposition. Does the coaching staff seriously think this hasn’t been noticed by the opposition coaches? All they have to do is sit outside, wait for Oliver, Viney and Brayshaw to get the ball, and it will either be handballed to them directly, or to the player standing right next to them. Max Gawn accumulated 52 hit outs and yet Sydney led the clearance count all game. That is the result of this flawed approach. And let’s not forget that Sydney hadn’t won a game for 7 weeks! Thanks for that. Doing the same thing week after week and expecting a different result. That’s an inspiration to join up for next year. Melbourne managed to claw back a couple of goals to be six points down at the first change, but then like the week before and the week before that, failed to bother the goal umpire for another two quarters. Thanks for that. The fans really like turning up to see their side not scoring for half the game. Suddenly other activities seem more attractive than the football. Like last week the rain made conditions slippery. Experienced players know to stay down in marking contests, because the ball will come out the back. Sydney fielded the youngest side in the competition this week, yet they knew how to play the conditions right. Time and time again Melbourne players flew against each other only to watch the ball slip over the back to the waiting Swans. Time and time again Melbourne players tried to pick the ball up off the ground instead of just kicking it forward. Time and time again the Demons choose handball instead of just a scrubby kick out of defence, away from the goals or away from congestion. This played into the Sydney game style as they were able to keep up the pressure and ensure the inevitable turnover. This time Sydney would like to thank the Demons for playing exactly as they expected, and had done all season. Up forward the sole consistent performer was Jake Melksham, who despite 3 goals, does that and nothing more. Zero tackles for the game and an unwillingness to chase and pressure his opponent just sees the ball heading down the other end on a regular basis. Surrounded by ANB, C Wagner and first gamer Chandler, the Demon forward line was non-existent save for Bayley Fritsch. But then it was easy for Sydney to drop Rampe back on him as no one else was any serious threat, and Petracca was moved further up the ground to try to provide some spark. Sydney were also helped by the Melbourne mids who are unwilling to attempt to kick for goal, instead choosing to head for the pockets or kick short to non-existent targets. The game itself just fizzled out, with Sydney kicking 5 in the final quarter to send their fans off after the game with high-fives and thanks for sticking with them. In contrast the Melbourne players couldn’t get off the ground fast enough. Hollow messages and hollow gestures to fans that have suffered through 50 years of the same are seen exactly for what they are. When the on-field performances match those of the words bandied about, then they will have meaning. The true damage of this and previous performances will be shown next year when the membership numbers plummet. When the membership team come calling the response from many is likely to be thanks but no thanks! Melbourne 3.1.19 3.3.21 3.7.25 5.12.42 Sydney Swans 4.1.25 7.3.45 10.3.63 15.5.95 Goals Melbourne Melksham 3 Fritsch Neal-Bullen Sydney Swans Reid 3 Dawson McCartin Menzel Papley Rowbottom 2 Bell Blakey Best Melbourne Melksham Oliver Viney Gawn Hibberd Brayshaw Sydney Swans Florent Reid Blakey Kennedy Parker Mills Injuries Melbourne Max Gawn (hamstring soreness) Christian Salem (leg) Sydney Swans Nil Reports Melbourne Nil Sydney Swans Nil Umpires Stephens Findlay Glouftsis Official crowd: 23,700 at the MCG

Going early but what the heck?

Can we find 6 players please?