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Preuss and his doppleganger.

Forget the fact that Melbourne narrowly missed out on getting the four JLT points on offer for a second consecutive week and the blow to the ego of a supposed top four contender losing ... well almost at home ... to a team that has recently dwelt in the AFL cellar and won a mere five games in 2018. The things that emerged from the horror final JLT outing was that the Demons are a long way from being prepared to take on the rigours of a long tough season in which they have one of the hardest fixtures in the competition and that things weren’t helped by injury blows to James Harmes and Jay Kennedy Harris (along with Braydon Preuss injured in the curtain raiser) and the MRP most likely looking at incidents involving Steven May and Aaron vandenBerg. The major concern was the failure of the team to put together some consistently fluid football in any area of play. Max Gawn won in the ruck as was expected but the much vaunted midfield strength was not evident as the Lions won the stoppages, a factor that was due to the brilliance of Gold Coast reject Jarryd Lyons and a bevy of young helpers. Whilst Angus Brayshaw, Clayton Oliver and James Harmes (until injured) did their best they lowered their colours on the day and could have done with the aid of the comeback skippers who were kicking up the Casey dew earlier in the day. The defence had a number of poor patches and conceded 100 points for the second week running. Oscar McDonald was particularly disappointing, Steven May looked good in nullifying a rampant Hipwood who threatened havoc with two early goals and Neville Jetta was Neville Jetta but once again the defenders were often too loose and conceded easy goals. To let through seven in the opening quarter was not a good sign just a fortnight before the season opener. I know the results of practice games are usually forgotten in the blink of an eye but the contributions of Tom McDonald and Sam Weideman were below par and their lack of goal power would be of concern. Fortunately, Joel Smith showed something with four goals including a couple on one leg in the latter part of the game while Jayden Hunt was exciting with a couple of early goals. On the whole however, it was a performance that was not indicative of a team that has been predicted to rise above the pack and perhaps the blow to the ego of two losses in the JLT isn’t such a bad thing given that we might have been getting ahead of ourselves in the face of the blaze of publicity that had the Demons set in stone almost as a top four certainty for 2019. Melbourne 4.2.26 9.4.58 10.6.66 15.7.97 Brisbane 7.4.46 9.6.60 13.7.85 16.8.104 Goals Melbourne J Smith 4 Brayshaw 3 Hunt 2, Fritsch T McDonald Neal-Bullen Petracca, Spargo Weideman Brisbane Lyons 4 Hipwood McStay 2 Bastinac Cameron McCluggage Mathieson Neale Raynor Robinson Taylor Best Melbourne Brayshaw Gawn Petracca J Smith Jetta Oliver Brisbane Lyons Neale Robinson Rich Martin Witherden Injuries Melbourne Kennedy-Harris (knee) Harmes (finger) Fritsch (leg) Brisbane Smith (larynx) Reports Nil Umpires Harris, Brown, Haussen Official crowd 4,215 at Casey Fields

Kane Cornes has spoken.

That escalated quickly.

I see it completely differently. His shoulder goes straight into the chin.

Most likely the WatchAFL app. https://www.watchafl.com.au/

Potential Injury List Through MFCSS Lenses. PLAYER INJURY LENGTH Braydon Preuss Adductor TBA Jay Kennedy-Harris Leg TBA James Harmes Finger TBA Jack Viney Foot TBA Bayley Fritsch Hip TBA Christian Petracca Wrist TBA Joel Smith Leg TBA Tim Smith Calf 3 Weeks Kade Kolodjashnij Adductor 3-4 Weeks Jeff Garlett Shoulder 4-6 Weeks Mitch Hannan Knee 8-12 Weeks Jake Lever Knee 12-16 Weeks Aaron Nietschke Knee Season

Here's the Steven May incident. I think he could be in trouble.

We're still 13th!!!

Take the discussion here: http://demonland.com/forums/topic/45706-postgame-jlt-02-vs-brisbane/

We're our worst enemy at times.

The Walking Wounded ...

I expect it to be good now. I hope it improves when the real stuff begins.

Can we just stop this game?

We can't stop them running out of defence.

Again TMac and Weid spoil each other.

Joel Smith limping?

Jetta is a star. Incase you weren't aware.

FMD. Fritsch off injured.

Add to that some blatant frees not paid.

Not 15 my butt ump.

Again two forwards jump for the same ball.