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TAB has released its 2019 projected wins for all 18 teams. MELBOURNE TAB Over/Under: 13.5 GAMES WON IN 2018 — 14 Gilbert Gardiner says: OVER Left a few wins in the bag last year so should be a lot better for the experience with another pre-season under their belts. Chris Cavanagh says: OVER Scored 14 wins in the 2018 home-and-away season and then went on to easily beat Geelong and Hawthorn in the first two weeks of September. Jesse Hogan is a loss in attack, but Steven May and Jake Lever are huge additions at the defensive end. Team on the rise. Liam Twomey says: OVER The finals curse has been lifted for the Demons. This club won 14 games last year even though they dropped four games by 10 points or less. Lock them in for an over.

@Satyriconhome Any word on Hannan? Was he out there today?

Different player to May. We need May to wrestle with and distract the opposition monsters whilst Lever comes in from the side to pinch the ball out of the air with his spaghetti arms and be off down the field before they have noticed.

Reminder that Friday is the last Open Session of the year. If you are heading down we'd love to hear/read your observations.

Love it that Jake took the bike outside in the heat to be with and watch the boys train and feel apart of team. Could have easily have stayed inside in an air conditioned gym. Leadership material.

Probably winding down if not already finished. The club does not list the Wednesday sessions as they are officially closed sessions on an open field. I get that the team need closed sessions to work on "plays/drils" and keep these away from prying eyes or reports on Demonland and other platforms that then can be seen by prying eyes. It would be great to have a closed off venue that could facilitate this.

I'll copy and paste these reports for every session and then Demonlanders will no longer need to head down to Goschs. In what way was he the stand out? I hope he gets another crack at the big time. Was probably the wrong choice for the Saints game.

Who else was up there? J Smith? KK?

What was he doing? Does he look hampered in running?

Slight ball busting but was meant in jest.

Thanks for the update @Graeme Yeats' Mullet. The Brayshaw in the recovery group is the mystery injury of the week. AFL.com.au initially reported him as being in the rehab group due to being ill in the week prior. He's still there a week on. There's got to be more to it. Chalk another one up in the interrupted pre-season group.

Looks like Lever is on the bike.

Officially it's a "Closed" session today but if anyone is attending training we'd appreciate an unofficial report. Thanks in advance.

Excellent work once again @Six6Six

I'll post audio if available. If anyone is listening fell free to post main talking points.

Also works with this alternate footage of a Dees fan watching the goal.

It's hard to make out but I can see Selwood on the floor attempting to move his head back and forth to try and milk a too high free.

I reckon it will be more than that. The shoulder surgery guys (Clarry, Harmes, Jetta?) probably won't be ready for contact and I doubt Viney will be full time training by then. Lever definitely not. Petracca possibly not either. Not sure where Melk is at but didn't do much running the day I was there and then there is the question mark over where Hannan has been the last two sessions.

Here is the circle jumping set to some 90s Hip Hop.

He reacted quickly but it certainly helped that Selwood slipped. Nontheless I'll take the free and resulting goal.

The highlights didn't have the initial free kick but here is the rest which resulted in Jonesy's goal.

Not a play per se but I love the emotion and I was celebrating in the exact same way and the roar I produced was the exact point that I lost my voice which only returned late in the next week.