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    Re-signings

    in AFL National Women's League

    Posted

    20 hours ago, Dees_In_October said:

    Keeping track of contracts (with age as of 1 Sep in that year) -

    2027: Hanks (27), Hore (32)

    2026: B.Mackin (27), Mithen (28)

    2025: Goldrick (35)

    2024: Colvin (33), Harris (27), Lampard (27), A.Mackin (27), Paxman (35), Pearce (31), Taylor (26), Watt (36)

     

    Everyone currently aged 25+ (plus Hanks) has been locked in and announced, so no age-related retirements this off-season. Assuming the remaining 10 are locked in, that would make 23 players retained of the list of 31 from 2023.

    https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/1478353/demons-re-sign-ten-young-guns

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    PRESEASON TRAINING: Friday 15th December 2023

    in Melbourne Demons

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    12 hours ago, Stiff Arm said:

    Surely our training drills and match sims aren't so unique and secret that they must lock out fans?

    Seems odd that any AFL club would prevent keen fans from observing training, regardless of spying eyes from other clubs.

    I mean, people can still se through the fence, so it's hardly top secret. 

    Poor old Picket Fence...

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    Does @picket fence have Clarry's number on his duffel coat? (Think about it...)

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    2024 Practice Matches

    in Melbourne Demons

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    7 hours ago, old55 said:

    Thanks. Our options would appear to be Geelong, the Dogs, North, Collingwood, Richmond or Hawthorn - maybe not the Dogs since we have them in R1.  Knowing our luck, probably Geelong down there or North in Tassie since we avoided them in the regular season for once.

    With our Community game away, I'm betting we get a home SIM game, against a team that has a home Community game. So, Hawks at Casey? (or Saints, but we SIM-ed with them this year?)

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    Re-signings

    in AFL National Women's League

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    49 minutes ago, Rab D Nesbitt said:

    Is this the first year that AFLW players can sign long term contracts? If so I wonder if there was a reluctance to offer them to any of the recent departures and whether that resulted in them moving on? 

    Yep.

    In which case, possibly as much about the longer contracts offered by others? Particularly Hawks and possibly Bombers? North is the curious one...

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    How did you become a Demon?

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    Posted · Edited by Timothy Reddan-A'Blew

    11 hours ago, biggestred said:

    Its the off season, its midnight and i cant sleep and got suddenly curious as to how we all became dees. For me it was my cousins who were up the road who are all mad dees and that was 35 years ago and the rest is history. So how did you end up a dee?

    Thanks, B'red, as confessor, and all you confessees.

    In passing, I'm increasingly struck by how many of my contemporaries are on 'Land. I'd thought foruming was a younger person's pursuit, but go us!

    Anyway, the 1950s were, as Dickens had it, ...'the best of times...[and then] the worst of times' to be born, Dees support wise. Six premierships in just over the first 10 years of my life. And a 50-year MCC member for a grandfather, for regular free entry as a 'Lady'. And if a sealer was needed? 'Twinkle Toes' RDB.

    (p.s. Have since brought three 1980s kids along with me. Thank heavens for 2021! Our stars of the 90s, then the successful alignment with then-local Sandy, two blocks up the road, also helped during flighty childhoods and 'meh' adolescences!)

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    AFLW Sign, Draft and Trade Period 2023-24

    in AFL National Women's League

    Posted

    31 minutes ago, DeeSpencer said:

    Colvin’s a good player but she’s old and injury prone.

    Personally I’d try Bannan and see if she can develop as a player down back, and if that doesn’t work I’d go with Tay Harris.
     

    We have forward options including using Loz Pearce forward and Campbell in the ruck.

    I'm loath to say it, but her goal kicking has probably proven to be not up to it.

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    Demonstone's Dastardly December Demonland Diabolical

    in Melbourne Demons

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    6 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

    Congratulations to @Timothy Reddan-A'Blew who has nailed second place and earns himself second prize from the three wise men.  

    I think the item has been misspelled all these years and was really a future nod to the creator of this bloke.

     

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    Puzzlers, please read whole post. This is not a photo of me... Well...

     

    Thanks, 'Stone. Chuffed. And looking forward to your biblical rewrite for third!

     

     

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    Demonstone's Dastardly December Demonland Diabolical

    in Melbourne Demons

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    10 hours ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

    Before you hit the sack, DS… you know I love you, right? (And by love I mean tolerate), so it pains me to have to point out an error of yours, but ima go ahead and do it regardless. In your thread title you use the word ‘diabolical’ as a noun. Of course, ‘diabolical’ is an adjective.

    To every other Demonlander: you’re welcome.

    😁

     

    Good ballsy, WCW!

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    PRESEASON TRAINING: Friday 8th December 2023

    in Melbourne Demons

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    12 minutes ago, WalkingCivilWar said:

    The Club only found out a fortnight ago that we’d be involved. Initially it was registered walkers only and it wasn’t really widely advertised because there was a cap on the number of walkers. Last night they decided it was now open to all who wanted to do the walk. Clearly not many knew about it, hence the poor attendance. 

    First one, W et al.

    It'll grow!

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