Supreme_Demon

I think great minds think alike when it comes to Xavier Lindsay. 😉 I am incredibly pleased that Jason Taylor and the rest of the Melbourne Demons recruiting team recognized that we desperately needed more elite kicks in our team. Having players that can hit our forwards "lace out" on the chest with kicks will definitely help us kick winning scores!

He's a big lad this Harvey Langford! Jason Taylor gave him high praise during his interview on the AFL Live stream. Apparently he is incredibly competitive which is excellent to hear! I am excited to see what he can do for the Demons. At 191cms he is definitely another midfield bull who can learn off the likes of Christian Petracca and Clayton Oliver. The ball is now in Harvey Langford's court to train hard and see if he can make it at AFL level.

Glad the Demons picked Xavier Lindsay who is an excellent kick and will provide "X-factor" to our team. We have been desperate to rectify the issue of forward-line connection for a few seasons now and hopefully Xavier's poise and skill with kicking will help the Demons. An educated choice with taking the best talent available as well as the covering of a vital need for us. In Jason Taylor we trust!

It's up to the AFL to support grassroots funding in country areas. They get billions of dollars in TV rights. The Melbourne Football Club (and MCC) has done a lot in Central Australia with setting up a wonderful grassed MCG sized football oval. Hopefully, more of these types of initiatives can be done in the future.

How's Clarry? Is he looking fit? Looking happy? Great to see Clarry back, fit and firing! Tell Clarry we all love him and hope he remains a Demon forever! 👹❤️💙

As harsh as it sounds....it isn't nearly enough. Look to emulate what other AFL Clubs are doing as well as making more of our own unique and funny content. Perhaps try to get a bloke like Caden MacDonald who has over 90,000 subscribers on YouTube more involved with our Social Media. He is a very passionate Demons supporter. There are others too, like Broden Kelly, the blokes from the Deebrief Podcast, Titus O'Reily and Hamish Blake who all have varying levels of influence online and in the media. Anyway, that's just a few suggestions.

This is what the Demons desperately need. Players that are elite kicks and decision makers. The problem of forward line "connection" must be rectified. I believe that recruiting Xavier Lindsay would help address this.

In my view, Melbourne's presence on Social Media has been very limited. Even North Melbourne has more content than us on Social Media, which is embarrassing! Tik-Tok, SnapChat, X/Twitter, Facebook, YouTube etc all need to be utilised much more to advertise the Melbourne Demons to possible new supporters. The more content the better!

Would rather the Demons take Victorian players. I am still a bit scarred after losing Luke Jackson to Fremantle.

Jason Taylor was asked about Kalani White yesterday in his interview on "Gettables". He said Kalani will be part of the Australian Squad and that he is developing well.

Agreed! We are crying out for players who are elite kicks that can hit a player "lace out" with a pass. Forward line "connection" is still a massive issue for the Demons.

Cal Twomey has the Demons taking Harvey Langford in his Phantom Draft. I guess we shall wait and see if this is correct or not...???

An impressive effort by Cal Twomey. He definitely does his research. I would say he is normally about 80% to 90% correct with his choices. Would be very happy with Harvey Langford. Not so much with Bo Allan from WA, as I would much prefer the Demons take Xavier Lindsay from Victoria. We desperately need players who are excellent kicks and elite decision makers.

Jason Taylor said a lot without giving much away. Said the Demons are going "best talent available" as is expected. I did note that he is meeting with Simon Goodwin, the other coaching staff and Tim Lamb later today. They will probably go through their final rankings for players and who they believe are the "most" talented in this year's AFL National Draft. I expect it will simply be a case of who falls the Demon's way for both pick #5 and pick 9#.

This guy on YouTube has us taking the following... First pick: Jagga Smith Second pick: Alix Tauru Here is the video for those interested:

The bloke who was choosing for us must not have even been a Melbourne supporter or understood our list needs. Nevertheless, it would be fun to "get on the beers" with mates and do a mock Draft. 🤣 Luckily, Jason Taylor gets paid to do player analysis and has probably done a few mock Drafts leading up to next week already.

Tempted by this option if Shane McAdam decides to quit because he doesn't want to do another AFL Pre-Season.

A harsh but fair analysis. Would of been nice to get the year right though. The Demons will be under pressure to perform in season 2025.

For anyone interested, here is a Full Mock Draft for 2024 done by "PommyinOz" and a few other blokes. Looks like they had a bit of fun doing this actually! Here is the link to it: The guy representing the Demons chose Alix Tauru at pick #5 and Harry Armstrong at pick #9. Not sure why he chose both talls? But everyone is going to have their own unique opinions on who the Demons might choose in the Draft.

Speaking of the Draft night, what time will it be on during the 20th of November? Will it be live on TV? I know in the past it has been on Fox Footy. Will it on the AFL Live App? Anyway, I am looking forward to watching it on TV or online.

Hopefully, the rumours aren't true and Shane McAdam turns up to training next week. Shane McAdam needs to prove he still has the "fire in the belly" he wants to play AFL footy. If not, the best thing Shane McAdam can do is let the Club know early that he wishes to retire.

Whoever the Demons pick, I just hope they are excellent kicks who can hit a leading target lace out on the chest. Sick of drafting blokes who are terrible kicks and poor decision makers.

I would let Kalani be. No point speculating too early. Let him just have fun and continue just playing footy. It's a very important decision he will need to make in the next 12+ months. While, we all hope he chooses the Demons, in the end, he has choose what is best for him. I wish him all the very best.

Interesting analysis. However, I would much rather the Demons take the most talented Victorian at pick #9 over Bo Allan from WA. Josh Smillie, Murphy Reid or Xavier Lindsay are much better kicks than Bo Allan too. I am sick of the Demons having players that blindly kick the ball like a mule into the forward line. It drives me bananas! 😵🍌🍌🍌🍌 I want players that can accurately pin point passes with the ball and hit our forwards on the chest lace out!

Excellent stuff mate! 🙂 Great to see more Demons supporters giving their opinions about the upcoming AFL National Draft on YouTube! Personally, I have no idea who Jason Taylor will end up choosing. But I have faith in him choosing some highly rated young guns for the Demons!