Supreme_Demon

I am keen to discuss who the Demons may choose with pick #9 in the 2024 AFL National Draft now that we have successfully obtained it from Essendon. I am pleased Essendon saw this as a "win-win" deal so they have the Draft points to obtain Isaac Kako from their NGA. I highly doubt this deal would of been as straightforward under Adrian Dodoro. With pick #9 in this Draft. I like the look of the following players. ● Xavier Lindsay - Who is an elite decision maker and excellent kick ● Josh Smillie - Who could be the next Marcus Bontempelli as a midfielder who is 194cm ● Harry Armstrong - A big powerful tall forward who is 195cm and is a strong mark and an accurate kick for goal ● Tobie Travaglia - who is a dashing half back flanker who could be the delayed suitable replacement for Michael Hibberd Anyway, we will just wait and see who Jason Taylor will now choose with pick #9.

Picks #5 and #9 now belong to the Demons! Excellent news!

I thought that this would happen. Glad to be right for a change! The Demons having picks #5 and pick #9 is fantastic.

Would rather the Demons get Essendon's pick #9 but Gold Coast's pick #13 is appealing too. Wish there was a way the Demons got both?! But Either of them would definitely be pleasing to go with our pick #6 in this year's draft.

Melbourne interim President Brad Green lays down the ultimate smack down on Social Media! Clayton Oliver will remain a Demon!

Apparently former Demons Vice President Geoff Freeman wants to take over the board? Hopefully he can work with Brad Green (and possibly Peter Lawrence) so we can have some semblance of unity and get the Melbourne Football Club back on track. Here is the article in the Herald Sun: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjf-di87oWJAxXJi2MGHUILMRAQFnoECBcQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.heraldsun.com.au%2Fsport%2Fafl%2Fteams%2Fmelbourne%2Fmelbourne-demons-crisis-deepens-with-former-vicepresident-geoff-freeman-declaring-interest-in-taking-over-club-board%2Fnews-story%2F6dc39fa6d3fbb1a348f5eed9f0f0a841&usg=AOvVaw02f9a0KZXE0kgQpU5tOJtb&opi=89978449 Unfortunately I cannot read it due to the pay wall.

He probably would. But he's gone now, thankfully! I know some Essendon supporters loved Dodo but others hated him and blame him for some of their woes. Hopefully we can reach a fair deal with Essendon to obtain pick #9 in the draft. We should definitely show interest in Isaac Kako if St. Kilda are doing so as well. Just to keep Essendon worried that they may lose him.

I am starting to get sick of these rumours. I am backing in what our interim President Brad Green has said. Clayton Oliver is contracted and will be staying. It is the CEO Gary Pert that needs to be sacked for all of this.

Is Adrian Dodoro gone?! Thank goodness! Essendon might actually be reasonable to trade with now.

Time for Jeffo to step up and put on his big boy pants. Hope he spends the Pre-Season putting on lots of muscle! 2025 will be a huge season for him! The ball is in his court to make it as an AFL player....

Shane McAdam's season actually made me quite angry. He was horrible! Unfit, slow, lazy, could barely kick 30 metres, kept trying unrealistic attempts to mark the ball. Overall, a massive disappointment. Hope he has a big Pre-Season and comes back fit and strong. Otherwise, it's another trade fail from the Demons list management team. Pull your finger out Shane!

I suspect the Demons are all over this. We would definitely be keen to do a deal with Essendon to obtain pick #9 from them. I think our future 1st round pick and an assorted selection of other picks in later rounds gets it done. Essendon get Isaac Kako and two 1st round picks in 2025 (the Demons and their own) and we get their pick #9 (as well as our own pick #6). It is a win-win situation, but it all depends on if Essendon think that's fair or not.

Interesting.... I wonder what Brisbane would want for him? Here is the Rookie Me profile of Harry Sharp from a few years ago:https://central.rookieme.com/afl/player/harry-sharp/

We might be more likely to get Wade Derksen if Jake Stringer leaves Essendon and goes to GWS. But we shall have to wait and see what happens...

Interesting to see Shane Woewodin has given his 2 cents worth about the Melbourne Football Club. I understand he is our most recent Brownlow Medallist (2000) but besides his son being at the Club, I don't know how heavily he is involved at the Club. I think his words have been blown way out of proportion saying the Melbourne Football Club is "a bit of a mess" but we do need to fix things. Not sure how helpful the comments are for his son, Taj Woewodin. He would want the Club to be stable. Personally, I really hope Taj Woewodin gets super fit and strong over the Pre-Season would love to see him have a significant impact at the Demons in 2025! I do agree that there needs to be open lines of communication at the Demons though. Transparency is key. We will see what happens after the 2 independent reviews I guess? Anyway, here is the article from SEN radio for those who may wish to read it: https://www.sen.com.au/news/2024/10/09/a-bit-of-a-mess-former-star-and-father-of-current-dee-makes-melbourne/

A ranking of 6th is pretty good. Being called the Melbourne Football Club makes a big difference. Otherwise, we would of gone the way of South Melbourne (Sydney) and Fitzroy (Brisbane) and ended up the Gold Coast, or Hobart or Canberra or Darwin Demons years ago. Now we just gotta keep winning more Premierships and get that Home Base built at the Caulfield Racecourse!

Damn! Cal Twomey must be reading my posts on Demonland! 🤣 But in all seriousness, it is a plausible option IF Melbourne and Essendon can arrange a deal. Essendon supporters would be wanting to use pick 9# and also get Isaac Kako. But that may be too risky and I am certain they don't want to lose him like we lost Mac Andrew in 2021. Trading for points for Isaac Kako makes sense. But I don't think Adrian Dodoro will want to play ball. I just want the Demons to have picks 5# and 9# that would be fantastic!

True, that's possible. But very complicated. I doubt St. Kilda will give up picks 7# and 8# in the draft though.

Here's another article showing the latest AFL draft rankings: https://www.espn.com.au/afl/story/_/id/41685320/afl-draft-power-rankings-october-2024-jagga-smith-levi-ashcroft-sid-draper-sam-lalor

Fingers crossed he comes to the Demons! 🤞 It would definitely be quite an exciting challenge for him. Can he work with CEO Gary Pert? Anyway, we shall wait and see....?

We won't be giving them pick 5# under any circumstances. That would be an utterly moronic decision. Essendon are better loading up on points to get Isaac Kako. Otherwise they will waste pick #9 when an early bid comes in from any team that highly rates Isaac Kako. The smarter thing would be for them to give us pick #9 and we will give them in return our future first rounder (for 2025), and picks 28, 40, 48, 53, and 64 in this year's draft. They can then use all these points to take Isaac Kako if an early bid comes in. Unfortunately, this is only wishful thinking as I doubt Essendon would do this. Worth a try for Jason Taylor to ask though?! This is probably the Demons best shot to try and get 2 picks in the top 10 of this year's AFL Draft.

Looks like Damien "Purple" Barrett has been reading Demonland. He's calling for Gary Pert's head now too.... Here is the article: https://www.afl.com.au/news/1241651/barrett-hurting-melbourne-demons-must-act-to-stop-three-year-implosion

This is the type of elite high-performance facility with the very latest equipment we need to have at our Home Base at Caulfield Racecourse (hopefully). The best of the best for all our Melbourne Demons players.

Would love the Demons to have 2 top 10 picks in this year's AFL Draft. But one top 10 pick (currently #5 moving to #6) and maybe a pick in the top 20 would be wonderful. It seems like we have too much competition for Gold Coast's pick 11#, but hopefully we could snare one of Fremantle's picks or maybe Brisbane's or even GWS? Essendon might give up pick #9 due to their NGA prospect Isaac Kako possibly going quite high in this year's draft. But I doubt they want to give up their first round pick this year.

Sadly, correct. 2024 is a total write off. Dan Houston ghosted us like a Tinder date. Although we did get Tom "Dinosaur" Campbell as a back up ruckman and we may get Wade "Diggler" Derksen from GWS?