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    GAME DAY - Round 3, 2017

    in Melbourne Demons

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    I'm quietly confident but a little worried at the same time... We need to stand up and not fall into the Cats trap that I guarantee they will set for us...

    Geelong will often allow us to win the stoppage and the resulting clearance, but with enough pressure that it means we hack the ball forward out of the midfield where they will be planning to use their run out of the D50 to counter attack us... You watch how they do it... Winning the clearances WILL NOT win us this match! 

    We need to be smart and our F50 pressure needs to be on point, which is why I think we have picked the side we have for this one... We will hit a lot of forward pocket space today and hopefully lock it in with our pressure.

    Geelong are not that good but their senior players are really good at structuring to a plan.

    Im excited to see how we go and have faith in our coaching staff to avoid an embarrassment but just not 100% confident of a win...

    We shall see soon enough 

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    Fist or open hand - you be the judge

    in Melbourne Demons

    Posted

    As angry and annoyed I am about this one, the "open palm" defence won't do anything...

    Does this mean I can go out and, with an open hand, smash my palm into the nose of my opponent, shattering it all in the thought that I will get off due to not having a closed fist?

    I think not...

    MRP for Hogan and Lewis

    in Melbourne Demons

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    As frustrating as it is, I'm excited by the prospect of seeing how we go without a couple of key players over the coming weeks...

    I think we'll be fine! Let's not allow ourselves to be dee-railed by things we cannot undo.

    Learn, move forward and DEESTROY the opposition (legally of course)

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    CASEY DEMONS 2017 PRE SEASON

    in Melbourne Demons

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    On 01/04/2017 at 8:42 PM, KC from Casey said:

    The small crowd that ventured out to Casey Fields got more than its money worth (admission was free) after a mainly dour, lacklustre performance by the VFL Demons and Hawks ended in a cliffhanger with the home team coming home with a rush and kicking the winning goal late in the final term. 

    Apart from a brief period early in the game, Casey had trailed all day after struggling to find the goals for most of the first half. The Demons notched up nine consecutive behinds (including a couple of posters) to the visitors' seven goals four before their star of the day Yilber “Bella’’ Zijai from the Sandringham Zebras via Noble Park posted the first from a fee kick in front of the big sticks. 

    Zijai had a great first up game both in the midfield and up forward and his three goals were crucial in the team's second half comeback. Ed Morris was his partner in crime in a midfield which eventually got on top in a second half in which the Hawks managed just one goal in a second half that provided a stark contrast to each team's first.

    Sam Frost returned from injury and showed great toe in defence and was rock solid there although he was clearly being held back in terms of game time. The Hawks were in fine fettle in the early going with their talls controlling the air and their strong midfield looking more polished and dominating proceedings.  

    I see what you did there :cool:

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    GAME DAY - Round 1, 2017

    in Melbourne Demons

    Posted

    4 minutes ago, beelzebub said:

    ffs folks...grow some

    all this negativity !!

    Our boys will be going out to win , fully expecting they can and will.

    So do I

    carn Dees

    No negativity here... Just the anxious feeling I get as a player and a passionate member at an all time high... 

    I vomited 5 mins ago and 100% on task now!

    This could be epic people... Let's do this!

    Saints v Dees Rd 1

    in Melbourne Demons

    Posted

    2 minutes ago, dino rover said:

    Thanks for that effort

     

    After comparing our two sides - We are a hell of a lot stronger on paper than our last meeting!

    This has actually swung me from the thoughts of dealing with a loss to the thoughts of celebrating a win!

     

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    Norm Smith Ultimate Football League 2017

    in Fantasy Footy

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    3 hours ago, poita said:

    The change to the emergencies has now been processed, please update your squads accordingly.

    I will change the lockout settings if there is a majority view.

    I would definitely change it to First Saturday game of the round... 

    Round 1 for sure and I don't really see an issue with leaving it like that for the season

     

    Demon Injuries 2017 season

    in Melbourne Demons

    Posted

    4 minutes ago, Deeman said:

    Anyone know on which date the club's own injury list get published?

    At a date of their choosing...

    more likely to be early hours of the morning (say 1-2am)...

    mentioning all injured players as 4-6 weeks...

    then having the list removed some 59 seconds after being published 

    :cool: Moral of the story - Published injury lists are a waste of time and you are better of listening to the DL members with an ounce of credibility :)

    Norm Smith Ultimate Football League 2017

    in Fantasy Footy

    Posted

    22 hours ago, Krazy Jaeger O'Smeara said:

    Can Poita make these changes now or is it too late?

    So you are saying we should have 5 emergencies, one for each position and leave 3 on the bench?

    Im happy if it can be done ?

    Have we all agreed on the above change - so that we have emergencies for each position?

    Clock is ticking on making the changes in the league settings...

     

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