The Melbourne Demons joined the AFL in 1897 as one of its foundation members. The club itself was founded in 1858 making it the oldest club in VFL/AFL history. Melbourne have won 12 AFL flags but have constantly faced financial demolition and off field turmoil throughout its history. The Demons have coincidently finished with several wooden spoons in its history with its most recent being in season 2009.
by johnhunt92 - February 8th 2012 @ 3:18am
Heath Shaw is a very good footballer who is vital to the success of the Collingwood Magpies. But is he a footballer with the right leadership credentials? Last week saw Melbourne, Collingwood and North Melbourne announced their leadership groups with each causing intrigue. North Melbourne replaced stalwart Brent Harvey with the engine of the Kangaroos [...]
by Tom Beilby - February 6th 2012 @ 6:44am
The Melbourne Demons’ choice to name two young co-captains, Jack Trengove, 20, and Jack Grimes, 22, for the AFL club for 2012 season, should be regarded as an intelligent and potentially brilliant decision. With less than 70 competitive matches combined the pair could be – and already have been – classified as ‘inexperienced’, but both [...]
by Rob Forsaith - February 3rd 2012 @ 4:48am
by Roger Vaughan - February 2nd 2012 @ 6:24am
by Paul Mulvey - February 2nd 2012 @ 6:10am
by Guy Jackson - November 17th 2011 @ 4:02am
Melbourne’s AFL players have been challenged on all levels by new coach Mark Neeld – and it’s a good thing, according to ruckman Mark Jamar. Neeld’s inheritance of the underperforming Demons has come amid tough public pronouncements and promises of a harder edge to the team in 2012. And Neeld is fronting every player one-on-one [...]
by AAP - October 24th 2011 @ 6:24am
by Damo - October 18th 2011 @ 5:25am
In one of the busiest trade weeks in recent memory (factoring in the GWS ‘mini draft’), many clubs and players have benefitted greatly from their respective moves. Here are the winners and losers from trade week. Even the unexpected deals will undoubtedly prove fruitful for the clubs involved, and the long expected trades have come [...]
by Michael DiFabrizio - October 18th 2011 @ 5:14am
Mitch Clark has copped a few not-so-subtle jibes over his decision to leave the Brisbane Lions and sign with Melbourne, despite initially claiming his reason for wanting a trade was to return to his native Western Australia. As you’d expect, the key forward who played the family card at trade week and ended up roughly [...]
by Michael DiFabrizio - September 20th 2011 @ 6:45am
Fremantle have Ross Lyon. Melbourne have Mark Neeld. The Western Bulldogs have Brendan McCartney. Adelaide have Brenton Sanderson. For those keeping score at home, that’s four coaching appointments in the space of four days. It’s been an unbelievable few days. How bizarre it is that every single one of the coaches that led teams to [...]
by Redb - February 10th 2012 @ 3:49am
I sat and watched a Fox Sports News segment on St Kilda’s captain and leadership group the other day just shaking my head. No less than eight players have been inducted into the Saints leadership group, with Nick Reiwoldt the captain. That’s almost half the bloody team, I thought. Strangely, none of the remaining leadership [...]
by Michael DiFabrizio - February 9th 2012 @ 12:09pm
For a player who’s never played a game of senior AFL footy, North Melbourne rookie Majak Daw sure gets a lot of attention. He’s the first Sudanese-born player listed by an AFL club, so you can understand there’s some public interest there. But does he warrant the kind of attention the Herald Sun gave him [...]
by AAP - February 9th 2012 @ 4:15am
by Sam Lienert - February 9th 2012 @ 4:03am
by timmy_morgs - February 9th 2012 @ 4:00am
In our society, the number 18 represents growth, responsibility and change and should be no different for the AFL on the birth of its 18th club. The AFL hopes that its venture into Greater Western Sydney will close the divide between AFL and NRL in NSW, but division is exactly what the AFL should be [...]
by S120 - February 9th 2012 @ 3:53am
Having been a haphazard reader of The Roar over the last few years, I always presumed that my first published piece would be a cunning, searing and revolutionary work that the common man would not have the critical faculties to comprehend. I would show that I’m capable of thought in a manner not available to [...]
by The Cattery - February 9th 2012 @ 3:51am
In a rare show of solidarity, AFL boss Andrew Demetriou and NRL boss David Gallop were photographed together yesterday walking through the corridors of power on Capital Hill. They had just finished lobbying both sides of the political divide about possible changes to the Copyright Act to combat the recent Federal Court decision allowing telecommunications [...]
by Andrew Sutherland - February 9th 2012 @ 2:58am
This Sunday marks the 120th anniversary of Australia’s most famous sporting club. Unfortunately, Collingwood intends to celebrate it. As if supporters of other clubs haven’t had enough of hearing about Collingwood from its President. As if they haven’t had it up to here (I’m indicating somewhere above the head) reading double-page spreads about what Collingwood [...]
by AAP - February 8th 2012 @ 11:44am
by Justin Chadwick - February 8th 2012 @ 5:22am
THE ROAR ON