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 2008.
See the 2010 Melbourne Demons fixtures.
With a number of second-year players, including Nick Naitanui, retaining their eligibility, the race for this year’s Rising Star award is already looking like it will be the one of the most hotly-contested since the award began.
Contesting the award alongside the second-year players will be a number of 2009 draftees that look set to make [...] Read article
Melbourne have described the AFL match review panel’s controversial decision not to charge Josh Kennedy as a precedent for the coming season.
Demons football manager Chris Connolly said the club would accept the panel’s decision on the incident that left their midfielder Colin Sylvia with a broken jaw.
Sylvia was chasing Chris Masten in Saturday’s practice match [...] Read article
Melbourne veteran Cameron Bruce is confident of a strong performance in the AFL season-opener against Hawthorn, despite the Demons’ shocking injury run.
Melbourne’s pre-season injury woes continued during the practice match on Saturday against West Coast when midfielder Colin Sylvia suffered a broken jaw which will sideline him for four-to-six weeks.
Livewire forward Austin Wonaeamirri also suffered [...] Read article
Melbourne coach Dean Bailey has challenged his players to step up to fill the vacancies left by injuries which have rocked the battling club.
The Demons will play West Coast on Saturday afternoon at Casey Fields, which Bailey will use as an audition for their opening premiership match against Hawthorn later this month.
Exciting forward Liam Jurrah [...] Read article
Welcome to my preview of the 2010 AFL season. In part one of my series, I look at who will win the wooden spoon all the way up to those who will just miss out on the finals.
16. Richmond
For Tiger fans, I can’t see much happening this year for your club. Another new messiah [...] Read article
Melbourne expect to lose exciting forward Liam Jurrah for a huge chunk of the AFL season with a serious shoulder injury.
Jurrah will have reconstructive surgery on his right shoulder on Wednesday and is expected to be sidelined for 16 weeks.
He sustained the injury when he fell awkwardly during the first quarter of Saturday’s loss to [...] Read article
They’re poles apart, but Melbourne’s aim will be the same as St Kilda’s in the 2010 AFL season – finding an extra 15 points.
Fifteen points more and St Kilda would have beaten Geelong in the 2009 grand final.
Melbourne coach Dean Bailey is years away from thinking grand finals, but when your side has landed the [...] Read article
As we draw closer to kick-off in season 2010, anticipation is, naturally, high for the upcoming season. At this time of the year, there are more questions than answers.
These include:
Can Hawthorn re-discover the form that won it the 2008 premiership?
We all know the Hawks had a wretched run with injuries last season, but it goes [...] Read article
Carlton coach Brett Ratten has warned his team to brace for an ultra-aggressive Richmond when the two clubs clash in Thursday night’s AFL season-opener at the MCG.
Ratten said new Tigers coach Damien Hardwick’s combativeness had been his hallmark as a player and that would be mirrored in his team.
“They’ll be coming out swinging, I know [...]
Adam McPhee has set his sights on a leadership role at Fremantle and has urged Dockers fans not to read anything into his poor form during the AFL pre-season.
McPhee returned to Fremantle at the end of last year after seven seasons at Essendon, where he won the club’s best and fairest award and All-Australian honours [...]
For the first time in three seasons, no AFL player earnt more than $1 million last year. The $1 million barrier was first cracked in 2007, with two players earning seven-digit sums in 2008, but AFL figures show no player’s income reached those heights in 2009.
But the salary divide between an elite few and the [...]
The AFL wants television networks to show matches live when the next broadcast rights deal is brokered for the 2012 season and beyond.
The next five-year agreement is expected to be worth more than $1 billion and AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou said the league would also seek a commitment to screen games live.
Currently, the four [...]
With a number of second-year players, including Nick Naitanui, retaining their eligibility, the race for this year’s Rising Star award is already looking like it will be the one of the most hotly-contested since the award began.
Contesting the award alongside the second-year players will be a number of 2009 draftees that look set to make [...]
A Malaysian billionaire is apparently in the mix to bid as a partner for the next round of the AFL TV rights for 2012-2016.
As reported in this article in The Age:
“T. Ananda Krishnan, who has extensive satellite television interests in Asia through his Astro network Fetch, has put the idea of a joint bid for [...]
AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou has warned that the league will not take a back step to soccer if Australia hosts the World Cup.
In a speech at Thursday night’s official season launch, Demetriou has made it clear that the AFL will not let soccer dictate terms if the bid to host the cup is successful.
Earlier [...]
Geelong’s aura is fading, with rival captains rating St Kilda and the Western Bulldogs as more likely AFL grand finalists than the reigning premiers.
The Cats have won two of the past three flags, with a grand final loss in between.
But in the league’s annual pre-season poll, they received only three of a possible 15 votes [...]
The Western Bulldogs will head into their 2010 campaign expected to be in contention for their first premiership in 56 years.
Rightly or wrongly, there has been much hype surrounding the Western Bulldogs. For the first time, the club will find themselves in an unfamiliar position.
Unlike previous years, they aren’t the underdog.
A lot of the [...]
Michael Tuck medallist Barry Hall couldn’t have started life at the Western Bulldogs any better, prompting many pundits to believe the Dogs have solved their ‘power forward’ problem and are now 2010 Premiership favourites. But some maintain it’s a matter of time before ‘Big Bad Barry’ has another brain-snap.
The 33-year-old, who controversially ended his time [...]
to be honest i didn’t notice much perhaps I wasn’t paying close enough attention. were we trying to bully union to death when they were boring people to death ( ok stop now ifs sokka’s so boring why is it so...
