Lazlow
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Don't like what they've done to ANZAC Day. When Collingwood and Essendon are at their peak it was like a mid-season final.
Now its just another fixture.
Now its just another fixture.
To be fair, it is on a Saturday. You're going to have to play those 9 games sometime, and Saturday usually has 5-6 games. It also seems the AFL is fully committed to the F-S-S setting, with no more silly Sunday night or Monday night games. That I can get behind.Don't like what they've done to ANZAC Day. When Collingwood and Essendon are at their peak it was like a mid-season final.
Now its just another fixture.
I like it! I'll do some tonightWhat about a parody of "headlines you won't see in 2015" for each team?
Eg Carlton: "Joyful Malthouse praises Ed, media, ahead of record-breaking game"....
How about milestones. For both club and playersDay 37 (150 says to go)
Yawn.
Day 38 (149 days to go)
As news slows down, does anyone have any suggestions for new stuff I can do? Looking for something not as long as the previews I've been doing, but something interesting that would take about 5 minutes (study is taking up more and more of my time...).
Good idea! I'll do that parallel to the headlines.How about milestones. For both club and players
Day 42 (145 days to go)
Melbourne 2015 Season Preview
It has been a frustrating few years for Demons fans, with finishes in the bottom 4 the norm. But with Paul Roos taking over the reins at the start of this season, and slowly but surely teaching his players the game plan and the required skills and effort, could it be there is some light at the end of this very long tunnel?
Maybe in the future, but my crystal ball says one more year of languishing at the bottom of the ladder for the Demons. They simply don't have enough guns, and too many struggling youngsters who are perhaps not yet at the required standard to play AFL football.
Their defence is already quite average, and the loss of James Frawley will hurt even more. This may be slightly balanced by the inclusion of Heritier Lumumba, but I think they've had a loss here, the Demons. They severely lack experience in defence; the Demons will be hoping they can get a full season out of Jack Grimes, otherwise things look dire.
Nathan Jones has been leading the way in the midfield for several seasons now, but he lacks support. Bernie Vince will really need to step in 2015, as will the likes of Viney, Salem, Toumpas and Tyson.
But all eyes will be on Jesse Hogan next year. He has been hyped-up ever since he was signed by the Demons last off-season, but could not play in 2014 due to his age. Can he live up to that hype? He will be the player the Dees build their forward line around in the future. They rely on their midfielders to kick a lot of their goals, with Hogan, Dawes and Howe being their main forward targets; their midfielders play small when they are resting up forward.
All in all I just feel Melbourne don't have the quality of players to rise up the ladder next year: if they draft well with picks 2 and 3, they may have something to build on in 2016, but 2015 should be another one in the doldrums for the Demons.
Predictions:
B&F: Nathan Jones
Most Brownlow votes: Nathan Jones (12)
Most goals: Chris Dawes (35)
Most improved: Jack Viney
Position: 17th
Tonight: North Melbourne
Fair call mate, obviously you know more about the Demons than me! We'll see next season if they can limit the number of big scores they concede.I enjoy your write ups but need to disagree slightly about our defense, I think it's quite solid and frawley won't be a huge loss as he rarely played there last season was up forward, Tom mcdonald is a very good player only disposal letting him down, Lyndon Dunn had a great year and Neville jetta came from no where and was never beaten on the small forwards, add garland lamumba and frost from GWS and the defence I feel is pretty good, the area we lack is midfield depth which I feel we are getting on top of and we lack a star, jones is an A grader but our only 1, hopefully hogan can have a impact straight away, anyway this is just my opinion and I think they will improve how much no one knows but I think they will finish outside the bottom 4