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Trade Period Week 2 Wrap: Free agency done, chaos to come

By on October 22, 2012 in Club News

Free agency is over and the final week of the trade period looms large as another busy week has finished up. It started predictably slow, but finished with a flurry as a host of players – some expected, some not so much so, found new homes. There was a lot of speculation and plenty of [...]

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Dockers and Demons to crunch the numbers

By on August 30, 2012 in Match Previews

Fremantle vs Melbourne Saturday, 1st September Patersons Stadium, 7:40pm Fremantle’s coaches will have their calculators out as part of their pre-game warm up as the Dockers will be in the unique position of knowing exactly how much they will have to win by to possibly claim a home final. While the Demons have shown some [...]

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Crows spoil Green’s farewell

Crows spoil Green’s farewell

By on August 26, 2012 in Match Reviews

MELBOURNE  3.4    5.7    8.10    11.15 (81) ADELAIDE      5.3    10.8   20.12  22.18 (150) Adelaide have ruined retiring Melbourne club champion Brad Green’s final match with a 69-point win over the Demons at the MCG. Despite being challenged early Adelaide proved to be skillful and mature for their opponents, bringing bone crunching-intensity in the third quarter before [...]

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Dees Fell Giants

Dees Fell Giants

By on August 18, 2012 in Match Reviews

GWS GIANTS 2.2 4.4 4.5 9.5 (59) MELBOURNE 3.4 6.10 9.13 11.18 (84) Melbourne has won its fourth game of the season, beating the GWS Giants by 25 points in a scrappy clash at Manuka Oval. With allegations of tanking hanging over their heads, the Demons attempted some misplaced champagne football but never really looked [...]

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Saints Marching But Riewoldt Aching

By on August 12, 2012 in Match Reviews

ST KILDA             4.2    5.5    12.11    16.11 (107) MELBOURNE      0.3    2.7    4.9        12.10 (82) St Kilda has recorded a comfortable 25-point victory in a scrappy affair at the MCG to keep its slim finals hopes alive, but it has come at a cost with captain and leading goalkicker Nick Riewoldt injured in the first quarter. Riewoldt [...]

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Dees praying for miracle against Saints

By on August 9, 2012 in Match Previews

St. Kilda v Melbourne MCG – 1:45PM – Saturday 11 August St. Kilda will be looking to keep their faint glimpses of finals football alive when they come up against Melbourne this Saturday at the MCG. The Saints sit precariously two wins outside the eight with only four games left for the season. While a [...]

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Dees prevail through Hell

By on August 5, 2012 in Match Reviews

Melbourne 6.6  10.7  13.8  16.12 (108) Gold Coast 0.2  4.5  5.9  9.12 (66) Melbourne has recorded just its third win for the year with a well earned 42 point victory against the Gold Coast Suns at the MCG. Despite the Suns possessing two of the best three players on the ground in Bennell (38 disposals, [...]

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Demons’ Hellish Week has a Golden upside

By on August 2, 2012 in Match Previews

Melbourne Vs Gold Coast MCG Sunday, 5th August, 1.10pm This week Melbourne have been brandished “almost irrelevant” by Paul Roos and accused of tanking by former player Brock McLean, and will have even more to lose if they don’t get over 17th placed Gold Coast. McLean opened a can of worms accusing his former club [...]

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Port power home against Dees

Port power home against Dees

By on July 22, 2012 in Match Reviews

MELBOURNE         5.0    5.1     7.5     8.8 (56) PORT ADELAIDE  2.5   5.10   8.10   12.12 (84)    Port Adelaide has claimed their fifth win of the season in an uninspiring clash with Melbourne at Darwin. The Demons were disgraceful in the final three quarters, as Port Adelaide adapted much better to the [...]

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Shootout looms in neutral Territory

By on July 21, 2012 in Match Previews

Where and When: TIO Stadium – Saturday 21 July, 7.40pm In what has turned into a blockbuster round for finals-bound teams, the heat will be on in Darwin as a goal-fest looms between Melbourne and Port Adelaide. While the clash between the 15th and 16th placed teams may not look like much on paper in [...]

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