MELBOURNE midfielder Tom Scully appears almost certain to be the next big signing as Greater Western Sydney promises to reveal more key recruits in the next fortnight. Callan Ward will join GWS on a five year deal believed to be worth as much as $4 million. And more recently GWS has snared Fremantle midfielder Rhys [...]
FORMER Melbourne high-flyer Russell Robertson was reluctant to admit the club was tanking despite being dropped to the VFL in his final season in the AFL ranks. With sacked coach Dean Bailey’s departing words at a press conference last week signalling that the club may have tanked, Robertson admits being disappointed at being dropped after [...]
MELBOURNE forward Matthew Bate is one that will be chased after from opposition clubs after dominating at VFL level but struggling to get games in the AFL. Demons development coach Brad Gotch admitted Bate is down in the pecking order at the Dees this season. Bate could easily be trade bait at the end of [...]
MELBOURNE midfielder Tom Scully is likely to return for the Dees vital clash against Essendon on Friday night after starring in the VFL last weekend. Scully racked up 19 disposals but got his game going in the second half and was brilliant in the clinches for Casey. It was his first game back from a [...]
MELBOURNE midfielder Tom Scully will make his return from injury for the Casey Scorpions against Williamstown on Saturday at Avalon Aiport Oval in Werribee. Scully, a former No.1 draft selection, is expected to play a full game for the Scorpions against the Seagulls on Saturday. Scully will line-up alongside Casey recruit and former AFL star [...]
MELBOURNE’S members are furious over the insipid loss to West Coast at Patersons Stadium on Thursday night. In fact so furious that there has been hundreds of members on Facebook involved in a group hoping the Dees sack coach Dean Bailey. Older Melbourne heads such as Brian Dixon have called for heads as well meaning [...]
MELBOURNE president Jim Stynes believes suggestions of star midfielder Tom Scully signing at Greater Western Sydney are “just rumours. “You always hate hearing when rumours are sent around,” Stynes said on Monday morning when asked for his reaction to McGuire’s claims. “When you’re in a club and the place that we’re going, you’re always going to get [...]
JACK Watts appears likely to be a solid third year player given his initial NAB Cup workout for Melbourne on Friday night. Watts, a controversial number one draft pick ahead of Nic Naitanui at West Coast, has had a slow start to his AFL career but it is earmarked that this year; a much more [...]
FORMER Melbourne high flyer Russell Robertson appears certain to win the Geelong-based St Joseph’s coaching job for next season after telling the Shepparton Demons that he was looking for a football home closer to town. Robertson, who kicked 428 goals in 228 games for Melbourne before being forced into retirement in 2009, said yesterday that he [...]
FORMER Melbourne midfielder Shane Valenti is confident he can win an opportunity at another AFL club in the lead up to the AFL draft. Valenti said he was been boxing and working on his endurance over the off-season to help impress prospective AFL clubs. He was delisted by the Demons at the end of the [...]
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