THE Melbourne Football Club may not have won but they at least played well enough for fans and the media to ease up on the pressure that they have piled onto the club as Richmond notched their fifth win of the season with a 34-point victory in front of 39,148 fans at the MCG.

Indeed while the Demons walked off the field with a sense of having achieved something, the Tigers were less than enthusiastic about their own performance as they struggled to put away their surprisingly feisty opponent

RICHMOND TIGERS
vs
MELBOURNE DEMONS
Sunday May 19, 3:20pm, MCG

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THE heat remains on embattled Melbourne coach Mark Neeld and while some key media personalities from Melbourne’s major newspapers the Herald Sun and The Age were calling for his head today, it appears likely that Neeld may well see out at least another week. The Demons’ hierarchy are reluctant to sack Neeld this week despite

GOLD Coast’s first win at the MCG was a phenomenal one against Melbourne by 60-points. It may well have huge ramifications for coach Mark Neeld and even the president Don McLardy on Monday but right now the Suns have their second win of the season and are in a good place

THERE are murmurings from senior media officials that Mark Neeld’s tenure as coach of Melbourne could be up as early as Monday with Melbourne set to lose to the Gold Coast Suns. Neeld, who has been under increasing pressure since its start to the season, has struggled to help some of the key Melbourne brigade

MELBOURNE DEMONS
vs
GOLD COAST SUNS
Sunday 12th May, 4:40pm, MCG

GOLD COAST 16.17.113 def MELBOURNE 7.12 (54)

IF they didn’t have bad luck the Demons would have no luck at all.

The Melbourne Football Club has revealed that co-captain Jack Grimes is set to miss up to eight weeks of football after breaking his collarbone in this afternoon’s 61-point loss to Carlton at the

WHILE Carlton defeated Melbourne by 61-points and that was expected, perhaps what was not was the automatic dominance of forward Jarrad Waite, who took 10 marks and two goals from centre half forward.

Waite’s selection was seen to be a bit of gamble from the Blues coming into the match given he had played just the one VFL match on return from injury

Carlton Blues
vs
Melbourne Demons

WHEN: Sunday, May 5, 2013 at 3:20pm AEST
WHERE: MCG (VIC)
GAME OVER: CARLTON 18.13 (121) def MELBOURNE 8.12 (60)

Carlton Blues
vs
Melbourne Demons

WHEN: Sunday, May 5, 2013 at 3:20pm AEST
WHERE: MCG (VIC)

FORMER club great David Schwarz has cast doubt on Melbourne coach Mark Neeld being at the helm as coach next season. Schwarz appeared clearly frustrated at his old clubs’ situation and doesn’t believe that players are improving or performing for the coach. “I don’t think so. No,” Schwab said on Fox Footy’s Open Mike. “I

THE Brisbane Lions secured their second win of the season after a hard fought win over the Melbourne Demons at The Gabba in front of a disappointing crowd of just 19,018.

In a scrappy affair that won’t make too many 2013 highlight reels, Brisbane did just enough to see off the plucky Dees who were hoping to get their second win in succession

Brisbane Lions
vs
Melbourne Demons

WHEN: Sunday, April 28, 2013 at 3:20pm EST
WHERE: The Gabba (QLD)
Final Score: BRISBANE 17.20 (122) def MELBOURNE 14.10 (94)

Brisbane Lions
vs
Melbourne Demons

WHEN: Saturday, April 27, 2013 at 3:20pm EST
WHERE: The Gabba (QLD)

MELBOURNE 22.12 (144)  def GWS GIANTS 15.13 (103) IN the face of the fiery hell burning below, Melbourne has exorcised their Demons by unleashing a record-breaking 12-goal last quarter haul to overcome Greater Western Sydney. It marks the highest ever last quarter score in the history of the club. Demons coach Mark Neeld can now

Melbourne Demons
vs
Greater Western Sydney Giants

WHEN: Sunday, April 21, 2013 at 1:10pm EST
WHERE: MCG (VIC)
Final Score: MELBOURNE 22.12 (144) def GWS GIANTS 15.13 (103)

MELBOURNE is embroiled in more controversy after a connection with sports scientist Stephen Dank with some of its players last year

Melbourne Demons
vs
Greater Western Sydney Giants

WHEN: Saturday, April 21, 2013 at 1:10pm EST
WHERE: MCG (VIC)

AFTER asking for and getting CEO Cameron Schwab’s resignation earlier in the week and retreating to Sorrento for a team bonding session, the Demons began their game against the Eagles with real fire and intensity. While they trailed at the end of each break in signs encouraging to all footy fans they even held the lead at various points in both the first and second quarter

Melbourne Demons
vs
West Coast Eagles

WHEN: Saturday, April 13, 2013 at 2:10pm EST
WHERE: MCG (VIC)
Final Score: WEST COAST 27.15 (177) def MELBOURNE 13.5 (83)

EVEN though many commentators predicted his resignation, it still came as big news when Cameron Schwab announced that he would be stepping down from his position of CEO at the Melbourne Football Club. It ends his 9 year involvement with the club on a sour and glum note, in which he was often praised and

AFTER a week in hell, the Demons have decided that their best chance at salvation this week is without the talented but much-maligned Jack Watts. Announcing their team for Saturday afternoon’s game against the West Coast Eagles, Melbourne has omitted the first overall draft pick from the 2008 National Draft. Per the Melbourne website, football

Melbourne Demons
vs
West Coast Eagles

WHEN: Saturday, April 13, 2013 at 2:10pm EST
WHERE: MCG (VIC)

HOW did they get here?

Right now I think I would rather be Julia Gillard’s election campaign manager then an executive at the Melbourne Football Club.

Winning is built on a culture, a way of life for professional sportsmen (and apparently Charlie Sheen) who have good training habits and generally have the will and determination to win

IF the AFL’s Round 1 was as thrilling as Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho, than Round 2 was as sad as James Cameron’s Titanic. (the part where Kate Winslet decides to let Leo die even though there was clearly enough space for two) I am of course referring to both the moving tribute to the late John McCarthy, and the displeasing

UPDATE: MELBOURNE chief executive Cameron Schwab has resigned in the wake of the Dees’ dismal start and crisis. Schwab was forced to stand down despite signing a three year deal with the club last August. Demons president Don McLardy said at today’s press conference: ”What has happened in the past two games is clearly not acceptable,”

DEE-plorable, dee-vastating and dee-sastrous. Like a leaky, faulty water pipe, Melbourne’s floodgates burst again with a whopping 148-point annihilation. Last night’s loss for the Demons marked their worst at the MCG in their 155-year history.

Essendon Bombers
vs
Melbourne Demons

WHEN: Saturday, April 6, 2013 at 7:40pm AEDT
WHERE: MCG (VIC)
Final Score: ESSENDON 28.16 (184) def MELBOURNE 5.6 (36)

Essendon Bombers
vs
Melbourne Demons

WHEN: Saturday, April 6, 2013 at 7:40pm AEDT
WHERE: MCG (VIC)
LAST TIME: Round 10, 2012, MELBOURNE 8.10 (58) def ESSENDON 6.16 (52) at the

THE Melbourne Football Club has revealed that Chris Dawes will miss up to four weeks of football after re-injuring his hamstring in training. “Chris is unfortunately having some ongoing issues with his hamstring,” said Demons football manager Josh Mahoney in a quote on the club’s website. “He’s injured it again during training last week, so at

IT has been labelled as one of the worst round one performances in the history of the game. Melbourne’s fans were booing their own players, the footy world was wondering what the Demons had been doing for six months over the pre-season and the coaches appeared to be bemused

Melbourne Demons
vs
Port Adelaide Power

WHEN: Sunday March 31, 2013 at 1:10pm AEDT
WHERE: MCG (VIC)
Final Score: PORT ADELAIDE 19.19 (133) def MELBOURNE 8.6 (54)

HAWTHORN skipper Luke Hodge has been named to play for the Box Hill Hawks in a practice match against the Casey Scorpions at Casey Fields today. Hodge, who will miss the opening two rounds of the AFL season as he searches for match fitness, will wear the No.82 in the clash. It will be the

Melbourne Demons
vs
Port Adelaide Power

WHEN: Sunday March 31, 2013 at 1:10pm AEDT
WHERE: MCG (VIC)

COLLINGWOOD star Dale Thomas is expected to miss the Pies round one clash against North Melbourne after pulling out of last night’s VFL practice match against the Northern Blues. Thomas was in line to play for some match fitness after an ankle injury derailed his pre-season. He has missed the entire NAB Cup and is

Guest contributor RowdyOne continues his series looking at each club’s best 22 players for the upcoming 2013 season.   Key Personnel Questions for the Demons: A sub-par season last year meant that Chris Dawes was suddenly expendable. Now that he’s at a new club, can he recapture his 2010 season form and be the forward target the

TRIAL MATCH
Gold Coast Suns
vs
Melbourne Demons

WHEN: Saturday March 16, 2013, 11:30 am EST
WHERE: Southport, QLD
Final Score: GOLD COAST 12.7 (79) def MELBOURNE 8.7 (55)

TRIAL MATCH Gold Coast Suns vs Melbourne Demons   WHEN: Saturday March 16, 2013, 11:30 am EST WHERE: Southport, QLD   Gold Coast will play a practice match against Melbourne this Saturday, March 16, at Southport with the game commencing at 11:30am local time. All club and AFL members are entitled to receive access free of charge

THE Demons were extremely active in the draft and trade period adding a good mix of veteran and young talent but now faces the task of finding a way of getting the right combination of players onto the field.

ON a blistering hot and windy day at Casey Fields the Melbourne Football Club started their match well against St Kilda. From a scoring perspective the second half was ok as well relative, of course, to what the Saints were able to put on the board

Melbourne Demons
vs
St Kilda Saints

WHERE: Casey Fields, VIC
WHEN: Saturday, March 9, 2:30pm (AEST)
FINAL SCORE: ST KILDA 2.10.13 (91) def MELBOURNE 2.7.6 (66)

Melbourne Demons
vs
St Kilda Saints

WHERE: Casey Fields, VIC
WHEN: Saturday, March 9, 2:30pm (AEST)

A GAME that was largely in their control for the whole day threatened to slip away from the Melbourne Football Club in the dying minutes of the fourth quarter

Port Adelaide Power
vs
Melbourne Demons

WHEN: Sunday, Mar 3, 4:00pm CDT
WHERE: Renmark, SA
FINAL SCORE: MELBOURNE 0.12.6 (78) def PORT ADELAIDE 1.10.7 (76)

Port Adelaide Power
vs
Melbourne Demons

WHEN: Sunday, Mar 3, 4:00pm EST
WHERE: Renmark Football Ground, Renmark,

MELBOURNE showcased new midfielders Jack Viney and Jimmy Toumpas, in last Friday nights NAB Cup matches, but will be without another one for up to two months. The club has revealed on its website that Sam Blease had sustained a high ankle sprain that we will see him miss four to six weeks and quite possibly,

MELBOURNE’S first round draft pick Jimmy Toumpas has signed as many contracts with the Demons as he has played games for them with the club revealing that they have already inked the young midfielder to a two year extension. Also on Football Nation: NAB Cup Scores (North Melbourne v Richmond v Melbourne) Toumpas, 19, was

LIKE pretty much every club that has had to play back to back games in the first round of this year’s NAB Cup, the Demons came out firing in the first game and ran out of steam in the second. In spite of that though there was a lot to like about Melbourne in their

GAME 1: NTH MELBOURNE 1.4.5 (38) def MELBOURNE 0.5.6 (36)
GAME 2: RICHMOND 1.2.9 (30) def MELBOURNE 0.2.3 (15)
GAME 3: NTH MELBOURNE 0.7.6 (48) def RICHMOND 0.6.8 (44)

          North Melbourne Kangaroos vs Melbourne Demons vs Richmond Tigers   WHEN: Fri 22 Feb 2013, from 6:45 EDT WHERE: Etihad Stadium, VIC GAMES: North Melbourne v Melbourne (6.45pm EDT) Melbourne v Richmond (7.50pm EDT) Richmond v North Melbourne (8.55pm EDT)   NORTH MELBOURNE 1. Daniel Currie, 2. Brad McKenzie, 3. Ryan Bastinac,

UPDATE: THE AFL has found Melbourne not guilty of tanking, however it has handed more severe than first thought suspensions to former coach Dean Bailey, now at Adelaide, and former football manager Chris Connolly. Connolly has been suspended until February, 2014 while Bailey has been suspended for the first 16 games of the 2013 season.

THE heat has fallen on former football operations boss Chris Connolly from the Melbourne tanking saga back in 2009. The Demons will get away with drafting and trading as usual but will be fined $500,000 for their flunking in 2009 for draft picks.

OVER the last week the AFL was asked for and has given permission to a pair of seventeen year olds to take the field in this year’s NAB Cup competition. Gold Coast recruit Jack Martin received approval from the league on Monday and he will be joined by Melbourne’s Jesse Hogan who was approved today.

MELBOURNE’S Dean Terlich has been taken to hospital by ambulance after sustaining a blow to his head during a training session at Moorabbin Oval this afternoon. The injury occurred after a collision during the training session although it is not yet known who he collided with. The club has reported on its website that after examination Terlich has been

MELBOURNE will field almost a completely different team than to what was fielded last season with up to a dozen changes expected in round one of the season proper against Port Adelaide at the MCG. It is expected that new experienced recruits Shannon Byrnes, Tom Gillies, David Rodan, Chris Dawes and Cam Pedersen will all

KEY Melbourne players Mitch Clark and Jack Trengove will have a late start to full pre-season training due to injuries and the Demons aren’t bucking to any urgency of getting them back on the track earlier. Both players have foot injuries, with Trengove spending the last six weeks in a moon boot but won’t compete

MELBOURNE says the tanking allegations are having a “minimal” effect on the team entering the 2013 season despite discussions heating up between the club and AFL investigators. The AFL is investigating Melbourne’s mediocre efforts in 2009 which eventually won it a priority draft selection – although fate did have an unkind way of justifying the

FROM a VFL premiership medal to now embarking on a leadership role at Melbourne, Shannon Byrnes says he is now training himself how to speak more in order to become an influential member of the on-field brigade. Byrnes, a premiership player at the Cats, made the move as a free agent to the Demons after

LIST season is in full swing and we continue our end of the year top five series with a a look back on the year that was and give you our opinion on the Top 5 Rivalries of the 2012 AFL season. 1. Eddie McGuire v Mick Malthouse – Expect their to be an army-like

NEW Melbourne midfielder Matt Jones was one that was on the radar of AFL recruiters but there were some around him at Box Hill that may well have thought they were in a better place for a look-in. Luke Andrews is one who shone bright in the latter part of the season and is perhaps

TROUBLED former Melbourne forward Liam Jurrah had been training with Port Adelaide for the last few weeks and while the Power were interested in signing him they have today announced that they will pass on him at tomorrow’s Draft. But they are keeping the door wide open. Port Adelaide General Manager – Football, Peter Rohde,

THE Casey Scorpions say that they will hire a new senior coach within two weeks in the aftermath of the doubt about their future in the VFL. Assistant coach Steve O’Brien will run pre-season training sessions in the meantime. AFL Victoria this week announced that the Scorpions had shown enough to retain their licence in

LAST month the Geelong Football Club delisted Tom Gillies  signalling an end to a disappointing career with the Cats. This month however the defender has been thrown a lifeline with the Melbourne Football Club announcing that it has signed Gillies to a  one-year contract. The former Cat had been training with the Demons in the

IT what is sure to be greeted as great news by fans of the Melbourne Football Club, the HeraldSun is reporting that the  club will not be penalised any picks in the 2012 National Draft that will be held at the Gold Coast next Thursday. This is not to suggest that the Demons have been

THE Casey Scorpions have been given the all clear by AFL Victoria to play in the VFL next season despite suffering from massive debt and doubt surrounding its future in the competition. The Scorpions have identified that there is a future for them in the competition, but if Melbourne leaves it as a partner – which it

MELBOURNE is poised to field a stand alone VFL team from next season after its feeder team the Casey Scorpions have today admitted it is undergoing some financial concern. The Scorpions, who had only recruited Brendan Fevola two years ago for one season as it appeared cashed-up, has ended up quite short-handed by an unsuccessful

                ROUND   DATE OPPONENT VENUE   TIME 1 Sunday, March 31 Port Adelaide MCG Home 1.10pm 2 Saturday, April 6 Essendon MCG Away 7.40pm 3 Saturday, April 13 West Coast Eagles MCG Home 2.10pm 4 Sunday, April 21 GWS GIANTS MCG Home 1.10pm 5 Sunday, April 28

MELBOURNE has continued an active off season and final day of the trade period this time announcing that Stefan Martin has been traded to the Brisbane Lions in exchange for picks 53 and 73 in the upcoming draft. Martin, 25, joins another former Demon, Brent Moloney, who was added to the Brisbane two weeks ago via free

FORMER first round pick Cale Morton will have a chance to energise his career out west after a trade was finalised today with Melbourne that will see the Eagles send the 88th pick in exchange for the for out of favour Demons midfielder/forward. As we reported yesterday, Morton was spotted some 200 metres from Subiaco Oval

MELBOURNE continues what has been an active trade period for them with a deal today that will see Port Adelaide midfielder David Rodan join the club. David Rodan tweets that he’s joining Melbourne Rodan, 29, took to Twitter and announced “nek minnit …im a demon. Can’t wait to get started #bringon2013 #thirdtimelucky #carnthedees!” The move comes

AFTER an initial flurry of player movements in the AFL’s inaugural free agency period, it had been quiet for a few days until this afternoon when the Geelong Football Club announced that  they had signed defender Jared Rivers as free agent from Melbourne. Rivers, 28, was linked to Geelong early in the free agency period

AFTER a lot of “toing and froing” in the media last week with Gold Coast suggesting it would use the second pick in the 2012 Draft on Jack Viney and Viney, for his part vowing to make the Melbourne Football Club pay if they pass on him, Christmas has come early for the Demons. In

DESPITE some of its talent wanting out, Melbourne need free agency and the trade period to revitalise its list reports BRENT DIAMOND. MELBOURNE spent endless hours and money chasing Brisbane Lions tall Mitch Clark during last year’s trade period. He filled a gap for the Demons but not the gap it really wanted to be

JACK Viney, the son of  former Melbourne great Todd Viney, will be drafted and will play in the AFL. The only questions is: who will he be playing for? As recently as a few weeks ago there would have been no doubt that he would be playing for anyone other than Melbourne, but a lot

UNRESTRICTED free agent and two-time Geelong premiership player Shannon Byrnes has become the fifth player to change clubs in the AFL’s free agency era. After 108 games for the Cats the talented forward will don the Melbourne red and blue for 2013. The Demons had made their interest in the 28-year-old forward even before the season was

MELBOURNE’S Sam Blease has continued his rise to redemption with the Round 20 AFL Rising Star nomination. After the first round of the 2012 season Blease, 21, was unceremoniously dropped from the seniors list before making his way back in Round 8. His return was completed with his five goal performance Round 20 performance against

WERRIBEE coach Scott West admits affiliate North Melbourne will have a great influence over whether the Tigers can go all the way in the VFL finals this month in what is expected to be a ripper September for the competition given the even spread of teams in the mix. The Casey Scorpions are already feeling

UPDATE: TOM Liberatore, the son of Bulldogs Brownlow Medallist Tony, has been suspended from the Western Bulldogs for the rest of the season after being investigated over drug allegations. He was found unconscious in a Melbourne street after the clubs’ loss to North Melbourne yesterday morning. He has also been handed a $5000 fine and ordered to undergo counselling.

MELBOURNE midfielder Brent Moloney found some form at VFL level with 20 touches for Casey yesterday to suggest that he may earn a recall against Port Adelaide,  according to Scorpions coach Brett Lovett. “I think he was solid. I think he won 10 or 12 clearances throughout the day. He won about 20 odd possessions.

ONE week after winning the Rising Star nomination, Melbourne youngster Tom McDonald was hospitalised after a collision with Brisbane Lions forward Daniel Merrett at the Gabba yesterday

AFTER a shocking run to start the season, and even with the injury to Mitch Clark, things are on the upswing at the Melbourne Football Club. Now, on the back of a two-game win streak, Melbourne received more good news as young Demon Tom McDonald  has received the NAB Rising Star nomination for Round 13. McDonald, 19, was

MELBOURNE’S star recruit Mitch Clark has been ruled out for the rest of the season after he suffered a Lisfranc tear to his right foot against the GWS Giants on Sunday. The injury was thought to have come after a spectacular collision with team-mate James Magner (see video below) in which it was originally thought that Clark had

MELBOURNE bound youngster Jack Viney has recovered from a broken jaw and is set to return to footy this weekend. Viney will play for Carey Grammar in the APS competition on Saturday. He made a controversial VFL debut with Casey several weeks ago when he broke his jaw after a heavy hit from Geelong’s David

AFTER the completion of the 2012 AFL season the league will be revolutionised by the introduction of free agency. For eligible players this will give them the ability to leave their current club, bypassing the draft and trade periods, and essentially pick their next employer themselves. For the AFL, this will be an unprecedented change. In the lead

WITH free agency looming at the end of this season and Collingwood allegedly showing interest, Melbourne ruckman Mark Jamar has ended all speculation by signing a new three year deal to stay with Demons. At  28 years of age the new deal will see him stay with the club until the end of the 2015

MELBOURNE coach Mark Neeld says he could triple-team Hawks forward Buddy Franklin in tomorrow night’s clash against Hawthorn at the MCG. “Most clubs would lock in two or three [on Franklin]. You’ll always have one player that will spend more time on an opposition forward than the others,” Neeld said. “But all teams nowadays, there

MELBOURNE forward Liam Jurrah will make his return for the Casey Scorpions against Geelong next Saturday at Simonds Stadium instead of tomorrow against North Ballarat. Scorpions coach Brett Lovett said Jurrah was “touch and go” this week to return from a wrist injury. Demons football manager Josh Mahoney said that the club was taking a

MELBOURNE’S mature-age rookie Tom Couch could finally make his AFL debut after a dominant display in the Casey Scorpions’ slender one-point win over Frankston at Casey Fields on Sunday. Couch was among the best with 33 touches, while Cale Morton and Luke Tapscott also impressed to be in the mix for a recall against Richmond on Saturday. Out-of-favour midfielder

UPDATE: MELBOURNE has dumped sponsor Energy Watch after distasteful comments by CEO Ben Polis attacking Aborigines, Asians, women, Muslims and Jews on his Facebook page. The club has labelled it as “disgraceful and abhorrent” and it became obvious that an action would formally be taken today. It completes an eventful week at Demon land which has included

THE AFL’s community engagement officer Jason Mifsud was behind the rumour that made Melbourne coach Mark Neeld extremely “angry” yesterday

WE continue our season preview in a pocket series with the team that we predict will finish in 12th position this season. And that is Melbourne

THE DEMONS were demoralised by the Hawks on Saturday night. Perhaps we shouldn’t be too surprised – but the raw fact was that the Demons were supposed to be a legitimate finals contender and improver this season

FOOTBALL NATION OPINION AFTER last night’s impressive victory over Collingwood, Melbourne coach Mark Neeld found himself  standing up for and defending 20-year-old forward, Jack Watts. “I see Jack as a very talented young footballer who has played 40 games … people talk about his whole career – his whole career is about two years long,”

RESULTS for Round 2 of the 2012 NAB Cup Comp.
COLL 1.9.7 (70) vs MELB 0.11.13 (79) – VIDEO

CHANNEL 7 reporter Tom Brown has just tweeted that Melbourne co-captain Jack Grimes has left practice after injuring his shoulder

MELBOURNE Mitch Clark is the big arrival over summer. Lots of expectations on him. You’d take a punt on him to deliver up forward. Colin Sylvia needs a big season to remain on the list. Nathan Jones is a good ball-magnet. We also like rookies Dan Nicholson, who had a taste last season, and mature

MELBOURNE’S Jack Watts continued to toil hard in for Casey Scorpions in Labrador yesterday – finishing with 16 disposals and a goal. Demons development coach and Scorpions coach Brad Gotch said Watts was in and out of the match and said the team “need to be patient with him.” “He’s had 16 touches and did

Melbourne throws down gauntlet to former Saint Luke Ball with Dean Bailey to push for a meeting

North Melbourne’s coaching staff put players through their most gruelling pre-season training session yet

North Melbourne’s coaching staff put players through their most gruelling pre-season training session yet