Hamish Townsend is having Easter with his family on beautiful Stradbroke Island where it’s still the 1950s – which might explain the Demons’ wonderful performance against the favoured Suns.
Round 1 – Melbourne v Gold Coast: Watts going on down there in Melbourne Town
AFL Round 6 – Melbourne v Sydney: Unattractive footy? Could not be further from the truth!
Melbourne fan Stephen Whiteside says radio commentators missed the point of last night’s game against the Swans, and that Melbourne fans had a small, but important, win.
AFL Round 20 – Gold Coast v Melbourne: Onesie to Forget
When a kebab gets the three votes, and an adult wearing a Pikachu onesie (Google it) is among the highlights, you know it’s been a tough trip to the Gold Coast for Jamie Simmons.
AFL Round 19 – GWS Giants v Melbourne: History shows Giants on right track
Earl O’Neill notes similarities between the Giants and another Sydney team that won one match for the season 20 years ago.
AFL Round 13 – Melbourne v Western Bulldogs: Jack’s back
Neeld Footy is gone, Jack Watts is back – it was a good day at the G, writes Steve Healy.
AFL Round 14 – Melbourne v Western Bulldogs: Trying to repeat the past
Neil Anderson was lucky enough to be there when Footscray exorcised those Demons in the 1954 Grand Final, unfortunately they couldn’t quite do it on the weekend. The past simply couldn’t be repeated.
AFL Round 11 – Melbourne v Collingwood: The best place to use a tartan rug
Kevin Witham makes the long journey from Bemm River, deep in the heart of Gippsland, for the annual Queen’s Birthday encounter. The Melbourne supporters of his group decline to make the journey.
AFL Round 4 – Melbourne v GWS Giants: Melbourne pulls its finger out
Melbourne fans like Ciannon Cazaly are enjoying the win over GWS because who knows when the next one might come along.
Blood line supporter
After all that’s happened, what does it take to make a Melbourne supporter finally snap? Matt Watson found out.
Dee-moralising
I’m not sure who has the worse culture, Rising Reporter Dom Favata asks, the Melbourne Football Club or the Australian Cricket Team? He answers it by noting that Melbourne now have a lower percentage than Shane Watson’s batting average.
Great Expectations – The AFL draft is just a lottery
The intense media coverage of 17 year old kids drafted by AFL clubs is ridiculous and unfair, says Simon Dobbie. Many won’t have the maturity, determination and dedication needed to be a successful AFL footballer.
The Number One Draft Pick
Jake “Cobba” Stevens constructs an infographic to help assess the success of the AFL’s number one draft picks.
Practice? Are we talking about practice?
It’s been an extremely slow news week, we don’t give a stuff about the NAB Cup grand final or the Herald Sun are putting all their important stories behind the pay wall. The back page of today’s (Thursday) Herald Sun features a story announcing that Jack Watts isn’t playing in the VFL this week and [Read more]










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