The List Manager: How Dees rise from ashes of out-and-out-crisis
It’s been one crisis after another at Melbourne the past 12 months. Board disputes, unhappy players, trade rumours. Jon Ralph writes, there’s a path for them to rise and contend again.
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Oliver makes pre-season statement after failed trade drama
Clayton Oliver has returned almost two weeks early for pre-season as he aims to put a “stinker” behind him and reclaim his mantle as one of the AFL’s premier midfielders.
Footy to foodtok: The players cooking up a side hustle
A growing number of professional football players are sharing their skills in the kitchen on social media platforms, and finding a new demographic of fans and followers.
Dees or Suns? Suitors get chance to impress top draft prospect
A father-son ruck prospect who has soared past 200cm will train with Melbourne and Gold Coast in coming months as he faces a big choice before his draft year.
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Demons ticket forces contested board election
As many as 10 would-be board members are fighting for four spots in the Demons’ elections next month, with a former Federal Court judge running on a ‘red and blue’ ticket.
Ralph: The key Dees developments that could save Goodwin’s job
Melbourne’s public review said it was capable of playing finals, but their game plan had to be refined, now the work begins for Simon Goodwin after a tumultuous 31 months, writes Jon Ralph.
Warner: Bartlett the man the AFL, Demons couldn’t break
Former Melbourne president Glen Bartlett took on the AFL — and won. MICHAEL WARNER examines how Bartlett emerged victorious from years of legal drama.
Confidential settlement ends Bartlett’s legal stoush with Dees
The long-running battle between former Dees president Glen Bartlett and Melbourne appears finally over, with a confidential settlement reached between the parties.
The missing detail in Melbourne’s review
The findings of Melbourne’s football department review are in — with a surprising lack of detail on one issue that plagued the club throughout 2024.
Warner: Pert’s exit signals Dees’ cleansing of boardroom debacle
Gary Pert says he’s leaving the Dees on his terms. Kate Roffey said the same. But Melbourne fans aren’t stupid, it’s clear the cleansing of the Dees’ board debacle is on, writes Michael Warner.
AFL star slapped with career-ending ban
Melbourne Demons player Joel Smith’s career is as good as over after he was reportedly slapped with a monster ban.
Board candidate: Demons ‘badly handled’ Petracca and Oliver sagas
Melbourne board candidate Steven Smith says the “next six months are crucial” the harmonising the club on and off-field. He tells JAY CLARK how it would all come together.
‘Sad day’: Dees hail Pert impact after CEO quits top job
Melbourne chief executive Gary Pert has quit, capping a year of off-field turmoil that has engulfed the club and claimed several big-name scalps.
Robbo: Pert firm on culture and claims ‘I don’t regret what I said’
In a laid-bare interview hours after announcing his departure from Melbourne, Gary Pert tells Mark Robinson he does not regret the claims he made about the Dees’ culture in 2023.
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