Confused Roos wants explanation
MELBOURNE coach Paul Roos last night said he was at a loss as to how to coach players on handling on-field collisions.
MELBOURNE coach Paul Roos last night said he was at a loss as to how to coach players on handling on-field collisions.
CHAD Wingard has backed the AFL in its firm stance on the bump as widespread debate rages over the suspension of Melbourne’s Jack Viney. VOTE NOW
OPINION: THE AFL tribunal system, introduced 10 seasons ago to reduce guesswork and subjectivity, should be replaced immediately.
VOTE AND HAVE YOUR SAY: AFL boss Andrew Demetriou admits Melbourne’s Jack Viney was “unlucky” as the Demons prepare to appeal the midfielder’s two-match ban.
UPDATE: THE AFL tribunal’s decision to ban Jack Viney for two weeks has sent the football world into social media meltdown.
MICHAEL Voss has implored Melbourne to appeal Jack Viney’s two-week suspension, labelling the ruling “tragic” for the game.
WATCH AND VOTE: JACK Viney faces the tribunal tonight for his bump on Tom Lynch. Mark Robinson and Sam Edmund argue the case for and against.
MUMMY’S sausage love, Corey goes undercover, Demons and Crows in show of strength, the biggest upsets and Collingwood’s favoured son.
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BRIAN Lake’s calf injury will see him forced to negotiate another contract, with Lance Franklin also facing an uphill battle to take on his old club.
MELBOURNE forward Chris Dawes kicked three goals in a three-point upset victory against Adelaide as the Demons logged their second win of the season.
IN six months Melbourne’s Alex Georgiou has gone from working for the company that built Adelaide Oval to playing on it.
CAN troubled Melbourne be saved by just one man? “Absolutely not,’’ says coach Paul Roos.
MELBOURNE is praying for rain as former Crows best-and-fairest Bernie Vince faces Adelaide for the first time at Adelaide Oval on Saturday.
MELBOURNE coach Paul Roos won’t banish the battling Jack Watts to the VFL and says he can’t understand the public’s fascination with the No. 1 pick.
PAUL Roos has copped it once before for playing ugly and it remains one of the most famous digs in footy from outgoing AFL chief Andrew Demetriou.
SWANS 2005 premiership hero Leo Barry believes his former coach Paul Roos is the right man for the job of dragging Melbourne back to football respectability.
BEMUSED Melbourne chief executive Peter Jackson has urged the AFL to rethink its dismissal of a proposed Anzac Day eve clash.
COLLINGWOOD president Eddie McGuire yesterday railed against a proposed Anzac Day eve clash between Richmond and Melbourne.
AN annual Anzac Day eve night clash between Richmond and Melbourne at the MCG could be launched next season.
A MUSICAL nickname, St Kilda young gun’s double Billing, the Bomber virus crisis and Tomahawk’s name change. It’s all in Behind the Play from Round 5.
FIELD MARSHAL: THE new interchange cap was always going to be a test for clubs and while some have got the maths right, others struggle.
MELBOURNE midfielder Jack Trengove will miss the remainder of the 2014 season and maybe more with a serious foot injury.
DERMOTT Brereton and Jon Anderson name their five standout players from Round 4 — and they will surprise you.
IN a short and interrupted time at Melbourne, Mitch Clark made an undeniable imprint.
AS JOSH Kelly danced atop a soaked Spotless Stadium last weekend, it was Melbourne fans who may have felt that familiar sinking feeling.
VICTORIAN key tall Peter Wright has been dubbed better than Joe Daniher as Melbourne and Carlton eye a forward line saviour in November’s draft.
MELBOURNE’S potential draft bonanza, Cloke’s goalkicking woes, bruise-free footy and KB’s blast at the AFL — it’s the week according to Macca …
CO-CAPTAIN Nathan Jones says he still remembers bruise-free footy barbs directed at the Demons three years ago by two Carlton players.
MELBOURNE could achieve the unthinkable and claim the first three picks in this year’s national draft.
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