Melbourne buoyant on Roos deal
UPDATE: MELBOURNE is optimistic it will sign Paul Roos but says no deal has been done despite his interest in taking the helm at the Demons.
UPDATE: MELBOURNE is optimistic it will sign Paul Roos but says no deal has been done despite his interest in taking the helm at the Demons.
MELBOURNE veteran David Rodan has played his last AFL game after stints at three clubs, 185 games and 131 goals.
AFL boss Andrew Demetriou has confirmed the league will turn its supplements blowtorch from Essendon to Melbourne.
ADELAIDE closed its 23-season story at West Lakes on Saturday with a 68-point win against Melbourne, 34,653 saluting Football Park with a Mexican wave.
SCOTT Thompson turned back the clock and Lewis Johnston put on a last-quarter clinic as Adelaide ended its AAMI Stadium chapter as it began.
TEAMS: Paul Chapman returns for Geelong, Matthew Kreuzer is named by Carlton and Dyson Heppell succumbs to injury.
NEIL Craig is prepared to continue as Melbourne’s interim coach preparing the job for an inexperienced candidate.
MELBOURNE hard-nut Jack Viney admits his introduction to league football has been tougher than he imagined during the pre-season.
RETIRING Melbourne forward Aaron Davey hasn’t ruled out extending his AFL career with another club.
MATCH REPORT: INJURIES to Aaron Sandilands and Hayden Ballantyne sour Fremantle’s big win over Melbourne at the MCG.
NEW Melbourne president Glen Bartlett says the Demons need “more mongrel” on and off the field and has promised a harder edge under his leadership.
IN-DEMAND Paul Roos tells both Brisbane Lions and Melbourne he’s “definitely not interested” in taking either coaching job.
MELBOURNE board member Glen Bartlett has been appointed president, replacing interim Demons boss Peter Spargo.
PAUL Roos continues his flirtation with a return to AFL coaching, all but batting his eyelids at his pair of club suitors.
LIST CHANGES: MELBOURNE could be headed for another double-digit list turnover at season’s end, helping clean the slate for the new coach.
MATCH REPORT: GOLD Coast captain Gary Ablett endures a nightmare 250th match but the Suns still prove a class above Melbourne.
MELBOURNE coach Neil Craig says “poor execution” and a “lack of discipline” lead to the Demons loss to the Suns.
JUST three journos showed up for Neil Craig’s press conference, but the Demons coach says his club is not irrelevant.
MATT WINDLEY pulls apart every club’s run home and predicts where your team will finish.
A DEFIANT Neil Craig says Melbourne’s 37-point loss to previously winless Greater Western Sydney was a big step forward from last week.
GWS ended a year-long drought and heaped further misery on Melbourne with a 37-point AFL win at Skoda Stadium.
NORTH Melbourne’s coaching staff could be bolstered by Mark Neeld next season.
SEE ROOSY’S TEAM: PETER Jackson’s interview on On The Couch on Monday night was one of the most forthright and honest I have been involved in.
MELBOURNE’S search for a new coach will likely include another search for a young understudy to be groomed as a successor.
MELBOURNE’S Neil Craig and GWS coach Kevin Sheedy can’t agree on which team should be favourite this weekend.
FORMER Victorian treasurer Alan Stockdale has unveiled his plan to save Melbourne, declaring the fans should have a voice.
MELBOURNE’S former No.1 draft pick Jack Watts has put contract talks on hold, at least until the Demons find a new coach.
MELBOURNE has been dealt a blow with defender James Frawley ruled out of Saturday’s crunch match against winless Greater Western Sydney.
MELBOURNE boss Peter Jackson has launched a stinging attack on the club’s track record developing players, leadership and its acceptance of losses.
AS Melbourne fell to a 122-point loss, the future looked bright as Jesse Hogan put in a best on ground performance for Casey Scorpions.
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