Simon Goodwin
Updated
AFL 2024
Demons adamant Petracca will stay; Carlton will make six forced changes
Melbourne say the club is doing a forensic examination of its football program as their disappointing season whimpers to a close. Meanwhile, Carlton will be forced to fight for their season without Charlie Curnow and Harry McKay.
- by Peter Ryan
Latest
The Demons stand at the gates of footy hell. These are the five mistakes that got them there
From the premiership glory of 2021 to scrapping for an unlikely finals berth three years later, the decline of the Dees has been dramatic.
- by Kane Cornes
Analysis
AFL 2024
A rapid Dee-cline: The numbers red enough to make any Demons fan blue
In a competition in which you fall behind if you stand still, not enough Melbourne players have improved since their 2021 premiership. Arguably, more have regressed than progressed.
- by Andrew Wu
Exclusive
AFL 2024
Enough is enough: Simon Goodwin on personal attacks and the Demons’ culture
In an exclusive interview, Melbourne coach Simon Goodwin speaks about club culture, the allegations haunting the Demons, his personal hurt, and attempting to get the Dees back on track.
- by Caroline Wilson
Opinion
AFL 2024
Clayton Oliver and the Demons walking a tightrope
As star Melbourne midfielder continues his cautious behavioural rehabilitation, his club is also trying to overcome six months of on- and off-field horrors
- by Caroline Wilson
Updated
Drugs in sport
Drug agency to check on the AFL’s testing of its players
Sport Integrity Australia says it will assess allegations around controversial illicit drug tests in the AFL as the league admits it empowers doctors to remove players from matches if they are at risk of testing positive on match day.
- by Peter Ryan and Michael Gleeson
Oliver says he would have agreed to trade if Demons wanted him out
Clayton Oliver says he would never have voluntarily left but would have agreed to a trade if Melbourne had indicated they did not want him to stay during the trade period.
- by Jon Pierik and Peter Ryan
Melbourne coach Goodwin angered by unfounded drug rumours
Simon Goodwin was angered and frustrated at rumours circulating about him using illicit drugs when senior Melbourne Football Club officials raised them with him on the eve of the 2021 season.
- by Peter Ryan
AFL Briefing
AFL 2023
Daicos says Pies were trialling ‘different things’ during slump; Ratugolea chooses a Power move
Josh Daicos explains what was happening at Collingwood during their late-season form slump; Esava Ratugolea has informed Geelong he wants to play for Port Adelaide next year; Shane McAdam has told the Crows he wants to explore the prospect of joining a rival club.
- by Jake Niall, Peter Ryan, Marc McGowan and Jon Pierik
AFL Briefing
AFL 2023
Carlton turn to stars for GWS showdown; Goodwin admits Gawn-Grundy ‘hasn’t worked’; Clarko adds spice with Suns jab
Sam Walsh, Adam Cerra and Mitch McGovern have been named to return for Carlton, Demons coach Simon Goodwin concedes the Gawn-Grundy experiment hasn’t gone to plan and North’s coach takes aim at Gold Coast.
- by Marc McGowan and Roy Ward
Melbourne coach says loss to Port will help his team ‘grow’
Melbourne coach Simon Goodwin says there is no question his team will experience growth out of Friday’s titanic four-point loss to Port Adelaide.
- by Steve Barrett
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