Aug 19, 2008
Experienced former Melbourne coach Neale Daniher has been appointed football operations manager of the West Coast Eagles beginning in November. Current football operations manager Trevor Woodhouse will share his duties with Daniher from next year. Woodhouse will be responsible for list management and player contracts while Daniher will focus on the team and operational components of the role. Daniher is…
Aug 19, 2008
WA’s Cale Morton has received the round 20 rising star nomination after a consistent season with the struggling demons. Morton shone in Melbourne’s third win of the season with 30 possessions, 17 marks and a goal. The 18-year-old who is the third of the Morton brothers has played 17 games this season after being picked at number four in last…
Aug 7, 2008
Melbourne football manager Chris Connolly has revealed the Demons approached Lions star Jonathan Brown about playing for them and were rejected. Brown's contract expires at the year's end, resulting in talks about which Victorian club will be successful in luring him home. Only the Magpies have offered the triple premiership player a concrete deal, but Connolly has confirmed that Melbourne…
Jul 23, 2008
Melbourne CEO Paul MCnamee has been dumped by the new Melbourne board. McNamee was given his marching orders after the new Melbourne board led by former Demon Jim Stynes decided that McNamee was not the right person for the job to impliment the boards new job. Just who that person will be is yet to be decided but with the…
Jul 16, 2008
Former Melbourne coach Neale Daniher has confirmed he is interested in a role with the AFL's new Gold Coast franchise. Daniher revealed to the Age newspaper, that he had a chat to those representing the Gold Coast team. He also said that the talks were very preliminary and both sides are exploring the option.
Jul 8, 2008
Melbourne have received their second rising star nomination for the season with 20 year old defender Colin Garland getting the round 14 nod. Garland debuted for two games last year and has now added 11 to his total of 13 games playing on key forwards such as Lance Franklin, Nick Riewoldt, Alan Didak and Daniel Bradshaw. From North Hobart, Garland…
Jul 7, 2008
Melbourne silky mover Aaron Davey will play for Sandringham this week after he admitted unprofessional preparation for the Demons round 14 clash with Brisbane. Davey was in Darwin for a close friend's mothers funeral when he erred and the leadership group decided to suspend him for a week. The goalsneak will miss Melbourne's clash with the white hot Bulldogs on…
Jun 9, 2008
Melbourne Chairman Paul Gardner announced today he would be stepping down from the position and confirmed his support for Jim Stynes as the new leader. Thursday night's board meeting will confirm the takeover as one of Melbourne's all time greats attempts to get Melbourne off its knees. Jim Stynes played the highest number of consecutive games and won a Brownlow…
May 20, 2008
A press conference has been called for 2pm WST by the Melbourne Football Club in regards to what the Demons are describing as "important news relating to the future of David Neitz." The Melbourne skipper is expected to announce his retirement after suffering a serious neck injury earlier this season. Neitz was placed on the long term injury list last…
May 6, 2008
Melbourne's Austin Wonaeamirri has become the third indigenous player of the year to earn a rising star nomination in only his fifth game for the demons. Wonaeamirri, 19, was one of his team's best players kicking four goals in and gathering 15 possessions Melbourne’s six-point victory over Fremantle on Sunday at the MCG. From Melville Island, Wonaeamirri played for St…
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