Saturday fifth AFL Round 17 match is between Melbourne Demons and Brisbane Lions with the game to be played at TIO Stadium. The opening bounce is set to commence at 7.10pm local time with away team Brisbane Lions currently holding favouritism. View our AFL live scores, odds and results for the game between Melbourne Demons and Brisbane Lions.
WHERE AND WHEN: TIO Stadium, Saturday July 20, 7.10pm
[iframe_loader width=”690″ height=”530″ src=”https://sportsnews.com.au/afl/match.php?id=3130143″]
Opening odds comparison:
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
| Melbourne Demons | 4.30 | 4.75 | 4.75 | 4.75 | 4.30 | 4.35 |
|
Brisbane Lions
|
1.21 | 1.18 | 1.18 | 1.18 | 1.21 | 1.23 |
Preview:
The last of Saturday’s matches is Melbourne vs Brisbane, 7.10pm at TIO Stadium. The Lions are expected to win this comfortably, especially after their impressive
comeback victory against North Melbourne last week. While Brisbane have had an average season at best, they have managed to regain a little form and confidence over
the last few rounds. The same can not be said for the Demons, who lost to the Cats last week and look unlikely to bounce back after a troubled 2013.
Teams:
Melbourne Demons:
B: Lynden Dunn, Colin Garland, Dean Terlich
HB: Tom McDonald, James Frawley, Mitchell Clisby
C: Jimmy Toumpas, Jack Trengove, Jack Grimes
HF: Colin Sylvia, Jack Watts, Shannon Byrnes
F: Aaron Davey, Chris Dawes, Jeremy Howe
Foll: Max Gawn, Jack Viney, Nathan Jones
Int: Matt Jones, Dean Kent, Sam Blease, Jack Fitzpatrick
Emerg: Jordie McKenzie, Cam Pedersen, Jake Spencer
In: Viney
Out: Nicholson
Brisbane Lions:
B: Jed Adcock, Matt Maguire, Joel Patfull
HB: Ryan Harwood, Justin Clarke, Brent Staker
C: Pearce Hanley, Tom Rockliff, Sam Mayes
HF: Dayne Zorko, Jonathan Brown, Rohan Bewick
F: Josh Green, Daniel Merrett, Ash McGrath
Foll: Matthew Leuenberger, Jack Redden, Daniel Rich
Int: Andrew Raines, Elliot Yeo, Ryan Lester, Mitch Golby
Emerg: Sam Docherty, Jordan Lisle, James Polkinghorne
In: Yeo
Out: Polkinghorne
Demons must be more than try-hards: Craig
Neil Craig has warned Melbourne must improve dramatically or risk becoming AFL try-hards.
The Demons were never a chance in sodden conditions at Geelong on Saturday, losing to the Cats by 68 points.
They only managed 19 inside 50s – a record low since the AFL started keeping the statistic in 1999.
Their 4.6 (30) at Simonds Stadium also equalled their lowest score at the ground.
It was not as bad as their 186-point humiliation at the same ground two years ago, which cost then-coach Dean Bailey his job.
But it was terrible enough.
Since Craig took over from Mark Neeld as coach last month, the Demons had shown signs of improvement in their last three matches.
Craig could also see glimpses of life in Saturday’s downpour, but said they had to show much more.
“We were outclassed, we were out-positioned and all those sorts of things,” Craig said.
“Unless you keep the fight and mentality to keep trying in this game, you have nothing.
“So we’re trying to build on that.
“But in the end, we need to add a lot more to that because you end up being a try-hard club and that doesn’t get you anywhere either.”
At least Craig could point to the contested ball statistic, which Geelong only won by 11.
Last week, Sydney were a whopping 40 ahead of the Demons in that area.
“In those conditions, against Geelong, if we weren’t on our best behaviour in that area it could have been totally blown out of the water,” Craig said.
“That comes from a mentality of staying with the task.
“I was pleased with our capacity to just stay at it, even though it was pretty archaic in the way we went about it.
“I have great admiration for our mental capacity to stay in the contest, even though we were outclassed.”
