Find out what’s being said about the club in the major daily newspapers on Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Herald Sun

Sylvia fine but Jamar to miss again
By Matt Windley

COLIN Sylvia is expected to recover well from a corked quad, but the Demons are unlikely to regain ruckman Mark Jamar for Monday's clash with Collingwood. Jamar is set to miss a fifth game with the knee injury. Coach Dean Bailey said Luke Tapscott (hamstring) was "probably close to selection", but there would be limited spaces available. "Whether there will be a few changes, we'll wait and see. Some of the guys played very well in the VFL. Matty Bate was very good, (Ricky) Petterd as well," Bailey said.

The Age

Respect and responsibility
By Emma Quayle

MARK Jamar had an injured knee, Jake Spencer was out for the season, Jack Fitzpatrick had an ankle problem, Robert Campbell and Max Gawn weren't quite ready and the last man standing wasn't feeling too good either. On the same day last month that Melbourne lost half of its ruckmen to injury, Stefan Martin was hit heavily in the back during a VFL match, a knock that any other week might have placed him in some doubt. This time, though, there was no choice. His team needed him to keep playing, and he wanted to. ''There was no way that I wasn't going to play,'' he said. This time last year, he would not have felt so sure. Martin played almost every game in 2009, catching eyes as a high-leaping basketball convert who was studying a double degree in science/law and had done promising things at both ends. ''I felt as though I'd begun to earn some respect and begun to show what I could do,'' explained the 24-year-old, who has been asked in the last month to take over for Jamar.

Demons coach backs Swan move
By Martin Blake

DEAN Bailey says he is not slighted by the fact Collingwood has sent the reigning AFL most valuable player Dane Swan off to a training camp in America on the cusp of the clash with Melbourne. ''They've always been a club that is well-planned and they've been prepared to invest in their players and they've got the resources to do it,'' Bailey said yesterday. ''I think they are again setting a benchmark. If you've got the resources to be able to assist your players then why wouldn't you? They'll have medical issues in regards to some of these players. I don't take any offence at all. ''If I had Collingwood's resources and if I had what we were able to do to ensure our players had the best medical attention and the best preparation you'd seriously consider it, absolutely.''