FIND out what’s being said about the club in the major daily newspapers on Monday, August 22, 2011
Herald Sun
Woes pile up on Demons
By Bruce Matthews
BEST performer Colin Sylvia reported, forward Aaron Davey banished to the backline in his 150th game and skipper Brad Green consigned to sub for almost three quarters. It reflected Melbourne's woes as their faint finals hopes were snuffed out at the MCG yesterday. Davey will be under scrutiny from more than the selectors, too, after a crude hit on Richmond's Mitch Morton late in the second quarter. "I was disappointed that we came out in the first half and dished that up," Demons caretaker coach Todd Viney said after the seven-point loss. "We've spoken about the importance of finishing the year strong and they jumped us. "From an effort point of view, I was really happy with the third quarter ... that we can be happy with one quarter of football, is nowhere near good enough." Sylvia, clearly Melbourne's best with five goals, was booked for rough conduct after a late hit on Tiger defender Jayden Post in the first quarter.
The Age
Tigers get to first base with narrow win
By Greg Baum
NOT so long ago, Richmond and Melbourne played a game that neither club wanted to win, implicitly and infamously revisited by Dean Bailey in his final media conference. Last night at the MCG, Tigers and Demons played one both wanted to win, desperately. Melbourne needed to break a run, Richmond to start one. More than that, these are two clubs who are always coming and never arrive; each needs a foot on first base. That spirit informed a rousing and willing contest, one that both teams reasonably might have thought they had it won and feared they had lost. At length, the Tigers prevailed.
One quarter just not good enough: Viney
By Peter Hanlon
TODD Viney last night bemoaned Melbourne's inability to maintain the effort required to compete with teams of a similar standing, let alone its superiors, after a seven-goals-to-one third quarter was followed by a lacklustre finish and a seven-point loss to Richmond. ''From an effort point of view, I'm really happy with the third quarter, but having said that, that's where we're at as a club - that we can be happy with one quarter of football,'' Viney said of the most disappointing game of his three as caretaker coach since Dean Bailey's departure. ''It's nowhere near good enough. We've got to harden up mentally and physically so we can compete for whole games.'' Trailing by 26 points at half-time, his players had coughed up the ball ''because we weren't hard enough in the mind to attack it,'' Viney said. Their efficiency rate lifted to 75 per cent in the third quarter, but dropped to 52 per cent in the last. ''We weren't hard enough to play out the last quarter; we thought the third quarter was going to be enough and Richmond were going to lie down and die - but they didn't.''
The Australian
Disappointment grows for Viney
By Stephen Rielly
IN Todd Viney's first two matches as caretaker coach of Melbourne, the Demons lost to Carlton by 76 points and to West Coast by 48.
Woes pile up on Demons
By Bruce Matthews
BEST performer Colin Sylvia reported, forward Aaron Davey banished to the backline in his 150th game and skipper Brad Green consigned to sub for almost three quarters. It reflected Melbourne's woes as their faint finals hopes were snuffed out at the MCG yesterday. Davey will be under scrutiny from more than the selectors, too, after a crude hit on Richmond's Mitch Morton late in the second quarter. "I was disappointed that we came out in the first half and dished that up," Demons caretaker coach Todd Viney said after the seven-point loss. "We've spoken about the importance of finishing the year strong and they jumped us. "From an effort point of view, I was really happy with the third quarter ... that we can be happy with one quarter of football, is nowhere near good enough." Sylvia, clearly Melbourne's best with five goals, was booked for rough conduct after a late hit on Tiger defender Jayden Post in the first quarter.
The Age
Tigers get to first base with narrow win
By Greg Baum
NOT so long ago, Richmond and Melbourne played a game that neither club wanted to win, implicitly and infamously revisited by Dean Bailey in his final media conference. Last night at the MCG, Tigers and Demons played one both wanted to win, desperately. Melbourne needed to break a run, Richmond to start one. More than that, these are two clubs who are always coming and never arrive; each needs a foot on first base. That spirit informed a rousing and willing contest, one that both teams reasonably might have thought they had it won and feared they had lost. At length, the Tigers prevailed.
One quarter just not good enough: Viney
By Peter Hanlon
TODD Viney last night bemoaned Melbourne's inability to maintain the effort required to compete with teams of a similar standing, let alone its superiors, after a seven-goals-to-one third quarter was followed by a lacklustre finish and a seven-point loss to Richmond. ''From an effort point of view, I'm really happy with the third quarter, but having said that, that's where we're at as a club - that we can be happy with one quarter of football,'' Viney said of the most disappointing game of his three as caretaker coach since Dean Bailey's departure. ''It's nowhere near good enough. We've got to harden up mentally and physically so we can compete for whole games.'' Trailing by 26 points at half-time, his players had coughed up the ball ''because we weren't hard enough in the mind to attack it,'' Viney said. Their efficiency rate lifted to 75 per cent in the third quarter, but dropped to 52 per cent in the last. ''We weren't hard enough to play out the last quarter; we thought the third quarter was going to be enough and Richmond were going to lie down and die - but they didn't.''
The Australian
Disappointment grows for Viney
By Stephen Rielly
IN Todd Viney's first two matches as caretaker coach of Melbourne, the Demons lost to Carlton by 76 points and to West Coast by 48.
Last night, though, Viney pushed those thumpings aside to describe the side's seven point loss to Richmond as the most disappointing of his brief time in charge. On the strength of a seven-goal third term, the Demons pulled themselves out of a deep first-half hole but then were overrun by the Tigers again in the final term, to lose for the fifth straight week. Compounding the loss, Melbourne's best player, Colin Sylvia, finished on report and its vice-captain, Aaron Davey, will almost certainly face a striking charge. It was the sort of performance, Viney said, that will strengthen the perception of Melbourne as a side and a club that is not physically or mentally tough enough to be elite. "Overall, I'm really disappointed with this, probably more so than the previous two weeks," Viney said. "The level we showed today is nowhere near where we need to be. From an effort point of view I'm really happy with the third quarter, but having said that, that's where we're at as a club - that we can be happy with one quarter of football. "It's nowhere near good enough, we've got to harden up mentally and physically so we can compete for whole games, whether it's against the best teams or the teams that are at the same level as us. "When we can start to do that, we'll get more consistency in our performances, but I was pretty disappointed."
