FIND out what’s being said about the club in the major daily newspapers on Monday, April 11, 2011
Herald Sun
Hurrah for Jurrah as goals provide spark
Hurrah for Jurrah as goals provide spark
By Sam Edmund
ENTER Liam Jurrah. Not for the first time, the freakishly gifted forward was the ignition for his besieged side. Last week, they told him to stop trying to haul in Mark of the Year every five minutes. Yesterday, he turned his attention to Goal of the Year and was much more successful. Jurrah kicked three of Melbourne's four consecutive goals in a 10-minute burst late in the second term that included two on-the-run specials from outside 50m. His opponent Joel Patfull is a brave toiler, but this was the definition of an unfair fight. With Jurrah playing high, constantly on the move and charging back towards goal at every opportunity, it was the match-up that swung the game the Dees' way. "The coach wanted me to play up and go for the footy and use my speed," Jurrah said afterwards.
ENTER Liam Jurrah. Not for the first time, the freakishly gifted forward was the ignition for his besieged side. Last week, they told him to stop trying to haul in Mark of the Year every five minutes. Yesterday, he turned his attention to Goal of the Year and was much more successful. Jurrah kicked three of Melbourne's four consecutive goals in a 10-minute burst late in the second term that included two on-the-run specials from outside 50m. His opponent Joel Patfull is a brave toiler, but this was the definition of an unfair fight. With Jurrah playing high, constantly on the move and charging back towards goal at every opportunity, it was the match-up that swung the game the Dees' way. "The coach wanted me to play up and go for the footy and use my speed," Jurrah said afterwards.
The Age
Demons' hunger questioned
By Peter HanlonMELBOURNE escaped with its first win of 2011 but coach Dean Bailey last night was in no mood to celebrate, berating his players for lacking the hunger to tackle and win the contested ball, and challenging them to maintain an acceptable level of intensity for a whole game against Gold Coast next Sunday.
The Demons trailed an unfancied Brisbane Lions outfit by 30 points midway through the second quarter before the individual brilliance of Liam Jurrah and heroic performances from Brent Moloney and Jared Rivers got them over the line.Twenty-seven of their 58 tackles came in the second quarter, leaving Bailey crying out for consistency of effort. ''Attitude's a great thing to have 100 per cent of the time,'' Bailey said. ''You've got to play the game with an intensity that is above the opposition, and we didn't.
Demon Aussie salutes ‘dad and Maurice’
By Michael Gleeson
THE mood in the Melbourne rooms was more relieved than ebullient as club president Jim Stynes moved forward to speak after yesterday's win over Brisbane. He unfurled a club banner and said every player would sign it. He then handed it to Aussie Wonaeamirri. The young Tiwi Islander was not the Demons' best player yesterday, but he was a Melbourne player again - and that was a point worth recognising. After two wretched years with injury, Wonaeamirri endured an awful summer that left him questioning his life and his career. His father was killed in a car accident and two weeks later his cousin, close friend and community leader Maurice Rioli died of a heart attack.
THE mood in the Melbourne rooms was more relieved than ebullient as club president Jim Stynes moved forward to speak after yesterday's win over Brisbane. He unfurled a club banner and said every player would sign it. He then handed it to Aussie Wonaeamirri. The young Tiwi Islander was not the Demons' best player yesterday, but he was a Melbourne player again - and that was a point worth recognising. After two wretched years with injury, Wonaeamirri endured an awful summer that left him questioning his life and his career. His father was killed in a car accident and two weeks later his cousin, close friend and community leader Maurice Rioli died of a heart attack.
''It's been really tough for me … I was at the stage of staying home and giving up AFL, but with all the support the Melbourne footy club has given me, the players the board everyone supported me and my family, that was a turning point for me coming back in the pre-season and here I am,'' Wonaeamirri said.
The Australian
Jurrah stays on his feet to lead Dees fightback
By Greg Denham
MELBOURNE yesterday got out of jail at the MCG to record its first win of the season in an unimpressive display that produced an 11-point advantage over a plucky Brisbane side. On the back of a disciplined Liam Jurrah, who rarely, if at all, attempted impossible marks during his five-goal game, the Demons fought back from a 30-point deficit in the second quarter to grind out the result against an injury riddled opponent. Jurrah booted four first-half goals from ground level, including two from 50m and beyond, opposed to Joel Patfull. He then levelled the scores when he took a contested overhead mark 30 seconds into the third term against his second-half opponent, the smaller Ashley McGrath.
