FIND out what’s being said about the club in the major daily newspapers on Monday, May 2, 2011
Herald Sun
Aaron Davey must bounce back to kick-start Melbourne
By Mark Stevens
AARON Davey invented forward pressure, terrorising opponents with frenzied chase-downs in Melbourne's Neale Daniher era. Now, the tackles have dried up to the extent he is averaging only 2.4 a game this season. Davey became the most devastating run-and-carry player in the competition in the early years of Dean Bailey's reign, slicing through opposition sides and then delivering deftly with his left boot. Now, the "Davey Train" has so badly derailed that he is only the seventh-best player at the Demons for metres gained. When he does get it, and that is happening significantly less often than in his best year of 2009, Davey is more likely to turn it over. The demise has been happening gradually since the start of last season, but it became evident in prime time on Thursday night against West Coast.
Herald Sun
Aaron Davey must bounce back to kick-start Melbourne
By Mark Stevens
AARON Davey invented forward pressure, terrorising opponents with frenzied chase-downs in Melbourne's Neale Daniher era. Now, the tackles have dried up to the extent he is averaging only 2.4 a game this season. Davey became the most devastating run-and-carry player in the competition in the early years of Dean Bailey's reign, slicing through opposition sides and then delivering deftly with his left boot. Now, the "Davey Train" has so badly derailed that he is only the seventh-best player at the Demons for metres gained. When he does get it, and that is happening significantly less often than in his best year of 2009, Davey is more likely to turn it over. The demise has been happening gradually since the start of last season, but it became evident in prime time on Thursday night against West Coast.
