FIND out what’s being said about the club in the major daily newspapers on Thursday, January 12, 2012
Herald Sun
Demons to reveal leader next month
By Jay Clark
MELBOURNE will bring forward the naming of its captain by a month following an indication from coach Mark Neeld that he knows who his on-field leader will be. The Demons had planned to hold off choosing a skipper - believed to be Brad Green, Jack Trengove or Jack Grimes - until the eve of the season. But Neeld said an announcement was pencilled in before next month's start of the NAB Cup. While fans argue the merits of choosing the experience of Green, 30, or the relative youth of Trengove, 20, or Grimes, 22, Neeld seems content. "I have got a really good idea how it is going to go," Neeld said. "We are still going to work through the process and there probably will be one or two guys who may bob up over time. "But right now I will just keep that to myself."
The Age
J-curve takes new turn for injured Dees
By Matt Murnane
MELBOURNE'S injury-recovering ''J Boys'' - Jack, James, Jake, Jordie and Jurrah - are all on track to be available for the NAB Cup. The Demons are determined to ensure another ''J'' - future midfielder Jack Viney - is over his osteitis pubis and injury-free when the club drafts the father-son prodigy later this year. Defenders Jack Grimes (foot) and James Strauss (broken leg), as well as ruckman Jake Spencer (knee) and midfielder Jordie Gysberts (wrist) all had their seasons cut short by injuries and surgery last year. Strauss snapped both lower bones in his left leg against Carlton in round 20, but was running for the first time before Christmas and is now only two weeks away from resuming full training. The timeline is roughly the same for Spencer, who ruptured his ACL early last year, while Grimes and Gysberts are already training. Liam Jurrah also had wrist surgery after complications arising from the injury sustained at the end of last year, but Demons coach Mark Neeld confirmed the 23-year-old would play a part in the club's NAB Cup campaign (starting February 17). ''He still has his arm in a cast but that's due to come off in three weeks,'' Neeld said yesterday. ''The good thing about that is we can still run him and that's what we've been doing.''
Herald Sun
Demons to reveal leader next month
By Jay Clark
MELBOURNE will bring forward the naming of its captain by a month following an indication from coach Mark Neeld that he knows who his on-field leader will be. The Demons had planned to hold off choosing a skipper - believed to be Brad Green, Jack Trengove or Jack Grimes - until the eve of the season. But Neeld said an announcement was pencilled in before next month's start of the NAB Cup. While fans argue the merits of choosing the experience of Green, 30, or the relative youth of Trengove, 20, or Grimes, 22, Neeld seems content. "I have got a really good idea how it is going to go," Neeld said. "We are still going to work through the process and there probably will be one or two guys who may bob up over time. "But right now I will just keep that to myself."
The Age
J-curve takes new turn for injured Dees
By Matt Murnane
MELBOURNE'S injury-recovering ''J Boys'' - Jack, James, Jake, Jordie and Jurrah - are all on track to be available for the NAB Cup. The Demons are determined to ensure another ''J'' - future midfielder Jack Viney - is over his osteitis pubis and injury-free when the club drafts the father-son prodigy later this year. Defenders Jack Grimes (foot) and James Strauss (broken leg), as well as ruckman Jake Spencer (knee) and midfielder Jordie Gysberts (wrist) all had their seasons cut short by injuries and surgery last year. Strauss snapped both lower bones in his left leg against Carlton in round 20, but was running for the first time before Christmas and is now only two weeks away from resuming full training. The timeline is roughly the same for Spencer, who ruptured his ACL early last year, while Grimes and Gysberts are already training. Liam Jurrah also had wrist surgery after complications arising from the injury sustained at the end of last year, but Demons coach Mark Neeld confirmed the 23-year-old would play a part in the club's NAB Cup campaign (starting February 17). ''He still has his arm in a cast but that's due to come off in three weeks,'' Neeld said yesterday. ''The good thing about that is we can still run him and that's what we've been doing.''
