Match Day Brunch and Footy Almanac

Match Day Brunch – Pre GWS match on Saturday 3 August

The NSW Demons Match Day Brunch is being held at The Novotel at Sydney Olympic Park before the match against Greater Western Sydney at the Sydney Showgrounds on Saturday 3 August.
The Brunch will be hosted by Russell Robertson and we will be joined by guest speakers from the Melbourne Football Club.

To book this event, please go to http://www.trybooking.com/CZDH

What: NSW Demons Match Day Brunch
Where: Novotel, Olympic Boulevard, Sydney Olympic Park
When: 10.30 am on Saturday 3 August 2013
Cost: Adults – $60
Children (under 12) – $30

Footy Connections
This week’s connection is Footy Almanac, an eclectic mix of match reports and philosophical musings. John Harms and Paul Daffey first published The Footy Almanac in 2007 and then established a website so people could publish their footy stories – and other stories. At Footy Almanac they love footy and sport, but that’s not all. There is also coverage of the arts, politics, history, wine and all the other good stuff. Life really.
As well they host events all around the country – monthly lunches in Melbourne, book launches in all of the capital cities in November and December. Read all about it at www.footyalmanac.com.au

This week
Jack Fitzpatrick, Jake Spencer, Cam Pedersen, Joel Macdonald, James Strauss, David Rodan and Dean Kent have been included in the team this week. Out of the team are Shannon Byrnes who is injured and James Magner, Neville Jetta and Max Gawn who have been omitted.
Pedersen and Rodan have been included in the starting 18, with Fitzpatrick, Spencer, Macdonald, Strauss and Kent added to the extended interchange.

The team
B: Lynden Dunn, James Frawley, Dean Terlich
HB: Jack Watts, Cam Pedersen, Colin Garland
C: Jack Trengove, Michael Evans, Matt Jones
HF: Luke Tapscott, Jeremy Howe, Rohan Bail
F: David Rodan, Chris Dawes, Aaron Davey
FOLL: Mark Jamar, Jordie McKenzie, Nathan Jones
I/C (from): James Strauss, Daniel Nicholson, Joel Macdonald, James Sellar, Dean Kent, Jake Spencer, Jack Fitzpatrick

Putting It Together

Sometimes I wonder if this is what it feels like for Mark Neeld and his coaching team?

Bit by bit, putting it together
Piece by piece, only way to make a work of art
Every moment makes a contribution
Every little detail plays a parts
Having just a vision’s no solution
Everything depends on execution
Putting it together, that’s what counts!
Ounce by ounce, putting in together
Small amounts, adding up to make a work of art
First of all you need a good foundation
Otherwise it’s risky from the start
Takes a little cocktail conversation
But without the proper preparation
Having just a vision’s no solution
Everything depends on execution
The art of making art
Is putting it together, bit by bit
(From “Sunday In The Park With George”)

And if you like Streisand here’s a musical version!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fQmjcl9ctE

This week
Six changes this week with Dean Kent to make his AFL debut and James Strauss and Jake Spencer coming into the team for their first game for the year. Lynden Dunn, Daniel Nicholson and Jack Viney have also been recalled to the team this week. Sam Blease, Aaron Davey and Cameron Pedersen are the emergencies.

The team
B: Lynden Dunn, James Frawley, Dean Terlich
HB: Jack Grimes, Tom McDonald, Colin Garland
C: Jack Trengove, Jack Viney, Matt Jones
HF: Jeremy Howe, Colin Sylvia, Dean Kent
F: Rohan Bail, Max Gawn, Shannon Byrnes
FOLL: Jake Spencer, Jordie McKenzie, Nathan Jones
I/C: James Strauss, Daniel Nicholson, Michael Evans, Luke Tapscott

I am treating myself to a big footy weekend with the Casey game at Port Melbourne on Saturday afternoon, Barassi the Stage Show on Saturday night and then the main game on Sunday at the MCG!

Wherever you are enjoy the weekend. I know I will – putting it together, bit by bit, piece by piece, ounce by ounce…..

Go Dees!

Sally
NSW Demons

NSW Demons Meeting with Don McLardy

by Hardtack

On the evening of Friday the 5th April, we were treated to an informal presentation by the incumbent MFC President Don McLardy, in company with Vice President Guy Jalland and Kelly O’Donnell (recruiting and pro-scouting). Also in attendance were members of the Cordner clan and former Demons player Kevin Dyson.

In a brief update prior to which he insisted no questions would be off limits, but discretion should be exercised if discussing the matters raised, outside “these walls”, Don began by stating the bleeding obvious: it has been an interesting couple of weeks handling questions regarding where the club is going, how the club is a disaster, how many supporters have expressed their readiness to simply give up and so on. He agreed that in terms of premierships since our last in 1964 we have been a disaster, but stressed that in that time there have been 13 to 15 different regimes and many unusual issues to deal with; for example, since he and the group came to the club, debt as well as new teams coming into AFL creating a changing landscape, have been at the forefront.

The first task was to make the club financially viable and with the debt demolition and the merging with the Bentleigh club, we have managed to break even in recent years; however, the recently incurred $500k is obviously going to have a major impact and hence we are in for a challenging next couple of years; he stated that this year it would be difficult to break even. Don went on to say that we are very involved in equalisation discussions with the AFL and other clubs and that these discussions have generated a new level of respect between the clubs as they all come to the realisation that they each have their own unique problems that need to be addressed.

Two years ago the club undertook to rebuild all areas of the football department from top to bottom. In the first year we saw a complete overhaul of the coaching department and now we have had a clean out of the playing list – there was a strategic choice to move from a certain type of player. As a regular attendee of training and as someone who spends a lot of time with player leadership group, Don couldn’t detect any issues with culture and believes the club is absolutely on the right track. Fitness levels are great and it is considered that we should take a significant step this year.

Sunday against Port was completely unacceptable and there is no easy answer as to why it happened… without the benefit of knowing what was to unfold on Saturday evening against Essendon, Don said that he knows we are not nearly as bad as we showed against Port and that we will definitely respond positively to that performance; we are hell bent on being a competitive unit, and a repeat of what happened against Port will never happen again… he was sure about that.

John Cordner also spoke: “Can I tell a story? In 1951 I played and we won three games, we were bottom… three years earlier we were premiers, but in 1951, we won three. And in 1955 we won the premiership… and the fact is you can turn the thing around. Yeah! You’ve got to find a good reason, it’s a different business now… but it all goes back to the fact that from bottom to top in five years, it can be done.”
Don then closed on a more positive note sharing his excitement over Jack Viney and Jack Grimes.

Don and the Dees

Don McLardy in Sydney

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