Saturday first AFL Round 11 match is between Melbourne Demons and Port Adelaide Power with the game to be played at TIO Traeger Park. The opening bounce is set to commence at 1:10 PM local time with away team Port Adelaide Power currently holding favouritism. View our AFL live scores, odds and results for the game between Melbourne Demons and Port Adelaide Power.
Round: Round 11 , May 31, 2014 , 1:10 PM
Stadium: TIO Traeger Park
Weather: 21° Mostly sunny, cooler
Odds Comparison:
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| Melbourne Demons | 6.75 | 7.00 | 6.50 | 7.00 | 6.75 | 7.20 |
| Port Adelaide Power | 1.12 | 1.10 | 1.12 | 1.10 | 1.12 | 1.11 |
All odds are subject to change. Odds listed are correct at the time of the latest update.
Preview:
The Melbourne Demons take on Port Adelaide on Saturday, 1.10PM at TIO Traeger Park in Alice Springs. This match looks about as one-sided as the last one, with 1st placed Port big favourites over the 15th placed Demons. Port managed to beat Hawthorn last round with a convincing display, so the Demons should be a push over for them this weekend. Saying that, however, the Demons have been playing well of late, with the midfield of Nathan Jones, Dom Tyson, Daniel Cross, and Bernie Vince leading the way. While the Demons might offer some surprises, however, the thankful Alice Springs crowd are likely to witness a big Port Adelaide victory.
Teams:
MELBOURNE
B: Colin Garland, Tom McDonald, Dean Terlich
HB: Neville Jetta, Lynden Dunn, Jack Grimes
C: Daniel Cross, Dom Tyson, Bernie Vince
HF: Rohan Bail, James Frawley, Jack Watts
F: Cameron Pedersen, Max Gawn, Jeremy Howe
FOLL:, Mark Jamar, Nathan Jones, Jack Viney
I/C: Christian Salem, Jay Kennedy-Harris, Aidan Riley, Matt Jones
EMG: Jimmy Toumpas, Jordie McKenzie, Daniel Nicholson,
In: Neville Jetta, James Frawley,
OUT: Jimmy Toumpas (omitted), Chris Dawes (suspension)
PORT ADELAIDE
Backs: J.Hombsch, A.Carlile, J.Impey
HBacks: M.Broadbent, J.Trengove, J.Pittard
Centre: J.Polec, T.Boak, K.Cornes
HForwards: A.Moore, J.Westhoff, M.White
Forwards: R.Gray, J.Schulz, C.Wingard
Followers: M.Lobbe, O.Wines, B.Ebert
Interchange: P.Stewart, J.Neade, K.Mitchell, A.Young
Emergencies: S.Gray, B.Newton, K.Amon
Ins: P.Stewart, A.Moore, J.Neade
Out: D.Cassisi, A.Monfries, H.Hartlett
News:
In the AFL’s indigenous round, there would be no better place for North Melbourne to win than the wild West.
Western Australia is home to Barry Cable and Jim and Phil Krakouer, who blazed a trail for indigenous footballers at Arden Street in the 1970s and 1980s.
And on Sunday night the Kangaroos get that chance against West Coast.
“It’s really important to Lindsay Thomas and Daniel Wells, therefore it’s really important to us,” coach Brad Scott said.
“They’re the current indigenous custodians of our club but we’ve got a great indigenous heritage dating back to the Krakouer brothers and before that.”
Key to earning a win to keep them inside the top eight will be starting well.
The Kangaroos have won just three of their nine first terms this season and last Friday night against Geelong they were slow out of the blocks again.
Unable to reel in a 21-point quarter-time deficit, Scott was filthy at their first-term effort, calling it appalling.
He had recovered by Thursday to consider the positives.
“I suspect if we played that game against Geelong three years ago and started the way we did, we would have completely capitulated and lost by 12 plus goals,” he said.
But still, there are concerns for his side, who will slip out of the top eight without a win.
“It’s the opposite of what we did last year when we had trouble finishing off games,” he said.
“We were a great starting side and a poor finishing side, wow we’re a poor starting and a good finishing side.
“Fortunately the middle part of our game is going OK, we’ve just got to fix the rest of it.”
Scott said the lapse wasn’t psychological, but rather “just footy”.
“It’s nothing to do with the mindset going in,” he said.
“(We were) beaten in contested possession early in games … we didn’t take our chances going forward.”
The Kangaroos are winless in five matches against West Coast, meaning their trip to Patersons Stadium gives them a chance to scrub another hoodoo after erasing two already this season.
The Kangaroos won in the West for the first time since 2010 and also erased a seven-year losing run against Sydney in round four.