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Season Guide 2017 OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF THE MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB SEASON GUIDE 2017 PROUD PRINCIPAL PARTNER OF THE PRE-SEASON EDITION MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB WATCH THE DEES ON A WARM WINTER NIGHT CONTENTS Matt Burgan shares his thoughts on 4 SEASON PREVIEW the upcoming season Peter Ryan speaks to young gun Jesse Hogan as he looks to take his game to another 6 JESSE HOGAN level in 2017 Matt Burgan chats with Angus Brayshaw as he aims to bounce back after an injury 8 ANGUS BRAYSHAW interrupted 2016 season Keep up-to-date with Melbourne 12 FIXTURES and Casey fixtures Relive the historic milestone of our women’s team in the lead up to the inaugural match 16 AFLW ROAD TO ROUND ONE of the 2017 NAB AFL Women’s competition From police officer to midfield star, 18 KAREN PAXMAN Karen Paxman shares her football journey 20 COACH PROFILES Get to know the 2017 coaching staff Simon Goodwin provides an update on every 22 PLAYER PROFILES player on Melbourne’s senior and rookie lists PHONE (03) 9652 1111 MELBOURNE FOOTBALL CLUB BOARD OF DIRECTORS, SEASON MAIL PO Box 254, East Melbourne, Victoria, 8002 2017 EMAIL [email protected] CHAIRMAN Glen Bartlett WEB www.melbournefc.com.au VICE CHAIRMEN Geoff Freeman & John Trotter FACEBOOK facebook.com/melbournefc DIRECTORS Mohan Jesudason, Jane Martino, Steven Morris, Jeremy Nichols, David Robb, Kate Roffey, David Thurin TWITTER twitter.com/melbournefc DESIGN AND PRODUCTION Dave Larkin & Marty Smith INSTAGRAM instagram.com/melbournefc EDITORS Matt Burgan, Georgina Lewis, Ryan Earles Heartbeat is published twice a year. No part of this publication CONTRIBUTORS Matt Burgan, Georgina Lewis, Peter Ryan, shall be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval Simon Goodwin, Angus Brayshaw, Karen Paxman system, or transmitted in any form or by any means PHOTOGRAPHY AFL Photos, Matthew Goodrope, MFC Staff (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise). AST your mind back to September 2013. in terms of matches. The reality is Melbourne sits 14th on Melbourne had come off its fifth worst VFL/ the list for games played, entering 2017. It’s these statistics AFL season, recording just two wins for the that add some intrigue into the year. year. Drastic change was imminent. Soon, Paul Roos, one of the game’s greatest names, The fact that Melbourne fielded the youngest team in 11 was lured back into coaching. games last year only reinforces that it is still a young group, C with plenty of scope for improvement. The man who ended the longest premiership drought in the game – guiding the Sydney Swans to the 2005 premiership And if you analyse Melbourne’s 2017 list, it shows how – returned on the proviso that he would coach Melbourne many integral players are still emerging, in terms of for two to three years, before handing it over to a successor. games experience. Here is the breakdown: That turned out to be Simon Goodwin, the Adelaide great, 0 games (10 players): Lochie Filipovic, Mitch Hannan, who was anointed in September 2014. Liam Hulett, Dion Johnstone, Declan Keilty, Mitch King, As history showed, Roos coached Melbourne for three Corey Maynard, Pat McKenna, Joel Smith, Tim Smith seasons, with Goodwin by his side for the two. 1-25 (9): Jayden Hunt (19 games), Jay Kennedy-Harris (22), The succession plan, which was hatched, has now Oscar McDonald (17), Alex Neal-Bullen (15), Clayton Oliver become a reality, with Goodwin set to lead Melbourne (13), Christian Petracca (17), Josh Wagner (14), in 2017. It will be the 40 year old’s first of at least three Sam Weideman (3) and Mitch White (3) seasons at the club. 26-50 (9): Angus Brayshaw (31), Sam Frost (40), So what can the red and blue faithful expect under James Harmes (27), Jesse Hogan (41), Ben Kennedy (40), Goodwin in 2017? Well, after Roos did his job beautifully, Christian Salem (30), Jake Spencer (36), Billy Stretch (27), settling the club and ensuring improvement was made Aaron vandenBerg (28) each year, there is plenty of excitement around Melbourne. 51-75 (5): Max Gawn (61), Dean Kent (52), Cam Pedersen The fact it was in finals contention with two rounds to go (61), Dom Tyson (71), Jack Viney (70) last year showed how far the squad had come during Roos’ 76-100 (4): Tom Bugg (83), Michael Hibberd (84), tenure. And now that Goodwin has the baton, he has taken Neville Jetta (94), Jack Trengove (84) his opportunity and run with it, leaving no stone unturned in his pursuit for sustained success. 101-150 (5): Colin Garland (141), Jeff Garlett (146), Tom McDonald (104), Jake Melksham (114), Jack Watts (137) He now has a talented list, capable of building something special, and an impressive coaching set-up, with the highly- 151-200 (1): Bernie Vince (193) respected Brendan McCartney, his right-hand man. 200+ (2): Nathan Jones (223), Jordan Lewis (264) Goodwin is under no illusions that success won’t be handed In summary, when you consider the likes of Hunt, Oliver, to the club, but he is bullish about what his squad can Petracca, Brayshaw and Hogan have yet to play 50 games, deliver this year and in the foreseeable future. and Gawn, Kent and Tyson are still to crack the ton, it only “I’m excited – you’ve got to be excited about the amount adds to the possibilities of where the club can go. Add the of talent we’ve got to work with, but also the people injection of Lewis, Hibberd and the return of Melksham to we’ve got involved at the footy club,” he said. assist the likes of Tom McDonald, Bernie Vince and Nathan Jones and it only shows why there is plenty of optimism. “We’ve got an incredible bunch of coaches and support staff who are driving a talented playing group and with In many ways, 2017 is ‘year four’ for Melbourne, after it that, comes a level of excitement moving forward. bottomed out at the end of 2013. “We’re looking forward to seeing how that comes out.” Clubs that have risen to the ultimate glory have rarely achieved it in a linear fashion, but they have got there As is everyone associated with the red and blue – by holding their nerve and sticking to a plan. So, it will and much of the football fraternity, for that matter. be fascinating to see the next stage of Melbourne’s Given Roos oversaw the team from four wins (2014) to development this year. seven (2015) and ten (2016), there is every indication It really is a year of great anticipation for Melbourne – Melbourne can improve again and be right in the mix FRONT PAUL ROOS one that will be worth viewing. BACKto play SIMON finals GOODWIN for the first time since 2006. Stay tuned. It would be a significant achievement, when you consider where Melbourne has been since 2007. Despite having a talent base capable of pushing into September, it is still youthful and relatively inexperienced 4 | SEASON GUIDE 2017 SEASON GUIDE 2017 | 5 T HE languid demeanour on-field during 2016, when the issue and don’t think I hold that presence Jesse Hogan exhibits when is raised. quite yet.” he enters Melbourne’s “It’s in the back of my mind. I never Everyone however has seen glimpses football department belies thought I had a massive issue with of it and Hogan knows what it’s like his competitive nature. T it [but] there were probably a few to stamp his imprint on a game. But not far beneath the cool occasions where I went a bit over But he suspects it’s a feeling every detachment an intrinsic desire the top,” Hogan said. player gets from time to time. to win exists. He accepted feedback from “There is nothing better than playing The quality drove him to kick 85 teammates who tell him how it good footy,” Hogan said. goals in 41 games for a team that has is and coaches and was mature battled during most of his four years. Even his love for music and fondness enough to accept he needed to learn of a trip down the coast when the It helped him overcome a back how best to express that part of his surf is pounding does not elicit the injury to win the NAB AFL Rising Star temperament. same visceral response as playing award in 2014. “I know when I go to watch live footy the game well. It revealed itself in October when he and you see a big forward and they To that end he is working on being committed to helping the Demons are up and about they certainly carry versatile enough to have the drive their way up the ladder for the a presence, whether they are grumpy occasional burst in the midfield. next three seasons at least. or happy,” Hogan said. Even if he doesn’t move up Having just turned 22, Hogan is now “Being one of the bigger players out the ground during games, the ready to move his heavily scrutinised there…if you are moping about it opportunity to train in the midfield career into its next phase. stands out.” breaks up the occasional monotony “I probably want to go to the next Such a honest self-appraisal is of training that is a fact of life for level and be one of those real healthy given Hogan has had to every professional footballer. consistent key forwards,” endure a fair share of outside advice He loves working on marking, a skill Hogan said. in his time at the Demons.
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