4 Points: Demons end up back at the crossroads


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I don’t agree with the idea that he be put completely on ice for the season, but there’s no value in rushing him back.  There is an advantage to his conditioning, touch and game readiness for next year by getting him back playing games this year. Likewise, Neville Jetta should play when he is ready, not a moment sooner.


That trio are the most important defenders at Melbourne and they are yet to play a game together. Getting some game time into them as a trio this year to develop chemistry as a backline for next year will be as important achievement as anything for Melbourne to salvage out of the second half of the season.


They are the easy decisions. These are the harder ones: Jordan Lewis and Nathan Jones.


Lewis should only play in the second half of the season when injuries to others mean he has to. Otherwise younger players should be chosen ahead of him.


Lewis is in the same boat as his close friend and former premiership teammate Jarryd Roughead who has already been jettisoned to the second by the utterly pragmatic Alastair Clarkson. Roughead’s experience this year is the reason Lewis, and Nathan Jones for that matter, could have no complaint if their club adopted a similar club-before-sentimentality ruthlessness.


Article source: https://www.watoday.com.au/politics/federal/turnbull-condemns-nazi-flag-on-army-vehicle-in-afghanistan-20180614-p4zlcw.html?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_politics_federal

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