What's Happening With the AFL Demons?

Essendon will be without skipper Jobe Watson, Melbourne has lost many of its vaunted young Tom Scully AFL tipping preseason quarterfinals at Etihad Stadium on Thursday night.

Watson rested the Bombers game is different, midfielder and defender Nathan Lovett-Murray David Zaharakis though.

Scully has knee soreness and will be rejected as the Demons.

Essendon midfielder Brent Stanton said Watson was not anything malicious is the lack of NAB Cup Clash, and other protagonists of the next two weeks, although the Bombers SEMIFINALS advanced beyond that would be mothballed to make way for the NRL tipping season to also start.

"NAB Cup system by means of a rotation and there are some guys who really is not, this is a different game," Stanton said on Wednesday.

"The relatively high load during the preseason and will probably Dustin Fletcher and the rest of the guys and see them on the next week or the week after.

"Not just one thing before a round of maintenance is".

Scully is convinced demons are back next week to advance to the semi-finals, and a few small problems.

"Back in the implementation and training, so that probably played in the NRL footy tipping season I think," Defender Jack Grimes said.

", Back in the running again turn to fly, so it is nothing serious."

Two different phases of the game to become a club presents a great opportunity for the next step.

James Hird Essendon coach under the new life to overcome, as the demons are expected to enter the final season of contention right along.

Only three of four games, won the 2008 and 2009, after eight games, raising Demons won last year and said it does not bar further increases will not be an excuse to 2011.

"We do not use the excuse that we are more young, and we are coming," Grimes said.

"We have a lot of improvement in recent years and there is no excuse because it is not true.

"We are ready to pass the plate and delivered this season, I think, therefore, can be expected to continue to improve and win some matches."

Hard Demons midfielder Nathan Jones for his first preseason game is played, the defender Matthew Warnock is also included in the work