Demons coach Mark Neeld. Picture: Wayne Ludbey Source: Sunday Herald Sun
Cartoon by David 'Macca' McArthur. Source: Herald Sun
MELBOURNE'S shocking start to the season has given the Demons another unwanted but revealing statistic.
They are the only side not to have a player awarded a vote in the AFL Coaches' Association champion player award in the first three rounds.
Each coach awards votes ranging from five to one for the best player in each game.
Even Melbourne coach Mark Neeld has found it impossible to single out any of his players for a single vote.
Greater Western Sydney, which plays Melbourne at the MCG on Sunday, is also yet to win a game this season but has had a player receive at least one vote in each game.
The statistics are not pretty for either the Giants or the Demons, sitting at the bottom, and Sunday will be a battle of the two worst forward lines of 2013. The Giants are ranked 17th for total points kicked this year (222) and Melbourne 18th with 173.
Melbourne's percentage of 35.02 after three games is the lowest of any team at the same stage of the season since 1985, when St Kilda had a percentage of 34.71.
It will also be a battle of the worst defences. Melbourne has conceding the most points this year (494) and the Giants are next (380).
AFL statistics show that the Giants must stop Melbourne's Nathan Jones.
Melbourne defeated the Giants twice last season and Jones received Brownlow Medal votes in both clashes.
The Demons won the first clash in Round 13 at the MCG by 78 points and Jones got three Brownlow votes with 33 possessions.
The return contest was in Round 21 at Manuka Oval, Canberra, where the Demons won by 25 points and Jones again polled Brownlow votes.
In both games the Demons dominated the total possession count - 409-357 and 361-309.
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