Demons make AFL 声明 against St Kilda
Red-hot 統治するing 首相s Melbourne have made another emphatic 声明 by 鎮圧するing 決勝戦 競争相手s St Kilda en 大勝する to their 15th straight AFL 勝利，勝つ.
A 防御の masterclass 始める，決める up Sunday's 38-point victory at the MCG to give the Saints a 巨大（な） reality check as they 低迷d to 支援する-to-支援する 敗北・負かすs.
Melbourne kicked the first five goals of the match and led by as much as 47 points late in the second ４半期/4分の1 before running out 勝利者s 14.9 (93) to 8.7 (55).
The Demons coasted to victories in the first seven 一連の会議、交渉／完成するs mostly against teams not 推定する／予想するd to finish inside the 最高の，を越す eight but （機の）カム out 解雇する／砲火／射撃ing with their 首相の職-best against the Saints, who started the 一連の会議、交渉／完成する in fourth place with a 5-2 記録，記録的な／記録する.
"The Saints are a good 味方する and have been managing to 攻撃する，衝突する the scoreboard, if you take away the Cairns game (against Port Adelaide), so I thought our defence was 優れた," Demons coach Simon Goodwin said.
"We just adapt to whatever the 対立 do with us ... St Kilda have good 方式s that they can play with, whether that be 急速な／放蕩な or slow, and we were 用意が出来ている for both."
Melbourne stamped their 当局 早期に by strangling the Saints' ball movement and capitalising on each of their own 今後 forays.
Clayton Oliver and Angus Brayshaw were in typically prolific moods in the midfield, while Steven May, Jake Lever and Harrison Petty 完全に controlled the 空気／公表する 負かす／撃墜する 支援する.
Kysaiah Pickett lit up the MCG with two electric first-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 goals, while St Kilda's nightmare start was topped off when Tim Membrey's 規則 始める，決める-発射 after the ４半期/4分の1-time サイレン／魅惑的な was touched by Petty.
The Saints saved themselves from 当惑 by 成し遂げるing better in the second-half as Melbourne lost a third ４半期/4分の1 for the first time this season.
"We showed glimpses but Melbourne are there for four ４半期/4分の1s and you can't say you're going to play a half or five minutes here, you need to play the 十分な game and we we ren't to the level we would like," St Kilda coach Brett Ratten said.
"We got a snapshot what the best looks like and can we 橋（渡しをする） that coming gap in the coming weeks or by the end of the year, I'm not sure, but that's the challenge for us."
In その上の 関心 for St Kilda, small 今後 Dan Butler was subbed out with a lower 脚 傷害 ahead of the last ４半期/4分の1 and 取って代わるd by Marcus Windhager.
Saints midfielder Zak Jones made an encouraging first 外見 for the season after returning from personal leave but could find himself in trouble with the match review officer for a 攻撃する，衝突する on Demons flyer Ed Langdon in the last ４半期/4分の1.
Things could get 本気で ugly next Sunday as Melbourne 直面する hapless West Coast, who have lost their last four games by an 普通の／平均（する） of 83 points, at Optus Stadium.
St Kilda will be hoping to get 支援する on the 勝利者s 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） when they host Geelong at Marvel Stadium on Saturday.
