Melbourne will head into Saturday's AFL clash with Adelaide undermanned after Dom Tyson and Jack Watts failed to prove their fitness in training on Thursday.

Coach Simon Goodwin said the pair, along with injured skippers Jack Viney and Nathan Jones and bad boy Tomas Bugg, were on a lengthy list of players unavailable for the match at Darwin's TIO Stadium.

Unavailable: Nathan Jones, Jack Watts and Tomas Bugg are all sidelined for the Dees. Credit:AFL Media/Getty Images

The Demons were shock 41-point winners over Adelaide earlier in the season and Goodwin confirmed tagger and ex-Crow Bernie Vince would again be going straight to influential midfielder Rory Sloane when they meet this weekend.

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