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Melbourne Demons earn biggest AFL win in 25 years

Melbourne have dished up a history-making shellacking of Carlton, defeating the Blues by 109 points at the MCG for their biggest win in 25 years.

The Demons moved into the top four by destroying their young opponents 25.9 (159) to 7.8 (50) on Sunday.

After emerging clear of a first-quarter tussle, the major point of interest quickly became Melbourne's winning margin.

To the delight of the Dees fans among 44,122 at the MCG, they earned a triple-figure win by kicking the last seven goals of the game.

It Melbourne's biggest win over Carlton in the 122-season history of the competition.

Tom McDonald kicked four first-half goals and by fulltime he was joined by four other multiple goal-kickers.

Jake Melksham tallied five majors and Alex Neal-Bullen was full of run and finished with four himself.

More than half of Melbourne's side featured on the goalkickers list - though spearhead Jesse Hogan left his run late and joined them with the last goal of the game.

Simon Goodwin said he was pleased his side never let up - just as they didn't in last week's 69-point drubbing of Gold Coast.

"That's two weeks in a row now and our leaders have been really instrumental in that," he said.

"They've been driving a really high standard around the footy club ... I thought the selflessness, the team-first actions were outstanding.

"We're starting to see the rewards of that."

At times Melbourne's dominance was look-away brutal.

Between Patrick Cripps' second-term goal and Jed Lamb's long bomb in the third term, Melbourne tallied seven straight goals to hit the century and rip the contest away from the Blues.

Carlton offered pressure-free football in a significant setback for Brendon Bolton's developing side after a season-first win last week against Essendon.

It was Bolton's worst loss as an AFL coach, making him eager for atonement next week.

"I'm glad its a six-day break. (Next week's) Geelong game can't come quick enough," Bolton said.

Cripps (31 disposals, eight tackles) never stopped trying but the Demons were rampant.

Max Gawn won his duel with Matthew Kreuzer, Angus Brayshaw (12 tackles) shined and Nathan Jones led from the front.

The margin was Melbourne's biggest win since a 1993 belting of Richmond, then coached by John Northey.

But Demons fans are getting used to seeing these sort of results.

The demolition job was Melbourne's fourth big win in a row and came after a 69-point belting of Gold Coast on the road last week.

While they'll play plenty of sides better than the Blues between now and round 23, it seems certain that the Demons are bound for a first finals appearance in 12 years.