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CASEY SCORPIONS v FOOTSCRAY BULLDOGS - VFL FINALS WEEK 1


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13 minutes ago, DemonDave said:

Best for mine today was Matt Jones. Not only did he have the most touches be would've had the most metres gained out there his run and carry, and the uncanny knack of him and Viv seemingly always finding each other with their kicks. Another great game from the lesser Jones (also good to see Nathan and all the other boys here today).

Second best Lynden Dunn, marshals the defence with authority, wasn't beaten all day in the 1 on 1s, his field kicking was superb, constantly hitting long targets with bullet passes. 

In defence he was ably supported by the skipper who was great, Mitch White whose ability to read the ball in the air and spoil or intercept was a highlight, and Jimmy Munro who had a cracker of a game. 

Michie was great especially early, Nibbler after a quietish first quarter really worked his was into it with his work rate and also took a couple of great marks. 

Olivers hands in traffic are unbelievable, he just find time and space in close to give to others in a better position to clear the stoppage.  He was fantastic and also appeared hellbent on squaring up with whoever it was that left him on his haunches earlier in the quarter when the last quarter scuffle broke out. 

Angus Scott had a day out with 4, he's kicked quite a few goals this year now, and 23rd player Ferreira also showed some neat tricks when he swings onto that left foot.

Spence was quiet and well beaten by Minson but McInerney provided him a decent chopout.

Terlich was very busy, but quite often makes basic skills execution look quick extremely difficult.  If he hadve kicked straighter it would've been a great day for him.  He may get a week for the late hit he needlessly put on his opponent in the 3rd, he got reported for it. 

Grimes was pretty industrious on his wing made some great takles and the last term goal a good reward for his day

Agree with most of this.  I'm surprised Terlich only had 24 because for mine he was terrific and finding the ball but he clearly wants a job in the meat trade when he leaves football.  It's not that he makes mistakes under pressure, he just misses players 20 to 30 metres away under little pressure.  It's a shame because he was terrific other than that.

Weideman was good today.  Slow start but ended up taking about 3 contested marks, never looked like missing and got around the ground well and made good decisions.  His pass to Scott on his left in the third was all class and whilst I reckon he'll need a lot of time to play AFL footy he'll be great when he gets there because he makes the most of his opportunities.  He also needs a couple more preseasons to get a tank.  I hope he just dedicates himself to getting fit this preseason.  Most promising game I've seen from him today, not that he dominated but that he showed exciting glimpses.

Garlo was awful early but played very well towards the end and Kennedy was busy.  

I feel so much for Grimes.  He did some fantastic stuff today and looked a class above but the writing is clearly on the wall.  I won't argue with the FD because they will have their reasons but I don't understand his treatment which was detailed in an earlier post.  Hardly a mistake today.  You can play semantics all you like but we don't want him and whether he gets a gig elsewhere I don't know but it would be hard to believe that Brisbane wouldn't be just crying out for someone like him to go there, teach culture, be a role model and help bring that club together.  Reality is I just suppose we just don't need him.  Sad.

 

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What was the crowd like? Plenty of Melbourne fans around? I remember a couple of years ago the Dogs fans really got behind their VFL and it made it really special, would love to hear the Melbourne faithful doing the same. 

I feel like it's Casey's to lose this year, we've been dominant all year and have got the finals monkey off the back. We've also got a large amount of MFC listed players available. Signs are good!

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4 minutes ago, Pates said:

What was the crowd like? Plenty of Melbourne fans around? I remember a couple of years ago the Dogs fans really got behind their VFL and it made it really special, would love to hear the Melbourne faithful doing the same. 

I feel like it's Casey's to lose this year, we've been dominant all year and have got the finals monkey off the back. We've also got a large amount of MFC listed players available. Signs are good!

"Dominant all year" - except for that appalling display against The Filth.......

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Interesting game. I thaught Dunn was our best player today with one of the reasons being he can kick the ball properly. No good going on about Terlich and Matt Jones. Their disposal was dreadful. Infact I thaught our disposal going into the forward 50 today was bad.

I'd like to mention Scott, Oliver, Neale Bullen, and newton as good players. Number 1 in the backline was very good as well.

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11 minutes ago, dl4e said:

Interesting game. I thaught Dunn was our best player today with one of the reasons being he can kick the ball properly. No good going on about Terlich and Matt Jones. Their disposal was dreadful. Infact I thaught our disposal going into the forward 50 today was bad.

I'd like to mention Scott, Oliver, Neale Bullen, and newton as good players. Number 1 in the backline was very good as well.

Spot on.

The crowd was quite big and I had to park a couple of ovals away.  The Scorps took the opportunity to make the most of the crowd, $15 for entry but they also saw fit to only have two food outlets open and the queue's were horrendous.  Just dumb.

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1 minute ago, Vogon Poetry said:

Spot on.

The crowd was quite big and I had to park a couple of ovals away.  The Scorps took the opportunity to make the most of the crowd, $15 for entry but they also saw fit to only have two food outlets open and the queue's were horrendous.  Just dumb.

Took the whole 2nd qtr to get a coffee. But the Bacon rolls were excellent. The bulldogs bloke broke his leg apparently. The last quarter was a boil over but great to watch. Smith takes a great mark or two. Love Angus Scott (27). Only a little fella but gets into it, 

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1 minute ago, Samael said:

Took the whole 2nd qtr to get a coffee. But the Bacon rolls were excellent. The bulldogs bloke broke his leg apparently. The last quarter was a boil over but great to watch. Smith takes a great mark or two. Love Angus Scott (27). Only a little fella but gets into it, 

Ah thank you Samael... at last a comment on the culinary highlight of the day.

We should find a way of getting these delicacies served at the MCG (only at Melbourne games of course)

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29 minutes ago, dl4e said:

Interesting game. I thaught Dunn was our best player today with one of the reasons being he can kick the ball properly. No good going on about Terlich and Matt Jones. Their disposal was dreadful. Infact I thaught our disposal going into the forward 50 today was bad.

I'd like to mention Scott, Oliver, Neale Bullen, and newton as good players. Number 1 in the backline was very good as well.

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41 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Ah thank you Samael... at last a comment on the culinary highlight of the day.

We should find a way of getting these delicacies served at the MCG (only at Melbourne games of course)

Yes but spotless would charge $50 and stuff them up.

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2 minutes ago, Diamond said:

I'd be very happy if Casey wins the premiership. But I doubt it will happen. I've become very cynical after all these years of melbourne.

We finished on top by considerable percentage. We beat Collingwood on their own training ground. We had a great win over a good side today. I'll back us in.

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40 minutes ago, Diamond said:

No I believe it. They beat Casey earlier this year. Easily.

Just checked the results of that game. http://websites.sportstg.com/round_info.cgi?a=MATCH&fixture=124569746&c=1-118-0-392693-0&pool=1

It appears Clayton Oliver didn't play that game. He will be the difference. He is the chosen one. He is the MFC messiah.

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5 hours ago, SaberFang said:

Sounds like the boys are having a field day! Loving this! Great to see the team switched on.

 

Isn't it great to see our boys having fun, enjoying they're footy, working their butts off defensively then rebounding, & the up-shot; Winning, a big part of the recipe for success.

We're on the fringe of being a club again, baby steps to the threshold.  Knock at that door, and hopefully we'll step through it.

 

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I apologize for not posting till now, but busy evening after the game.

An odd game. Casey seemed to have the majority of the play in the first 1/4, yet were very wateful going forward with their slow ball movement and Footscray seemed to be able to bring their superior speed to the fore on the counter attack to have an early lead.

Casey made an effort to move the ball quicker in the 2nd term and that resulted in greater scoring opportunities that they were able to take advantage of. The dogs though to their credit were able to keep Casey in check and still score on the counter and stay within 8 points at the half. At that stage it felt as though it would be a tight contest for the duration.

Third term saw Casey's midfield really assert their dominance and control the play in their forward half. The weed gave us a glimpse of the future with some strong marking and conversion and open up a 5 goal 3/4 time lead.

Final term was looking tight over the first 7 minutes. After Oliver was cleaned up at the first center contest, the Dogs did all the early attacking and got to within 22 points. And after earlier in the season Casey gave up a 5 goal 3/4 time lead against the Dogs, I was feeling a little nervous. However Oliver came back on and Casey kicked the next 8 goals of the game to do it in a canter and book a prelim finals birth against one of Williamstown, Port Melbourne or Sandringham  (watch out Myke Cook!).

Here's how I saw the Melbourne listed players.

Jack Trengove: So, so game. Was solid without dominating. Did his work in close and what he did, he did well. Didn't notice any bad mistakes. Was clean with ball in hand.

Clayton Oliver: I thought he was very good. We all know his hands are great, and he seems to kick it a bit more at VFL level which is good. I just loved his aggression at the contest and man. 

Lynden Dunn: Slow start, but i thought Dunny was one of the main catalysts for Casey taking control of the game in the 2nd term. Took countless intercept marks and directed traffic in defence. It was Dunny who started cutting off a lot of the Dogs forward entries in the 2nd quarter and was able to allow us to mount repeat entries ourselves. It hasn't been a great year for Dunn, but with the way he played today he'll give himself every opportunity to win his spot in the 22 back next year.

Ben Newton: Seemed to play off half back which was a different role for him. Played it well and did a few nice things.

Colin Garland: Thought he really struggled early. One stage in the 2nd term i thought he pulled out of a marking contest against Minson, however that could have been my depth perseption. To be fair though, he really lifted in the 2nd half to provide some run & rebound.

Viv Michie: I thought he was our best. Won plenty of ball on the inside & the outside. He used the ball well and hit the score board which is something only 12 months ago he rarely did. I don't expect Michie to be on our list next year, but will be shocked if someone else doesn't pick him up.

Sam Weideman: His third term put a smile to my face. Took some really strong marks and kicked some telling goals to put us clear of the opposition. He flew for his marks all day and gets his hands to a lot of contests. He still needs to work on his tank and build some strength. But gee that 3rd term was the best of Sammy Weideman.

Liam Hulett: Quiet game, but again he worked and competed hard at the contest. Kicked 2 final term goals for effort.

Alex Neal-Bullen: He had a mare of a first 1/4, turning it ovet and fumbling it repeatedly. I assume that was just finals nerves and pressure. From the 2nd term onwards it was the Nibbler we normally see at this level. Tough around the contest, running to the right places and being smart around goal kicking 2. Was good to see him come back.

Jack Grimes: After Michie, i thought Grimey was our best. Was strong in the air and provided plenty of run as well as winning plenty of inside ball. A game for his potential suitors today.

Jake Spencer: Battled hard in the ruck against Minson. I'd of said broke even from a ruck perspective, but he didn't have much of an impact around the ground.

Ben Kennedy: I thought in the first quarter when we were struggling Kennedy was probably our best. Was the main one in our midfield trying to get some run and quick ball movement going. Had less of an impact after quarter time, but as the team lifted, he wasn't required to.

Mitchell White: For those calling for White to be delisted, today was a good match to watch. His ball use was very good and his ability to peel off his man to affect a contest (Alex Rance style) was fantastic. I think he's earnt a 3rd year on the rookie list, but we'll wait and see.

Matt Jones: Ran hard all day and was our most consistent player at breaking the lines & gaining meters. Burned about 3 team mates late in the game when he had a long range shot for goal that thankfully went through. But when your 10 goals up you can probably afford to do that.

Dean Terlich: In the first half was our most dangerous forward. Was so wasteful though kicking 2.3 and one out of bounds on the full. He's certainly re-invented himself as a forward. But end of the day, i don't think it will change anything.

NOT SIGHTED 

Christian Salem: I heard reports he injured himself at training during the week. Hopefully he returns for the prelim as his disposal could be the difference between a premiership and heartbreak.

Joel Smith: I never saw him. D-League?

Max King: I know he was D-League.

Really happy with the win on a few fronts. Obviously the week off for the players and the belief it gives them. But also allows the Melbourne players to enjoy their B&F on Tuesday night without backing up that weekend. They're certainly a real shot to go all the way, and after all the recent finals failures over the years since the alignment. It's good to see the club finally taking it seriously.

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