Casey Scorpions v Bendigo Bombers

[Yze_Magic 3]

Trent Zomer (Reserves) - 17 kicks 4 handballs 12 marks 5 goals 8 behinds

I know it was only reserves, but thats some nice numbers.

13 scoring shots.

Maybe he can finally crack a seniors game?

[JACKATTACK 17]

Can't argue with that. It was very much a snooze and, as you can imagine, difficult to assess the relative performances.

Good news is that Casey is now in fourth place after coming from a long way down following a thrashing at Sandringham in round 1 and a narrow defeat to Port Melbourne in Round 2.

FWIW here are some of the pertinent stats from the game(s). I've included Trent Zomer's effort in the reserves - he kicked 5.8!

Clint Bartram - 17 kicks 12 handballs 4 marks 8 tackles 1 goal 0 behinds

Daniel Bell - 14 kicks 18 handballs 6 marks 1 goal 1 behind

Kyle Cheney - 12 kicks 8 handballs 6 marks

Lynden Dunn - 17 kicks 7 handballs 9 marks 3 goals 2 behinds

Paul Johnson - 14 kicks 10 handballs 8 marks

Jordie McKenzie - 9 kicks 8 handballs 4 marks

Brad Miller - 9 kicks 9 handballs 6 marks 2 goals 3 behinds

Michael Newton - 13 kicks 8 handballs - 4 marks 7 tackles 4 goals 3 behinds

Shane Valenti - 7 kicks 8 handballs 1 mark 1 goal 0 behinds

Matthew Whelan - 5 kicks 13 handballs 1 marks 5 tackles

Trent Zomer (Reserves) - 17 kicks 4 handballs 12 marks 5 goals 8 behinds

I thought PJ was great in the ruck and covered plenty of ground to link up and take contested marks. A few of his possessions were just terrible though, including a couple where he stuffed up a bounce right in front of the crowd, that seems to stick in my mind more than anything else he did all day.

Dissapointed Jordie didn't get a bit more of the ball, there were a few possessions there that just looked great. He has good pace and foot skills.

Cheney very strong, has a good set of hands on him, he hits a marking contest with impeccable timing.

Newton, is working very hard on his second efforts, still can't kick.

Bartram, worked hard all day, let himself down with his disposal at times.

Dunn was BoG for me, though I do admit I lost interest after a while so there may have been others that performed better.

Can't remember seeing Bell, Whelan or Valenti a lot, but then I did tend to float towards the casey forward line more often than not.

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Valenti's figures...? Is he injured or was it a quiet game?

[DemonDave 1,089]

I know it was only reserves, but thats some nice numbers.

13 scoring shots.

Maybe he can finally crack a seniors game?

He played last week in the seniors against Willi. And couldnt get a sniff of it, didnt look anywhere near as desperate to win the footy as Newton did. Its frustrating as obviouslsy he has the ability to boss them at reserves level but doesnt appear willing or able to make the next step up in itensity.

Edited July 6, 2009 by DemonDave

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Valenti's figures...? Is he injured or was it a quiet game?

Heavy tag all day.