I wish I was as sure, but he is getting into the contests now. Watching him at training pre season he was very timid when confronted with a contest, this didn't seem to be the case today so I would say he is developing pretty well which is a good sign.

Being his frame, I would be a little anxious too. Confidence builds when your body builds.

Did Davis play?

Emergency, Both he and Kent did not play.

how did Jesse Hogan play????

Played an OK game, delivery wasn't great to him. Made contests and brought the ball to the ground. Lead up the ground well also. Finished with just the 1 goal i believe.

Does anyone know why Taggert's playing in the forward line?

Did he have any time in the midfield yesterday?

Initially, I thought they were just trying to get him fit, now I don't get it.

Maybe it's a back management issue?

I really don't think we need another hack defensive forward when our midfield is so tragic

Can anyone enlighten

yes, they need to get his body built properly so keeping him out of the guts for now, but making reasonable fist of playing forward, so we will have a big bodied midfielder who can also play forward and kick goals, sound familiar to someone everybody thinks will leave at the end of the season, what the Club actually developing properly we can't have that the naysayers (hi Rjay) won't like that

Edited May 19, 201312 yr by Satyriconhome

yes, they need to get his body built properly so keeping him out of the guts for now, but making reasonable fist of playing forward, so we will have a big bodied midfielder who can also play forward and kick goals, sound familiar to someone everybody thinks will leave at the end of the season, what the Club actually developing properly we can't have that the naysayers (hi Rjay) won't like that

thats exactly what I imagined they were doing, easing his body into being a midfielder by rotating thru there for prescribed minutes & learning how to setup/kick goals at the same time as he's learning.

the footy department are finally teaching & developing,,, rather than hit & hoping... there is a structure & a methodology about how they do things which just makes sense.

yes, they need to get his body built properly so keeping him out of the guts for now, but making reasonable fist of playing forward, so we will have a big bodied midfielder who can also play forward and kick goals, sound familiar to someone everybody thinks will leave at the end of the season, what the Club actually developing properly we can't have that the naysayers (hi Rjay) won't like that

try telling that to the doomdayers that is what they want but don't see because they don't want to believe it!!

yes, they need to get his body built properly so keeping him out of the guts for now, but making reasonable fist of playing forward, so we will have a big bodied midfielder who can also play forward and kick goals, sound familiar to someone everybody thinks will leave at the end of the season, what the Club actually developing properly we can't have that the naysayers (hi Rjay) won't like that

I can't remember ever saying anything about development apart from your comment about Pederson needing some time to develop. If this is the reasoning for Taggert playing forward then that is good, I just hope they leave him in the senior VFL team because he does fall in and out of the game in that position. If you check through my posts over the last year and a bit you will find I am a big supporter of Taggert, good size, good kick and strong mark. When played in the midfield he picks up a lot of ball.

thats exactly what I imagined they were doing, easing his body into being a midfielder by rotating thru there for prescribed minutes & learning how to setup/kick goals at the same time as he's learning.

the footy department are finally teaching & developing,,, rather than hit & hoping... there is a structure & a methodology about how they do things which just makes sense.

If you watched yesterday's game he is not going through the midfield at all. Just rotates around the forward line.

yes, they need to get his body built properly so keeping him out of the guts for now, but making reasonable fist of playing forward, so we will have a big bodied midfielder who can also play forward and kick goals, sound familiar to someone everybody thinks will leave at the end of the season, what the Club actually developing properly we can't have that the naysayers (hi Rjay) won't like that

He is a totally different player, yes he has a good size but that's where the similarity ends. Silvia is an explosive burst player but with no awareness and wastes a lot of ball.

Taggert is a much more composed player with good awareness and he uses the ball well.

And hence the score perhaps. Both good kids, silly not to have them on a park somewhere. Wasted week for both od them and both sides got done. Don't see the sense in that.

Emergency, Both he and Kent did not play.

And hence the score perhaps. Both good kids, silly not to have them on a park somewhere. Wasted week for both od them and both sides got done. Don't see the sense in that.

The way they've been playing the younger kids is giving them a break, my guess is it was Kent's turn.

The Casey Scorpions' promising start to the 2013 is stalling. After winning the first four games of the season in impressive fashion and then coming close to ending Port Melbourne's long undefeated run of home wins, they crashed to earth at Casey Fields on Saturday.

Casey kicked the opening goal of the game against the Box Hill Hawks when Mitch Gent roved a pack and kicked truly, but then conceded two by way of frees in front of goal and, after that, were never allowed back into the game apart from a brief flutter early in the second term when Jake Best kicked truly to reduce the gap to two points.

The breeze that had been nothing more than a mere zephyr at the start of the game had stiffened by the start of the second term and this was to be of great significance for the contest. After Best's goal it was all one way traffic as the Hawks combined brilliantly and moved the ball with pinpoint accuracy as they ripped the Casey defence apart kicking eight unanswered goals in the space of less than twenty minutes to go to a 50 point lead before a Dominic Barry goal stemmed the flow a little.

To compound matters, Casey was extremely wasteful when its turn for the use of the wind came after half time. They kicked 3 goals 8 behinds in the third term, the inaccuracy snuffing out any hope of a major revival. The visitors cantered away in the final quarter to win by 60 points and delivered a crushing blow to Casey's prospects for the season.

With Melbourne's growing injury list and the Demons' policy of holding back two emergencies for their games, the Scorpions were down to just ten Demon listed players plus youngster Jesse Hogan who was quiet and restricted to just a single goal.

Cam Pedersen was a tower of strength all day and Tom Couch worked hard despite a tag while Jake Best and Mitch Gent were the best of the Casey listed players.

The Scorpions face another tough test under lights at Skilled Stadium on Friday night against ladder leaders Geelong who will be smarting after their first loss of the season at the weekend.

HOW THE DEMONS FARED

Dominic Barry 10 kicks 7 handballs 17 disposals 3 marks 1 tackle 1 goal

Sam Blease 17 kicks 5 handballs 22 disposals 4 marks 2 tackles

Thomas Couch 15 kicks 15 handballs 30 disposals 2 marks 7 tackles 1 goal 1 behind

Jack Fitzpatrick 10 kicks 3 handballs 13 disposals 5 marks 3 tackles 10 hit outs 1 goal 4 behinds

Thomas Gillies 9 kicks 3 handballs 12 disposals 6 marks

Jesse Hogan 8 kicks 5 handballs 13 disposals 3 marks 5 tackles 4 hit outs 1 goal 1 behind

Joel Macdonald 11 kicks 7 handballs 18 disposals 4marks 1 tackle

Cameron Pedersen 13 kicks 9 handballs 22 disposals 10 marks 4 tackles

David Rodan 8 kicks 8 handballs 16 disposals 7 tackles

Jake Spencer 5 kicks 11 handballs 16 disposals 3 marks 3 tackles 29 hit outs

Rory Taggert 10 kicks 1 handballs 11 disposals 4 marks

Casey Scorpions 2.2.14 4.3.27 7.11.53 9.12.66

Box Hill Hawks 3.4.22 12.8.80 13.9.87 19.12.126

Goals

Casey Scorpions Best 2 Barry Couch Fitzpatrick Fowler Gent Hogan Page

Box Hill Hawks Anderson Savage 3 Grimley Lock 2 Cassidy Frank Hallahan Iles Murphy Lowden Lawlor Wanganeen Wood

Best

Casey Scorpions Pedersen Couch Best Macdonald Spencer Nicholls

Box Hill Hawks Murphy Langford Ceglar Lock Hallahan Anderson

2013 AFL Victoria Development League

Casey Scorpions 3.2.20 3.3.21 7.4.52 8.8.56

Box Hill Hawks 2.0 9.4 10.8 12.12.84

Goals

Casey Scorpions McInnes Smith 2 Pollard M Rosier Troutman Waters

Box Hill Hawks Cust 3 Johnson 2 Graham Harvey McDonald Miles Northe O'Donnell Post

Best

Casey Scorpions Riseley Corrigan Waters Smith Hill McInnes

Box Hill Hawks Post O'Donnell Cust Graham Eade Wilsen

How Spencer got in the best is amazing, must have been because of his chase and tackle. He was comprehensively beaten in the ruck.