3/4 time Casey Scorpions 12.10.82 to Sandringham 6.9.45

KC, looking forward to your summary at the end hopefully?

KC, looking forward to your summary at the end hopefully?

That was very subtle.......

Yeah, I know. Sorry. I'm keen to know about a couple and KC is always a good read.

A touch of rain won't hurt the cause.

Just down the road and its going to [censored] down.

I had Taggert and Tynan in my preferred Round 1 team vs Port

Might have gone too early but I rate them both highly

would have both of them in the MFC team ahead of a dozen of the current players

Taggert, Gawn & Spencer all apply nails in the Zebra coffin and the lead goes out to 57 points.

Good to see they are kicking on this week

I had Taggert and Tynan in my preferred Round 1 team vs Port

Might have gone too early but I rate them both highly

would have both of them in the MFC team ahead of a dozen of the current players

Same same.

Looking forward to the report.

We keep hearing from at least one poster here that (can't remember which) Taggert or Tynan "will be a gun"!

Any thoughts from your personal observations KC??

I don't think it's me but I do think he has considerable potential if managed right i.e. looking after his back

Final score and it's a big win 123 - 52.

Casey Scorpions 4.3.27 9.6.60 12.10.82 18.15.123

Sandringham 3.2.20 6.6.42 6.9.45 8.10.58

Goals

Casey Scorpions Gawn Taggert 4 Nicholls 3 Blease 2 Hogan Jetta Magner Spencer Tynan

Sandringham Dennis-Lane 4 Lee 2 Curren Michaliades

Best

Casey Scorpions Nicholls Blease Sellar Couch Gawn Taggert

Sandringham Shakallis Dennis-Lane Cockie Saunders Dunell Lee

Possession stats: Tom Couch 34 James Magner 31 Mitch Gent 26 Jim Toumpas 21.

123 - 52

nice!

KC, I haven't said this for a while but I, along with many others on this forum, appreciate your efforts to keep us updated about the scorps on match days and during the week. Reading your reports are always great as well.

Thanks again.

the disappearing post......hmmm

We keep hearing from at least one poster here that (can't remember which) Taggert or Tynan "will be a gun"!

Any thoughts from your personal observations KC??

It will be a couple of years before you might be able to call either one a gun but I would have Taggert ahead in the race. His four goal effort could earn him a game at AFL level, if not next week, then soon after the break. Tynan could become a steady defender but I don't think he's going to become a champion.

We keep hearing from at least one poster here that (can't remember which) Taggert or Tynan "will be a gun"!

Any thoughts from your personal observations KC??

Taggert should make it. He's got size, fitness and skill he just needs time and to find the footy at VFL level. He'll be a midfield/forward rotation guy at AFL.

Tynan I have big doubts on. Seems very slow and unskilled for a guy aiming to be an AFL defender.

Best players and goal kickers?

Is this round 8? if so this win (and percentage) should put us in the top 4.

POS TEAM P W L D B For Agst % PTS

1 Port Melbourne 7 5 1 1 0 707 623 113.48 22

2 Williamstown 7 5 2 0 0 876 513 170.76 20

3 Box Hill Hawks 7 5 2 0 0 755 555 136.04 20

4 Geelong Cats 7 5 2 0 0 773 620 124.68 20

5 Casey Scorpions 7 5 2 0 0 782 649 120.49 20

Why is it so hard to insert tabels ..argh!

Edited June 1, 201312 yr by Young Dee

A couple of observations from Sandy (I was there to watch my nephew go around in the development squad):

• A few people I spotted: Paul Gardiner, Choco Royal, Col Garland.
• Hogan took a terrific contested mark in the 1st quarter and is a very strong kid! Will be immovable in a couple years.
• Blease kicked a belter of a goal from near the boundary in the 2nd.
• Regardless of whether he played a good game or not Jimmy Toumpas makes very good position as an outside mid.Will prove a good choice in time.
• Magner shouldn't have been dropped.
• Casey seem to be well coached.

Taggert should make it. He's got size, fitness and skill he just needs time and to find the footy at VFL level. He'll be a midfield/forward rotation guy at AFL.

I thought Taggerts biggest weakness was his fitness? - wasn't he one of the slowest on the track over preseason? - maybe that was due to injuries

Edited June 1, 201312 yr by Young Dee

Injury Young Dee.

Rory has had stress fractures in his back and played virtually no footy last year. He did a limited pre-season this year. As you would expect his fitness is not at AFL level yet. But he will get there, and he has all the tools to be an 150 AFL game onballer/high half-forward.