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Can we send back the rest of the MFC team to Casey as most of them can't play AFL footy anyway so they will not be missed. May be they could win a few games as well. That would be good for their confidence.

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good, set himself with mitch clark for a huge pre season

I actually feel for him as I'm sure he would loved to have been involved in a finals tilt in his first VFL season - particularly considering that Casey's position is in no small part due to his contribution on the field... so, not good in my opinion.

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good, set himself with mitch clark for a huge pre season

I think it's disappointing, personally. It's good that he'll be fit for pre-season, but he has been a huge part of Casey's form this year and I reckon he'd have wanted to finish the job he started. Not the end of the world, just a bit of a bummer I think.

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Disappointing for Jesse and for Casey. But good news that he'll be right for preseason.

Although by my count the VFL grand final is not for 5 weeks. If the guys beat Box Hill this week they will likely head in to finals in second place with momentum. Do we want to give up on it so easy?

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He's ok to play VFL Finals but they won't risk him.

And no should they.

If he was fit I'd be all for him playing, because it's great experience and he would signficantly help the cause of winning a premiership.

However, his body is young and still developing and we should take absolutely no risk with somebody so important. The significance of him doing a full pre season can't be underestimated.

I would think that if his body is up to it, he probably will play 23 games next year and every season after that.

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And no should they.

If he was fit I'd be all for him playing, because it's great experience and he would signficantly help the cause of winning a premiership.

However, his body is young and still developing and we should take absolutely no risk with somebody so important. The significance of him doing a full pre season can't be underestimated.

I would think that if his body is up to it, he probably will play 23 games next year and every season after that.

if he is fit he should play

list management and crappy red'n'blue-print is part of the faulty culture that got us into this shytey position

let's not turn him into another jw

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26 including finals ..

You're assuming we get a double chance...even the greatest optimist would reckon our 1988-like run into the GF would come from the bottom four, giving us 27 matches.

Not sure what you guys are talking about...

After our week off in finals courtesy of our win over the Hawks, we'll have played 25 games at the end of next year...

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