Geelong v Casey Scorpions Qualifying Final

[KC from Casey 6,782]

Three quarter time: Geelong 12.13.75 lead Casey 7.3.45 as the weight of AFL listed players kicks on.

Leading Stats Pedersen 22, Gent 20, Couch 18, L.Tynan 16, Petropoulos 15, Plummer 14, Nicholls 11, Taggert, J.Tynan 10

[bing181 8,359]

Where is Magner?

Injured presumably. Why would he not be playing otherwise?

[SuzDee 13]

Davis injured - hamstring

[Earl Hood 5,885]

Injured presumably. Why would he not be playing otherwise?

This is the question. Magner and Davis were not on Misson's injury report but are missing in action! Anyone know what is going on?

[KC from Casey 6,782]

Only one more goal to the Cats so far in this quarter as the small group of Casey fans contemplated the long drive home.

[Cards13 9,117]

Who'd be a Casey fan, even less hope than the Dee's.

[Slartibartfast 16,139]

Well done KC

[KC from Casey 6,782]

The plumber gets Casey's eighth goal. Little bloke. Big heart.

[KC from Casey 6,782]

Geelong lead now 43 points as we move into time on.

[KC from Casey 6,782]

All over and Geelong win by 49 points.

Casey Scorpions 3.1.19 6.2.38 7.3.45 8.3.51

Geelong 3.6.24 7.11.53 12.13.85 14.16.100

Goals

Casey Scorpions Gillies 2 Corry Couch Page Pedersen Petropoulos Plummer

Geelong Kersten 4 Bathie Barham Walker Stringer 2 Horlin-Smith Hunt

Best

Casey Scorpions Gent Pedersen Petropoulos Plummer Tynan Riseley

Geelong Sheringham Brown Horlin-Smith Corrigan Hunt Banjanin

Leading stats Pedersen 29, L Tynan 26, Gent 25, Couch, Plummer 21, Petropoulos 17, Barry, Taggert 16, J.Tynan 15

Casey plays the winner of Sunday's Essendon v Werribee elimination final. The Scorpions have been eliminated by the Tigers two years in a row so it could well be a case of déjà vu.

[spirit of norm smith 13,647]

MFC must be popping champagne corks

[deanox 9,026]

Bad luck scorps, difficult with the lack of AFL listed players. Damn a win last weekend could have made a big difference to this finals campaign.

KC any idea who we are likely to get next week?

[KC from Casey 6,782]

Bad luck scorps, difficult with the lack of AFL listed players. Damn a win last weekend could have made a big difference to this finals campaign.

KC any idea who we are likely to get next week?

Yes - next week it's against the winner of Sunday's Essendon v Werribee elimination final. Likely venue is North Port Oval on 8 September.

I have made a list at home of the players I believe have qualified and will post it at the weekend.

[dpositive 1,604]

Yes - next week it's against the winner of Sunday's Essendon v Werribee elimination final. Likely venue is North Port Oval on 8 September.

I have made a list at home of the players I believe have qualified and will post it at the weekend.

Thanks again KC

Look forward to your usual thorough summary

[Whispering_Jack 28,132]

Playing Geelong on its home patch and with the side severely depleted by injury anyway, it's safe to say we were always going to lose. The Cats apparently had18 AFL listed players.

The situation changes for Casey from next week and I believe that after, eliminating the injured and retired players, there should be about a dozen Demons available including Jake Spencer and Max Gawn which gives the team a strong edge in the ruck against most VFL teams. And following this loss, the Scorpions are in the "safer" half of the draw with Werribee and Box Hill as likely opponents on the way to the grand final if they can find winning form.

The big pity is that we won't see Jesse Hogan taking part in finals footy which would have been a good progression for him as he moves up to become a fully fledged AFL player. Given how Cam Pedersen went its a pity the club didn't qualify him for the VFL finals last week (they flew him to Adelaide to be first emergency instead) and what a pity Joel Macdonald and David Rodan had to retire? They would have added that extra ingredient of experience that is so important in finals series.

In any event, we still have some minor interest left in the season.

[Pennant St Dee 11,919]

Cheers for the updates KC much appreciated

[bing181 8,359]

Given how Cam Pedersen went its a pity the club didn't qualify him for the VFL finals last week (they flew him to Adelaide to be first emergency instead)

Casey just played Geelong in the first of the finals, Pedersen played, therefore he must be eligible. What am I missing here?

[Whispering_Jack 28,132]

Casey just played Geelong in the first of the finals, Pedersen played, therefore he must be eligible. What am I missing here?

With Melbourne playing this week, Casey was able to play anybody who didn't make the team against the Western Bulldogs.

Next week, with Melbourne out of competition, the qualification rules apply. These basically require AFL listed players to have played at least six matches with their VFL affiliate during the home and away season. Pedersen played five and hence, his season is over.

[Bring-Back-Powell 13,675]

Gillies 5 goals in 2 weeks.

The next John Coleman?

[KC from Casey 6,782]

I promised yesterday to provide my list of players who are eligible to represent Casey for the remainder of the finals series. Hopefully, we have a clear run with injuries which will influence the final make up of the team.

Rohan Bail (*) ^

Dom Barry

Sam Blease (injured/season)

Mitch Clisby #

Tom Couch

Troy Davis +

Max Gawn ^

Tom Gillies

Jesse Hogan (injured/season**)

Neville Jetta ^

Joel Macdonald (retired)

James Magner +

David Rodan (injured/retired)

James Sellar ^

Jake Spencer ^

Nathan Stark +

James Strauss (injured/season)

Rory Taggert

Josh Tynan

* Bail has played 5 games for Casey seniors and 1 for the development league (eligibility being checked)

** reported to be a possibility to be fit if Casey makes the grand final but this is highly unlikely

# missed this week with suspension

^ missed this week due to senior duties including emergencies

+ missed this week; believed due to injury

[daisycutter 28,728]

why can't joel play?

doesn't retirement mean at end of season?

[Machsy 2,858]

This is the question. Magner and Davis were not on Misson's injury report but are missing in action! Anyone know what is going on?

MFC was purposely holding them back, purely to [censored] off Casey and overexcited supporters...

FMD.

[bing181 8,359]

With Melbourne playing this week, Casey was able to play anybody who didn't make the team against the Western Bulldogs.

Next week, with Melbourne out of competition, the qualification rules apply. These basically require AFL listed players to have played at least six matches with their VFL affiliate during the home and away season. Pedersen played five and hence, his season is over.

Thanks. Thought the 6 game rule applied to all finals.

[Dee-licious 1,869]

Thanks KC. That is not a bad list at all. Gives us some structure up forward and down back.

[Freddy Fuschia 666]

why can't joel play?

doesn't retirement mean at end of season?

When he announced his retirement, he announced that it would be effective immediately after that weekend's game against Bendigo. Unfortunately, we lost 4 or 5 players (including Hogan) to injury the same week.