Intraclub Practice Match - Thursday 20th February, 2014

[Young Dee 1,302]

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- Spencer. V King start the centre bounce in the intra-club clash at Gosch's Paddock

- Several Casey players are playing today to make up numbers for the intra-club

- Jack Fitzpatrick takes a nice grab on the lead, but misses for goal in the windy conditions

- Some match ups: Georgiou is playing on Hogan, Nicholson on Blease and McDonald on Fitzpatrick

- Maxy Gawn marks nicely on the lead and kicks truly

- Luke Tapscott hobbles from the ground

- Christian Salem shows some class and kicks a goal

- Christian Salem takes a fine sliding mark in the pocket at the Monash Fwy end and then slots a classy goal - impressive!

- Chris Dawes repeats Christian Salem's effort with a sliding mark in the pocket, before converting - fine effort

- Fitzy marks in the opposite pocket to Salem and Dawes and snaps a goal. Some good signs up forward.

- Jack Trengove takes a nice mark in the pocket and kicks a fine goal just before the end of the term

[Guest]

Viney, Kent, Watts, Fitz, Byrnes, Gawn, Dawes, Hogan, Salem, Harmes, Hunt and Westrupp all playing their first game for the year. As was Tapscott, but he went off with an injured knee a few minutes in. Not sure if Riley is out there, but he was training with the main group before

[Lil_red_fire_engine 10,142]

Michie, Watts, Dawes and Spencer best of first half. Salem has kicked two crackers one soccer, one set shot from pocket.

[Red N Blue Society 165]

How has Hogan gone today?

Good to see Jack Viney about!

[Its Time for Another 4,052]

Yes, looking good too

Yeh, but what about his football.

[ManDee 7,073]

Yeh, but what about his football.

So Groucho.

[The Reverend 1,704]

What's happening? I'm stuck at my desk. someone please let me know some details.

Cheers

[binman 37,872]

Yeh, but what about his football.

I think you've hit on something here. Wattsy is indeed a good looking young fella and i wonder if the Watts haters (you know who you are) are actually repressing their attraction to him and rather than deal with it go the opposite way.

[Redleg 37,523]

Particular thanks to Redleg for showing I'm only the 2nd worse comedian on DL.

I tried to keep them nice and hence they were pretty awful.

[ManDee 7,073]

Here in the bush we wonder what is going on. We wait, bated breath, nothing, we wait.....

[ManDee 7,073]

So from --Jayden Hunt shows plenty of dash through the middle. Nothing happened for 21 minutes until the end?

[Red N Blue Society 165]

What's happening? I'm stuck at my desk. someone please let me know some details.

Cheers

Same here!

Cmon Pepes! Somebody.... anybody..... a descriptive report!!

Pleease!

[olisik 4,060]

sounds like Salem coulf be worth trialing in the pocket.

[ManDee 7,073]

We are so impatient these days minutes.

[jackaub 1,402]

went for the first hour

No Jamar but Fitzy is looking great and he is now officially "Huge"

[ManDee 7,073]

We the 382 watchers could talk amongst ourselves.

[Red N Blue Society 165]

We are so impatient these days minutes.

LOL.

Its called fanatical..we want success...little things like intraclubs which probably mean zilch to opposition supporters mean the world to us...

Also because we've been so poor on field we want to know...how are we travelling in all aspects!

Well thats me anyway! lol

[tasmanlvr 529]

I'm sitting next to Roosy as he's doing an interview at the Café ATM so I'm stickybeaking a little bit. He spoke of Michael Voss and his tenure a little bit which could make for interesting reading.

Anyway...

It is perfect weather for the boys - it's freezing. Duffle coat represent because it's just too cold. Heck, maybe I'm going too far with the scarf but whatever.

A few of the Casey boys are here so I WON'T recognise everyone, damn it.

A lot of the group are playing a very amusing, highly entertaining game where they hold a ball in their hands with an additional ball coming in and they have to handball their ball away to a teammate before catching the ball that's approaching them, if you get my drift. It really is a laugh.

Teams:

White: Evans, Westrupp, Gawn, Trengove, Barry, Jetta, Blease, Hogan, Tapscott, Kent, Michie, McDonald, Spencer, Clisby, M Jones, Strauss.

Blue: Pedersen, Toumpas, Cross, Dunn, McKenzie, Frawley, Salem, JKH, Hunt, Grimes, Riley, Viney, Terlich, Nicholson, Byrnes, Tyson, Howe, King, Georgiou, Watts, Harmes, Vince, Dawes, N Jones, Bail, Fitzpatrick.

This along with the Casey players I mentioned before. More in white than blue, looking at those sides blue have a far far stronger side on paper.

Clark, Garland and Jamar doing rehab. Fitzy walking laps with Gawn.

Few stretches, runthroughs etc, short kicks too.

A very solid crowd coming down for a look.

Brr.

Ruckmen not doing short kicks except for Spencer which is VERY understandable.

Few short handballs now. Short kicks and a bit of 'groundball' as they call it. Casey boys are attacking it at 100k an hour which is good to see. They too want to show their worth.

Another drill, down the line kicks, hands and all.

Don't mind the look of Pedo at all. He's looking good.

'Turn and go' encouraged. We saw this at times on Friday night.

Brand new drill I haven't seen before. Kick from a pocket with three blokes running up through the corridor to deliver inside 50 at the other end.

More drills. To quote Millhouse: 'When are they getting to the fireworks factory???'

Proper umpires doing this intraclub, although when Matthew Nicholls is one of those umpires 'proper' is a very loose term.

Mammoth, mammoth, mammoth crowd here at Gosch's. Two/three deep in some places. We almost need a footy special from Richmond the crowd's that big.

More full grounder drills. The same as what we've done all pre season, think the crowd just want the game to get going.

IT'S HAPPENINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

THE INTRACLUB

Few senior blokes leaving. Jones, Toumpas, Dunn, Pedersen, McKenzie, Riley, Frawley, Howe, Vince etc. Doing some sprinting.

Quarter 1

Viv Michie on the burst, winning the first clearance.

Already a goal to white and it's one of the Casey boys.

White 1.0 (6) Blue 0.0 (0)

With the omissions the intraclub is better for it. Blue inside 50 now. Holding the ball against one of the Casey boys though.

Fitz with the dukes up and takes an uncontested mark. One behind.

White 1.0 (6) Blue 0.1 (1)

Goes down the ground eventually and big Max (Gawn) takes a pack mark. One behind.

White 1.1 (7) Blue 0.1 (1)

Although Blue progress 60m down White wins it back and Gawn takes it on the lead again and goals.

White 2.1 (13) Blue 0.1 (1)

From the clearance Tappy goes down and cannot put weight on his right ankle initially. Ouch. He walks off slowly.

Max Gawn with his third mark inside 50. Misses the lot but doesn't make the distance.

A Casey bloke hits the post.

White 2.2 (14) Blue 0.1 (1)

Blue goes coast-to-coast very quickly through Tyson and Salem kicks a goal much in the same vein as Frank Lampard would.

White 2.2 (14) Blue 1.1 (7)

Jack Watts with the clearance.

Inside 50, Dawes gets a bit of a cheap free after a push from McDonald. Dawes goals.

White 2.2 (14) Blue 2.1 (13)

Ball movement both sides quicker now. Watts looks like he's playing as that quarterback role. No score for the reminder of the quarter and it's quarter time.

Quarter 2

King's getting monstered by Spencer. Imagine him against Naitanui.

Viney giving out don't argues at will. Loving it.

Salem with a mark inside 50. Goal.

Blue 3.1 (19) White 2.2 (14)

Tyson roving a Spencer hit, loving it.

Westrupp shows some foot candy but gets cleaned up by JKH! Wow.

Dawes takes a nice mark on the dive. Goals from 45 out on the boundary.

Blue 4.1 (25) White 2.2 (14)

Blue on top now.

Byrnes with a set shot, misses everything but Fitz takes a mark and goals.

Blue 5.1 (31) White 2.2 (14)

Another F50 from Blue. They've taken over.

Dom Tyson reading hitouts, Wattsy getting a fair bit of it. I'm liking this midfield setup.

Something to warm the hearts of opposition fans. Watts with an intercept mark.

King with a mark inside 50. Goal.

Blue 6.1 (37) White 2.2 (14)

Terls out the middle to Fitz but Fitz screws the kick inside 50 and turns it over.

SPENCER HITS A TARGET to Hogan, who kicks short to Trengove. Goal.

Blue 6.1 (37) White 3.2 (20)

Half Time.

Quarter 3

Spencer grabbing it out the ruck haha.

Salem looking alright once again.

Possession footy from Blue as we've seen on Friday night.

Kent out on the full.

Boys on the sideline willing Kingy on haha.

Tyson turns everyone inside out and nearly nails goal of the day.

Blue 6.2 (38) White 3.2 (20)

Fitz takes a mark to the delight of Jonesy and the boys!!! It's a (very questionable) goal.

Blue 7.2 (44) White 3.2 (20)

Blue killing it. A rushed behind again.

Blue 7.3 (45) White 3.2 (20)

There's another shot which hits the post as I type.

Blue 7.4 (46) White 3.2 (20)

Bit of contested ball, in dispute.

Hogan eventually takes a mark, shot at goal, just doesn't make the distance.

Blue 7.4 (46) White 3.3 (21)

Low scoring quarter which ends with the scoreline.

Dawes is sitting out, a bit of a massage on his calf. Hope it's not serious.

Game over by the looks of things.

Update: Dawes has ice on his left calf, not sure of the severity but he looks pretty uncomfortable on the sideline.

[The Reverend 1,704]

We the 382 watchers could talk amongst ourselves.

C'mon, help us out. Give us something. Pleeease!

Who was training the house down?

Who was on fire?

Who is the next superstar?

Did Watts get a kick?

[The Reverend 1,704]

I'm sitting next to Roosy as he's doing an interview at the Café ATM so I'm stickybeaking a little bit. He spoke of Michael Voss and his tenure a little bit which could make for interesting reading.

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Thanks Tas.

[Hero1 74]

Dawes is injured all the time. Tapscott not much better. We need some resilient men who are suited to football. Many of these guys are just not built for the job.

[DemonOX 8,529]

I'm sitting next to Roosy as he's doing an interview at the Café ATM so I'm stickybeaking a little bit. He spoke of Michael Voss and his tenure a little bit which could make for interesting reading.

...

Thanks Tas.

So Dawes is injured again doubt he will be in the next NAB game then.

Geez it would be nice for him to have a run INJURY FREE.

[DemonOX 8,529]

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Thanks YD and also for the pics

How did Viney go?

[mdemonski2 403]

Don't be such a pessimist (although we are naturally attuned being dees suppporters!). Have you considered Dawes May just have copped a corky to the calf?

[DemonOX 8,529]

Don't be such a pessimist (although we are naturally attuned being dees suppporters!). Have you considered Dawes May just have copped a corky to the calf?

It's Dawes mdemonski he does nothing by halves!