I believe there will be some form of practice match for Casey players including those not in Sunday's squad v West Coast so that perhaps Garlo, the Russian and Jack Viney will get their opportunities to impress for round 3 v GWS.

And the saga continues

Melbourne utility Jack Watts sits out training (herald sun article)

More injuries just what we need.

The footy gods must really be pizzed at us.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/melbourne-utility-jack-watts-sits-out-training-while-recruit-bernie-vince-says-delivery-must-be-more-precise/story-fni5f91a-1226865014814

Just can't catch a break

JACK Watts has compounded Melbourne’s big man problems by missing training yesterday.

Watts’ left leg was encased in a compression bandage from knee to ankle as he watched skills work from the boundary line at Gosch’s Paddock.

While the Demons’ main session was four days out from Sunday’s game against West Coast at the MCG, any niggle to the player adjudged best by coach Paul Roos in the opening round loss is a worry.

Watts, who excelled in his new midfield role against St Kilda, jogged a couple of straight-line run-throughs under supervision before walking back to a group of support staff on the sidelines.

He had a brief discussion with Roos in the middle of the oval early in the session before he returned to the club headquarters at AAMI Park with key defender Tom McDonald who’s restricted by a thigh injury.

Key forward Chris Dawes appeared midway through training to slowly jog laps, but he’s not close to being ready to play again.

Edited March 26, 201411 yr by Guest

Players over 190cm on our list:

Mark Jamar OUT

Mitch Clark OUT

Chris Dawes OUT

Jesse Hogan OUT

Colin Garland OUT

Jack Fitzpatrick QUESTIONABLE

Tom McDonald QUESTIONABLE

Jack Watts QUESTIONABLE

Max Gawn QUESTIONABLE

Jake Spencer FIT

Lynden Dunn FIT

James Frawley FIT

Jeremy Howe FIT (Yet hardly a tall)

Max King NOT READY FOR AFL

Cameron Pederson SPUD

15 players over 190cm on our list, and as little as five of them will be playing this week. Two of those five hardly count as talls (Pederson for his general lack of ability/clue, and Howe is not a KPP).

This will be coming up against a team that last week played 3 ruckman, two seperate big key forwards and three big key backs.

Could/will be very ugly

I cannot believe my eyes

I suppose this will be about 10 weeks, drip-fed to us 2 weeks at a time

Right after his best ever game

We're doomed.

Priority pick please AFL

If Neeld was in charge the minions would be blaming Neeld, McLardy, Schwab, Connolly, Craig, the bootstudder and Sean Denham for the situation. Given that he's not, we're just blaming fate.

I do blame one of them in particular for the situation we are in 'Jack', don't you worry about that and was cursing him and a few others as I left the ground on Saturday night.

If we'd kicked 15.6 instead of 6.15 would we be so worried about our tall forward injuries? I'd suggest not. All is not lost guys, our new midfield has played a grand total of 1 games together.

Give it time. The tide will turn.

The cancer that was in our club last year is no longer present. We will not plunge to those depths again now that we have far more capable people running things, I can assure you.

Plus i think a lot of people underestimate what Fitzy is capable of with a decent number and quality of F50 entries.

Edited March 26, 201411 yr by Allen Jakovich

Hahha I love how they still say "player x had a brief chat to the coach in the centre and then left the track." Like it would be news to the coach the player was sore and not training. It's not local footy, well in out case it has been.

I do blame one of them in particular for the situation we are in 'Jack', don't you worry about that and was cursing him and a few others as I left the ground on Saturday night.

+1

Priority pick please AFL

That will fall on deaf ears.

Players over 190cm on our list:

Mark Jamar OUT

Mitch Clark OUT

Chris Dawes OUT

Jesse Hogan OUT

Colin Garland OUT

Jack Fitzpatrick QUESTIONABLE

Tom McDonald QUESTIONABLE

Jack Watts QUESTIONABLE

Max Gawn QUESTIONABLE

Jake Spencer FIT

Lynden Dunn FIT

James Frawley FIT

Jeremy Howe FIT (Yet hardly a tall)

Max King NOT READY FOR AFL

Cameron Pederson SPUD

Gee that's a depressing list...

We'll be talking about this win for years to come.

We'll be talking about this win for years to come.

Ooh Yehh!!! Wish there was an inch of substance to this fantasy. I'm still going to enjoy it until the bell rings for the start of the match.

Edited March 27, 201411 yr by It's Time

Look like Gawn is having hammy problems too!

Look like Gawn is having hammy problems to

Since you picked that up from the team announcement, you could have added a positive, namely it would seem McDonald and Fitz may be OK.

Gawn is Gawn.

How depressing.

Since you picked that up from the team announcement, you could have added a positive, namely it would seem McDonald and Fitz may be OK.

We already knew theu were 50/50. 3 players will be cut from the team...not sure how thats a positive.

Latest post from Burgs in teams chat:

"I guess all we can be guided by is the medical staff and what they expect. But sometimes - unfortunately - players get setbacks or things take longer. Injury list is always a guide. Dave Misson mentioned Dawes as being about two to three weeks away, so hopefully that's the case, and he was optimistic about Jesse Hogan being possibly three weeks away. So hopefully that will be around the mark."

We'll be talking about this win for years to come.

Possibly. Many of us yet like to refer to '186'.

Max Gawn's latest Instagram post. Wouldn't be surprised if it's worse than soreness

It just doesn't feel like it ever ends!

It just doesn't feel like it ever ends!

We've been jinxed since the late eighties Andrew.

The hour is at hand and its always darkest before the dawn.