Casey Scorpions - the off season

[dazzledavey36 55,000]

Justin Plapp appointed to coach Casey Scorpions

Coached Roosy son Tyler in the under 18s this year but also had a fair bit to do with Angus Brayshaw as well.

See ya Welsh. Personally, couldn't stand him.

[SaberFang 7,151]

Excellent. Clearly the game plan wasn't working and needs a shake up. This has PJ and PR written all over it.

Another step in the right direction.

[Biffen 12,944]

Go Plappers!

I am inspired to write a limerick!

[Biffen 12,944]

There was a new coach named Plapp,

Took over a team that was .....

[Ouch! 2,266]

I think I recall Roos saying something about Plapp recently (B&F speech or in his end of year interview with Burgo) seemed to single him out and sounded like he had a bit of time for him, so hopefully they will be both on the same page in terms of Casey in 2015

[binman 43,135]

Excellent. Clearly the game plan wasn't working and needs a shake up. This has PJ and PR written all over it.

Another step in the right direction.

It does indeed. For those who defended Welshes intemperate and unprofessional public remarks i think you have your response from the club

[Red and Bluebeard 2,084]

There was a new coach named Plapp,

Took over a team that was .....

... struggling,

He ran them all ragged

Till they all looked quite haggard

And gave all the slackers the strap. Boom! Boom!

[KC from Casey 7,074]

Comes as a bit of surprise.

[Return to Glory 8,443]

Who gave all his players the clap

[ChaserJ 5,098]

Could be wrong, but thouht I read that Plapp had been doing some opposition analysis/fwd scouting for us on an ad hoc basis this year. Perhaps that was his audition? Good luck to the boy.

[Grimes is Great 183]

Comes as a bit of surprise.

Not really, he has been working behind the scenes with the MFC all year in development and as a scout.

[diesel 420]

Comes as a bit of surprise.

Why KC? And I ask because I assume as others have that this has a fair bit of MFC in it, or would I be off the mark?

[Cards13 9,117]

Comes as a bit of surprise.

That he's not a Casey man or that we're still aligned?

[KC from Casey 7,074]

The surprise is that Rohan Welsh has been discarded only weeks after General Manager Matt Young waxed lyrical about him. I get that they've always wanted a full time coach but the message we were getting was that Welsh was the best thing since sliced bread. It sounds like there's more to this than meets the eye.

[SaberFang 7,151]

The surprise is that Rohan Welsh has been discarded only weeks after General Manager Matt Young waxed lyrical about him. I get that they've always wanted a full time coach but the message we were getting was that Welsh was the best thing since sliced bread. It sounds like there's more to this than meets the eye.

Surely Welsh cleared his desk the moment Young said that? Edited October 1, 2014 by Lamashtu

[Melbman2 226]

There was a new coach named Plapp,

Took over a team that was .....

And the firsts had a player called Clark

Who told the Dees to go and get ......

And along with Chip Frawley

Who acted appalling

By keeping us all in the dark

[Bobby McKenzie 2,385]

And the firsts had a player called Clark

Who told the Dees to go and get ......

And along with Chip Frawley

Who acted appalling

By keeping us all in the dark

Was that written by a guy called Wordsworth? No mention of daffodils though.

[bing181 9,246]

Was that written by a guy called Wordsworth? No mention of daffodils though.

Fixed:

The firsts had a player called Clark

Got into the photography lark.

From daffodils to nudes

(though nothing too crude)

Ended up at Kardinia Park.

[Machsy 2,858]

I doubt you'd chance across poetry on a forum for any other club...

[ManDee 7,162]

I doubt you'd chance across poetry on a forum for any other club...

The once was a player called Hird

Thought his shlt didn't smell like a turd.

From Essendon?

Edited October 2, 2014 by ManDee

[Little Goffy 14,582]

As someone who believes that 'fun names to say or shout' should be at least half of all recruiting decisions, I am thrilled.

And since everyone is dropping limericks...

There once was a coach named Plapp

Who's methods were causing a flap

He told all the Scorps

To unload a few torps

Then went home to take a good nap.

[Grapeviney 9,730]

There once was a player named Frawley

Who this year treated the club quite poorly

Refused to have a crack

Forward or back

In loyalty he was lacking quite sorely

[Whispering_Jack 30,239]

Good to see that nobody around is getting into a flap about Plapp.

This article by Paul Amy is good enough 4 me.

Sandringham Dragons mentor Justin Plapp has been appointed coach of VFL club Casey Scorpions

It was a tough year for Rohan Welsh. He was deprived of the usual array of VFL standard players to back up the Demon listed players because many moved on at the end of last year and some of his key players were missing for long periods of time with injury. He had very little in the way of tall timber available due to the well documented problems the club had with injuries to rucks and KPPs.

But with so many NQR Demons and a very young group of mainly lighter bodied VFL listers the team struggled and simply wasn't well enough equipped to play the defensive style footy expected from them as part of the alignment. They were difficult to watch and it was little wonder that they didn't attract the crowds. A lot more needs to be done to win over the local community so a new direction is certainly welcome.

[Melbman2 226]

Off topic and flogging a dead horse but...

There was a new coach named Neeld

Whose Demons once took to the field

It started with hope

And ended a joke

And his contract was later repealed

[La Dee-vina Comedia 16,816]

I doubt you'd chance across poetry on a forum for any other club...

I'm not sure limericks count as poetry, though.