Casey Scorpions v Coburg

[KC from Casey 7,073]

Peter Jackson VFL

Casey Scorpions v Coburg​

Saturday, June 13

Casey Fields at 2pm

Casey Scorpions

B: Terlich O McDonald Hutchins

HB: Riley Panozza McKenzie

C: Neal-Bullen Newton Stretch

HF: Bail Dawes Grimes

F: Byrnes King Spencer

FOLL: Jamar Michie M Jones

I/C (from): Gent Hannon* Harmes Moncrieff Munro Morris Muir Page Pattison Petropoulos Scott Smith White

Coburg

B: Gregory Hartley Blair

HB: Iacobaccio Lehmann Clifton

C: McConnell Venditti N Thomas

HF: Carnell Featherstone Cauchi

F: Younan Orr Allan

FOLL: Goodwin Uysal Morton

I/C (from): Christensen* Fox Kovacevic MacDonald Mance Robertella Robinson Totino Williams

* 23rd player

AFL Victoria Development League

Casey Scorpions v Coburg​

Saturday, June 13

Casey Fields at 11am

Casey Scorpions

B: Munro Keilty Rutherford

HB: Hunt Thwaites Pattison

C: Muir Petropoulos Kennedy-Harris

HF: Page Smith K Wilson

F: Fritsch Moncrieff Wyatt

FOLL: Gains Scott Harmes

I/C (from) Anderson Droessler Fisscher Gawley C Johnson Lang J McDonald Mason O'Brien Paredes Plummer Stanlake Walmsley

Coburg

B: Boyd Fairbairn Robertella

HB: Fox Posar Robinson

C: Linton Sturgess Cooper

HF: MacDonald Symes Mance

F: Gleeson Hill Madden

FOLL: Kovacevic Totino Williams

I/C (from) Bailey Clarke Corigliano Easton Evans Hemala Hobijn-Allen Holdsworth McConville Ogden Schraven Sortino Tang

[old dee 23,792]

King in the seniors!

[Lucifers Hero 39,915]

King in the seniors!

Hip hip hooray!

[Nasher 33,616]

Really pleased for King. Hopefully the development league form translates.

JKH playing in the dev league. Suggests to me he's at least 3 weeks away from being fit enough for MFC selection - this game will be a 50%er I reckon, to be followed by a limited game in the seniors and a full game in the seniors at least.

[Roger Mellie 4,034]

Kennedy-Harris in the Development League??

And Harmes??

Yes, I understand there's a truckload of players to come out of the line-up but puleese, Harmes is named in the starting 18.

I can't see he did much wrong last week.

I 'll assume JKH has spent a month on the couch with his groin grief

[Nasher 33,616]

Kennedy-Harris in the Development League??

And Harmes??

Yes, I understand there's a truckload of players to come out of the line-up but puleese, Harmes is named in the starting 18.

I can't see he did much wrong last week.

I 'll assume JKH has spent a month on the couch with his groin grief

Yep, I'm assuming JKH is for fitness, as per my post above.

There's no way Harmes will play in the DL, surely. Suspect they just had to name someone.

Edit: All of the extended seniors bench are named in the starting 18 for the DL except for Gent, Morris, White and the 23rd player Hannon. So if you take out four MFC players and take those four as a given, there are three spots available, of which Harmes will surely be one.

Edited June 11, 2015 by Nasher

[Roger Mellie 4,034]

Yep, I'm assuming JKH is for fitness, as per my post above.

There's no way Harmes will play in the DL, surely. Suspect they just had to name someone.

Surely not and I hope that's the case with Harmes.

Some of the other names in the DL, indicate it should change? Rutherford, Munro etc

[Nasher 33,616]

Surely not and I hope that's the case with Harmes.

Some of the other names in the DL, indicate it should change? Rutherford, Munro etc

See my edited post

[Roger Mellie 4,034]

Gotcha!

PS Question for KC:

Walmsley started the season in pretty good form (IMO).

He seems to have disappeared. Has he been injured or finding it hard to get a seniors birth?

Thanks

[bjDee 1,249]

Anyone getting there early, would love to hear any report of how Hunt goes please!

[monoccular 17,432]

King in the seniors!

Hip hip hooray!

I will be interested to hear from KC and others how much time King plays ruck vs how much Jamar does.

And of course how he acquits himself at a higher level.

If he gets more time than Jamer it may be a message to Mark that he is on the way out - if that message hasn't been sent already.

[Nasher 33,616]

I will be interested to hear from KC and others how much time King plays ruck vs how much Jamar does.

And of course how he acquits himself at a higher level.

If he gets more time than Jamer it may be a message to Mark that he is on the way out - if that message hasn't been sent already.

Spencer will most likely play too (pending MFC selection) - if that's the case I expect King will play the whole game as a full forward.

We need King to be a good forward and a decent ruckman more than we need him to be a good ruckman anyway, IMO. A David Hale circa 2012/2013 type should be his ambition.

[DeeSpencer 25,719]

Spencer will most likely play too (pending MFC selection) - if that's the case I expect King will play the whole game as a full forward.

We need King to be a good forward and a decent ruckman more than we need him to be a good ruckman anyway, IMO. A David Hale circa 2012/2013 type should be his ambition.

Probably some time for him at CHF as well given Dawes will likely be on restricted minutes.

Rucks can be found pretty easily, I think capable forward/2nd ruck types who can function as part of a proper forward line and give ruck relief are much harder to find and more valuable, so I agree if King can be a good forward then at 200cm we can train him to battle in the ruck.

[rjay 24,943]

Probably some time for him at CHF as well given Dawes will likely be on restricted minutes.

Rucks can be found pretty easily, I think capable forward/2nd ruck types who can function as part of a proper forward line and give ruck relief are much harder to find and more valuable, so I agree if King can be a good forward then at 200cm we can train him to battle in the ruck.

Not sure that rucks can be found so easily but you are right about the forward/ruck. Most clubs are looking to fill this one...

[old dee 23,792]

I will be interested to hear from KC and others how much time King plays ruck vs how much Jamar does.

And of course how he acquits himself at a higher level.

If he gets more time than Jamer it may be a message to Mark that he is on the way out - if that message hasn't been sent already.

I think he has that message already mono

The only way I see him back at AFL level is injury to Spencer and Gawn.

He does not offer as much as either of them.

[KC from Casey 7,073]

Gotcha!

PS Question for KC:

Walmsley started the season in pretty good form (IMO).

He seems to have disappeared. Has he been injured or finding it hard to get a seniors birth?

Thanks

Like many of those who were at the pre season practice games, Walmsley looked exceptional as an outside running player with a bit of skill. I think he was suited to the conditions and the lower game pressure during that period and might not have adjusted that well when the real thing started and opposition clubs started fielding full teams with a lot of AFL listed and experience. I think he probably needs time to get used to the higher standard of play compared to the SFL competition where he played last year.

An example of teams going up a notch in pressure and standards, one of the practice matches was against Werribee who fielded a fairly weak line up and they were slaughtered that week by Casey. Werribee is now in the VFL top four.

[KC from Casey 7,073]

Anyone getting there early, would love to hear any report of how Hunt goes please!

Justin Plapp summed up Jayden Hunt's game last week on the mfc site as follows:-

"Jayden Hunt: Hunty missed the majority of the pre-season, so he’s still building. We haven’t got a lot of pressure on him at the moment – we just want to increase his game time. We’re adding things to his game and he’s got some great assets in his offensive side of his game. We’re encouraging him to take the game on, but we’re also refining a few things. Hunty’s on the right track and he continues to grow as well. He’s a good kid and listens as well."

Reading between the lines, this means that he's progressing very slowly if at all. I'm not sure if he's going to make it.

[Earl Hood 6,086]

Justin Plapp summed up Jayden Hunt's game last week on the mfc site as follows:-

"Jayden Hunt: Hunty missed the majority of the pre-season, so he’s still building. We haven’t got a lot of pressure on him at the moment – we just want to increase his game time. We’re adding things to his game and he’s got some great assets in his offensive side of his game. We’re encouraging him to take the game on, but we’re also refining a few things. Hunty’s on the right track and he continues to grow as well. He’s a good kid and listens as well."

Reading between the lines, this means that he's progressing very slowly if at all. I'm not sure if he's going to make it.

He is still growing? Taller does he mean?

[dee-luded 2,959]

He is still growing? Taller does he mean?

spiritually grasshopper, spiritually.

reading between the blades of grass, he's still finding his feet, but may be worth the wai-ting.

[Je Roos Salem 661]

Are Casey games streamed online or do they just upload the game afterwards?

[Freddy Fuschia 742]

Fitzpatrick not named at Casey and emergency at Melbourne suggests that he'll be the player held back for Sunday night.

[KC from Casey 7,073]

Are Casey games streamed online or do they just upload the game afterwards?

I'm only aware of one game this season that was streamed direct and that was earlier in the season when Casey played Essendon VFL.

Since then, it's been difficult finding any publicity or TV or radio broadcasts of Casey games for some reason - Casey Radio covers other games and we're not popular with the 7 programmers either.

[KC from Casey 7,073]

Coburg dominated the opening quarter of the development league game and lead 6.2.38 to 0.3.3.

[KC from Casey 7,073]

Half time and Casey still goalless 0.6.6 to 9.4.58.

[M C 221]

Half time and Casey still goalless 0.6.6 to 9.4.58.

Not sure if Essendon vs Geelong