Casey Scorpions v Port Melbourne

[dee-luded 2,959]

Toump is not a grunt inside type - but I've seen him put his body on the line multiple times.... Which for his size is a lot more then can be said for some others

If he can get his confidence up and stop making fumbly errors (which I hope come with experience) then I still think he'll be a handy player

Im not too sad he's in the magoos to get some confidence up... Hope he did ok in conditions which don't suit him

i'm not to disappointed that he's in the magoos either... I still feel he'll be a fine player for us, when he starts feeling much more at ease with the size differential of AFL.. reckon he's learning to do the physical on instructions, & we've seen improvement in the recent 6 weeks

he's got time on his hands & we have plenty of players to play & blood into the side. competition for spots is helpful to allow players to develop until ready, instead of being thrown to the wolves.

i feel relaxed that the current development team knows what they're doing.

[dee-luded 2,959]

To be honest I really struggled to see half the game when on the other side because of the rain light and I am an old F@rt with crap eyesight. Thought Jamar and Spencer, Michie, Hunt and Reilly were good. No 10 and 11 were handy as well. Mitch White did a couple of good things, did not notice King. Fitz was good down back and Terlich was pretty solid .The record did not have some players listed but I think Toump was 51 not much influence. Michie was off for most of the last qtr on the bench with an ankle in ice. Just a precaution I think. Don't think you can take much away from the game as it was just horrendous conditions. Basically a rolling maul most of the time.

The bacon rolls were very good but the coffee is bleeding awful. Lovely lady serving it though.

forget the coffee, get the hot chocolate,,,, with either hot roast roll, or egg & bacon... you make me feel like coming down for a game, & some fine food. bowt time they brought out some wedges with sour cream & sweet chilly sauce, for the cold weather games.

[dee-luded 2,959]

Fair comment Sam but if you can get her details pass them on to daisycutter - he has no scruples - the older the better.

Enjoy the red - I'm slurping one also.

reckon dc would be humping at the bit for some me old granny has a taste for younger? men. cough

[bjDee 1,249]

Just got home. You were lucky to miss. Conditions absolutely the worst I have seen in years. Casey handled them pretty well. The Borough only scored goals in the second qtr. The 3rd was the worst qtr of footy I have seen in 60 years. The rain was heavy and constant. Real olde tyme footy. Every qtr went more than 30 minutes because of the rolling stoppages.

Thanks Sammy. And thanks to all for the posts and radio relays.

And AngryAtCasy - surely you are now DomesticatedAtCasey. Next time we'll bring along a nice rug, hot water bottle and flask of hot chocolate so you can come to the game. ?

Cheers all. Nice to have a bit of a winning feeling after being gutted on Saturday.

[MadAsHell 4,212]

Thanks Sammy. And thanks to all for the posts and radio relays.

And AngryAtCasy - surely you are now DomesticatedAtCasey. Next time we'll bring along a nice rug, hot water bottle and flask of hot chocolate so you can come to the game.

Cheers all. Nice to have a bit of a winning feeling after being gutted on Saturday.

That would be delightful bjDee!

I appologise to all for not heading down.

But don't worry, I promise I'll be back for their next match v Werribee on Sunday August 2 rain, hail or shine!

[Ethan Tremblay 30,827]

If Jamar or spence get the gig in front of Gawn I will eat my hat.

I'll be disappointed if it's a novelty nacho hat.

[La Dee-vina Comedia 16,695]

forget the coffee, get the hot chocolate,,,, with either hot roast roll, or egg & bacon... you make me feel like coming down for a game, & some fine food. bowt time they brought out some wedges with sour cream & sweet chilly sauce, for the cold weather games.

If it's a cold weather game, I suspect the last thing you might want would be a chilly sauce, sweet or not. A chilli sauce, however, might do the trick.

[old dee 23,782]

i'm not to disappointed that he's in the magoos either... I still feel he'll be a fine player for us, when he starts feeling much more at ease with the size differential of AFL.. reckon he's learning to do the physical on instructions, & we've seen improvement in the recent 6 weeks

he's got time on his hands & we have plenty of players to play & blood into the side. competition for spots is helpful to allow players to develop until ready, instead of being thrown to the wolves.

i feel relaxed that the current development team knows what they're doing.

He is out of contract in October

Are you sure that time will be at the MFC?

[dee-luded 2,959]

Thanks Sammy. And thanks to all for the posts and radio relays.

And AngryAtCasy - surely you are now DomesticatedAtCasey. Next time we'll bring along a nice rug, hot water bottle and flask of hot chocolate so you can come to the game.

Cheers all. Nice to have a bit of a winning feeling after being gutted on Saturday.

'bj', how did you get that Felix smile goin?

[dee-luded 2,959]

He is out of contract in October

Are you sure that time will be at the MFC?

not sure od, but it is time we took our time developing the kids instead of rushing them into lesser players. is watt i'm getting at.

we have failed to develop our kids properly, since possibly Jordan finished.

[old dee 23,782]

Next Saturday Casey play Carlton at Princess park.

I genuinely think that game will be far more fun than what takes place at the MCG on Sunday.

I intend to go to this game rather than Sunday.

There is a good chance of a win I look forward to seeing the team come Thursday.

[Samael 560]

Next Saturday Casey play Carlton at Princess park.

I genuinely think that game will be far more fun than what takes place at the MCG on Sunday.

I intend to go to this game rather than Sunday.

There is a good chance of a win I look forward to seeing the team come Thursday.

Be nice to have a game close to home.

[old dee 23,782]

Be nice to have a game close to home.

You will be able to just walk in and take your pick of seats.

I went last year to windy hill Samael

Casey won it was the most enjoyable game I went to in 2014.

[bjDee 1,249]

'bj', how did you get that Felix smile goin?

Not sure d-l. Posted from iPhone where the DL smileys aren't available, so I used an Apple emoji - nasty purple little devil head (reminds me of a certain journo now I think of it). Now I'm back on a laptop I see it translates to something quite different.

Don't tell R&BB though - he'll be all over the chance to use another type of smiley.

[dee-luded 2,959]

Not sure d-l. Posted from iPhone where the DL smileys aren't available, so I used an Apple emoji - nasty purple little devil head (reminds me of a certain journo now I think of it). Now I'm back on a laptop I see it translates to something quite different.

Don't tell R&BB though - he'll be all over the chance to use another type of smiley.

I saw a beauty this afternoon, with a pitchfork... I'll try & retrace my thoughts & steps. If I remember, i'll grab it & bring it over.

Edited July 13, 2015 by dee-luded

[dee-luded 2,959]

I saw a beauty this afternoon, with a pitchfork... I'll try & retrace my thoughts & steps. If I remember, i'll grab it & bring it over.

Not sure d-l. Posted from iPhone where the DL smileys aren't available, so I used an Apple emoji - nasty purple little devil head (reminds me of a certain journo now I think of it). Now I'm back on a laptop I see it translates to something quite different.

Don't tell R&BB though - he'll be all over the chance to use another type of smiley.

aargh, I just turned my naan bread into a crispbread

ah well, the hash browns & sour cream will just have to do. & some sweet chully

[Red and Bluebeard 2,083]

Not sure d-l. Posted from iPhone where the DL smileys aren't available, so I used an Apple emoji - nasty purple little devil head (reminds me of a certain journo now I think of it). Now I'm back on a laptop I see it translates to something quite different.

Don't tell R&BB though - he'll be all over the chance to use another type of smiley.

You're lucky I don't have an iPhone ...

[RalphiusMaximus 6,029]

what about the first Grand Final in 1948!!! Ess kicked 7.27 to our 10.9 for a draw!

Then we killed them by 39 in the replay.

They got us back yesterday!

You were there for both games?

[Demonland 71,634]

PERFECT STORM by KC from Casey

The heavens opened up in the morning and the rain just kept pounding in buckets. It was so relentless, so heavy and so bitingly cold that they had to turn on the floodlights and even then it was difficult for the hardy spectators who made it to the ground and clearly even more difficult for the players.

In those conditions it was perhaps inevitable that Casey with 15 AFL listed players and by far the bigger-bodied of the two teams was going to triumph over Port Melbourne.

The two teams met earlier in the Round 5 game at North Port Oval that was closely fought for three quarters before the Borough prevailed but this time they were strangled by the strong tackling of the Scorpions. It was a low scoring affair early with Matt Jones the only goal scorer in the opening term but Port fought back late in the second quarter to get to within two points before goals to Viv Michie and Ed Morris just before half time gave the Scorps the break they needed.

The rain was torrential after half time and Port was completely shut down by strong tackling in the mud and the slush. The game was stop-start and shocking as a spectacle but Casey always had someone who could convert and, as a consequence, slid its way to a 49 point win that consolidated its position in the VFL top eighth.

The Casey rucks led by Mark Jamar and Jake Spencer relished the wet conditions and had the lion's share of the hit outs. They gave their on ball division an armchair ride with Viv Michie and Aidan Riley relishing the hard going. Jack Grimes put in a pleasing performance which included some strong tackling which set the scene for his possible return to AFL ranks in the near future.

Otherwise, there was not a great deal to take from the game other than that one could not accuse any of the players from taking a backward step when the going got tough.

In the end the perfect storm provided a perfect outcome for the home team.

Casey's next outing is to Visy Park on Saturday to take on the lowly Northern Blues, a game not to be taken lightly after the team succumbed to the equally poorly performed North Ballarat a few weeks ago.

2015 Peter Jackson VFL

Casey Scorpions 1.4.10 4.6.30 8.8.56 10.9.69

Port Melbourne 0.1.1 2.4.16 2.6.18 2.8.20

Goals

Casey Scorpions Hunt 2 Gent Grimes M Jones Michie Morris Papley Riley Scott

Port Melbourne Lisle Pearson

Best

Casey Scorpions Michie Jamar Gent Riley Hutchins Panozza

Port Melbourne Tynan Gilmore Pinwill Dickson Wooffindin Noonan

Statistics

Rohan Bail 2 behinds 15 disposals 8 kicks 7 hand passes 2 marks 8 tackles 76 dream team points

Jack Fitzpatrick 6 disposals 5 kicks 1 hand passes 3 marks 4 tackles 42 dream team points

Jack Grimes 1 goal 13 disposals 12 kicks 1 hand passes 15 tackles 102 dream team points

Jayden Hunt 2 goals 6 disposals 6 kicks 1 marks 5 tackles 50 dream team points

Mark Jamar 29 disposals 20 kicks 9 hand passes 3 marks 6 tackles 43 hit outs 140 dream team points

Matt Jones 1 goal disposals 9 kicks 2 hand passes 1 marks 9 tackles 70 dream team points

Oscar McDonald 8 disposals 8 kicks 1 marks 2 tackles 36 dream team points

Jordie McKenzie 13 disposals 8 kicks 5 hand passes 14 tackles 93 dream team points

Viv Michie 1 goal disposals 19 kicks 8 hand passes 1 mark 2 tackles dream 93 team points

Ben Newton 15 disposals 12 kicks 3 hand passes 10 tackles 78 dream team points

Aidan Riley 1 goal 1 behind 28 disposals 14 kicks 14 hand passes 9 tackles 111 dream team points

Jake Spencer 1 behind 6 disposals 6 kicks 2 marks 11 tackles 60 hit outs 121 dream team points

Dean Terlich 17 disposals 16 kicks 1 hand passes 1 marks 2 tackles dream 61 team points

Jimmy Toumpas 10 disposals 7 kicks 3 hand passes 1 marks 9 tackles 57 dream team points

Mitch White 13 disposals 10 kicks 3 hand passes 2 marks 3 tackles 54 dream team points

The Development League team returned to the winners list after some disappointing losses to teams it was expected to beat.

Casey Scorpions 5.2.32 10.3.63 14.5.89 14.5.89

Port Melbourne 0.1.1 1.3.9 2.5.17 4.9.33

Goals

Casey Scorpions Anderson 3 Page Paredes Petropoulos 2 Fritsch Fisscher Muir Thwaites Walmsley

Port Melbourne Dove Lange Patterson Rivett

Best

Casey Scorpions Keilty Wyatt Petropoulos Page Paredes Hannon

Port Melbourne Vearing Hogan Breust Answerth Hogan

[RalphiusMaximus 6,029]

Very happy to see Mitch White continue to develop. He's had his mystery week off and come back with a very solid return.

[M C 221]

So Jamar had 29 disposals!

Thought it was 23 but that's even better!