On 22/08/2015 at 12:04, monoccular said:

Is Fitzy injured or ill again?

OMG he showed a turn of pace for anyone, let alone a giraffe.

Concussed in last week's game after kicking four goals in the first half.

  On 22/08/2015 at 11:28, McQueen said:

If I don't get a report on Kent's hamstring I will seriously lose my shyte.

Relax. He played but it was apparently a minor role. See below:-

  On 22/08/2015 at 03:38, KC from Casey said:

The team for the main game has just ten Demon listed players including Dean Kent who is obviously lacking match fitness after he badly injured his hamstring in the Anzac Eve game v Richmond and playing ½ a game in the development league four weeks ago. He is expected to get limited playing time in the hope that he can add to the team's playing stocks in the finals. Tim Smith also makes a timely return after missing most of the last half of the season.

KC's match report will be posted during the day. As he told me last night, "it's a long bloody drive home from Coburg to Cranny, especially when you run into the MCG traffic full of emotionally charged Tiger and Magpie fans." :lo:

  On 22/08/2015 at 21:24, Whispering_Jack said:

Concussed in last week's game after kicking four goals in the first half

Thought I saw a report that Fitzy didn't play the 2nd half due to blood sugar issues.

  On 22/08/2015 at 12:04, monoccular said:

Is Fitzy injured or ill again?

OMG he showed a turn of pace for anyone, let alone a giraffe.

We need to use Fitzy as that 3rd mobile tall. We definitely need to keep him he'd b a hard match up. He needs a run of games.

  On 22/08/2015 at 11:36, dee-luded said:

I don't know if they are doing it this year, & at the halfway mark of this season I thought they'd changed, but over the last 7 weeks or so, I'm not so sure things have changed... its not trying to lose every game, come on, but if you want to miss going deep into September, then finishing 7th or below is close enough for many AFL affiliates, who want they're players rested thru September/October.

this is bad, very bad, for the game.

Seriously ?

I realise a lot of your posts fall into the "off the wall" category but mate, this is just making shyte up

  On 22/08/2015 at 22:27, bjDee said:

Thought I saw a report that Fitzy didn't play the 2nd half due to blood sugar issues.

You did. The club later said it was concussion.

A PLACE IN THE SPRINGTIME SUN by KC from Casey

A dominant second half by the Casey Scorpions against a desperate Coburg at Pirhana Park has secured them a place in the Peter Jackson VFL finals series. The victory came after the team had a bright opening but squandered a four goal first quarter lead to trail by 20 points at the main break.

The game demanded a backs to the wall performance and the team produced just that in the final two quarters. Four weeks ago Casey was sitting pretty with prospects of finishing in the top four but injuries and reversals of form had left them in a precarious position.

Skipper Evan Panozza and beanpole Jack Fitzpatrick had been the glue that kept the team's defence together for most of the year but were now missing as were leading goal kickers Max King and Jayden Hunt who had been instrumental in the mid season surge. The team was down to just ten Demon listed players including Dean Kent who was lacking match fitness after he badly injured his hamstring in the Anzac Eve game v Richmond and playing ½ a game in the development league four weeks earlier. He was used sparingly in the hope that he can add to the team's playing stocks in the finals and did well to get 11 touches but it was always going to be a risk playing him in such a vital match.

As it happened, the Scorps were able to make do with using twin tower ruckmen in Jake Spencer and Mark Jamar to kick goals while resting up forward. They were simply too tall and too strong for the Coburg defence and between them, they booted seven goals. Key forward Tim Smith made a timely return after missing most of the last half of the season. He had a purple patch in the first quarter booting three goals and then bobbed up with another in the third when the comeback was on.

It was still a very inexperienced team with three players Jackson Anderson, Sean Corrigan and Matthew Rennie coming in for the first time this year. Between them they have played a handful of senior games.

Perhaps it was the youth and inexperience or perhaps it was the flatness of the Demon-listed players after a tough campaign but the team simply stopped running in the second quarter and all the momentum went the way of the enthusiastic Lions who knew they had to win this and next week's final round game to displace the visitors from the finals but it was all one way traffic as they piled on six goals six behinds to two points to push the Scorpions to the brink of the abyss.

However, it must have been something Justin Plapp said because a different breed of Scorpion came out of the sheds at half time. It was Spencer's quarter with the opening goal and another vital one in a six goal to two spree that had them in from with a goal to Rennie on the siren. The experience of veteran midfielders in McKenzie and Jones and the steadiness of Dean Terlich were invaluable in turning the tide in Casey's favour.

Then it was the turn of another youngster in the form of the team's lucky charm 23rd player, Tom Papley, who was handy in a couple of wins early last month in the middle of the team's mid season winning streak that put it in finals contention in the first place. His goal to open the final stanza was critical and was followed by two each to the big blokes and it was all over - mission accomplished and the Scorpions were headed towards the finals and a place in the springtime sun.

Peter Jackson VFL

Casey Scorpions 6.1.37 6.3.39 12.6.78 17.9.111

Coburg Lions 3.0.18 9.6.60 11.8.74 14.10.94

Goals

Casey Scorpions Smith Spencer 4 Jamar 3 Jones McKenzie Papley Rennie Riley Terlich

Coburg Lions Johns 3 Hill MacDonald Younan 2 Carnell Cauchi Clifton Thomas Venditti

Best

Casey Scorpions Smith McKenzie Spencer Riley Jones Jamar

Coburg Lions Johns Thomas Clifton Carnell Venditti Christensen

Statistics

Mark Jamar 3 goals 1 behind 13 disposals 11 kicks 2 handballs 6 marks 1 tackle 34 hit outs 102 dream team points

Matt Jones 1 goal 30 disposals 13 kicks 17 handballs 5 marks 3 tackles 100 dream team points

Jay Kennedy-Harris 9 disposals 5 kicks 4 handballs 2 marks 6 tackles 53 dream team points

Dean Kent 1 behind 11 disposals 8 kicks 3 handballs 1 mark 2 tackles 40 dream team points

Oscar McDonald 1 behind 11 disposals 4 kicks 7 handballs 3 marks 1 tackle 40 dream team points

Jordie McKenzie 1 goal 12 disposals 4 kicks 8 handballs 1 mark 2 tackles 45 dream team points

Aidan Riley 1 goal 24 disposals 6 kicks 18 handballs 2 mark 10 tackles 118 dream team points

Jake Spencer 4 goals 1 behind 19 disposals 12 kicks 7 handballs 12 marks 5 tackles 30 hit outs 157 dream team points

Dean Terlich 1 goal disposals 17 kicks 14 handballs 10 marks 1 tackle 119 dream team points

Mitch White 15 disposals 11 kicks 4 handballs 4 marks 53 dream team points

The development league team was overwhelmed for the third time this year by its bogey team, Coburg.

2015 Peter Jackson VFL

Casey Scorpions 3.2.20 5.3.33 7.7.49 12.10.82

Coburg Lions 3.6.24 8.10.58 15.13.103 19.16.130

Goals

Casey Scorpions Wyatt 3 McDonald Scott 2 Gawley Hillard Moncrieff Paredes Wilson

Coburg Lions Madden 4 Cooper Kalanj 3 Hemala Schraven 2 Bailey Featherstone Hunt Miles Rogers

Best

Casey Scorpions Wyatt McDonald Rutherford Walmsley Scott Hillard

Coburg Lions Sturgess Cooper Blair Madden Rogers Hunt

I just want to take moment to say what a jet KC is, seriously you add far more to this site than most of us ever could and your efforts are greatly appreciated.

  On 23/08/2015 at 00:46, Go the Biff said:

Seriously ?

I realise a lot of your posts fall into the "off the wall" category but mate, this is just making shyte up

nope, it is the truth, too many teams now practice drills and strategies, so the players become AFL ready, at the expense of the VFL competition. Winning is secondary, & also the AFL clubs don't like they're players playing VFL into September, risking injury at VFL level, & lengthening the season. This is why they pull players approaching end of season to give them time to either get surgery, getting more recovery time between seasons, or just refreshing.