All good news tonight from Mark Stevens of 7 News:-

• Angus Brayshaw's knee was tested today. He's ahead of schedule and will play VFL this weekend. He "looks a lock for Round 1."

• Christian Petracca will play a practice game at Casey on the weekend of AFL Round 1. He's "finally ready to launch."

• Jack Trengove is also set to join Petracca in same hit out coinciding with AFL Round 1 for his "first game in basically two years."

• Heritier Lumumba will play VFL again this week. He's "pushing for Round 1."

Good injury news for a change

Is Stevens a reliable source?

 

Was told recently by a club employee / acquaintance not to expect either Trengove or Petracca at AFL level until round 5-7 at the earliest as we wanted them to be bullet-proof before playing, but that could just be an attempt to manage expectations & lessen the hype.

22 minutes ago, Whispering_Jack said:

All good news tonight from Mark Stevens of 7 News:-

• Angus Brayshaw's knee was tested today. He's ahead of schedule and will play VFL this weekend. He "looks a lock for Round 1."

• Christian Petracca will play a practice game at Casey on the weekend of AFL Round 1. He's "finally ready to launch."

• Jack Trengove is also set to join Petracca in same hit out coinciding with AFL Round 1 for his "first game in basically two years."

• Heritier Lumumba will play VFL again this week. He's "pushing for Round 1."

Gee.... Almost joy to be a Melbourne supporter !!

Are the stars finally aligning?  Go Dees

Anything on Dunn and vandenBerg?

2 minutes ago, Elwood 3184 said:

Anything on Dunn and vandenBerg?

Stevens got the op news here:  http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-03-13/luxury-of-riches-at-dees?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=RSS+feed%3A+AFL+Latest+News

On Dunn and vdB it says:  'Dunn (groin) and vandenBerg (ankle) missed the win against St Kilda after minor injuries against the Western Bulldogs last week and may play in the practice match.

The Casey season doesn't start till April 9 so does anyone know what practice/VFL games they are talking about and where they are?

Casey Scorpions Practice Match Series

Saturday 19 March v Port Melbourne, Casey Fields @ 12.30pm  (Development League 10.00am)

Saturday 26 March Melbourne/Casey Intra Club
(time/venue tbc)

Saturday 2 April v Box Hill Hawks, Casey Fields @ 1.00pm  (Development League 10.00am)

*Please note times subject to change pending weather conditions..

35 minutes ago, monoccular said:

Good injury news for a change

Is Stevens a reliable source?

 

Nup! Questionable!!?

29 minutes ago, Mach5 said:

Was told recently by a club employee / acquaintance not to expect either Trengove or Petracca at AFL level until round 5-7 at the earliest as we wanted them to be bullet-proof before playing, but that could just be an attempt to manage expectations & lessen the hype.

Club employee!?? ah with a club  foot??

5-7 WEEKS?? 

for Trengove this would be a disaster! For Demonland followers re Petracca this might push a few " Over the Edge"

Into the Abyss!

30 minutes ago, picket fence said:

Club employee!?? ah with a club  foot??

5-7 WEEKS?? 

for Trengove this would be a disaster! For Demonland followers re Petracca this might push a few " Over the Edge"

Into the Abyss!

Trengove's missed 2 years and more time before that. I wouldn't mind at all if we don't see him for 7 weeks or even 17 weeks if that's what it takes. Presuming he is good enough to get in the team.

I'd be a little annoyed if Petracca gets held back that long but who knows how long he'll take. It's not easy getting a kick in the Casey forward line.

absolutely no rush for either of them

lol this guy...

A disaster... A blokes career could've been over, missed 2 years, yeah I'm sure he'd consider getting his body and fitness right for 6 weeks a "disaster."

Fair dinkum there's some [censored] written. 

Trengove will be given all the time he needs, and imo needs to show good form before he'd be pickied anyways, not a certain starter

I think Petracca will be playing a bit sooner than him depending on form

3 hours ago, Mach5 said:

Was told recently by a club employee / acquaintance not to expect either Trengove or Petracca at AFL level until round 5-7 at the earliest as we wanted them to be bullet-proof before playing, but that could just be an attempt to manage expectations & lessen the hype.

'Mach' as you know there is no such thing as bullet proof where footy is concerned. Once they play their first games back then it's a matter of form.

I think you are on the money with the manage expectations bit...

I wonder if all this good news is because we've actually exhausted the Universe's supply of bad luck over the past nine years.

Stevens is the most intensely serious simpleton in the history of moronic midget journalism,which is ,I'll grant,not voluminous.

Short ,intense, dumbo.

8 minutes ago, Biffen said:

Stevens is the most intensely serious simpleton in the history of moronic midget journalism,which is ,I'll grant,not voluminous.

Short ,intense, dumbo.

As if short matters for a journalist!

Almost all journalists are accident chasing, fiction writing, lowlifes that occasionally stumble across and report a fact or two. Short or tall the Napoleonic tendencies are there for all to see.

 

1 minute ago, ManDee said:

As if short matters for a journalist!

Almost all journalists are accident chasing, fiction writing, lowlifes that occasionally stumble across and report a fact or two. Short or tall the Napoleonic tendencies are there for all to see.

 

He is small but rarely brief.

He is intense without being profound.

He is all ears but hears only what he wants.

1 minute ago, Biffen said:

He is small but rarely brief.

He is intense without being profound.

He is all ears but hears only what he wants.

reminds me of a certain poster

45 minutes ago, Biffen said:

Stevens is the most intensely serious simpleton in the history of moronic midget journalism,which is ,I'll grant,not voluminous.

Short ,intense, dumbo.

I beg to differ. I think the history of moronic, midget journalism is very voluminous...particularly AFL journalism (using "journalism" loosely).

54 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

I beg to differ. I think the history of moronic, midget journalism is very voluminous...particularly AFL journalism (using "journalism" loosely).

Caro's quite tall.

14 hours ago, beelzebub said:

Gee.... Almost joy to be a Melbourne supporter !!

What's with the "almost" bb

4 hours ago, Biffen said:

Stevens is the most intensely serious simpleton in the history of moronic midget journalism,which is ,I'll grant,not voluminous.

Short ,intense, dumbo.

So how are you feeling this morning Mick?

33 minutes ago, old dee said:

What's with the "almost" bb

i think it's called insurance, od