This is an unusual one but Melbourne has a bevy of mid sized players winning heaps of the ball at Casey and knocking on the door to selection if Jeff doesn't come up:-

Garlett on crutches battling skin infection

What a shame if he can't play against his old club

Could open the door for JKH or Ben Kennedy.

Nooooo! Not the Bairnsdale ulcer!

ANB was an emergency for the Port game, flew back and had a great game for Casey by the looks, he might get his chance if Garlett doesn't recover.

We'll miss his foot skills if he doesn't come up.  I love what he brings to the table when he plays more in the midfield. 

A shame. Players have a way of going up a gear against their old mob. Hopefully whoever comes in can get the job done.

If Carlton really are into JKH it might be worth showcasing him against them to try and drive up his trade value.

1 hour ago, Adzman said:

A shame. Players have a way of going up a gear against their old mob. Hopefully whoever comes in can get the job done.

If Carlton really are into JKH it might be worth showcasing him against them to try and drive up his trade value.

Er, or not.

1 hour ago, Moonshadow said:

Er, or not.

Why not? VFL form has been great since coming back. 

4 hours ago, Adzman said:

A shame. Players have a way of going up a gear against their old mob. Hopefully whoever comes in can get the job done.

If Carlton really are into JKH it might be worth showcasing him against them to try and drive up his trade value.

Sure, with finals on the line, blow the cobwebs off a guy who hasn't played all year.

9 hours ago, Undeeterred said:

Sure, with finals on the line, blow the cobwebs off a guy who hasn't played all year.

Last I heard was that players earned promotion to the ones by performing consistently well at Casey. JKH has done exactly that by accumulating high numbers of possessions and kicking goals in recent performances (best on ground last weekend I believe?). So if Garlett is not fit to play against Carlton, then why shouldn't he get his just reward?

Edited August 16, 20169 yr by hardtack

3 minutes ago, hardtack said:

Last I heard was that players earned promotion to the ones by performing consistently well at Casey. JKH has done exactly that by accumulating high numbers of possessions and kicking goals in recent performances (best on ground last weekend I believe?). So if Garlett is not fit to play against Carlton, then why shouldn't he get his just reward?

If he plays a senior game now he will not be able to play finals with Casey as I understand the rules.

 

1 minute ago, old dee said:

If he plays a senior game now he will not be able to play finals with Casey as I understand the rules.

 

Really, I wouldn't have thought he'd played enough games in the ones this year to invoke that rule (has he played any?). I would have thought that as far as Casey is concerned, us playing ANB would possibly preclude him?

35 minutes ago, hardtack said:

Last I heard was that players earned promotion to the ones by performing consistently well at Casey. JKH has done exactly that by accumulating high numbers of possessions and kicking goals in recent performances (best on ground last weekend I believe?). So if Garlett is not fit to play against Carlton, then why shouldn't he get his just reward?

He's had about two games back at Casey, and we have about 8 other players who have been consistently picking up 30+ touches in the same games, and have much better form over the rest of the season.

Not that hard to work out, I wouldn't think.

6 minutes ago, Undeeterred said:

He's had about two games back at Casey, and we have about 8 other players who have been consistently picking up 30+ touches in the same games, and have much better form over the rest of the season.

Not that hard to work out, I wouldn't think.

That's great, but do they play the same position as Garlett?  To me, none of ANB, Newton, Trengove etc. play a similar role to the one Garlett gives us.  Kennedy and JKH are the two that come to mind.  I would have thought Kennedy would still be ahead as he is still playing some good footy for Casey, but JKH may not necessarily be too far behind in playing that high half forward role.

 

46 minutes ago, hardtack said:

Really, I wouldn't have thought he'd played enough games in the ones this year to invoke that rule (has he played any?). I would have thought that as far as Casey is concerned, us playing ANB would possibly preclude him?

As I understand it hardtack if you have played a senior game you must then have played a min. of six games at Casey.

I think right now he has four games and with only two remaining a senior game will disqualify him from finals at Casey.

That assumes the seniors are not playing finals