10 hours ago, whatwhatsaywhat said:

Mind boggling changes

 

That has been another feature of the poor start to the season.

8 minutes ago, chookrat said:

So is it time tp pull out the old Tom Scully moneybags jibe again. 

Never forget. Lied to a man on his death bed.

10 hours ago, whatwhatsaywhat said:

Mind boggling changes

Weed will get awful delivery as a forward at vfl level; he might as well get awful delivery at afl level when opposed to better defenders 

O Mac goes back and allows T Mac to return forward...but Josh Wagner replacing Viney helps the midfield rotations how, exactly?!??

Salem maybe?

I really don’t know what everyone thinks we could’ve changed instead, look at the VFL team... 

21 minutes ago, chookrat said:

So is it time tp pull out the old Tom Scully moneybags jibe again. 

No. And the AFL integrity unit will be investigating every fan that boos Scully.

1 hour ago, waynewussell said:

People keep saying J Wagner is slow... if you watch the clip above of Oscar, Lewie and Wagner chasing O'Meara to the goal line you will notice that Wagner is the one who makes up considerable ground on O'Meara, leaving the others behind. Doesn't seem all that slow to me!

 

The Demonland ''go to'' line is to call a player slow.

vandenBerg is supposedly slow, yet he's one of the fastest at the club.  Petracca is supposedly slow, but his burst speed is better than most at the club.

Either people guess, or they don't pay attention.

This game and next week are our only chance of wins before the bye (god that is depressing - dreading QB)

best case 3-9 at the bye.  wow

7 winable games after the bye but season gone so who cares

8 minutes ago, DubDee said:

This game and next week are our only chance of wins before the bye (god that is depressing - dreading QB)

best case 3-9 at the bye.  wow

7 winable games after the bye but season gone so who cares

you do, as you're posting about it

2 hours ago, waynewussell said:

People keep saying J Wagner is slow... if you watch the clip above of Oscar, Lewie and Wagner chasing O'Meara to the goal line you will notice that Wagner is the one who makes up considerable ground on O'Meara, leaving the others behind. Doesn't seem all that slow to me!

 

He doesn't make up any ground, O'Meara puts space on him in fact and then when he needs to adjust his line Wagner gets closer. He is faster than Lewis, I will give you that.

13 hours ago, Demons11 said:

If you know it all what would you have done? 

There's not much we could have done with the Ins, as we have so many injuries and out of form players that the depth at Casey is currently poor.

With the Outs however, the club should be making a statement. We are last on the ladder with Mark Neeld era percentage. We came into the season a top 4 team with premiership aspirations. For the quality of the list and after 5-6 years of rebuild #3 (Roos+Goodwin), it's totally unacceptable. The senior players need to stand up and perform and set some standards to lead the way. At present they're coasting with no repercussions and it's (again) set a standard of mediocrity. It's pathetic that every few years we fall back to the yard stick of being "competitive" and having to "buy in". Players like TMac, Hibberd and Lewis are experienced senior players, supposedly leaders, and on decent pay cheques. Their underperformance is the primary reason the club is currently an abject failure. The selection committee need to drop these sorts of non-performers to make a statement that it's not ok to underperform and lower our standards and expectations, no matter how illustrious their career to date has been. A strong club would drop them. We are a weak club, so we haven't. It's cultural. We have the longest premiership drought in the league and are a the butt of many jokes for a reason, and that is because we do no hold any respect or fear because there's no ruthlessness and drive to succeed. 

Any supporters blindly supporting the club are feeding into the cycle of mediocrity and failure that's plagued us for over half a century. We cannot accept continuous failure. We need to demand more or nothing will change.

13 minutes ago, Watts the matter said:

He doesn't make up any ground, O'Meara puts space on him in fact and then when he needs to adjust his line Wagner gets closer. He is faster than Lewis, I will give you that.

When you select Lewis, Jones, & OMac in backline, they are all slow to very slow, as is Hore.

Wagner probably average speed, but terrible decision making and if you put him next to Frost, it is just scary.

Hawthorn forward line looks smaller, quicker and we seem to have picked bigger and slower in our backline, add in it looks likely to be wet. 

Hard to see what the FD are doing

 

4 minutes ago, Lord Travis said:

There's not much we could have done with the Ins, as we have so many injuries and out of form players that the depth at Casey is currently poor.

With the Outs however, the club should be making a statement. We are last on the ladder with Mark Neeld era percentage. We came into the season a top 4 team with premiership aspirations. For the quality of the list and after 5-6 years of rebuild #3 (Roos+Goodwin), it's totally unacceptable. The senior players need to stand up and perform and set some standards to lead the way. At present they're coasting with no repercussions and it's (again) set a standard of mediocrity. It's pathetic that every few years we fall back to the yard stick of being "competitive" and having to "buy in". Players like TMac, Hibberd and Lewis are experienced senior players, supposedly leaders, and on decent pay cheques. Their underperformance is the primary reason the club is currently an abject failure. The selection committee need to drop these sorts of non-performers to make a statement that it's not ok to underperform and lower our standards and expectations, no matter how illustrious their career to date has been. A strong club would drop them. We are a weak club, so we haven't. It's cultural. We have the longest premiership drought in the league and are a the butt of many jokes for a reason, and that is because we do no hold any respect or fear because there's no ruthlessness and drive to succeed. 

Any supporters blindly supporting the club are feeding into the cycle of mediocrity and failure that's plagued us for over half a century. We cannot accept continuous failure. We need to demand more or nothing will change.

please explain how one's need to demand things as a supporter influences this change?

At the airport biding my time before the flight. My presence was clearly the difference when we played the Swans and am hoping for a win again tomorrow. 

Hoe many changes for both sides since lasts years semi final?

32 minutes ago, Lord Travis said:

There's not much we could have done with the Ins, as we have so many injuries and out of form players that the depth at Casey is currently poor.

Agree that we don't have a lot of options at Casey but the one I would have brought in is Sparrow to play in defence.

He has got some leg speed and does tackle...

Particularly with Hawthorns smaller forward set up and the high chance of rain on Saturday it only makes sense to me.

If we're looking to the future, Wagner is not the answer.

20 minutes ago, Bombay Airconditioning said:

At the airport biding my time before the flight. My presence was clearly the difference when we played the Swans and am hoping for a win again tomorrow. 

Hoe many changes for both sides since lasts years semi final?

Hawks: no change. Business as usual... little ups and downs... injured recruits become stars...top 4 aspirations as per normal. Ho hum. 

Dees: 6 changes! OUTS. Passion, semblance of game plan, healthy “stars”  who get injured, capacity to score, morale, Hogan or watts  as fall guy. INS: business as usual; Fumbles, loss of spark, players looking lost all over the ground, reliable losers, bottom 4 , omac or Petracca as fall guy. 

3 hours ago, waynewussell said:

People keep saying J Wagner is slow... if you watch the clip above of Oscar, Lewie and Wagner chasing O'Meara to the goal line you will notice that Wagner is the one who makes up considerable ground on O'Meara, leaving the others behind. Doesn't seem all that slow to me!

 

That is a good example of this young fella's abilities. Clearly made up heaps of ground and finished just half a pace from wrecking O'Meara's goal. 

1 hour ago, Watts the matter said:

He doesn't make up any ground, O'Meara puts space on him in fact and then when he needs to adjust his line Wagner gets closer. He is faster than Lewis, I will give you that.

O'Meara's change in line was due to his awareness of Wagner's closing proximity and speed, and the potential to not get the kick for a goal. Good forward work, good defensive work.

So many posters complaining about the changes, yet most can only point to 2 others who could come in. The first is Kielty. Whilst I'd like to see what he can do that would leave he and Tim Smith as the key forwards. This seems a diabolical lack of experience to me. When the match committee  decided to drop Weid (who was having zero impact) they had to push TMac forward. They have made the call that at this stage Oscar is a better bet than Petty. I am comfortable with this. Keilty missed out last week when they brought in Smith. Unless he was going to play back he was never going to get a run this week. If Smith gets dropped surely Keilty is next in line.

Those who want Sparrow in the side instead of Wagner need to consider, like Wagner he is a fringe player who has done little in the games he's played so far. If we are going to play better footy it'll be because the guys who are a lock for best 22 get their acts together. It won't be because of the decisions made over the last bloke picked for the side.

 

36 minutes ago, HardBallGet said:

Those who want Sparrow in the side instead of Wagner need to consider, like Wagner he is a fringe player who has done little in the games he's played so far. If we are going to play better footy it'll be because the guys who are a lock for best 22 get their acts together. It won't be because of the decisions made over the last bloke picked for the side.

 

I want Sparrow in, and it's not because I think he will turn the team performance around.

Wagner has been tried many times and failed.

Sparrow is a first year player in development.

I would prefer us to play Sparrow as he may (may as we don't know yet) have a lot more upside.

...and given Nev is going to be out for a fair period of the season it gives us a chance to groom someone to play his position.

Wagner isn't the answer, Sparrow may be...

Edited May 3, 20196 yr by rjay

18 hours ago, sisso said:

I also have FOMO - fear of missing out when we do decide to play properly and get a win....guarantee the one game I decide to skip the boys will have a glorious victory

Please stay away tomorrow.

17 hours ago, FireInTheBelly said:

It's not a good sign when you're biting your fingers, just for the team list.

On the contrary. It's a good sign. If you're nervous about team selection it means you still have hope.

It took me a while to comprehend the changes. Nevertheless, this is how I see it:

• O Mac replaces T Mac who replaces Weideman (no surprises there)
• Jones replaces Viney in the guts, which means one of the defenders replaces Jones, nominally on the wing. That's probably going to be Fritsch, so Wagner, in effect, comes in for Fritsch.

Another possibility is that Salem moves up the ground with Wagner taking his place, but I think that's less likely.

The AFL website is showing T. Smith out and Dec Keilty debuting.

Is it a mistake or do they know something new?

Dec is in. Bull out.

Have i missed something?

Edited May 3, 20196 yr by dazzledavey36

@Drunkn167 seems your boy is in?

Petty wasn't named on the emergency list last night and now has gone to that list as Keilty is named at full forward. 

Just now, dazzledavey36 said:

@Drunkn167 seems your boy is in?

Petty wasn't named on the emergency list last night and now has gone to that list as Keilty is named at full forward. 

Pretty sure Keilty was listed as an emergency.