MAYDAY by KC from Casey

[Demonland 71,629]

There’s not very much that can be said of the lacklustre performance of the Casey Demons at Avalon Airfield Oval against the Werribee Tigers on Saturday other than that it was woeful. There were however, a few small rays of hope for Demon fans, the main one being the display of defender Steven May from injury and to a lesser extent, Kade Kolodjashnij’s return after two months recovering from the effects of concussion.

May was in stellar form down back, taking intercept marks, disposing of the ball meticulously and bringing teammates into the game. He finished with 22 disposals and 9 marks. The Demons gave away a lot to get the former Gold Coast skipper and it would be a surprise if he didn’t return to the AFL this weekend against Collingwood. 

His former teammate Kolodjashnij was less spectacular but he showed some flashes of the brilliance of the early years of his career up north.

The other Queensland connection was provided by Corey Wagner who picked up 25 possessions and worked hard all day.

Jim Munro is having an excellent season and he was one of the few who didn’t let his team down. His strength and his tackling were a feature.

Congratulations to veteran Mitch Gent who played his 100th game and has been a real stalwart of the club.

The game also saw the debut of  Melbourne mid-season draft pick Kyle Dunkley who started slowly but showed some very good signs for the future.

However, there was little else about which to be enthused by the Casey Demons’ 7.11.53 to the Werribee Tigers 13.10.88. That score line flattered Casey which never looked like getting close after the home side stamped themselves on the game in the latter stages of the first quarter and kept the Demons to one goal in each of the second and third terms.

Casey’s next assignment is against traditional rival Collingwood at Casey Fields on Sunday.

2019 Hard Yakka / Totally Workwear VFL

Casey Demons 2.2.14 3.4.22 4.8.32 7.11.53

Werribee Tigers 4.3.27 7.4.46 9.8.62 13.10.88

Goals 

Casey Demons Bedford Chandler Keilty Kolodjashnij Lefau Munro Quigley

Werribee Tigers Augerinos 3 Henderson Riccardi 2 Barlow Bennett Brew  Clayton Maishman  Munro  

Best

Casey Demons May C Wagner W Collis Chandler Munro

Werribee Tigers Brew Coughlan Hanson Augerinos Hebron Clayton

Statistics 

Toby Bedford 1 goal 3 kicks 3 handballs 6 disposals 2 marks 4 tackles 35 dream team points  
Heath Briggs 5 kicks 4 handballs 9 disposals 2 marks 1 tackles 33 dream team points  
Jaxon Briggs 1 behind 3 kicks 5 handballs 8 disposals 2 marks 4 tackles 43 dream team points  
Kade Chandler 1 goal 7 kicks 2 handballs 9 disposals 5 marks 3 tackles 56 dream team points  
Wayne Collis 9 kicks 1 handballs 10 disposals 4 marks 2 tackles 46 dream team points  
Kyle Dunkley 2 behinds 9 kicks 2 handballs 11 disposals 3 marks 3 tackles 51 dream team points  
Tom Freeman 5 kicks 2 handballs 7 disposals 4 marks 2 tackles 33 dream team points  
Mitch Gent 10 kicks 6 handballs 16 disposals 3 marks 4 tackles 64 dream team points  
Jack Hutchins 6 kicks 4 handballs 10 disposals 3 marks 3 tackles 38 dream team points  
James Jordon 8 kicks 4 handballs 12 disposals 2 marks 7 tackles 66 dream team points  
Declan Keilty 1 goal 1 behind 4 kicks 4 handballs 8 disposals 3 marks 2 tackles 7 hit outs 31 dream team points  
Kade Kolodjashnij 1 goal 8 kicks 4 handballs 12 disposals 5 marks 5 tackles 74 dream team points  
Mykelti Lefau 1 goal 1 behind 4 kicks 1 handballs 5 disposals 2 marks 24 dream team points  
Nick Lowden - 3 dream team points  
Steven May 16 kicks 6 handballs 22 disposals 9 marks 1 tackles 92 dream team points  
James Munro 1 goal 1 behind 9 kicks 9 handballs 18 disposals 2 marks 14 tackles 114 dream team points  
Braydon Preuss 1 behind 7 kicks 2 handballs 9 disposals 3 marks 1 tackle 43 hit outs 76 dream team points  
Aidan Quigley 1 goal 5 kicks 3 handballs 8 disposals 3 marks 4 tackles 52 dream team points  
Cory Stockdale 7 kicks 3 handballs 10 disposals 2 marks 3 tackles 43 dream team points  
Anthony Vella 8 kicks 8 disposals 1 mark 1 tackle 31 dream team points  
Corey Wagner 1 behind 20 kicks 5 handballs 25 disposals 8 marks 10 tackles 130 dream team points  
Liam Wale-Buxton 1 kick 1 disposal 1 tackle 17 hit outs 18 dream team points  
Mitchell White 17 kicks 4 handballs 21 disposals  5 marks 6 tackles 100 dream team points