Casey Demons v Geelong VFL - Round 16

[KC from Casey 7,117]

Last chance saloon time -

CASEY DEMONS V GEELONG VFL
Saturday 20 July, 2.00pm
Casey Fields, Cranbourne East

CASEY DEMONS

B 5. W. Collis, 17. O. McDonald, 20. J. Hutchins
HB 8. J. Jordon, 22. D. Keilty, 16. J. Wagner
C 18. O.  Baker, 26. J.  Lockhart, 1. J.  Kennedy-Harris
HF 19. M. Hannan, 21. T. Smith, 27. A. Neal-Bullen
F 28. K. Dunkley, 4. M. White, 9. C. Spargo
FOLL 24. L. Wale-Buxton, 7. C. Maynard, 13. C. Wagner
I/C (from) 2. T. Bedford, 15. J. Briggs, 3. K. Chandler, 31. D. Collis, 14. T. Freeman, 11. M. Gent, 23. M. Lefau, 30. M. Lewis, 12. J. Munro, 29. A. Quigley, 10. C. Stockdale, 32. L. Tynan
23P 6. A. Lual M Gahan

IN M. Hannan, M. Lewis,  C. Spargo, T. Smith

OUT A. Bradtke, M. Gent, O. McDonald, C. Wagner

GEELONG VFL

B 24. J. Bews, 25. L. Henderson, 38. J. Henry
HB 39. Z. Guthrie, 8. J. Kolodjashnij, 34. J. Parsons
C 6. J.  Clark, 27. S.  Menegola, 16. S.  Selwood
HF 13. L. Fogarty, 28. D. Fort, 37. S. Simpson
F 48. A. Black, 12. W. Buzza, 15. N. Kreuger
FOLL 9. Z. Smith, 18. C. Constable, 19. Q. Narkle
I/C (from) 45. R. Abbott, 20. O. Brownless, 79. P. Dowling, 10. B. Jarvis, 41. J. Jones, 21. J. Kennerley, 52. J. McLachlan, 43. S. Okunbor, 56. B. Reid, 49. N. Rokahr, 33. J. Tarca, 51. J. Tsitas
23P 54. C. Jones

In: R. Abbott,  J. Bews, J. Clark, P. Dowling, Z. Guthrie, J. Henry, J. Kolodjashnij, S. Menegola, N. Rokahr, J. Tsitas

OUT L. Smith, B. Schlensog

[Diamond_Jim 12,628]

With Geelong 7th on the ladder and Casey ninth this is the classic 8 point game.

One game and percentage separate the two teams.

Geelong only have three players on the injured list so they will be fielding a strong team.

No Preuss who has been dominating at this level makes it a tough ask but the weather is 17 degrees with strong northerlies suggesting a relatively pleasant day out.

[spirit of norm smith 16,589]

Cats are blessed when it comes to having a full list.  Some very good VFL players not even in the squad!!  James Tsitas is a very good player. Good tough as nails lockdown half back yet only gets a run off the bench. 

[KC from Casey 7,117]

Not in the named side but there's a late change to the Casey Demons VFL team with 2018 Dandenong Stingrays premiership player Matt Gahan making his debut for Casey today.

[picket fence 17,526]

How Lefau isn't in the starting 18 is perplexing.!! I reckon he has some serious X Factor!

[Maybe next year 170]

Anyone know why Bradtke is not playing?   Also is there a streaming service of this game?

Edited July 20, 2019 by Maybe next year

[Demon Dynasty 17,109]

2 hours ago, picket fence said:

How Lefau isn't in the starting 18 is perplexing.!! I reckon he has some serious X Factor!

Maybe already upgraded on our list PF!!??? ....speed X factor.  Something we have very little of right now, especially the latter!

[Damo 3,376]

This game will be on Casey Radio

[Maybe next year 170]

Decided to venture to Casey. Beautiful sunny day but quite windy. Based on the performance of Casey and Melbourne in the past I’m expecting to see 4 times as many behinds as goals.

[Big_Dee 18]

3 hours ago, picket fence said:

How Lefau isn't in the starting 18 is perplexing.!! I reckon he has some serious X Factor!

How old is he? 

[Maybe next year 170]

Smith and Baker out there. Guessing that means Hannan and Dunkley travelled with the seniors. 

Correction Hannan out there too under a yellow training top so I missed it

Edited July 20, 2019 by Maybe next year

[Maybe next year 170]

Casey kicking with what I think is a 3-4 goal breeze. Started ok. JKH just squibbed a marking contest right in front of me 

[Diamond_Jim 12,628]

Scrappy game.

Absolute gale blowing to the end the dees are kicking to

[Diamond_Jim 12,628]

Hardly out of our fifty but no score

[Maybe next year 170]

JKH with the first after a great marking contest by Smith. Baker started well

[KC from Casey 7,117]

Casey has first use of a gusting wind and Jay Kennedy Harris gets first blood with a nice goal.

It appears that Melbourne has taken Kyle Dunkley and Oscar McDonald up to Alice Springs as the traveling emergencies which leaves Casey somewhat undermanned.

 

[Maybe next year 170]

Lefau with number 2. Love the way Smith contests for the mark 

[KC from Casey 7,117]

Mykelti Lefau goals to give Casey a 15 point lead. The Cats have yet to score.

[Maybe next year 170]

Keilty with the 3rd.

22 mins gone. Casey with all the play. Should be more than 22 points up.

[KC from Casey 7,117]

Keilty marks and boots Casey’s third.

It’s 22 - 0.

[Diamond_Jim 12,628]

Strong mark and goal to kielty

[Maybe next year 170]

JKH and spargo missed simple kicks to teammates. Disappointing although both playing reasonably well. Hutchins the standout for me

[KC from Casey 7,117]

QT Casey Demons 3.4 22 - Geelong VFL 0.0 0 

Goals Keilty Kennedy Harris Lefau

Stats Munro 8 Kennedy Harris 7 Hannan Hutchins 6 Lefau 5

Have the scored enough with this wind advantage.

[Maybe next year 170]

A sub par score given the wind. Tackling pressure has been excellent. This quarter will be the test. Spargo, Baker, Smith and Hutchins the best for mine

[Demon Dynasty 17,109]

Would happily have Lefau on the list before the likes of JKH, ANB, Spargo, Jwags and Billy for the 2020 season.

Plenty of speed and X factor that the others lack and pretty clean with ball in hand.  Knows where the goals are also.  A fair way off AFL level at this point but has weapons the others don't. 

Prospective AFL star if managed well.