The Casey Demons return to their home ground this Sunday when they play host to the Sydney Swans. 

Start time is the ungodly 11:05am.

Anyone know if it’s on Kayo?

10 minutes ago, Whispering_Jack said:

The Casey Demons return to their home ground this Sunday when they play host to the Sydney Swans. 

Start time is the ungodly 11:05am.

Anyone know if it’s on Kayo?

It's on Kayo.

I just read on the AFL site this game has been postponed with more info to come next week. 

Bad news about the postponement, given we finally have AFL & VFL games in the right order.

Is an used AFL injury sub allowed to play the next day in a VFL match, or are they deemed to have played already?

9 minutes ago, Dee Zephyr said:

I just read on the AFL site this game has been postponed with more info to come next week. 

https://www.afl.com.au/news/608379/fixture-update-start-time-changes-and-travel-arrangements-for-r8

"The Swans’ VFL team will not travel to Melbourne this weekend with their match against the Casey Demons scheduled for Sunday, May 9 to be postponed. The VFL match will be rescheduled and more information will be provided next week."

just our luck

will be interesting to see if it is re scheduled

Perhaps when the Swans play in Melbourne and we can fit it in.

I suspect they won't try too hard

I'm sure there's a Sydney Paddy McCartin and Kayo = KO joke in there somewhere....

Shame about our fringe players missing out on a game this week. Weideman may find the delay even more frustrating if he's not selected for the senior team.

Wonder if they'll try and put together a modified scratch match of casey and Melbourne listed players + fill ins.

Well, that sucks!!  As if the VFL comp aint bad enough without this!  Our list players not in the AFL team need to be playing every week!  Not happy, Jan!!

A few clubs have byes - they might be able to organise something around one of those clubs but most likely a scratch match and not official game. 

 (Censored) arrangement.  Likely no opportunity for our reserves to press their claims for senior selection.  Weid, Chandler, Bedford, Harmes and others are possible examples. Grrrr!

Both clubs have byes scheduled for next weekend. Hopefully easy enough to just push this fixture back a round.

Bummer for the hopefuls, but the Ones will play so uniformly excellently on Sat night that there'll be no place for them next week anyway...

3 hours ago, kieranbj said:

Both clubs have byes scheduled for next weekend. Hopefully easy enough to just push this fixture back a round.

Yes I thought that. Surely that’s the common sense outcome.  

12 hours ago, Vagg said:

Well, that sucks!!  As if the VFL comp aint bad enough without this!  Our list players not in the AFL team need to be playing every week!  Not happy, Jan!!

Not Happy? Im Ropeable! just when we get some synergy this comes along! Our Fringe players will be fuming!

Edited May 6, 20213 yr by picket fence

An additional week off for head case McCartin?

12 hours ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Yes I thought that. Surely that’s the common sense outcome.  

So, you're saying it definitely won't happen, then?

On 5/4/2021 at 5:13 PM, WERRIDEE said:

It's on Kayo.

Bewdy.

20 hours ago, kieranbj said:

Both clubs have byes scheduled for next weekend. Hopefully easy enough to just push this fixture back a round.

I think it's actually the week after (Round 5). Quite fortuitous really. No non-hotel quarantine cases in Sydney today so hopefully restrictions will be short-term.

We have a postponed match due to the virus may be considered fair. What I really hate is that VFL teams have at least 2 byes in their season which means no game time for Casey players this weekend and no game time for Casey players on the 22nd May. We have an even amount of teams in the comp , so why do we need byes? 

28 minutes ago, COOLX said:

We have a postponed match due to the virus may be considered fair. What I really hate is that VFL teams have at least 2 byes in their season which means no game time for Casey players this weekend and no game time for Casey players on the 22nd May. We have an even amount of teams in the comp , so why do we need byes? 

It’s been reported that the Casey Demons  vs Sydney game will probably be played on 22 May (Covid19 allowing), meaning that they’ll be switching the byes around. Point taken about the nonsense VFL Eastern Seaboard 22 team competition that allows for a 16 game regular season.

Meanwhile, what about the fans who travelled from the other side of Melbourne to see the game that never took place?

I suppose it’s a testament to the AFL’s lack of interest in its feeder competition that, apart from announcing the postponement of Casey’s game, no further word has come through about its status (presumably now a bye) or whether and where it will be replaced on the fixture (the obvious being on 22 May). I don’t know how the coaching staff feel but 3 VFL games over 8 rounds doesn’t sound ideal. 

49 minutes ago, Whispering_Jack said:

I suppose it’s a testament to the AFL’s lack of interest in its feeder competition that, apart from announcing the postponement of Casey’s game, no further word has come through about its status (presumably now a bye) or whether and where it will be replaced on the fixture (the obvious being on 22 May). I don’t know how the coaching staff feel but 3 VFL games over 8 rounds doesn’t sound ideal. 

Hold your horses they have indicated it will be played later in the season!!

Its too soon to worry about the replay it will happen.