CASEY: Rd 05 vs Geelong

[picket fence 17,968]

43 minutes ago, WERRIDEE said:

Majak and M.Brown superb putting pressure on the senior players.

I would have Mitch Brown in the team instead of Melksham any day of the week! In fact Weeds would want to fire as well! I think Mitch Brown is a very clever and underated player!. Could have had 6 or 7 by the sound of it!

Edited May 15, 2021 by picket fence

[Balance Demon 92]

How did the girls go? I believe they played before the boys.

[dl4e 5,851]

What a pleasant surprise it was to rock up to the ground and flash my membership card and walk in for nothing. None of that tickitek nonsense. Onto the game, it was very messy football. Tackling was good on both sides . Of the demon players I thaught Sparrow and Brown were the best, Daw took some incredible marks in the forward line and it was a more intelligent game by him that I have seen in a while. Jetta did a lot of good things with the ball although he did not get a lot of it. Lockhart was okay as was rosman. In the end it was Brown that carried us over the line but that was only in the second half. Like the senior side they seem to have a knowledge of how to win.

[FireInTheBennelly 4,101]

3 hours ago, hells bells said:

Didn’t make it sorry team. Industrial strength hangover got the better of me.

If you wouldn't mind investing in some of these from Chemist Warehouse before Casey's next game HB, that'd be great. ?

[picket fence 17,968]

12 minutes ago, FireInTheBennelly said:

If you wouldn't mind investing in some of these from Chemist Warehouse before Casey's next game HB, that'd be great. ?

Im of to a curry restaurent tonight I might need these !

[sisso 2,588]

We’ve got forwards by the bucketload at the moment: M Brown is capable of doing a job at AFL level if required 

[Demons11 7,096]

7 minutes ago, sisso said:

We’ve got forwards by the bucketload at the moment: M Brown is capable of doing a job at AFL level if required 

Amazing isn’t it.  Last year it felt like we had no key forwards at all who could impact the game, now it seems we have 5 or 6 who are in ripping form 

[Deefender 245]

Good to see that Bradtke is making steady progress. 

Edited May 15, 2021 by deefender

[Slartibartfast 17,988]

How many listed players did Geelong have?

[Demonland 73,468]

CATNIPPED by KC from Casey 

After winning big away from home across the first three rounds of the new look VFL competition, the Casey Demons were forced to dig deep against Geelong VFL at Casey Fields on Saturday.

The traditional AFL based teams were evenly matched, fielding ten listed players apiece and this was reflected in the evenness of the game and the final margin which saw the home side leading by a solitary point on the final siren.

Casey suffered an early blow when Jake Bowey came off with what appeared to be a serious ankle injury. Bowey appeared later in a moonboot and with crutches.

The Demons were wasteful early with the breeze behind their backs with Mitch Lewis’ goal at the 21 minute mark, their only major score in the first half. The Cats took control in a second term in which the defences held sway and scoring was difficult. Geelong’s half time lead of ten points was pushed up to a game high 15 when Darcy Fort put one between the big sticks five minutes into the second half. 

Enter the Demons’ almost forgotten key forward Mitch Brown who hadn’t been since since he played in the AFL team’s win over Hawthorn a few weeks back. In the space of a few minutes he booted two goals two behinds, almost single-handedly wiping off the deficit although he left it to fellow tall, Majak Daw, to score the goal to put the team back in the lead. The Cats fought back with the next two goals before Toby Bedford responded to level the scores. At the final break, it was the Cats by a point. 

In an exciting final term, Casey again showed their mettle with Brown proving to be the match winner. With both teams struggling to find the goals the Demons were doing most of the scoring but, against the run of play, the Cats scored the first major of the final term. Two strong marks and two more goals to Brown provided the ray of hope needed for the team to nudge ahead by eight points well into time on but the game wasn’t over yet. A couple of bad errors resulted in two technical free kicks for crowding at defensive throw ins and Rhys Stanley managed to goal with the second. The Demons were forced to endure a tense minute or so before the final siren ended a close and exciting game. They remain undefeated and on top of the 22-team ladder. 

Apart from Brown, Daw was also a dominant player whether on the ball or up forward while Aaron Bradtke proved a useful foil as his lieutenant in the ruck. Experienced defenders Neville Jetta and Jay Lockhart were steady as a rock all day, the latter receiving a bad knock in the painful area of the body that recently caused him to miss a couple of games. Tom Sparrow was the best of the midfielders, amassing 24 disposals and 5 tackles. As usual, James Munro was important with several pressure acts including eight tackles.

The Demons return to Casey Fields on Sunday to play their game against the Sydney Swans which was postponed from a fortnight ago.

2021 VFL Mens

Casey Demons 1.5.11 1.6.12 5.10.40 7.15.57

Geelong VFL 1.1.7 3.4.22 6.5.41 8.8.56

Goals 

Casey Demons Brown 4 Bedford Daw Lewis

Geelong VFL Jenkins 3 Burke Constable Fort Jarvis Stanley 

Best 

Casey Demons M Brown Stockdale Daw Sparrow Jetta Lockkhart

Geelong VFL Fort Okunbor Constable Chalcraft Stanley Brownless

Statistics 

Toby Bedford 1 goal 1 behind 9 kicks 3 handballs 12 disposals 6 marks 3 tackles 70 dream team points

Jake Bowey 2 kicks 1 handball 3 8 dream team points (injured in first quarter)

Aaron Bradtke 3 kicks 3 handballs 6 disposals 4 tackles 9 hit outs 42 dream team points

Mitch Brown 4 goals 3 behinds 13 kicks 4 handballs 17 disposals 11 marks 1 tackle 1 hit out 110 dream team points

Majak Daw 1 goal 1 behind 7 kicks 4 handballs 11 disposals 4 marks 5 tackles 27 hit outs 96 dream team points

Corey Ellison 10 kicks 5 handballs 15 disposals 5 marks 2 tackles 65 dream team points

Zac Foot 2 behinds 11 kicks 5 handballs 16 disposals 4 marks 1 tackle 58 dream team points

Tom Freeman 10 kicks 3 handballs 13 disposals 4 marks 42 dream team points

Luca Goonan 4 kicks 5 handballs 9 disposals 3 marks 2 tackles 40 dream team points

George Grey 1 behind 6 kicks 2 handballs 8 disposals 3 marks 4 tackles 45 dream team points

Jack Hutchins 4 kicks 3 handballs 7 disposals 2 marks 1 tackles 22 dream team points

Neville Jetta 11 kicks 11 handballs 22 disposals 2 marks 3 tackles 66 dream team points

Mitch Lewis 1 goal 14 kicks 5 handballs 19 disposals 6 marks 4 tackles 91 dream team points

Jay Lockhart 12 kicks 6 handballs 18 disposals 6 marks 66 dream team points

Cory Machaya 1 behind 3 kicks 5 handballs 8 disposals 20 dream team points

James Munro 10 kicks 8 handballs 18 disposals 1 marks 8 tackles 72 dream team points

Fraser Rosman 10 kicks 4 handballs 14 disposals 5 marks 4 tackles 50 dream team points

Deakyn Smith 10 kicks 6 handballs 16 disposals 6 marks 3 tackles 52 dream team points

Ryan Sparkes 10 kicks 3 handballs 13 disposals 3 marks 6 tackles 71 dream team points

Tom Sparrow 1 behind 14 kicks 10 handballs 24 disposals 3 marks 5 tackles 93 dream team points

Corey Stockdale 2 kicks 3 handballs 5 disposals 6 tackles 33 dream team points

Mitch White 1 behind 5 kicks 5 handballs 10 disposals 5 marks 1 tackle 2 hit outs 47 dream team points

[KC from Casey 7,130]

On 5/15/2021 at 7:53 PM, Baghdad Bob said:

How many listed players did Geelong have?

Good morning Bob,

As you can see from my article posted above, Geelong and Melbourne both had ten of their listed players in their respective VFL teams on Saturday. Below are the players and number of games played in the AFL:-

Casey Demons

Toby Bedford (2)

Jake Bowey (0)

Aaron Bradtke (0)

Mitch Brown (76)

Majak Daw (54)

Neville Jetta (158)

Jay Lockhart (22)

Fraser Rosman (0)

Deakyn Smith (0)

Tom Sparrow (12)

Geelong VFL

Oscar Brownless (0)

Charlie Constable (12)

Sam De Koning (1) 

Darcy Fort (8)

Max Holmes (1)

Ben Jarvis (1) 

Josh Jenkins (149)

Stefan Okunbor (0)

Rhys Stanley (144)

Nick Stevens (0)

As you can see, both had roughly the same total number of AFL games behind them. Of course, Casey were at a little disadvantage because they lost Jake Bowey early in the piece.

BTW, Barry (formerly of Beach Road, Sandringham) says hello from the Gold Coast.

[Slartibartfast 17,988]

Many thanks KC.  Is Barry up on the GC permanently now? His reports from Sandy were second to none, you excepted of course. 

[Demonland 73,468]

4 hours ago, Demonland said:

Casey suffered an early blow when Jake Bowey came off with what appeared to be a serious ankle injury. Bowey appeared later in a moonboot and with crutches.

Posted by Adam Tomlinson this morning. Bowey sans moonboot lifting heavy weights. Is this a photo from today? Would he be lifting such heavy weights after a serious ankle injury. Is this an old picture posted in solidarity for and by a fellow injured player?

 

[KC from Casey 7,130]

On 5/17/2021 at 7:49 AM, Baghdad Bob said:

Many thanks KC.  Is Barry up on the GC permanently now? His reports from Sandy were second to none, you excepted of course. 

Yes Bob. He’s very much entrenched up on the Coast and expected to make a comeback to reporting on Demonland when Casey comes up here later in the year to play Gold Coast.

[sue 9,173]

I see on the MFC website they have video of all the VFL goals and what sounds like a full-on commentary of the entire match.  Did anyone find out if that was being streamed? Who made it? If not streamed, why not? What equipment is missing to stream it? etc?

[Vagg 2,449]

7 minutes ago, sue said:

I see on the MFC website they have video of all the VFL goals and what sounds like a full-on commentary of the entire match.  Did anyone find out if that was being streamed? Who made it? If not streamed, why not? What equipment is missing to stream it? etc?

You ask many good questions...!