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Howes and Smith very good. Chandler very good before injury. Laurie looks polished and uses the ball very well. 
Rosman very disappointing, hope he has a good last half. 

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Positives in my view so far.

Howes looks impressive, has pace and makes solid decisions it seems. Impressed with smith's defensive marking, taj has been solid and looks like he has an afl body already. Dunstan next in line for a mid position and may keep Sparrow and Jordan on their toes a bit. Brown dominating up forward and Van Rooyen playing well for his first official hit out. Bedford probably close to best on still, has real intensity around the ball and has been pretty clean. Melksham didn't get a lot of the footy but his iq showed through and when he had the ball he was dangerous with it. Good to see Laurie get his hands on it a bit and spend some time in the centre. Have high hopes for this kid and reckon he has the goods. Daw serviceable but is definitely a "break in case of emergency" player. AMW doesn't seemed overawed at all and looked like he belonged at the level.

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Rosman probably had one or two touches for the half, seems to get lost or ignored on the footy field often. Was in a good spot a couple times for a switch but wasn't used. Has plenty of tools to work with but has a long way to go. With his height and speed/endurance mix I wonder if he should be used as a high half forward link up player ala tom lynch of the St kilda Adelaide variety.

Weideman is low on confidence and should be really owning games like these were we are dominating the scoreboard and forward 50 entries. The dropped chest mark in the goal square (Sun may have been in issue) is painful, he often has these nearly moments but can't capitalise. Not sure the ruck experiment is ideal for him, would rather see him in the 50 all day and have brown ruck for the sake of his development and confidence. More leads, more marks and more shots on goals. My thoughts anyway.

 

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19 minutes ago, Nascent said:

Weideman is low on confidence and should be really owning games like these were we are dominating the scoreboard and forward 50 entries. The dropped chest mark in the goal square (Sun may have been in issue) is painful, he often has these nearly moments but can't capitalise. Not sure the ruck experiment is ideal for him, would rather see him in the 50 all day and have brown ruck for the sake of his development and confidence. More leads, more marks and more shots on goals. My thoughts anyway.

I think Weid spending some time in the ruck is good for getting him involved, physically fired up and attacking the ball with a bit of aggression.

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Weideman is not going to make it. Just doesnt have enough mongerel in him to mix it with the big dogs. This contract should be his last.

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12 minutes ago, ding said:

Weideman is not going to make it. Just doesnt have enough mongerel in him to mix it with the big dogs. This contract should be his last.

Funny thing is, when he started, he had a very good and aggressive attack on the ball in the air. I haven’t seen that for years sadly

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4 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

dominant performance for mitch brown with 5 goals 3 

Try 6 Goals 3 can and who could he replace next week?

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2 minutes ago, Rab D Nesbitt said:

Weeds is now a shadow of the shadow of a player he used to be. 

Hasn't been that since a final in 2018. No idea why they kept him

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here's hoping for a brown squared AFL forward line friday night

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And that’s a wrap … good start for the Casey Demons 

CASEY DEMONS 4.2.26 11.5.71 16.8.104 21.14.140

SANDRINGHAM 2.3.15 5.3.33 6.7.43 8.9.57

GOALS 

CASEY DEMONS M Brown 7 Bedford Van Rooyen 3 Laurie White 2 Chandler Dunstan Weideman Woewodin 

SANDRINGHAM Carey Geary Henness Kent Kyle Lohmann McHale Ryder

BEST

CASEY DEMONS Brown Munro Van Rooyen Dunstan White Smith Bedford Baker

SANDRINGHAM Ryder Windhager Connolly Owens Heath Geary Seaton

STATISTICS 

Oskar Baker 18 kicks 5 handballs 23 disposals 6 marks 1 tackle 87 dream team points
Toby Bedford 3 goals 1 behind 10 kicks 3 handballs 13 disposals 5 marks 5 tackles 91 dream team points
Mitch Brown 7 goals 3 behinds 18 kicks 1 handball 19 disposals 14 marks 2 tackles 155 dream team points
Kade Chandler 4 kicks 1 handball 5 disposals 1 mark 25 dream team points
Majak Daw 1 behind 7 kicks 1 handball 8 disposals 3 tackles 22 hit outs 59 dream team points
Luke Dunstan 1 goal 20 kicks 5 handballs 25 disposals 7 marks 4 tackles 113 dream team points
Corey Ellison 6 kicks 4 handballs 10 disposals 2 marks 2 tackles 34 dream team points
Tom Freeman 6 kicks 2 handballs 8 disposals 3 marks 2 tackles 33 dream team points
Luca Goonan 13 kicks 5 handballs 18 disposals  4 marks 62 dream team points
Blake Howes 1 behind 6 kicks 10 handballs 16 disposals 3 marks 3 tackles 58 dream team points
Bailey Laurie 2 goals 10 kicks 10 handballs 20 disposals 3 marks 5 tackles 86 dream team points
Judd McVee 1 behind 8 kicks 9 handballs 17 disposals 8 marks 4 tackles 83 dream team points
Jake Melksham 8 kicks 6 handballs 14 disposals 4 marks 2 tackles 53 dream team points
Bryce Milford 6 kicks 7 handballs 13 disposals 5 marks 1 tackle 51 dream team points
Andy Moniz-Wakefield 5 kicks 9 handballs 14 disposals 2 marks 1 tackles 44 dream team points
James Munro 13 kicks 13 handballs 26 disposals 2 marks 7 tackles 97 dream team points
Aiden Quigley 2 kicks 1 handballs 3 disposals 8 dream team points
Fraser Rosman 8 kicks 2 handballs 10 disposals 4 marks 41 dream team points
Deakyn Smith 15 kicks 6 handballs 21 disposals 10 marks 1 tackle 91dream team points
Sam Weideman 1 goal 1 behind 9 kicks 4 handballs 13 disposals 6 marks 2 tackles 4 hit outs 68 dream team points
Mitch White 2 goals 1 behind 15 kicks 6 handballs 21 disposals 3 marks 4 tackles 94 dream team points
Taj Woewodin 1 goal 12 kicks 6 handballs disposals 8 marks 1 tackles 84 dream team points
Jacob Van Rooyen 3 goals 2 behinds 11 kicks 1 handball 12 disposals 8 marks 4 tackles 2 hit outs 98 dream team points

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46 minutes ago, ding said:

Weideman is not going to make it. Just doesnt have enough mongerel in him to mix it with the big dogs. This contract should be his last.

Been saying for 2 years throw him to CHB and let’s see what he has. If it worked Petty could return forward. Weid appears to have the tools to play off half back, and it’s easier to play there and build some confidence than be a key forward with limited opportunities and someone sitting off your left shoulder all day. 

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Did Howes get rested in the last qtr? Didn't see him.

JVR looks very promising. Mitch Brown was a class above. It puts pressure on Tmac. McVee and Smith looked at home at this level. Laurie did some nice things, but doesn't look AFL ready. 

We really don't have that much depth aside from key forwards, excluding Weid. Dunstan racked up possies but looked lazy, particularly when Casey didn't have the ball. Melk got plenty of it, but his decision making was ordinary. Ditto Baker.

Aside from the injured Premiership players, didn't really see anyone pushing for selection next week. Bear in mind that this was a low intensity game, and Sandy had a majority of Sandy listed and Saints top-up players.

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1 minute ago, Earl Hood said:

Been saying for 2 years throw him to CHB and let’s see what he has. If it worked Petty could return forward. Weid appears to have the tools to play off half back, and it’s easier to play there and build some confidence than be a key forward with limited opportunities and someone sitting off your left shoulder all day. 

Why do we need to make concessions to an already brilliant and established backline, just to fit Weid into the team? 

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Was Howes rested in the last quarter? He was pretty impressive up to 3 quarter time and I did not sight him at all in the last.

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21.14 - 140 points pretty impressive and emphatic win lead by Brown, Munro ,White and Dunstan well supported by our young brigade. Top effort boys.!!!

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3 minutes ago, mo64 said:

Why do we need to make concessions to an already brilliant and established backline, just to fit Weid into the team? 

I am saying to trial him at CHB at Casey, if it works then you have a selection option. At the moment he is not a selection option at all. And I just don’t see him making it as a forward but he definitely has size, mobility and clean hands (if there isn’t a fist coming through of course). At this stage he won’t be at the club next year. 

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