Three quick goals to Coburg, we're 4 goals up.

Luke Dunstan scores a timely goal from a stoppage. 

Casey gets a free.

The Sub Bedford gets his second goal and the lead is back to 6 goals.

Casey getting on top with White running onto the ball for an easy goal.

A free kick and 50 metre penalty gifts Coburg a late goal. No idea what that was for.

Two free kicks and 50 metre penalties to Coburg in this last quarter resulting in goals.
Free kicks 14 to 29

Smith and Tomlinson stood out down back but geez Bedford was outstanding I thought. Just going so hard to try and break into the seniors.

Siren and Casey takes the 4 points to the top of the ladder

Casey Demons 3.5.23 5.7.37 9.10.64 13.12.90

Coburg 0.0.0 2.4.16 3.4.22 8.7.55

Goals

Casey Demons Steele 3 Bedford Brown Daw 2 Chandler Dunstan Ellison White 

Coburg Lowson Podhajski Silvestro 2 Jepson Thomas

Best

Casey Demons White Tomlinson Melksham Dunstan Bell Bedford Woewodin J Smith  

Coburg Podhajski Bunker Nelson Maibaum

Statistics

Oskar Baker 9 kicks 6 handballs 15 disposals 3 marks 1 tackles 52 dream team points
Toby Bedford 2 goals 7 kicks 8 handballs 15 disposals 2 marks 4 tackles 72 dream team points
Jake Bell 5 kicks 4 handballs 9 disposals 2 marks 3 tackles 29 hit outs 65 dream team points
Mitch Brown 2 goals 2 behinds 6 kicks 2 handballs 8 disposals 3 marks 2 tackles 48 dream team points
Kade Chandler 1 goal 2 behinds 9 kicks 4 handballs 13 disposals 6 marks 2 tackles 1 hit out 65 dream team points
Majak Daw 2 goals 2 kicks 1 handballs 3 disposals 22 dream team points [injured]
Luke Dunstan 1 goal 11 kicks 10 handballs 21 disposals 3 marks 3 tackles 81 dream team points
Corey Ellison 1 goal 7 kicks 1 handballs 8 disposals 3 marks 1 hit out 39 dream team points
George Grey 3 kicks 3 handballs 6 disposals 2 marks 1 tackles 26 dream team points
Ryan Koo 6 kicks 3 handballs 9 disposals 2 marks 1 tackles 32 dream team points
Bailey Laurie 2 behinds 12 kicks 9 handballs 21 disposals 6 marks 2 tackles 79 dream team points
Judd McVee 5 kicks 6 handballs 11 disposals 4 marks 39 dream team points
Jake Melksham 1 behind 12 kicks 9 handballs 21 disposals 8 marks 4 tackles 80 dream team points
Andy Moniz-Wakefield 1 behind 4 kicks 2 handballs 6 disposals 1 marks 18 dream team points
James Munro 2 kicks 9 handballs 11 disposals 2 marks 4 tackles 41 dream team points
Fraser Rosman 6 kicks 6 handballs 12 disposals 2 marks 33 dream team points
Deakyn Smith 1 behind 6 kicks 3 handballs 9 disposals 2 marks 1 tackles 1 hit out 36 dream team points
Joel Smith 7 kicks 6 handballs 13 disposals 3 marks 4 tackles 56 dream team points
Roan Steele 3 goals 10 kicks 2 handballs 12 disposals 6 marks 70 dream team points
Adam Tomlinson 20 kicks 4 handballs 24 disposals 6 marks 1 tackle 72 dream team points
Jacob Van Rooyen 5 kicks 8 handballs 13 disposals 3 marks 4 hit outs 41 dream team points
Mitch White 1 goal 15 kicks 11 handballs 26 disposals 8 marks 4 tackles 114 dream team points
Taj Woewodin 11 kicks 10 handballs 21  disposals 4 marks 4 tackles 76 dream team points

Shocking game to watch, you would hate to be a leading forward playing at windy casey every second week . 

Unbelievable the amount of times they kicked it out on the full 

Melksham good

Bedfords second half good

The rest, I thought, either didn't get enough of it or used it poorly if they did

 

 

Edited April 17, 20222 yr by Paulo

27 minutes ago, Brownie said:

Two free kicks and 50 metre penalties to Coburg in this last quarter resulting in goals.
Free kicks 14 to 29

It  must be tough as a player. You have to put up with umpire incompetence and if you show any sort of dismay they hit you with a 50m penalty for dissent. Maybe the AFL should concentrate on improving umpire performance rather than worrying about negative player feedback.

19 minutes ago, Sydney_Demon said:

It  must be tough as a player. You have to put up with umpire incompetence and if you show any sort of dismay they hit you with a 50m penalty for dissent. Maybe the AFL should concentrate on improving umpire performance rather than worrying about negative player feedback.

Players got to learn how to be smarter , instead of saying HE f..king ducked, say YOU f..king ducked , the ump will get the point

God I wish we could have a home base that is closer to our HQ that is not windswept.

5 minutes ago, djr said:

God I wish we could have a home base that is closer to our HQ that is not windswept.

I agree entirely. Casey works fine for a non-affilliated VFL team but given that it's usually 70% Melbourne's list it would be nice to have it closer so Melbourne fans could get there easily and less windy so skills would count. As far as the class differential goes Casey was about 15 goals better than Coburg but when teams are playing in conditions like today it evens everything out. 

Bedford and Tomlinson clearly too good for this level.  Unfortunate for both to be not getting AFL matches but cannot fault our tall defenders and small forwards right now.  

1 hour ago, Sydney_Demon said:

It  must be tough as a player. You have to put up with umpire incompetence and if you show any sort of dismay they hit you with a 50m penalty for dissent. Maybe the AFL should concentrate on improving umpire performance rather than worrying about negative player feedback.

I kind of understand both sides of it @sydney_demon.

Who on earth would want to be an umpire?

I think they need to attract a better calibre of professional athletes to adjudicate the game and part of that is cutting out the abuse which is fair enough 

But, the standard of umpiring seems so low. Why can't an umpire's game be scrutinised like a player's game? Why not drop them if they perform poorly. 

Pay them well, make it a career path and make it competitive for spots to umpire in the AFL.

If you're rubbish, you get dropped.

If there is a blight on the murderer's career as AFL ceo, I reckon it's the complexity and always changing rules of the game, the MRO and tribunal and the standard of the umpiring.

Totally agree with you, it must just drive the player's crazy.

On 4/16/2022 at 5:21 PM, Whispering_Jack said:

Coburg has a debutant playing tomorrow named Dylan Thomas. I hear he’s poetry in motion.

 

wry.

8 hours ago, Deemania since 56 said:

wry

Becrause

A WIN IS A WIN by KC from Casey

It was a case of the ends justifying the means for the Casey Demons on Sunday afternoon. They led all day, won by 35-points with 16 AFL-listers in the side and claimed top spot on the VFL ladder, but they also played some ugly football in even more ugly conditions to get there. But a win is a win.

The opposition did very little to help by going totally negative against the wind after the Demons kicked away with three goals, one to Mitch Brown followed by two to Majak Daw, midway through the opening term. After that, the game turned into a messy slog in the swirling conditions but Casey was at least able to score goals against the stiff breeze with both sides scoring two each in the second quarter to give the home team a handy 21-point lead at the main break.

The next ten minutes of football was more of a slopfest with plenty of errors from both sides, overuse of handball, more negative tactics from the Lions and some equally poor umpiring. With Majak Daw out of the game, Jacob Van Rooyen was doing some work in the ruck and the forward line was depleted and out sorts.

But suddenly, the team hit a purple patch with goals to Brown, Corey Ellison and two to Roan Steele to put them up by 8 goals with time still to go with the wind. Ironically, the first of those goals to Steele came after an exciting passage involving a string of handpasses and short passing that was very much exceptional in a day of dour football.

Late in the term Coburg hit back with their only score for the day against the wind - a goal that must have given them some belief because they went into attack in the last quarter and narrowed the Demon lead to 4 goals before Toby Bedford chipped in with a great running snap goal to finish off the opposition run.

Conditions were perfect for captain Mitch White who led the field with 26 disposals and one goal. Young goalsneak Steele from Frankston YCW showed why the recruiting staff pursued him so hard and he kicked three timely goals. Youngsters Bailey Laurie and Taj Woewodin played their best games yet for the club and provided great support for the experienced Luke Dunstan and Jake Melksham while Adam Tomlinson and Joel Smith were rock solid in defence. 

Toby Bedford stood out in his record 9th game in the first month of football for 2021 which include 5 as AFL sub for Melbourne. He was unused for the last four of those games which allowed him to subsequently take the field for Casey but that unusual run will end this week as the VFL game on Sunday at Punt Road will take place before the Anzac Eve blockbuster on Sunday night. The VFL Tigers returned to form at the weekend and it should be a great curtain raiser for the main game.

Casey Demons 3.5.23 5.7.37 9.10.64 13.12.90

Coburg 0.0.0 2.4.16 3.4.22 8.7.55

Goals

Casey Demons Steele 3 Bedford Brown Daw 2 Chandler Dunstan Ellison White 

Coburg Lowson Podhajski Silvestro 2 Jepson Thomas

Best

Casey Demons White Tomlinson Melksham Dunstan Bell Bedford Woewodin J Smith  

Coburg Podhajski Bunker Nelson Maibaum

Statistics

Oskar Baker 9 kicks 6 handballs 15 disposals 3 marks 1 tackles 52 dream team points
Toby Bedford 2 goals 7 kicks 8 handballs 15 disposals 2 marks 4 tackles 72 dream team points
Jake Bell 5 kicks 4 handballs 9 disposals 2 marks 3 tackles 29 hit outs 65 dream team points
Mitch Brown 2 goals 2 behinds 6 kicks 2 handballs 8 disposals 3 marks 2 tackles 48 dream team points
Kade Chandler 1 goal 2 behinds 9 kicks 4 handballs 13 disposals 6 marks 2 tackles 1 hit out 65 dream team points
Majak Daw 2 goals 2 kicks 1 handballs 3 disposals 22 dream team points [injured]
Luke Dunstan 1 goal 11 kicks 10 handballs 21 disposals 3 marks 3 tackles 81 dream team points
Corey Ellison 1 goal 7 kicks 1 handballs 8 disposals 3 marks 1 hit out 39 dream team points
George Grey 3 kicks 3 handballs 6 disposals 2 marks 1 tackles 26 dream team points
Ryan Koo 6 kicks 3 handballs 9 disposals 2 marks 1 tackles 32 dream team points
Bailey Laurie 2 behinds 12 kicks 9 handballs 21 disposals 6 marks 2 tackles 79 dream team points
Judd McVee 5 kicks 6 handballs 11 disposals 4 marks 39 dream team points
Jake Melksham 1 behind 12 kicks 9 handballs 21 disposals 8 marks 4 tackles 80 dream team points
Andy Moniz-Wakefield 1 behind 4 kicks 2 handballs 6 disposals 1 marks 18 dream team points
James Munro 2 kicks 9 handballs 11 disposals 2 marks 4 tackles 41 dream team points
Fraser Rosman 6 kicks 6 handballs 12 disposals 2 marks 33 dream team points
Deakyn Smith 1 behind 6 kicks 3 handballs 9 disposals 2 marks 1 tackles 1 hit out 36 dream team points
Joel Smith 7 kicks 6 handballs 13 disposals 3 marks 4 tackles 56 dream team points
Roan Steele 3 goals 10 kicks 2 handballs 12 disposals 6 marks 70 dream team points
Adam Tomlinson 20 kicks 4 handballs 24 disposals 6 marks 1 tackle 72 dream team points
Jacob Van Rooyen 5 kicks 8 handballs 13 disposals 3 marks 4 hit outs 41 dream team points
Mitch White 1 goal 15 kicks 11 handballs 26 disposals 8 marks 4 tackles 114 dream team points
Taj Woewodin 11 kicks 10 handballs 21  disposals 4 marks 4 tackles 76 dream team points

14 hours ago, Brownie said:

But, the standard of umpiring seems so low. Why can't an umpire's game be scrutinised like a player's game? Why not drop them if they perform poorly. 

Pay them well, make it a career path and make it competitive for spots to umpire in the AFL.

 

Totally agree. There is virtually no transparency on umpire reviews of performance and by that I also mean a lack of media scrutiny. I know why they stopped bagging umpires on TV, but it has gone too far in that there now seems to be no accountability. Constructive discussion with an umpires rep explaining decisions should be a weekly occurrence with a view to improving umpiring. When the same umpires keeping getting shown up (like some of Stevic's strange involvements) then a better feedback loop can begin. Need to talk more openly publicly to help ease supporter frustration as poor decisions seem to generally go ignored after the event. We should also be discussing and recognising good performances.

15 hours ago, Sydney_Demon said:

It  must be tough as a player. You have to put up with umpire incompetence and if you show any sort of dismay they hit you with a 50m penalty for dissent. Maybe the AFL should concentrate on improving umpire performance rather than worrying about negative player feedback.

There's a massive shortage of umpires, this obviously affects the quality. The AFL have identified they believe part of the reason is the abuse they cop week in week out  - hence the new harsh rule.

If you want better umpire performance, then unfortunately the available data suggests the new rule is needed.

Did Joel Smith play?

22 minutes ago, Lord Nev said:

There's a massive shortage of umpires, this obviously affects the quality. The AFL have identified they believe part of the reason is the abuse they cop week in week out  - hence the new harsh rule.

If you want better umpire performance, then unfortunately the available data suggests the new rule is needed.

I agree the rule is definitely needed. Just needs to be refined and applied with more consistency. (The Geelong game will be a good case study today).

I also think overt verbal abuse of an umpire should be met with a fine. Touching an umpire an immediate suspension.

I remember the first game of rugby union I played. I made some infringement in a maul and I asked the ref what the decision was for. Penalised and marched 10 immediately.  Was told by my team mates to shut up in no uncertain terms. While that gets to the extreme end it is closer to the direction we need to get to for umpire respect.

Edited April 17, 20222 yr by Left Foot Snap
10 not 19

2 minutes ago, chook fowler said:

Did Joel Smith play?

Yes.

1 hour ago, KC from Casey said:

Kade Chandler 1 goal 2 behinds 9 kicks 4 handballs 13 disposals 6 marks 2 tackles 1 hit out 65 dream team points

Kade in the ruck?