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CASEY: Rd 06 vs Box Hill Hawks

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J.Smith, no follow up to his good 2nd quarter. Fell out the game as his opponent tightened up on him.

Harmes doing well.

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    9 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

    melksham's ground level work at this level is outstanding

    Agree, Melksham is outstanding at this level which is where he should stay.

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    Far far too good for VFL but not quite constant enough for AFL. But when Melksham is on he is on.

    McDonald has got better as the game has gone on as well.

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    Melksham doesn’t impact enough at AFL. He’s a good sub but he isn’t a 4 quarter player. 

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    Ok, who won?

     

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    10 minutes ago, Jaded No More said:

    Melksham doesn’t impact enough at AFL. He’s a good sub but he isn’t a 4 quarter player. 

    Could have fooled Carlton last year.

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    I saw a clip of Melksham’s goal where he kicked it up to himself. McDonald looked like he could barely walk, let alone run. 

    Has he improved since then or is he injured?

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    Melksham 5 sausage rolls has been superb. 

    Geez for all the bagging of TMac ive see nhim take about 5 marks second half, kick a 2nd goal and helped set up others. Some here just love to bag our own. 

    Turner has been excellent down back. 

    Brown looks proppy and not quite right to me. 

    Edited by Bay Riffin

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    Game over and Casey wins by 30 points. Melksham - 5 goals. Terrific performance.

    CASEY DEMONS 2.3.15 8.5.53 13.7.85 16.10.106

    BOX HILL HAWKS 3.3.21 5.6.36 9.8.62 11.10.76

    GOALS

    CASEY DEMONS Melksham 5 J Smith 3 McDonald Woewoedin 2 Brown Jefferson Laurie Sestan 

    BOX HILL HAWKS Jeka Koschitzke 2 Bramble Butler McDonald Mascitti O’Sullivan Porter Stanley 

    BEST

    CASEY DEMONS Melksham White J Smith Tomlinson McDonald Harmes

    BOX HILL HAWKS Brown Meek McDonald McKenzie Butler Koschitzke 

    Statistics

    Jed Adams 3 kicks 2 handballs 5 disposals 2 marks 19 dream team points
    Jack Bell 7 kicks 1 handball 8 disposals 3 tackles 14 hit outs 51 dream team points
    Ben Brown 1 goals 1 behind 7 kicks 2 handballs 9 disposals 5 marks 1 tackle 48 dream team points
    Matt Buntine 6 kicks 3 handballs 9 disposals 1 mark 2 tackles 32 dream team points
    Luke Dunstan 5 kicks 6 handballs 11 disposals 3 marks 1 tackle 40 dream team points
    Zane Duursma 3 kicks 6 handballs 9 disposals 2 tackles 29 dream team points
    Kyah Ferris-White 1 handball 1 disposal 1 tackle 5 hit outs 11 dream team points
    Max Gregory 2 kicks 5 handballs 7 disposals 2 marks 22 dream team points
    George Grey 4 kicks 5 handballs 9 disposals 1 mark 2 tackles 33 dream team points
    James Harmes 1 behind 13 kicks 12 handballs 25 disposals 5 marks 2 tackles 83 dream team points
    Blake Howes 5 kicks 5 handballs 10 disposals 4 marks 1 tackle 41 dream team points
    Matt Jefferson 1 goal 5 kicks 2 handballs 7 disposals 5 marks 1 tackle 44 dream team points
    Bailey Laurie 1 goal 6 kicks 12 handballs 18 disposals 1 mark 5 tackles 65 dream team points
    Tom McDonald 2 goals 1 behind 11 kicks 3 handballs 14 disposals 8 marks 2 tackles 1 hit out 85 dream team points 
    Jake Melksham 5 goals 2 behinds 13 kicks 4 handballs 17 disposals 6 marks 1 tackle 101 dream team points
    Oliver Sestan 1 goal 8 kicks 1 handballs 9 disposals 1 mark 5 tackles 47 dream team points
    Deaykin Smith 6 kicks 6 handballs 12 disposals  4 marks 2 tackles 51 dream team points
    Joel Smith 3 goals 1 behind 10 kicks 4 handballs 14 disposals 7 marks 3 tackles 91 dream team points
    Roan Steele 8 kicks 1 handball 9 disposals 3 marks 2 tackles 44 dream team points
    Adam Tomlinson 15 kicks 6 handballs 21 disposals 8 marks 1 tackle 1 hit out 86 dream team points
    Daniel Turner 11 kicks 1 handballs 12 disposals 7 marks 1 tackle 62 dream team points
    Mitch White 18 kicks 5 handballs 23 disposals 4 marks 6 tackles 97 dream team points
    Taj Woewodin 2 goals 1 behind 9 kicks 3 handballs 12 disposals 2 marks 4 tackles 64 dream team points

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    2 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

    Replacing who?

    as the sub he replaces Harmes

    If Petty doesn't return he takes Schache's spot in the 22

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    2 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

    as the sub he replaces Harmes

    If Petty doesn't return he takes Schache's spot in the 22

    We’d be far too short if we replace Schache with Melksham. Leaves JVR as our only tall forward.

    Melksham’s VFL form is good but his recent AFL form has been poor. Sub only IMO.

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    6. Jake Melksham

    5. Mitch White

    4. Dan Turner

    3. Adam Tomlinson

    2. James Harmes

    1. Tom MacDonald

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    6 minutes ago, rpfc said:

    Could have fooled Carlton last year.

    I agree. He was crucial in the last 2 minutes of that game. The problem is he's not consistent and does not exhibit the selflessness we're trying to communicate to the rest of the team. 

    2 minutes ago, Bay Riffin said:

    Melksham 5 has been superb. 

    Geez for all the bagging of TMac ive see nhim take about 5 marks second half, kick a 2nd goal and helped set up others. Some here just love to bag our own. 

    Turner has been excellent down back. 

    Brown looks proppy and not quite right to me. 

    I'm not bagging him in general. He's a strong mark, presents well and works hard up the ground. But he's slow, tries to unsuccessfully break tackles all the time, and makes skill errors that an AFL player shouldn't make. He should look at a player like Mitch White who is very limited but only tries to do what he's capable of.

    I agree with you about Turner. He to me was the obvious standout from an AFL perspective. Despite very poor Casey midfield pressure on Box Hill's running players he stood up superbly.

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    20 minutes ago, titan_uranus said:

    We’d be far too short if we replace Schache with Melksham. Leaves JVR as our only tall forward.

    Melksham’s VFL form is good but his recent AFL form has been poor. Sub only IMO.

    Melksham main issue is that he doesn't apply enough pressure to disrupt opposition transition out of our FWD 50

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    52 minutes ago, YearOfTheDees said:

    Far far too good for VFL but not quite constant enough for AFL. But when Melksham is on he is on.

    McDonald has got better as the game has gone on as well.

    Yep - I remember a game vs Richmond back in 2019 (ugggh) where they beat us comfortably, but Melky kicked 4 - brought the Harlem Globetrotters that day - very strong. Wish he could be more consistent - from game to game, and within games. Let’s be honest, he’s got game!

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