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CASEY: Wild Card vs North Melbourne

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The Casey Demons will have to survive a Wild Card game against North Melbourne at Casey Fields next Sunday in order to earn the right to play Footscray in a VFL Elimination Final in a fortnight’s time. IMG_4388.jpegIMG_4389.jpeg

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    Since Nth AFL play Saturday, the North VFL will have all AFL emergencies and others available, given that their AFL team is finished for the season. Can players who play a full game Saturday be available for the Sunday game?

    Their fans will also be able to be engaged.

    I would have thought, that the team above all the teams playing in VFL wildcard games, would get the advantages.

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    If we played the Northern Bullants ONCE this year (like ALL the teams in the top 6 did), this match would never had happened. Ridiculously compromised fixturing in this comp

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    10 minutes ago, kev martin said:

    Their fans will also be able to be engaged.

    I can't imagine both of them making the trek to Casey.

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    I’m disappointed that it had to come to this for Casey and for Melbourne.

    If Casey loses this week then there’s nowhere for the fringe players to get a decent form of competitive match practice while the seniors are playing AFL finals. 

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    25 minutes ago, Red and Blue realist said:

    The only handy thing is that we don't have a bye this week! Any fringe player still has a chance to impress

    The fringe players will most likely be travelling emergencies so once again the VFL stuffs it up

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    52 minutes ago, Red and Blue realist said:

    The only handy thing is that we don't have a bye this week! Any fringe player still has a chance to impress

    The following week is to our advantage, if Casey beat North. 

    AFL get the bye, and those players that are underdone or need to prove themselves could get a chance, against the VFL Footscray team.

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    ANOTHER REASON TO DITCH THIS BASKET CASE THAT IS VFL!

    Stand alone reserves is what is required!

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    7 minutes ago, picket fence said:

    ANOTHER REASON TO DITCH THIS BASKET CASE THAT IS VFL!

    Stand alone reserves is what is required!

    It's the scheduling which kills us this weekend. Probably more the fault of the AFL in giving us Sunday in Sydney

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    2 hours ago, Elwood 3184 said:

    I’m disappointed that it had to come to this for Casey and for Melbourne.

    If Casey loses this week then there’s nowhere for the fringe players to get a decent form of competitive match practice while the seniors are playing AFL finals. 

    Disappointed ?!

    It is ideal!!! So long as the boys win 5 games straight the firsts will have the advantage of a reserves team playing every week.

    The teams that stuffed up and made top 6 or, even worse, top 4 and win qualifier ( Brisbane ? ), haven't thought it through.

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    Incredibly disappointing that Casey managed to lose their final 3 games and so turn Top 4 into a 7th place finish but agree that our fixture was compromised by not playing Northern Bullants. I assume though that the other side not playing the Bullants was Southport who finished 14th who we played in last year's Grand Final (only 2 sides miss out). I still don't understand with 21 teams & 22 rounds why every team couldn't play every other team once with 2 byes. Maybe there's a mathematical fixturing reason why this couldn't happen.

    It would seem to me that that the Casey-North game could have been played on Saturday so Casey aren't disadvantaged by having to keep players out as emergencies for the Melbourne-Swans game when North don't have to (since their AFL side is playing on Saturday). Why wouldn't you play both Wildcard games on a Saturday? The 5th & 6th teams are already extremely advantaged with the introduction of a Wildcard Round without additionally potentially playing their opponents next week off a  6-day break.   

    The other issue is that the Wildcard Round has been introduced by stealth for the VFL (was there any consultation?). Clearly an attempt to pre-empt a possible move into the AFL for this unnecessary & flawed idea. Anyway, despite all the negatives, hopefully Casey beat North (who have lost 4 in a row) and go on to play Footscray who will be a much tougher proposition, especially if the Western Bulldogs don't make the AFL Finals.

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    It’s crazy that Casey lost too many close games and it was mainly through their own demise. Certainly not impacted by injury as most of the team was available and had a good amount of AFL listed talent. Goalkicking was shocking across 3-4 losses.  
    They’ll likely win this week but based on recent form, struggle v bulldogs.  

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    1 hour ago, spirit of norm smith said:

    It’s crazy that Casey lost too many close games and it was mainly through their own demise. Certainly not impacted by injury as most of the team was available and had a good amount of AFL listed talent. Goalkicking was shocking across 3-4 losses.  
    They’ll likely win this week but based on recent form, struggle v bulldogs.  

    Lot of pessimists on this side. When we played Bulldogs early this season Casey won 94 - 57. Recent form includes the narrowest of losses, 1 point to Williamstown and 2 points to Brisbane.

    There is enough listed talent and a core of very good Casey stalwarts to go all the way. Timing of AFL v VFL schedules and locations will affect availability of players.

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    Possible team

    B: D.Smith, Tomlinson, Freeman

    HB: Buntine, Adams, K.Turner

    C: Woewodin, Dunstan, Steele

    HF: Grey, McDonald, Moniz-Wakefield

    F: Schache, Brown, Jefferson

    FOLL: Grundy, Jordon, Harmes

    IC: Verrall, Munro, White, Neocluous, Toledo-Glasman

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    I suspect McDonald will come into the seniors this week either in the 22 or as sub. Given the game is a dead rubber, the match committee will want to see whether he’s up to playing finals. Not sure Tomlinson will be dropped from the seniors either, yet.

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    4 minutes ago, Dee Zephyr said:

    Huge ins.

    They're only ins if they don't travel to Sydney as emergencies.

    My understanding is we will lose 3 players being the sub and two travelling emergencies

    Wonderful scheduling once again

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    8 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

    They're only ins if they don't travel to Sydney as emergencies.

    My understanding is we will lose 3 players being the sub and two travelling emergencies

    Wonderful scheduling once again

    Jordon, Harmes and the Shack are huge enough 

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