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Casey Demons are back at their fortress this Saturday afternoon with everything pointing to a tough day at the office. Add the well documented injuries to players at AFL level to the need to preserve some extra bodies because of the five day break between the MFC’s two Adelaide games and you have the recipe for another disappointing outcome for Casey. On the brighter side, it will give some younger players an opportunity to perform at this level and to test their mettle. 
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I watched the Casey game last week and there was a glaring problem with the rucks where frankly, our current crop of ruckmen aren’t yet physically equipped to take on the really big men in some of the stronger VFL sides. 

A couple of years ago the Casey Demons brought back ruckman Jake Spencer out of State league retirement for a surprise appearance to cover for a shortage of big men as a result of injuries. I think that they need to find someone like him if they want to be competitive.

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17 minutes ago, Freddy Fuschia said:

I watched the Casey game last week and there was a glaring problem with the rucks where frankly, our current crop of ruckmen aren’t yet physically equipped to take on the really big men in some of the stronger VFL sides. 

A couple of years ago the Casey Demons brought back ruckman Jake Spencer out of State league retirement for a surprise appearance to cover for a shortage of big men as a result of injuries. I think that they need to find someone like him if they want to be competitive.

We played Jack Bell for a couple of seasons after Majak Daw retired. Many here were asking that he be drafted. He had a few years at St Kilda as a youngster I believe

Not sure where he's playing this year

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When is the team announced vs Dishlickers at Casey Saturday?

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My recollection is that the Jake Spencer experiment was not that sucessful.

I was disappointed to see Jack Bell leave. Quality young man showing continuous though gradual improvement.

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On 27/03/2024 at 15:26, Diamond_Jim said:

We played Jack Bell for a couple of seasons after Majak Daw retired. Many here were asking that he be drafted. He had a few years at St Kilda as a youngster I believe

Not sure where he's playing this year

May have returned to the VAFA Old Haileyburians. Season not getting started in B section until 13/04/2024.

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9 minutes ago, Bystander said:

My recollection is that the Jake Spencer experiment was not that sucessful.

I was disappointed to see Jack Bell leave. Quality young man showing continuous though gradual improvement.

Has Jack Bell left?

He was included on the Casey list that was issued just before the start of the season.

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I think Casey is not as strong as last year, with regular players like Moose, Kye Turner, Bell, Ellison, Valentine, Buntine  and Grey leaving and also AFL listed players like Harmes, Dunstan and JJ. Then when combined with the Smith and Gus losses and the long term injuries to Melk and Disco, with the result a lessening of the talent available to Casey.

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53 minutes ago, Redleg said:

I think Casey is not as strong as last year, with regular players like Moose, Kye Turner, Bell, Ellison, Valentine, Buntine  and Grey leaving and also AFL listed players like Harmes, Dunstan and JJ. Then when combined with the Smith and Gus losses and the long term injuries to Melk and Disco, with the result a lessening of the talent available to Casey.

58 minutes ago, Whispering_Jack said:

Has Jack Bell left?

He was included on the Casey list that was issued just before the start of the season.

According to the club lists published in Smithy's VFL List Update - 2024 Season, these are Casey listers coming back from last year -

Riley Baldi, Jack Bell, Paddy Cross, Tyler Edwards, Tom Freeman, Max Gregory, Ned Moodie, Charlie Muley, Harvey Neocleous, Charlie Peters, Tom Sheridan, Roan Steele, Ziggy Toledo-Glasman, Ryan Valentine, Mitch White

Jack Bell and Ryan Valentine are both still on the books, if this is to be believed. I understand they do have some connection with clubs in the VAFA which allows them to play over there if not selected in the VFL. Corey Ellison moved across town after the 2022 season and played for Williamstown last year. I believe he’s still at the Seagulls.

These are the newcomers -

Riak Andrew (Berwick/Dandenong Stingrays), Jack Behnk (St Bedes-Mentone), Leo Connolly (St Kilda), Max Coughlin (Hampton Rovers), Andrew Green (Cranbourne/NT Thunder Academy/Palmerston), Campbell Hustwaite (Collingwood VFL), Eddie King (Richmond Juniors), Caleb Lewis (Footscray), Kobe Shipp (Beaconsfield/Dandenong Stingrays), Brayden La Planche (Rowville/Eastern Ranges), Mitch Szybkowski (Frankston), Kai Windsor (Box Hill Hawks). 

In addition to the above, it was reported recently that Oscar Van Dam, a promising young Tasmanian from North Launceston and the Tasmanian Devils has also been added to the list.

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14 minutes ago, KC from Casey said:

According to the club lists published in Smithy's VFL List Update - 2024 Season, these are Casey listers coming back from last year -

Riley Baldi, Jack Bell, Paddy Cross, Tyler Edwards, Tom Freeman, Max Gregory, Ned Moodie, Charlie Muley, Harvey Neocleous, Charlie Peters, Tom Sheridan, Roan Steele, Ziggy Toledo-Glasman, Ryan Valentine, Mitch White

Jack Bell and Ryan Valentine are both still on the books, if this is to be believed. I understand they do have some connection with clubs in the VAFA which allows them to play over there if not selected in the VFL. Corey Ellison moved across town after the 2022 season and played for Williamstown last year. I believe he’s still at the Seagulls.

These are the newcomers -

Riak Andrew (Berwick/Dandenong Stingrays), Jack Behnk (St Bedes-Mentone), Leo Connolly (St Kilda), Max Coughlin (Hampton Rovers), Andrew Green (Cranbourne/NT Thunder Academy/Palmerston), Campbell Hustwaite (Collingwood VFL), Eddie King (Richmond Juniors), Caleb Lewis (Footscray), Kobe Shipp (Beaconsfield/Dandenong Stingrays), Brayden La Planche (Rowville/Eastern Ranges), Mitch Szybkowski (Frankston), Kai Windsor (Box Hill Hawks). 

In addition to the above, it was reported recently that Oscar Van Dam, a promising young Tasmanian from North Launceston and the Tasmanian Devils has also been added to the list.

Thanks for the update KC glad that Bell is still on our list, do you know when the team for tomorrow’s game will be posted?

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24 minutes ago, DeeZone said:

Thanks for the update KC glad that Bell is still on our list, do you know when the team for tomorrow’s game will be posted?

I expect the team to be announced this evening.

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VFL

INS: O.Sestan, Z.Toledo, M.Szybkowski, T.Sheridan

OUTS: T.Woewodin, A.Green, C.Lewis, H.Neocleous

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Venue: Casey Fields

Date: Saturday 30th March, 2024

First Bounce: VFLW - 11:05 am | VFL 2:05 pm

Gates Open: VFLW - 10:00 am | VFL 12:00 pm

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B 74 MOODIE 20 TOMLINSON 67 FREEMAN
HB 45 MONIZ-WAKEFIELD 26 ADAMS 58 CONNOLLY
C 64 CROSS 16 LAURIE 39 THOLSTRUP
HF 54 STEELE 19 SCHACHE 41 K.BROWN
F 38 SESTAN 21 JEFFERSON 33 FULLERTON
R 28 VERRALL 52 WHITE 46 HUSTWAITE
I 48 TOLEDO 58 EDWARDS 56 SZYBKOWSKI
  53 SHERIDAN 43 FARRIS-WHITE  
EMG 63 PETERS 57 GREGORY 62 GREEN
  65 VALENTINE 66 WINDSOR 70 LEWIS
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Wow Jeffo at Full Forward??? Gees there's a stroke of inspiration!!

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Arton, Arton bloody Arton.!!!!

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CASEY DEMONS vs FOOTSCRAY BULLDOGS

Saturday 30 March, 2:05pm, Casey Fields
Head-to-head: Footscray 8-5; 
At Casey Fields: Casey Demons 4-2; Streak: Footscray 1; 
Last Time: Footscray 22.16 148 def Casey Demons 10.9 69 (September 2, 2023)

CASEY DEMONS

B: T. Freeman (67), A. Tomlinson (20), N. Moodie (74)
HB: A. Moniz-Wakefield (45), J. Adams (26), L. Connolly (55)
C: P. Cross (64), B. Laurie (16), K. Tholstrup (39)
HF: R. Steele (54), J. Schache (19), K. Brown (41)
F: O. Sestan (38), M. Jefferson (21), T. Fullarton (33)
R: W. Verrall (28), C. Hustwaite (46), M. White (52)
INT: Z. Toledo (48)*, T. Edwards (58), M. Szybkowski (56), T. Sheridan (53), K. Farris-White (43)
EMG: C. Peters (63), M. Gregory (57), R. Valentine (65), A. Green (62), K. Windsor (66), C. Lewis (70)

IN: O. Sestan, T. Sheridan, M. Szybkowski, Z. Toledo
OUT: T. Woewodin (AFL), A. Green, C. Lewis, H. Neocleous

FOOTSCRAY BULLDOGS

B: A. Keath (42), J. Busslinger (5), L. Cleary (36)
HB: J. Freijah (27), J. O'Donnell (18), J. Croft (16)
C: T. Bianco (58), D. Orgill (50), A. Scott (28)
HF: J. Chatfield (52), L. McNeil (30), D. Bedendo (26)
F: A. Jones (32), R. Lobb (7), C. Clarke (8)
R: L. Smith (40), R. Garcia (38), J. Harmes (22)
INT: E. Hunt (56), S. Willoughby (53), P. Spicer (63), C. Smith (55)*, C. Craig-Peters (61)
EMG: R. Montgomerie (51), J. Gilbee (69), K. Stretton (66), A. Bade (68)

IN: J. Busslinger, J. Croft, J. Harmes, L. McNeil, J. O'Donnell, A. Scott
OUT: T. Duryea (AFL), J. Macrae (AFL), A. Bade, J. Gilbee, R. Montgomerie, K. Stretton

FOOTNOTE: Bailey Laurie and Adam Tomlinson were withdrawn from the side and flew to Adelaide to be with the Melbourne team. Their places were taken by Charlie Peters and Max Gregory. 

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Fingers crossed for a more coherent performance from Casey come Sunday. A few guys will be racking up some Velocity points returning from being standby emergencies in Adelaide. Valentine and Kai Windsor named in the emergencies too. May get a call up in due course. Will be watching Oliver Sestan’s and AMW’s performances with a degree of interest.

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On 27/03/2024 at 16:45, Freddy Fuschia said:

I watched the Casey game last week and there was a glaring problem with the rucks where frankly, our current crop of ruckmen aren’t yet physically equipped to take on the really big men in some of the stronger VFL sides. 

A couple of years ago the Casey Demons brought back ruckman Jake Spencer out of State league retirement for a surprise appearance to cover for a shortage of big men as a result of injuries. I think that they need to find someone like him if they want to be competitive.

Agree, it's tough in the VFL without a decent, big bodied ruck.

It's also important in terms of being able to practice similar set ups etc in the magoos as the ones.

I think verell looks a player. Undersized, but he's young and will be a big lad in 12 months time.

A year at Casey will be terrific for his development.

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We will get monstered in the middle throughout the year at this rate as we have no credible ruck and the mid stocks are shot.

Early days and i guess we need to be patient & have faith blah blah blah but this is starting to have "a year to forget" type feel about it.

I just hope we can piece something together so any youngsters and out-of-form / coming back from injury senior MFC players have a decent chance to ply their trade, develop their skills & gain some confidence .

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44 minutes ago, Lil_red_fire_engine said:

Does anyone really think Tomlinson, Laurie and Fullerton will play? Surely the emergencies will be rested and in Adelaide in case required. 

They always take one or two emergencies up in these cases and in view of the five day break it would be wise to take all three up there and rest them in case they’re required for the Gather Round game. 

This is especially so after the embarrassing fiasco last year when Melbourne travelled across the Nullarbor to play in Perth, flew back to Melbourne and then to Adelaide with disastrous results.

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At least 2 players like Laurie and Tomlinson won’t play.  It’s going to be a boys v men type of game.  Bulldogs to win by 50+ unfortunately.  Too many senior Dees players unavailable 

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Interesting that the Box Hill Hawks just beat Geelong VFA by 34 points at GMHBA Stadium with two ruckmen from last week both out (presumably in the lineup for the Easter Monday game). Ned Reeves played for Box Hill as did Finn Maginess who was close to BOG with 27 touches today.

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