Casey Demons - offseason 2024/5

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1 hour ago, Travy14 said:

Clearly a focus of the club review and focus on a good VFL side to help our young Dees adjust to the higher level.  Chucking kids in the deep end doesn't help development.

Great moves from the club!

Agree. It is harder to develop kids when you are getting smashed around the contest and generally on the scoreboard.

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You know who’ll happily and proudly talk about the Casey boys? Tom Couch, for one. He’s super proud of the results he’s seeing (which clearly has a lot to do with him working with them).  He said, “Have you seen the Casey lads lately?!” He actually said this a couple of times. 🤩

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On 11/12/2024 at 10:18, KC from Casey said:

He is, however, a returning player so there was no necessity to mention him among those who re-signed and just wanted to highlight a couple of the players in that category. Or they just don't want to make a big deal of him?

This is the case. 🤫 According to JT and Richo. 

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Can say with some knowledge of the situation that Kirkwood-Scott had multiple interviews with our recruitment team in the lead up to the draft if a list spot became available. Clear interest from us to see how he develops in our program so definitely one to keep an eye on.
 

Noah Yze has also signed with Casey for 2025.

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6 hours ago, Travy14 said:

Clearly a focus of the club review and focus on a good VFL side to help our young Dees adjust to the higher level.  Chucking kids in the deep end doesn't help development.

Great moves from the club!

Totally agree Travy14 we really lacked experienced mids at Casey last year, so glad to see the quality of the new recruits, with a bit of luck should see us rocket back up the charts and provide a much more positive environment for our youngsters to develop in.👍😁

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By my reckoning, these are the players contending for places on the Casey Demons list. New or returning players from past years in bold.

Riley Baldi, Jack Behnk, Riley Bonner, Paddy Cross, Jai Culley, Chance Doultree, Tyler Edwards, Tom Freeman, Roy George, Andrew Green, Max Gregory, Mitch Hardie, Patrick Ireland, Eddie King, Mitch Kirkwood-Smith, Brayden Laplanche, Caleb Lewis, Harvey Neocleous, Charlie Peters, Ned Moodie, Tom Sheridan, Kobe Shipp, Deakyn Smith, Tyson Sruk, Kai Windsor, Noah Yze
 

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On 15/12/2024 at 13:05, BC_1718_DC said:

Noah Yze has also signed with Casey for 2025.

As a lapsed Foxtel/Kayo viewer, the recruitment drive at Casey, should reboot considerable interest in footy next season from Casey Fields. Give the 🐝’s a run for their money. Pleased Noah gets to float his boat. Smithy’s never looked so good!

Edited Monday at 07:07 by Tarax Club

[KC from Casey 7,110]

The Casey Demons played their last game for the season on a Saturday morning in August against the Gold Coast Suns in front of a meagre crowd at People First Stadium. The team was thrashed by 88 points in Ben Brown’s last game (he booted six goals). Shane McAdam snagged four and Andy Moniz-Wakefield finished with 35 touches to feature among the team’s best. They were among the 12 AFL listed Demons in the side.

The remainder were Casey VFL-listed players — Tyson Edwards, Roy George, Max Gregory, Eddie King, Harvey Neocleous, Charlie Peters, Kobe Shipp, Roan Steele, Kai Windsor, Ryan Valentine and Mitch White.

The last three on that list have departed and only the first two would be considered automatic selections if you had to pick eleven VFL listed players to represent Casey first up next season. 

With the changes at Melbourne we will also see different MFC faces in the lineup so it’s certainly going to be a major overhaul at Casey in 2025.

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2 hours ago, KC from Casey said:

The Casey Demons played their last game for the season on a Saturday morning in August against the Gold Coast Suns in front of a meagre crowd at People First Stadium. The team was thrashed by 88 points in Ben Brown’s last game (he booted six goals). Shane McAdam snagged four and Andy Moniz-Wakefield finished with 35 touches to feature among the team’s best. They were among the 12 AFL listed Demons in the side.

The remainder were Casey VFL-listed players — Tyson Edwards, Roy George, Max Gregory, Eddie King, Harvey Neocleous, Charlie Peters, Kobe Shipp, Roan Steele, Ryan Valentine, Mitch White and Kai Windsor.

The last three on that list have departed and only the first two would be considered automatic selections if you had to pick eleven VFL listed players to represent Casey first up next season. 

With the changes at Melbourne we will also see different MFC faces in the lineup so it’s certainly going to be a major overhaul at Casey in 2025.

KC is Kai Windsor leaving now? Was mentioned earlier in the thread as a re-signing? 

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18 minutes ago, Left Foot Snap said:

KC is Kai Windsor leaving now? Was mentioned earlier in the thread as a re-signing? 

Apologies - he's staying. The ones who are going are Roan Steele, Ryan Valentine and Mitch White.

Now fixed.

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7 minutes ago, KC from Casey said:

Apologies - he's staying. The ones who are going are Roan Steele, Ryan Valentine and Mitch White.

Now fixed.

Thanks KC

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Agree @KC from Casey our player depth was lacking last year with only White, Steele, Edwards, Cross & Windsor probably in my view being “at the level” required.  This recruiting drive addresses the gap with some seriously talented non AFL listed players.  Look for a big improvement in 2025.