Do we have any rated defenders?

Fullo a big grab and a chance for the sealer!  BANG!!

Lewis leading well.  
Works better when crumbers crumb instead of competing against teammates. 

Okay that wasnt the sealer

Incredible effort by Langford to win that loose ball 

A DRAW!!!

CASEY DEMONS 2.9.21 3.11.29 6.13.49 10.16.76

NORTH MELBOURNE VFL 2.2.14 4.4.28 7.7.49 11.10.76

GOALS

CASEY DEMONS Fullarton Lewis 2 Campbell Craven Doultree Edwards Langford Yze

NORTH MELBOURNE VFL Duursma Maley 2 Butler Downie Ford Harvey Stevens Tarrant Teakle

BEST

CASEY DEMONS Baldi Fullarton Bonner Campbell Gregory Windsor

NORTH MELBOURNE VFL Fisher Tomlinson Butler Macpherson Maley Whitlock

STATISTICS

Nice bit of desperation from Langers to get the ball i50 there but straight to Norf who rebound and miss the lot around the corner ....OOTF ...DRAW!

Laughable 

Langford showed promise today.

1 minute ago, Demon Dynasty said:

Nice bit of desperation from Langers to get the ball i50 there but straight to Norf who rebound and miss the lot around the corner ....OOTF ...DRAW!

What’s the score DD??

2 minutes ago, DeeZone said:

What’s the score DD??

10.16 to 11.10  76 a piece

4 minutes ago, TassieDevil said:

Langford showed promise today.

Yep.  Found his feet a bit in that second half, particularly the last Q

Lewis showed something up forward.

only saw the second half, but langford was excellent in it, fullarton showed more than i was expecting, and bonner looks too good for vfl

Missed the last quarter but it was mainly play on and fumble for the first three quarters. A pleasant change from hugging the boundary line.

Let's see how it develops as the season goes on

1 hour ago, dazzledavey36 said:

I don't get to training so I can't comment but on bigfooty a regular Melbourne supporter who attends said in all the pressure season training he went to, goalkicking practice was completely non existent. 

Yes, the player do it on their own spare time after training but from he was saying there is a no structured training in place for this.

If that's the case, then it makes sense that we are a very inaccurate team when shooting for goal

One of the better games I have seen for us from Fullarton. Baldi was our best. TC was great. Bonner was good, but disposal was iffy at times. Handy game from Langford. Mentha didn’t get much of it but I liked what I saw when he did.

Goal kicking was terrible. Lots of very straightforward shots.

Edited March 23, 20251 yr by godees

19 minutes ago, TassieDevil said:

Langford showed promise today.

Yes. But he needs to take more care. Highly skilled but last qtr had 3 turnovers and a useless hand pass that put Sestan in a tackle. Was the right choice - just terrible execution. He was there to get the loose ball though. 
Overall the whole team had too many turnovers but if they kicked straight at the start they wouldn’t have had any pressure. 

Casey showed some grit in the last. Campbell, Baldi, Craven and Langford flying the flag in the last stanza. 
 
Somebody put their hand up for Specialist Goal Kicking Coach?

oh yeah Picket!!!

2 minutes ago, godees said:

One of the better games I have seen for us from Fullarton. Baldi was our best. TC was great. Bonner was good, but disposal was iffy at times. Handy game from Langford. Mentha didn’t get much of it but I liked what I saw when he did.

Baldi kept us in it. 
TC got a lot of the ball but so many turnovers. 
And what was he thinking when taking the boundary kick in?? Bonner, Sestan, Adams, Hore and others were all there. 

Missed the last quarter so little said by me on the players, but I’m a big fan of the English fella doing the commentary. Knows the players, and adds extra tidbits when he sees appropriate lulls. His off sider who was doing special comments, awful. Added very little of value and brought any banter to a virtual standstill, which speaks to the the others guys skill being able to overcome the handicap. Glad he does a lot of Casey matches, hope he gets some help soon though. 

The draw means that we’re in the finals frame after Round 1.

Goalkicking practice this week.   Mandatory!! 

1 hour ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Goalkicking practice this week.   Mandatory!! 

Both squads.

Anyone tell me why Bailey Laurie is still on the list.  I know we have to give youngsters chances to shine but he’s had chances & is going backwards.  I saw him in the under 18s and he had a yard of pace, was smart and could hit a target in left or right foot.  Seriously has not developed at all and I couldn’t see why we extended his contract.  Given what he shows, this has to be his last year.