Howes looks panicky.

hard to tell on the stream, but it really looked like a lot of the casey players were running in quicksand that quarter

i am fearful of a sluggish 'loading' game in mfc's immediate future

Edited May 31May 31 by whatwhat say what

Well the system certainly broke down that quarter.

Handball chains that couldn't break free or went backwards allowing ample time for Swans to go forward.

Kicks via the boundary line with up and under kicks into the forward line

Half Time Casey 8.5.53 hold a narrow lead Sydney 7.2.44

Goals Jefferson van Rooyen 2 Campbell Culley Mentha

Disposals Billings 19 Howes 14 Baldi 13 Bonner Hardie 11

is it just me, but this is a hard game to watch, just terrible footy

2 minutes ago, monoccular said:

Howes looks panicky.

Swans are flooding back which is making it particularly difficult to achieve any rebound plus Swans are entering on our countless turnovers which makes defending a nightmare

5 minutes ago, monoccular said:

Howes looks panicky.

i’d give him a shot at the med fwd role of melk and fritsch for a few weeks in the vfl

Havent been able to watch the first half so cheers for the info everyone.

From an opposition perspective it's interesting to see Florent in the reserves. He seemed a solid 22 lock prior to this season and contracted until 2029 I believe.

Jesse Dattoli looked super impressive in his draft year as a half-forward with stints on ball. Strong competative player for his size and excellent overhead game. I see he's amongst the goals. Northern Knights boy so maybe one to keep on the radar if he gets home sick.

From @sydneydemon at half time - Messy scrambled quarter. Lost our system particularly delivery I50. Looking for a reset in the 3rd quarter. Howes and Sestan busy.

The umpire whistles coming through the effects mic from the surrounding grounds is bloody annoying.

I'm not watching it, but can anyone tell me, are we trying to play the same style as the AFL team? Surely...

1 minute ago, Heart Beats True said:

The umpire whistles coming through the effects mic from the surrounding grounds is bloody annoying.

Sme whistle is annoying. I thought it sounded like the audio of the umps whistle was coming through earlier than the video and the commentators coming later than both. If so, quite an achievement.

9 minutes ago, jaydenh10 said:

i’d give him a shot at the med fwd role of melk and fritsch for a few weeks in the vfl

I dunno if he has the ‘smarts’ around the footy to play the role

He reads the play well and impacts aerially from a spoil / intercept perspective

He seems to operate in straight lines as opposed to making intelligent decisions in the moment, particularly when it comes to with ball in hand

Just now, Adam The God said:

I'm not watching it, but can anyone tell me, are we trying to play the same style as the AFL team? Surely...

Yes we are but at VFL level the packs are often more crowded making it harder to break lines. Some of the players eg Tholstrup might be better trying to break a line and then handball rather than handballing at first instance.

Also we kick laterally instead of at 45 degrees allowing opposition to flood back.

All that aside it's promising

Jai Culley’s most impressive performance thus far in red and blue.

4 minutes ago, Random Task said:

Havent been able to watch the first half so cheers for the info everyone.

From an opposition perspective it's interesting to see Florent in the reserves. He seemed a solid 22 lock prior to this season and contracted until 2029 I believe.

Jesse Dattoli looked super impressive in his draft year as a half-forward with stints on ball. Strong competative player for his size and excellent overhead game. I see he's amongst the goals. Northern Knights boy so maybe one to keep on the radar if he gets home sick.

Ollie Florentino looks a class above and has the AFL physique to go with it. Cunningham is another regular who is returning after a long injury lay-off. Dattoli looks every bit a quality first rounder will rebound to first no doubt.

Mitch Hardy very intelligent footballer.

Cream has set- kicking now has some solidity.

Goal!!!!!!!!

2 minutes ago, sue said:

Sme whistle is annoying. I thought it sounded like the audio of the umps whistle was coming through earlier than the video and the commentators coming later than both. If so, quite an achievement.

Agree it's an audio issue with the ground set up.

Nice to know that there's a mark before a player kicks the ball

jvr very strong to get the separation and then double lead for the mark i50 but his kicking is letting him down quite a bit - actually true of the whole of the casey side; their disposal really letting them down

plugger mac not having a good game - dropping his marks, not nailing his passes, and now kicking into the man on the mark

Cream is soft cheese

Sestan to Culley

Roo playing well.

Misses…

Bonner???

Sestan intercept followed by turnover.

Comedy capers on Casey back lin

Jesse Craven superb tackle.

JEFFO is the new BBB third free goal!!!!!!!!!!!

el jefe seems to be one of those forwards who has a knack for earning a free kick i50 - he now has 3 goals 1

billings is absolutely racking it up, playing that classic gut-running wing role and getting a heap of ball running the lines

So many missed marks and unforced errors. A lot of lazy football. TMac having a mare. Kolton has pretty ordinary skills. Jeff’o and Roo the main positives

Disposal is horrible

from @sydneydemon - They’re rushing disposals trying to play quickly.