4 hours ago, Roost it far said:

No need to embarrass the Pies just yet

I'm just getting warmed up. Here's another toy that hit the market this year.

Posted in the Casey thread but probably belongs here.

For mine the senior changes looks like

Out: Johnson, Laurie

In: JvR/Jefferson, Culley

Emergcencies: JvR/Jefferson, Howes, Tholstrup

Don't think we need an extra defender in Howes. We'll probably keep the two key forward structure with one of JvR or Jefferson. Tholstrup had an improved game against a meek Sydney but don't think he's done anywhere near enough for a promotion.

Laurie's time at the dees is all but done it appears. Feel for him because he only got a 20min chance in one of our teams worst efforts of the year. Hard to see him being back in selectors thoughts though, particularly when Viney and Spargo return.

6 minutes ago, Random Task said:

Posted in the Casey thread but probably belongs here.

For mine the senior changes looks like

Out: Johnson, Laurie

In: JvR/Jefferson, Culley

Emergcencies: JvR/Jefferson, Howes, Tholstrup

Don't think we need an extra defender in Howes. We'll probably keep the two key forward structure with one of JvR or Jefferson. Tholstrup had an improved game against a meek Sydney but don't think he's done anywhere near enough for a promotion.

Laurie's time at the dees is all but done it appears. Feel for him because he only got a 20min chance in one of our teams worst efforts of the year. Hard to see him being back in selectors thoughts though, particularly when Viney and Spargo return.

My gut is that Melksham will spend some time out after the shoulder stinger

Out: Johnson, Melksham (inj), Laurie

In: JVR, Jefferson, Kolt

3 minutes ago, MrFreeze said:

My gut is that Melksham will spend some time out after the shoulder stinger

Out: Johnson, Melksham (inj), Laurie

In: JVR, Jefferson, Kolt

Good shout. He didn't look right all game with that shoulder. The club obviously rate Kolt highly and he does bring some forward half pressure so wouldn't surprise to see him back in.

20 minutes ago, Random Task said:

Good shout. He didn't look right all game with that shoulder. The club obviously rate Kolt highly and he does bring some forward half pressure so wouldn't surprise to see him back in.

Kolt never should have been dropped. Started to look dangerous against the Eagles, was moved to sub against the Hawks and then dropped.

1 hour ago, Roost it far said:

Brereton wasn’t a thug like Matthews. Matthews was a cowardly thug.

The nastiest player in the last 50 years. A definite coward too. Unfortunately he was feted for it at the time. Society had very weird attitudes towards coward violence back in 70s and 80s.

3 hours ago, Ghostwriter said:

So was Leigh Matthews, and he was also a thug.

Hughes and Grinter were choir boys?

Jordan De Goey	Achilles	TBC
Harvey Harrison	Knee	TBC
Tew Jiath	Foot	Test
Ash Johnson	Leg	3-4 weeks
Pat Lipinski	Concussion	TBC
Fin Macrae	Shoulder	6-8 weeks
Brayden Maynard	Foot	2 weeks
Reef McInnes	Knee	Season
Dan McStay	Knee	Test
Lachie Schultz	Hamstring	5-6 weeks

1 minute ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Jordan De Goey	Achilles	TBC
Harvey Harrison	Knee	TBC
Tew Jiath	Foot	Test
Ash Johnson	Leg	3-4 weeks
Pat Lipinski	Concussion	TBC
Fin Macrae	Shoulder	6-8 weeks
Brayden Maynard	Foot	2 weeks
Reef McInnes	Knee	Season
Dan McStay	Knee	Test
Lachie Schultz	Hamstring	5-6 weeks

Dees missing Viney (best 23) and Spargo and Johnson.

3 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Dees missing Viney (best 23) and Spargo and Johnson.

Johnson is not best 23. He doesn't get enough possessions and is not yet a reliable kick.

6 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Dees missing Viney (best 23) and Spargo and Johnson.

Gawd Spargo and Johnson aint best 22! Johnson is a VFL Battler and thats it! Spargo MASSIVELY overated by match commitee

31 minutes ago, Wizard of Koz said:

The nastiest player in the last 50 years. A definite coward too. Unfortunately he was feted for it at the time. Society had very weird attitudes towards coward violence back in 70s and 80s.

It was celebrated and he was celebrated for being tough.

They made videos on it and the AFL profited from it.

4 minutes ago, picket fence said:

Gawd Spargo and Johnson aint best 22! Johnson is a VFL Battler and thats it! Spargo MASSIVELY overated by match commitee

Not like Jeffo, hey... 🤔

3 hours ago, Redleg said:

JVR will be fine.

We know he can play, he is just having a poor season.

Windsor is having a poor season too, should we dump him?

Yes

The difference between Collingwood and Melbourne’s depth is that Collingwood’s VFL regulars slot in seamlessly under a well coached and well oiled system while we certainly can’t say the same about our squad.

Therefore, while Collingwood’s injury list is larger than ours both in quality and quantity, they have way better depth to cover their lnjuries.

2 hours ago, Superunknown said:

I’d like one now thanks

Who could it be , now ?

Some might say Kossie

(runs for cover...)

33 minutes ago, Docs Demons said:

Hughes and Grinter were choir boys?

So, because I mentioned the name of one thug, that means I consider everyone else to be choir boys?

4 hours ago, Redleg said:

JVR will be fine.

We know he can play, he is just having a poor season.

Windsor is having a poor season too, should we dump him?

Windsor has played more good games than JVR in half the time. JVR seems stuck in his first season. Next to no improvement since. Please do not play him on Monday.

I'd have loved Brereton to have played for us at his peak.

I remember Bob Skilton called him Bweeton when commentating so he wouldn't have to say Bweweton for two hours straight.

9 hours ago, Wizard of Koz said:

The nastiest player in the last 50 years. A definite coward too. Unfortunately he was feted for it at the time. Society had very weird attitudes towards coward violence back in 70s and 80s.

Lethal, not called for nothing.

He and his Neanderthal brethren , esp Dipper, would oft hunt for victims.

Two absolute [censored] examples of almost- humans.

9 minutes ago, Docs Demons said:

Hughes and Grinter were choir boys?

Hughes and Grinter only ever collected opponents in contests in my experience. Matthews routinely dropped blokes behind play. Just ask Stephen Smith. Or Peter Giles.

Matthews was seriously messed in the head.

Watching Brisbane kick themselves to death was compulsive viewing last night, and strangely comforting.

But then I remembered the opening quarter of last year's KB fixture and Disco Turner's strong mark in front of goal about 30 metres out. Kicking from about 40 metres on a very slight angle Disco put the ball out of bounds. It set the tone for the game: zero goals and four behinds in the first term on the way to 6.15 which included four posters.

For the record JvR kicked 3.1, the only forward to have a positive goal-behind ratio. Fritter was the worst at 1.4 and Kozzie marginally better with 2.4. Disco ended with 0.1 plus that OOB.

I only mention this to heighten my own sense of dread, but I thought it best to share.

Hell, I hope we turn up. And fire.

19 minutes ago, marquis said:

Hughes and Grinter only ever collected opponents in contests in my experience. Matthews routinely dropped blokes behind play. Just ask Stephen Smith. Or Peter Giles.

Matthews was seriously messed in the head.

Or Tulip.. saw them clean him up at Artic Park one day. An act that changed my perception of footy forever.

Absolute [censored] act

My son had a schoolmate named Brereton, as in, that was his first name. Brereton had a twin sister named Leigh. When I first met their dad I told him I was curious as to why he named Brereton ‘Brereton’ but named Leigh ‘Leigh’ and not ‘Matthews’ He said, “Because that would be stupid.” I said. “Yeah, THAT would be stupid.” He then said something about barracking for Melbourne being the most stupid. This was in 2013 so to be fair dude had a point. 😅

1 hour ago, Rab D Nesbitt said:

I'd have loved Brereton to have played for us at his peak.

I remember Bob Skilton called him Bweeton when commentating so he wouldn't have to say Bweweton for two hours straight.

Edited June 6, 2025Jun 6 by Ghostwriter

11 hours ago, MrFreeze said:

My gut is that Melksham will spend some time out after the shoulder stinger

Out: Johnson, Melksham (inj), Laurie

In: JVR, Jefferson, Kolt

What has Kolt done at Casey, nothing!!!

Laurie has been really good at Casey & deserves A FULL GAME!!!!!

I don’t blame Goodwin for for our goal kicking, but selection integrity has been been embarrassing under him