The Casey Demons are in 10th spot on the ladder but with a bye and a couple of tough games ahead of them, this week’s game against Carlton is a must win encounter.

At least the game is after the AFL match this week !!! Howes was desperately unlucky not to get promoted. Hope he has a ripper match again this week.

Possible team

B: Smith, Adams, Sestan

HB: Bonner, Freeman, Howes

C: Billings, Laurie, Woewodin

HF: Spargo, Johnson, Henderson

F: Mentha, Petty, Kentfield

FOLL: Campbell, Hardie, Culley

IC: Verrall, Brown, Fullerton, Baldi, Yze

heads will explode when petty plays back in the vfl then comes straight back into the afl as a forward

3 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

heads will explode when petty plays back in the vfl then comes straight back into the afl as a forward

as we should, they need to stop screwing him around. crows will be licking their lips atm

1 hour ago, WERRIDEE said:

Possible team

B: Smith, Adams, Sestan

HB: Bonner, Freeman, Howes

C: Billings, Laurie, Woewodin

HF: Spargo, Johnson, Henderson

F: Mentha, Petty, Kentfield

FOLL: Campbell, Hardie, Culley

IC: Verrall, Brown, Fullerton, Baldi, Yze

That would be 17 AFL listed players! The Sunday game means Casey should not lose any AFL listed due to carryover emergencies (and a Sunday AFL match next week). Surely we smash a decimated Carlton outfit....

1 hour ago, jaydenh10 said:

as we should, they need to stop screwing him around. crows will be licking their lips atm

Good... Ill sign his exit papers PRONTO!

7 hours ago, picket fence said:

Good... Ill sign his exit papers PRONTO!

Anyone else think we should have taken Adelaide's offer a year or so ago??

11 hours ago, jaydenh10 said:

as we should, they need to stop screwing him around. crows will be licking their lips atm

You'd reckon the Doggies would be keen too

Paul Amy reports

Jack Ferraro also to make a VFL debut, for Casey Demons, filling the 23rd player slot. He's kicked 24 goals from 12 games for Dingley this season in the Southern league

CASEY DEMONS vs CARLTON

Sunday 20 July, 1:05pm, Casey Fields

CASEY DEMONS
B: D. Smith (54), J. Adams (26), B. Howes (22)
HB: R. Bonner (52), T. Fullarton (33), T. Sruk (53)
C: J. Culley (46), J. Billings (14), K. Brown (41)
HF: R. Mentha Jnr (39), H. Petty (35), M. Hardie (55)
F: C. Spargo (9), L. Kentfield (44), A. Johnson (42)
R: T. Campbell (29), T. Woewodin (40), B. Laurie (16)
INT: M. Kirkwood-Scott (51), R. Baldi (56), W. Verrall (28), P. Cross (64), J. Ferraro (78)
23rd Player: J. Ferraro (78)
EMG: K. Windsor (66), B. Laplanche (68), P. Ireland (48), J. Craven (75)

IN: T. Campbell, P. Cross, J. Ferraro, A. Johnson, M. Kirkwood-Scott, H. Petty
OUT: H. Sharp (AFL), J. Henderson (injured), A. Lual (illness), N. Yze (hamstring), T. Freeman, P. Ireland (omitted)
NEW: Jack Ferraro, 19, Dingley

CARLTON
B: B. Wilson (35), E. Phillips (55), M. Duffy (41)
HB: H. Charleson (28), J. Boyd (37), R. Monahan (34)
C: B. Acres (13), J. Binns (25), L. Camporeale (21)
HF: D. Grainger-Barras (61), D. Hogg (70), L. Nelson (57)
F: H. O'Keeffe (40), H. Lemmey (31), S. Phipps-Parsons (69)
R: F. Riley (56), P. Dozzi (53), H. Ramshaw (51)
INT: O. Warburton (78), C. Vickery (59), S. Paea (66), K. Ferronato (50), C. Hamilton (80)
23rd Player: O. Warburton (78)
EMG: L. Farrar (67), D. Harvey (73), T. Logan (68), N. King (63), J. Polkinghorne (76), W. Hayes (54)

IN: K. Ferronato, C. Hamilton, S. Paea, S. Phipps-Parsons
OUT: F. Evans, W. White, B. Camporeale (suspended), A. Stevens (omitted)
NEW: Cooper Hamilton 21, 185cm, GWS Giants/Rochester; Sam Paea, 23, 194cm, Werribee/Aberfeldie

Head-to-head: Casey Demons 4-3; At Casey Fields: Casey Demons 1-0; Streak: Casey Demons 1; Last time: Carlton 9.12 (66) def by Casey Demons 9.15 (69) – Round 7, 2024, IKON Park

15 v 10 AFL listed players - they have 2 former AFL players and so do we.

Note Fullerton named in the backline

Interesting to see Jack Ferraro get a call up to Casey. He spent the last few years at St Bedes-Mentone Tigers, which was where Kyah Farris-White played last year.

It just goes to show that you never know who is watching and where the next opportunity might come from.

Squeezed out of the forward line with the inclusion of Harrison Petty and Aiden Johnson. Add Luker Kentfield there’s a couple of potential CHB’s named up forward.

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Meanwhile at the match committee meeting events have moved beyond ‘we have a cunning plan’.

Edited July 18, 2025Jul 18 by Tarax Club

No Sestan again. I thought he was ready to return this week.

And Henderson also listed as injured - but not dealt with in the Tuesday injury report...drops it from a potential 17 to 15 AFL listed....

1 hour ago, poita said:

Interesting to see Jack Ferraro get a call up to Casey. He spent the last few years at St Bedes-Mentone Tigers, which was where Kyah Farris-White played last year.

It just goes to show that you never know who is watching and where the next opportunity might come from.

How does he go?

On 18/07/2025 at 07:40, picket fence said:

Anyone else think we should have taken Adelaide's offer a year or so ago??

Ummmm…… Yep

Good luck lads! Bring home the goods

Not unhappy if Petty plays CHF or FF , Kentfield gets to play in an important position, hopefully he can kick a bag of goals. Also playing Fullarton in defence is not a bad idea as he needs to prove himself.

On 17/07/2025 at 23:22, Harvey Wallbanger said:

The Sunday game means Casey should not lose any AFL listed due to carryover emergencies (and a Sunday AFL match next week). Surely we smash a decimated Carlton outfit....

Strange as it may seem, that’s the first time this season when Casey has been in the position where it isn’t losing any players as carry over emergencies meaning that no players are forced to have their seasons disrupted by a week off, a situation which is already aggravated by the number of byes in the fixture. The disadvantage in losing a couple of AFL listed players can be crucial and it’s worth noting that Casey have lost a couple of close games this year.

Casey doesn’t even have that advantage over the opposition because Carlton are in the same boat as us this weekend. We should win anyway but it would be good if the draw worked to our advantage for once.

Massive chance for Adams to play a blinder and throw his name up to replace May next week.

Positives? The Sun still rose this morning and Casey Demons are about to play. Player watch? Ricky Mentha and Big Luker. Paddy Cross returns.

Anyone who was there – was that a push in the back? It really didn’t look like it.

Fullarton playing as a backman is an interesting move. Gave away an early dubious free.