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CASEY: Rd 19 (bye)

Whispering_Jack
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The Casey Demons will only have themselves to blame if they fail to make the finals this year. They are sitting in 9th place with a monster percentage of 137.7 but lost two games a few weeks ago (Gold Coast & Coburg) to teams below them on the ladder which would not only secured a finals place but a win in one of them would had them contending for a spot in the top four. Water under the bridge now but they have to beat either Brisbane (6th) in Brisbane or Box Hill Hawks (1st) to assure themselves of a finals placing.

They can be displaced only by Coburg or North Melbourne so they're the teams to watch this weekend.

I sometimes get the feeling that the club doesn't care about Casey - e.g. a couple of years ago, they pulled out a number of players from a Casey finals team from playing in a final to avoid injuries and unavailability in the event that those players were in contention for a finals spot.

There are no MFC finals this year and I think it would be beneficial for some of our younger players yet to be tried at AFL level to get some experience in a final where the pressure is always greater than in a normal home and away game.

On another note, I made mention last week of a Casey listed player Jack Behnk who played just one game for the Demons last year but has been taking the VAFA competition by storm playing for St Bedes Mentone Tigers. I saw him kick 11 goals vs AJAX in a high standard game (3rd vs 4th) on his comeback after missing 6 matches with an injury. He kicked 12 in a game earlier this year and leads the Premier C goalkicking with 35 goals, despite missing half the season. Worth a look, I would say.

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    9 hours ago, Whispering_Jack said:

    The Casey Demons will only have themselves to blame if they fail to make the finals this year. They are sitting in 9th place with a monster percentage of 137.7 but lost two games a few weeks ago (Gold Coast & Coburg) to teams below them on the ladder which would not only secured a finals place but a win in one of them would had them contending for a spot in the top four. Water under the bridge now but they have to beat either Brisbane (6th) in Brisbane or Box Hill Hawks (1st) to assure themselves of a finals placing.

    They can be displaced only by Coburg or North Melbourne so they're the teams to watch this weekend.

    I sometimes get the feeling that the club doesn't care about Casey - e.g. a couple of years ago, they pulled out a number of players from a Casey finals team from playing in a final to avoid injuries and unavailability in the event that those players were in contention for a finals spot.

    There are no MFC finals this year and I think it would be beneficial for some of our younger players yet to be tried at AFL level to get some experience in a final where the pressure is always greater than in a normal home and away game.

    On another note, I made mention last week of a Casey listed player Jack Behnk who played just one game for the Demons last year but has been taking the VAFA competition by storm playing for St Bedes Mentone Tigers. I saw him kick 11 goals vs AJAX in a high standard game (3rd vs 4th) on his comeback after missing 6 matches with an injury. He kicked 12 in a game earlier this year and leads the Premier C goalkicking with 35 goals, despite missing half the season. Worth a look, I would say.

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