I’ll back Steven May every day of the week … couple of niggles to fix, good pre season … bring on ‘26

3 hours ago, Chadda79 said:

I concur. There were obvious gaps in the teams ability, but Goodwin was stubborn and never seemed to want to change up the team despite excellent VFL form. Would've been good to leave Adams in for the last 3 games to get a taste of what's to come. We were done at that stage of the season so leaving Jefferson in and maybe giving Kentfield a crack would've given us a better idea of how these kids will go next season.

#Goodwin myths

Facts contradicting the narrative Goody was 'stubborn and never seemed to want to change up the team despite excellent VFL form':

• Round 1 dees had 5 players making their debut, including two players we drafted explicitly because of their excellent VFL form - AJ and Henderson

• Jefferson was selected in round one, unfortunately injured and when he finally put together somewhere close to a decent block of games in the VFL was given another shot at cementing his spot in the seniors and did not take it - that cycle was repeated later in the season

• Howes was selected in the ones after a decent block of games at Casey

• Culley basically played as mid at Casey, and whilst ok was never banging the doors down - Goody moved him the wing at Casey and as soon as he put a couple of better than average games together put him on the wing in the seniors (great development)

• The reality is no other player played well enough, long enough at Casey to demand a spot in the seniors

• That includes Adams who has been average at best all season at Casey and was only selected because May was out

• Further to the above point the only players who showed sustained 'excellent VFL form' is Billings (probably Caseys' best, most consistent player this season) and Laurie - and it seems both have had their cards stamped

• Goody dropped Tmac

• Goody dropped Fritter

• Goody dropped Lever

• Goody dropped JVR

• Goody dropped Kolt

• Goody dropped Windsor

• Goody dropped Langford

• Not selecting Adams, Kentfield or Jefferson in the last 3 weeks can hardly be blamed on Goody - he was no longer coach

  On the decision not to select Adams, Kentfield or Jefferson in the last 3 weeks i see the logic of not doing so as them playing at Casey increased our chances of Casey making finals, which i think is really important, and is great for their development.

  That said i would have preferred they 'managed' May and kept Adams in the team as May look cooked.

Edited 1 hour ago1 hr by binman

17 minutes ago, binman said:

Culley basically played as mid at Casey, and whilst ok was never banging the doors down - Goody moved him the wing at Casey and as soon as he put a couple of better than average games together put him on the wing in the seniors (great development)

I've sen this a few times but I think he played on a wing early at Casey then played his best when moved into the middle.

Now I'm probably totally wrong here.

2 minutes ago, rjay said:

1I've sen this a few times but I think he played on a wing early at Casey then played his best when moved into the middle.

Now I'm probably totally wrong here.

I thought he was sort of a hb/utility, then mid, then wing - but you could well be right rjay.

Either way my point stands - Cullen never consistently played to a level that demanded senior selection, even in the weeks before he debuted.

15 minutes ago, binman said:

I thought he was sort of a hb/utility, then mid, then wing - but you could well be right rjay.

Either way my point stands - Cullen never consistently played to a level that demanded senior selection, even in the weeks before he debuted.

That's true, when he started to put some good games together he was rewarded with senior selection.

On 27/08/2025 at 08:13, Redleg said:

Ralphy said last night Dogs will definitely not be after May.

Should we therefore lock him in as joining the kennel?

Why does my dad get called Ralphy malphy

6 hours ago, layzie said:

Adam I can't get my head around why it took us till Rd 22 to get Adams in. With the number of injuries and the season effectively done at mid-year, I would have loved to get a decent block of at least 6 or 7 games into him.

Would there be a valid reason why we didn't? Just seems like we missed a trick there.

Adams clearly should have played against WC in round 22. That would have been a far better introduction against a team that is barely VFL standard, rather than throwing him straight in against a red-hot Naughton a week later.

In hindsight Adams also should have played against Collingwood given how poor May was for most of the night.

Re Adams, he is very fast for a big lad. When he gets a clean run and jump at the ball as an interceptor, he looks a awesome. However, at this stage he cannot compete 1-1 with senior AFL players.

He's a good size for a KPD and has gotten bigger and fitter each year. He is not ready to replace Steven May, but he might be able to compete for that 3rd tall role in '26 and beyond.

Edited 7 minutes ago7 min by MrFreeze

30 minutes ago, Willmoy1947 said:

Why does my dad get called Ralphy malphy

4 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

35 minutes ago, Willmoy1947 said:

Why does my dad get called Ralphy malphy

He is obviously a fan of the TV show Happy Days.

Ralph Malph was one of the characters on the show.

2 hours ago, beelzebub said:

Mature back ..

Oh... Tom said to say hello 👋

The problem is if we play TMac in the firsts then he isnt in the VFL to help develop our young backs. My understanding of his role is to provide cover if a key back is injured while helping to develop our young backs in the VFL.