Okay, I'm going to say it, the stereotype lives.

We went to Frankston at night and got robbed.

2 minutes ago, kallangurdemon said:

Probably the loss was a blessing in disguise .Shows just how poor the bottom third of our list is .Tolstrup found the pace of vfl football too hot -slowest reaction time in the AFL.Fullerton embarrassing .Sestan doesnt even look like a footballer .Laurie and Culley worth persevering with but real depth issues going forward .

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Fullarton should be delisted lacks intensity, agree Laurie & Culley should play AFl in 2026. Verrall unfortunately hasn't developed. AJ not up to it, Billings delist.

was this an honourable loss against a team on their home ground?

I think so.

Great comeback by Casey. I bagged Laurie, but he came back and was fantastic in that comeback. Culley has the ability to be anything he has something special. AJ gave a bit when he moved into the ruck and has a red-hot go and Yze is lively. Sestan created opportunities with some pinpoint kicking and showed his worth

Fullarton went forward, and I cannot remember a player being so uncompetitive. Verrel was not used at all, and I think will be delisted. All in all, there will be delistings, but unless the club has targeted players or delisted free agents, we must consider that we have limited draft picks available. 2 of these will go to Sinema and White. We know that Hore has retired, Henderson has been injured and out of contract, and I doubt will get another means. I don't think there will be as many delistings as we think.

Last but not least, yet again we lose a game with more inside 50's, more scoring shots and some horrible misses running into an open goal

24 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Fullarton is by far the weakest footballer i have ever seen.

Harry Sharp?

3 minutes ago, pitmaster said:

Harry Sharp?

Y'all are forgetting the legend Shache

9 minutes ago, Little Goffy said:

Okay, I'm going to say it, the stereotype lives.

We went to Frankston at night and got robbed.

As a native Frankstonian, I can not dispute this sentiment.

2 minutes ago, ElDiablo14 said:

Y'all are forgetting the legend Shache

Schache makes them both play like Glen Archer.

I agree with the assessment. It was interesting to see which players can stand up …

Who stood up? Culley. Laurie. Hardie. Kolt. TC

Who didn’t? Sestan. Verrall. Fullarton. Woey jnr. KBrown

Good season in the end as I believe they started slowly & stormed to the finals

I commented earlier about the AFL/VFL gap and Culley, but he really did look a cut above out there tonight.

He didn't earlier this year, so let's hope it's a permanent change, and not just peak form. Because he really looks like he can be a competitive player at AFL level.

Probably most impressed with his versatility. Can play mid, wing or forward, and look comfortable in all of them.

We got so close 💔 ☹️💔

I’m incredibly proud of the boys. That fight-back was immense. When they came off the ground each and every one of them looked devastated (in particular, Deaks). It was hard to see them like that compared to prematch when they were confident and raring to go.

But they can hold their heads high.

PS There’s a special place in hell reserved for Frankston fans. Feral af. Feral with a capital FERAL. The aggressive bogan men were rivalled only by the rough-as-guts teenagers. They make St Albans feel like Toorak. I’m looking forward to getting to the city, far away from that cesspool of repugnance.

Tell us how you REALLY feel Ghosty

6 minutes ago, joeboy said:

Tell us how you REALLY feel Ghosty

The most pathetic thing about it is how proud they are of living in ‘Franga.’ They actually use the term Franga… with pride. Imagine being proud to live in a place called Franga!

Maybe the world would be a better place if their Dad's used Frangas.

😂😂😂😂

7 minutes ago, YesitwasaWin4theAges said:

Maybe the world would be a better place if their Dad's used Frangas.

😂😂😂😂

They should include Frangas in their membership packs

50 minutes ago, Ghostwriter said:

The most pathetic thing about it is how proud they are of living in ‘Franga.’ They actually use the term Franga… with pride. Imagine being proud to live in a place called Franga!

Franga and Dandy and Miller ....made my arvo.

4 hours ago, joeboy said:

Tell us how you REALLY feel Ghosty

No Jeffo no Casey

BROKEN by KC from Casey

The late-season run of Casey wins was broken in their first semifinal against Frankston in a heartbreaking end at Kinetic Stadium on Saturday night that in many respects reflected their entire season .

When they were bad, they committed all of the football transgressions, including poor disposal, indiscipline, an inability to exert pressure, and some terrible decision-making, as exemplified by the period in the game when they conceded nine unanswered goals from early in the second quarter until halfway through the third term. You rarely win when you do this.

When they were good, they formed an exciting combination, capable of playing thrilling, winning football.

On this occasion, however, the Demons were unable to demonstrate enough of the latter, and although they mounted a comeback to trail by less than a goal in the game's final moments, they were unable to secure victory and advance to a preliminary final playoff.

The game opened as an armwrestle with Casey settling down to hold a six-point lead at the first break. The Dolphins were coming off a thrashing in their qualifying final and looked to be more motivated than they were last week against the top-of-the-ladder Bulldogs. However, when the quick thinking Jai Culley got boot to ball and slotted the first goal of the second term, the Demons looked to be on their way.

However, it was not to be and the game changed dramatically. Things turned around quickly with the Dolphins exerting their dominance over the game. It seemed as if they could not miss in front of goal as their purple patch saw them skipping away to a seven goal lead by halfway through the third quarter.

And while Casey turned the tide and nearly won in the end, Frankston’s second half haul of eight goals from nine scoring shots was decisive.

There was talk in the crowd that some of the 15 Melbourne-listed players had already been notified that they were not on the required list for 2026. If this is true, then it was a poor move by the club because it appeared that a number of players were particularly uninterested on the night.

One of those who did play his heart out was former West Coast Eagle Culley who finished with 19 disposals, five marks and three timely goals. Tom Campbell was also strong both in the ruck where he amassed 47 hitouts and around the ground with 23 touches including nine clearances and four marks. The main beneficiaries of his prowess were Bailey Laurie with 29 disposals, six clearances and a goal and Jack Billings (26 touches) and Koltyn Tholstrup also had his moments.

Mitch Hardie was a strong contributor in the comeback up forward with his three goals while Riley Bonner and Riley Baldi were solid contributors on the night.

Unfortunately, there were too few who matched the desperation of the home team and there were far too many defensive failures to enable the team to proceed into next week. The free kick count of 23 to 12 in favour of the home side was also telling as was the poor conversion near goal.

A testament to Frankston’s accuracy for goal is that they went inside 50 on 45 occasions for their 16 goals. Casey had 15 more entries for their 13 goals … and sadly, that is in many ways the story of the two Demon outfits in 2025.

CASEY DEMONS 3.2.20 4.5.29 8.9.57 13.12.90

FRANKSTON 2.2.14 8.4.52 13.5.83 16.5.101

GOALS

CASEY DEMONS Culley Hardie 3 Kentfield 2 Cross Laurie Tholstrup  Yze

FRANKSTON Ellison Mynott 4 Jones 2 Blamires Grant Hamill Hipwell Johnson

BEST

CASEY DEMONS Hardie Campbell Laurie Culley Billings Bonner

FRANKSTON Blamires Ellison Hipwell Mynott Voss Barlow

7 hours ago, Ghostwriter said:

We got so close 💔 ☹️💔

I’m incredibly proud of the boys. That fight-back was immense. When they came off the ground each and every one of them looked devastated (in particular, Deaks). It was hard to see them like that compared to prematch when they were confident and raring to go.

But they can hold their heads high.

PS There’s a special place in hell reserved for Frankston fans. Feral af. Feral with a capital FERAL. The aggressive bogan men were rivalled only by the rough-as-guts teenagers. They make St Albans feel like Toorak. I’m looking forward to getting to the city, far away from that cesspool of repugnance.

you should have rung me .

7 hours ago, Ghostwriter said:

The most pathetic thing about it is how proud they are of living in ‘Franga.’ They actually use the term Franga… with pride. Imagine being proud to live in a place called Franga!

they have to wear it

Laurie and Culley were the standouts from what I saw. In fact, Culley’s improvement over the season has been really impressive and seemed to draw a lot of confidence from his time in the seniors. Kicked 3.1 tonight and gave another one off but seemed to move really intuitively as a forward. At 6ft 4, I wonder why he’s not discussed as more of a permanent key position prospect - he looked most effective for Melbourne deep in the forward line as well.

Edited 10 hours ago10 hr by wisedog

As for Laurie. I hope he’s kept and gets a clean slate under a new coach because he just seems a class above this level.

I’m excited to see what Kolt and Kentfield can do with a full pre-season under their belts. Kentfield doesn’t quite seem to be involved enough at this stage, but still has a significant impact when he does get it.

Edited 10 hours ago10 hr by wisedog

Laurie is contracted for 2026 so technically he gets another chance next year.

I want to see what a new coach can do with him. I have watched enough Casey games this year where he's absolutely dominated and last night was another example where I scratch my head on how we gifted 17 of the most ridiculous games to Harry Sharp whilst we left Laurie in the scrapheap.

Laurie has AFL traits. I want to see what a new coach can do with him.

Even with his lack of impact at AFL level, i have been really bullish on kolt.

But whilst he got a bit of the ball last night I was really disappointed with both his game and attitude.

With his build, size, relative lack of athletisism and low disposal numbers Kolt will need to have an x factor to thrive at AFL level.

Elimination final at VFL level, the end of his second full season on an AFL list against a team with no AFL listed players.

It was the perfect game for him to be the x factor, for him to impose himself on the game and make a winning impact

Funnily enough I had that thought then 45 seconds later he missed that sitter after a beautiful bit of transition.

Yes he kicked a good goal later, and yes he was involved.

But he doesn't work hard enough, looks completely static and flat footed at stoppages and wastes energy with the faux tough guy stuff (which only works if like say a Toby Greene you backlit up with stellar performances).

Culley and laurie had more x factor than kolt.