1 hour ago, lorn said:

What Now?....Five years of rebuilding

Really?

On 20/11/2025 at 10:18, adonski said:

B.O.B 😍

@adonski BOB missed out … I thought he showed plenty during the under 18 championships and when was promoted in the SANFL. Strong onballer with good skills and tackles hard. Assume he stays in the SANFL in 2026.

Where is Noah Yze at?

12 minutes ago, Devil In Disguise said:

Where is Noah Yze at?

Hopefully at Casey kicking bags of goals.😁👍

Now that the draft has come and gone and things appear to be settling down as the club embarks on its end-of-year campaign, is there a what now for prospective players or has the recruiting team shut up shop?

Recent history tells us that even when there are no list places available for new additions, there remains a possibility that a vacancy might occur through a long-term injury or retirement. Last year, we saw Jack Henderson and Jai Culley awarded AFL lifelines prior to the closing of the supplemental selection period window (in the latter's case, the window was reopened due to AMW's ACL injury late in the practice match against North Melbourne). Culley was originally in summer training to play for the Casey Demons.

So bring on Toby Sinnema, Noah Hibbins-Hargreaves, Tairon Ah Mu, Noah Yze and any other prospects who aspire to play at the highest level. The lifeline is still there for the taking.

this is on topic but also sort of not. With the picks chosen, what’s the best 23 looking like? Are any of the new pick ups walk up starts like Linsday and Langford were?

9 minutes ago, GawnOfTheDead said:

this is on topic but also sort of not. With the picks chosen, what’s the best 23 looking like? Are any of the new pick ups walk up starts like Linsday and Langford were?

@WERRIDEE

13 minutes ago, GawnOfTheDead said:

this is on topic but also sort of not. With the picks chosen, what’s the best 23 looking like? Are any of the new pick ups walk up starts like Linsday and Langford were?

I suspect Xavier Taylor could take the field very early. Versatile role, not frail physically or mentally.

Matthews will be making sure he's fully ripe back from injury, Onley will be doing 1000 hours of handball drills, and if you can predict what a Pickett will do you just got yourself a SSP place as a small defender.

Funny side detail - White doesn't appear on the draft details list on footywire. Presumably it is a glitch in the system where they don't have a slot for filling 'rookie F/S pre-selection'. Has it even happened before?

Now we win the premiership. Simples.

Edited Sunday at 12:111 day by Demon Disciple

2 hours ago, GawnOfTheDead said:

this is on topic but also sort of not. With the picks chosen, what’s the best 23 looking like? Are any of the new pick ups walk up starts like Linsday and Langford were?

If you really want you could do ladder predictions for 2030. But what's the point? Some of our recruits may not even have met all the players and staff.

Edited Sunday at 13:221 day by Go Ds

22 hours ago, Whispering_Jack said:

Now that the draft has come and gone and things appear to be settling down as the club embarks on its end-of-year campaign, is there a what now for prospective players or has the recruiting team shut up shop?

Recent history tells us that even when there are no list places available for new additions, there remains a possibility that a vacancy might occur through a long-term injury or retirement. Last year, we saw Jack Henderson and Jai Culley awarded AFL lifelines prior to the closing of the supplemental selection period window (in the latter's case, the window was reopened due to AMW's ACL injury late in the practice match against North Melbourne). Culley was originally in summer training to play for the Casey Demons.

So bring on Toby Sinnema, Noah Hibbins-Hargreaves, Tairon Ah Mu, Noah Yze and any other prospects who aspire to play at the highest level. The lifeline is still there for the taking.

That’s all well and good but in the immediate term, Melbourne lacks available list spots to guarantee a potential player's position, unlike Adelaide, Carlton, Richmond, GWS, West Coast, Fremantle, Port Adelaide, St Kilda, and Hawthorn, which all have openings. The Dockers have already secured Mason Cox for two years as the off-season's first SSP signing.

Carlton and Port Adelaide have expressed interest in evaluating familiar names during the summer, while Richmond has confirmed its intention to reserve a spot for consideration during the SSP or next year's Mid-Season Draft.

Notable train-on prospects include Louis Kellaway (Richmond), delisted Crow Harry Schoenberg (potentially West Coast Eagles), Elijah Hollands and Will White (Carlton), and Jaidyn Stephenson (Port Adelaide). Jaxon Binns, a young delisted Blues player, is training with Essendon's main group.

By way of contrast, Melbourne can only offer a player a spot at Casey without further guarantees. That’s the position Noah Yze was in this year and the word today is that he’s considering his opportunities at Sandringham.

Hopefully, no injuries this year and no need for an SSP.

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List of train on opportunities at AFL clubs:

Oskar Ainsworth and Tex Wanganeen - St Kilda

Thomas Burton and Marcus Krasnadamskis - Richmond

Jaidyn Stephenson, Balyn O'Brien and Mitch Zadow - Port Adelaide

Tom McGuane - Adelaide

Chris Scerri - Fremantle

15 hours ago, Freddy Fuschia said:

That’s all well and good but in the immediate term, Melbourne lacks available list spots to guarantee a potential player's position, unlike Adelaide, Carlton, Richmond, GWS, West Coast, Fremantle, Port Adelaide, St Kilda, and Hawthorn, which all have openings. The Dockers have already secured Mason Cox for two years as the off-season's first SSP signing.

Carlton and Port Adelaide have expressed interest in evaluating familiar names during the summer, while Richmond has confirmed its intention to reserve a spot for consideration during the SSP or next year's Mid-Season Draft.

Notable train-on prospects include Louis Kellaway (Richmond), delisted Crow Harry Schoenberg (potentially West Coast Eagles), Elijah Hollands and Will White (Carlton), and Jaidyn Stephenson (Port Adelaide). Jaxon Binns, a young delisted Blues player, is training with Essendon's main group.

By way of contrast, Melbourne can only offer a player a spot at Casey without further guarantees. That’s the position Noah Yze was in this year and the word today is that he’s considering his opportunities at Sandringham.

Hopefully, no injuries this year and no need for an SSP.

I'm not sure what you are getting at here.

Do you think we should have left a spot open?

I have been looking and looking at our Outs and Ins and feel very comfortable with all our ins. Our backline appears stronger with CJ and Xavier Taylor and our fwd line has been bolstered with Mihocek, Sumter-Pickett and Mathews, Ruck stocks with Heath and White, I feel we can cover Clarry But Tracc leaves the biggest hole in the list and that is my biggest concern.

On 24/11/2025 at 00:20, Go Ds said:

If you really want you could do ladder predictions for 2030. But what's the point? Some of our recruits may not even have met all the players and staff.

Irrelevant - they would all have met Ghostie!

2 hours ago, rjay said:

I'm not sure what you are getting at here.

Do you think we should have left a spot open?

No. I'm saying that because there is no spot open, player managers won't be suggesting to clients who want an AFL spot that they should come over to Casey. They are more likely to go to clubs that have train-on positions available for inclusion in the SSP rather than to train with the VFL affiliate and hope a long term injury occurs to open up a possible spot.

What now? I think it's time to close this particular forum down for another year with our list already full.