Just now, Greg Schneider said:

Looks very average today

Probably p*ssed off being dropped after giving his all against Xerri/Norf

Edited February 28Feb 28 by dice

Had to go down to the shops. Looks like I didn’t miss much at all !!! 34 to 81. Ouch. Did the Tigers kick 9 goals in a row.

1 minute ago, dice said:

Don't you normally go in to the last praccy match with your Round 1 team (those fit and available)?

My point was a back up for Max was selected. Luker Kentfield. It was probably a close call with Luker chosen as better option as a Fwd/Ruck as opposed to Heath as a Ruck/Fwd. A logical call in my view.

I fully expect Heath to be picked R.1 , despite not impressing the 2nd half today.

It was a long time between drinks but Nate Pipicelli finally gets the first for the Demons since half time. In the meantime, the Tigers have been treating the Demons like witches hats in a training routine.

I'm thinking Werridee won't have to worry about 'in's' when picking his R.1 side today. 😣

Except maybe Heath through neccessity 😉

Gee, there are some really ordinary players filling up the Casey side.

Not going to do much for the development of the AFL listed players, when their "team-mates" cannot execute simple football skills.

And that’s enough.

CASEY DEMONS 2.1.13 4.3.27 4.4.28 5.4.34

RICHMOND 3.0.18 4.4.28 8.6.54 12.12.84

GOALS

CASEY DEMONS Pipicelli 2 Heath Matthews Melksham

Is Pipi Celli any relation to Leon Celli?

1 hour ago, AB10 said:

Taylor’s disposal hasn’t been overly convincing missing short kicks

Missed a couple in the 4th but other than that his disposal was good

Edited February 28Feb 28 by Gadget

Casey will be able to add McAdam, Campbell, White, Onley, Johnson, Henderson, AMW, and possibly Jefferson at some stage, with Laurie, Sharp, and Tholstrup when not required for the seniors.

30 minutes ago, Demonstone said:

Is Pipi Celli any relation to Leon Celli?

1 hour ago, Palace Dees said:

My point was a back up for Max was selected. Luker Kentfield. It was probably a close call with Luker chosen as better option as a Fwd/Ruck as opposed to Heath as a Ruck/Fwd. A logical call in my view.

I fully expect Heath to be picked R.1 , despite not impressing the 2nd half today.

I wouldn’t expect Heath to be picked.

King comes from the Geelong school of one or even no specialist rucks. And usually no more than 2 tall forwards. Hawkins/Cameron or Neale/Cameron

The game plan involves multiple talls behind the ball but a super open forward line with as much speed and space as possible.

Based on that I suspect it will be Mihocek, JVR and Fritsch. Perhaps Melk if there’s no one better for the 5th bench spot but that depends on how well Melk is covering the ground.

If Jeffo was healthy he’d be the 3rd tall because he’s so mobile he doesn’t clog the forward line. Luker was a chance too but he had to win his spot with a strong performance against the Tigers. Heath as a pure ruck is a completely different scenario.

How did Melksham play?

15 hours ago, Nascent said:

At a guess @WERRIDEE it will be the following...

18. Melksham

19. Taylor

20. Matthews

26. Adams

27. Heath

38. Berry

39. Mentha

40. Onley

No AMW? It has been a extremely slow recovery for a young guy post ACL.

3 hours ago, dice said:

I assume Gawny is not prepared to share ruck duties (again) if Heath is playing in this game. Shame. I thought King might want to use 2 rucks against TDK and Marshall but I guess Gawny has the final say on that

3 hours ago, dice said:

Don't you normally go in to the last praccy match with your Round 1 team (those fit and available)?

I would have thought that Luker was to be selected round 1, but of course he won't.

So I would guess that Max the Younger should get a go - we surely know by now that using JVR as the back up ruck does nothing for his forward craft.

On 28/02/2026 at 16:16, monoccular said:

So I would guess that Max the Younger should get a go - we surely know by now that using JVR as the back up ruck does nothing for his forward craft.

Correlation doesn't equal causation.