Ah-Mu!

So our defenders do well across D50, half backs and mids move it well by hand and foot through the middle, only to then enter F50 with poor kicking. Turnover. Rinse and repeat.

Lions can't miss today.

Great mark and goal from Ah-Mu.

and with a mark in the square it's back to 45

quite honestly they look like at least a 12-15 goals to the good better side than the demons

Cross with 5 tackles in a half

Get to the G son we need some fwd pressure!!

Our kicking and general forward craft inside 50 has been atrocious so far

Edited yesterday at 03:091 day by Demon Dynasty

onley under zero pressure again turns it over by foot and they were very lucky they missed another scoring opportunity, right on the 3/4 time siren

9.7.61 to 17.4.106

bonner with the most possessions but of the dees-listed players, amw and mcdonald have had a fair bit of the ball, but amw in particular has turned it over far too often

we have no midfield depth

3/4 Time: Brisbane Lions 17.4.106 lead Casey Demons 9.7.61

Goals Goals Cheffers 3 Ah-Mu 2 Kentfield Hoghton Matthews Scapin

Disposals Bonner 25 Moniz-Wakefield 21 McDonald 19 Henderson 18

1 minute ago, Demon Dynasty said:

Our kickong and general forward craft inside 50 has been atrocious so far

Casey's lack of genuinely skilled players is showing. With all our injuries at AFL level, it feels like our lower 5 players in this Casey game are more suited to the top standard of suburban or country footy (EFL, BFL).

I can't question our work rate, but there is a massive gap in foot skills between the 2 teams. If we could actually hit up our forwards in good positions it would be a different game.

Adams and Onley looking a mile off in this game. AMW needs more Casey time. Great exposure for Kalani White.

8 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

we have no midfield depth

We have only 2 quality mids in Steele and Kozzy and definitely need some new blood in the midfield.

That has to be our number 1 priority.

Ah-Mu kicks his third after winning a free from a strong tackle.

Another debutant in Hodder goals. 74 - 118.

With alot of Mark / free kick situations today....

Not much initial / quick assessment of what's on up the field.

Instead, often a quick short HB to a stationery option close by. Which results in 'play on' being called and receiver under alot more pressure than the mark or free kick recipient would have been had he gone back and found a hit up or just kicked down the line (at worst gaining some territory).

I understand this happens in footy on occasions, even with the best. But i scratch my head when it happens to the extent we've seen today.

Like how are so many players arriving at this panicy impatient style of play that so often results in a turnover? Is it just inexperience / confidence? A bad day at the office for many? Are they being trained to play this way but just picking the wrong times / options?

Super frustrating to watch

Stanley and then Craven goal for Casey - its goal for goal but the result is a forgone conclusion

The bell tolls for the Casey Demons …

CASEY DEMONS 0.4.4 4.7.31 9.7.61 13.9.87

BRISBANE LIONS 5.2.32 11.2.68 17.4.106 20.5.125

GOALS

CASEY DEMONS Ah-Mu Cheffers 3 Craven Kentfield Hodder Hoghton Matthews Scapin Stanley

BRISBANE LIONS McKenna McLachlan 4 Abberley Fazldeen Torrent 2 Beecken Curtin Dunkley Hayes McCarthy Moore

BEST

CASEY DEMONS Bonner McDonald Henderson Moniz-Wakefield Cheffers Adams

BRISBANE LIONS Joyce Marshall Torrent McLachlan Beecken McKenna

No team can expect depth with you lose your top 3 midfielders in the offseason. Impossible to substitute this in one off season..

Thank goodness for Casey that Jefferson will be back in next week

We'll have an interesting dilemma if Humphrey becomes available and wants to come to us.

We clearly need one more strong draft but Gold Coast would want our two first picks at least.

The result in these matches doesn't really matter...but there is not a lot there you could see playing senior footy.

Mathews, AMW...

Luker looked a long way off today.

Future... White is very raw but he has something.

Tommy Mac is the go to when glass option also really the only senior player in the team today.

Injury has impacted a team that's struggling for depth anyway.

Thank you to all the posters who’ve provided updates today - appreciated.

If that's their game style, Casey is in for a world of pain for the year. I have said it time and time again: allowing the opposition backline to move the ball around at will and then transfer it up the ground unopposed is just suicide. It virtually happened three goals in a row, you can can say oh there is no depth, and that's fair enough, but it doesn't excuse effort to man up or run hard.

As matter of interest how many of the Lions players are from their Academy, is this where they get their players along with their afl listed players? The AFL are not providing a level playing field with 4 clubs having priority over their academies to develop them vs how the rest of the comp, well documented and hope they make rule changes to stop the compromise on the draft of matching bids etc

Edited yesterday at 04:341 day by Demonsone

35 minutes ago, joeboy said:

Thank goodness for Casey that Jefferson will be back in next week

Quote of the day joeboy!

@Demonsone Lions have 9 academy players plus 2 father sons (Ashcrofts) on their list. Thats 11, 25% of their squad, of players that can be nurtured and developed with relative future assurance of being able to bring them into your list.

At any given time the AFL is going to do whatever it can to over deliver on local talent in new markets, at the expense of the rest of the competition. It’s currently Queenslands turn, but don’t worry, we’ll soon have Tasmanian to complain about too.

OUT-BUSTLED by KC from Casey

From the outset, the Casey Demons lacked any spring in their steps. They were out-hustled and out-bustled and finally outplayed by the Brisbane Lions by 38 points on their home turf in perfect conditions at Casey Fields.

It was never going to be easy for the Demons, who are a young and inexperienced combination left with very little in the way of big-man strength in the absence of Max Heath, promoted to the AFL, and Tom Campbell, out injured. Similarly, their key forward stocks were diminished with Matt Jefferson playing at Melbourne, Aidan Johnson on the injury list, and Luker Kentfield seconded into a raw, makeshift, and undersized ruck after Nate Pipicelli’s late withdrawal.

The result was virtually inevitable against the Brisbane Lions, a power of the competition in recent seasons but who had lost their two opening matches in their home state. They opened the game with great vigor. They made space ran with the ball kicked accurately both around the ground and in front of goal while the Demons, beaten at the stoppages were sloppy and forced into error. The Lions opened up a five goal lead by time while the home team remained goalless.

There was a brief period of revival early in the second term after Luker Kentfield opened with a goal within seconds, to which the Lions immediately responded. Then came a Casey purple patch with two quick goals from Luke Cheffers followed up by two more youngsters in Jobe Scapin and the lively Tom Matthews chipping in for opportunist goals and suddenly there was hope. The deficit had been narrowed to 15 points in the space of a few minutes.

It was the Lion machine that revved itself up and blew the game apart with four unanswered goals to go into the sheds at the major interval with a solid 37-point lead. From there it was a procession until the sting went off the game and Casey clawed back a little dignity at the end of the game.

For the most part, the Lions played with greater intensity and in doing so, they made the play. The Demons left too many opponents unguarded so that even when they made an error and miskicked, there was always someone else to gather the football. When the ball went forward for Casey, the visitors always seemed to have a defender in position to cut off the ball movement.

Casey’s problems were not helped by the fact that Paddy Cross had to leave at half time to take up emergency duty at the MCG after a reasonable stint working hard with some strong tackling. With his departure, the Demons were left with ten mostly inexperienced foot soldiers, the exception being Tom McDonald who played his heart out, as he always does, picking up 23 possessions and taking eight marks.

Jack Henderson, with 26 disposals, seven tackles and seven clearances, Andy Moniz-Wakefield had 23 touches, and Ricky Mentha Junior 19 possessions coming out of defence were impressive. Mentha Jnr was particularly strong early while Tom Matthews was lively and courageous, taking a few hits along the way.

Kentfield who is being touted as the club’s potential next AFL debutant managed 16 hitouts but, apart from his goal did little damage. He was assisted in the ruck by lightly built Kalani White who looked like he was being carefully managed on return from a bout of glandular fever. Jed Adams, Oscar Berry and Riley Onley had tough assignments in defence with Adams taking some strong saving marks.

Skipper Riley Bonner was again the top possession winner with 29 disposals, capably backed up by Ethan Stanley, Jesse Craven and two up a coming youngsters in Toby SInnema and Luke Cheffers who finished with three goals. Last minute inclusion Tairon Ah-Mu contested hard up forward and in the ruck and was also rewarded with three goals. The Casey contingent is young and will improve with time as they acclimatize to the tempo of the game.

The Demons sit uncomfortably near the foot of the table and will be desperate for an infusion of experience into its ruck and midfield stocks if it is to play a meaningful role in this season’s VFL action. Their next opponents are Richmond’s VFL side at Casey Fields on Anzac Day.

CASEY DEMONS 0.4.4 4.7.31 9.7.61 13.9.87

BRISBANE LIONS 5.2.32 11.2.68 17.4.106 20.5.125

GOALS

CASEY DEMONS Ah-Mu Cheffers 3 Craven Kentfield Hodder Hoghton Matthews Scapin Stanley

BRISBANE LIONS McKenna McLachlan 4 Abberley Fazldeen Torrent 2 Beecken Curtin Dunkley Hayes McCarthy Moore

BEST

CASEY DEMONS Bonner McDonald Henderson Moniz-Wakefield Cheffers Adams

BRISBANE LIONS Joyce Marshall Torrent McLachlan Beecken McKenna