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Last time we beat Sydney? 2010?

3 Qualifying/Elimination Finals.

Huntly is more likely to replace Joel Smith off the half back and then depending on form he might move to a wing when Hibberd returns.

GOLD COAST SUNBURN by George on the Outer If you go out into the heat without protection, it doesn’t take long to get sunburnt. For the Gold Coast Suns with a whole raft of players missing for one reason or another, it took not more than 15 minutes exposure to Melbourne’s sunshine for the Demons to absolutely and completely burn them! By quarter time, with the margin already 51 points, Melbourne had set another record for season 2018 with the highest first quarter score of any side. It was also the MFC’s 4th highest first quarter ever! It was not that long ago when Demon fans were crossing off long established undesirable records from past years. Now their team is setting new more positive records. The unfortunate thing for the fans was that by the 15 minute mark, with the game result already a foregone conclusion, it was only a matter of by “how much” which sort of took away the crowd noise and excitement, because what they were witnessing was an unadulterated demolition of an opponent. At the end, the margin was 96 points, with Bayley Fritsch having the opportunity to put the result over the 100 point mark after the siren, but the kick went astray. It was not unlike a lot of the shots at goal during the match in the swirling windy conditions. Even the ever reliable Tom McDonald failed to score a major for the match - he managed only three behinds from set shots. In the middle, Max Gawn notched up another 30 hit outs to Jarrod WItts’ 40 but Max provided much more than just the touches as he had 8 contested possessions 2 clearances and 5 inside 50’s. Also the coach gave him long periods on the bench, no doubt to conserve him for the coming weeks. While the big man may not have been as dominant as previous weeks, the now usual pair of Brayshaw and Oliver didn’t let up as they burnt the Suns mids seriously. Oliver 31 touches, 14 contested and 2 goals. Brayshaw 27, 11 and 1 goal. This week they had the “old stager” Nathan Jones returning to some of his best with 24, 10 and 2 goals as well. This from playing mainly off the wing, as Goodwin continues to develop the younger brigade in the middle. James Harmes now has made himself a permanent starter at the bounce to take care of opposition players and he produced a performance close to the others with 25, 10 and 3 goals. The backs had little to do in all honesty as the ball simply didn’t get down the Suns way all that much. Their situation wasn’t helped when Two Metre Peter went down in the opening minutes, which left no tall targets for them and Frost and Oscar had a field day picking off their attacks. Unfortunately, Bernie Vince, in his 100th game for the club was well below standard, and appears to be relying on his wiles to keep in the contest. It failed too often as he played off his man and gave them too much space. The older legs can’t make up the difference any more, and with Melksham and Hibberd to return in coming weeks, he may be the one to make way, even though Joel Smith’s broken collarbone looks to have finished his season. Normally the third quarter is owned by Melbourne, but today it managed a paltry 2 goals 6 while the Suns scored 1.2. For a team so in control of the game, it wasn’t at the standard that finals football demands. The Demons simply cannot give others the opportunity to get back in the game, although that wasn’t a realistic scenario for the Suns. We have seen it happen in past weeks and is why we all suffer from the stress of being Demon fans. The reality is that we still have a number of NQR players who struggle under pressure or consistently turn the ball over without pressure. This will kill the team in finals, but we don’t have anyone else putting their hand up at Casey. Despite a 91 point victory yesterday, the 2 best players were Casey listed, so there remain few options for us in the weeks ahead. Finally the last quarter saw a return to something better as the Demons piled on another five goals to improve their percentage even further, and put themselves in the best possible situation with the remaining three games against teams who are also challenging for finals spots. With Tommy failing to register a major, it was up to Jesse Hogan to get himself back in the Coleman race with four goals. He is still looking sore and struggles to run at times, but on the day had plenty of helpers around him. Now to Sydney next week. This becomes the make or break game for the side. Win this and we see September action, lose it and the task is much, much harder. The Swans are very beatable as evidenced by a seriously understrength Collingwood nearly beating them with a first gamer forced to play on Franklin at times. Without Buddy’s output, the Swans would now be out of the eight and probably staying there. Can we turn on the afterburners again next week, and burn off Sydney as well? Once again it is all in our hands … Melbourne 9.3.57 14.6.90 16.12.108 21.17.143 Gold Coast Suns 1.0.6 4.2.26 5.4.34 7.5.47 Goals Melbourne Hogan 4 Harmes 3 Garlett Jones Neal-Bullen Oliver Petracca Spargo 2 Brayshaw Salem Gold Coast Suns Sexton 5 Holman, Rischitelli Best Melbourne Oliver Brayshaw Hogan Salem Garlett Harmes Gold Coast Suns Sexton Bowes Harbrow Weller Fiorini Injuries Melbourne J Smith (broken collarbone) Gold Coast Suns Wright (knee) Reports Melbourne Nil Gold Coast Suns Nil Umpires Foot, Schmitt, Hay Official crowd 23,072 at the MCG

How many Suns fans were there? A dozen? Two dozen? Honestly there were more seagulls than Suns fans.

If you go out into the heat without protection, it doesn’t take long to get sunburnt. For the Gold Coast Suns with a whole raft of players missing for one reason or another, it took not more than 15 minutes exposure to Melbourne’s sunshine for the Demons to absolutely and completely burn them! By quarter time, with the margin already 51 points, Melbourne had set another record for season 2018 with the highest first quarter score of any side. It was also the MFC’s 4th highest first quarter ever! It was not that long ago when Demon fans were crossing off long established undesirable records from past years. Now their team is setting new more positive records. The unfortunate thing for the fans was that by the 15 minute mark, with the game result already a foregone conclusion, it was only a matter of by “how much” which sort of took away the crowd noise and excitement, because what they were witnessing was an unadulterated demolition of an opponent. At the end, the margin was 96 points, with Bayley Fritsch having the opportunity to put the result over the 100 point mark after the siren, but the kick went astray. It was not unlike a lot of the shots at goal during the match in the swirling windy conditions. Even the ever reliable Tom McDonald failed to score a major for the match - he managed only three behinds from set shots. In the middle, Max Gawn notched up another 30 hit outs to Jarrod WItts’ 40 but Max provided much more than just the touches as he had 8 contested possessions 2 clearances and 5 inside 50’s. Also the coach gave him long periods on the bench, no doubt to conserve him for the coming weeks. While the big man may not have been as dominant as previous weeks, the now usual pair of Brayshaw and Oliver didn’t let up as they burnt the Suns mids seriously. Oliver 31 touches, 14 contested and 2 goals. Brayshaw 27, 11 and 1 goal. This week they had the “old stager” Nathan Jones returning to some of his best with 24, 10 and 2 goals as well. This from playing mainly off the wing, as Goodwin continues to develop the younger brigade in the middle. James Harmes now has made himself a permanent starter at the bounce to take care of opposition players and he produced a performance close to the others with 25, 10 and 3 goals. The backs had little to do in all honesty as the ball simply didn’t get down the Suns way all that much. Their situation wasn’t helped when Two Metre Peter went down in the opening minutes, which left no tall targets for them and Frost and Oscar had a field day picking off their attacks. Unfortunately, Bernie Vince, in his 100th game for the club was well below standard, and appears to be relying on his wiles to keep in the contest. It failed too often as he played off his man and gave them too much space. The older legs can’t make up the difference any more, and with Melksham and Hibberd to return in coming weeks, he may be the one to make way, even though Joel Smith’s broken collarbone looks to have finished his season. Normally the third quarter is owned by Melbourne, but today it managed a paltry 2 goals 6 while the Suns scored 1.2. For a team so in control of the game, it wasn’t at the standard that finals football demands. The Demons simply cannot give others the opportunity to get back in the game, although that wasn’t a realistic scenario for the Suns. We have seen it happen in past weeks and is why we all suffer from the stress of being Demon fans. The reality is that we still have a number of NQR players who struggle under pressure or consistently turn the ball over without pressure. This will kill the team in finals, but we don’t have anyone else putting their hand up at Casey. Despite a 91 point victory yesterday, the 2 best players were Casey listed, so there remain few options for us in the weeks ahead. Finally the last quarter saw a return to something better as the Demons piled on another five goals to improve their percentage even further, and put themselves in the best possible situation with the remaining three games against teams who are also challenging for finals spots. With Tommy failing to register a major, it was up to Jesse Hogan to get himself back in the Coleman race with four goals. He is still looking sore and struggles to run at times, but on the day had plenty of helpers around him. Now to Sydney next week. This becomes the make or break game for the side. Win this and we see September action, lose it and the task is much, much harder. The Swans are very beatable as evidenced by a seriously understrength Collingwood nearly beating them with a first gamer forced to play on Franklin at times. Without Buddy’s output, the Swans would now be out of the eight and probably staying there. Can we turn on the afterburners again next week, and burn off Sydney as well? Once again it is all in our hands … Melbourne 9.3.57 14.6.90 16.12.108 21.17.143 Gold Coast Suns 1.0.6 4.2.26 5.4.34 7.5.47 Goals Melbourne Hogan 4 Harmes 3 Garlett Jones Neal-Bullen Oliver Petracca Spargo 2 Brayshaw Salem Gold Coast Suns Sexton 5 Holman, Rischitelli Best Melbourne Oliver Brayshaw Hogan Salem Garlett Harmes Gold Coast Suns Sexton Bowes Harbrow Weller Fiorini Injuries Melbourne J Smith (broken collarbone) Gold Coast Suns Wright (knee) Reports Melbourne Nil Gold Coast Suns Nil Umpires Foot, Schmitt, Hay Official crowd 23,072 at the MCG

He is a first year player who has exceeded all expectations from when he was drafted in terms of the impact he would have in his first year. He will be a better player in 2019 for the experience in 2018. Agree that he will need to bulk up over the offseason but I have confidence that with another full preseason this will occur. Very happy with Sparticus this year.

Spargo kicked 2 goals. I think JKH is more likely to make way for Melksham.

Was only his second game back from a long injury and Casey had a bye last week. I think his selection ahead of Kent and Bugg was telling from pecking order point of view. With Melksham likely (?) to be back this week selection after a 90+ point win will be very interesting.

Yay or Nay. Jonesy is all for it.

It was the forgotten return of the round but I thought vanders showed why he deserves a place in the team. I loved the crowds reactions when he came on the field and we he got the ball. I was disappointed that we did not get to hear the roar of the crowd when he kicked a goal and he had 2 chance to do just that. Welcome back vanders.

MOVING FORWARD by KC from Casey The Casey Demons moved another step closer to top spot on the ladder with a comprehensive 91-point victory over the Northern Blues at Casey Fields on Sunday. The Demons won the toss, kicked with the advantage of the strong northerly breeze and used it to the utmost benefit as goal after goal flowed with regularity from Sam Weideman within the first minute. By the time the siren blared to end the first term, the home side almost nine goals in front. The Blues regrouped after the break and opened their account early in the second quarter but the Demons fought back and went almost goal for goal till the main break so that their opponent had barely made any inroads. Casey piled on the goals in the early part of the third term but the Blues tightened their game midway through the quarter and played their best football to keep the Demon lead to 75 points at three quarter time. The home side maintained control despite kicking against the breeze in the final term adding four goals to one to run out 15 goal winners. One of the highlights of the game from the perspective of the Casey Demons was the contribution of the VFL listed contingent. Former Kangaroo Corey Wagner was outstanding picking up 26 disposals, executing 10 tackles and booting 4 goals 3 to be clearly best on ground. Not far behind was former Tasmanian Jay Lockhart who hasn’t missed a beat playing all 15 games since coming to the club at the beginning of the year. He picked up 25 touches, eight tackles and kicked two goals. Lively Cory Machaya is in his third season at the club but this year, he is fit, healthy and firing. He played his best game yet against Northern Blues racking up 27 disposals along with his two goals. Former AFL-listed Demon Mitch White was in sublime form on comeback from injury, scoring three goals. Casey was well served by veteran Cam Pedersen who picked up 24 possessions and marked everything that came his way when in defence and also chipped in with a goal. He had great support from Declan Keilty who was also excellent whether in attack or defence while Sam Weideman also performed strongly with early goals and then exerting himself in the ruck when Mitch King went down with what appeared to be a knee injury. Tim Smith was also good chipping in to help out at the ruck contests. Whilst not outstanding, Jayden Hunt did enough in his comeback game from injury to raise hopes of an imminent return to the Melbourne team with another week or two at this level. Oskar Baker was full of run until an injury in the third quarter ended his day and Mitch Hannan did well, particularly early in the day. The team sits in second place to Richmond, with 11 wins on end and a game in hand over the Tigers who have a bye coming up in a fortnight. Casey is at home next Saturday to 11th placed Sandringham. Casey Demons 8.5.53 11.5.71 16.7.103 20.9.129 Northern Blues 0.0.0 4.2.26 4.4.28 5.8.38  Goals Casey Demons C Wagner 4 White 3 Keilty Lockhart Machaya Weideman 2 Baker Gent McKenna Pedersen Stockdale Northern Blues Kerr 2 Fisher Myers Palmer Fisher Best Casey Demons C Wagner Lockhart Pedersen Machaya Keilty White Northern Blues Palmer Kerr Fisher Hill De Koning Schumacher Statistics Oskar Baker 1 goals 6 kicks 3 handballs 9 disposals 3 marks 5 tackles 53 dream team points Tomas Bugg 8 kicks 5 handballs 13 disposals 6 marks 7 tackles 74 dream team points Lachlan Filipovic 1 kick 1 handball 2 disposals 2 tackles 2 hit outs 7 dream team points Mitch Gent 1 goals 14 kicks 12 handballs 26 disposals 6 marks 3 tackles 103 dream team points Mitch Hannan 1 behind 10 kicks 8 handballs 18 disposals 4 marks 1 tackle 64 dream team points Jayden Hunt 10 kicks 11 handballs 21 disposals 2 marks 7 tackles 89 dream team points Jack Hutchins 6 kicks 7 handballs 13 disposals 3 marks 1 tackles 46 dream team points Dion Johnstone 3 kicks 4 handballs 7 disposals 2 marks 6 tackles 47 dream team points Declan Keilty 2 goals 5 kicks 9 handballs 14 disposals 2 marks 3 tackles 60 dream team points Mitch King 1 kick 1 handballs 2 disposals 4 tackles 14 hit outs 35 dream team points Jay Lockhart 2 goals 13 kicks 12 handballs 25 disposals 3 marks 8 tackles 118 dream team points Pat McKenna 1 goal 8 kicks 6 handballs 14 disposals 3 marks 51 dream team point Cory Machaya 2 goals 9 kicks 18 handballs 27 disposals 4 marks 4 tackles 98 dream team points James Munro 12 kicks 9 handballs 21 disposals 3 marks 62 dream team points Cameron Pedersen 1 goal 24 kicks 7 handballs 31 disposals 11 marks 124 dream team points Harry Petty 8 kicks 7 handballs 15 disposals 3 marks 3 tackles 60 dream team points Tim Smith 1 behind 13 kicks 8 handballs 21 disposals 3 marks 8 tackles 13 hit outs 109 dream team points Will Stephenson 2 behinds 5 kicks 2 handballs 7 disposals 1 mark 5 tackles 47 dream team points Cory Stockdale 1 goal 1 behind 6 kicks 8 handballs 14 disposals 3 marks 5 tackles 70 dream team points Corey Wagner 4 goals 3 behinds 17 kicks 9 handballs 26 disposals 3 marks 10 tackles 142 dream team points Josh Wagner 12 kicks 11 handballs 23 disposals 1 mark 11 tackles 103 dream team points Sam Weideman 2 goals 9 kicks 15 handballs 24 disposals 7 marks 2 tackles 7 hit outs 108 dream team points Mitch White 3 goals 13 kicks 3 handballs 16 disposals 2 marks 9 tackles 107 dream team points

The Casey Demons moved another step closer to top spot on the ladder with a comprehensive 91-point victory over the Northern Blues at Casey Fields on Sunday. The Demons won the toss, kicked with the advantage of the strong northerly breeze and used it to the utmost benefit as goal after goal flowed with regularity from Sam Weideman within the first minute. By the time the siren blared to end the first term, the home side almost nine goals in front. The Blues regrouped after the break and opened their account early in the second quarter but the Demons fought back and went almost goal for goal till the main break so that their opponent had barely made any inroads. Casey piled on the goals in the early part of the third term but the Blues tightened their game midway through the quarter and played their best football to keep the Demon lead to 75 points at three quarter time. The home side maintained control despite kicking against the breeze in the final term adding four goals to one to run out 15 goal winners. One of the highlights of the game from the perspective of the Casey Demons was the contribution of the VFL listed contingent. Former Kangaroo Corey Wagner was outstanding picking up 26 disposals, executing 10 tackles and booting 4 goals 3 to be clearly best on ground. Not far behind was former Tasmanian Jay Lockhart who hasn’t missed a beat playing all 15 games since coming to the club at the beginning of the year. He picked up 25 touches, eight tackles and kicked two goals. Lively Cory Machaya is in his third season at the club but this year, he is fit, healthy and firing. He played his best game yet against Northern Blues racking up 27 disposals along with his two goals. Former AFL-listed Demon Mitch White was in sublime form on comeback from injury, scoring three goals. Casey was well served by veteran Cam Pedersen who picked up 24 possessions and marked everything that came his way when in defence and also chipped in with a goal. He had great support from Declan Keilty who was also excellent whether in attack or defence while Sam Weideman also performed strongly with early goals and then exerting himself in the ruck when Mitch King went down with what appeared to be a knee injury. Tim Smith was also good chipping in to help out at the ruck contests. Whilst not outstanding, Jayden Hunt did enough in his comeback game from injury to raise hopes of an imminent return to the Melbourne team with another week or two at this level. Oskar Baker was full of run until an injury in the third quarter ended his day and Mitch Hannan did well, particularly early in the day. The team sits in second place to Richmond, with 11 wins on end and a game in hand over the Tigers who have a bye coming up in a fortnight. Casey is at home next Saturday to 11th placed Sandringham. Casey Demons 8.5.53 11.5.71 16.7.103 20.9.129 Northern Blues 0.0.0 4.2.26 4.4.28 5.8.38  Goals Casey Demons C Wagner 4 White 3 Keilty Lockhart Machaya Weideman 2 Baker Gent McKenna Pedersen Stockdale Northern Blues Kerr 2 Fisher Myers Palmer Fisher Best Casey Demons C Wagner Lockhart Pedersen Machaya Keilty White Northern Blues Palmer Kerr Fisher Hill De Koning Schumacher Statistics Oskar Baker 1 goals 6 kicks 3 handballs 9 disposals 3 marks 5 tackles 53 dream team points Tomas Bugg 8 kicks 5 handballs 13 disposals 6 marks 7 tackles 74 dream team points Lachlan Filipovic 1 kick 1 handball 2 disposals 2 tackles 2 hit outs 7 dream team points Mitch Gent 1 goals 14 kicks 12 handballs 26 disposals 6 marks 3 tackles 103 dream team points Mitch Hannan 1 behind 10 kicks 8 handballs 18 disposals 4 marks 1 tackle 64 dream team points Jayden Hunt 10 kicks 11 handballs 21 disposals 2 marks 7 tackles 89 dream team points Jack Hutchins 6 kicks 7 handballs 13 disposals 3 marks 1 tackles 46 dream team points Dion Johnstone 3 kicks 4 handballs 7 disposals 2 marks 6 tackles 47 dream team points Declan Keilty 2 goals 5 kicks 9 handballs 14 disposals 2 marks 3 tackles 60 dream team points Mitch King 1 kick 1 handballs 2 disposals 4 tackles 14 hit outs 35 dream team points Jay Lockhart 2 goals 13 kicks 12 handballs 25 disposals 3 marks 8 tackles 118 dream team points Pat McKenna 1 goal 8 kicks 6 handballs 14 disposals 3 marks 51 dream team point Cory Machaya 2 goals 9 kicks 18 handballs 27 disposals 4 marks 4 tackles 98 dream team points James Munro 12 kicks 9 handballs 21 disposals 3 marks 62 dream team points Cameron Pedersen 1 goal 24 kicks 7 handballs 31 disposals 11 marks 124 dream team points Harry Petty 8 kicks 7 handballs 15 disposals 3 marks 3 tackles 60 dream team points Tim Smith 1 behind 13 kicks 8 handballs 21 disposals 3 marks 8 tackles 13 hit outs 109 dream team points Will Stephenson 2 behinds 5 kicks 2 handballs 7 disposals 1 mark 5 tackles 47 dream team points Cory Stockdale 1 goal 1 behind 6 kicks 8 handballs 14 disposals 3 marks 5 tackles 70 dream team points Corey Wagner 4 goals 3 behinds 17 kicks 9 handballs 26 disposals 3 marks 10 tackles 142 dream team points Josh Wagner 12 kicks 11 handballs 23 disposals 1 mark 11 tackles 103 dream team points Sam Weideman 2 goals 9 kicks 15 handballs 24 disposals 7 marks 2 tackles 7 hit outs 108 dream team points Mitch White 3 goals 13 kicks 3 handballs 16 disposals 2 marks 9 tackles 107 dream team points

They have to take into account the injury. Match review aren't consistent though.

As stated in this thread by others this is fake news. He was a serial pest but that doesn't warrant a worse penalty over a golden boy. I'm not saying Bugg didn't deserve the time nor that Gaff is a golden boy.

Here's "closer" vision.

Holy moly. Not good vision for the match review panel to see. Carlton doctor could make it look even worse. Jeez hope the kid is ok.

You were right except strangely they're blaming Brayshaw for being ugly.

And the player he king hit played the next week.

Not possible unfortunately. All forum software that I have encountered has this issue.

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I thought Joel's attack on the footy was outstanding. Won't be easy to fill his spot until Hibberd is ready.

I don't often cast votes myself but here goes. 6.Oliver 5. Harmes 4. Salem 3. Brayshaw 2. Hogan 1. Petracca Honourable mention to Gawn and Garlett.

What are you objecting to here? Playing for us in 2019 or that we'll be reigning premiers?