Demonland

RESILIENCE by KC from Casey The Casey Demons showed great resilience as they withstood a late challenge from Essendon VFL to maintain their undefeated record after a dour struggle in gloomy conditions at Casey Fields on Saturday. Following the withdrawal of Sam Weideman to the Melbourne side for Friday night’s AFL game, the Demons’ had their key position forward stocks further depleted with the loss of youngster Jacob Van Rooyen before the start and an injury to Mitch Brown early in the second term. However, they managed to find a way to overcome the sudden and unexpected lack of tall timber up forward with a combination of their running forwards and smalls and a solid three goal contribution from the veteran, Mitch White. It was a sluggish start for the home team which, despite kicking with the breeze, conceded the first two goals before Brown scored their first with a snap across his body after youngster Bryce Milford laid a strong tackle to set up the play followed by the leveller from Kade Chandler soon after. The Bombers soon regained the ascendency with two goals before Melbourne recruit Blake Howes’ exciting response. Casey was in a spot of bother as it trailed by a goal at the first break with Essendon kicking with the advantage of the breeze in the second. The Demons’ concerns were alleviated when Toby Bedford’s early goal in the made it all square again and from there, they showed their resilience, gradually getting on top in the middle and holding the lead from that point onward despite being hotly challenged a few times during the afternoon as well as having to find new avenues to goal after Brown’s unfortunate departure. They were aided with some strong marking and conversion up forward from White and a promising debut from local product Roan Steele who kicked two for the day when they were badly needed. The Demons seemed to have the Bombers’ measure throughout the third term and established a handy 17- point lead at the final break. Fans would have been impressed with the class of Howes and the steadiness in defence of the likes of Deakyn Smith, Oscar Baker and Fraser Rosman, Oskar Baker. They held together well when the chips were down as Essendon made its final comeback. Jimmy Munro was solid as usual throughout the day and provided great strength in the nerve-wracking final term. Corey Ellison was also a force in defence as the Demons held firm in the final moments and vigorously protected their undefeated record. Casey’s next encounter will take place at Point Gellibrand when it takes on Williamstown on Saturday night. CASEY DEMONS 3.4.22 7.9.51 11.12.7813.13.91 ESSENDON VFL 4.4.28 5.6.36 9.7.61 13.10.88 GOALS CASEY DEMONS White 3 Chandler Howes Steele 2 Bedford M Brown Dunstan Grey ESSENDON VFL Waterman 3 Golds McDonald-Tipungwuti Weightman 2 Baldwin Hobbs Sutton Voss BEST CASEY DEMONS White Baker Chandler Munro Howes Rosman Ellison Howes Daw ESSENDON VFL Zerk-Thatcher Waterman Hobbs Atley Bryan Conforti Statistics Oskar Baker 16 kicks 8 handballs 24 disposals 1 marks 2 tackles 72 dream team points Toby Bedford 1 goals 4 kicks 8 handballs 12 disposals 6 tackles 55 dream team points Jake Bell 1 behind 5 kicks 5 handballs 10 disposals 3 marks 1 tackles 13 hit outs 53 dream team points Mitch Brown 1 goals 3 kicks 3 disposals 2 marks 21 dream team points [injured] Kade Chandler 2 goals 1 behind 13 kicks 9 handballs 22 disposals 5 marks 2 tackles 97 dream team points Majak Daw 3 behinds 13 kicks 13 disposals 2 marks 2 tackles 26 hit outs 81 dream team points Luke Dunstan 1 goals 1 behinds 9 kicks 6 handballs 15 disposals 2 marks 2 tackles 58 dream team points Corey Ellison 4 kicks 2 handballs 6 disposals 1 mark 1 tackle 23 dream team points Tom Freeman 10 kicks 1 handballs 11 disposals 5 marks 2 tackles 56 dream team points Luca Goonan 1 kicks 3 handballs 4 disposals 3 tackles 22 dream team points George Grey 1 goals 4 kicks 3 handballs 7 disposals 2 marks 2 tackles 39 dream team points Blake Howes 2 goals 1 behind 5 kicks 6 handballs 11 disposals 1 marks 5 tackles 63 dream team points Bailey Laurie 6 kicks 5 handballs 11 disposals 6 tackles 44 dream team points Judd McVee 5 kicks 6 handballs 11 disposals 2 marks 33 dream team points Jake Melksham 7 kicks 4 handballs 11 disposals 3 tackles 39 dream team points Bryce Milford 2 kicks 3 handballs 5 disposals 2 marks 1 tackles 24 dream team points Andy Moniz-Wakefield 1 behind 5 kicks 4 handballs 9 disposals 2 marks 27 dream team points James Munro 1 behind 9 kicks 14 handballs 23 disposals 2 marks 7 tackles 1 hit out 79 dream team points Fraser Rosman 10 kicks 4 handballs 14 disposals 6 marks 2 tackles 52 dream team points Deakyn Smith 4 kicks 5 handballs 9 disposals 1 marks 2 tackles 30 dream team points Roan Steele 2 goals 2 behinds 9 kicks 4 handballs 13 disposals 3 marks 59 dream team points Mitch White 3 goals 1 behinds 12 kicks 2 handballs 14 disposals 6 marks 2 tackles 82 dream team points Taj Woewodin 8 kicks 1 handballs 9 disposals 3 marks 1 tackles 39 dream team points

Clarrie mounting the early challenge … 36. Christian Petracca 34. Clayton Oliver 17. Jake Bowey Angus Brayshaw 16. Luke Jackson 15. Ed Langdon 13. Steven May 10. Ben Brown 9. Alex Neal-Bullen 6. James Harmes Jack Viney Sam Weideman 3 Joel Smith 1. James Jordon

Who comes in and who comes out for our Grand Final against the Crows?

It was a season defining game for both sides. Both were to eventually go on to play deep into the finals with divergent outcomes for the two clubs. THE TEAMS PORT ADELAIDE B: T. Clurey 17 T. McKenzie 12 A. Aliir 21 HB: R. Burton 3 T. Jonas 1 D. Byrne-Jones 33 C: M. Bergman 14 O. Wines 16 K. Amon 15 HF: C. Rozee 20 T. Marshall 4 S. Motlop 6 F: M. Georgiades 19 C. Dixon 22 Z. Butters 18 Foll: S. Lycett 29 T. Boak 10 W. Drew 28 I/C: Powell-Pepper 2 D. Houston 5 J. Lienert 40 S. Mayes 32 Sub: M. Frederick 45 Emerg: J. Garner 27 P. Ladhams 38 B. Woodcock 36 In: Z. Butters T. Clurey Out: R. Bonner (omitted) K. Farrell (ACL) MELBOURNE B: M. Hibberd 14 S. May 1 J. Lever 8 HB: J. Hunt 29 H. Petty 35 C. Salem 3 C: A. Brayshaw 10 C. Petracca 5 E. Langdon 15 HF: A. Neal-Bullen 30 T. McDonald 25 J. Harmes 4 F: L. Jackson 6 B. Brown 50 B. Fritsch 31 Foll: M. Gawn 11 C. Oliver 13 J. Viney 7 I/C: J. Jordon 23 K. Pickett 36 T. Rivers 24 C. Spargo 9 Sub: T. Sparrow 32 Emerg: J. Melksham 18 J. Smith 44 A. vandenBerg 22 In: B. Brown Out: A. vandenBerg (omitted)

Who comes in and who goes out?

It’s over … so let’s move on to the postgame stuff!!!

Your votes please - 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 …

Would assume Weideman being named an emergency is because he can cover the forward role, ruck (has been training as relief ruck) and if a backman goes out TMac can go down back and Weid takes his spot. I prefer Mitch as a forward and on form but Weid does cover multiple roles.

If Brown is out today (Friday) on Health and Safety Protocols does that rule him out for next Thursday’s match?

The problem with the short, medium, long, indeterminate model is that it can also fall prey to the 4-6 issue where a short becomes medium or medium becomes long. It's the how long is a piece of string conundrum for some injuries. Time heals all wounds except some wounds heal slower than others.

I agree with this and would put Petty in the indeterminate category. He was 3-4 after he had his calf operation and was still 3-4 last week. He’s come down to 2-3 but I’ll bet my right pinky that he’ll be 2-3 next week too.

Bulldogs 25 frees to 8

Bulldogs 21 frees to 7

Bulldogs 20 frees to 7

Live Ladder has us moved up to 3rd. Silver linings and all ...

I think these are standing orders for all commentators.

Has to be injured.