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We he went down in that contest I actually thought he had injured his knee. It wasn't until they showed the replay of him hitting his head that I forgot all about the knee.

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Narrm’s finals prospects took a crushing blow after the team’s insipid performance at Optus Stadium against a confident Waaljit Marawar in the first of its Doug Nicholls Round outings for 2024. I use the description “crushing blow” advisedly because, although the season is not yet at it’s halfway mark, the Demons have now failed abysmally in two of their games against teams currently occupying bottom eight places on the ladder. The manner in which these losing games were played out would be most disturbing to Coach Simon Goodwin. The team went down in the most lacklustre manner without giving a whimper and that is unacceptable given they had premiership aspirations a week and a half ago. And please don’t point to the club’s defeat at the hands of lowly Adelaide at a similar time of the 2021 season because that was a loss by a single point which could easily have gone the other way. The Demons can’t say that it came without warning because the pundits were already pointing before the match to the Eagle’s much improved form on their home turf. And let’s not talk excuses such as the loss before the game of young key talls in Jacob van Rooyen and Daniel Turner and the team’s running man in Ed Langdon or in form key defender Jake Lever early in the match. The later was certainly a blow given the marking dominance of West Coast key forwards Jake Waterman and Jack Darling who combined for half of Waaljit Marawa‘s goals, but Narrm still had plenty of opportunities to win back the initiative. However, the team blew its chances every time an attempt was made to put pressure on the Eagles’ lead and to come back into the game. Kudos to last week’s “almost” hero in Christian Petracca for his cameo in the second half of the second quarter but the home side was good enough to repel the Demons on this and every other occasion they showed a glimmer of a prospect of revival. Bayley Fritsch, who was unsighted in the first half when the ball rarely found itself inside 50 metres from the team’s goal, was an instrumental player in the second half with three goals, but Narrm squandered its opportunities in the third term with 3.7.25 to 5.0.30 so badly that it actually went backwards in the “premiership quarter”. And that was it. Ironically, on the evidence of this match, the Eagles who lost miserably last week in Melbourne by 11 goals, appear closer to a premiership than the Demons. This was demonstrated by the star of the match Harley Reid and to a lesser extent in their midfield by another youngster Reuben Ginbey who showed up their more experienced rivals in the game’s engine room. It’s not hard to see why every recruiting officer in the land was salivating over Reid last November. Forget about him being the rising star - he’s got that wrapped up already as well as such other accolades as the recruit of the century and possibly more coming up. That goal of his (and it needs no further explanation) was goal of the year - a game breaking match-winner that completely blew the game up in Narrm’s face. There’s nothing much more to say. NARRM 2.1.13 6.1.37 9.8.62 10.10.70 WAALITJ MARAWAR 4.3.27 7.8.50 12.8.80 16.9.105 GOALS NARRM Fritsch 3 Brown Chandler McAdam Neal-Bullen Petracca Pickett Windsor WAALITJ MARAWAR Waterman 5 Darling 3 Reid Ryan 2 Cripps Ginbey Hunt Maric BEST NARRM Neal-Bullen Pickett Fritsch Gawn Oliver Petracca WAALITJ MARAWAR Reid Waterman Kelly Darling McGovern Ginbey Duggan INJURIES NARRM Jake Lever (concussion) WAALITJ MARAWAR Nil REPORTS NARRM Nil WAALITJ MARAWAR Nil SUBSTITUTIONS NARRM Taj Woewodin (replaced Jake Lever in the first quarter) WAALITJ MARAWAR Tyrell Dewar (replaced Luke Edwards in the fourth quarter) UMPIRES Jeff Dalgleish Brendan Hosking Alex Whetton Harrison Birch CROWD 43,408 at Optus Stadium

Votes Player (Club) 10 Harley Reid (WCE) 8 Jake Waterman (WCE) 6 Tim Kelly (WCE) 2 Jeremy McGovern (WCE) 2 Jack Darling (WCE) 2 Liam Duggan (WCE) Leaderboard Votes Player Club 71 Isaac Heeney SYD 55 Caleb Serong FRE 50 Nick Daicos COLL 47 Zach Merrett ESS 43 Zak Butters PORT 38 Chad Warner SYD 37 Noah Anderson GCFC 36 Marcus Bontempelli WB 36 Max Gawn MELB 36 Matt Rowell GCFC 36 Adam Treloar WB 35 Christian Petracca MELB 34 Tom Green GWS 34 Errol Gulden SYD 32 Jeremy Cameron GEEL 32 Patrick Cripps CARL 32 Jordan Dawson ADEL 29 Lachie Neale BL 29 Sam Walsh CARL 29 Jake Waterman WCE 29 Hayden Young FRE

LEADERBOARD AFTER ROUND 10 111. Max Gawn 79. Christian Petracca 66. Steven May 58. Alex Neal-Bullen 40. Jake Lever 36. Jack Viney 34. Clayton Oliver 31. Bayley Fritsch 23. Kysaiah Pickett 22. Trent Rivers 20. Ed Langdon 18. Judd McVee 14. Kade Chandler 12. Tom McDonald Christian Salem Tom Sparrow 11. Blake Howes Daniel Turner 10. Jack Billings 5. Caleb Windsor 2. Harry Petty Adam Tomlinson 1. Jake Bowey

@Singa PM'd me with his question whilst I was cutting off the questions so I quickly reopened the thread for him to get his in.

Guys, going to cut off the questions here. I think we have more than enough in what should either be a cathartic or depressing show. Me: Binman:

It was a case of the Casey Demons going into a game with a glass half full in their match up against the Brisbane Lions at Casey Fields on Saturday. As the list of injured and unavailable AFL and VFL listed players continues to grow and with Melbourne taking all three emergencies to Perth for the weekend on a “just in case” basis, its little brother was always destined to struggle. Casey was left with only eight AFL listed players from who to select their team but only two - an out-of-form Lachie Hunter and an out-of-favour Bailey Laurie have match experience at the elite level. The result was that, although Casey managed to get out of the blocks early to hold a quarter time lead of 26 points, which it managed to maintain until deep in the second term, the team was overwhelmed in the second half. Miraculously, it was still in the running for victory close to an end which saw them go down by seven points when the final siren sounded. Still, victory for the Demons would have been highway robbery because the Lions were so dominant all over the ground from midway through the second stanza after strongly built midfielder/forward Oliver Sestan booted his fourth goal of the game. Sestan’s impact early was immense. He opened proceedings with a goal from the back of the pack seconds into the game and followed up with a second from a mark soon after. By the time he kicked his third, Casey Fields had the feel of Fortress Casey from a couple of seasons back. Brisbane however, slowly worked its way back into the game although not on the scoreboard until some defensive lapses by the home team gave the Lions the opportunity to narrow the margin to 19 points in the shadows of half time. Casey’s deficiencies were there for all to see as their pressure and intensity fell to the point where they managed just a single goal in the final hour’s play. There was little tackling and opponents were allowed to cut through the defences with only poor conversion from Brisbane keeping Casey in with a chance. Unfortunately, the much-needed experienced personnel to steady the ship were absent, apart from skipper Mitch White and Roan Steele who again worked their butts off for their team with very little help. Without wishing to labour a point already made often this season, the Demons are missing the players who were highlighters in the midfield last year. To make matters worse, two of their VFL replacements in former Collingwood VFL skipper Campbell Hustwaite and ex-St Kilda lister Leo Connolly are out injured but they are not the equivalent of James Munro’s strong tackling in the engine room which is sorely missed. The next tier of replacement is not even close. Laurie worked hard for his 24 disposals, five marks and five clearances as did Kynan Brown with 23 possessions to a losing ruck although to his credit Will Verrall was persistent to finish with 16 touches and 9 clearances. They were let down unfortunately by Hunter who has struggled since incurring a troublesome calf injury during the preseason. Defender Andy Moniz-Wakefield had a busy day with 28 touches and four marks but might have been better used more up forward. Young key position players Matthew Jefferson and Jed Adams continue to hone their play and learn the trade but were unable to put in four quarter efforts. That will come with experience but the glass at the club is half full and the scarcity of that asset in the line up was again the story of the day for the flagging Casey Demons. CASEY DEMONS 6.3.39 7.5.47 8.8.56 8.9.57 BRISBANE LIONS 2.1.13 4.4.28 7.9.51 8.16.64 GOALS CASEY DEMONS Sestan 4 Jefferson 2 Bell K Windsor BRISBANE LIONS Lloyd 3 Collins Derksen Lloyd Lohmann Robertson BEST CASEY DEMONS Moniz-Wakefield Sestan Steele White Laurie K Brown BRISBANE LIONS Lyons Robertson Tunstill K Dunkley Macpherson Joyce Statistics Jed Adams 10 kicks 3 handballs 13 disposals 8 marks 2 tackles 62 dream team points Jack Bell 1 goal 1 behind 3 kicks 7 handballs 10 disposals 2 marks 2 tackles 8 hitouts 50 dream team points Kynan Brown 1 behind 9 kicks 14 handballs 23 disposals 2 marks 3 tackles 73 dream team points Paddy Cross 5 kicks 5 handballs 10 disposals 2 marks 1 tackles 37 dream team points Tyler Edwards 9 kicks 5 handballs 14 disposals 2 marks 2 tackles 48 dream team points Tom Freeman 8 kicks 3 handballs 11 disposals 4 marks 43 dream team points Max Gregory 6 kicks 9 handballs 15 disposals 2 marks 3 tackles 54 dream team points Lachie Hunter 9 kicks 4 handballs 13 disposals 4 marks 48 dream team points Matt Jefferson 2 goals 1 behinds 4 kicks 5 handballs 9 disposals 2 marks 1 tackle 43 dream team points Bailey Laurie 12 kicks 12 handballs 24 disposals 5 marks 4 tackles 89 dream team points Caleb Lewis 1 behind 3 kicks 2 handballs 5 disposals 2 marks 17 dream team points Andy Moniz-Wakefield 23 kicks 5 handballs 28 disposals 4 marks 1 tackles 95 dream team points Ned Moodie 1 kicks 2 handballs 8 dream team points Harvey Neocleous 1 behind 5 kicks 4 handballs 9 disposals 2 marks 30 dream team points Charlie Peters 7 handballs 7 disposals 2 marks 17 dream team points Ollie Sestan 4 goals 1 behind 13 kicks 2 handballs 15 disposals 5 marks 1 tackle 82 dream team points Kobe Shipp 4 kicks 4 handballs 8 disposals 1 tackle 25 dream team points Roan Steele 17 kicks 8 handballs 25 disposals 5 marks 3 tackles 95 dream team points Mitch Szybkowski 6 kicks 10 handballs 16 disposals 3 marks 3 tackles 59 dream team points Ryan Valentine 7 kicks 1 handball 8 disposals 4 marks 1 tackle 33 dream team points Will Verrall 7 kicks 9 handballs 16 disposals 1 mark 19 hitouts 58 dream team points Mitch White 1 behinds 13 kicks 11 handballs 24 disposals 6 marks 3 tackles 94 dream team points Kai Windsor 1 goals 1 behind 10 kicks 3 handballs 13 disposals 4 marks 2 tackles 63 dream team points

The Demons return to the MCG to take on the Saints in Round 11 on the back of two straight losses in a row. With Jake Lever out with concussion who comes in and who goes out?

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Last week Captain Max Gawn consolidated his lead over reigning champion Christian Petracca in the Demonland Player of the Year Award. Steven May, Alex Neal-Bullen & Jake Lever make up the Top 5. Your votes for the loss against the Blues. 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

Many warned that this was a danger game and the Demons were totally outclassed all game by a young Eagles team at Optus Stadium in Perth as they were defeated by 35 points.

lol

Eagles don't need to kick 15 for a mark.

Would be great to hold some tackles

Not sure what Billings offers us in terms of scoreboard pressure.