joeboy

Seriously, if all the talk pre season and during season about ‘hurting’ after last year’s debacles and last week’s heartbreaking loss, doesn’t amount to a life or death performance tonight, nothing EVER will

Stupid idea to move Hogan to defense this late into the season.. he wouldn’t have a clue about manning up nor being accountable.

It’s the leggy blonde bit that’s surprising

3AW Rumour File No names mentioned but a report this morning that a certain midfielder who left training early with a quad strain was sighted not long later at the new Mission Impossible movie with a leggy blonde?

Fwiw , a few years ago I left the Cattery early after another obvious loss was looming and I provided some sort of retribution for myself by adhering some Demon stickers to cars that were obviously owned by opposition supporters.

Why don’t YOU give us all the benefit of your totally cool, calm and rational 3 word analysis?

Jones - becoming a liability Jetta - little to commend O.McDonald - was comprehensively destroyed Smith - has limited skills Lewis - slow but important Vince - a momentum killer Frost - some impressive touches Fritsch - needed more urgency Gawn - had limited impact Oliver - prolific but tired Brayshaw - sacrificed to tag Harmes - wonderful tagging game Hogan - gave us little T. McDonald - always looked dangerous Spargo - disappeared second half Garlett - disappeared whole game Neal Bullen - just lacks class Kennedy Harris - out of depth Melksham - was hardly sighted Petracca - was almost terrific Tyson - never play again Salem - just a game

The conspiracy theorists will be out and about if Razor Ray umpires and hands out the first free of the day to his best mate Brayshaw

I was at the game and watched the full replay twice, and I don’t retreat from my initial description of his performance. And for whomever it was that claimed I have an anti OMac bias, I think you’ll find that more often than not, I give him positive reviews .

Except he was taken apart by his opponent who took a team high 8 marks against him, which was 1 less than Hogan took in a forward line that was inundated with entries

Definitely what I saw. There was an obvious exponential will to take the game on quicker and more directly, from my observations

Jones - not his best Hogan - great second half T.McDonald - versatile and important Garlett - clever but limited Neal-Bullen - scoreboard pressure only Spargo - energy and anticipation Hannan - little to excite Lewis - some important touches Melksham - better second half Oliver - genius at work Petracca - quicker ball delivery Fritsch - rarely wastes possessions Vince - played his part Brayshaw - career best game Frost - confident and strong Gawn - dominated the air Harmes - playing important roles Hibberd - safe and important Jetta - was rarely sighted Kennedy -Harris - deserves another game O.McDonald - loose and unconvincing Salem - rebounded with aplomb

Time for Petracca to shine

Out : Smith In : Baker

Jones - disposal was iffy Viney - great second half Jetta - had little involvement O.McDonald - was rarely troubled Smith - little to excite Lewis - fumbled too often Frost - impressive and steady Salem - kicking was sublime Stretch - improved with confidence Oliver - 4 impressive quarters Gawn - dominated the centre Fritch - is looking tired Melksham - was hardly sighted T. McDonald - provided a target Spargo - did little well Hogan - team focused game Neal-Bullen - effective tagging game Garlett - on shaky ground Hibberd - reliable and effective Brayshaw - classy and prolific Harmes - continued impressive patch Petracca - more impressive output

Probably not in the best today but Baker is easily our most exciting talent at Casey... he’s going to be a fan favourite sooner than later.

You’re probably the most irritating person I’ve EVER met... and I’ve never met you?

Jones - age catching up Viney - great when unburdened Fritsch - was all class Hogan - ten minute game Harmes - played with heart Brayshaw - prolific but wasteful Lewis - often a liability Melksham - playing slow motion T.McDonald - was probably injured Neal-Bullen - an irrelevant player Petracca - plenty of nothing Tyson - a dumb player Weideman - nothing to commend Gawn - one man team Hannan - devoid of ability Hibberd - reduced to amateurish Oliver - rarely found space Petty - debut to forget Salem - undisciplined and disappointing Smith - little to praise Jetta - was still concussed O.McDonald - was emphatically embarrassing

The only issue in dropping him is that there are many others who are less value to the team and equally as unproductive: Hannan, Neal Bullen,Vince, Tyson, etc, etc. Where do you draw the line?

Jones - unusually fumbled often Viney - brave and relentless T.McDonald - held second half Hannan - opportunistic but limited Melksham - was rarely sighted Petracca - overrated and disappointing Salem - lost under pressure T.Smith - little to enthuse Fritsch - classy and exciting Gawn - bravely fought alone Hogan - lost his way Neal-Bullen - was rarely noticed Brayshaw - brave and relentless Harmes - excellent tagging game Hibberd - surprisingly poor disposal Jetta - brave and important Lewis - calming but worrying O.McDonald - was unusually undisciplined Oliver - was rarely clean J.Smith - not a defender Tyson - had little impact Vince - best has passed

A little bit of overkill regarding Lever’s loss to the team. In reality he was pretty poor-average for most of his games with us apart from 2, so to blame his injury on our backline’s dysfunctionality is a little presumptive and plainly wrong Notwithstanding the above, he WILL be a fantastic addition to our team in the future

I’m pretty sure our ‘saviour’ Jackson left Essendon under acrimonious circumstances... that obviously didn’t impinge on the results he’s achieved with us

Other clubs will note that applying ‘full court press’ will lead us to crumble like little boys.. we’ve done it for years , and nothing shown this year yet has proved otherwise

Jones - totally lacked finesse Viney - taught a lesson T.McDonald - wonderful second half Hannan - was mostly irrelevant Harmes - probably not playing Neal-Bullen - was rarely noticed Fritsch - not the worst Gawn - tried but overwhelmed Oliver - prolific but wasteful Brayshaw - no heroics today Hogan - slow and confused Melksham - lost at sea Spargo - bambi amongst wolves Hibberd - fumbled and erred Jetta - loose and slow Lewis - tried but friendless O.McDonald - close to horrible Pedersen - game has passed Petracca - continued disappointing season Salem - rarely imbued confidence Smith - little to commend Vince - gave us nothing

Jones - captain our captain Hogan - continued outstanding season T.McDonald - important as Gawn Neal-Bullen - consistent and versatile Hannan - a quiet achiever Brayshaw - now a weapon Fritsch - impressive and reliable Petracca - missing too often Melksham - played his part Gawn - toyed with opponents Oliver - engine room master Harmes - played different role Hibberd - not always convincing Jetta - never been better Lever - the curse continues Lewis - experience was evident O.McDonald - dependable and safe Salem - disposal from heaven Smith - didn’t take chances Spargo - quiet but valuable Vince - much like Lewis Viney - still finding feet