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This makes me hard in the lower area.. sorry jaded! Brilliant as usual mate cheers! Why do i seriously believe this.. such a Brendan Mcartney thing lol..

Great reports lads i just jave a few questions. How is Sam Weideman going? Is Liam Hulett a smokey this year? Has hardly played footy in the TAC system and if there is a playing he reminds you please go ahead and explain! Seems like it could be Viv Michie or Wagner to replace Melksham? Whos your pick? Massive rap for ANB.. how he tracking along? Thanks legends

Probably true

Yes but i remember years ago they did a intra club at Casey on a saturday and it was a massive hit. Kids everywhere and membership tents set up. Personally i dont see how it would affect what day the team plays. I think the memberships and good fan base would be just as important?

Which i get annoyed about because being in the country i would love to road trip down and watch the boys.

Since when does 'every player' has to be aggressive at the ball? Gunston, Hill brothers, Smith, Sidebottom are just a few player are outstanding outside players but not hard and aggressive at all. We recruited the likes of Oliver Brayshaw Vandenberg Petracca Viney Salem to build the foundation and hard culture which is already showing. They do their best work on gamedays. This culture will grow as these guys mature. Im sorry but McDonald is someone we cannot afford to lose.

No you have completely missed what i said which im not surprise. I dont care if i juries are short term. I do NOT want to lose our best and borderline All Australian defender for a couple of weeks because his teammate thought he would be a hero and tackle him head first during a training drill. I am all for tackling and competitive juices on the training track but not trying to kill each other for "short term injuries" to improve a culture thats already on the up. Stop livinging the 80s 'luded' footy has change and if a Tommy Mac goes down then we potentially in deep trouble.

Completely missed the point.

Theres a difference between training like game day situation and trying to literally injure your own teamate to the point he misses a couple of weeks through concussion. Again you want competitiveness out on the track but not to the point your trying to kill a teammate. If Tom Mac got a serious injury out of this then i would bet every dollar coaches would not be impressed.

Stupid by Viney.

*Getting emotional*

Well if you want to keep dwelling on those losses and negativity then knock yourself out. We haven't won a game like that against Geelong since the Daniher years. It was a big step for our club and those losses shouldn't be defined as a step backwards. Like all developing side you are going to have those losses. Like i said before. While those losses were not ideal we still knocked off Richmond and WB who played finals footy. We are heading in the right direction.

Bit off topic but is anyone else getting sick of logging onto demonland only to find the first 3 topics are all about the Essendon drug saga.. [censored]

Agree. A bizarre and ludicrous idea by Ed.

If Hogan left (personally think he will leave eventually) i expect the club to make an all mighty mother of all trade deals.

Mate Hogan leaving wont be the end of this footy club. Hawthorn and Geelong have proved this that you can still have success without their number 1 star player.

Darren Jolly started playing in 2001

Exactly my point. The Geelong game was a glimpse into the future with the potential we have led by the likes of Brayshaw Gawn Viney Stretch ANB and Tyson. All these guys made solid contribution in the Geelong game and watching it the 2nd time i was blown away how Stretch Brayshaw ANB played like 100 game veterans instead of first year players. They did not once look out of their depth unlike poor Jimmy Toumpas who really did just looked way out of his depth. Lets not forget we didn't have Hogan Petracca Vandenberg Kent Frost Garland Salem and even Trengove. I thought WJ comment was odd as we all should be well aware that young developing side will all have consistency problems along the way. While its easy to say we got thrashed by the doggies we also defeated Richmond and Western Bulldogs beforehand who both played finals footy. Just shows we are not far off also. I also think we underestimate how big of a toll injuries to key players like Viney Kent Tyson Trengove Vandenberg Salem and to lesser extent Petracca who all missed big chunks of footy during the year which affected enormously to some our performance. When all 7 players are fit and firing i have no doubt we could have won alot more games.

Happens with all young developing sides WJ. The Geelongs, Hawthorns and Port have all gone through this stage. I have absolute faith in the coming years we will start to win the games we are suppose to once our young team starts to mature and grow in experience. Will happen this year as well.

Just finished watching the Geelong game from last year on Fox. Just thought id make a few notes what I personally think of the future an beyond for some players. For starters I thought this game was a glimpse into the future on how we are going to play a physical and aggressive nature in the coming years. Blokes like Gawn Brayshaw Viney Jones led the way with this. Brayshaw: Will be a star this kid, I have no doubt that with another pre season under his belt we will see him grow in confidence and by the end of the year he will be a starting on baller. Is a brute around the contests and did not shirk a contest at all. Viney: A star and completely owned that [censored] Selwood. A beast around the stoppages who will explode this year. Future leader and has some serious angry pills going on Gawn: Will be known as the game that saved Gawns career. What he showed was seriously mouth watering and from all training reports and the big rev up by Roosy I have no doubt he will be in AA calculations barring injury. Stretch: Goes about his business quietly but has a lot of class and poise. Don't think I have ever seen him waste a disposal and against the cats he just showed so much maturity and calmness. I rate this kid highly due to his willingness to spread hard an use his running ability. Dawes: I'm such a hard critic of this bloke but he was very good. He hustles and bustles through contests and showed good leadership. Problem with him is that he doesn't take enough marks of kick goals. Neal Bullen: Little terrier who will be a good in and under midfielder/half forward. An interesting player who I draw comparisons to Rory Sloane due to his competitive streak and toughness. Will be one to watch in 2016 Vince: Star Tyson: One of his better games with his clearance ability and class. A bigger and fitter Tyson in 2016 will be exciting to watch. This game we were also without Hogan Salem Vandenberg Garland Kent Frost Trengove. Add Petracca Oliver Bugg Kennedy Harmes who all have aggressive and competitiveness traits in them and we are going to really push sides this year in the top end.

They put full match Casey games on the MFC last year. You can also stream the game live from the Casey radio. Pretty simple really.

Hate the Nab challenge due to potential injuries but understand the big emphasis on Match fitness and tune up for round 1.

Good article on Oliver in the local Echuca paper. Clayton a Demon for punishment

Watching the Freo game from 08.. Can't believe how horrible and bad our skills were back then. How Matthew Bate got to 100 games just shows how bad that era was. Only Garland and Jones are still on our list from 2008.. sad reality.