Harvey Wallbanger

And Henderson also listed as injured - but not dealt with in the Tuesday injury report...drops it from a potential 17 to 15 AFL listed....

Thanks Ghosty. Just the named 23 present today. No emergencies present (Howes, Campbell, Petty). I did see a soccer ball, but there was no game - they usually play a game in their recovery sessions. Mostly goal-kicking practice and Max was doing quite well with his "round the corner" shots from short range - less than 40 metres out. It will be interesting to see if he goes through with the change of technique the next time he is close - he may have been encouraged by the one he flushed on Sunday? That was too far out to try his new method. Trac's attempts were looking much better today.

That would be 17 AFL listed players! The Sunday game means Casey should not lose any AFL listed due to carryover emergencies (and a Sunday AFL match next week). Surely we smash a decimated Carlton outfit....

DC, remember we were told it was an external review and from it two new Committees were announced grandly in the Annual Report - High Performance and Member Engagement. How go those Committees?

So we could be worse than 8,000 members down on this time last year......sheesh.

Carlton has a plethora of tall forwards? They had to play TDK up forward last week because McKay is out - Voss rationailsing the move claiming that Pittonet is in "great form" and so shall play the main ruck role......

Just to be clear Beasley only expected back mid-season. She wasn't playing in the intra-club....

Bitter and Turner?

Sunny, then cloudy day at Gosch's Paddock for the women's intra-club. A series of 7.5 minute stanzas. Our list of 32 (on the website) includes Aimee Mackin (knee) and Jacinta Hose (knee and back), who are now on the long-term injury list and won't feature this year, From the final list of 30, rehabbing today were Ryliegh Wotherspoon (a couple of weeks of away off a hamstring), Grace Beasley (to be back mid-season from her knee) Denby Taylor (short-term, ankle) and Gabby Colvin. Sinead Goldrick and Blaithin Mackin also not present today. So 24 having a run. Blues versus Reds, looked like A team of Blues mids and forwards against the Reds containing A team backs, with assistance from the Casey girls (presumably) - 16 per side. New draftees Molly O'Hehir (off half-back) and Maggie Mahony (midfield) both impressed and will be aiming for Round 1 selection. All the regulars were prominent, McNamara, Fitzsimon, Hore, Hanks, Zanker, Chaplin and the talls, Gall, Campbell and Harris all featuring. Great to see Loz Pearce playng at this stage of the season. A bit of a scare when Hanksy left the field (and did not return) which to me looked like a knee injury - others thought calf, or ankle. Limped off but was later doing run-throughs, presumably after knee checks, so hopefully only a short-term injury (with scans likely to follow). O'Hehir and Amelia Dethridge were given an early mark. Had to leave before the session finished but there was a good crowd in attendance, so I expect a few more comments here.

6 Salem 5 Melksham 4 Langford 3 Fritsch 2 Gawn 1 Petracca

My guess is that with a big game for Max against Xerri tomorrow and just a six day break into Carlton, they may want to keep Campbell fresh in case he is needed next week. That selection allowed Verrall to be the primary ruck tonight for Casey and it was one of the best games he has played I reckon, particularly in the second half.....

Lever was present but was doing particular exercises with the physio - involving a rubber band and resistance work. Hope he is OK because otherwise it could be a "no Lever/May" game. Our theory with Campbell is that given he is insurance for Max,the best plan is to keep him fresh. When he has played for Casey he has played the main ruck role, gives his all and invariably looks sore afterwards. Not ideal if you are on standby to play that role in the AFL the following week...

The named 23 plus Tom Campbell all in attendance today, other than Steven May. TMac (although named for Casey yesterday) was present also. So it is likely TMac will be in for May, unless they are waiting to see how May presents tomorrow? Perhaps we are fortunate Larkey is not playing - TMac a pretty good match up for Darling. The other notable absentee was the Ghostwriter. Hope all is good with you Ghosty!

Not you - Titan Uranus. Gee, that doesn't read well.....🙃

Goody sounded pretty confident in his presser that the deal will get done - I guess we should expect no other response to the question he got...saying "we knew Judd would take time before re-signing".

Appreciate that, but 1 in 14 sounds a lot worse than 2 in 15. I guess that was the point....

You're not counting 2011?

Howes and Henderson selected for Casey from the AFL emergencies, but not Campbell. Maybe Max sore, or ill?

That touches on the most interesting thing about this edition for me. Adrian, who runs the pod, normally "toes the party line" which no doubt assists with access to Club officers and employees. They have reached an anti-Simon view and he was happy for that to be aired.....

From last year's Annual Report: "An external governance review has provided clear recommendations for the future, including the establishment of a High-Performance Committee and a Member Engagement Committee. These initiatives will strengthen our leadership......"

Gates 3,4 or 5 - sometimes Gate 4 is not open for the "smaller" games.....

And now the cheating continues. Keays (who kicked that goal) and Rachele have been fined for wearing metal studs. If Keays didn't have those studs on he wouldn't have made contact with the ball....more robbing😉

2 goals and 8 Coaches' votes! Nice tagging JJ.

LDU and Wardlaw are out. Larkey, Darling, McDonald and Parker are all "tests".

Today it was Viney!