Old Bear

Our recruiting is a big problem ,not the draft so much as our kids from last two drafts are very good I follow Casey closely and really apart from one skinny 200 cm fwd who the coach won’t play we have nothing to be excited about Caseys best players most weeks aren’t on our list Watching other teams this weekend at gather round they have 204cm plus kids running around Why not us

I’ve stood near him at the huddle against Sandringham practice match He is a small 200 cm by my judgement and has no bulk at all Tom McDonald has twice the body size as you would expect and although I would like to see him get a Senior game He will not match it with big opposition ruckmen If it was like football 30 years ago when jumping was the major skill of a Ruckman instead of almost pure push and shove of today Could make it as a pure forward tho

Whenever Howes gets a possession I hope he at least kicks it out on the full Better result than hitting the opposition on the chest

Playing in the Bush if the coach brought out a soccer ball I’d ask if it was ok to run a few laps Always treated a soccer ball as poison I think RDB did as well

How small are our ( bigs ) at Casey I watched the practice match against Sandringham and was on the ground at the quarter time huddle Fullerton and Varrell are not AFL size Ruckmen and they struggle at VFL level Tom McDonald was our biggest player that day and Sandy had much bigger Big Men Watching on today we were boys against men verse Gold Coast Club is desperate for a future Ruckman to take over from Max

Pre HIV I used to think the more blood on my face the better Had my nose broken in a Grand Final from a back hander and refused to let the trainer wipe the snot and blood away until half time A lot of opposition got out of my way that day and the backhander guy kept looking over his shoulder waiting for the even up Was a better tactic than evening up

Did a preseason there in 74 seemed bloody huge then with the No of laps required by the coaches 😡

Len Mann far right at the back

Example Josh Kelly

Nervous as I am I can’t help thinking Oliver is going to play the best game of his career Which will give the Pies little or no hope of winning There so everyone stop worrying

Certainly looks likely atm

Their on the Gold Coast with one day less to recover Hope that’s the difference between us and them

Leo Sayer playing very a good game for the Blues He looks a lot like Ed Curnow