Old Bear

Yep an Bumbers wooden spoon would be magnificent And Sheedy should have to receive it so he could make a speech all about himself

I worked for AFL NSW for a while on the Far Sth Coast A lot of GWS memberships were freebies Doubt they have many full paying members or even pay on the day followers

He presented me with my first Football trophy when I was 13 He was only 16 himself and Carlton was using him as a Club ambassador before he had even played a game

My father always said to me as we watched the Demons from the wing on the MCG in the sixties That Brian Dixon is never beaten one on one and is a great mark for his size Xavier is the closest I’ve seen since those days

First year at Casey he was outstanding Next year at Melbourne he won the Rising Star Award I think ?

My answer would be the same Opposition Coach may know our game plan Not many of our players do

If you have ever stood near him you would realise he has the build of an under developed basketball player Probably one of those people who won’t muscle up until 30 plus all too late

A lot of knowledgeable people think ruck work is overrated Appearances and often stats do indicate this but I think it’s because most teams have very competitive ruckmen and there is a lot of brake even contests Play with a non competitive ruckmen and see how quickly things change like we did for two games last season

Always thought we should have tried him fwd before letting him go Bet no one believes me

No way possible would Norm Smith or Ron Barassi would let a soccer ball on the MCG And I 100% agree

When he was recruited I thought that he had the most unlikely build of anyone trying to play AFL He’s improved a lot in that area but think Baldi has has more upside than him even tho he’s come from outside the system

Said it often but only to myself

Always new Oscar Mac would make a good fwd But no we never tried him there

Always new Oscar Mac would make a good fwd But no we never tried him there

Baldi must miss playing at Moe Busts his guts with little support at Casey

As much as I would like to see him succeed He is not big enough to compete at VFL level let alone AFL He tries hard but sadly not going to make it Hope I’m wrong

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