Wiseblood

If Casey kicked straight last week they would have won, and the coach said the team played very well. No idea why I'm defending my comment, it was more tongue in cheek if anything.

I love him, I wanna boof him, get him up here!

Guys like Grimes, M. Jones, Spencer and Bail get promoted and suddenly Casey are a better side... coincidence? I think not.

I believe Mark Neeld is available...

If King can play like this consistently in the Casey firsts then we can be excited. Not sure why we need to be at half mast about a few goals in the VFL seconds though.

If they were having another average year then I think we might be a chance - as it stands I can't see them jumping ship. They are up and about and, right now, it would be a step down to come and play for us.

I hope you were knocking on wood when you wrote that comment!

To be fair Tyson hasn't exactly set the world alight so far this season. I don't feel as though we'll miss him as much as we would have last season. I'm hopeful a week or two off will help him get over his injuries and he can return to the side more refreshed.

Yeah that 1 goal loss in the dying moments last season was a complete blow out...

Or they are the selections of a coach who simply has no other options. While I don't rate him as a player at all I'll still be hoping Fitzy can have some sort of impact, but if we are having to turn to him so early in the season then it just goes to show how crippled we have been by injuries over the last month.

I don't understand it either. There is no spot for him down back, so are they going to use him as a second ruck to run with Cordy or something? Just doesn't add up.

I like your positivity about the weekend 3Dee, even if I don't necessarily share the same views. I agree that only by playing the best do we improve, but I still think the Dogs are too strong through the middle for us to beat them. I'll have my fingers crossed but the expectations are certainly lowered.

I'd put our first three selections in the draft on the table and use them as aggressively as possible. That may depend on Jake Lovett a little as I'm not sure where he may go in the draft or if we actually want to draft him, but I'd put the picks up for trade and see where that gets us to begin with. We've drafted enough over the last 6-7 years, giving up a few won't hurt us if we get the right players in.

So he comes out prior to his hiring and smashes the list in public instead, does he? Roos isn't that stupid.

Trust me mate, I understand why some are despondant after the last 3 weeks. Our positive start to the year masked the fact that there are still major holes in our depth, and once we had a few injuries we were horribly exposed. Freo, Sydney and the Hawks have all played in a grand final over the last 2 years and we simply can't match them. Our efforts last week were poor, I can't deny that, but I don't believe it's a true reflection on far we've come since Roos took over.

If I was your boss I would have fired you long ago.

Really? We are going back to 2014 now are we? We have struggled at times this year, no doubt, but we have also had a crack far more often than we have in years. Perspective is needed, not the blind wrist slashing so many on here get off on.

Have another beer big fella.

If they can't get behind Paul Roos then they all deserve to be delisted. That bloke has more runs on the board and more cred in the AFL than our entire list combined. But we know that's not the case. We put in an absolute shocker last week but I've never seen a supporter base completely lose the plot over one game like some have here this week.

Are you suggesting Paul Roos has lost the commitment of the players? Please tell me I'm wrong as that's just a silly comment.

What should he be getting credit for? With all due respect he's been smashed over the last fortnight. He needs to lift big time to keep his spot.

I actually think his judgement in what he said to the media was spot on - he may not have felt that way about the list, but he knew when he took the job he wouldn't be able to make too many changes during his first pre-season and therefore understood that he still needed to keep them onside for the season ahead. If he has a crack at the players and the list there is a fair chance they will be disgruntled before he walks in the door. Roosy knew what he was doing.

This was before he actually got to the club and saw first hand just what he was dealing with. Of course he was going to be at least somewhat complementary about the list before he is hired as he will still need to coach the majority of them for the coming season. Come off it, McQueen.

One of the most ridiculous comments I've read on here, and that's including the off season training threads.

Not much else to choose from at the moment though. Once we get a few back guys like M. Jones and Bail will be back running around at Casey.