Jumping Jack Clennett

Does anyone know the free kick count?

Only a flesh wound!

He’s the only one who knows who his dad is!

Wouldn’t it be fantastic if we beat Collingwood! Not impossible!

If the ball is knocked free, it’s basically the same as a ball up…pretty much 50:50. BUT…… there’s a good chance of getting a free if you knock it out of the opponent’s hands , especially if I he may have had prior opportunity. And I refer you back to my comment in the O P about the” surprise” tackle….. I think that’s important.

Insightful comment, no.18. Back to your blanket!

I think that game might have influenced Roos in his decision to come to Melbourne.

Bedford, Weed, Hunt , Baker , Hannan. All doing well for their new clubs, but definitely not in our best 22. Interesting…..suggests our depth was, and is, pretty good. There are are a few Caseyguys who can’t make our side now who would make a lot of other teams.(Turner, Jordon, Laurie,Dunstan,Adams,Brown, Scache ..and others.)

Not worth consideration, obviously.

I think we sometimes miss opportunities to win a free kick with tackles. If the opponent has taken a step after getting the ball, ( had prior opportunity), I think the tackler should attempt to knock the ball down out of his hands while grabbing him, rather than just holding him,and keeping the ball pressed against him, leading to a ball up. There is a degree of inconsistency in the umpiring on incidents like this. Sometimes a free will be paid when the ball is knocked out of the player’s hands, even if he hardly seemed to have prior opportunity. I realise that there is a danger of the free not being paid, and the ball falls free to a 50:50 situation, but I think it’s worth the risk. Occasionally, a player receives the ball unaware that a potential tackler is right behind him. I think this is the time that the “ surprise” tackle should win a free, by knocking the ball down while grabbing the player. The biggest error in this circumstance is to allow the opponent to fall forward, pulling the tackler down on his back, and getting a free, when a proper tackle would have resulted in a free the other way.

Well done, Hammers! Staying up!!!

Thanks!

We’ll done, you Irons!

Have the Dees ever been beaten abroad? I know we’ve won in NZ, Canada, USA, China ,England and Tasmania(!) Anywhere else?

Before this thread disappears into obscurity…….does any Demonlander know what happened to the “Wall of Fame”?

Does anyone know if the "Wall of Fame" still exists? I suspect you would have bought one, too, Whispering Jack! ( though you were already famous!)

I get it... I've been hoodwinked!

LDVC…..you must be a lawyer! I looked up “fungible”, and I still can’t understand how it would apply to the tiles. What would the tiles be replaced by? Or does it just mean that once the money has been paid, there’s no responsibility to honour the commitment?

In 2004, I paid $250 for a "tile" with my name on it to be put on a tile- wall in the "Southern Stand MCG changerooms". I presume those rooms are no longer there. Did any other Demonlanders make this payment? Does anyone know if the "wall of fame" still exists?

Arguably cost us the '63 Premiership.

I hope they tank when they play us…., but I doubt it. Lewis back and a lot of talent at Box Hill. I think they’ll be hard to beat next week.

28 frees to St K, 14 to Port. Absolutely every 50:50 decision went to the Saints. The Marvel crowd( all Saints) definitely influenced the Umpires by screaming for frees the whole match. We Demon supporters have got to try to influence the imps like that, but it’s harder at the bigger MCG, and we rarely have a crowd that all goes for us .

Who does he barrack for?

Harmes and Dunstan definitely look "a class above" when playing for Casey. I think we should make more use of them in the seniors.

Spargo certainly ducked his head, so it was correct not to give him a free…..but to penalise him for incorrect disposal? He was semi-conscious when the ball came out of his hands. Ducking the head to try to avoid a tackle should certainly not be rewarded with a free, but the tackler still has a duty of care not to concuss the ducker.