Whispering_Jack

Just letting you know in advance, tonight’s match report is entitled “Fritta & Turner”.

And for that, I make no apologies.😀

The latest draft order here -AFL Draft Order 2024

This article looks at the clubs that could be active in next month’s midseason draft. Melbourne is one because of Angus Brayshaw’s retirement.

The 11 AFL clubs who could be active at the 2024 Mid-Season Draft

The issue remains however, that the AFL has still to announce the position regarding whether Angus’ contract pay out is going to be included in the club’s salary cap. Now that Collingwood has been placed in a similar position with Nathan Murphy’s retirement, I suppose the AFL will treat the matter with a little more urgency. 

4 hours ago, kev martin said:

Just realised I am a year behind @Demonland 

Put 2023, instead of 2024 in the title.

It seems that @Demonland has been lurking around in his DMC DeLorean again. I have elicited a promise from him that he won’t get ahead of himself or go back in time for now. We’re back to taking things one week at a time.

1 hour ago, pitmaster said:

Our Irish initiative is explained in the book Between The Flags. Dick Seddon said we started it because it was relatively cheap recruiting with no transfer fees involved. There's a story in there about some soccer genius who Seddon put up for a while over here to try Aussie Rules and who eventually went to a Premier League soccer giant, wasn't happy there and asked Seddon if he could come back to the Demons to try out some more. Seddon told him 'no way: Arsenal (or whatever club it was) will want a big transfer fee'.

The kid went on to play 100s of games and represent his country. Once he was in a system we could not afford him.

It was an advantage for us because we were first, but everyone is on to it now.

I believe the soccer genius you refer to might have been Niall Quinn who played Gaelic football and hurling as a youth in Dublin, including the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Final in Croke aged 16, in 1983. He once captained an Irish GAA youth side on a tour to Australia, and was offered a professional contract to play Australian Rules Football with Melbourne, but opted for professional football, in England where he played with Arsenal, Manchester City and Sunderland, and was ex-chairperson of Sunderland FC. He played for the Republic of Ireland from 1986 to 2002.

Quinn was a 193cm striker and I believe that had he chosen to play our football, he might have been a key forward or defender and taken us one step up the ladder in those years in the late 80s and 90s when we came close to challenging for a flag.

Needless to say, I remain disappointed that Melbourne has apparently chosen not to test the waters in this arena in recent years. Without the likes of Jimmy Stynes and Sean Wight, the club might well not even be in existence today.

Mark down the name of Jack Behnk, a Casey lister who also plays for St Bedes Mentone Tigers and was nominated as VAFA Mens Rising Star award on the back of a starring 5 goal performance. He has represented Casey this year during the practice match series. 

VFL player by player: Which Dees dominated?

The 2024 Mid-Season Rookie Draft will be held on Wednesday, May 29. The AFL Free Agency period commences on Friday, October 4 and will run until Friday, October 11. The 2024 Continental Tyres AFL Trade Period will commence on Monday, October 7 and will run until Wednesday, October 16.

AFL confirms dates for 2024 free agency, trade and draft periods

On 14/04/2024 at 15:45, poita said:

https://vfl.aflmstats.com/player/Kyah_Farris-White

The kid has had 3 kicks in 11 VFL games. Clearly he is not playing big minutes but, seriously, what are we trying to achieve here?

I have for some time, advocated that when developing players are not performing in the VFL then it might be of benefit that they go to an appropriate local suburban competition to work on their skills. I recently cited the case of a Collingwood Category B rookie playing last year or the year before in the VAFA. Now, it seems that Richmond has the same idea with one of its Category B rookies. The player in question is obviously being given time to adapt to the game in a less demanding competition. 

Unless, there is something happening with KFW that we’re not being told, this would seem a better course than seeing him struggle for kicks on limited time in the VFL.

From Herald Sun online

10 minutes ago, Chelly said:

There may not be a game this weekend but that doesn’t stop the injuries. Hopeful for Clarrie -

Injury List: Round 6

Clayton Oliver —  finger / test     
Marty Hore — thumb / 1 - 2 weeks 
Shane McAdam — hamstring / 1 - 2 weeks     
Charlie Spargo — Achilles / 3 weeks 
Jake Bowey — shoulder / 4 - 5 weeks
Christian Salem — hamstring / 4 - 6 weeks 
Jake Melksham — knee / 9 - 11 weeks   
 

Injuries are injuries but if we look at Richmond’s current injury list, we should definitely not be complaining about our lot.

The persistent Tigers held on for three quarters before the Demons, powered by some accuracy in front of goal (for once), ran away at the end of the game. Harry Petty kicked 6.0 while Jake Melksham and JvR managed 4.0 each. Unfortunately, all three were missing when the team was ousted from the finals in September.

MELBOURNE 3.5.23 8.5.53 14.6.90 20.10.130

RICHMOND 5.4.34 9.7.61 13.8.86 15.8.98

THE TEAMS

RICHMOND 

B N. Balta, D. Grimes T. Young
HB N. Vlastuin N. Broad D. Rioli
C K. McIntosh T. Taranto J. Ross
HF J. Graham J. Hopper L. Baker
F J. Riewoldt D. Martin M. Pickett
FOLL I. Soldo D. Prestia S. Bolton
I/C S. Banks, T. Cotchin R. Mansell B. Miller SUB M. Coulthard EMG N. Cumberland H. Ralphsmith S. Ryan 

No Change 

MELBOURNE

B T. Rivers, S. May, J. Lever
HB C. Salem A. Tomlinson J. Bowey
C L. Hunter J. Viney E. Langdon
HF K. Chandler J. Melksham J. Jordon
F A. Neal-Bullen J. Van Rooyen K. Pickett
FOLL M. Gawn A. Brayshaw C. Petracca
I/C J. Harmes J. McVee H. Petty T. Woewodin SUB J. Smith EMG B. Grundy M. Hibberd C. Spargo

IN  J. Harmes H. Petty

OUT B. Brown T. Sparrow

Scouting Notes: AFL Academy vs. Coburg VFL

A versatile player to look out for in this year’s draft.

1 hour ago, spirit of norm smith said:

 

 

So as we head into the bye 

Clayton Oliver- finger - test 
Marty Hore — thumb / 2 weeks    
Shane McAdam — hamstring / 2 weeks      
Charlie Spargo — Achilles / 3 weeks

Christian Salem - hamstring - 4-5 weeks 
Jake Bowey — shoulder / 5 weeks  
Jake Melksham — knee / 10 - 11 weeks      

Angus Brayshaw - medical retirement 

of the 44 on the list, 8 likely unavailable for the Tigers clash. 

Joel Smith is also out for reasons that are well documented.

PORT MELBOURNE vs CASEY DEMONS

Saturday 13 April, 2:05pm, Kinetic Stadium
Head-to-Head: Casey Demons 32-29-1; At Kinetic Stadium: Never Met; Streak: Casey Demons 1
Last Time: Casey Demons 18.11 119 def Port Melbourne 8.13 61 (July 2, 2022, Casey Fields)

PORT MELBOURNE
B: B. Smith (22), T. Highmore (35), G. Barnes (25)
HB: T. Watson (11), F. Rosman (3), L. Rankin (15)
C: T. Hird (4), H. Hooper (37), J. Green (14)
HF: A. Anastasio (19), J. Miller (23), H. Stubbings (12)
F: B. Gowers (10), J. Conlan (34), M. Signorello (17)
R: F. Flockart (27), R. Smith (18), S. Philp (9)
INT: C. Walker (29), L. Coghlan (30), A. Curry (13), L. Modica (56), C. Henness (7)
EMG: N. Stuhldreier (31), J. Johnston (20), A. Manton (16), H. Maguire (38), T. Hofert (21), S. Johnson (8), M. Moschetti (6)

IN: J. Conlan, J. Green, C. Henness, L. Modica, S. Philp, H. Stubbings
OUT: O. Mulady (hip), K. Viccars (concussion), M. Gahan (unavailable), T. Hofert, A. Manton, M. Moschetti
NEW: Jacob Conlan, 24, 191cm, Albury; Cody Henness, 25, 193cm, Sandringham; Sam Philip, 22, 187cm, Carlton AFL

CASEY DEMONS
B: T. Freeman (67), A. Tomlinson (20), J. Adams (26)
HB: A. Moniz-Wakefield (45), D. Turner (42), L. Connolly (55)
C: N. Moodie (74), B. Laurie (16), T. Edwards (58)
HF: R. Steele (54), J. Schache (19), O. Sestan (38)
F: M. Jefferson (21), T. Fullerton (33), L. Hunter (12)
R: W. Verrall (28), M. White (52), K. Brown (41)
INT: B. Laplanche (68)*, M. Szybkowski (56), K. Windsor (66), P. Cross (64), K. Farris-White (43)
EMG: H. Neocleous (75), C. Peters (63), T. Sheridan (53), M. Gregory (57)

IN: L. Hunter, B. Laplanche, B. Laurie, A. Tomlinson, D. Turner, K. Windsor
OUT: K. Tholstrup (AFL), C. Hustwaite (foot), M. Gregory, C. Peters, T. Sheridan, Z. Toledo
NEW: Brayden Laplanche, 18, 189cm, Rowville/Eastern Ranges; Kai Windsor, 20, 180cm, Box Hill Hawks

Squads named for Victorian Under 18 trials

On 09/04/2024 at 16:33, alpha33 said:

Selection will be interesting this week and obviously revolves firstly, around whether Kozzy is rubbed out by the tribunal tonight. 

This is the list of players from Casey’s last game -

Jed Adams, Kynan Brown, Leo Connolly, Paddy Cross, Tyler Edwards, Kyah Farris-White, Tom Freeman, Tom Fullarton, Max Gregory, Campbell Husthwaite, Matt Jefferson, Andy Moniz-Wakefield, Ned Moodie, Charlie Peters, Josh Schache, Ollie Sestan, Tom Sheridan, Roan Steele, Mitch Szybkowski, Koltyn Tholstrup, Ziggy Toledo, Will Verrall, Mitch White

Bailey Laurie and Adam Tomlinson were sent to Adelaide to act as holdovers for the Port Adelaide game. Also since then, Lachie Hunter and Daniel Turner have been declared fit. Casey should therefore have a better side than last time they played which is encouraging.

Based on the above and the club's published injury list these are the AFL listed players we can expect to see tomorrow.

Jed Adams, Kynan Brown, Kyah Farris-White, Tom Fullarton, Lachie Hunter, Matt Jefferson, Bailey Laurie, Andy Moniz-Wakefield, Josh Schache, Ollie Sestan, Adam Tomlinson, Daniel Turner and Will Verrall.

However, based on some of the training reports, one or two of the above might not play.

This is usually a big game on the draft calendar - one in which reputations can often be made.

PREVIEW | AFL U18 Australian Academy vs. Coburg VFL

The squads have started coming in for the U18 National Championships and high-flyer Ned Bowman (see post above) has been selected.

2024 South Australian U18 squad finalised

He’s the Kolt but not from Snowy River.

Still, it’s worthwhile recognizing the work of one of our great poets who knew quality when he saw it.

6 hours ago, kev martin said:

No-one in rehab this morning, a Captain's run, 26 players.

Laurie, Tomlinson, Tholstrup, Chandler, Woey, and Kossie are out there.

Rehabbers are out now. Marty, McAdam, Melky, Bowey, Sestan.

As a guess for in and outs, I would say, out Laurie, Tomlinson, and Woey as they were mainly in the yellow vest in the structural sims.

Tholstrup was doing plenty off the half-forward. 

Chandler was running hard, giving the knee a test, no problems. 

There are group, maybe 20, from the area around Alice Springs (Ntaria). One of them will toss the coin at the game. The indigenous players all made some time for them. All in the MFC colours of their own club. The MFC also handed them some scarves.

Ollie Sestan was not named on the injury list. 

Mystery injury of the week?

Five games in and they’ve already named a railroad station after him!

ANB not there? That’s a surprise.

2 hours ago, spirit of norm smith said:

Wow. 

Redleg Ned Bowman’s huge hanger sets tongues wagging and puts AFL clubs on red alert

This brings back memories of Russell Robertson 👏👏

He can take a mark but can he play?