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Extraordinary situation at the GWS Giants with injuries. Josh Kelly has now withdrawn with a quad injury which means they’ve made eight changes from last week's loss to Port Adelaide - Phil Davis (concussion), Jacob Hopper (concussion), Shane Mumford (back), Jesse Hogan (soreness), Tom Green (hamstring) Daniel Lloyd (ankle) and Sam Reid (ankle) already ruled out during the week. Would have been handy a month ago when we played them.

That takes someone more tech savvy than me.

Steven May on SEN today - “At Melbourne we have been trying to educate and raise awareness regarding racial vilification. The person at the Crows who came forward is extremely brave, and I don't think that would have happened a few years ago.”

Adelaide Crows' forward Taylor Walker will miss six games and make a $20,000 contribution to an Indigenous programme after making a derogatory comment against a North Adelaide Roosters player. There is no place in football or in society for racism. His career must be in the balance.

There’s an article in the Herald Sun that’s behind a pay wall. It’s entitled, “NAB League Super Rankings: Top 50 players ranked after Round 15” by Chris Cavanagh. Summary:- * Nick Daicos missed Sunday’s NAB League match with calf soreness but there’s nothing to worry about. He remains second on the Herald Sun NAB League Super Rankings. * Collingwood NGA member Youseph Dib starred through the midfield for Oakleigh in Daicos’ absence. * Northern Knights inside midfielder Joel Trudgeon again racked up the highest KFC SuperCoach score of the weekend in the NAB League with 200 points. TOP-FIVE SUPERCOACH SCORES FROM EACH ROUND 15 NAB LEAGUE GAME WESTERN JETS v GEELONG FALCONS 150 – Massimo D’Ambrosio (Western Jets) 136 – Mitchell Knevitt (Geelong Falcons) 130 – Blake Reid (Geelong Falcons) 127 – Max Annadale (Geelong Falcons) 120 – Oliver Northam (Geelong Falcons) DANDENONG STINGRAYS v EASTERN RANGES 153 – Will Bravo (Dandenong Stingrays) 140 – Max Hall (Eastern Ranges) 138 – Jake Soligo (Eastern Ranges) 120 – Josh Clarke (Eastern Ranges) 112 – Jake Arundell (Eastern Ranges) MURRAY BUSHRANGERS v CALDER CANNONS 158 – Ethan Warburton (Murray Bushrangers) 155 – Zac Taylor (Calder Cannons) 142 – Tom Bracher (Murray Bushrangers) 121 – Flynn Gentile (Calder Cannons) 120 – Josh Goater (Calder Cannons) GIPPSLAND POWER v OAKLEIGH CHARGERS 130 – Mitchell Moschetti (Gippsland Power) 122 – Youseph Dib (Oakleigh Chargers) 120 – David Brinker-Ritchie (Gippsland Power) 113 – Luis D’Angelo (Gippsland Power) 110 – Chance Doultree (Gippsland Power) GWV REBELS v SANDRINGHAM DRAGONS 167 – Marcus Herbert (GWV Rebels) 134 – Luke Cleary (Sandringham Dragons) 133 – Ben Hobbs (GWV Rebels) 127 – Mitch Owens (Sandringham Dragons) 119 – Ollie Lowe (Sandringham Dragons) NORTHERN KNIGHTS v BENDIGO PIONEERS 200 – Joel Trudgeon (Northern Knights) 128 – Harvey Gallagher (Bendigo Pioneers) 115 – Joel Fitzgerald (Northern Knights) 112 – Angus Seivers (Northern Knights) 111 – Jackson Bowne (Northern Knights) NAB LEAGUE SUPER RANKINGS (THROUGH ROUND 15 – MINIMUM 2 GAMES PLAYED) Ranking, Player, Club, Position, 2021 Games, 2021 Ave. KFC SuperCoach Points 1. Joel Trudgeon (Northern Knights), MID, 7 games, 191 points 2. Nick Daicos (Oakleigh Chargers), MID/FWD, 5 games, 159 points 3. Connor MacDonald (Dandenong Stingrays), MID, 4 games, 148 points 4. Samuel Frost (GWS Academy), MID, 4 games, 147 points 5. Ned Long (Northern Knights), MID, 3 games, 144 points 6. Pierce Roseby (Sydney Swans Academy), MID, 3 games, 142 points 7. Patrick Parnell* (Murray Bushrangers), GEN DEF, 4 games, 141 points 8. Bodhi Uwland (Gold Coast Academy), KEY DEF, 2 games, 141 points 9. Felix Rogers (Sydney Swans Academy), GEN DEF, 3 games, 133 points 10. Josh Ward (Northern Knights), MID, 5 games, 133 points 11. Josh Rachele (Murray Bushrangers), GEN DEF, 4 games, 130 points 12. Noah Gribble (Geelong Falcons), GEN DEF, 8 games, 130 points 13. Oliver Davis (Tasmania), MID, 2 games, 129 points 14. Oliver Sanders (Tasmania), MID, 3 games, 128 points 15. Fraser Marris (Greater Western Victoria Rebels), MID, 7 games, 127 points 16. Matthew Hamblin (GWS Academy), GEN FWD, 4 games, 127 points 18. Joel Fitzgerald (Northern Knights), GEN DEF, 8 games, 126 points 19. Zac Taylor (Calder Cannons), MID, 7 games, 126 points 20. Baynen Lowe (Tasmania), MID, 7 games, 124 points 21. Ben Hobbs (GWV Rebels), MID, 5 games, 124 points 22. Ewan MacPherson (Northern Knights), MID, 4 games, 122 points 23. Andy Moniz Wakefield (Northern Territory), MID, 2 games, 121 points 24. Nick Hodgson (GWV Rebels), MID, 7 games, 121 points 25. Chance Doultree (Gippsland Power), MID, 6 games, 120 points 26. Sam Conforti (Bendigo Pioneers), MID, 5 games, 118 points 27. Jordan Endemann (Sydney Swans Academy), GEN DEF, 3 games, 117 points 28. Mitchell Knevitt (Geelong Falcons), MID, 8 games, 117 points 29. Zavier Maher (Murray Bushrangers), MID, 3 games, 116 points 30. Joshua Goater (Calder Cannons), MID, 7 games, 116 points 31. Noah Gadsby (Geelong Falcons), GEN DEF, 4 games, 115 points 32. Hugh Fidler (Brisbane Lions Academy), MID, 2 games, 115 points 33. Liam Conway (Western Jets), MID, 8 games, 114 points 34. Maximus Monaghan (GWS Academy), GEN FWD, 4 games, 114 points 35. Jake Soligo (Eastern Ranges), MID, 7 games, 114 points 36. Finn Callaghan (Sandringham Dragons), GEN DEF, 6 games, 112 points 37. Cody Raak (Western Jets), GEN DEF, 6 games, 111 points 38. Lachlan Riley (Sandringham Dragons), MID, 3 games, 111 points 39. Ned Moyle* (Oakleigh Chargers), RUCK, 4 games, 111 points 40. Joshua Green (GWS Academy), MID, 3 games, 111 points 41. Zac Young (Brisbane Lions Academy), MID, 2 games, 111 points 42. Henry Brown (Oakleigh Chargers), MID, 7 games, 110 points 43. Marcus Herbert (GWV Rebels), MID, 9 games, 109 points 44. Luke Fellows (GWS Academy), N/A, 4 games, 109 points 45. Flynn Lakey (Calder Cannons), MID, 9 games, 109 points 46. Flynn Gentile (Calder Cannons), MID, 8 games, 109 points 47. Angus Anderson (Sydney Swans Academy), MID, 2 games, 108 points 48. Jacob Edwards* (Sandringham Dragons), RUCK, 3 games, 107 points 49. William Bella (Gold Coast Academy), KEY FWD, 2 games, 107 points 50. Charlie McKay (Sandringham Dragons), MID, 9 games, 106 points *Recruited in the AFL Mid-Season Rookie Draft

Can you show me where I’ve advocated that he should come to us? My position is that he is being overhyped in some quarters based on the amount of games he’s played this season and on what he’s achieved. That’s not his fault because we’ve gone through two lockdowns and he also missed a few weeks through concussion. I doubt whether any draft prospect who has reached top 10 in these sorts of draft discussions has done so little to get there. At this stage I don’t think he’s shown enough to warrant such high ranking. If Melbourne had pick 6 in this year’s draft, would you invest it on Mac Andrew?

Then there's AFL Draft Central which has him shooting up the charts and lighting up the big stage at #6. AFL Draft Central Power Rankings: August 2021

A wonderful gentleman with who used to bank at my bank branch in Elsternwick. Always friendly and smiling - especially after I told him he was one of my heroes when I was a kid. Condolences to his family and friends.

It seems that my mail was wrong and that Ed Pascoe hasn't gotten caught up in the hype.

Mac Andrew is now sitting at # 7 in Chris Doerre’s power rankings for August. I’m told that another of the draft experts on bigfooty, Ed Pascoe, will have him as high as 6th when he drops his rankings. AFL Draft - August's Power Rankings: Young talls catapult into top 10 calculations

AFL Draft - August's Power Rankings: Young talls catapult into top 10 calculations Mac Andrew continues to move up the ranks. He’s now at #7.

Viney charged with serious misconduct

Agree wholeheartedly. The family are both well known sportspersons who would no doubt have trained Austin well in how to deal with public criticism including the sort of hostile lashings young people in sport get from time to time. Still, there’s no need for the nasty stuff. I read today that there’s another Bradtke playing school basketball. I hope he does well in whatever sport he plays and if he chooses footy and is good at it, that he and his family aren’t put off by the personal attacks Austin’s received as a 20-21 year old doing his best in his chosen sport.

And while they’re at it, how about renaming it “Robbie’s Paddock” in honour of Robbie Flower?

It was as long ago as Round 1, 2020 just before Lockdown 1.0 when life was so much simpler. One thing that doesn’t change much and that it that the Demons always seem to be drawn to play this mob over there… TEAMS WEST COAST EAGLES B Jetta McGovern Duggan HB Gaff Yeo Brander C Sheppard Barrass Hurn HF Redden Darling Sheed F Ryan Kennedy Cripps FOLL Naitanui Kelly Shuey I/C Ah Chee Hickey Nelson Petruccelle EMG Hutchings Schofield Waterman Williams MELBOURNE B N Jetta S May J Lever HB O McDonald J Harmes M Hibberd C E Langdon C Oliver A Tomlinson HF A Neal-Bullen B Fritsch J Viney F C Spargo T McDonald A Brayshaw FOLL M Gawn C Petracca J Melksham I/C T Bedford M Brown J Lockhart K Pickett EMG M Hore L Jackson T Sparrow S Weideman

We’ve moved to a different Gameday!!!

Late yesterday morning, the boys landed in Brisbane and by early afternoon, they were homeward bound. I think we’d like to take the game to Marvel where we play well …

The one day return trip north reminds me of something. No déjà vu today please.

Why couldn’t we kick this straight against Hawthorn and the Bulldogs.

Looks like they must have taken Majak with them as well.

The Casey Demons v Footscray B: D. Turner 42 J. Hutchins 60 D. Smith 34 HB: C. Stockdale A. Bradtke 46 J. Lockhart 41 C: O. Baker 33 K. Declase 40 N. Jetta 39 HF: T. Bedford 12 M. White 52 Z. Foot 53 F: F. Rosman 19 79 C Ellison 79 B. Laurie 16 Foll: J. Bell 73 J. Munro 47 N. Jones 2 I/C: J. Briggs 54 T. Freeman 67 G. Grey 68 R. Sparkes 47 Emerg: A. Courtney 65 M. Lewis 63 T. McCaffery 62 M. Shepherd 77 The Covid19 situation and the need for clubs to be mindful of the possibility of relocation elsewhere for periods of a week or two is having an effect on the competition. With the Western Bulldogs playing here in Victoria, they can have most of their reserve players playing VFL. Casey will be doing without many of their regular AFL affiliated players who have been in the team - the likes of Chandler, Melksham, J Smith, Weideman and vandenBerg that would form the backbone of the team. They’re going to be in trouble tomorrow.

The title of the thread has been changed back to The Mac Andrew Thread because it’s only fitting that he should get the recognition he deserves. There have been differing views as to how he measures up in the draft scheme of things, much of it based on how he performed in the Under 19 challenge match between Vic Metro and Vic Country earlier this month. Here’s vision from the game now released by the AFL:- https://www.afl.com.au/video/651642/u19-challenge-match-vic-metro-v-vic-country?videoId=651642&modal=true&type=video&publishFrom=1627002802001

The great Cal Twomey now has him in the top 10. Cal Twomey's Phantom Form Guide: Top draft prospects' July ranking

Anyone heard about this bloke before this?

I’m down to do this week’s match preview but haven’t started it yet. Spoiler: There’s every chance it will be late. In the meantime, does anyone have a line on our form at TBC?