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I think Gaff’s defence made a mistake arguing provocation as part of its case. Much better had he thrown himself on the mercy of the Tribunal.

There's a definite concern for both the MFC and Casey with regard to the ruck situation. At AFL level, we've been extremely fortunate to have had Max available for every game but we would have to rely on make shift ruckmen again if he were injured - by that I mean Tommy Mac, the Weid and Pedo. Our two ruckmen at Casey have been getting thrashed on an almost weekly basis in an albeit otherwise strong team. Now Mitch King is injured and the reports from the game don't sound promising while Filipovic appears not to be up to it. It might be time for the club to drag someone out of the country or metropolitan ranks and play them - wasn't there talk of the club recruiting some giant from nowhere earlier in the season? That's the short term situation - longer term, we have cat b rookie Austin Bradtke coming on board for next year but I suspect the club will be on the lookout at the drafts or trades for a capable stand in ruckman should he ever be needed.

SEN is running a fundraiser for our great fellow Demon Jarrod Lyle. Please give - 1300081116 Hopefully, Jarrod was buoyed by the team yesterday and the boys can keep doing it for him and his family.

Enough already. This is the only team we haven’t beaten since the introduction of the 18 team AFL. Let’s do it Demons!!!!

Just heard Jesse Hogan say that we’re taking it one week at a time. Wooee!!!

Why are they not showing the live ladder on TV today?

Some good figures for the Casey boys. Cory Wagner and Jay Lockwood have been consistent and on the improve - will figure in draft considerations later in the year.

If there's a single lesson to be learned from this round so far, it's that you should never rely on the results of other games. You have to get the job done yourself.

No streaming today but you can follow the game on Casey Radio.

Rest easy. There is no way possible that Melbourne can lose today. We don’t even play until tomorrow.

It seems to me that the outcome of last night’s game really does demonstrate how close Melbourne is to becoming one of the powers of the competition. A fortnight ago, on Geelong’s turf, we lost by 2 points in a game that took an incredible last quarter comeback effort from the home side to beat us. The Cats scored 8.0 to 3.5 in that term, finished with an incredible 16.4.100 (80% shooting accuracy for the game) and needed everything to go right for them in the dying moments to get up (including our AA ruckman to miss two important patches off the ground when Geelong scored heavily) - yes, we obviously contributed by failing to apply enough pressure on their forwards when they were rampant but there were so many little fine lines that contributed to our downfall. Fast forward to last night where the premiership favourite was the home team and the game flowed in much the same way. This time however, those little fine lines were moved somewhat. Geelong had seven shots to four and still kicked accurately but their 5.2 for the final quarter represents a 71.4% goal scoring ratio and their game score came up at 54.5% - well below the 80% they managed against us. The end result was that, against the same opposition, the Tigers won at home by 3 points while we lost away by 2 points. That tells me we’re not so far off the pace. Of course, every game is different and we appear doomed to rue the result of that game, but it tells me that on our day, we are now capable of beating anyone in the competition, which gives us plenty to look forward to in the future (naturally, at the moment, I’m looking forward only to tomorrow).

Anyway ... he was once in exalted company on the Calder Cannons TAC Cup Under 18 list in 2013 SURNAME FIRST NAME CLUB AHERN PAUL KEILOR LEVER JAKE ROMSEY MILLER TOUK MARIBYRNONG PARK SMITH ROARKE SUNBURY KANGAROOS WALKER GUY MARIBYRNONG PARK WRIGHT PETER MOONEE VALLEY Jake Lever is now a Demon and Touk Miller and Peter Wright will be lined up against the MFC on Sunday.

The Tigers game will be the benchmark for me. We need them to beat Geelong and if they do then I will know the stars are aligned in our favour. If not ... I will not be very happy.

There used to be a time when there were a number of cricketers who doubled up playing football in the winter eg. Peter Bedford, Neil Crompton (who kicked the winning goal in our last premiership and played for Victoria) and Max "Tangles" Walker. Doesn't happen these days.

When the month of August comes around, the list changes start. Please feel free to post additions to this list when they arise. ADELAIDE In: Jordon Butts ® (Murray Bushrangers) Will Hamill (Dandenong Stingrays) Paul Hunter ® (Adelaide) Chayce Jones (Launceston) Shane McAdam (Sturt) Ned McHenry (Geelong Falcons) Lachlan Sholl (Calder Cannons) Tyson Stengle (Richmond) Kieran Strachan ® (Port Melbourne VFL) Out: Kyle Cheney (delisted) Harry Dear (delisted) Jackson Edwards ® (delisted) Sam Gibson (retired) Curtly Hampton (retired) Paul Hunter (delisted) Ben Jarman ® (delisted) Mitch McGovern (Carlton) Matthew Signorello (delisted) BRISBANE LIONS In: Marcus Adams (Western Bulldogs) Jacob Allison ® (Brisbane Lions) Noah Answerth (Oakleigh Chargers) Ryan Bastinac ® (Brisbane Lions) Tom Berry (GWV Rebels) Tom Fullarton (Category B) Tom Joyce (East Fremantle) Jarryd Lyons (Gold Coast) Lincoln McCarthy (G eel ong) Connor McFadyen (Brisbane Lions Academy) Lachie Neale (Fremantle) Ely Smith (Murray Bushrangers) Out: Jacob Allison (delisted) Jake Barrett ® (delisted) Ryan Bastinac (delisted) Claye Beams (delisted) Dayne Beams (Collingwood) Tom Bell (delisted) Rohan Bewick (delisted) Liam Dawson (delisted) Jack Frost (retired) Cian Hanley (retired) Sam Mayes (Port Adelaide) Marco Paparone (delisted) CARLTON In: Michael Cotterall ® (Dandenong Stingrays) Alex Fasolo (Collingwood) Michael Gibbons ® (Williamstown) Hugh Goddard ® (St Kilda) Mitch McGovern (Adelaide) Nic Newman (Sydney) Finbar O'Dwyer (Yarrawonga) Matthew Owies (Category B) Will Setterfield (GWS Giants) Ben Silvagni (Oakleigh Chargers) Liam Stocker (Sandringham Dragons) Sam Walsh (Geelong Falcons) Out: Tom Bugg ® (retired) Ciaran Byrne (retired) Jesse Glass-McCasker ® (delisted) Nick Graham (delisted) Sam Kerridge (delisted) Cillian McDaid (retired) Jed Lamb (delisted) Aaron Mullett (delisted) Cameron O’Shea (delisted) Sam Rowe (delisted) Matthew Shaw ® (delisted) Alex Silvagni (retired) Matthew Wright (retired) COLLINGWOOD In: Dayne Beams (Brisbane) Atu Bosenavulagi (Oakleigh Chargers) Tim Broomhead ® (Collingwood) Mark Keane (Category B) Will Kelly (Oakleigh Chargers) Sam Murray ® (Collingwood) Isaac Quaynor (Oakleigh Chargers) Jordan Roughead (Western Bulldogs) Anton Tohill (Category B) Out: Jarryd Blair (delisted) Tim Broomhead (delisted) Alex Fasolo (Carlton) Kayle Kirby (retired) Sam McLarty (delisted) Sam Murray (delisted) Adam Oxley (delisted) Josh Smith (delisted) ESSENDON In: Zac Clarke (Fremantle) Matt Dea ® (Essendon) Noah Gown (Gippsland Power) Brayden Ham (Geelong Falcons) Tom Jok ® (Collingwood VFL) Irving Mosquito (Gippsland Power) Dylan Shiel (GWS Giants) Out: Travis Colyer (Fremantle) Matt Dea (delisted) Brendon Goddard (delisted) Josh Green (delisted) Matthew Leuenberger (retired) Jackson Merrett (delisted) FREMANTLE In: Brett Bewley (Williamstown) Jason Carter (Category B) Travis Colyer (Essendon) Reece Conca (Richmond) Jesse Hogan (Melbourne) Ethan Hughes ® (Fremantle) Rory Lobb (GWS Giants) Ryan Nyhuis ® (Fremantle) Lachlan Schultz (Williamstown) Sam Sturt (Dandenong Stingrays) Luke Valente (Norwood) Tobe Watson ® (Swan Districts) Out: Michael Apeness (retired) Zac Clark (Essendon) Brady Grey (delisted) Ethan Hughes (delisted) Michael Johnson (retired) Lachie Neal (Brisbane) Ryan Nyhuis (delisted) Danyle Pearce (retired) Tom Sheridan (GWS Giants) Lee Spurr (retired) Luke Strnadica (delisted) Cam Sutcliffe (delisted) GEELONG In: Tom Atkins ® (Geelong VFL) Oscar Brownless (Geelong Falcons) Jordan Clark (Claremont) Luke Dahlhaus (Western Bulldogs) Darcy Fort (Central Dustrict) Benjamin Jarvis (Norwood) Jacob Kennerley (Norwood) Nathan Kreuger (South Adelaide) Stefan Okunbor (Category B) Gary Rohan (Sydney Swans) Blake Schlensog (Category B) Jake Tarca (South Adelaide) Out: Aaron Black (delisted) Stewart Crameri ® (delisted) Ryan Gardner (delisted) Cory Gregson (delisted) Matthew Hayball ® (delisted) George Horlin-Smith (Gold Coast) Timm House (delisted) Lincoln McCarthy (Brisbane) Daniel Menzel (Sydney Swans) Jordan Murdoch (Gold Coast) Jackson Thurlow (Sydney) GOLD COAST SUNS In: Chris Burgess (West Adelaide) Sam Collins (Werribee) Josh Corbett (Werribee) Corey Ellis (Richmond) Caleb Graham (Gold Coast Academy) George Horlin-Smith (Geelong) Jack Hombsch (Port Adelaide) Ben King (Sandringham Dragons) Jack Leslie ® (Gold Coast Suns) Jack Lukosious (W-West Torrens) Jez McLennan (Central District) Anthony Miles (Richmond) Jordan Murdoch (Geelong) Izak Rankine (West Adelaide) Michael Rischitelli ® (Gold Coast) Brad Scheer ® (Gold Coast Suns) Harrison Wigg ® (Gold Coast Suns) Out: Michael Barlow (delisted) Aaron Hall (North Melbourne) Josh Jaska ® (delisted) Kade Kolodashnij (Melbourne) Tom Lynch (Richmond) Jarryd Lyons (Brisbane) Steven May (Melbourne) Michael Rischitelli (delisted) Matt Rosa (retired) Jack Scrimshaw (Hawthor) Max Spencer ® (delisted) Mackenzie Willis ® (delisted) GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY In: Kieren Briggs (GWS Academy) Jye Caldwell (Bendigo Pioneers) Jason Hately (Central District) Ian Hill (Perth) Connor Idun (Geelong Falcons) Shane Mumford (GWS Giants) Xavier O’Halloran (Western Jets) Tom Sheridan (Fremantle) Out: Ryan Griffen (retired) Rory Lobb (Fremantle) Tim Mohr (Hawthorn) Tom Scully (Hawthorn) Dylan Shiel (Essendon) Will Setterfield (Carlton) Lachlan Tiziani (delisted) HAWTHORN In: Will Golds ® (Oakleigh Chargers) Damon Greaves ® (East Perth) Jacob Koschitzke (Murray Bushrangers) Will Langford ® (Hawthorn) Darren Minchington (St Kilda) Tim Mohr ® (GWS Giants) Jack Scrimshaw (Gold Coast) Tom Scully (GWS Giants) Mathew Walker (GWS Academy) Chad Wingard (Port Adelaide) Out: Ryan Burton (Port Adelaide) Taylor Duryea (Western Bulldogs) Kurt Heatherley (delisted) Will Langford (delisted) Kieran Lovell (delisted) Jono O'Rourke (delisted) Cyril Rioli (retired) Ty Vickery (retired) Brendan Whitecross (delisted) Dallas Willsmore (delisted) MELBOURNE In: Toby Bedford (Dandenong Stingrays) Austin Bradtke (Category B) Kade Chandler ® (Norwood) Marty Hore (Collingwood) James Jordan (Oakleigh Chargers) Kade Kolodjashnij (Gold Coast) Steven May (Gold Coast) Aaron Nietschke (Central District) Braydon Preuss (North Melbourne) Tom Sparrow (South Adelaide) Corey Wagner (Casey Demons) Guy Walker (Category B ) Out: Harley Balic (retired) Tomas Bugg (Carlton) Lachie Filipovic ® (delisted) Jesse Hogan (Fremantle) Dion Johnstone (delisted) Dean Kent (St Kilda) Mitch King (delisted) Pat McKenna (delisted) Cameron Pedersen (retired) Dom Tyson (North Melbourne) Bernie Vince (retired) NORTH MELBOURNE In: Tom Campbell (Western Bulldogs) Joel Crocker (Sandringham Dragons)Aaron Hall (Gold Coast) Kyron Hayden ® (North Melbourne) Tom McKenzie ® (Northern Knights) Jasper Pittard (Port Adelaide) Jared Polec (Port Adelaide) Bailey Scott (Gold Coast Academy) Curtis Taylor (Calder Cannons) Tarryn Thomas (North Launceston) Dom Tyson (Melbourne) Tom Wilkinson ® (Southport NEAFL) Out: Ryan Clarke (Sydney Swans) Billy Hartung (delisted) Kyron Hayden (delisted) Mitch Hibberd (delisted) Tom Jeffries ® (delisted) Oscar Junker ® (delisted) Alex Morgan (delisted) Declan Mountford (delisted) Gordon Narrier ® (delisted) Daniel Nielson ® (delisted) Braydon Preuss (Melbourne) Jarrad Waite (retired) Josh Williams ® (delisted) PORT ADELAIDE In: Ryan Burton (Hawthorn) Zak Butters (Western Jets) Tobin Cox ® (Glenelg) Xavier Duursma (Gippsland Power) Martin Frederick (Category B) Riley Grundy (Sturt) Cameron Hewett ® (Port Adelaide) Scott Lycett (West Coast) Sam Mayes (Brisbane) Kai Pudney (Category B) Connor Rozee (North Adelaide) Boyd Woodcock (North Adelaide) Out: Dom Barry (delisted) Cameron Hewett ® (delisted) Jack Hombsch (Gold Coast) Emmanuel Irra ® (delisted) Jake Neade (delisted) Jasper Pittard (North Melbourne) Jared Polec (North Melbourne) Will Snelling ® (delisted) Lindsay Thomas (retired) Jimmy Toumpas (delisted) Chad Wingard (Hawthorn) RICHMOND In: Jake Aarts (Richmond VFL) Mabior Chol ® (Richmond) Riley Collier-Dawkins (Oakleigh Chargers) Luke English (Perth) Tom Lynch (Gold Coast) Jack Ross (Oakleigh Chargers) Sydney Stack ® (Perth) Jacob Townsend ® (Richmond) Fraser Turner (Clarence) Mav Weller (St Kilda) Out: Mabior Chol (delisted) Reece Conca (Fremantle) Nathan Drummond (delisted) Corey Ellis (Gold Coast) Ben Griffiths (retired) Shaun Hampson (retired) Sam Lloyd (Western Bulldogs) Anthony Miles (Gold Coast) Tyson Stengle (Adelaide) Jacob Townsend (delisted) ST KILDA In: Sam Alabakis (Category B) Jack Bytel (Calder Cannons) Dan Hannebery (Sydney Swans) Dean Kent (Melbourne) Max King (Sandringham Dragons) Nick Hind (Essendon VFL) Matthew Parker (South Fremantle) Callum Wilkie ® (North Adelaide) Robert Young (North Adelaide) Out: Ray Connellan ® (delisted) Nathan Freeman (delisted) Sam Gilbert (retired) Hugh Goddard (Carlton) Tom Hickey (West Coast) Darren Minchington (Hawthorn) Koby Stevens (retired) Maverick Weller (Richmond) Nathan Wright (delisted) SYDNEY SWANS In: Nick Blakey (Sydney Swans Academy) Ryan Clarke (North Melbourne) Zac Foot (Dandenong Stingrays) Justin McInerney (Northern Knights) Daniel Menzel (Geelong) Harry Reynolds ® (Sandringham Dragons) James Rowbottom (Oakleigh Chargers) Jackson Thurlow (Geelong) Kurt Tippett ® (Sydney) Durak Tucker ® (Peel Thunder) Sam Wicks (Category B) Out : Jake Brown ® (delisted) Jordan Foote ® (delisted) Dan Hannebery (St Kilda) Alex Johnson (delisted) Harry Marsh (delisted) Nic Newman (Carlton) Dan Robinson (delisted) Gary Rohan (Geelong) Angus Styles ® (delisted) Kurt Tippett (delisted) Dean Towers (delisted) WEST COAST In: Patrick Bines (Category B) Shane Mumford (GWS Giants) Keegan Brooksby (Gold Coast) Jarrod Cameron (Swan Districts) Harry Edwards ® (Swan Districts) Luke Foley (Subiaco) Tom Hickey (St Kilda) Xavier O'Neill (Oakleigh Chargers) Josh Smith ® (Collingwood) Bailey Williams (Dandenong Stingrays) Out: Tarir Bayok ® (delisted) Ryan Burrows ® (delisted) Callan England ® (delisted) Malcolm Karpany (delisted) Mark LeCras (retired) Scott Lycett (Port Adelaide) Eric Mackenzie (retired) Tony Olango ® (delisted) Luke Partington (delisted) WESTERN BULLDOGS In: Ben Cavarra (Williamstown) Taylor Duryea (Hawthorn) Will Hayes (Footscray VFL) Buku Khamis (Category B) Sam Lloyd (Richmond) Bailey Smith (Sandringham Dragon s) Jordon Sweet ® (North Adelaide) Laitham Vandermeer (Murray Bushrangers) Rhylee West (Calder Cannons) Lachie Young ® (Dandenong Stingrays) Out : Marcus Adams (Brisbane) Shane Biggs (retired) Tom Campbell (North Melbourne) Kieran Collins (delisted) Luke Dahlhaus (Geelong) Mitch Honeychurch (delisted) Nathan Mullenger-McHugh ® (delisted) Jack Redpath (retired) Jordan Roughead (Collingwood) Clay Smith (retired)

Four reasonably straightforward players off that list because they will represent the MFC against Gold Coast Suns - J Smith, ANB, Spargo and Petracca with one other as the player held back as emergency.

Not everyone is cut out for the ruthless grind of sport at its elite level. Harley Balic was a promising youngster at the Dragons and he made a great start at the club with six goals in Round 1 at Casey. It was not to be but good luck to him in the future.

This is exactly the reason why we have a "mystery injury of the week" on Demonland.

The main outs this time around would be Jake Lever and Michael Hibberd while Jack Viney was on the cusp of coming back. If we can get Hibberd and Viney back into the side for the big run home, it would be very helpful.

The AFL has released the full list of players invited to the 2018 AFL Draft Combine AFL Draft Combine 2018: Full list of invites, Pick 1, top 10 prospects, Jack Lukosius, Sam Walsh And despite some recent successes with mature age recruits such as Bailey Fritsch and Tim Kelly, only two mature-age prospects who have been invited to the trials. Mature-age pair invited to Draft Combine

Knightmare’s Power Rankings after the Under 18 Championships

Your mother’s on the selection committee?

They both played tonight.