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Really, it’s time for the team to show something of what was expected of it after last year’s heartbreak.

Round 5 Melbourne 8.8.56 lost to Richmond 15.12.102 Media: Tigers were great, Demons were putrid. Round 6 Collingwood 10.10.70 lost to Richmond 16.17.113 Media: Forget Richmond, it’s all about Collingwood.

Peter Jackson VFL 2018 Casey Demons 1.1.7 2.3.15 5.4.34 9.8.62 Geelong VFL 3.3.21 8.5.53 11.8.74 12.12.84 Goals Casey Demons Baker Lok Scott 2 Bugg Pedersen J Smith Geelong VFL Jones McLachlan Reid 2 Crameri Dobson McLachlan Miers Smith Tsitas Best Casey Demons T Smith Lok Scott C Wagner Lockhart Frost Geelong VFL House Buzza Smith Reid McLachlan Atkins Statistics Oskar Baker 2 goals 7 kicks 5 handballs 12 disposals 4 marks 2 tackles 63 dream team points Tomas Bugg 1 goal 6 kicks 4 handballs 10 disposals 2 marks 10 tackles 78 dream team points Kieren Byers 3 kicks 3 handballs 6 disposals 1 mark 4 tackles 8 hit outs 39 dream team points Sean Dwyer 2 handballs 2 disposals 1 tackle 5 dream team points Sam Frost 13 kicks 9 handballs 22 disposals 6 marks 4 tackles 6 hit outs 95 dream team points Jeff Garlett 12 kicks 7 handballs 19 disposals 3 marks 7 tackles 87 dream team points Mitchell Gent 5 kicks 3 handballs 8 disposals 2 marks 2 tackles 35 dream team points Dion Johnstone 8 kicks 5 handballs 13 disposals 2 tackles 42 dream team points Declan Keilty 1 kicks 3 handballs 4 disposals 1 marks 4 tackles 25 dream team points Jay Kennedy-Harris 5 kicks 7 handballs 12 disposals 4 marks 6 tackles 60 dream team points Mykelti Lefau 1 kicks 4 handballs 5 disposals 2 tackles 16 dream team points Jay Lockhart 10 kicks 7 handballs 17 disposals 4 marks 1 tackle 58 dream team points Goy Lok 2 goals 1 behind 13 kicks 1 handballs 14 disposals 5 marks 3 tackles 83 dream team points Ryan Morrison 10 kicks 7 handballs 17 disposals 4 marks 4 tackles 70 dream team points James Munro 8 kicks 4 handballs 12 disposals 1 mark 5 tackles 1 hit out 53 dream team points Cameron Pedersen 1 goal 1 behind 11 kicks 4 handballs 15 disposals 4 marks 7 tackles 11 hit outs 100 dream team points Harrison Petty 6 kicks 5 handballs 11 disposals 3 marks 5 tackles 54 dream team points Angus Scott 2 goals 1 behind 10 kicks 9 handballs 19 disposals 5 marks 77 dream team points Joel Smith 1 goal 5 kicks 12 handballs 17 disposals 1 marks 3 tackles 51 dream team points Timothy Smith 12 kicks 13 handballs 25 disposals 2 marks 12 tackles 117 dream team points Billy Stretch 6 kicks 14 handballs 20 disposals 1 mark 9 tackles 86 dream team points Corey Wagner 13 kicks 8 handballs 21 disposals 2 marks 7 tackles 85 dream team points Mitchell White 1 behind 14 kicks 6 handballs 20 disposals 6 marks 6 tackles 99 dream team points

I also fell into 1278 and Theox and Marko last week totally by accident. There was some problem with SEN's signal so I switched the dial and heard them talking on 1278. Sounded like the old familiar banter it was good to hear.

The statistics - and they don’t look good! Oskar Baker 1 goal 2 behinds 11 kicks 3 handballs 14 disposals 4 marks 80 dream team points Jaxon Briggs 7 kicks 3 handballs 10 disposals 5 marks 1 tackle 43 dream team points Tomas Bugg 5 handballs 5 disposals 1 mark 3 tackles 25 dream team points Dylan Collis 5 kicks 5 handballs 10 disposals 1 mark 26 dream team points Lachlan Filipovic 1 goal 2 kicks 5 handballs 7 disposals 1 marks 2 tackles 6 hit outs 41 dream team points Mitchell Gent 14 kicks 6 handballs 20 disposals 1 mark 3 tackles 69 dream team points Mitchell Hannan 1 goal 1 behind 15 kicks 4 handballs 19 disposals 6 marks 6 tackles 104 dream team points Dion Johnstone 5 kicks 4 handballs 9 disposals 5 tackles 40 dream team points Declan Keilty 1 kick 2 handballs 3 disposals 1 tackles 11 dream team points Jay Kennedy Harris 1 goal 1 behind 12 kicks 5 handballs 17 disposals 3 marks 7 tackles 89 dream team points Mitch King 2 kicks 7 handballs 9 disposals 2 marks 1 tackle 9 hit outs 33 dream team points Mitchell Lewis no stats Jay Lockhart 1 goal 7 kicks 4 handballs 11 disposals 6 tackles 53 dream team points Corey Maynard 6 kicks 11 handballs 17 disposals 5 tackles 51 dream team points Ryan Morrison 13 kicks 1 handballs 14 disposals 2 marks 2 tackles 55 dream team points James Munro 9 kicks 19 handballs 28 disposals 1 mark 10 tackles 104 dream team points Cameron Pedersen 5 goals 2 behinds 12 kicks 6 handballs 18 disposals 10 marks 5 tackles 129 dream team points Harrison Petty 4 kicks 1 handballs 5 disposals 3 marks 2 tackles 28 dream team points Angus Scott 1 goal 6 kicks 6 handballs 12 disposals 1 mark 1 tackle 41 dream team points Charles Spargo 2 goals 1 behind 9 kicks 9 handballs 18 disposals 3 marks 3 tackles 80 dream team points William Stephenson 1 behind 4 kicks 3 handballs 7 disposals 1 mark 4 tackles 39 dream team points Corey Wagner 8 kicks 3 handballs 11 disposals 10 tackles 68 dream team points Mitchell White 6 kicks 4 handballs 10 disposals 1 marks 5 tackles 49 dream team points

And in general draft news - AFL Draft Central weekend washup round 3 AFL Draft Watch: Father-son guns’ big weekend, Pick 1 fancies dominate in AFL Academy win Talent managers rate the best Academy prospects

Just quietly because I don’t want to put this young man under any pressure but congratulations to Tiernan Stynes (son of Jim) on making the South Metro Junior Football League Under 13 Boys Interleague squad. And the Demons continue to be mentioned as a strong chance to secure another famous son from two different sports, basketball and tennis - Austin Bradke as a Category B prospect.

A report on the North Melbourne v AFL Academy game here.

Callum Twomey has tweeted the result of the game and some stats. NAB AFL Academy 17.12.114 to North Melbourne VFL 10.11.71. That’s a comprehensive victory although it has to be added that North (who had a bye at the weekend) hasn’t previously fielded a stand alone team in the current incarnation of the VFL. Stats - Walsh (22 disp, 1 goal), West (16, 9 tackles), Jones (15 disp).

Yes, they do seem to be keeping a low profile. Fox Footy was advertising a live showing earlier in the week but I don’t think it eventuated. Are there any reports anywhere (not that they’re going to mean much to MFC fans at this point in time, given that our first choice in this year’s draft is likely to be close to 40 (in the absence of a brilliant trade).

Melbourne has been active in luring basketballers to the club. This bloke sounds interesting ~ Vic clubs chasing son of Australian sport champions

The Under 18 TAC Cup competition is going into its third round. Here are the wash ups from the first two rounds:- Weekend Washup Round 1 Weekend Washup Round 2 ... and from Knightmare Key talls dominate April's AFL draft power rankings

Just announced - Leigh Oak sold & Bentleigh Club to give up gaming rights.

Like others, I wonder at the timing. The way the news cycle operates these days, the story is ancient history and, as a consequence, has no impact. Sadly for the Age, it’s a sign of the times and yet another example of a once great newspaper on the decline.

First mystery injury of the week award for 2018.

Injury report: pre round one This one interests me. No mention at all of the metatarsal injury - so it’s either migrated from the toe to the metatarsal and back to the toe or it was always the toe and there was no hot spot? Tom McDonald (toe) – test “Tom’s just had a bit of a sore toe for probably four to six weeks, and we’ve been managing his loads. But we just felt we needed to bite the bullet and get him off legs for 10 to 12 days. We’re going to start to load him towards the end of this week, and just see how that goes. We’ll make a decision on Tom next week.”

True - the sky’s falling.

While you blokes have been ranting on about nothing in particular, you’ve missed some major BREAKING NEWS. Eyes on the ball please.

There seemed to be more of the little kids there but less teenagers. Possibly a venue like Luna Park would appeal to them a bit more than the G. The club might look at possibly alternating the venue to cater for that crowd.

Epitaph from the Swiss Supreme Court.

Two men and a dog at Durban to watch SA capitulate at the end of the first dig losing about 5 for 12. Fascinating to watch. I visited the Kingsmead ground in December and there were more people in our tour group than spectators yesterday and today. We should win this one.

This kid can play just a little bit ~ Lukosius stars in top draftee showdown

Wow. I didn’t realise you were so old Redleg. You make Old Dee look like a absolute whippersnapper.

Tassie has been in the news lately for all the wrong reasons. Here are a couple of youngsters from the Apple Isle who are hoping to make an impact as the year progresses ~ Pair poised to ease Tassie's long draft drought

Says who? I told you about Bailey Fritsch months before we drafted him when he was just a kid with a dream playing in the VFL.