Whispering_Jack

The Sistine Chapel? Hmm ... I don't recall Micky Mouse being around in the Book of Genesis.

I've edited the team in the OP to match the line up on the VFL site as distinct from the team as posted on the Casey site which didn't look right to me (Kent at CHB etc!

Peter Jackson VFL Casey Scorpions v Werribee at Casey Fields Sunday 4th May, 2014 at 2:00pm Casey Scorpions B: Corry Davis Clisby HB: Nicholson Panozza Strauss C: Toumpas Evans Scott* HF: Blease Fitzpatrick Tapscott F: Page Smith Petropoulos FOLL: Gawn Riley McKenzie I/C: (from) Barry Best Ferraro Garland Hillard Hunt Kent Morris Thomas Werribee B: McMahon Wilson Crichton HB: Wright Shinners McDonald C: Sodomaco Speight McGennis HF: Turner Warren Hine F: K Harper Currie Wood FOLL: Reid Greenwood Moore I/C: (from) Bolton Buchanan Davis Fairley Gribble J Harper Laracy Martyn B Morris Porter Sharp* Sherlock Wormald * 23rd player AFL Victoria Development League Casey Scorpions v Werribee at Casey Fields Sunday 4th May, 2014 at 11:00am Casey Scorpions B: Hillard Corrigan Welsh HB: McDonald Rutherford Collins C: Barry Ferraro Gawley HF: Rosier Thwaites Best F: Wyatt Fisscher Murray FOLL: Thomas Morris Paredes I/C (from) Anderson Davidson Del Papa Lang Meadows Pears West Westrupp Winderlich Werribee B: Wormald Mihocek Robinson HB: Laracy Graham Fairley C: J Harper Gribble Davis HF: Buchanan Wales Bolton F: B Norris Porter Sherlock FOLL: Jones King Martyn I/C: (from) Barnes Boag A Brown Cameron Dale Henderson Hussey Iles N Maric A Norris O'Shea Stretton Taylor

Injury woes and a family connection make this player perfect for the Demons Territory draft prospect out for 12 weeks

Hey Redleg, I hope you're enjoying the overseas tour. I walked past your house this morning and it turns out those painters you have working there seem to have sub let most of the premises to a few former residents of the Gat. Reckons they're your mates and one of them (the most clean cut) looks like BBO. Local pawnbroker is apparently doing heaps of business. Cheers

Back in 1974 or 75 a client of mine got a so called "red hot tip" that a takeover bid for the Phillip Morris company was imminent. He borrowed heaps of money (mortgaged his house) and invested it in the shares and I spent the next 12 months keeping an eye on the price in the afternoon Herald. He sold the shares 12 months after the borrowing and made a small loss. He incurred interest payments, legal and government fees etc. in the process which ensured he made close on a 30% loss all up on an investment of $30k which was a lot of money. I remember it to this day and am not a player in share markets or other forms of gambling etc. (that don't rely on my own skills) But geez, I wish I would have gotten onto Christian Salem for the rising star last week.

Bureaucratic issues aside, there's a chance that we'll know whether there are going to be infraction notices served on somebody - Dank, Bomber players, officials ... by the end of the month ... hopefully ... Secret ASADA report from Garry Downes completed, expected to have reviewed all cases relating to Essendon supplement use

Why on earth did Demetriou make a negative pronouncement less than seven days ago about our proposal to play an Anzac Eve game if he's out of the chair virtually from now on?

The statistics: Dom Barry 12 disposals 7 kicks 5 handballs 1 marks 3 tackles 43 Dream Team Points Sam Blease 1 goal 16 disposals 8 kicks 8 handballs 2 marks 5 tackles 69 Dream Team Points Mitch Clisby 18 disposals 13 kicks 5 handballs 5 marks 3 tackles 73 Dream Team Points Michael Evans 20 disposals 10 kicks 10 handballs 7 tackles 79 Dream Team Points Jack Fitzpatrick 15 disposals 9 kicks 6 handballs 5 marks 2 tackles 17 hit outs 76 Dream Team Points Colin Garland 5 disposals 5 kicks 3 marks 3 tackle 25 Dream Team Points [injured] Max Gawn 1 point 20 disposals 9 kicks 11 handballs 4 marks 4 tackles 44 hit outs 121 Dream Team Points James Harmes 10 disposals 5 kicks 5 handballs 3 marks 7 tackles 62 Dream Team Points[injured] Jayden Hunt 4 disposals 3 kicks 1 handballs 3 tackles 20 Dream Team Points Jordie McKenzie 29 disposals 14 kicks 15 handballs 11 tackles 1 hit out 122 Dream Team Points Dan Nicholson 23 disposals 14 kicks 9 handballs 5 marks 73 Dream Team Points Aidan Riley 18 disposals 5 kicks 13 handballs 1 mark 6 tackles 62 Dream Team Points James Strauss 14 disposals 5 kicks 9 handballs 3 marks 1 tackle 46 Dream Team Points Luke Tapscott 1 point 9 disposals 6 kicks 3 handballs 3 marks 6 tackles 52 Dream Team Points Jimmy Toumpas 2 behinds 16 disposals 11 kicks 5 handballs 4 marks 2 tackles 62 Dream Team Points McKenzie and Gawn stand out as the candidates for promotion. Possibly Colin Garland if he's pulled up OK.

Some unjustified criticism of Jimmy Toumpas on here. Last week he was on his way to promotion to the AFL when a knock incurred relatively early in the game put him out for the day. I know that if you're picked to play there are no excuses but I think that its rare that a player stars the week after such a knock and I think the club was expecting not much more from him but to get a few kicks and get through the game which is exactly what he did.

I'm not surprised that Hogan was smiling at Casey Fields today. His teammates on the ground were putting on a real Keystone Cops performance out on the ground.

In the early game, the Scorpions Development League side led early but were overcome in the final quarter. 2014 AFL Victoria Development League Casey Scorpions 2.2.14 4.5.29 6.7.43 9.10.64 Sandringham 1.3.9 2.3.15 6.6.42 11.8.74 Goals Casey Scorpions Thwaites 3 Drew Rosier 2 Anderson Page Sandringham Beech McTaggart Ong White 2 Davis Hudghton Maitland Best Casey Scorpions Page Rosier Thwaites Anderson Waters Thomas Sandringham Verma Ong Graham Holmes White Maitland

Most of Clisby and Riley's best work was done in the second half. They did very little in the first half. Players such as Blease, Strauss and Tapscott have to do a lot of work to earn a game at any level above where they are at present. Harmes was in and out of the game and was off with a finger injury a couple of times.

Max did reasonably well in the ruck and around the ground. He dominated the hitouts although his onballers didn't really take advantage (except with the exception of McKenzie). He had 49 hit outs and 18 possessions according to the Scorpions Facebook page.

Casey Scorpions suffer defeat by 58 points 2014 Peter Jackson VFL Casey Scorpions 0.0.0 1.4.10 3.7.25 5.9.39 Sandringham 3.4.22 7.4.46 13.7.85 14.13.97 Goals Casey Scorpions Best 2 Blease Davis Ferraro Sandringham Dennis-Lane 3 Dunell Weller 2 Acres Banfield Cook Markworth Milera Minchington Murdoch Best Casey Scorpions McKenzie Nicholson Gawn Panozza Riley Evans Sandringham Simpkin Markworth Roberton Dunell Cockie Acres Statistics: Inside 50s - 40 to 41 in favour of the Zebras. McKenzie 27 possessions, Nicholson 23, Clisby & Riley 19 each. Five Scorpions players didn't register a tackle.

Looks to be the case.

Troy Davis gets Casey's 4th. However, the woes continue. James Harmes in the hands of the trainers.

Sandy 13.7.85 to Casey 3.7.25 Goals Best 2 Ferraro

Scorpions second goal through Ferraro 2.5.17 to 9.7.61.

Casey doesn't look interested. No changes for Melbourne next week. Zebs by 43 points. Garland back on but just miskicked a kick in. This is truly appalling.

Half time: Casey Scorpions 1.5.11 to Sandringham 7.5.47 Goal Best A very ordinary half of football. Coach gave them as bake at quarter time but it didn't help.

The site's been down but you don't really want to know. Casey 1.4.10 to Sandringham 7.5.47 23 minutes into the second quarter. The Scorps are an undisciplined rabble and to make things worse, Col Garland just limped off. McKenzie probably best of a poor bunch.

Game over - now to Post match discussion - Round 6

I read it a little differently. It seems to me that Moloney was a Bailey loyalist who was offended by the club's treatment of him and it's clear that he wanted out at the end of 2011. There were reports at the time that he was being shopped off to Essendon by his management but nothing came of it which turned out unfortunate for both Melbourne and Moloney because the way he played in 2012 devalued him in terms of trade worth and income as a player. On the field, it was clear that he was of little value, wasn't responding to Neeld's coaching and rarely played any better than a moderate game and consequently and deservingly, was dropped to the VFL. Neeld turned out to not be up to it but he was dealt a shocking hand taking over a post 186 team, with poor leadership capability, an over abundance of bad luck in terms of injury and off field drama as well as the background sniping (such as the false allegations of racism) from segments of the media and some "supporters". Some better coaches would not have survived such a battering, a lesser one like Neeld had no hope and no opportunity to improve as a coach in that environment anyway. As it is, we need to brace ourselves for it to take Paul Roos at least 12 months to restore this club to anything resembling normality after all that.

Boost to our club's chances to learn that Buddy's going to be driving the Swans' team bus to the G today.