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John Ralph reporting in the online Herald Sun ~ Melbourne star Kysaiah Pickett closing in on four-year deal

If Melbourne puts the same application in tomorrow night as most of their counterparts at Casey, we’ll be moaning about a similar outcome. That was poor today.

The two young blokes who have been playing with the Stingrays aren’t contributing a great deal to date. Kyah Faris-White has 7 hit outs but otherwise no touches or tackles. Cooper Simpson, just the one handball.

CASEY DEMONS vs RICHMOND Sunday 23 April, 1:35pm, Casey Fields Head-to-head: Richmond 6-5. At Casey Fields: 1-1. Streak: Casey Demons 2 CASEY DEMONS B: J. Adams (26), A. Tomlinson (20), D. Smith (34) HB: M. Gregory (57), D. Turner (42), B. Howes (22) C: R. Steele (54), J. Harmes (4), T. Woewodin (40) HF: J. Melksham (18), J. Schache (19), A. Moniz-Wakefield (45) F: T. McDonald (25), B. Brown (50), O. Sestan (38) R: J. Bell (73), L. Dunstan (27), B. Laurie (16) INT: T. Edwards (58), H. Neocleous (75), K. Farris-White (43), C. Simpson (62)*, M. Jefferson (21) EMG: M. Shepherd (77), G. Grey (68), T. McRae (76), T. Freeman (67), R. Baldi (56), R. Valentine (65) IN: B. Brown, K. Farris-White, T. McDonald, J. Melksham, C. Simpson, A. Tomlinson OUT: P. Cross (injured), T. Freeman, G. Grey, M. Shepherd, T. Sheridan, R. Valentine RICHMOND B: L. Teal (66), M. El Nour (57), J. Bauer (43) HB: M. Clohesy (76)*, T. Bracher (74), B. Cooper (78) C: A. Johnson (51), L. Street (55), S. Banks (41) HF: B. Melville (54), G. McDonagh (53), S. Green (48) F: A. May (71), B. B-McGillen (82), J. Nathan (65) R: T. Brindley (61), T. Dow (27), J. Ross (5) INT: C. Olden (58), M. Faimalo (64), F. Elliot (67), J. Trezise (68), A. Hicks (52) EMG: W. Bravo (70), L. Hill (81), L. Johnson (59) IN: A. Hicks, B. Melville, J. Ross OUT: W. Bravo, L. Hill, L. Johnson

Deakyn Smith (#34)

Both youngsters did the AFL Academy work experience training at the Demons during the pre season and both were impressive.

There is a paywall but because The Code has an affiliation with the Herald Sun, this article or parts of it may well appear there shortly. AFL Draft 2023: Every player rated 1-10 from AFL Academy showcase The writer is on page with everyone else who has given Harley Reid a massive tick as the firm favourite for the #1 pick. “Harley Reid - 9/10 Midfielder/forward, 185cm, Bendigo Pioneers/Vic Country 22 disposals, seven clearances, six marks, five inside 50s, one goal, 111 SuperCoach points Hawthorn coach Sam Mitchell was watching on in Mount Barker and Reid put on a show for him in the opening half. The No. 1 pick favourite was clearly best on to that point with 15 disposals, six clearances, five inside 50s and a goal to the main break, and his goal summed up his matchwinning ability. Reid leapt high to clunk a strong overhead mark under close defensive checking and converted the banana set shot from 20m on the boundary. But Reid, who turned 18 on Monday, lost his cool at times in the third term. He conceded a goal after giving away a free kick and 50m penalty and got into a scuffle on the deck on the boundary line after fending off a strong Port Adelaide opponent. The Tongala talisman faded a touch by his lofty standards but still finished as the No. 1 ranked player for the Academy with 111 SuperCoach points, 22 disposals (18 of those effective), seven clearances, six marks and five inside 50s.”

Speaking of Ziggy, he was in the goals again at the weekend with three goals in the Stingrays’ 34 point win over the GWV Rebels. MFC’s NGA ruckman Kyah Farris-White topped the hitouts in that game with 17 and had 9 touches. He’s learning. In father/son action, Kynan Brown had 18 touches and kicked a goal for the Oakleigh Chargers against the Sydney Swans while Noah Yze also kicked a goal.

Fremantle came back last night from 23 points down at the halfway point of Q3. We need to adjust our game and not be so cocky when going forward.

There’s a game on today at Mount Barker that’s part of the Gather Round festivities involving the AFL Academy players which will help sort out the main contenders for this year’s draft. 2023 draft guns on show in AFL Academy v Port Adelaide SANFL clash AFL Academy guns set to take on Port Adelaide

This is probably the first time in several seasons that Casey have gone into a game without both “heart and soul” players in Mitch White and James Munro but to offset that they have a few Demons with a lot to prove and some up and coming Casey players to make this an interesting contest.

According to my Weather Ap, there’s rain expected at around 5pm, around half time in today’s game. I think we have handled the wet conditions reasonably well in the past couple of seasons so hopefully, it won’t be a worry for us.

Woe is us. Dockers now in eighth place.

ESSENDON vs CASEY DEMONS Sunday 16 April, 2:05pm, NEC Hangar Head-to-head: Casey Demons 12-4. At NEC Hangar: Never Met. Streak: Casey Demons 8 ESSENDON B: R. Montgomerie (38), W. Hoare (51), J. Fitzgerald (77) HB: A. Lord (28), L. Hayes (18), M. D'Ambrosio (42) C: T. Phillips (55), B. Hobbs (8), S. Conforti (53) HF: A. McDonald-Tipungwuti (43), P. Voss (39), B. Cootee (57) F: T. Wanganeen (40), J. Jorgenssen (56), A. Munkara (45) R: N. Bryan (24), B. Bernacki (59), Q. Narkle (67) INT: J. Sutton (69), S. Rasinac (58), J. Cleaver (60), B Laguda (62), J. Brown (63)* EMG: R. Loton (70), B. Lynch (50), J. Hotchkin (64), N. Hind (19), C. McCarty (79) IN: N. Bryan, J. Fitzgerald, J. Jorgenssen, J. Sutton OUT: W. Snelling (AFL), N. Hind (AFL emergency), C. McBride (suspended), J. Hotchkin CASEY DEMONS B: D. Smith (34), D. Turner (42), T. Freeman (67) HB: M. Gregory (57), J. Adams (26), B. Howes (22) C: R. Steele (54), J. Jordon (23), T. Woewodin (40) HF: B. Laurie (16), M. Jefferson (21), G. Grey (68) F: A. Moniz-Wakefield (45), J. Schache (19), J. Melksham (18) R: J. Bell (73), L. Dunstan (27), J. Harmes (4) INT: M. Shepherd (77), P. Cross (64)*, O. Sestan (38), T. Edwards (58), R. Valentine (65) EMG: T. McRae (76), H. Neocleous (75), R. Baldi (56), T. Sheridan (53) IN: T. Edwards, J. Harmes, J. Jordan, J. Melksham, T. Woewodin OUT: M. Buntine (managed), J. Munro (injured), R. Baldi, T. Sheridan, H. Neocleous

No … just half Ashkenazi. I believe the Toledo part was just made up. Probably more Ohio than Spain.

34 = Deakyn Smith 42 = Daniel Turner Joel Smith and Kye Turner are both on the injured list.

My weather forecast Ap is saying 70% chance of rain today and 80% tomorrow. Any concerns?

Some big changes for this week’s game. In: Harmes Jordon Melksham Woewodin Out: Baldi Buntine Munro Sheridan Jimmy Munro out injured is a big loss. All four MFC players named as emergencies for tomorrow are named four Casey. One will be the substitute and, depending on whether he’s used and for how long, may not play on Sunday for Casey.

Article in one of the local papers primarily dealing with mid-season draft prospect Ziggy Toledo-Glasman. Dandenong two from two in local rivalry

Once again, the AFL clubs get a chance to replenish their lists through the year with the 2023 AFL Mid-Season Rookie Draft to be held late next month. It was reported by Cal Twomey on SEN that there are seven clubs that currently have vacancies available for the 2023 Midseason Draft*:- Hawthorn GWS Giants Fremantle Geelong Richmond Western Bulldogs Essendon (* - I’ve placed them in reverse order to their current positions) Other clubs can be added to the draft if they have players eligible to be placed on their long term injury lists. One player mentioned by Twomey as a likely draftee is 203cm Eastern Ranges ruckman Clay Tucker.

Report today on SEN that, at the moment, Fyfe is engaging only with the Dockers on his future.

The time for us to get Nat Fyfe was at the 2009 AFL National Draft where we had 4 selections ahead of where he was picked up by the Dockers (#20). We went with - 1. Tom Scully 2. Jack Trengove 11. Jordan Gysberts 18. Luke Tapscott There are plenty of regrets about what we missed out on but really, if we didn’t get Fyfe when he was a fit and healthy 18 year old with a brilliant career ahead of him, why would we take him as a broken down man with limited time left in his career at 32?

Bub … welcome back. Where have you been?