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7 minutes ago, BDA said:

rubbish HTB free against mac andrew there

No, you can’t lay on the ball and make no attempt to dispose of the pill.

On 05/06/2025 at 09:52, picket fence said:

Game Televised LIVE from Whitten Oval from 7.00 pm courtesy of 7 MATE !! 😁

But the station won’t allow you to tape the game.

It probably doesn’t matter because the Fox commentators will probably be in their Southbank studio but someone should tell them that the game between Melbourne and St Kilda on Sunday is being played at TIO Traeger Park, Alice Springs and not the MCG.

SInnema in the Coates Talent League team again.

6. Max Gawn

5. Jake Melksham

4. Kysaiah Pickett

3. Trent Rivers

2. Christian Petracca

1. Jake Bowey

Dockers are playing as if under the influence.

4 hours ago, roy11 said:

Riddle me this demonlanders,

I know some people argue about picking on best talent vs best option.

If we're looking option wise, what type of player do we target with our first pick?

We desperately need a tall young ruckman (202-5 cm tall) to develop over the last few years of Maxy’s career while he can still learn from the greatest ruckman of the modern era.

18 minutes ago, DistrACTION Jackson said:

Anyone else like me and waiting patiently for the McVee injury update?!

Anyone else like me wonder why other clubs get the results of player scans and make them public a lot quicker than MFC (or is this just a case of MFCSS)?

A couple of reports in the media.

Track watch: Concerns for Melbourne defender after match sim injury

Young gun faces anxious wait as Demons dealt double training blow — Track Watch

Seems like they're covering a lot of the same territory.

31 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

 anyway, our draft targets at the end of 2025 are clearly kalani white and toby sinnema; ah-mu who?

And therein lies the problem. If we are targeting Kalani White who is a 200cm plus tall, is there any value in investing in a 198cm tall who is also going to cost heavily in terms of draft points?

43 minutes ago, Bring-Back-Powell said:

I doubt it’s that reason.

SEN interviewed Jace Burgoyne from Port and he indicated that training for the indigenous team would occur next week.

I think they’re just easing his load a little as he’s missing (yet again) the first 3 games and the team needs to put in structures and strategies without him.

Wait till Tom Morris get a hold of this!

5 minutes ago, whatwhat say what said:

you should write a stern letter

We should all write to the club.

15 minutes ago, Whispering_Jack said:

The VFL list changes (January edition) as published on the official Smithy's VFL site:

COACH: Taylor Whitford (third season)

STAYING: Casey Demons: Paddy Cross, Roy George, Brayden Laplanche, Caleb Lewis, Kai Windsor; Melbourne: Jed Adams, Jack Billings, Jake Bowey, Kynan Brown, Kade Chandler, Bayley Fritsch, Tom Fullarton, Max Gawn, Marty Hore, Blake Howes, Matt Jefferson, Luker Kentfield, Ed Langdon, Bailey Laurie, Jake Lever, Steven May, Shane McAdam, Tom McDonald, Judd McVee, Jake Melksham, Andy Moniz-Wakefield, Clayton Oliver, Christian Petracca, Harrison Petty, Kysaiah Pickett, Trent Rivers, Christian Salem, Oliver Sestan, Charlie Spargo, Tom Sparrow, Koltyn Tholstrup, Dan Turner, Jacob van Rooyen, Will Verrall, Jack Viney, Caleb Windsor, Taj Woewodin

ARRIVING: Casey Demons: Riley Baldi (Moe), Riley Bonner (St Kilda), Jai Culley (West Coast Eagles), Chance Doultree (Footscray Bulldogs), Mitch Hardie (Geelong Cats), Patrick Ireland (Buln Buln), Mitch Kirkwood-Scott (Old Haileybury/Sandringham Dragons), Deakyn Smith (North Melbourne VFL), Tyson Sruk (Carlton VFL); Melbourne: Tom Campbell (St Kilda), Aidan Johnson (Werribee), Harvey Langford (Mt Martha/Dandenong Stingrays/Richmond VFL), Xavier Lindsay (Inverloch-Kongwak/Gippsland Power), Ricky Mentha (Palmerston/Gippsland Power/Morwell), Harry Sharp (Brisbane Lions)

DEPARTING: Casey Demons: Riak Andrew (Sydney Swans), Jack Bell (Old Haileybury), Leo Connolly (Aspley), Campbell Hustwaite (Rosebud), Ned Moodie (Frankston), Tom Sheridan (South Croydon), Roan Steele (West Perth), Mitch Szybkowski (GWS Giants VFL), Ziggy Toledo-Glasman (knee), Ryan Valentine (Coburg), Mitch White (Rosebud); Melbourne: Angus Brayshaw (retired), Ben Brown (retired), Kyah Farris-White (delisted), Lachie Hunter (retired – Spotswood), Alex Neal-Bullen (Adelaide), Josh Schache (delisted – Doncaster East), Joel Smith (delisted), Adam Tomlinson (delisted)

TO BE CONFIRMED: Jack Behnk, Max Coughlin, Jesse Craven, Tyler Edwards, Tom Freeman, Andrew Green, Max Gregory, Eddie King, Charlie Muley, Harvey Neocleous, Charlie Peters, Kobe Shipp, Noah Yze

Wow. That's what I call a cleanout. A lot of last year's regular Casey listed players out or undecided and one or two names not yet confirmed. Paul Amy who reports regularly on the VFL has reported that a few players not on the list have also signed on for 2025 including Noah Yze, still to be confirmed. Definitely will be a tough gig for Casey boys to get games this season.

33 minutes ago, demosaw said:

Good question. Matt Rowell is similar kind of player to Clarry, I can’t see them both playing in the same side.

I can. The Cats are the only club in the AFL that don’t have a salary cap.

4 hours ago, Ghostwriter said:

She also said that IHO (H = Her) Spargo isn’t improving at the rate they’ll have us believe. She’s thinking long term injury list for him and Roy George is ours. 

Does anyone know how to determine if a player is eligible to be placed on the long term injury list?

I know of a player in a suburban competition who had surgery on his Achilles late last year and was told he could be out of sport for 12 months so being over 30 years old, he decided to retire.

Charlie’s surgery happened in July last year. If he was also looking at a 12 month return date, would that be sufficient for him to be put on the LTI?

This is a complete non-issue given that Kozzie is contracted for another three seasons. The Dockers are being mischievous if they are bringing it up so unless they are prepared to offer us both Andrew Brayshaw and Serong in exchange, they would be wise to look elsewhere.

1 minute ago, Fritta and Turner said:

Thanks the zero hanger definition is a touch ambiguous as they left out 'at the start of the season'.

Players are required to be under 21 years of age as of January 1, 2025 and must have played no more than 10 career games at the start of the season  to be eligible for the Rising Star.

On that basis, he’s clearly eligible and IMO is a definite chance for the Rising Star in 2025.

22 hours ago, stinga said:

Ned Moodie to frankston

On that basis, I put a line through him. On what I saw of him in 2024 I thought he was handy at times but given the extent of the club's recruiting to date, I think the move to the Dolphins is probably a good move because it will give him more opportunities.

If anyone else has any info on the comings and goings at Casey, please post in this thread.

By my reckoning, these are the players contending for places on the Casey Demons list. New or returning players from past years in bold.

Riley Baldi, Jack Behnk, Riley Bonner, Paddy Cross, Jai Culley, Chance Doultree, Tyler Edwards, Tom Freeman, Roy George, Andrew Green, Max Gregory, Mitch Hardie, Patrick Ireland, Eddie King, Mitch Kirkwood-Smith, Brayden Laplanche, Caleb Lewis, Harvey Neocleous, Charlie Peters, Ned Moodie, Tom Sheridan, Kobe Shipp, Deakyn Smith, Tyson Sruk, Kai Windsor, Noah Yze
 

14 minutes ago, Fuchsias Forever said:

It appears that the proposed relocation of the Caulfield Racecourse as a home base was nothing more than a performative exercise orchestrated by the board and CEO. The project seemingly lacked genuine intent, yet the club expended significant time and financial resources on a feasibility study and concept drawings. Was there any consultation with the Caulfield Racecourse Board, particularly given reports that the Mount Scopus agreement has been under negotiation since late 2023.

If the club were genuinely committed to securing a new home base, it is conceivable that any well-informed board member could have foreseen the impracticality of this concept at minimal cost.

The pertinent question, therefore, is whether the former CEO or President breached their fiduciary duties, thereby causing measurable harm to the football club. This matter may warrant closer scrutiny in light of potential continued governance failures.

 

Yes - by all means, let's carry out a full and transparent investigation and if it's discovered that what you have written above is complete and utter bulltish, you will make a public apology in front of the members on the opening game of the season.

7 hours ago, Superunknown said:

We will Win it all next year and in 26

Fixed it for you.

5 hours ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Jail Culley would be a fantastic get for Casey.

Watching their games this year, the biggest whole we had on field was midfield depth.

Not only was losing Jordon, Dunstan and Harmes a significant hit for Casey midfield depth, but I felt the loss of James Munro was a bigger one.

We got Campbell Hustwaite as a replacement but he lasted 5 minutes until injury.

Culley would add a bigger mature body in the midfield and take the load off our young players. I am hoping Riley Bonner also signs with Casey just to add some further experience.

I wonder if Riley Bonner is still on the table for Casey?

As @george_on_the_outer mentioned, the club is subject to the limitations of a salary cap. There must be a limit to the number of high quality ex AFL players a club can recruit.

These pubs are in the group of pubs that  announced that they wouldn’t be celebrating Australia Day (but just did a backflip when the list was published in the Murdoch media):

 Victoria

• Anglers Tavern

• Apollo Bay Hotel

• Auburn Hotel

• Ball Court Hotel

• Beer DeLuxe Fed Square

• Birallee Tavern

• BrewDog Pentridge

• College Lawn Hotel

• Criterion Hotel

• Eureka Hotel

• Fairfield Park Boathouse

• Fargo and Co

• Flinders Hotel

• Garden State Hotel

• Golden Gate Hotel

• Harlow

• Holliava

• Hopscotch

• Hotham Hotel

• Imperial Hotel Bourke St

• Imperial South Yarra

• Melbourne Public

• Middle Park Hotel

• Morris House

• Perseverance

• Prahran Hotel

• Prince Alfred Hotel

• Prince of Wales Hotel

• Public House

• Richmond Club Hotel

• River’s Edge Events

• Skinny Dog Hotel

• State of Grace

• Studley Park Boathouse

• Swan Hotel

• Terminus Hotel Abbotsford

• The Bridge Hotel

• The Crafty Squire

• The Duke of Wellington

• The Esplanade Hotel

• The Exchange Hotel

• The Gardiner Hotel

• The Hawthorn Hotel

• The Local

• The Park

• The Posty

• The Provincial

• The Smith

• The Station Hotel

• The Terminus Yarrawonga

• The Victoria Hotel

• The Wharf Hotel

• Trinket

• Village Belle Hotel

• West Beach Pavilion

• Yarra Botanica

• Yarra Valley Grand Hotel

Queensland

• Airlie Beach Hotel

• Barron River Hotel

• Beenleigh Tavern

• Berserker Tavern

• Birkdale Gardens Tavern

• Bonny View Hotel

• Boomerang Hotel

• Bribie Island Hotel

• Brighton Hotel

• Browns Plains Hotel

• Burleigh Town Hotel

• Cannon Hill Tavern

• Capella Hotel

• Carindale Hotel

• Chancellors Tavern

• Cleveland Sands Hotel

• Cleveland Tavern

• Club Hotel Waterford

• Commercial Hotel

• Commonwealth Hotel

• Coomera Lodge Hotel

• Crown Hotel

• Currimundi Hotel

• Diamonds Kallangur

• Diamonds Tavern Varsity Lakes

• Dunwoody’s Hotel

• Empire Alternacade & Events

• Enigma

• Everton Park Hotel

• Ferry Road Tavern

• Finn McCool’s Brisbane

• Finnigan’s Chin Keperra

• Fitzy’s Loganholme

• Fitzy’s Waterford

• Friday’s

• Grafton Hotel Edmonton

• Grand Hotel Motel

• Hey Chica

• Hope Island Tavern

• Hotel Allen

• Hotel HQ Underwood

• Inala Hotel

• Jindalee Hotel

• Jubilee Tavern

• Kings Beach Tavern

• Koala Tavern

• Kooyong Hotel

• Lefty’s Music Hall

• Leichhardt Hotel

• Lulu Rooftop Bar

• Mango Hill Tavern

• Mansfield Tavern Brisbane

• Mihi Tavern

• Morayfield Tavern

• Mount Sheridan Tavern

• Newnham Hotel

• Old Bundy Tavern

• Palm Cove Tavern

• Port Office Hotel

• Portadown Hotel

• Redcliffe Tavern

• Reef Gateway Hotel

• Regatta Hotel

• Retro’s Brisbane

• Riverland Brisbane

• Royal Hotel Nundah

• Royal Mail Hotel

• Runaway Bay Tavern

• Salisbury Hotel

• Sands Tavern

• Springlake Hotel

• Sundowner Hotel Motel

• Surfair Beach Hotel

• Taigum Tavern

• The Anthill

• The Boundary Hotel

• The Club Hotel Gladstone

• The Commonwealth Hotel Roma

• The Kenmore

• The Local Tavern

• The Lord Alfred Hotel

• The Mansfield Townsville

• The Metropolitan Hotel

• The Ox

• The Strand Hotel

• The White Bull Tavern

• The Wickham

• Tom’s Tavern

• Trinity Beach Tavern

• Wallaby Hotel

• Waterloo Hotel

• Woodpecker Bar & Grill

NSW

• Albion Hotel

• Beer Deluxe Albury

• Beer Deluxe T2

• BrewDog South Eveleigh

• Bungalow8

• Cargo

• Henley’s Kitchen & Bar

• Kingsleys Woolloomooloo

• Little Pearl Bar

• North Byron Hotel

• Salt Bar

• The Bended Elbow

• The Rook

• The Winery

• Untied

South Australia

• Avenues Café & Bar

• Brighton Metro Hotel

• Hampstead Hotel

• Mick O’Shea’s Hotel

• Naracoorte Hotel

• Parkside Hotel

• Payneham Tavern

• Robe Hotel

• The Colonist

• The Duck

• The Grand Junction Tavern

• The Hope Inn

• The Mile End Hotel

• The Unley

• The West End Tavern

• Victoria Hotel

• Waterloo Station Hotel

• Western Tavern

2 minutes ago, Mickey said:

Turns out that AFL page is out of date. NGA count as Cat B too

In Mentha’s case, he counts as a Cat B because he was an NGA player who nominated for the National Draft but was not drafted in the main draft. Tyntynder is not in any district associated with Melbourne, so how can he be rookied as a Category B?