The Great Pretender

That's a rumour. I'm looking for something more official.

With Casey's season now officially over, it seems that we can sit back and wait for the delistings to be announced. Who do you think will be off the Demons list when the dust settles?

I’d like to see AJ line up against Collingwood. We could do with his hard edge.

I would be surprised If the MFC didn’t approach Buckley before sacking Goody. There’s a lot that goes on behind the scenes in football that we never find out about.

I’m puzzled by one thing. According to the stats, Ollie Sestan went great guns in the first half and had 17 disposals at half time. However, he finished with only 22 for the game which points to a significant drop off in the second half. Can anyone suggest a reason for this?

Thanks for this. The link in the article to the coming week’s training is handy. Casey Fields Monday, January 20 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Players on track from 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM) Gosch's Paddock Wednesday, January 22 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM (Players on track from 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM)

Who wants a training base in the middle of a rain belt?

Big wrap for Clarrie here - Track watch: Star Demon back to his best as electric forward continues midfield trial

Could be the AFL’s payback over the Mac Andrew fiasco but that wasn’t really the AFL’s fault. The public was calling for change after the Bulldogs got JUH on the cheap.

My mother used to say a half truth is worse than a lie. There’s a lot of that in the media these days.

You’re starting to sound like a broken record. Anyone can start a suit. Most of them don’t get to the hearing stage so why not wait to see how that pans out before adding fuel to the fire?

If there’s a positive announcement tomorrow then perhaps we might be better enlightened as to the roles of those involved. Let’s wait and see.

You mean we get a future first for him as well, surely?

I assume you’re referring to the turmoil surrounding Carlton who have only beaten two teams - North and West Coast since June.

Seems like only yesterday St Kilda was making a play for Houston but it appears that they failed to come up with the goods so where’s the article about the Saints dropping out of the 8 and becoming a basket case?

Before we think of trading early draft picks we need to get a handle on the depth of the draft. According to the pundits this one is deep at the top end. We don’t have to trade picks up from 6 to 4 - we might get our player anyway.

Chadwick is such a celebrated person in the club’s history. Surprised that he bucked authority to get his own way with player positioning. My guess is the coach was no good.

My MFCSS tells me the most experienced umpires have been selected to bury us. Just like they picked incompetent maggots last week to miss that obvious 50m penalty and Toby Greene staging for a free in front of goal by dropping the knees. They’re always out to get us.

Wonder whose idea it was to draft a player we have no faith in to select as a ruckman in the circumstances where we have to put an injury prone defender in the position? Can this possibly end well?

This week’s team is going to look far different to that one

Watching Adem on AFL360 I noticed that his hair’s greying very quickly. Who would be an AFL coach?

If you look at the teams on an individual basis they’re pretty evenly matched. Who will dominate? Petracca (in game #182) or Neale (in game #250)? Love Steven May’s courage! Can the Lions stop Max? Will Melbourne kick straight for goal? How will Brisbane cope without the loudspeakers playing their favourite songs when they kick a goal (I anticipate they won’t kick many anyway)? Demons win because the Lions will simply suffer stage fright on the G.

Who do we death ride in 2024?

Carlton and GWS Giants were seemingly out of contention well past the halfway mark last year and yet, both finished close to playing off in a grand final. Even at 0-4, I wouldn’t write the Pies off.

Seriously, didn’t play for Casey at the weekend and didn’t train yesterday. Not on the injured list. What’s the story?