Freddy Fuschia

I don't think we can underestimate the loss of Salem on top of Bowey and Brayshaw. Howes and McVee have been playing well this year but they we under siege and we really need some experience to quell the influence of McCluggage, Bailey and Cameron.

Paris? Rome? 11:30am is a great time to follow a game of footy. Great preview!

Final Score: SANFL 10.5.65 defeated VFL 7.9.51. Best player medals - Fos Williams Medal for SANFL best Jez McLennan & Frank Johnson Medal for VFL best Callum Brown

So good to see Melbourne on top of the ladder even if it’s due to extra games played. On top of that Melbourne Storm are currently on top as well!

Strange that players from Southport etc are in the Victorian Football League team.

As an alternative, wouldn’t it be better if we could identify and target an Adelaide player who might suit us in a trade?

Not related to this particular game but Mykelti Lefau who played his second AFL game for Richmond today is still a Casey story. Lefau was a development player for Melbourne Storm before switching from NRL to play Australian rules football. He played for St Kilda City and famously kicked 25 goals in an under-19s match. He then moved to the Casey Demons where he showed some promise and played a few games in each of the 2017 and 2018 seasons but never progressed and moved on. He was quiet today but took his opportunities and kicked a couple of goals for Richmond. Great persistence from the 25 year old and a lesson for those who are quick to write off players too early.

Really happy with the game so far. The young MFC Demons have all stepped up to the plate and have given the club an outstanding base for the future. Some of the new VFL affiliated players going well also - now we just have to improve our kicking at goals.

According to Sportsbet, Brisbane are strongly favoured to win at home against the Magpies. Rain is stopping and fine weather is predicted.

I watched the Casey game last week and there was a glaring problem with the rucks where frankly, our current crop of ruckmen aren’t yet physically equipped to take on the really big men in some of the stronger VFL sides. A couple of years ago the Casey Demons brought back ruckman Jake Spencer out of State league retirement for a surprise appearance to cover for a shortage of big men as a result of injuries. I think that they need to find someone like him if they want to be competitive.

If you list Kozzy as being out suspended then you should list Joel Smith as well. He hasn’t been delisted, after all.

If the AFL still believes that the head is sacrosanct (and after the Maynard hit on Angus Brayshaw, I have my doubts) then they should go for a 4 week suspension in this case. The precedent must be set once and for all that you don’t hit the head.

Really? If had you read my post properly you might have noticed that I wrote that he played senior AFL footy. The Suns of both last year and this year were a different proposition to Melbourne because they were off the pace and could afford to give the kids a game. His selection was a surprise to many of their fans including a mate of mine who lives on the Coast and disagrees with your statement that he “had a fairly strong VFL year.” In fact, he struggled to get his hands on the footy in many games as I wrote above. In my view, having a strong year entails being named in the best more than once in about 15 games. But don’t believe me, the Suns fans on bigfooty were less than impressed by him for most of the journey. Here’s an example.

In Casey’s last game in the week before the Wildcard game.

Yeah - he’s had a couple of disappointing games at the end of a long hard year for a young bloke but it’s worth reflecting that there were times last year when Mac Andrew was really struggling for a kick in the Gold Coast Ressies and he was a number 5 pick. The Suns were out of the running for the finals so they gifted him some ALF games late last season. He hasn’t set the world on fire this year but did enough for a rising star nomination. I’ll be interested to see how Jefferson goes with a full preseason under his belt.