whatwhat say what

it would have to be the most shallow midfield that casey has fielded for some time

they won't win a lot of games where they routinely get smashed around the contest

if pickett goes for not concussing answorth then dangerfield goes for actually concussing liberatore

OUT: petty (concussion), laurie
IN: plugger mac, lindsay

be interesting to see if cj is fit whether they bring him straight back in

gotta bear in mind the short turn around too

6: Chandler

5: Langford

4: Tholstrup

3: Langdon

2: K Pickett

1: Steele

1 minute ago, DubDee said:

8 different players kicking behinds in just over a quarter not helping!

You watch em straighten up on Anzac Day eve

onley under zero pressure again turns it over by foot and they were very lucky they missed another scoring opportunity, right on the 3/4 time siren

9.7.61 to 17.4.106

bonner with the most possessions but of the dees-listed players, amw and mcdonald have had a fair bit of the ball, but amw in particular has turned it over far too often

we have no midfield depth

and with a mark in the square it's back to 45

quite honestly they look like at least a 12-15 goals to the good better side than the demons

strong mark i50 to tairon ah-mu and he kicks his second

back to 39 the diff

make that 16 goals 4 to them now

amazingly casey only trail i50 by 1 yet it's a 45 point margin

bears can't miss

15.4.94 to 8.7.55 now

onley would have to be one of the worst users of the ball by foot i've ever seen

under zero pressure it seems to come off his ankle and skew sideways

adjacent to elijah hollands in the pre-game warm-up on thursday night

amw drops a sitter of a mark on the d50 and the bears have not one, not two, but three players free and clear i50 so they can walk it into goal

he's been very poor based on the 2 and a bit quarters i've seen - regular turnover merchant

ah-mu kicks his first (not that i saw it; the stream keeps freezing then jumping forward by about 30 seconds)

tommy matthews / marshall has been ragdolled at least three times - bears' tacklers are able to just pick him up and fling him around he is so lightly framed

2 minutes ago, rjay said:

I think 16 is about right 'Macca'...I would like to see the skills of the game retained and this would help.

It would also help the diluting of the talent pool.

i always thought it was bizarre that aflw switched to 16 - the players can't kick as far, the skills aren't as clean, and the women would benefit from 18 players on field as opposed to 16

aflm reduced to 16 would theoretically be a more open game

2 minutes ago, Demon Dynasty said:

This is the year to clean up parts of his game surely? Been in the system for a while now.

he just looks so slow by thought as much as deed - his positioning is routinely poor, he doesn't react to the game situation, and his disposal is not good at vfl level, so can't imagine it'll improve at afl level

he looks a long way off it

huge pack mark to adams across half back

of course, he immediately turned it straight over by foot...

15 minutes ago, The heart beats true said:

Gotta say the footy has been pretty good today.

three close ones

3 minutes ago, demoncat said:

Would love an explanation of why this is the case

Without knowing a lot about the system it seems bizarre that a player can come through our NGA but when push comes to shove we can’t draft them

Meanwhile Cochrane can be added to Port’s NGA one year before he’s due to be drafted despite spending essentially no time with the club

cochrane has spent his entire life around the pear - his dad was a player there (not 100 games tho) then a player welfare officer

he's eligible to be part of their academy by dint of recently discovered indigenous heritage

5 minutes ago, Left Foot Snap said:

Has it been mentioned that ANB is acting Crows captain tonight?

he does every time dawson has been absent

he came into their club and was immediately made vice-captain

7 minutes ago, Dee-licious said:

https://www.codesports.com.au/afl/ultimate-coates-talent-league-guide-every-list-top-draft-prospects-fathersons-academy-guns-to-watch-in-2026/news-story/6bc776d02182b258cd47feafd3dc0d04

so judging from this, prasad is in our nga but we are not eligible to draft him - it also says ah-mu is in our academy and we are still none the wiser if we are permitted to select him via points if another club nominates him

Marcus Prasad is small in stature, but the goalsneak brings the heat with his pressure and can kick goals from all angles.The goalsneak debuted for Vic Country last year and slotted 15 goals in as many games for the Stingrays last season.
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Like Prasad, bottom-agers Corey Ah-Mu and James Goerlitz are also tied to the Demons’ NGA. Ah-Mu featured for Samoa at the FIBA U15 Oceania Cup in 2024 and is the younger brother of 2025 national combine invitee Tairon.

Marcus Prasad is not tied to Melbourne as an NGA prospect despite spending time with the Demons since he was 13, where he has been mentored by Demons AFLW star Tyla Hanks.

1 hour ago, ChaserJ said:

Yep @whatwhat say what , brother of Harvey:

(1) More history for the Gippsland League was... - Gippsland League | Facebook

Early doors, but draft does look to have some quality. I'm hoping the AFL don't cave to pressure and just make the changes to bidding rules now, will mean Carlton pay fair price for Cody Walker & Port pay fair price for Cochrane.

Even though they haven't been formally confirmed, we've known they were coming for 2 years, clubs complaining about timing are essentially upset that they're not getting as big a free hit as the Queensland clubs.

seems likely they'll be delayed til after tasmania come in

28 minutes ago, Redleg said:

Just looking at the interchanges is funny reading.

16 Bailey Laurie

1 Kai Lohmann

19 Xavier Taylor

6 Hugh McCluggage

30 Harry Sharp

11 Lincoln McCarthy

33 Latrelle Pickett

13 Logan Morris

27 Max Heath

33 Zac Bailey

there's a big difference in quality of players between the two sides

31 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

MFC list 

key defenders: Petty, Tmcd X Adams X, K.White

tall defenders: Lever, D.Turner, Howes, X.Taylor, Berry

med//running defenders:  Bowey, Salem, Lindsay, AMW, Jiath.

inside Mids:Viney, Steele, Langford, Laurie X, Onley

Runners/outside Mids: Rivers, Langdon, Windsor

Mid/fwd: Kozzzy, Kolt, Sparrow, Culley

key forwards: Mihocek , JVR, Jefferson , Kentfield, Johnson X

med-tall fwds: Fritsch, Melksham X Mcadam X

small fwds: Chandler, Sharp, Henderson X, Mentha (?) L.Pickett, Matthews, Cross

Rucks: Gawn,  Campbell X , Heath

based on the evidence so far in 2026, not sure kolt is a mid / fwd, more mid / def

langford has played almost exlusively outside this year while windsor has been the opposite - he's been a centre square regular rather than keeping his width

koz is a full-time inside mid i would say - he hits the scoreboard, sure, but it's primarily as our #1 midfielder, not with a starting position i50

16 minutes ago, spirit of norm smith said:

@ChaserJ yes agree Neocleous has talent and deserves a spot in the best talent group.

@whatwhat say what again ANOTHER COMPROMISED DRAFT with likely 10 of the best 25-30 youngsters being unavailable

@ChaserJ is this neocleous any relation to the one who played for casey for a period of time?

it's only going to be more slim pickings for the next little while @spirit of norm smith with an extra franchise - or two? - set to enter the competition in the next 2-6 seasons, you'd imagine