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Nowhere for the time being. Injuries, poor form and opportunities will come though. No player capable of playing AFL footy has ever been kept out of a side for an entire season.

30 touches and 2 goals - not too bad for a slow hack!

This is a really bizarre thing to argue about. It seems everyone is in agreement that Toumpas is playing awfully - you seem to be taking exception to the fact that some feel a bit bad for him. Is that correct?

Yes - when it occurs, the posts actually post twice, so all old double posts will remain. I'm more interested in whether or not recently made posts have come up twice. I haven't seen any for a while.

Except Petracca, by the sounds of it!I Love the story, Ron. It has no relationship whatsoever with reality, but I still love it.

Most of those players either haven't played much for Casey lately or have been bit parts. The only players they will miss are ANB (assuming he is the MFC emergency) and possibly OMac. The core of the side that annihilated Frankston and Collingwood is still there - I can't see any justification for Williamstown being favourites over the side on top of the ladder with 300%.

See replies above! Good stuff Smithy - catch up next time. I'd have sent you a PM to sort something out this time except I was pretty much unable to commit to anything. As it was it took all my willpower to drag myself to the footy - glad I did though!

At birth.

The quotes getting stuck in the text box between posts is definitely a software issue. This upgrade won't fix that - that'll happen in some future version of the software.

Hi all, Tonight our server will go down for 10 mins or so (not sure what time) while our hosts up-spec our server and restart it. Hopefully this puts an end to the crashing on game-day - interested in your feedback if you experience issues on Sunday night. On another note, I haven't seen any of those errors on posting or double posts in a little while; is it just me or has this seem to have magically gone away?

Hey, everyone else is allowed to skim-read and misinterpret mosts, why can't I? :D (Apologies if I did indeed do this.)

I love the wild imagination of some on here. One photo of Garland's arm around him and it's "he can sook off in to the VFL...", "he's probably ripping apart a yelliw pages" (?!) and even "his whole generation are sooks"! More likely: he was told yesterday that he wouldn't play, Jeffy is fit, and ANB is the resting emergency, and all his attention and focus goes to the Casey game tomorrow night, just as it has every week so far. I know that probably isn't as exciting though.

The Richmond supporters over at PRE have totally thrown in the towel. Gods, if we Essendon this...

We get it. You think Petracca should be in.

Pedersen, Garlett, Hunt, Kennedy for mine. Petracca if Garlett doesn't play.

In: Garlett, ANB, Petracca, Garland, Vince. Out: Jones M, Oliver

As if you wouldn't post the teams if you've seen them.

Or to the dev league? I'd prefer him to play in the dev league as a forward than in the Casey seniors as a defender. He's a developing forward.

You've forgotten what he looks like at his best.

By the way, does anyone know who coined the term "don't argue"? And what's the proper name for it - "fend off"?

It's just such a dumb comment. You can imagine the type of dribbling oaf that would listen to his show nodding and grunting their agreement. Just be thankful you don't operate at that level and move on with life.

Regarding Hunt,a demotion need not mean being a confidence sapper. I reckon it'd be the easiest "you're dropped" speech Roos ever gave: "Sit down Hunty. Look, with Bernie back this week, we're going to have you back at Casey for the time being. It's nothing you did wrong - we thought you acquitted yourself really well for your first game. I know it's disappointing, but we hope you got some confidence out of it that you can take back to the VFL - keep working hard there and keep your form up, and you'll be in our minds again when opportunities come up as we were very happy with how you went." He'll already be well aware that he was filling in for the club's best player and reigning B&F winner, so coming back out for Vince won't shock him. If the conversation is done the right way, instead of being too bummed, he could walk out of the room ready to rip Williamstown a new one with his new "I can play AFL footy" confidence.

I also suggested resting Oliver, but in hindsight I think I was just taking the soft option to avoid making the call on a player I don't want to drop. I think it'll be Hunt and one of Brayshaw or Matt Jones. Tough though. Can't remember an the last time players in decent form were being forced out of the side.

Before Viney, I had never seen anyone catch a don't argue, nor have I seen it since. Watching the footage again (for the 100th time - it really is a beautiful thing), it was a split second, reflex thing - I think Viney has introduced a brand new skill. I'd love to see him attempt it against the best don't arguer in the business.

I like letting the Casey players retain the low numbers. Give the MFC players their MFC number+50 (so Petracca 55, Trengove 59 and so on). It means doing a quick subtraction in your head, but it's better than total randomness. Besides, who *wouldn't* want to see Terlich running around in number 96?