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  1. KC from Casey
    Here's an interesting article from Paul Amy in the Herald Sun's local papers edition: New Casey coach Justin Plapp wants at least one Scorpion drafted in 2015
  2. KC from Casey
    After a disappointing 2014 we can expect a better performed Casey Scorpions this year under new coach Justin Plapp. A number of youngsters were given their chance last season and the club is looking for improvement from them after their baptism under fire. There are no "big name" recruits but some of the new faces at the club look very promising and the view is that there should be more AFL listed players available on a weekly basis this year after an injury-riddled 2014. The notable ins and outs to this stage are - In: Shannon Byrnes (Melbourne), James Munro (Sandringham), Bailey Fritsch (Coldstream), Luke Walmsley (Dingley), Luke Hannon (Eastern Ranges) Out: Jake Best (Leongatha) The club is close to finalising its 2015 VFL list and has released its 2015 practice match schedule in the lead up into the opening round game on the 18th April against Frankston at Casey Fields. There are five practice matches with four at home:- Saturday 14th March v Box Hill 10am & 1pm at Casey Fields Saturday 21st March v Port Melbourne 9.45am & 12.45pm at Casey Fields Saturday 28th March v Williamstown 10am & 1pm at Casey Fields Saturday 4th April v Collingwood 11am at Olympic Park Saturday 11th April v Werribee 11am & 2pm at Casey Fields
  3. KC from Casey
    The 2014 VFL fixture came out during the week. Highlights: The Casey Scorpions will start the season at home against Frankston in Round 1. Round 6 will see the Scorpions host a night game against Richmond at Casey Fields. New coach Justin Plapp will not have to coach against his old club Williamstown till Round 18. Casey plays 11 games against 2014 finalists. With Bendigo Gold out of the competition, there will be a bye every week and each team will have two byes for the season with the Scorpions' byes coming in Round 7 & 11.
  4. KC from Casey
    Jake Best had a great season in 2013 when Casey was one of the leading sides in the competition. Like most of his teammates, he found things a lot tougher this year. He gave it his best shot and was probably an outside chance for a rookie spot 12 months ago. He will be missed at the Scorpions but life must go on.
  5. KC from Casey
    Main signings for Casey included in this article - VFL signings for 2015
  6. KC from Casey
    The Casey recruiting spree continues with exciting 22-year-old Dingley speedster Luke Walmsley (189cm, 70kg) coming on board at the Scorpions. Walmsley was the runaway winner (by 7 votes) of this year's Ellis Medal for the Best and Fairest player in the Southern Football League Division One and was also his team's best player in this year's grand final loss to East Brighton. The long-striding, athletic speedster reads the play well and is a great kick was encouraged to move to state league ranks by his coach, former Magpie star Shane Morwood who described him as a "running machine". The explosive Walmsley could be just the player to replace the departing Jake Best.
  7. KC from Casey
    Re the comments about embracing the local community, I think it would be good if a better way of bonding with local junior clubs could be found - Casey is in a different position vis a vis the locals compared to any of the others but I really don't have any answers. Perhaps, a return to a team that represents the Dandenong region and beyond. Meanwhile, the Casey recruiting machine continues to find young talent but no big names as yet. Latest signings are North Ballarat Rebels captain Keegan Mason (194cm) and VAFA U19 rep Brandon Droeseller (Kew/Box Hill Sec College).
  8. KC from Casey
    Bayley Fritsch of Coldstream Football Club in the Eastern Districts Football League has signed with the Casey Scorpions for 2015. He was runner up in his club's flag-winning Under 19s this year and also took out the EDFL Division 3/4 Young Gun Award.
  9. KC from Casey
    Melbourne scored a coup this week when it drafted Christian Petracca from the Eastern Ranges but the Casey Scorpions also did well to sign Petracca's teammate, captain and club best and fairest winner at the Ranges in Luke Hannon.
  10. KC from Casey
    Bate and Martin have been gone for two years and Davis was actually at the club in 2014 as a VFL listed player. The problem for Casey was certainly the loss of AFL experience but it was also the loss of VFL experience as well combined with injury. The young kids with light bodies simply couldn't cut it when opposed to bigger bodied and more experienced opposition especially when they were called on to play a defensive game plan which called for super fitness and massive tanks. They should be better at it in 2015 especially if they get money to recruit some suitable players.
  11. KC from Casey
    We now know the news of the signing of Sandringham's James Munro who with three other Casey players is training at Melbourne -Casey quartet train with Melbourne. In addition it looks like Shannon Byrnes will be coming on board as an assistant playing coach - Dual Geelong premiership player Shannon Byrnes appointed playing assistant coach of Casey Scorpions. Great appointment. The Scorpions have re-signed power forward Tim Smith but on the flip side, two players are leaving the club:- * forward Jake Best who had a disappointing 2014 after a great debut season the year before is returning to Leongatha, and * former Demon listed player Troy Davis.
  12. KC from Casey
    The four players - from the Casey Scorpions site:- Casey Players and Their AFL Opportunity
  13. KC from Casey
    If you know the expression "money talks" I suspect there hasn't been much talking over at Casey. The Scorps relied on a number of young players replacing more seasoned and bigger bodied players who left and this put everyone under the pump. They need to attract a couple of more mature players to the camp and hope that there aren't too many injuries at Melbourne. The Dees suffered badly early in the season with the loss of rucks and tall forwards. This filtered down to Casey which also had injury issues. When Jake Spencer went down it was a major blow because ruck, midfield and key position strength is vital and the alignment simply didn't have enough of thaese ingredients to match it with some of the others. FInally, with the team trying to emulate the defensive style that was being instilled at Melbourne, it simply didn't work because the young kids struggled to cope with the demands of that sort of game plan. One piece of good news is that skipper Evan Panozza has apparently told the club he will play on in 2015.
  14. KC from Casey
    Following on from the appointment of Justin Plapp as senior coach, the Casey Scorpions have appointed former premiership coach Michael Ford as senior assistant coach. Ford coached the Scorpions prior to their move out to Casey when they were known as Springvale.
  15. KC from Casey
    Commercial television is set to take over the broadcasting of VFL games ~ VFL and WAFL set for Channel Seven in 2015. Let's hope they give Casey a bit more coverage than the ABC did in recent years.
  16. KC from Casey
    The surprise is that Rohan Welsh has been discarded only weeks after General Manager Matt Young waxed lyrical about him. I get that they've always wanted a full time coach but the message we were getting was that Welsh was the best thing since sliced bread. It sounds like there's more to this than meets the eye.
  17. KC from Casey
    Comes as a bit of surprise.
  18. KC from Casey
    Gawn wins Casey best and fairest
  19. KC from Casey
    Congratulations to Max Gawn who follows in the footsteps of last years Gardner/Clark Medallist Jesse Hogan.Those two will play a big role in the MFC revival. The leaderboard: 1. Max Gawn 70 votes 2. Evan Panozza 66 3. Jordie McKenzie 65 4. Viv Michie 45 5. Edward Morris 39 6. James Harmes 37 7. Alexis Georgiou 36 8. Aiden Riley 34
  20. KC from Casey
    The Casey Scorpions best and fairest presentation is on tonight, the main award being the Gardner/Clark Medal. The function is on at the prestigious Sandhurst Club and I reckon we can expect some awards to go the way of some Demons.
  21. KC from Casey
    The man's all class.
  22. KC from Casey
    He definitely goes all right at VFL level but is finding it hard to beat off the Bulldog young guns of similar size in their midfield. Was one if their best in the recent game against the Scorpions.
  23. KC from Casey
    There was very little joy for the Casey players in polling on JJ Liston Night on Monday. Only two VFL listed players polled a total of two votes each. Max Gawn topped the voting:- 10 Max Gawn 7 Sam Blease 4 Jordie McKenzie 3 Neville Jetta 2 Jake Best Jack Fitzpatrick Aidan Reilly Tim Smith Jimmy Toumpas 1 James Strauss Not a single Casey player made the VFL team of the year.
  24. KC from Casey
    Coburg came over the top of Casey to record a 17 point win 2014 Peter Jackson VFL Casey Scorpions 1.2.8 7.4.46 9.7.61 10.9.69 Coburg 3.2.20 7.4.46 9.4.58 13.8.86 Goals Casey Scorpions Fisscher 3 Best 2 Blease Harmes McKenzie Panozza Petropoulos Coburg Hill 3 Cooper Uysal 2 Carnell Clark Featherstone Saad Thomas Younan Best Casey Scorpions Riley Harmes Petropoulos Kennedy-Harris Fisscher Georgiou Coburg Venditti Thomas Uysal Saad Featherstone Hartley
  25. KC from Casey
    Coburg by 16 - 77 to 61. Looks like yet another disappointing end to a close game as has been the pattern for most of the year with Casey.
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