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On the matter of the club's reaction, I would say there's not much coming out of the club. The view is that the result was an aberration and the boys have trained hard on the track and have put last week behind them. As to the correlation between the two games, I'm not sure but it looks like it, doesn't it? Ice Station who did the report from last week's game has suggested that some players were not 100% including Brendan Fevola who was ill and lasted two and a half quarters but still managed to kicked four goals despite not getting much in terms of quality delivery. A few others looked fatigued. Casey struggled all day for lack of pace in the midfield after losing Michael Evans and Neville Jetta. They have a better midfield this week and I think they'll come back to the winner's list and do it comfortably. However, to answer your question, I think it would be an enormous co-incidence if the poor performances of the two weren't connected,

CASEY SCORPIONS v SANDRINGHAM Reserve Grade Sunday 7th August Casey Fields at 11:10 AM CASEY SCORPIONS Backs Baumgartner Patti Pollard Half backs Riseley Purdy Tynan Centreline Petropoulos Bell Weekes Half forwards Cook Purves Fieldsend Forwards Lees Waite Johnston Followers Cleven Stockdale McGough Interchange Allen Bolton Clay Corry Gent Lindsay McShane Matthews SANDRINGHAM Backs Mavric Quick Sullivan Half backs Bruin Orr Shakallis Centreline Grant Andrews Fleming Half forwards Waller Jetta Rist Forwards Porebski Benbow Newton Followers Sikora Smith-Cameron Wade Interchange (from) Archer Bowles Cathcart Curren De Blecourt Johnson Lourey Meehan Michaliades Nevile Patira Stone

CASEY SCORPIONS v SANDRINGHAM Sunday 7th August Casey Fields at 2:00 PM CASEY SCORPIONS Backs Davis Warnock Blease Half backs McDonald Mohr Jetta Centreline J Wall Nicholson Fitzpatrick Half forwards Bennell Morton Jurrah Forwards Maric Fevola Lawrence Followers Campbell McNamara Sylvia Interchange (from) Collins McGough Nicholls Panozza Petropoulos Purves Tynan Waite SANDRINGHAM Backs Smith Simpkin Stapleton Half backs Hallahan Walsh Lynch Centreline Gallagher Magner Winmar Half forwards Heyne Dore Irving Forwards Cahill Boland Ferraro Followers Gardiner Marigliani Baker Interchange (from) Waller Michaliades Archer Meehan Cathcart Johnson Coleman* Curren Lourey * 23rd player Fixture amendment – Next Week: Round 20: The Coburg Tigers vs. Casey Scorpions match has been shifted from Highgate Recreation Reserve to Coburg City Oval and will now commence at 2:00 PM instead of 7:00 PM. The game remains on Saturday 13th August. The Coburg Tigers vs. Casey Scorpions Reserve Grade match remains the curtain raiser commencing at 11:00 AM.

The Scorpions return home for the first time in a month to take on old rivals Sandringham in what should be a beauty. Casey is a proud club and felt the pain last week as much as the Demons. The result was out of character and must be reversed this week. I've given up talking about "must wins" but we really must. I will post the teams as and when they become available.

The Casey Reserves were the standard bearers today winning by 169 points. Casey Scorpions 5.9.39 11.15.81 20.17.137 29.24.198 Frankston 1.2.8 2.3.15 2.5.17 4.5.29 Goals Casey Scorpions Fitzpatrick 6 Purves 5 Fieldsend 3 Clay Collins McShane Tynan 2 Bell Lawrence Lees Pollard Purdy Riseley Wall Frankston Douglas 2 Elton Hayes Best Casey Scorpions Fitzpatrick Tynan Pollard Cleven Gent Frankston Boland Ongarello Sienkiewicz Anwyl Heddles Wells

A dark day for the Scorpions going down by 128 points. Casey Scorpions 4.1.25 6.1.37 6.3.39 10.4.64 Geelong 10.0.60 16.4.100 23.5.143 31.6.192 Goals Casey Scorpions Fevola 4 Waite 2 Blease Cook Corry Johnston Geelong T Selwood Simpkin 7 Schroder 4 Burbury 3 Corrigan Hollmer Johnson Stringer 2 Hogan Horlin-Smith Best Casey Scorpions Davis Bartram Gawn Morton Fevola Davey Geelong Simpkin Corrigan Guthrie Bathie Schroder T Selwood

Good news at last - Scorps Reserves up by 20 goals " 3/4 time.

Seven in fact.

They definitely miss Evans and Jetta in the middle, that's for sure!

Shock ... horror Half Time Casey Scorpions 6.1.37 Geelong 16.4.100

Disastrous start to the day with the Cats bursting out of the blocks and kicking ten goals straight. Casey Scorpions 4.1.25 Geelong 10.0.60 Troy Selwood has five goals.

GEELONG v CASEY SCORPIONS Saturday 30th July Skilled Stadium at 10:40 AM GEELONG Backs Firman Gillies Stringer Half backs Bathie McLean Guthrie Centreline Horlin-Smith T Selwood Cowan Half forwards Motlop Walker Simpkin Forwards Burbury B Johnson Schroder Followers Simpson Hogan Corrigan Interchange (from) Barham Bews * Cuthill Hollmer Maas Phillips Raidme Sheringham Tutungi CASEY SCORPIONS Backs Bartram Warnock Blease Half backs Morton Mohr Stockdale Centreline Bennell Davey J Wall Half forwards McDonald Macdonald Cook Forwards Davis Waite Fevola Followers Gawn McNamara McGough Interchange (from) Baumgartner Campbell Collins Corry * Johnston Nicholls Panozza Petropoulos Purves * 23rd player FRANKSTON v CASEY SCORPIONS Reserve Grade Saturday 30th July Victoria Park at 11:00 AM FRANKSTON Backs Pearce Beech Bleeker Half backs Collison Ongarello Boland Centreline Wells J Miller Sienkiewicz Half forwards Cole Anwyl Uzarevic Forwards Simpson Bennett Douglas Followers Elton Bateman Bywater Interchange (from) Crowe Hayes Heddles Jaroszczuk McGrath Marotta Teper CASEY SCORPIONS Backs Bolton Bell Allen Half backs Collins Cleven Clay Centreline Fieldsend Fitzpatrick Gent Half forwards Lees Lawrence Hill Forwards McShane Matthews Tynan Followers Panozza Patti Pollard Interchange (from) McKenna Purdy Purves Riseley J Roberts K Roberts D Wall Weekes

With the Scorpions a game out of the top four and only five games left in the home and away season, Casey faces up to yet another must win game, this time against Geelong in the curtain raiser at Skilled Stadium starting at 10.40am on Saturday morning. The Cats are out of the eight but their recent form has been good and they have come close to causing an upset or two. There should be some interesting names in the Scorpions line up with Aaron Davey likely to return through the seniors and Austin Wonaeamirri returning after spending the past seven weeks with family on the Tiwi Islands on compassionate leave dealing with personal matters following the death of his father Matthew and mentor Maurice Rioli. Aussie might however, have to start in the reserves due to the fact that he has just resumed training and may lack the fitness for a game in the seniors. Star midfielder Danny Nicholls is almost certain to play his first game of the season against the Cats after playing the two games in the VFL reserves in his comeback from injury. The Scorpions' reserves are on track to play finals for the first time in more than a decade. They are in fourth position and play Frankston just 13 days after their last match resulted in a massive percentage booster. This time the game's on neutral territory at Victoria Park. I hope to be able to post the teams for both Casey games later this evening.

The weekend's round hasn't changed things very much and Casey's top four chances got a boost with Box Hill beating the Bullants. The Scorps have a tough away game at Skilled Stadium against Geelong Reserves this week (curtain raiser to the main game involving Melbourne). It's likely we'll see Aaron Davey and possible Austin Wonaeamirri in action so I'm urging Demon fans who have tickets to the game to get there early and support the team. The reserves have an interesting match up against Frankston at Frankston on Saturday morning. The teams met in the week before the bye and both had this weekend off before playing each other again at the same venue 13 days later. The young Scorps won easily and let's hope they can repeat the dose this week at both levels (a Demons upset wouldn't go astray either).

The Casey Scorpions have the bye this week with five home and away matches to go before the finals. The remaining games are against Geelong @Skilled Stadium - the curtain raiser to Geelong v Melbourne, Sandringham (H), Coburg (A), Werribee (H) and Northern Bullants (H). It's a reasonable fixture but the Scorps lost to three of the above the first time around and the Cats at Skilled won't be easy. Still, the team has its destiny in its own hands as it has to get past Werribee (6th) and the Bullants (4th) to make the top four at the end of the year.

Aaron Davey didn't play today. I don't think he can go straight into the AFL without at least one VFL game and the Casey Scorpions have a bye next week. Catch 22?

Aaron Davey didn't play - name wasn't on the team sheet! Cameron Johnston was not in the bests for the reserves because he played in the seniors.

A runaway victory for the Casey Scorpions with an unstoppable Brendon Fevola booting 11 goals. Casey 25.9.159 to Frankston 12.10.82. Casey Scorpions 5.2.32 11.6.72 17.7.109 25.9.159 Frankston 2.3.15 5.6.36 8.7.55 12.10.82 Goals Casey Scorpions Fevola 11 Dunn Waite 4 Bell Campbell Evans Jetta McDonald Mohr Frankston Haretuku 3 Clements Greeley 2 Appleford Baguley Clark Doria Kennedy Best Casey Scorpions Fevola Evans Baumgartner Dunn Warnock Jetta Frankston Baguley Bosward Clements Hockey Kennedy Haretuku

Fev just kicked his 10th.

Nine goal lead at 3/4 time - Casey 17.7.109 to 8.7.55.

Casey Scorpions 11.6.72 to Frankston 5.6.36 @ half time. Fev has 4 goals. Nev Jetta getting a lot of the ball.

Quarter Time: Casey Scorpions 5.2.32 lead Frankston 2.3.15. Fev booted 3 in the first quarter. Fev has 4 goals and Nev Jetta going well.

It's a big day today for Vic Country Under 18 rep and Gippsland Falcons ruckman Shaun Marisic who debuts for the Casey Scorpions seniors as 23rd player.

A solid victory for the Scorps Ressies with Kelvin Lawrence playing a beauty, Jack Fitzpatrick doing well on limited time on return from a long term ankle injury. Also a good debut from David Wall, brother of seniors co-skipper James Wall. CASEY SCORPIONS 10.0.60 13.3.81 20.5.125 24.8.152 FRANKSTON 0.0.0 5.1.31 5.1.31 6.2.38 Goals Casey Scorpions Purves 4 Lawrence McShane Wall 3 Fitzpatrick Lindsay 2 Cleven Collins Hill Nicholls Pollard Purdy Riseley Frankston Crowe Proctor 2 Bennett Bywater Best Casey Scorpions Pollard Lawrence Collins Nicholls Fitzpatrick Gent Frankston Bateman Miller Anwyl Lean Bennett Bywater The win moves the Scorpions into the top four of the Reserves Competition.

Three Quarter Time (reserves) CASEY SCORPIONS 10.0.60 13.3.81 20.5.125 FRANKSTON 0.0.0 5.1.31 5.1.31