KC from Casey

Port Melbourne struck a bit of a purple patch dominating play with the wind scoring four goals before Casey skipper Mitch White takes a set shot and goals. The Demons trail 13 to 27 at about the 20 minute mark.

The Demons are wearing an indigenous strip and a special smoking ceremony took place before the game which is now under way. First blood to the Demons with a goal inside a minute to Roan Steele followed up by a point to Oskar Baker to give Casey a 7 - 0 lead.

A number of changes have been made to the starting lineup with Mitch Brown going into the Melbourne team to play Adelaide (replacing the injured Luke Jackson). Three of the emergencies for the Adelaide game are also out of the side — Jake Melksham, Adam Tomlinson and Jacob Van Rooyen. Their replacements are Tyler Edwards, Luca Goonan, George Grey and Miles Shepherd. This leaves only ten players on the Melbourne AFL list representing Casey today.

Now - CASEY DEMONS B: D.Smith 34 A.Tomlinson 20 J.McVee 41 HB: J.Hunt 29 C.Ellison 79 T.Rivers 24 C: T.Woewodin 40 L.Dunstan 27 O.Baker 33 HF: R.Steele 54 M.Brown 38 B.Laurie 16 F: K.Chandler 37 J.Van Rooyen 21 J.Melksham 18 Foll: J.Bell 73 M.White 52 J.Munro 47 IC: R.Baldi 56 M.Buntine 41 B.Milford 74 F.Rosman 19 R.Valentine 65 Emerg: J.Carosella 48 T.Edwards 58 G.Grey 68 M.Shepherd 16 In: B.Milford M.White Out: G.Grey (omitted) A.Moniz-Wakefield (managed) PORT MELBOURNE B: J.Weidemann 39 E.Phillips 30 T.Cameron 24 HB: H.Hooper 37 J.O'Sullivan 38 J.Cucinotta 15 C: N.Holmes 5 C.Wagner 13 M.Rivett 1 HF: A.Anastasio 19 F.Roberts 6 M.Lentini 42 F: J.Gasper 26 A.Manton 16 N.Burke 11 Foll: J.Hotchkin 36 E.Templeton 3 T.O'Sullivan 4 I/C: T.Hofert 47 .Johnston 20 O.Manton 33 W.Reinhold 45 C.Szust 2 Emerg: Z.Carter 43 M.Kane 40 J.May 28 C.Stackelberg 22 In: J. Hotchkin W.Reinhold C.Wagner Out: P. Hunter (omitted) M. Lewis (illness) A. Hanrahan (omitted)

Last week Casey made seven changes to its lineup (and look at the result) but this week, it’s likely that the changes will be minimal. I agree that Jayden Hunt is likely to remain the sub in an unchanged MFC team with the other emergencies to come from M Brown, Chandler, Dunstan and Tomlinson. One of those four will also go to Adelaide and therefore be the second “change” to the Casey side. Coming in will be James Munro and one other from the Casey list - most likely Miles Shepherd who flew north with the team last week but didn’t play. He was nevertheless awarded Casey’s trademark player of the week for his dedication and support of the team, efforts that should be duly awarded when the team for this week is announced.

Thanks also from me to dazzledavey36. It would appear that the delayed updates applied only to the statistics for the Casey team. Until they get their act together we’ve decided not to rely on the stats the VFL/AFL put up immediately after games. The initial figures for some of the club’s better young guns were among the ones that understated their output for the game and it was unfair to them in particular that their day's output was misrepresented.

Andy Moniz-Wakefield has been terrific all year. He will definitely play some good footy in years to come.

Game over and it’s another big win for the ladder leaders CASEY DEMONS 7.6.48 12.12.84 20.15.135 21.17.143 GOLD COAST SUNS 2.2.14 4.5.29 8.9.57 9.13.67 Goals Casey Demons M Brown 6 J Van Rooyen 3 Chandler Melksham Steele 2 Baker Grey Laurie Moniz-Wakefield Munro Valentine Gold Coast Suns Oea Sexton 2 Corbett Day Faulkhead Hollands Nicholls Best Casey Demons M Brown Van Rooyen Chandler Melksham Bell Baldi Gold Coast Suns Atkins McPherson Constable Moyle Statistics Oskar Baker 1 goal 2 behinds 10 kicks 5 handballs 15 disposals 7 marks 1 tackle 73 dream team points Riley Baldi 1 behind 6 kicks 4 handballs 10 disposals 5 marks 39 dream team points 
Jack Bell 5 kicks 4 handballs 9 disposals 1 mark 18 hit outs 46 dream team points Mitch Brown 6 goals 6 behinds 17 kicks 3 handballs 20 disposals 9 marks 1 tackle 128 dream team points
 Matt Buntine 6 kicks 4 handballs 10 disposals 5 marks 1 tackles 43 dream team points Kade Chandler 2 goals 1 behind 9 kicks 5 handballs 14 disposals 5 marks 2 tackles 71 dream team points Luke Dunstan 7 kicks 9 handballs 16 disposals 2 marks 3 tackles 55 dream team points 
Corey Ellison - no statistics 
 George Grey 1 goals 2 behinds 5 kicks 5 disposals 1 mark 1 tackle 31 dream team points Jayden Hunt 9 kicks 8 handballs 17 disposals 5 marks 60 dream team points 
Bailey Laurie 1 goal 1 behind 7 kicks 6 handballs 13 disposals 4 marks 1 tackle 56 dream team points
 Judd McVee 3 kicks 5 handballs 8 disposals 2 marks 25 dream team points
 Jake Melksham 2 goals 1 behind 12 kicks 6 handballs 18 disposals 5 marks 2 tackles 85 dream team points Andy Moniz-Wakefield 1 goal 7 kicks 1 handball 8 disposals 1 mark 1 tackle 37 dream team points
 James Munro 1 goals 4 kicks 8 handballs 12 disposals 3 marks 2 tackles 1 hit out 53 dream team points
 Trent Rivers 6 kicks 3 handballs 9 disposals 3 marks 33 dream team points Fraser Rosman 4 kicks 1 handballs 5 disposals 3 marks 20 dream team points Deakyn Smith 6 kicks 3 handballs 9 disposals 4 marks 36 dream team points Roan Steele 2 goals 1 behind 9 kicks 4 handballs 13 disposals 4 marks 57 dream team points Adam Tomlinson 17 kicks 1 handballs 18 disposals 4 marks 1 tackle 65 dream team points
 Jacob Van Rooyen 3 goals 7 kicks 5 handballs 12 disposals 3 marks 1 tackle 4 hit outs 68 dream team points Ryan Valentine 1 goals 2 kicks 4 handballs 6 disposals 1 tackle 1 hit out 23 dream team points
 Taj Woewodin 7 kicks 1 handballs 8 disposals 5 marks 1 tackle 45 dream team points

Jake Melksham gets the first of the last.

3QT Casey 20.15.135 to Gold Coast 8.9.57 Goals Brown 6, van Rooyen 3, Chandler, Steele 2, Baker, Grey, Laurie, Melksham, Moniz-Wakefield, Munro, Valentine

Seven goals for the term. Mitch Brown has 6 for the game.

Casey are coasting - 11 goals up.

Goals to JVR and Laurie and the Demons are back to 9 goals up.

Suns kick the first two of the second half.

Half Time Casey Demons 12.12.84 lead Gold Coast Suns 4.5.29 “Brown leading all comers with his four goals and 14 disposals, while Hunt and Tomlinson (9 touches) are both on fire.”

Mitch Brown has straightened up this quarter - on 4 goals. Casey lead by 55 points.

Make that 2.6 Casey leads 70 - 27

Mitch Brown has kicked 1.6.

Half way through the second term CS 64 - GCS 20

Oskar Baker scores first of the second term.

Quarter Time: Casey 7.6.42 to GCS 2.2.14 Goals Van Rooyen, Chandler 2, Melksham, Moniz-Wakefield, Valentine Disposals Brown 7, Baldi, Hunt, Moniz-Wakefield, Woewodin 5

Ryan Valentine kicks his first goal for Casey.

AMW goals - Casey 29 - 1.

Good start with goals to Chandler and 2 to JVR. Captain Mitch White out with the flu.

The odd man out among the seven “ins” for Casey is 19 year old former Oakleigh Chargers tall Ryan Valentine. All of the other inclusions for this week are Melbourne listed players while 196cm tall Valentine has been brought in to basically cover for Josh Smith who was very impressive on debut recently but was injured in the game against Collingwood VFL a fortnight ago. Ironically, Valentine who is on the Old Scotch VAFA roster was previously on the Magpies’ VFL list. He is expected to lend a hand in the ruck and forward duties. He was at the Chargers in their 2019 premiership squad and remained in their squads through to last year therefore was a teammate of previous number 1 draft picks in Matt Rowell, Jamara Ugle-Hagan as well as other elite draft selections in Noah Anderson and Nick Daicos and some other well-credentialed picks including our own Bailey Laurie so he should feel right at home playing with Casey.