old dee

I wonder about Bailey however he has had precious little to work with up till now. We now have a good back line, a developing mid field and one decent ruckman and a number of kids who look the goods but we will not know with some of them for another year or two. Unfortunately the forward line is very ordinary this year and will only be marginly better next year. 2011 will tell us if Bailey is any good, IMO we will have a side next year that should be knocking on the door of finals football. If we finish lower than 9th I will consider 2011 a failure.

Spot on "Loges" That about says it all.

Thank you for the information. Seems to me ( what would I know! ) that he should kiss 2010 good bye and get ready for pre season training for the 2011 season. Hope it is not another Nathan Brown ( Richmand ) job he never really came back from that broken leg. At least Sam has youth on his side.

1858 agree with your forward line comments. The things that upsets me with our game plan is with the exception of Watts we do not try different players in the forward line. For the life of me I do not understand why we never try Garland, Warnock or Dunn as forwards. They all came to Melbourne as Forwards, surely a half a game would not be to radical! Why do we constanly flood all the forward line into defensive half? surely a couple of players left across the half forward line gives us some to kick to when the ball rebounds. Last Saturday we had players in the centre of the ground with no one to deliver the ball to, the result they held onto the ball looking for someone and then were tackled and lost the ball or kicked to open space. Nett result no score. What sort of "Plan" is that?

Now that is a great plan B

Yes "pitmaster" I saw the same program however I think Grant Thomas once said "you don't need ruckman they are over rated" So I don't take too much notice of him. I hope Gary mean't it. if Jack turns out to be as good as Gary I will be very happy.

Spot on "Inner Demon" Jack should be playing for casey this weekend, his spot goes to Dunn who kicked 8 last week and will not intimidated by pie thugs.

You are correct Bobby I am only a little younger than you but remember it well. That is exactly why Jack should be back at Casey this weekend. He needs a confidence lift playing at a lower level.

Thank you but what is actually wrong with him?

I may have missed some news on the subject of Blease's health. Does anyone know were he is at and what is the current problem. My feeling ( based on very little info ) is tha this year is a wash out. Should he be sent on holiday till 2011 pre season?

Could not have said it better myself. Well done Jerry! I hoped we would rise 4- 5 places on the ladder this year, that might be a bit hard with a very young side who tend to get tired in the second half of the year. For the remainig games I think we have a good chance against Adelaide, Essendon,Richmond and Port Adelaide. If we could win those four we would finish with 8 wins. I was hoping for 10 this year but down deep inside I thought 8 wins would see us out. Hope it will be more but i find it hard to believe our forward line can kick a winning score against the other teams.

Sorry to say it but the only options are PJ and Martin. Martin seems to have gone backwards and is sadly out of form. PJ is ok at centre bounces but useless everywhere else. So do we play an out of form Martin or PJ who gives us nothing outside of the centre circle. I can see why Bailey has been pinch hitting with Miller and others. With all his faults the only choice for Monday is PJ. At least we get an even break at centre bounces! God what a choice, glad I am not the coach.

I think you have covered it well seems we went to the same game. I would only add that with the exception of Green we had a very bad forward line ( not news I know ). It cannot and will not be done but we should replace five of the six for Collingwood. A performance like that on Monday will see a big thrashing, Collingwood is IMO a better side than Carlton. We will need Dunn ( if he gets a game not sure what he did to be dropped )to kick 5 to have a chance IMO.

Well old55 I hope I live long enough to see the flames!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well Titan you have pretty much covered the situation with your comment. Given your three options I unfortunately fall into group 1. I don't want it to be the case I hope you are right I hope in two years time you can call me a dill. I dont think at this stage he should in the senior side. When I see that he kicked four goals for Casey or he is listed in the top 3 players in a game I will agree it is time to play in the seniors. Until then he should be at Casey.

After yesterdays performance there are 5 spots available. The only one of our forwards who earnt his place was Green. Dunn should get any of the other five spots he wants.

I was replying to Rusty Kingswood who said " how many 5 gamers influence a game. I am not for one moment expecting Jack to get as many touchs as a mid fielder. Just stating that a seven gamer influenced that game. You are obviously better than me I would get killed out there in the first five minutes would not last 4 quarters, too old and too soft now adays unfortunately.

Could not agree more, I did not see him play a game for Casey that justified his promtion last year or this year. I think he has been played for political reasons that are not the kids fault. Unfortunately being a number one pick does not guarantee you will make it. In a very poor forwrd line he gets a lot more pressure than if he was playing for a good side, and right now he is not good enough to play a major role. I just hope he will one day because the early signs are not great.

A kid called Scully almost won us the game against the bulldogs in his seventh game. From Memory he had more possesions in the last quarter than "Jack has had in his 5 games!

Well "Dee Luded" I hope you are right, I really do! I would love to see him carving up the forward line for Casey.

Thanks for your confidence "Rusty Kingswood" just let me know when he plays in a game where he actually influences the result. He should be good below the knees he spends alot of time on them.

Thats the no brainer of the week. Dont know why Dunn has not been used as a forward that's what he came to the Demons as when drafted. It is not as thought we have six good forwards forcing him up the ground!

I agree and as well I have seen nothing that suggests he has what it takes. Saw him in two games at Casey last year and saw nothing that suggests No. 1 status. I really hope I am wrong but I think we have a dud!!!!!!!!!!!! God I hope in a year or two you are all calling me an idiot with no idea of picking talent However I have watched a lot of football in my 60 years and I havea bad feeling in the pit of my gut about this young fella. I would rather be plaining Hughes at present at least he gets to where the action is an up right position.

I think I am losing it Spenser is out for 4 weeks!!!!! And I forgot we can always swing Sylvia into the ruck!!!!!!!