Dee-licious

Weiderman kicks the goal. He's been in things but not as a dominant forward. Kind of like what he was doing at AFL level - being used as a link man. The issue we are having is they are stopping Garland and Dunn's uncontested possessions which set us up. They are being well coached at the moment and we need to adjust.

The Casey boys are making fun of Terlich as he gives away a downfield free. Oh wait. No. It cant be. He's done it. He's kicked a goal! Dean Terlich! Could be having a blinder, but he is not.

ALOYSIO FERREIRA with the pass to Grimes and goal.

Mark Austin according to Casey Radio. He is the Dogs VC. Knee or leg. Not good at all. Oh and Terls with another behind. 0.3 and 1 out on the full.

Dunn to Terlich to White to Scott to Weid to ANB. ANB lining up and doesnt make the distance. We are 2 points down.

Dogs player has gone down, stretcher is out. Matt Jones got to him - put his hand up and stopped the game (good work Matty). Looks like the Dogs player is going to be out for a long, long time. Still no word on who it is.

Choo Choo! Crumbing the goal square and our boy kicks the goal.

Honeychurch kicks it straight to White and he waltzes into goal. Good pressure from the Casey forwards.

QT Stats Disposals - M. Jones 11, Michie 10, Neal-Bullen 9, Kennedy 8. Goals - McInerney, Scott. Got to say - It sounds like Kennedy is doing the damage. But good to see Jones getting heaps of it.

Sounds like a contract is coming his way.....

The VFL boys doing it for us. Scott with the second.

You have to be kidding me! another behind.

Going for his third attempt at goal. Come on buddy....

Second kick for goal from Terlich. Reads miss and hits the post.

Dogs kick the first - then Kennedy to Weid and then he hits Terlich just outside the goal square and Terls misses....

Thanks Dave. Not knowing how the D-League finals works, but I assume we get a second chance finishing 2nd and play the winner of 3rd and 4th? Would like to see King have a good match in the finals series, even if he doesnt end up with the Dees next year.

Hi KC - didnt hear anything of Max King on the radio or on Twitter - did he play in the 2's today?

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2013-11-02/19-days-to-the-draft-meet-ben-lennon Reminder of what he did. He really is a half forward flanker. I just dont see him coming up on our radar unless Richmond want something from us. Think it is more likely he is going to be part of a complex RIch - Port - GC trade.

Credit where credit is due, might have stuff Cook (seriously, how did you screw that pick up! The next few were Seb Tape, Brodie Smith, Smedts, Jacobs, Atley, Smith, anyone would have been nice) but nailed 33 (Howe 120 games) and Tommy Mac (104 games). Just for reference those with over 100 games on that list are Gaff, Heppell, Lynch, Smith, Atley, Smith, Guthrie, Darling, Parker, Poppy. Not a bad 12 players there and GC with 8 picks in the top 13 only have 1 of them......

I'll agree that the quality of the top few you've mentioned that what we had - Jones hadn't hit his stride yet, Jamar was on the way down, would be really interesting to see what the comparison of output of midfield. Obviously in sheer numbers Rocky dominates, but effective stats maybe. Anywho, I do think that the top end is quite good, but there isn't hope for the future. Zorko's peak was this season. Rocky's ???? Hanley was a couple of years ago, Stef was last year. If Brissy dont get help either through trading or the AFL and they loose Rocky which is looking likely, next season will make this season look like a dream. It's all well and good having Schace and Hipwood but if you cant get the ball to them....

At the end of the day, there is no light at the end of the tunnel for Brisbane and even if they are given an end of first round compo, they will loose it to Academy players if they dont trade it for an established player. Yes, we probably deserved a PP more than they did but we are an Australian-wide competition and we want all 18 teams to succeed (nope, not Collingwood), 17 teams to succeed (ah, yeah the Dons), 16 teams to succeed and be able to be watchable on a weekly basis. Even through the majority of our dark times we had Scully, Blease, Gysberts, Morton, Maric, Bate, all guys who we thought were going to help us get to a premiership. In their last game v St Kilda, if I was a Brisbane supporter, I'd be excited about Andrews, Mayes, Hipwood, Mathieson, Hammelmann, Taylor, and there is Shache on the sidelines. I also know I have Beams, Christianson, Martin, Zorko and Rockcliff and that's it. 12 players. In comparison in 2013 we were excited about The TOUMP, Viney, who we just drafted. Howe, Trenners, Grimes, Tappy, that McDonald kid who started to show a bit, Watts (still), maybe Blease and Strauss (still). We also had Jones, Frawley, Dunn, Garland, Davey. Finally, we were very excited about what the Hogan, Dawes and Clark forward line was going to look like. There was a lot more hope about Melbourne's future than there currently is around Brisbane. I dont have the statistic but the one about the lack of first rounders on their list rings true. Maybe they have a young Gawn on their list who is yet to emerge or Jetta who hasnt found his place yet. Chances are that Brisbane will need to cull like crazy as there is not much to build with and the issue is the talent who are not getting games at GWS aren't going to Queensland, they are coming to Victoria. This is why Academy's are still very important. In summary, there is a bigger potato farm on the Brisbane list than there was on ours in 2013 and the Melbourne list in 2013 had a lot of first round picks (13 or 14?) where Brissy does not. They need a hand because their house is on fire, and it is not our place to stand in the way.

So no Pedeson and no King. Besides that full strength. Really strong signs.

What a team!!!!

Based on who is available, if our team looks something like this I'll be very happy: White Hutchins Garland Grimes Dunn Michie Salem ANB Kennedy Spencer Oliver Trengove JHK T. Smith Hulett Newton Weideman Terlich IC: J. Smith M. Jones Max King Keilty McInerney Morris Munro Scott Not a bad 2's side at all....

It's funny isnt it. The list looks seriously in trouble and more trouble as they are trying to dig themselves out of a bad drafting hole. Would have loved him to say he looked at Collingwood and Richmond and decided Richmond had the better list....