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That would never be an option in my eyes, blease isnt a defensively minded player from what i have seen, and bartram is exactly that, a lock down small defensive player, bartram would be one of the first picked i believe, he is the best at what does. His disposal is more than satisfactory compared to anyone, mid to high 70's and was higher than Daveys during 08-09.... anyone riddle me that? Bartram is a huge piece to the puzzle atm ps stats from the prospectus

Plus his game today was great, especially after only playing 35 minutes last week

weighs more than petterd and 3kgs less than garland while still getting bigger, your comment was true in the past

I was so disappointed with today really nice to get a win and by 90 yep, but really who else will we beat playing like we did? Port? Brisbane? not many others We just bombed it long to big bodies who are big coz they were playing kids, i liked what i saw from a few people such as trenners, bail, tapscott coming on, morton ect but just didnt think we were clinic in anything we did

Yeah it would be a real shame to lose to north after the start they have had, lets not get carried away we wont beat many teams with the brand we have produced during the last month.... Fortunately they seem to be producing even more tripe than we are! Will still be intersting

He is our Nominated Rookie, IE eligible to play due to us only having one Veteran in Green not two

You wont hear his name in media circles ect....which i dont particularly care about, is good if he can fly under neath the radar

Might be dripping with sarcasm??? showboat grimes? blue on his shoes as in flashy player when he is actually blue collar type player

Ok guys lets get serious what a game by the boy! was superb did hear i twas his highest possession game today not that possessions mean everything but, add his tackling marking and a couple of goals yeah probably his best game to date? As others have said he just makes things happen Share the love, and whats his nickname?

6-Moloney 5-Trengove 4-Jamar 3-Sylvia 2-Bail 1-Morton

Are you serious? that was a terrible game and i can read plenty into it..... we had little structure, looked uninterested all day, and bombed it long to a tall who is larger than a GC kid.... cant play this way and expect to beat any real team

You can pick apart his game if you want, but i think you are underrating his game, yeah wasnt huge or kick any goals but was involved in a couple, took 2-3 good marks and multiple tackles....and i thought work well in the centre sqaure. Applied alot of pressure So marks, tackles, pressure and second efforts.... made improvement all aspects of his game which people have questioned. And no im not against him having a week in casey could do him some good

We can still beat them by as much as the dogs, just wait for watts to kick a few

Intensity was definately down, was there a stat about them beating us in th contested possession? that cant be good?

I can see many of the arguments regarding Darling and Hurley, they are HARD at the ball which may compliment a Watts or Cook nicely, but until we know it is hard to say what combination is better.... I would prefer both Watts and Hurley setting up play, I50 ect than than H and D is why i like the combination, both are good kicks and good leads, but one is what 18 and the other 20, i know alot of people hate this but, i will give all 4 3 years and 4 years respectively until a make a clearer judgement

Petterds stats look good, but newton kicked how many last week 7? i wasnt that impressed, was good but after his first quarter he was quiter....being picky probs deserves a spot for watts or dunn if they have down games, but will get an extra week to prove himself with us having the bye anyway

Was at the game today, this kid started off slow didnt see him during the first, can run got the pill in the second and can run and carry with the ball, and plays long and direct, speed is definitely an advantage. Seemed to move into the middle a bit more during the second, was back alot during the first, and the ball was only there for 2 points.... Continued this during the third and fourth quarter, ended up with 20 plus possessions today, if anyone still wants to write the kid off i will suggest they will have egg on their face! Tends to walk alot when not in the contest, but i did hear daniel jackson say today that that is why swan is so hard to much on.... not saying that Blease is any swan just the similarity in that even good players walk when not at a contest.

Cook was one of the top 5 for Casey today, had 5 possessions in 5 minutes at the start of the 3rd qaurter, set up 2 goals and had 3 inside 50's during this time, had a further inside 50 that qaurter, also scored 2 goals for the game, and applied forward pressure... but yeah lets take the guy who will play games first.... who cares if we have TWO All Australian CHF's on our list Do like Darling dont get me wrong and Hurley is great, but i see watts and cook playing alot like buddy roughy and fev and brown last year, changing leads up and back both playing up the ground if needed, people are just impatient at the moment Darling wont be a CHF he will be a versitile HFF which isnt as valuable to a team IMO

Ok here we go, gonna have a crack at a match write up. First effort so be gentle ... Casey came in as solid underdogs against the triple premiership North Ballarat side, who also was beaten in the "Austar/Foxtel Cup" v East Perth two weeks ago only due to conceding the final two goals. 1st QUARTER It was a great opening term from the Casey team. Highlights: • Dan Nicholson scoring the first goal and getting involved in the game; • Joel Macdonald started with a clanger but then dominated off the half back and also had time through the middle. Joel looked far to good for the VFL today in my opinion but can he be as good with the step up? • Ricky Bobby Petterd, this was HIS quarter kicking Casey’s next goal, and missing another easy one, which is a shame after a nice contested mark; • the big Spencil started to show his worth. He has become a lump of a lad to say the least, winning in the ruck and tapping a nice ball over his shoulder resulting in a teammate finishing with a beautiful snap goal Casey’s fourth for the quarter; • late in the quarter Bate found the pill after being quiet in my opinion. Freed for a push in the back and finished it well. Casey led at the break by 4.3.27 to 0.2.2 2nd QUARTER • started with North showing a bit of their premiership form booting two quick unanswered goals bringing the score back to 27-14, after not being in it during the first; • after trying and not spotting Blease during the first quarter, I was happy to see him get his hands on the pill, burst away for 15m kick it LONG inside 50, which resulted in a Casey goal; • Joel Macdonald continued to show his experience getting the ball at will.....and using well enough, also putting his body on the line; • LOVED THIS, Max Gawn getting involved and he is a HUGE kid as we all know, chased a tap and cleaned up a North midfielder giving away a free. North player was sore.... I had to stop myself from yelling out “HE’S GAWN” sitting amongst many roosters fans; • couldnt help but notice Blease again, When he gets the ball isn’t afraid to take a run, and will play the ball long; • started to notice both Spencer and Gawn winning a lot in the ruck, working over the Victorian State rep Orren Stephenson; • can't tell you who kicked all the goals, Petterd and Bate getting involved though, Casey running away after North's early dominance, booting the last 4 goals of the quarter; Half Time: Casey up by 10.7.67 to 2.4.16 3rd QUARTER • ENTER Lucas Cook, the home town boy decided to say hello. Cook was involved in both of Caseys opening goals this quarter and also got at least 5 possessions within the first 5 minutes, all around the 50 meter arc, step up some nice I50. Also noted he seemed calm under pressure; • Spencer, liking the guy but must have dropped 2-3 marks which you thought he had so far. If he can hold them, he could be a lot better; • Bate getting involved around the forward 50 also Jeremy Howe gets it but can't finish off his opportunities, could have scored couple if accurate. Also plays and looks a lot like Petterd, and plays that way as well; • Cook really getting involved with another I50; • ENTER North Ballarat, got right right on top during the middle of the 3rd, kicking 3 unanswered goals, Casey couldn’t get near the ball, adding at least 2 points to their shots....Casey only up by 40ish now.... were up by 60. • started to notice Strauss at this stage, nice mark around the front of teh centre square, after playing a lot back from what I had seen, paced it out in front Casey player who was the only one who could mark it. Settling goal. • side note of Jetta's run and carry game, I did see a lot of him but could only see half the ground, was also laying a few tackles; Casey lead at three quarter time 16.9.105 to 7.7.49 after a late surge 4th QUARTER • really noticed Blease working his way into the game now, can run and isn’t afraid to carry it through the centre, only gets caught rarely, may rush the odd possession after taking 1 or 2 too many steps; • Howe speccy, was nice, highlight worthy, then missed from 15-20 metres out; • Strauss another nice weighted pass I50; • Nicholson getting the pill, but could still afford a bit more from when I noticed him; • Cook took a nice mark on the 50 metre line, but dropped it just short, in the square; • Jetta tackling well: didn't see him get "heaps" of it but did notice his tackling throughout the game( • Blease to Strauss - hope we hear that combination more throughout the future; • Gawn can take a mark 3-4 contested ones throughout the day, is just too big, may not be ready yet but if he is fit he will be a great ruck option around the ground. Casey Finshed them off this quarter, was an easy win, our AFL listed players all killed the roosters, didn’t notice any of the kangaroos players at all, not that there were many, 5 max i think. The comment was made that it was Melbourne reserves playing North Ballarat, 13-14 melbourne listed players playing today, was really the difference FINAL SCORE a good Casey win 16.16.112 to 8.8.56 continuing on from where they finished last week. BEST Melbourne players 1st Q- Petterd was impressive around goals 2nd Q – Joel Macdonald just seemed to get a lot and put his body on the line 3rd Q – Cook – 3+ I50 and close to 10 disposals set up 2-3 goals 4th Q – Bate – was around the ball quite a lot, around 50 gave the ball off a few times I thought. BEST ON GROUND Joel Macdonald - was strong all day, got alot of the ball and uses it well enough from the VFL, was really a 4Q effort in my opinion, others played better halves or quarters but not complete games. I will admit that following all the players was hard, all having different numbers ect, all high numbers and not being able to look at the Big screen for a close up. Other people have seemed to notice Jetta and Strauss a lot more than myself and thought that petterd did more... i didn’t notice Petterd as much after his huge first term... I thought after playing poorly Bate was better in the final 3 terms than Petterd, he is big enough to out mark VFL players etc more than he seems to do to AFL listed ones. I also didn’t notice Nicholson that much - not to say he wasn’t near it.

And also at age 24 or so, big kids taking time? rucks tend to come good around this age....tend to forget he was twenty odd when we recruited him

According to the club sitet his kid is same height and 1kg less than Jamar, surely not he has put it on but really? am loving his work to date

Also everybody calling for petterd to return, read how he played for casey apparently not that well..... yeah he only got 1.5 games so did maric..... until he dominates the VFL for a few games he doesnt deserve to come back, p.s i love the bloke will be best 22 soon just not before putting it on paper

Their are a number of equally high players available in this group, predicted top tens i believe who are able to be drafted by the four "lucky" clubs. I would ask why not try to secure one of these other players who we have zero chance of accessing with our first pick the following year presuming we will be mid teens or so? We already have access toJack who is supposedly a top ten draft pick who HAS committed and we will get with a similar mid teens pick at the most. Get one of the 17y we can receive at a similar discount to jack then take jack the following year? Some big packages will be offered to be one of the four clubs with access to these kids, all of them including such players as jack and daniher are huge prospects. just my thought on it

Jesus... i have tried to restrain myself from posting in such crap threads, BUT GET A LIFE MATE, YOU HAVE NO IDEA, i mean really this 18 or this 20 year old isnt as good as another over developed under 18 or 20 year old player who can make an immediate impact.... are you a recruiter? yes hurley is of similar weight... well done, hurley ISNT a lead up forward....you can compare who ever you want but until they have played up or until there peak you want know who is "better" lets stop the [censored] speculation, its post such as this, which there has been many of which make we wonder why people bother trying to support a football team or any such sport...... do you get any enjoyment from it? I DO! your not supporting at all, Jack will deliver i just dont know if he can save the world or cure the worlds problems at the same time....

From the AFL website, http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/111527/default.aspx, on the herald sun article