Demon Dynasty

Bont said the same thing about the season being longer off an already grueling schedule. Makes sense. The attempt to grind our way through the supposed minor niggles last season not such a good idea in hindsight.

It's a sad state of affairs with seemingly no improvement or adjustment on the horizon Uncle. In fact it appears to be worsening by the week. I'm more frustrated than an Amish electrician

HTB on Horne Francis ignored 2 Port players running into the protected zone from behind in the one piece of play.... both ignored The protected zone is no longer it seems accept if you're Rick Lever

I never said he was Sydee

I disagree with that. Its all about timing. Other clubs do it quite a bit. Geelong last season managed their seniors beautifully. Brad Scott openly managing Dyson Heppell this week etc. It's alao a bit to do with depth and the state of your injury list. Arrogance is old school thinking imv.

Approx 2 to 3 weeks away HR

Yes probably a waste of time speculating given that history does say otherwise

Seniors probably not the best term in hindsight. Experienced campaigners!? Anyone with niggles or who needs a freshen up and/or coming back from a substantial rehab who we can cover off with either like for like (to a certain degree) and/or don't necessarily need two of. Maxy being the obvious one with the first week after a long layoff supposedly the hardest to recover from in terms of soreness and time..... at least that's what some ex players claim is the hardest week anyway. Grundy is quite capable of taking Goldy this week. Maybe Clarke just to freshen him up for the next block of matches and have Dunstan cover his role? Harmes for Hunter a possibility also? Im not saying all three either. Just mooting the options as possibilities to consider.

Similar here... feels like a great opportunity to manage up to two or three seniors was missed.

https://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/1317507/neal-bullen-signs-three-year-deal

Think that's my fav moment from the post flag celebrations... This nb also... A true professional in every sense of the word from the time he arrived. Even at Casey on occasions his intent, hunt and attack at oppo & the pill is full on. What a great example for those around him down there. Coaches must enjoy having him on board. Very understated fella. No fuss. Gotta love Hibbo.

INS – White, Laurie, Melksham, J.Smith, Buntine, Duursma OUTS – Edwards, Simpson, Valentine, Grey, Neocleous, Shepherd Team Selection | Round 6 VFLW & VFL

Yes its a pretty harsh assessment BB although he was on for a tad more than that (approx 11 min). Watching him in the replay he did cough a couple up late. As i said i reckon he'll be fine but he's also competing with the likes of Harmes & Dunstan for that sub spot yes? Both of whom appear to be in slightly better form at Casey atm even though Bill's form is also pretty good at that level.

White is back this week

I'm too scared to ask QD Besides i will probably end up spending time in the DL dungeon with Igor!

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Is Clarke is good! Modest & usually flies under the radar!

Noted LD!!

The term for this week's prepping (according to Brenton Sanderson) is 'Active Rest' apparently. So hyberbaric chamber for those with corkies / bruised up pretty bad, ice baths, physio, massages, down the coast for a dip for some etc. The idea is to stay moving or rehabing without much emphasis on big sessions on the training track. While you obviously have to put a session into the mix (a la this morning) that session is very targeted towards selective players and most likely tightly controlled / governed by the HP team in conjunction with the player/s of course. Probably light on with the contact drills as well. The above is what i picked up from Sanderson ...obviously every club/team/HP team does things slightly differently.

Thanks again Kev Any sign of Harmes? How did Clarry look? Looked pretty off/spent at last week's run (for obvious reasons).

Yeh i doubt anyone can actually close Nick down but have to at least try. Even if it means half of his possessions are a bit off the mark/dirrty vs his usual clean stuff... that's a win. KB haha...Comb over clash! P.S. i'm more often wrong than right with these things. Like throwing darts at the board from 50ft after 3 pints and no glasses!

Schache may well be the final box that Goody wants to tick off as part of a look at various forward set ups. Reckon he's banking on Gawny playing a fair chunk up forward taking the oppos best defender, giving Schache & Roohey a bit of a chop out. Really surprised though as for mine i'd be resting Maxy this week either literally or in a low TOG sense after his big come back game and on only a 5 day turnaround. Would've also rested Clarry this week and brought in Dunstan to take on his role. Harmes should be the sub. Easily the most prolofic player at Casey since returning and as much as many on here don't like what he brought early on this season (me included) i suspect it had something to do with his time out abscence. He is still a long way ahead and a step up on Bill. Bill not quite ready at this point. We are also going to need a super match fit Harmes to take on the partial lock down role on Daicos for KB clash. He's the only player capable of taking on Daicos through the middle/HF. Hibb taking over across HB when Daicos drifts there. Personally i wouldnt judge the performances from Macca & BB from last week too harshly. That side was a shell of its usual self and littered with freshmen who, in the main (aside from Sestan in the first half...didnt see the second) were pretty ordinary with delivery inside 50. Reckon the inisde 50 differentials were probably skewed with the bulk of those shallow. The forward line (and the team line up for that matter) was ridiculously over weighted with Key tall forwards and talls in general. To the point that there was little if any defensive pressure in the f50 or through the middle of the ground. The Tigers rebounded and run amok off HB & with ease through the middle, especially the second quarter which looked like a training drill. Expecting more of the same (at Casey) if we go in with the same 'overweight talls' line up against Box Hill. Surely we wouldn't deliberately derail Casey's season doing that for a second week though? Mitch White back is very handy. The dynamic duo not quite back however with Moose still NQR i believe. Baldi & Buntine should be automatic inclusions?

Pretty sure it was cramp. Toe turfed at one point afterwards attenpting a short pass.

Review Q2... > The Tigers had a focus of winning contested in the middle and also looking to run the ball through there wherever possible off HB. > They did both with aplomb and run they did. Their youngsters are raw but they had youthful exuberance and for a large part they were able to roam free up the ground, share the ball around and hit targets through the middle slingshoting off HB > Center bounce and stoppage work often at sea. > Their tackling and pressure was more intense than many Casey players in this quarter who, for whatever reason, didn't seem to be too interested or come with the same level of intensity at the contest, Harmes & Dunstan excluded. > Loose ground balls often saw the Tigers first to the pill. They possibly won this battle as well? > I've already mentioned the inexplicable number of tall forwards and Richmond exploited the lack of pressure inside our 50 and our inability to cover off their HB runners. > The insertion of KFW into what was already a very tall lineup to me tells me the FD may have wanted to use this game as a bit of an experiment with the addition of some youngsters to give them some experience and see where their game / physical development is at. In other words lets take a deep dive into the listed players. I got the impression we didn't necessarily set things up seriously in terms of a giving ourselves the best opportunity of winning (mainly due to the inclusion of too many talls and freshmen). So really....no point continuing to review from here. The serious stuff starts once we see either one of or both of Moose and White returning and a forward line that offers a decent chance to crumb and pressure when we don't have the ball. > Casey failed to cover the corridor offering Richmond easy access and quick transition off HB and they took full advantage > Some of the younger Casey players are extremely green and without the presence of Moose & White they are somewhat exposed. Jefferson up forward completely lost and ineffective this quarter. Playing out of his usual position / role? > Moniz ... i'm not sure what he offers. There's a bit of outside receive work but other than that his disposal is often rushed and if it isn't rushed it's often still average or poor, especially kicks inside which often have no penetration and too shallow presenting rebound chances for the oppo. Haven't seen improvement in him vs 2022 so far this season (just my view). > The Tiger's conversion rate was decent.... ours was poor. We had our chances.... Missed (gettable) shots at goal included... Valentine x 2 Macca x 1 BBB x 1 Positives: Sestan...two lovely kicks inside 50 hitting both targets, who went back and missed. Understands how to weight a ball to the advantage of a forward (finesse). The odd decent bit of work in the middle also. If we can stick an engine into this fella and get him off the ground a little, he could be quite a decent player. As he sits... an attractive prospect that should continue to do well at VFL level. Harmes... involved in alot, especially mopping up and link up chains. Tends to play the short game a little too often though. Looks better when he hunts to find targets inside 50 moving the ball longer and quickly. His short game is ok but invites pressure when often the longer option is probably the higher % option (from a yardage, 50/50, crumbing perspective) giving forwards better looks. Dunstan...good by hand and also quite good at mopping up / pressuring and tackling. Other times he looks either disinterested (or annoyed?) but that could be just that he hates losing, not smashing the oppo or team mates under performing etc. Missed a very gettable tackle at 26:00 on the arc which saw the Tigers scoring another goal. If you can't stick those at this level?? Woe... endeavour great. Moves nicely at times. Starting to get from contest to contest pretty well. One nice kick inside hitting up Valentine (who missed). Another at the 25:00 mark absolute lolly pop shizenhouzen resulting in a turnover rebound, again free running players easily sharing through the middle under little to no pressure for another shot on goal from 50 which went OOTF. Bell...Occasionally hit outs went straight to the oppo but didn't help that the Tigers seemed to be more on the move / alert at stoppages than we were. Not expecting him to win every contest but went missing in this quarter a fair bit allowing his young opponent to win a few too many hit outs for first use clearances. One of those directly resulting in a goal at the 1:00 hour mark (of the replay). Disco... reasonable quarter (for him), our best defender in the first half. Macca... i didnt think he was as bad as had been reported. He was quite involved in this quarter albeit not at the level for a call up. A tad sloppy and in one instance at the 57:30 minute mark of replay almost too selfless. Should have gone for goal himself. Maybe a confidence thing? Missing was his usual high half forward work to assist up the ground as per BB in the first quarter. Both of them appearing to stay inside 50 for the most part of this quarter for some reason? In fact almost everything about Casey's forward work in this quarter could be summarised as sloppy / poor. If Macca can clean up his disposal / accuracy act and take things up a notch or two with his attack on the pill both in the air and at ground plus high HF running/assists.. who knows. Is his best footy behind him? Hard to say as we have no idea as to his foot issues / fitness situation. A great servant of the club and a VG AFL footballer when in form. Not there at the moment though. BBB...Had a few moments but for a senior player i didn't feel he imposed himself (physically, on the scoreboard or even with a score assist or more) Nice to see KFW get a hit out but of course very young, inexperienced and a work in progress. Not ready for this level yet although i'm only basing this on his first half. May have shown something in the second? Overall a dull, flat, sloppy quarter with plenty of ordinary disposals and poor accuracy in front of the sticks. As Goody often says with the seniors... "this is not us". Nor was this the usual Casey! We need a few back, especially Moose, White, Buntine, Baldi and Bill. We certainly don't need that many tall forwards lining up again but with Macca & BBB not getting a seniors call up this week...Casey might suffer from the same issue two weeks running against Box Hill!

My understanding was he can't under the 12 day concussion protocal. Then there was a a report (might have been the Goody presser) that they had ruled him out for this week anyway (after assessing his condition?)

Laurie looked out of his depth during his short foray on Monday. Not saying he won't make it but may need a bit more time to develop a cool head under pressure. One of Harmes or Dunstan surely.