Demon Dynasty

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.

Wouldn't put anything on that happening DM Harmes yes Worth prepping Harmes (at Casey and eventually some seniors time) for the job on N Daicos through the middle and forward? When he goes back handover to Hibb? Prep Kozzy to pressure Noble who they often use a short kick or so behind play & across HB for the mop up and slingshot distribution. Maybe Sparrow in a run with on Pendles with some help from others as required (Juddy & / or JJ). Viney in a head to head with DeGoey

Harley looks to be a rare egg indeed and an exceptional one at that. Is he worth three firsts? Guess we won't know that till about 3 years down the track probably.

Rooh's emergence changes the whole team's mood & mindset and offers much incentive as the backs/mids now know they have a genuine target who can clunk marks and kick straight. Might not happen overnight against the top line clubs but i wouldn't want to be on the other side as a bottom 4 - 6 club as our new forward set up begins to settle, emerge and stabilise. Demons by 80+

If Chanel 10 is accurate apparently not... Edit: See below 😂 (thanks Kev)

In a normal H&A round i usually don't bother with all this but given we won on the big stage in front of a massive crowd you would think there'd be a small snippet. Sound advice from the wise

3 weeks away Roost according to Salo

3 weeks Gorg but with Goody's 'no risk' policy he might be adding the extra week. What's the old Irish saying...

Jack out in the cold. No Demon in sight yet 4 GC players & Cerra from what was a very average losing team. I watched the Cats game and didn't think Danger's game was worthy of a berth...

Correct DZ. JJ off a small sample size though, but he's showing early solid form that suggests he may be tracking ahead of where he was in 2022. Lets hope he continues on this path eh. Sparrow had a decent result againt the Tiges. Starting to look ok through the middle also when he's getting time there. May & Gawn ...is it possible to rest Max this week? Its a long time to be out and couldn't hurt to manage him away from the 5 day break. I guess that depends on how he pulls up & what the HP team are recommending etc. May ...my gut feel is he's being eased back into the normal training routine & FD / HP are happy to have him regain match fitness / hardness in game vs going for that on the track (in a normal sense).

Buffy was a bad [censored]!

I heard Kozzy's about to sign with the Tassie Devils!

Haven't watched the replay. Can anyone please tell me .... was there an obvious or technical infringement by any MFC player when Fritta took that nice mark about 30 meters out directly in front later in the game?

SA i have seen players asked to "stand" ....stand the mark. And in an instant leave the mark and run backwards so they can then go to an "outside 5" position instead. I have seen players asked to stay "outside 5" .... then a second or two later come up to the mark. In both of those examples, on at least three occasions this season, none of those players were penalised 50 meters "according to the rule book" as they should have been. The ump conveniently ignored their obvious transgressions and, some would say sensibly others might say against the rules and incorrectly, allowed the game to continue without a 50. In addition there are multiple breaches of the protected area alongside the player taking the kick that are now rarely called. These are surely more important transgressions in that this is what the protected zone was brought in for in the first place. To try and stop oppos preventing the kicker from taking 45 kicks inside / or playing on towards the corridor by encroaching into his lateral space! Why is that Lever is suddenly pinged for such an obscure / borderline breach to give the Tigers a certain goal when others are breaching on multiple occasions prior yet no penalties are given?

Weighted Average Ratings up to & including Rnd 6, 2023 vs H&A Season 2022 Just a quick look at Viney's MVP from last night... 25 effectives @ 83% DE, 1 mark inside 50, 5 clearances, 2 rebounds, 4 inside 50s, 2 tackles, 7 score involvements, 4 intercepts, 318 meters gained, 1 goal and 4 turnovers. Statistically May's best game for the year... 18 effectives @ 82%, 3 contested marks, 6 one percenters, 8 rebounds, 2 score involvements, 11 intercepts, 347 meters gained & 5 turnovers. Rivers our best rated defender so far this season with a massive leap up the tables jumping 15 places from his 2022 ranking. #24 T Rivers 2022 2023 % Change CP 4.19 5.92 41.5 UP 9.88 14.98 51.7 ED* 10.88 16.72 53.8 DE% 78.19 83.47 5.3 CM* 0.31 0.35 11.5 Mi50* 0.00 0.17 - 1%* 1.63 2.61 60.8 CL* 0.56 1.05 85.8 R50* 2.63 4.36 65.9 i50* 1.81 2.79 53.8 T* 1.50 2.96 97.4 Si* 2.44 4.53 85.8 MG 250.38 387.46 54.8 TO* 2.56 2.61 2.0 ITC* 4.44 5.57 25.6 T5* 0.00 0.17 - TOG% 71.00 82.58 11.6 G* 0.13 0.00 - 2022 Rating 2.423 2023 Rating 4.029 % Change 66.24 Player 2023 Rating 2023 Rank 2022 Rating % Change vs 2022 2022 Rank Change in Rank vs 2022 C Oliver 5.396 1 5.320 1.43 1 0 C Petracca 4.638 2 4.456 4.08 2 0 T Rivers 4.029 3 2.423 66.28 18 15 J Jordon > 3.979 4 3.164 25.76 9 5 Jack Viney 3.845 5 3.971 -3.17 3 -2 A Brayshaw 3.471 6 3.839 -9.59 5 -1 Steven May 3.363 7 3.971 -15.31 3 -4 Jake Lever 3.320 8 2.703 22.83 14 6 Ed Langdon 3.304 9 3.109 6.27 11 2 B Grundy # 3.292 10 - - - - A Tomlinson 3.233 11 2.079 55.51 22 11 L Hunter 3.117 12 - - - - T Sparrow 2.858 13 2.665 7.24 16 3 Max Gawn # < 2.813 14 3.215 -12.50 8 -6 K Pickett 2.788 15 2.118 31.63 21 6 Alex N-Bullen 2.671 16 2.688 -0.63 15 -1 J V Rooyen # 2.644 17 - - - - M Hibberd 2.619 18 2.613 0.23 17 -1 K Chandler 2.563 19 3.128 -18.06 10 -9 H Petty # 2.483 20 2.392 3.80 19 -1 B Fritsch 2.435 21 1.936 25.77 27 6 T McDonald # 2.344 22 1.939 20.89 26 4 Jake Bowey 2.308 23 2.856 -19.19 13 -10 Judd McVee 2.246 24 - - - - J Harmes 2.225 25 3.082 -27.81 12 -13 Ben Brown # < 2.033 26 1.759 15.58 29 3 C Spargo 1.935 27 1.981 -2.32 24 -3 J Melksham > 1.437 28 1.947 -26.19 25 -3 B Laurie < * 1.300 29 - - - - Team Rating 71.21 68.89 3.36 * Played less than two full matches (in total) - player rating compromised # Hit outs to advantage not counted < Subbed Out at least once or more > Subbed In at least once or more Stats courtesy of footwire.com

Bombers starting to lose Nick a bit more in traffic

Handball and run & carry from the Bombers 1st class in that quarter.

Noticed Stringer didnt stand the mark up forward with Sidebottom kicking. Instead he spotted Nick Daicos behind him and took the outside 5 to cover him off. The Pies always looking to get it into Nicks hands wherever possible. Smart coaching

Bombers covering the corridor and pushing em wide

They missed an earlier one over the shoulder so a bit of an evener upper

That was a work of art WCW .... the greatest banner ive witnessed in 50 odd years. Thanks to you and everyone involved in the DA 💪🏼👏🏼👍🏻