Demon Dynasty

Wow T-mac & Weid. Where do you hide these two at the mo!??

Speed and finish out wide.... no old fellas there!!!

Lol Fire....but chaos after....thats what we're better with on the ground

Jones & Mac straight to Tiger players for the goal lol

Go the mighty Demons!

Low long raking kicks get there quicker and create more chaos. Quick bail out kick if no early options coming inside is ok but at least go long & low so the opp can't intercept as easy and chaos when it hits the deck...

Needs to find some form somewhere why not. T Smith out of the square.

Yes...and a Mr P. Roos somewhere else. We were coming from such a long way back we and importantly, the list/players, needed a 7 year stint (minimum) IMHO to solidify and bed down the new winning culture / methods and work ethic before handing over the reigns. Might have snagged a cheeky one along the way also.

Solid Ranty Ranty. Some major reviews/changes ahead me thinks. Just a matter of when. The depth is a massive concern also. Gathering yard's pretty much barren of high end purebreds. We need some new speedy two way running stock with solid finishing skills pronto, one or two nippy smalls to play forward/back (Lockhart maybe one option down the track) and a genuine KPF (Cameron's up in 2020?).

Clarry is a gun but the clean up suggestion needed. As is the occasional run into space when he gets the opp, assessing very quickly (when time allows) before deciding where / how to deliver. The bail out kick is a must most of the time in today's high pressure footy but just needs to use his power off the mark a little more by foot and finesse when possible with the disposal. That last part also needs some work from Melk & Tracc who were both exposed badly by the opp last week. If we can't handle the tigers match ups here we might need to swap a speedster to play their role and push one of these two onto a wing for a stint where they can more easily defend. Alternatively one of them plays deep taking their speedy opponent out of the picture, try and punish him nearer goal and make him more accountable.

Yup. Wld like to see him spending time between there and HF.

If he isn't he should be Petracc. Played alot of junior footy there and pretty well apparently.

You mean Jeffy? If we get a result like that after stinking it up like that CB I'll be throwing my own private party!

Was our No.1 tackler inside 50 in 2018 so must have done a little chasing / tackling at times. Not saying he couldn't do better but there it is. Jeffy is also our No.1 (non KPF) goal scorer of 2018 from those that remain on our list. A specialist deep forward player that you put there to feed off the crumbs of the Key Talls, clean up and try and score or run into space for the loose ball and score. Emphasis is on making something out of nothing or being where you would expect someone in this role to be in order to finish and kick goals. Chasing down where possible but if you kick the goal there is NO chasing required. You say he is lazy and not chasing his opponent. I'm not saying this doesn't happen at times when he is off. I seem to recall a bit of this also. But what if...his opponent is a reasonably ordinary user of the ball and coach instructs Jeffy to stay at home within a certain distance from goal and not chase outside that area (or if opponent is a fair way off when starting his rebound)...leave that to others to peel off in the zone up field and pressure and conserve energy to - take advantage of potential turnovers for the joe the goose or easy hit ups on a lead? Effectively a plus one up forward on the turnover for the opportunist goal. Unfortunately we really don't have anyone else capable of playing this specialist crumbing / goal kicking role. The closest we had were.... Kent - Was ranked 3rd highest in average goals per game in 2018 just behind T-Mac & Hogan (in that order). Bugg - Ranked 7th Spargo - Ranked 12th. Had moments last year but is now sadly way off AFL level for now for whatever reason...injury / poor form? Hannan - Ranked 5th. Not so much a stay at home specialist around goal playing a fair chunk higher up. Now injured of course. ANB - Ranked 9th - More a run with player / opportunist ...but badly out of form in his 3 matches so far. Hopefully he can find some form tonight. Melk - 6th / Tracc - 10th. More half forwards / pushing into mid. Having said that i think Jeffy (in some decent form) is a perfect foil for Pruess when playing deep in the square. But the old curse has struck again. Will have to wait a little longer.

I agree re: growing potential and putting on bulk but both have inches on Pet and can play tall as well as through the mid field. Versatility is invaluable in today's game. Tracc is someone similar who we are all hoping can reach the heady heights of a Cripps or Fyfe (but even he is a bit on the shortish size in comparison). Pet could be amazing but this club isnt exactly in a postion to risk another potential skinny smallish framed kid coming through IMO. We need some big framed boys who we can call on reasonably quickly after a few seasons down at Casey honing their craft and hopefully learning the Goody game style whatever it might become (i suspect it will change considerably from the current version).

The days of Garlett going hell for leather at Casey are well and truly over, if they were ever there at all Jnr. He is obviously only interested in playing at AFL level. I'm surprised some people still think he is going to (needs to) light things up at Casey in order to earn a call up. While I agree he sometimes doesn't set the world on fire at senior level either, he at least knows where the goals are if given the chance and usually makes the most of an opportunity. And it's slim pickings for us in this regard right now. Any smaller forward who can crumb a little and finish is better than none.

I agree with that frankie. One reason I'm happy to see Lewis back for a while longer. Doesn't take any BS and happy to dish it out. May should be handy in this area also IF he can get his [censored] together.

We live in hope OD...One day!

Powerful @ 73kgs? Maybe as a jockey. Not another skinny kid (ANB type) i hope. Have alot of respect for Bucks but i prefer the power and height (contested marking ability) that someone similar to a Cripps/Fyfe brings. Very hard to match up on and shut down and can play in multiple postions in smaller or taller type roles. The "tidy up his kicking" another worry. It is no accident we are presently the worst disposal team in the AFL and this area has to be targeted big time and improved upon in a massive way via recruiting selections if we are ever going to win regularly and pick up some silver along the way.

That was a very scary day indeed. I'm just glad i was down the opposite Punt Rd end and only saw the Sheedy lead rent-a-hare krishna crowd on the big screen. Just saw them as an orange blur of bald heads. I can't recall but did we overrun them in the last quarter or was it an ugly close outcome?

ZERO Expectations... upset looming!!

At least we are consistently good at something Jaded!

Round 6, 2019 Tigers vs Demons MCG (ANZAC Eve) Pure Stats Predictor has the Tigers winning by 26 points Team weighted score (includes best estimate for official Ins/Outs) Tigers 65.58 Demons 60.78 Top 6 ranked players (weighted statistical composite) last round Tigers Demons Bottom 6 Tigers Demons *Omitted this round (6) 2019

Cheers Buck. Contested we are doing fine and are still in the top 2 in the league (dropping only one place since 2018 so far). We have no major issues with inside mid field coal face contested / clearance work (yet) and i would argue we are still right up there with the top 4. Yes we may need to tweak set ups / structures around stoppages which might help a little with our ability to cover the outside mids of the opposition when they escape with their own clearance work (run & spread). Our options to cover impacted by injuries / late pre-season etc impacting in the short term!?? Probably. On the flip side we might also be shizen on the spread eg., too many at the contest, winning the contest but then not being able to escape the contest with decent speed / agile outsiders (lacking!?) resulting in another stoppage or worse, a turnover with the Opp then escaping quickly again and off to the races with their more capable / talented outsiders, our ability to close down poor? So much of the game to work on and get right. Never easy at any point, especially when you lose some of your best troops and start dialing up the rookies. Something that we really need to work on at Casey now that we know our depth is virtually non existent, in particular with the spread / speed / crumb & finish (up forward also). I wouldn't say we are always too slow coming i50 either. Just the method of delivery. We talk about chaos footy. But if we are bombing the ball on top of our forward's heads far too often around the hot spot, that is hardly chaos. That's predictable footy and something the opp coaches would be licking their chops at. Tough comp but Goody & Co. need to be better in so many areas, including the ability to seek out an opponent's weekness/s AND train / play to exploit them (wherever possible)! Example: Port realised they were facing an extremely tough back 6 vs the Eagles. They knew they wouldn't have much time to play precise footy through the middle against the quality pressure the Eagles usually bring. Port also knew that regular bombing wasn't likely to work against such a formidable mark/intercept team. It was also raining (yes this may have happened on the fly!)....but they tried this change of i50 entry method against the reigning premiers on their home turf....and it worked a treat! https://www.afl.com.au/video/2019-04-23/did-port-show-us-a-new-way-to-beat-the-eagles

Interesting to see and, for those players caught by the ratings, a very decent guide as to how they are trending / impacting the game (in a positive way) over the last few seasons vs their peers!