Cranky Franky

Was overlooked despite very good form like a number of other Casey players. 

Instead the BT kept playing injured & out of form players which eventually caught up with us & we were punished accordingly.

1 hour ago, Salems Lot said:

Good tweak though 

Yes very sensible move

18 hours ago, Rodney (Balls) Grinter said:

Based on what little I know, I wouldn't be averse to him playing with Casey.  From what I recollect, his attitude and application around the club had been reported as pretty good bar the one incident at the end.

Yep lets recruit a 30 year old who has been a poor role model, has history of misdemeanours & played 3 games in the last 5 years.  Just what we need to take the club forward.

I thought in 2022 we were a bit slow & needed more leg speed coming out of defence, up forward & across the centre.

We then lost possibly the 3 quickest on our list Hunt, Bedford & Baker.

Our drafting was mainly KP talls who have good potential but I'm worried our lack of pace could be a real problem in 2023.

3 hours ago, Jibroni said:

Bad decision by Brisbane to stand down Fagan, what if he is cleared of these allegations?

I wonder why the ABC did not hear both sides of the story before going public. Some people in the media would want to be very careful about what they say about this. Private conversations without any evidence of the actual conversation will have every lawyer lining up on behalf of Fagan and Clarko for damages for slander. Shocking if this is fact but I tend to think there are two sides to every story, especially emotive ones.

Agree extremely serious stuff but only allegations at this stage. We havent heard the other side of the story.

The size of the lynch mob is scary.

4 hours ago, Lucifers Hero said:

I wonder what skeletons are in our closet in our treatment of indigenous players?  Didn't Davey, Wanaemirri, Jurrah (and maybe othres) have issues with Neeld? 

Wanaemirri didn't come back after 2011 and Jurrah lost his way.  Their departures may not in any way be connected to Neeld but there was some noise about his treatment of them at the time.  It leaked to the media and Davey had to publicly saw all was fine, nothing to see.

While we had the wonderful Jetta he was not the leader he was to become so his position at the time denied him a voice within the club that he later developed under Roos.

That is speculation & a shameful slur on the Club without a scrap of evidence. You shoud hang your head.

1 hour ago, Grapeviney said:

The thing with Bolt is that he uses selective facts and very specific words and phrasing to distort the truth.

You complain about Bolt using selective facts then you go & do exactly the same thing.

Colonisation has been happening from the time of the first modern humans.

The Romans did it to the Britons.

The Chinese did it to the Tibetans & Putin is still trying it.

48 minutes ago, Stiff Arm said:

But you understand she personally signed the Act that legalised the stolen generation? See Deanox's post on the previous page

My father & my father in law were both taken from their birth mothers (1920's & 1930's) one to an orphanage & one to foster parents.

Both had crappy experiences which scarred them deeply. Seems if this happened to anglo kids its just standard operation but if you are Indigenous then you are part of a stolen generation - I don't see the difference.

3 hours ago, Wells 11 said:

I’m disappointed in this , I thought you would understand the significance of the monarchy in our colonial history ..and the genocide of our indiginous. 

 

You will get into trouble with some groups who claim copyright on the word genocide 

15 hours ago, Lord Nev said:

Fantastic from Daisy. Has 

I do find it pretty hilarious the usual suspects are somehow combining 'We need to move on from history' with 'We should celebrate history' while maintaining a straight face...

Or the usual suspects who take every opportunity to show they are morally superior & smarter than everyone else.

1 hour ago, Bystander said:

Re Bell, I have seen him play quite a bit so I must fit into the clueless group. I think he has shown steady improvement...if the improvement continues, which I expect, he may well have merit.

He tries hard & maybe has shown steady improvement but he can't mark, kick or handball which may hamper his development somewhat.

18 hours ago, Demonstone said:

Some have suggested that we look at drafting Jack Bell as a backup ruck for the Demons, but he's only named as an emergency for this game which suggests he may not be rated that highly.

Those suggesting drafting Bell are either totally clueless or have never seen him play.

2 hours ago, Redleg said:

A wonderful, selfless woman, who devoted her life to the service of her people and country.

RIP your Majesty, you will be greatly missed.

Lets keep things in perspective.  She inherited the job, had bucketloads of money she never worked for & lived a privileged life of luxury most of us can only dream of.

Of the top 8 sides our fwd set up is probably the worst. 

Our plan continues to be bomb it long & preferably to the pockets. 

Every other team manages to kick low to space.

So who to blame ?

Got that one badly wrong - was hoping we would recruit him at the time. Has had a poor year.

Write off Geelong at your peril.  Scott is no fool. We humiliated them last year & they have clearly improved.

Close & Stengle have added pace & the dont just rely on Sellwood & Dangerfield any more.

We can beat them but they will be tough.

19 minutes ago, Demon Dynasty said:

Second half of the 2nd quarter & third quarter were impressive.

Talk about jets.  He was really on in the above quarters today and IMHO came out of the blocks hunting, scrapping but also blitzing the opponent with & without the ball in these stages.  Still got a way to go to put full games (playing at that level) together but that will come with time and the extra pre-season or two.

Burst speed is incredible at VFL level and his closing pressure / tackling was off the charts.  So many Swans looked in the clear one minute, only having to rush kicks or getting rushed off their kick/handball a few seconds later.

Spargo plays a very different role but Toby is really knocking on the door at the moment.  Out of the smalls like Chandler, Laurie etc i'd be giving the nod to Toby at present.  All class and super fast at ground level, closing speed and escape factor.

Toby has a habit of snatching at the ball & spending it before he has control.  

Not convinced about Toby.  Quick, but just doesn't get enough of the ball.

9 hours ago, poita said:

Joel will be 27 by the start of next season and has played 26 career games in 7 years.

His potential is irrelevant - his lack of durability and propensity to injury makes him the absolute definition of a list clogger.

We are just hoping for something that simply isn't there. Time to move on and find someone who can get on the field most weeks.

Spot on. He cant play more than 3 or 4 consecutive games. This has happened every year for 6 years or so.  A list clogger - move him on.

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3 hours ago, faultydet said:

Hird filled his players with banned substances and is being looked at again.

You never can tell.

Hird ??? Double standards here.

Seems some people break the rules pay the penalty & its all ok

Others break the rules, pay the penalty & then have to keep paying.

I suppose you decide who gets to be forgiven & who doesn't. 

3 hours ago, Demonstone said:

You appear to have as much trouble with comprehension as you do with anger management Cranky.

The poster wasn't advocating Howes be promoted and wasn't talking up his talents.  He was simply saying that it wouldn't hurt to try young players in different positions at Casey to see how they go.

I don't understand why anybody would have a problem with that suggestion.

Anger management - why I'm the most even tempered poster on Demonland.

On re reading Paulos comment I do concede that I was wrong and he was not suggesting Howes be promoted.

10 hours ago, Demonstone said:

All the poster was suggesting was that Howes and Bowey be tried in different positions.  Nothing wrong with that.

To suggest Howes be promoted & play fwd shows shows the poster clearly doesn't know what he's talking about.

4 hours ago, Paulo said:

Could not agree more, see what they can do in different positions, why the hell not. Why not try J Bowey forward or wing, or B Howes  forward . You might just find that B Howes is a natural forward and not a wingman or a Jake Bowey is a wingman and not a defender ffs

Silly comment of the week award. Another Demonlander creaming his pants over Howes who hasn't actually done anything yet.

Hopefully it finishes Zorkos career - what a despicable grub.  He was sniping & provoking all night after he realised he couldn't get a kick.

Well done Dees to keep their eye on the ball.