Diamond_Jim

If North win... we are seriously bad

We thrashed both of them at VFL level by more than 60 points but for reasons I cannot fathom very few of our VFL players take the next step.

was talking to one of the locals who mentioned that the rumour was that the contractor failed to properly drain the centre. May need some big money spent on it as you say. On the adjoining oval the Cranbourne team were playing. They probably had a bigger crowd.

It all started well as I strolled in the sunshine though the turnstiles to be greeted by John Denver's Take me Home Country Road over the public address. Went to take up my position on the Berwick Hill and almost blown away. The wind blew constantly towards to the Frankston end. As a game this one has to rank with the worst Australian rules exhibition I have watched. Picture 36 men in about one eighth of the ground having a maul. It rarely got much better. Geelong won it with their third quarter when their taller players allowed them to exit the Casey backline. Very hard to do against the wind. Casey players gave their all but hard to judge anyone's game. Smith and Keilty both took strong marks and goaled but forward 50 marks were a rarity. Would add one other point.. the Casey ground needs serious work on its drainage. Took a good walk around the arena at quarter time. In many parts you just sank into the turf. Not really AFL standard. Great to see Casey make it a close game.

A couple of missed scoring opportunities by the demons but they are being outplayed so far this quarter

A Geelong player had a kick on the run from around twenty. Looked to be sailing through the middle and barely scored a point. Although Casey didn't score they probably had more inside fifties than Geelong had in the first quarter. Jkh in everything as you would expect in agame like this. Casey players tapping and punching the ball which is good play in these conditions

Terrible game Ruined by the wind

Strong mark and goal to kielty

Hardly out of our fifty but no score

Scrappy game. Absolute gale blowing to the end the dees are kicking to

Maybe but if we don't know what Josh Wagner delivers there is something wrong. In simple terms he is a level 30 player...outside the 22 but handy backup for a back half shortage. Good thing is that he is not injury prone which seems to be a big issue with our 25-35 range

Some very big games this weekend for shaping the 4 and the eight. Absolute #^&* that ours isn't one of them. I see they are talking of Caleb Daniels as possible AA so there is hope for Spartacus yet.

At the start of the season we would have earmarked this game as an 8 pointer to determine if we made top 4 if not top 2. What can one say

If correct probably means Stretch gets another year with Maynard departing.

With Geelong 7th on the ladder and Casey ninth this is the classic 8 point game. One game and percentage separate the two teams. Geelong only have three players on the injured list so they will be fielding a strong team. No Preuss who has been dominating at this level makes it a tough ask but the weather is 17 degrees with strong northerlies suggesting a relatively pleasant day out.

Oliver is this season becoming another example of an MFC stuff up. Before you argue take a moment and think about it. Oliver and Gawn are the kind you build teams around and we have......

your words

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Are you ready to join the dark side.. come across to the thread that will probably outgrow the Watts and Hogan have to go /stay discussions Agree... Lewis has no place in this team.. (respect his ability by the way)

"The AFL's TV ratings have fallen considerably, with a 12.8 per cent decline to the end of their regular season. Cumulative season audience figures for the two codes highlight the NRL's dominance. The NRL's cumulative audience this season was 94.3 million, compared to the AFL's live audience of 89.2m." From the SMH of September 10 2018 PS.. don't forget that the NRL figures include three State of Origin Games which are massive television events. PPS.. the comparison is made pre finals so perhaps AFL caught up

starting to look like that... has the feel of Dunn and Garland.. pity

my guess is Dunkley, Baker, Corey Wagner and Tim Smith PS just noticed Salem named in the forward pocket

16 a side at VFL level for the next 2 years plus (SANFL and WFL) 6-6-6 for last quarter only... it is actually reducing scoring unless risks are taken which teams will not take in the forst three quarters. Reduction of interchange numbers by itself will just change the length of the rest periods. It may have a slight impact upon player fatigue but it's not that simple. Probably needs to be reduction of the number on the bench. Hate the sub rule but you could have one sub for umpire (third party) confirmed injuries. On the complete flip side..a lot of these comments are coming from ground attendees and at game commentators. On TV it has always been difficult to capture the quick run on play. May need to rethink the TV coverage angles if it really worked.

Demonland... I think Casey play the Cats not the Dogs...

so based on Weideman being in the rehab group at training I assume he is no goer for this weekend. Tim Smith to return for another round of musical deckchairs perhaps.