Diamond_Jim

Most people would have said Collingwood have been playing well but if they lose tonight they will be 1 and 3. Same for Tigers if they lose against Port. We have been terrible but we're not out of it by any means IF.....

This was a great coaching move by the brains trust. By playing Preuss out of the goal square Aliir was forced to play deep. Aliir was still effective but by making him start his rebound from deep in our 50 metre area he was nullified somewhat. Makes you wonder if we would have done even better with a more mobile forward/relief ruck such as Kielty but on his form last night Preuss deserves his spot against the Saints. PS... Useless fact... A Roman Century only had around 60 men except for the first century of a legion which was double strength.

same here OD. I think we need a chaos season (like our gameplan) where upsets are many creating a virtual log jam from top to bottom. ? 3 or 4 games separating top from bottom at the bye would be good.

So it's the Wale in the ruck.... good luck young man I see North's ruck, Mirran is a VFL listed player as well. Did North have a relief ruck other than Majak Daws at AFL level? Be interested in knowing from the Casey regulars if Lockhart has had back problems before.

wins by North and Carlton would benefit us. A win by Port over Richmond would make life interesting. Collingwood v Bulldogs could be a great tussle. Freo over Eagles would also make my weekend

Bruce at the Olympics was good. His adulation of the stars seemed to hit the right note but week in week out at the footy it has become tiring and over the last two years or so has become annoying. He has also become an Eddie everywhere (Melbourne Cup carnival etc) that has compounded the problem. For years I have been calling out for alternative commentary styles or as KK mentioned a crowd sound only option.Increasingly these days I watch games with the mute button firmly engaged.

The point remains... I think at one stage we lead hit outs 34-2 but the midfield was being smashed. Gawn is a generational player that we need to leverage and it's reasonable to expect a gameplan/tactics that does that.

Gawn... needs a gameplan seriously... how do you dominate in the ruck but get beaten in the midfield Goodwin... Lift your gameplan

Good win .. Sydney are a bottom 6 team. Saints should be a win and then we shall see

come on///the next two please!!!

from the afl website Lance Franklin has won his first one-on-one contest for the night against Sam Frost. Prior to this match he won 38 per cent of his offensive one-on-one contests this season, ranked first of the top ten players to be involved in a contest across the league.

5 goals to 1 from a team that doesn't score heavily how bad can our defence be

disposals 105-61 this will be a thrashing

between the reduced home game crowds against Essendon and in two weeks against Richmond I suspect the finances have already taken a hit against budget

only on paper?

the gameplan is the problem... he risks losing the players if he cannot fix it

Pre season I thought this game would be our first big test of the season. Now...

While on the subject of injury there was an interesting article in the Guardian about Mitchell Starc insuring himself against injury and missing the 2018 IPL season in India. Makes you wonder whether it's worth the club insuring the top four or five players against season ending injuries.A good example would have been insuring Lever. Premiums may have made it unattractive but I hope someone at least does the sums. https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/apr/09/mitchell-starc-sues-insurers-for-15m-over-missed-ipl-season

KK was steak knives in the May deal.... third round pick if not fourth

Just go to the post by Demonland on the opening page of this thread. Each of the interviews are there either in extract or in the case of Bailey in full. Read them and make up your own mind

37k for a Hawthorn home game against a Melbourne club at the MCG on a beautiful day. Not great

a bit over the top ...even for a game day thread

have to remember that the Casey team is almost unrecognizable from that which played last year. I'd love KC to give us the numbers but it's probably 50% turnover if not more.

have never really understood why we exclusively play the same gameplan at VFL as at AFL. Sure play it for a half or every second game ...but experiment !!! Frankly at VFL level the chaos theory is more of a scrum that does not encourage skills

the chaos game is inefficient. You need quick skilful players etc and you need very high possession rates. It has a role but as an only gameplan it will be unlikely to get you there. Sure you can luck in but statistically the odds are low. Do we have the players for an alternative gameplan. Who knows as we've never tried it.