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Clayton Oliver had another A grade year. Must be recognised as one of the games gun midfielders.

Tim Smith is a backup mature body type. Limited skills and agility. Good mark. Injuries have limited his time at MFC so far. Likely 2019 will be his final year.

Not sure which youngsters are training at Casey. Hope to see Mitch Riordan name being mentioned. Dandy Stingrays and Haileybury College boy who has the Luke Parker type style. Plays to win and he does. Strong and skilled mid. Would have definitely been drafted but injuries killed his year.

Yes definitely missed out on some good ones especially Kent’s goal for sheer importance. Petracca kicked a few burst goals which I enjoy. I voted for Melksham goal v Hawks in semi final. I was a little nervous when the hawks kicked a few in the last quarter. Melksham’s goal was from 55metres on his wrong foot. WOW! as BT roared out. I felt it nailed the game to put it in our keeping.

Remember if you drink your own bath water ... let’s not get too full of ourselves.

Saints. Kangas. Bulldogs. Demons. We are in the mid 40s and cannot compete with Pies, Tigers, Hawks, Bombers. We should set 50,000 plus as the 2020 target.

Casey was in the running for Jarryd Blair for 2019. According to Paul Amy, he will be Port Melbourne bound next season.

Bradtke is only 17 and just finished school. Did not play TAC Cup or national championship. He will have to carefully managed in 2019 and not have to be the no.1 ruck at Casey. I see him playing more forward.

Sparrow looked very strong for a young lad. Good strength at the footy. He might play a few games in 2019.

Watched it and turned off early. It killed brain cells. Big Egos and absolute [censored]$”)rs is a quick description. Why does the afl comms team think this is worthy? Take it down

Interesting to see which young Dandenong Stingrays or Gippsland Power under 18s turn up at Casey Demons. Plenty seems to be headed elsewhere including Geelong, Box Hill, Essendon, Bulldogs, Werribee & Frankston.

I’d back in Sparrow to be as good or better than Jez McLennan

Yes watched the Suns on AFL TV. CRAIG CAMERON IS A TOOL. ARROGANT. Suns have to fix culture and retention issues.

15 wins. Perhaps win a few close ones.

Could easily be twins

Austin is only 17. Year 12 at Haileybury. Not quite mature aged.

Agreed. Casey is full of mid sized utility types. Rawlings will need to push to get a quality ruck into his squad. Dees also need some more depth in key forward position and work with Casey to see if any could be developed for future drafting. Maybe youngsters like Haydn McLean, Josh Smith, Riley Bowman or Hudson Garoni will be looked at by Casey.

Casey aiming for 15 in the squad. That makes 60 players all up including MFC list. James Freeman Tom Freeman Mitch Gent Mitch Lewis Jay Lockhart Corey Machaya James Munro Corey Stockdale Mitch White Add returning Luke Tynan. Likely another ex AFL player being announced shortly. Plus add 4-5 youngsters.

No interest here

Jake Lever is the only player who would be in doubt for a round 1 start. Injuries (lack of) will be critical to a 2019 premiership opportunity. We need our stars to stay fit. That’s why Preuss was brought in. We need a fit Maxy G come September.

Horrible business if we are already talking about a Petty trade. Lots of reasons to keep beyond 2019.

Schwartz is a true believer. The mighty Ox.

Call your local Rebel Sports store. Particularly ring during a weekday. Not on Saturday or Sunday. I know Rebel in Prahan has lots of Dees gear but they may have moved it on given season is well past.

Very strong top 28. This is the measure of a top team to have enough players to rotate through the year and not drop off.

Afl website confirms Demons have one more spot to fill and may do so under SSP. Interesting to see if any extra players train with Dees over the next few weeks.