Pinball Wizard

The excitement at Casey Fields didn’t end with the final siren in the AFL game.

What happened to the supergoal?

True but I’m referring to circumstances where the opening up a spare spot can be enabled if a player retires.

Problem is that is we don’t claim him at this time then anyone can take him in the midseason draft. What if he stars for Casey in the first half of the season? We could miss out.

How many Bontempelli’s can you fit in one side?

Are we doing votes for the game?

6. Max Gawn 5. Clayton Oliver 4. Christian Petracca 3. Jack Viney 2. Christian Salem 1. Harrison Petty

6. Christian Petracca 5. Jake Melksham 4. Bayley Fritsch 3. Christian Salem 2. Max Gawn 1. Harvey Langford

Watched the Toigs on Saturday night. This won’t be easy.

An additional player and a little change as a result of the outstanding 4 goal performance of Harry Sharp, rivalled by Harvey Langford’s good form with Xavier Lindsay not far behind. I have the field as follows - 1. Harvey Langford 2. Harry Sharp 3. Xavier Lindsay 4 (eq). Jack Henderson, Aidan Johnson 6. Matt Jefferson 7 (eq). Tom Campbell, Jai Culley 9. Jed Adams 10. Oliver Sestan 11. Tom Fullarton 12. Will Verrall 13. Ricky Mentha Jnr 14. Luker Kentfield

Well, we now have 13 with the signing of Jack Henderson and I’ve put him on equal footing next to his Werribee mate AJ. It’s a case of sight unseen but I put him there because of our small forward shortage in the absence of Kozzie, McAdam and the slow pace of Spargo returning to full fitness. Don’t know if Henderson trains today but next Saturday should be of interest. 1. Harvey Langford 2. Xavier Lindsay 3. Harry Sharp 4 (eq). Jack Henderson, Aidan Johnson 6. Matt Jefferson 7. Tom Campbell 8. Tom Fullarton 9. Oliver Sestan 10. Jed Adams 11. Will Verrall 12. Ricky Mentha Jnr 13. Luker Kentfield

Melbourne currently has twelve players on its list who have yet to play an AFL game for the club. This is how I rank them in terms of readiness to make their MFC debut in the coming season — 1. Harvey Langford 2. Xavier Lindsay 3. Harry Sharp 4. Aidan Johnson 5. Matt Jefferson 6. Tom Campbell 7. Tom Fullarton 8. Oliver Sestan 9. Jed Adams 10. Will Verrall 11. Ricky Mentha Jnr 12. Luker Kentfield Your views?

The AFL aren’t mugs either. In order to have a player put on the inactive list, you have to have medical evidence that the player will not be able to play for the whole of the season. It won’t happen.

If he’s back training now then there is absolutely no way in the world that he can be put on a long term injury or inactive list. End of story.