Form lines are somewhat divergent, and we are undefeated down there.
Their games gently suggest that Sandy may not stay top of the ladder.
| Year | For | Against | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 21 | 47 | -26 |
| 2019 | 32 | 35 | -3 |
| 2021 | 31 | 22 | 9 |
| 2021 | 35 | 32 | 3 |
| 2022 | 27 | 21 | 6 |
| 2022 | 76 | 9 | 67 |
| 2023 | 37 | 35 | 2 |
| 2023 | 30 | 25 | 5 |
| 2024 | 67 | 26 | 41 |
| TOTAL | 356 | 252 | 104 |
Stats Leaders (leaders, us, Casey, maybe a few others)
Apart from goals, the numbers below are averages… but the rankings are sorted by totals.
Disposals
1 - Ange Gogos, of course (Darebin) 27.8
e9 - EL CHASTON 18.3
e21 - BROOKE PLUMMER 16
e25 - MADDISON FORD 15.5
40 - ABBEY MCDONALD 17.7
(Look, I tried. I went twice as far as usual for this one and still found no Casey player.)
Goals
e1 - Kaitlyn O’Keefe (Port) and Nyakoat Dojiok (Norf) 7
e6 - CHRISTINA BERNARDI 5
e13 - Alice Robinson (Casey) and JAYDA RICHARDSON 4
Marks
e1 - Lulu Beatty (Darebin) and Amy Trindade (FC) 4.8 and 6.7
3 - EL CHASTON 4.5
e4 - MADDISON FORD 4.3
e13 - BROOKE PLUMMER 3.8
Tackles
1 - Octavia di Donato (FC) 10.8
9 - Meg Macdonald (Casey) 8
…
e27 - EL CHASTON 5.3
Kicks
1 - Ange Gogos, even more of course (Darebin) 19
7 - BROOKE PLUMMER 12.5
Handballs
1 - Madeleine di Cosmo (Werribee) 12.3
e5 - EL CHASTON 8.8
Also top 40: ALBRECHT, McDONALD, RICHARDSON, MFORD, and no Casey players
Hit-outs
1 - Kate Reynolds (Norf) 27.3
e6 - LAYLA PRINCE 22.8
10 - Tegan Williams (Casey) 14
e15 - Lauren Jatczak (Casey) 20
22 - Zahri Burn (Casey) 13
28 - SIENNA HOBBS 8
That was easier than usual…
IN: E. Downie, S. Johnston, L. Thompson
OUT: S. Hobbs (ankle), S. Orritt (nose… not so funny now, eh?), C. Bernardi (personal)
Average player age just dropped by about a year…
“White Hat” Heymanson makes her first appearance in the extended team-naming.
We continue to extract the urine on named positions; SammyJ as rover and Jordan as ruck-rover is chef’s kiss.
Lucy Thompson and Eva Downie set to debut for us. That would mean all three Tasmanians are named – thanks Wuetschner!
ESSENDON
B: G. Azzopardi (67), B. Plummer (57)
HB: M. Robinson (80), E. Chaston (61), M. Ford (42)
C: I. Porter (70), S. Ford (45), A. Melnikas (64)
HF: M. Albrecht (48), T. Davidge (77), J. Richardson (52)
F: S. Molan (73), A. McDonald (53)
R: L. Prince (44), S. Johnston (79), A. Jordan (62)
INT: L. Thompson (74), M. Mifsud (46), E. Downie (50), M. Ibrahim (41), M. Harrison (54)
EMG: M. O’Connell (56), M. Klaumanns-Moller (75), S. McIntosh (78), K. Peake (71), M. Heymanson (66)
Head-to-Head: Essendon 7-2; At Casey Fields: Essendon 3-0; Streak: Essendon 7; Last time: Essendon 10.7 (67) def Casey Demons 4.2 (26) – Round 8, 2024, Windy Hill
CASEY DEMONS
IN: L. Jatczak, A. Kirkwood, O. Morris, G. Proy
OUT: N. Banjavcic-Mills (knee), S. Fairchild (ankle), I. Lehman, I. Markby (omitted)
B: D. Madigan (23), K. Phillips (31)
HB: M. Williams (28), J. Pacevski (1), T. Doultree (26)
C: M. Macdonald (18), A. Kirkwood (6), E. Morris (27)
HF: A. Robinson (19), C. Hammans (17), T. Williams (36)
F: Z. Klein (3), A. Vrsecky (24)
R: L. Jatczak (14), T. Burn (4), Z. Mitchell (21)
INT: S. Casey (22), Z. Burn (25), O. Morris (13), G. Proy (32), J. Lin (10)
EMG: I. Markby (7), J. Piperkos (16), E. Cafolla (20)
Experienced Casey Demon Ally Kirkwood and ruck Lauren Jatczak will return among four changes for the home game against Essendon on Saturday, with Gemma Proy and Olivia Morris also in. However, 2023 best-and-fairest Shree Fairchild (ankle) could miss two weeks and rookie Nat Banjavcic-Mills is awaiting the verdict on a knee injury.
The Bombers have lost Christina Bernardi, Scarlett Orritt and Sienna Hobbs, although ALL ARE EXPECTED BACK NEXT WEEK, recalling Lucy Thompson and giving debuts to North Hobart’s Eva Downie and Eaglehawk’s Sam Johnston.
Our changes since we beat up Casey last year:
| OUT | IN |
|---|---|
| MORCS | Abbey McDonald |
| Bailey Hunt | Brooke Plummer |
| Drew Ryan | Eva Downie |
| Ellie Huggard | Grace Azzopardi |
| Ellyse Gamble | Jayda Richardson |
| Emily Tassiopoulos | Layla Prince |
| Jaimee-Lee Morrow | Lucy Thompson |
| Kodi Jacques | Maddison Albrecht |
| Lily Bateman | Madison Ibrahim |
| Ruby Mahony | Meg Harrison |
| Ruby Murdoch | Megan Mifsud |
| Scarlett Orritt | Sam Johnston |
Yeah, I’m too lazy to pair them up… I mean, I’ve left that as an exercise for the reader. If you can’t do that, I’ve already failed.
Holy hell, Casey has only two players returned from round 8 of last year: skilled big lump Lauren Jatczak and ex-AFLW and last-year-VFLW-team-of-the-year Meg McDonald.
I now feel much better about myself initially reading their team and going “who the hell are these people?”
In the rain at Casey?
Tempted.
Norwegians say the morning “rain” (0.2mm/hour) will be gone before the game starts. Pretty modest wind forecast to left of screen.
Still wear the warm stuff, though. You never can trust those interstaters.
We have won 3 and lost 1 and sit 6th on the ladder. Casey have yet to win a game.
GO DONNERS!
I soooooooo farking hate going south of the Yarra. So broken.
At least Darebin are currently beating Fark Carlton.
Two goals so far for DEMATTEEEOOOOOOOOOOO!
DEMATTEEEOOOOOOOOOOO!
Goa #3 for her
FCFC yet to goal
I’m at home 
What other games are played out this way? Is there a Frankston game too?
Not been raining here, wind is light.
I think I’m in the right place.
