Premierships are won in September and September alone.
But something drastic is going to need to happen for the Casey Demons to stumble.
The Dees are now 11-0 after disassembling Collingwood on Sunday and, after another bye this week, face Gold Coast, Port Melbourne and Geelong – none of which sit inside the top eight.
Casey piled on six unanswered goals in the first term, added a further five to the Pies two in the second, before heading into the final change with a 13 goal to four lead.
A dozen Demons players hit the scoreboard as the Casey outfit kicked away to an 11th successive win…14.10 (94) to 6.6 (42).
Luke Dunstan bullied the Pies with 39 disposals and a goal, while Jimmy Munro collected 30 disposals and a six-pointer, but uncharacteristically only stuck two tackles.
For Collingwood, local Matt Wetering kicked two of the Magpies six majors.
Frankston, meanwhile, suffered an agonising defeat at the hands of Brisbane.
Much to the crowd’s joy, the Dolphins reeled back the two-goal half-time deficit to level the scores late in the final term.
But a final minute hack kick from Brisbane’s Tom Fullarton handed the Lions a 9.2 (56) to 9.8 (62) win.
Lions midfielder Tom Berry was instrumental for the visitors, firing on all cylinders.
Berry gathered 28 disposals, kicked 2.2 and applied 11 tackles.
He wasn’t the only player doing it on the inside and out, with Frankston’s Trent Mynott also accumulating 30 disposals and 14 tackles.
Officer and Box Hill’s Cal Porter celebrated his 50th VFL match with a 15.12 (102) to 14.12 (96) win over Port Melbourne.
