Yes, we finally make it onto the TV. We may not get many more chances, as our fixture does not appear open to more than 2 more possibles.
Anyway, it will be good to see the boys go around. Hopefully with a few players back and a little more life than we displayed last Saturday evening, down at Werribee.
The game is at Preston at 1:10 PM.
Great news, finally get to watch a baby Blues game!
Are the teams out later today?
Northern Blues vs. Coburg (ABC TV)
Saturday 3rd May Preston City Oval at 1.10pm
Northern Blues
B: McInnes M. Watson Giles
HB: Sheehan Anthony Bootsma
C: Holman Graham Cripps
HF: Docherty Coulson B. Johnson
F: Armfield Byrne Wilson
R: Wood Bell Cachia
Int: Dirago Reynolds Cattapan Emley Temay Posar T. Thomas Tardio* Wilkinson
Coburg
B A. Saad Fairbairn Linton
HB Clifton Hartley Blair
C McConnell D. Cooper Uysal
HF Anderson Featherstone Carnell
F Clark Proud Younan
R Sortino N. Thomas Venditti
Int Robertella Totino Robinson Brandt Guthrie Ellard Christensen* Sturgess Z. Saad
Nice to see Ciaran Byrne up for his first game at this level. Sounds like conditions on the day will be quite Irish.
Northern Blues vs. Coburg
Saturday 3rd May
Preston City Oval at 10.00am
Northern Blues
B: Evans M. Gleeson Callaway
HB: Johnston Dirago McDonald
C: Posar Cattapan Emley
HF: Temay Walton Bransgrove
F: Dorman Murray Dufficy
R: Kur J. Gleeson McCann
Int: Gilbert Taylor Toman Haynes Yelland Taglieri D. Watson Sutton J. Roberts
Coburg
B: Robinson J. Cooper Liberatore
HB: Rogers Yelland Ellard
C: Dundon Guthrie Robertella
HF: Brancatisano Van Der Byl Cleary
F: Totino Madden Brandt
R: M. Taylor Abdallah Golding
Int: Hemala Bromley H. Taylor Bzenic Lindon McConville Evans Morrow Bean
Temay's papers must be stamped based on that information.
Temay's papers must be stamped based on that information.
No they're not. Anyone who is named on the bench in the seniors is ALWAYS named in the reserves. He'll play seniors.
Temay's papers must be stamped based on that information.
No they're not. Anyone who is named on the bench in the seniors is ALWAYS named in the reserves. He'll play seniors.
Agree.
Bad call Thry, paper stamping crazy call Thry. ;)
Temay is rated and will be given every opportunity to prove himself.
Temay's papers must be stamped based on that information.
No they're not. Anyone who is named on the bench in the seniors is ALWAYS named in the reserves. He'll play seniors.
Reynolds isn't
Okay, maybe his papers are not stamped, but he is starting to head towards list clogger territory. Keep in mind he has not been highly rated since we drafted him, and smalls need to start making some sort of show for an AFL game in year 2 at an AFL club.
Based on that lineup for him to be falling out of the VFL seniors simply based on squad balance is dissapointing. Lets not forget we are talking about a second round draftee here, pick 35 overall.
They can't all make it unfortunately.
Temay's papers must be stamped based on that information.
No they're not. Anyone who is named on the bench in the seniors is ALWAYS named in the reserves. He'll play seniors.
Agree.
Bad call Thry, paper stamping crazy call Thry. ;)
Temay is rated and will be given every opportunity to prove himself.
You've been watching too much good call/bad call JK! :P
Don't bother - first half has been woeful.... umpiring just as bad as last night...
Watson ? broken hand.... off early. None of the kids showing anything. No forwards.... no system... all around woeful.
Graham... looks small, slow, falls over all the time and disposal is rotten.
Holman more composed under pressure but scrubby kick.
Giles getting flogged one on one.... not AFL ready.
Is anyone at our club interested in actually playing football at all?
Great, powerful grab by Cripps in the goalsquare.
Be interesting to see how the magoos go the night after MM labels them duds again.
So...who wants a gig in the seniors??
Or do we need a $750K contract first...
I'm very surprised how tall Cripps looks when he took that last mark. Wondering if he could end up about 192 cm and 95kg by the time he's done and fill a key position role. That pack mark he took in the 2nd qtr was more of a key forward than a midfielder.
Just a thought.
Be the only way this club could pick up a KP player...........by accident!
Rain has come and the Blues in red cannot buy a goal. Coburg had a couple of Inside 50s but scored each time. 5 goals the difference.
2014 AFL Victoria Development League
Northern Blues 3.5 3.9 6.11 12.14 (86)
Coburg 4.0 5.2 6.4 7.6 (48)
GOALS:
Northern Blues: Walton 3 Murray 2 Haynes Dirago Sutton Taylor Dufficy Yelland McDonald
Coburg: Van Der Byl 2 Morrow 2 Taylor Cleary Abdallah
BEST:
Northern Blues: Bransgrove Emley Gleeson Taglieri Dufficy Walton
Coburg: Brancatisano Totino Robinson Madden Abdallah Rogers
This team came to play. Why didn't the other team?
Blues 3 - 10 - 26 to Coburg 9 - 5 - 59
Goal to Wilkinson! First for the quarter! Followed directly by a clearance and a Coburg goal. >:(
Blues 5.11.41, Coburg 11.5.71
Not looking good at all. Where did the team spirit go?
Disposals: Graham 22, Cachia 21, Thomas 18, Cripps 16, Wilkinson 15
They're crap too!!! :))
Beautiful hands from Cripps a moment ago, he'll be a standout one day.
How the feck does Lucas get a game with a fit Armfield running around in the maggos?
Long qtr. Timekeeper doing his best to help us..lol!
the power of straight kicking.....
How the feck does Lucas get a game with a fit Armfield running around in the maggos?
Can't believe he wasn't brought in for his pace when Yazz pulled out.
How the feck does Lucas get a game with a fit Armfield running around in the maggos?
Can't believe he wasn't brought in for his pace when Yazz pulled out.
The coach has made his choices.
Probably won't pick him now because he'll be shown to be wrong.
Armfield> Daisy.
We lost by 9 points, which is a pretty good effort considering how poor we were in the first half. Really bad.
Blues 9.15.69, Coburg 12.6.78
Poor kicking for goal in the 2nd half didn't help, but we were particularly bad in the first half.
In our 2 quarters with the wind we were significantly outscored.
We didn't have a winning forward, but it wasn't easy to be a forward out there with the way we moved the ball forward.
With the rain the 3rd quarter, we struggled with our footskills, even though we played a relatively short game.
Watson: didn't have much of a chance as he broke his hand in the first half. He was being beaten by Featherstone.
Giles: really didn't have a good day. Struggled with the condition and couldn't show his best.
Cripps: gutsy effort with some very nice marks in the conditions. However, he needs work, especially on his pace.
Armfield: not at his best, but improving. He is going to put a fair bit of pressure on guys like Lucas in the next few weeks. Conditions didn't really suit his style of play, but he showed some leadership out there.
Graham: getting caught at this level does not bode well. He did have a decent game and he got a lot of the ball, but he doesn't hurt enough by foot.
Cachia: gutsy lad and hard worker, but he doesn't have the weapons to hurt the opposition enough. he put his body in well and was one of our better players.
Sheehan: still learning, but played a very disciplined game.
Byrne: struggled in the conditions. The ball just didn't get near him enough. However, a few things he did, especially before the rain came down, showed he has a future.
Holman: had a quiet day.
Temay: not a lot of the ball. At this rate he won't be with us next year.
Wood: rucked very well, but didn't do a lot around the ground. His ruck work was excellent.
DISPOSALS: Graham 31, Cachia 26, Cripps 22, Wilkinson 22, Thomas 21, Cattapan 21
Wilkinson played pretty well: best game I've seen from him.
Thomas could have been better, but he did work harder than he often does.
Cattapan looked good value. Not a lot of him, but he put his body in well and got a fair bot of the ball, as did Wilson.
Jack Anthony took 2 brilliant marks, but did nothing otherwise.
Well I reckon, watching that, Cripps will eventually end up a KP forward. Big boy, certainly looked tall, built like an ox for his age and takes a strong, contested mark.
Well I reckon, watching that, Cripps will eventually end up a KP forward. Big boy, certainly looked tall, built like an ox for his age and takes a strong, contested mark.
A Crameri type?
But best work is at stoppages, quick hands inside F50 would make him very useful but I doubt we can waste his stoppage talents.
Well I reckon, watching that, Cripps will eventually end up a KP forward. Big boy, certainly looked tall, built like an ox for his age and takes a strong, contested mark.
A Crameri type?
But best work is at stoppages, quick hands inside F50 would make him very useful but I doubt we can waste his stoppage talents.
Could well be. He'll up up 192-193cm once he's done growing. Certainly going to be big enough for the role.
As I said earlier, the only way this club could land a decent KP player would be by accident.
I thought Holman showed a bit. He tired as the game went on. Was very surprised at the sub standard skills albeit in crapty conditions.
I thought Coburg was cleaner than us considering the amount of AFL listed players we had.
What a sad state of affairs our Club is in....
What a sad state of affairs our Club is in....
Surprised they didn't come out firing considering how much the coach rates them all. :o
Well I reckon, watching that, Cripps will eventually end up a KP forward. Big boy, certainly looked tall, built like an ox for his age and takes a strong, contested mark.
A Crameri type?
But best work is at stoppages, quick hands inside F50 would make him very useful but I doubt we can waste his stoppage talents.
Could well be. He'll up up 192-193cm once he's done growing. Certainly going to be big enough for the role.
As I said earlier, the only way this club could land a decent KP player would be by accident.
He currently moves more like a forward than a midfielder.
For all those crying out for the club to play young players - Cripps is the only one who looks to have the physical skills.
Decent game from Graham but Wood was the only listed player who looked to be up to AFL standard.
Bootsma showed endeavour but turned the ball over when he tried to kick short.
Cripps was good and the conditions suited his lack of leg speed...needs to work on his kicking but was a class above everyome else in the NB's and looks a leader.
Temay is another Raso pick......
Holman wins the footy well but his kicking is hurried and sloppy.
Giles needs some more wet weather footy, the kid is a rebounding defender not suited to heavy body work.
Wood was ok in the ruck but not much else around the ground.....
Byrne...no idea in the wet.
Cachia....VFL/SANFL player...not enough class.
Armfield.....annoyed at being in the twos and Laidler markII expect him to be somewhere else next season......
Is Wilkinson the fuzzy haired bloke?.....good intent on the footy but cant kick.....
Luke Webster....NFI.....
Pretty good summaries.
Wasn't a great day but even worse when you consider the lack of positive points from our younger players.
Temay is gone at year's end - was basically a bystander against the second bottom team in the VFL. Delist.
Bootsma was terrible and flogged by both the forwards he manned.
Graham got heaps of the ball but was either caught or kicked it short to a contest. Looks more like an Ellard than a Murphy.
Giles is a long way off.
Watson injured - his man had three shots on goal before he went off.
Holman showed some poise and is a good size - didn't get heaps of the ball.
McInnes was good but mostly because he found space rather than for his defensive skills.
Cameron Wood was dominant in the ruck - but wouldn't play him in front of Casboult.
Cripps was incredibly influential in the second half. Took marks and was strong around the packs. Even brought the team together for a bake at the end of the first half. Shows leadership, talent and footy nous. Not sure we can fix his speed. Definitely has a big future in AFL.
Armfield was better in the second half however his skills are rubbish and has lost some pace. Not the future.
Johnson was ok, Sheehan showed a bit and is a great size. Byrne was out his league and will take a couple of years.
Well I reckon, watching that, Cripps will eventually end up a KP forward. Big boy, certainly looked tall, built like an ox for his age and takes a strong, contested mark.
A Crameri type?
But best work is at stoppages, quick hands inside F50 would make him very useful but I doubt we can waste his stoppage talents.
Could well be. He'll up up 192-193cm once he's done growing. Certainly going to be big enough for the role.
As I said earlier, the only way this club could land a decent KP player would be by accident.
Saw him (Cripps) standing next to Waite and Everitt and he was the same height, a couple of bios that i read of him had him listed at 193cm and 91 kg.
I reckon i saw about 5 of Grahams kicks smothered, got a lot of ball but he didn't look that great when he had it.
Bootsma, i just don't understand how we used our first pick on him, he is just absolute poo!
Watson, see Bootsma
Giles and McIness, yuk
Johnson and Reynolds, were they even out there.
Temay and Cachia struggled
I think with Army he is dragged down to VFL standards, when he's in the one's he looks much better.
Wood looked like the only bloke along with Cripps that is of any worth.
2014 Peter Jackson VFL
Northern Blues 1.1 3.3 5.11 9.15 (69)
Coburg 2.0 6.3 11.5 12.6 (78)
GOALS:
Northern Blues: Cripps 3 Graham 2 Wilkinson Armfield Coulson Johnson
Coburg: Featherstone 3 Cooper 2 Venditti 2 Saad Anderson Christensen Uysal Sortino
BEST:
Northern Blues: Cripps Cachia Wilkinson Armfield Wood McInnes
Coburg: Featherstone Cooper Uysal Sturgess Fairbairn Hartley
9 goals 15 behinds: 24 scoring shots to 18. That says a lot about where we are at. We need to work on our skills.
Pretty good summaries.
Wasn't a great day but even worse when you consider the lack of positive points from our younger players.
Temay is gone at year's end - was basically a bystander against the second bottom team in the VFL. Delist.
Bootsma was terrible and flogged by both the forwards he manned.
Graham got heaps of the ball but was either caught or kicked it short to a contest. Looks more like an Ellard than a Murphy.
Giles is a long way off.
Watson injured - his man had three shots on goal before he went off.
Holman showed some poise and is a good size - didn't get heaps of the ball.
McInnes was good but mostly because he found space rather than for his defensive skills.
Cameron Wood was dominant in the ruck - but wouldn't play him in front of Casboult.
Cripps was incredibly influential in the second half. Took marks and was strong around the packs. Even brought the team together for a bake at the end of the first half. Shows leadership, talent and footy nous. Not sure we can fix his speed. Definitely has a big future in AFL.
Armfield was better in the second half however his skills are rubbish and has lost some pace. Not the future.
Johnson was ok, Sheehan showed a bit and is a great size. Byrne was out his league and will take a couple of years.
Nice summary.
The only person who was upset when Watson couldn't return after qtr time was his opponent.
Cripps and Wood are the only two who are ready for senior footy of the NBs. And I hope we bring Cripps on slowly. Still needs time in the NBs and as Ye Rat O' the River wrote he moves much more like a forward than a midfielder.
There's a lot to like about Johnson, Holman, Reynolds, the 'Ciarans'... but they will need lots of time in the seconds to be AFL ready. At least they show promise.
Don't know what Den Den has done? I'd have him in front of Lucas every day of the week.
Temay, Bootsma, Graham... oh dear.
Would you guys say Cripps is any slower than say a Jab Watson or a Josh Kennedy? Whilst his speed may not improve he can become more powerful which would give him a bit if an edge with that size about him.
2014 Peter Jackson VFL
Northern Blues 1.1 3.3 5.11 9.15 (69)
Coburg 2.0 6.3 11.5 12.6 (78)
GOALS:
Northern Blues: Cripps 3 Graham 2 Wilkinson Armfield Coulson Johnson
Coburg: Featherstone 3 Cooper 2 Venditti 2 Saad Anderson Christensen Uysal Sortino
BEST:
Northern Blues: Cripps Cachia Wilkinson Armfield Wood McInnes
Coburg: Featherstone Cooper Uysal Sturgess Fairbairn Hartley
9 goals 15 behinds: 24 scoring shots to 18. That says a lot about where we are at. We need to work on our skills.
2.8 in the third quarter!!
4.6 would have won them the game.....
Unless you're an elite runner a midfield player needs something... Cripps has tricks, fast hands and raw mass to offset a lack of lateral mobility.
I don't understand the rush to play Graham as he needs a lot of development. Plays like junior footy... gees can he find the pill but were is his opponent? Gets a million kicks but half are smothered and the rest go nowhere. I guess he at least knows where to run and how to get the pill and you can't teach that but I can't see him - in his current guise - cutting up an AFL midfield. Physically he has a long long way to go if you compare him to mids who play a similar role elsewhere eg Beams. Again, rational expectations required.
As for the other mids, Holman looks like decent starting material but his disposal is iffy and Cachia looks "More Ellard than Murphy" as another poster put it. We really need to get in some elite ball users and pace because I don't see that developing on the current list.
Featherstone outmarked Giles a couple of times one on one (he was playing from behind) and based on yesterday Giles isn't a KPD. He is another that needs some mass and time and playing him at senior AFL and expecting him to do well is not a realistic expectation.
I'd like to see Watson played across half forward. Persisting with him in the backline for years now has been a complete and utter disaster. Has a golden boot and the club is crying out for anyone who can hit the side of a barn from outside 50m.
Bootsma is just a waste of space...that chip kick to the Coburg player 30m directly in front...EEEEEkk !
Cripps is the future but I'd be leaving him in the 2nds this year. He needs to get through the season without the physical punishment of the seniors. Getting a full pre-season into him is a must.
Giles not sure...did look exposed and will need all of 2 years to start showing any key position ability. A keeper at this stage.
Johnson & Holman showed something, but there is a question mark on Graham - not sure he has the polish to cover the lack of legspeed.
@Debster
Yes I think it's been well proven now that Watson will never be an AFL standard defender. He needs to be tried now at HF to see if we could capitalise on his mighty boot. If he's no good there then see ya latter at year's end.
Cripps is the future but I'd be leaving him in the 2nds this year. He needs to get through the season without the physical punishment of the seniors.
Got a fair dose of physical punishment yesterday with that whack to the nose that drew the claret. ;)
Cripps is the future but I'd be leaving him in the 2nds this year. He needs to get through the season without the physical punishment of the seniors.
Got a fair dose of physical punishment yesterday with that whack to the nose that drew the claret. ;)
Didn't even get a free kick & Coburg had a great run of frees & 50's >:D
I'd like to see Watson played across half forward. Persisting with him in the backline for years now has been a complete and utter disaster. Has a golden boot and the club is crying out for anyone who can hit the side of a barn from outside 50m.
Tuohy is a better kick than Watson b/c the glacier kicks it too high.
If Watto wants a career as a professional footballer, he should try the NFL where someone throws the ball to him and he only needs to kick it high and long.
http://northernbluesfc.com.au/news/377-nbfc-news-lions-grab-spoils-in-historic-suburban-clash.html
Lions grab spoils in historic suburban clash
The Northern Blues succumbed to their second straight defeat, on this occasion a nine-point loss to local rivals Coburg at Preston City Oval today.
The 9.15. (69) to 12.6. (78) result was the first victory for Coburg this year and their first as a standalone club since 2000, having terminated their affiliation with Richmond last year.
The loss brings the Blues’ tally back to three wins and two losses after a perfect start to the season after Round 3.
A tight opening term saw only three goals kicked, with the Lions taking a five-point lead at the first interval, mainly due to the brilliance of tall forward Lech Featherstone.
A finger injury to key defender Matthew Watson further compounded the woes for the Blues, who trailed by as much as 31 points midway through the second term.
However, clutch goals to Carlton youngsters Patrick Cripps and Nick Graham saw the deficit reduced to only 18 at the main change, and momentum was all Northern’s.
The opening of the second half saw the Blues pressing and dominating the ball, yet inaccuracy in front of goal cost Northern dearly.
Five straight behinds for the Blues were sandwiched by three Coburg goals, spread evenly amongst the team as Featherstone’s influence was quelled.
It set the platform for fellow forward Daniel Cooper to chime in with two goals, while Ozgur Uysal and Andew Sturgess also impressed for the Lions.
As the rain came down at Preston City Oval, it seemed as though Coburg’s five goal lead at three quarter time time would see the 150th instalment of this rivalry comfortably go the way of the Lions.
Quick goals to Cripps (three) and Dennis Armfield firmly put the pressure on Coburg as a stoppage-ladened final term saw the Blues come roaring home with a head full of steam.
Once again, poor conversion ensured that any chance of another infamous Northern Blues comeback would be unsuccessful, with the Blues ultimately going down by nine points.
After half-time, the Blues kicked 6.12 in comparison to Coburg’s 6.6, and will be lamenting missed opportunities late on.
In his first VFL outing since the round one comeback against Williamstown, first round selection Cripps again proved to be a huge factor for the Blues finishing with 22 disposals and significant influence in the final term.
The supply for the midfield group came through the assertive dominance of Cameron Wood, whose 19 disposals came as a sideshow to a whopping 73 hit outs for the game.
His influence saw the likes of Graham (31 disposals, seven clearances), Jaryd Cachia (27 disposals) and impressive debutant Jesse Tardio get first use of the football.
However, from there, Andrew McInnes - back in the side this week after missing through injury against Werribee - stood up, while vice-captain Joel Wilkinson provided plenty of run and carry of a back flank.
While the Blues had more of the ball (351-294 disposals), it was the efficiency and fast ball movement from the Lions which proved to be too troublesome for Northern.
Speaking post-match, coach Luke Webster said that next week’s game against Casey would require a four-quarter effort if the Blues were to end the run of two consecutive losses.
“We’re still in front of the ledger in terms of wins and losses and we have to move on before the game against Casey next week,” Webster said.
“We have to really concentrate on giving four quarters of consistent footy and effort, which we haven’t produced so far this season.”
Webster gave credit to his side for their last quarter display in which they almost snatched the four points, with late comebacks becoming a trademark of the Blues this season.
“The guys could’ve rolled over but they kept going and we saw in the first three rounds the spirit amongst the group to keep going. But in the end it was missed opportunities which cost us, as otherwise it could have been a different result.”
The Blues host the Casey Scorpions at Visy Park next Saturday at 2pm.
NORTHERN BLUES 1.1 3.3 5.11 9.15. (69)
COBURG LIONS 2.0 6.3 11.5 12.6. (78)
GOALS: Cripps 3, Johnson, Graham, Armfield, Coulson, Wilkinson, Cattapan
BEST: Cripps, Wood, Graham, Wilkinson, McInnes, Cachia
As a side note, Joel Wilkinson is an ex GC Sun, who got delisted and showed a bit on saturday. He might come into the rookie list conversation at the end of the year.
Mixed feelings about this game ???
As a Coburg boy, there was nothing worse than losing to Preston. I still remember Ray Shaw playing an amazing game at Coburg oval to steal a win. That was the season he won the Liston and I was playing basketball against him the night of the count. He played basketball like he played footy; fast and liberal with elbows and mouth.
It's a bit of a quandary but I think my heritage requires me to support Coburg when we play them. I'm happy to support the NBs in all other games.