Early in the 3rd quarter I was disgusted with our lack of intensity. 30 minutes later and we had the Tigers on their knees. Shows what I know.
Well, show your appreciation.
Remember: [1] Votes add up to 15. [2] No more than 10 to anyone, even Judd, whose 3rd term changed the game. [3] At least 3 players need to get votes. [4] Include a rating for the game.
Pity I don't have pay TV: it would have been very nice!
Please, show your feelings. There are some guys who actually deserve kudos to come back like that over another finals' contender!
Remember: [1] Votes must add up to 15. [2] No more than 10 votes to any individual. [3] At least 3 players need to be mentioned. [4] Include a team rating.
For those of you with pay TV there should be a lot of say!
Amazing! Haven't hear a single minute and can't vote, as I haven't seen anything of the game (except Eddie Betts' goal of the year on the news). Do your worst!
I had all sorts of lines ready for the title, but the anger I feel isn't helping. Nichevo. Next year we have a LOT of wrongs to right, but that is next year.
This year we need to vote, for probably the 2nd last time. There were some guys out there who deserve recognition for their efforts. [1] Votes must add up to 15. [2] No more than 10 votes to any individual. [3] At least 3 players need to be mentioned. [4] Please include a rating for the team.
This week this should be a more pleasurable task. It was fun being there!
Remember: [1] Votes must add up to 15. [2] No one player can have more than 10. [3] At least 3 players need to get a mention. [4] Give our performance a rating. It won't be 'E' or 'F' this week!
A black evening if there ever was one, it was clear from the first few minutes that we were dead meat and our season with it. Well, we still need to rate our performance, so please, do vote this week. I expect a pretty ugly set of figures, but that is nothing less than we deserve at the moment.
[1] Votes add up to 15. [2] No more than 10 votes to any individual. [3] At least players need to be mentioned. [4] Please include a rating.
Northern Blues vs. Sandringham Saturday 10th August Visy Park at 1:00PM
Northern Blues B:Davies Coulson A. Gianfagna HB:Joseph McInnes O'Keeffe C:Lucas Robinson Dale HF: Wilson Casboult Lambert F:Buckley Mitchell Ellard R: Meese T. Bell Graham Int: McDonald Collins Thomas Currie Valladares Bromley* Bransgrove Temay Marcon
Sandringham B: Munro* Shepheard Shakallis HB: C. Banfield Shenton Wright C: Cook Ledger Ong HF: Michaliades Staley Dunell F: Schneider Dowler Dennis-Lane R: Hickey Cockie Ross Int: Weikhardt Tiernan Kreymborg Barnhoorn Lever Langdon Williams Fallon Pierce
A must win game this one: lose this and the finals are going to be very hard to get to.
Nice to see Ellard, McInnes and Collins back from injury. I am a little surprised that Graham didn't get a gig, but he is emergency.
Frankston vs. Northern Blues Sunday 4th August Frankston Oval at 2:00PM
Frankston B: Jennings J. Irving Dermott HB: Clark Simpson J. Newman* C: Cass Hockey Buchan HF: Alwan Haretuku C. Irving F: Lloyd Lourey Pongracic R: Gabriel Kitchin Potts Int: Bosward Matheson Purcell A. Forato Giobbi Edwards Delahunty Boland Miller
Northern Blues B:Davies Coulson* Joseph HB:O'Keeffe Bootsma Posar C:Menzel Lambert A. Gianfagna HF: Thomas F. Dale Temay F:Buckley Casboult Wilson R:Warnock T. Bell Graham Int: Lincoln Marcon McDonald Visser Dirago Meese Mitchell Dorman Bransgrove
Duigan is missing: he got a 2 week suspension at the VFL tribunal during the week. I didn't see the incident, so I have no idea how justified it was. Maybe RR can shed some light on it?
Our team this weekend is quite small, especially as Bootsma is CHB and Dale is CHF. I don't know who is going to play on Haratuku yet: he beat Watson last time we played a few weeks ago.
Mitchell is named on the bench. I am not sure what that means, but he had only 1 possession last weekend, a handball.
Nothing is certain in the world of TV, but at the moment there is only 1 game set for Saturday 24th August at around 1:00 PM, and that is the Baby Blues vs. Williamstown at Willi. That is the afternoon of the Essendon game, so hopefully a few enthusiastic Blues can get down to the ground.
It doesn't look like I will be able to make it, but I will follow closely on the box.
In advance, thank you to all of you who could make it to the games this year and given us a report: it has been a pleasure to read the information from people who are there, even when the reports are not as positive as I could hope.
Thank you also to Matt Lodge and co for the game information from twitter. This has been an excellent service this year. I have found it extremely informative and helpful.
Northern Blues vs. Coburg Sunday 28th July Preston City Oval at 1:00 PM
Northern Blues
B Coulson* Dirago Joseph HB A. Gianfagna Davies Duigan CDale Cachia O'Keeffe HF Wilson Laidler Temay FBuckley Casboult Menzel RWarnock Graham Lambert Int Posar Meese Bransgrove Thomas Lincoln Currie Mitchell T. Bell Marcon
Coburg B: Batchelor Elton Astbury HB: Ellis Dea Tuck C: Conca Clifton Lonergan HF: Carnell Griffiths Nahas F: O'Hanlon A. Edwards McGuane R: Stephenson Arnot Helbig Int: Groves Thomas McDonough N. Maric Uysal A. Saad Venditti Darrou Brandt McBean Derickx Boyd* Verrier
Nice to see Tom Bell named. I wonder if he'll play? Coburg have had the wood over us recently. Aaron Edwards has had leather poisoning and kicked heaps. I hope there are a few Tigers who are going to play senior footy, as their team looks much better than usual. Stephenson also tends to play well against us. I hope we can show some of the spirit and endeavour we displayed last week.
With Gold Coast smashing Collingwood last night, next week's game ay Metricon Stadium is looking ... interesting. Last year we experienced a disaster at Carrarra. What is going to happen this time?
Bit surprised nobody has started this up yet. Probably still getting over the blood pressure issues from the last quarter. You all know the drill: [1] At least 3 players required a mention. [2] No more than 10 votes to any one player. [3] Votes have to add up to 15. [4] Please include a team rating. If you don't. you'll be assigned a stock rating of 'B'.
With a workman like win on the board and a bit more spirit on display, this week should be a tad easier to vote on. Remember, no more than 10 votes to any one player. Votes have to add up to 15. Include a rating on team performance. At least 3 players need to get a mention.
After this week's bye, the Baby Blues have a chance to restart their season against Box Hill at Box Hill. Unlike previous years, this game is on TV. It would be nice if we could turn up - we have only won 1 of our last 4 TV games, and that was against Frankston. It would also be nice if we had a midfield for the game, but that is far beyond my control.
