I noticed this wasn't up yet, so I lept in... sorry CRASH.
This game is in Frankston at 2pm at Frankston Oval, Frankston, Sunday Aug 4th.
B Davies Coulson* Joseph
HB O'KeeffeBootsma Posar
C Menzel Lambert A. Gianfagna
HF Thomas F. DaleTemay
F Buckley Casboult Wilson
R Warnock T. Bell Graham
Int Lincoln Marcon McDonald Visser Dirago Meese Mitchell Dorman Bransgrove
Looking forward to shlepping down to 'Franganistan' to watch this one... from the grandstand that looks terrific from outside but is near useless to watch a game from!!!!
No worries, mate. I just merged them. Much easier than it used to be, thank God!
Weather is not looking brilliant, but the game is becoming really important.
Dodgy looking KP 's in the backline...Lourey and Haratuku will be happy to see Bootsma and the unknown Coulson named in those positions.....I'd play Micthell down back and see if he can show something.
I noticed this wasn't up yet, so I lept in... sorry CRASH.
This game is in Frankston at 2pm at Frankston Oval, Frankston, Sunday Aug 4th.
B Davies Coulson* Joseph
HB O'KeeffeBootsma Posar
C Menzel Lambert A. Gianfagna
HF Thomas F. DaleTemay
F Buckley Casboult Wilson
R Warnock T. Bell Graham
Int Lincoln Marcon McDonald Visser Dirago Meese Mitchell Dorman Bransgrove
Looking forward to shlepping down to 'Franganistan' to watch this one... from the grandstand that looks terrific from outside but is near useless to watch a game from!!!!
No worries, mate. I just merged them. Much easier than it used to be, thank God!
Weather is not looking brilliant, but the game is becoming really important.
Carlton vs Gold Coast A strong win, even if we didn't have our kicking boots on.
Votes: Henderson, Lachie 300 Kreuzer, Matthew 268 Curnow, Edward 221 Simpson, Kade 196 Scotland, Heath 133 Walker, Andrew 119 McLean, Brock 41 Armfield, Dennis 25 Betts, Eddie 23 Murphy, Marc 11 Garlett, Jeff 7 Judd, Chris 5 Robinson, Mitch 5
I was surprised that there wasn't much of a spread of votes, but that was the way people saw it.
Progressives: 2469 - Judd, Chris (0) 2420 - Henderson, Lachie (0) 2108 - Walker, Andrew (0) 1745 - Simpson, Kade (0) 1632 - Kreuzer, Matthew (0) 1612 - Garlett, Jeff (0) 1280 - McLean, Brock (0) 1051 - Murphy, Marc (0) 989 - Gibbs, Bryce (0) 865 - Waite, Jarrad (0) 737 - Jamison, Michael (0) 647 - Yarran, Chris (0) 525 - Armfield, Dennis (0) 446 - Curnow, Edward (0) 436 - Scotland, Heath (0) 424 - Cachia, Jarryd (0) 392 - Lucas, Kane (0) 375 - Warnock, Robert (0) 349 - Tuohy, Zac (0) 308 - Robinson, Mitch (0) 211 - Carrazzo, Andrew (0) 207 - Betts, Eddie (0) 206 - White, Simon (0) 98 - Rowe, Sam (0) 80 - Hampson, Shaun (0) 62 - Casboult, Levi (0) 29 - McInnes, Andrew (0) 15 - Bell, Tom (0) 6 - Ellard, David (0) 5 - Menzel, Troy (0) 4 - Watson, Matthew (0) 4 - Buckley, Dylan (0) 3 - Duigan, Nicholas (0)
Getting pretty close up there at the top. Hendo is closing in on Juddy. with Andrew Walker not far behind.
When we played them only a few weeks back we had a much taller, stronger defence. Very interesting to see how our defenders handle Haratuku and co this time around. However, our midfield is better.
FREMANTLE B: Taberner, Dawson, Ibbotson HB: Spurr, Johnson, Duffield C: Mzungu, Crowley, Hill HF: Mundy, Mayne, C. Pearce F: Walters, Clarke, Ballantyne Foll: Sandilands, Barlow, Fyfe I/C: Neale, Suban, de Boer, D. Pearce Emg: Sutcliffe, Silvagni, Sheridan
In: Ballantyne Out: Sutcliffe
I look at this and I am unconvinced. They are expecting a lot of Kreuzer. Two weeks ago I thought we had lost the game at the selection table: this week I just hope they know what they are doing. And I doubt it. But what do I know?
Frankston vs. Northern Blues Sunday 4th August Frankston Oval at 11:00AM
Frankston B: N. Newman Beech Williams HB: Giobbi Cunningham Edwards C: Miller Sutton Dyson HF: Hill Calvert Cooper F: Sykes Boland Clements R: A. Forato Bosward Williams Int: Fox Kennedy Rolfe Tuddenham Maynard Murnane Bateman Gardiner Bailey
Northern Blues B: Yelland Valladares Dirago HB: McDonald Currie Clark C: Lincoln Taglieri Gleeson HF: Bonaddio Mitchell Cattapan F: Dorman Visser Soncin R: Meese Ballard Bransgrove Int: Drew Delahunty Dufficy Burgess A. Bell D. Watson Petroro Toman Jenkins
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.
Can't drop Lucas on one average performance, he was BOG a few weeks back when we got smashed by the Pies and has been good enough since then.
Bell doesn't seem to be one of the coaches favs. I'd be up for a look at Graham for sure.
Lucas did cop a decent hit. Maybe concussed?
Certainly not right after it happened. We were right to sub him off. Maybe we should give him the week off and give Graham a go. Freo would certainly have seen very little of him. Or Tom Bell, for a bit of extra strength.
Team: B I seem to be stuck at this 'B' level lately, but I think that we could have done better had we kicked better. Do that next week against Freo and we are toast. However, there were a lot of positives and it was a solid hit out.
Explanations: It wasn't easy to give votes this week as the stats don't really show as much as they can. For example, Gibbs had a lot of the ball, but nobody has even considered giving him a vote. Yazz didn't get a lot of the ball, but was deadly when he did get it and had 5 tackles, our equal highest (for the 2nd week in a row). [2.5] Kreuzer: Kreuzer didn;t get huge numbers of possessions, but he did produce probably his best effort as a tap ruckman. He got huge numbers of taps to advantage and really made the midfield's jobs easier. [2.5] Simpson: Simmo is relishing an excellent vein of form at the moment. He had 13 marks, and most of those were interceptions, as well as a lot of possessions. [2] Curnow: Really hurt the Suns with his efforts on Ablett. Ablett had more ball, but at much less efficiency and managed a lot of junk possessions. Curnow's hurt. [1.5] Scotland: Best effort of the year going by possessions. Very competent and gave his opponents a lesson on getting the ball. [1.5] Murphy: Best effort for some time, with a lot of clearances. Still not at his best, but definitely on the way back. [1.5] Henderson: A great target up forward who kicked goals, not just points. Gave our forward line a potency it has lacked for some time. [1] McLean: Very solid effort, especially in the centre square. [1] Judd: Not huge numbers, but almost every possession was contested and most were clearances. He really hurt the Suns far more than his numbers might suggest. [0.5] Walker: Very solid, accumulating a lot of ball and not letting his man do much. [0.5] Armfield: A very solid job, and his best effort in some time. His goals were excellent. [0.5] Garlett: Dangerous. Pacy. Would have been a much bigger vote getter if he could kick straight on the day.
Honourable Mentions: Betts: Not far behind Garlett, Eddie played his most effective game for some time. Still not quite there, especially in the air, but he is getting closer. Gibbs: Very solid and got much more ball than I expected. Tuohy: Very solid in defence. Did his job very well. Yarran: Numbers were not huge, but his effect was considerable. 5 tackles and a lot more defensive pressure. Robinson: Not a huge game, but an effective one. He put on a lot of physical pressure. He will be better.
Carlton-listed players in descending order of usefulness against poor opposition in good conditions.
The first 7 played well enough to be considered for senior selection next round if there are any vacancies.
Nick Graham = Very good first half – almost as good in the second - only Lambert was ahead of him for BOG Nick Duigan = Played as a lead up forward and impressed with his speed, marking and endeavour Levi Casboult = Some useful ruckwork but particularly good in marking contests and his kicking looked better than at any other time since he arrived at the club – not just accuracy but his whole approach to set shots at goal looked deliberate and confident Robert Warnock = One of his better games – good in the ruck and more than useful around the ground Tom Bell = Good game but not our best midfielder Jeremy Laidler = Played in defence and looked much more at home Aaron Joseph = Typically good game in defence
Marcus Davies = Typically solid defensive effort Troy Menzel = Some brilliance but quite a lot of invisibility in between times Tom Temay = Played quite well today, especially in the first half – probably the best game I have seen from him Rhys O’Keeffe = Played with dash and vigour – best game back from his long lay off Frazer Dale = Looks accomplished in the air and has good balance – worthwhile contributor Dylan Buckley = Some brilliance but lots of invisibility in between times Luke Mitchell = Should have played in the early game again – spent no more than 50% of the game on the ground and managed one kick off the ground – a bollard would have been as useful and almost as fast
Thanks for the report, RR. Some good news: Graham, Duigan, Bell and Laidler, for example. Not so good news about Buckley and Mitchell. Nichevo.
I'm glad Tom Temay played decently. He played pretty well last week in the shocking conditions at Box Hill. Now he's done a bit in good conditions. He seems to be moving forward, after a very slow start to the year.
I'm really surprised that Richmond, sorry, Coburg, were so ordinary. They had been pretty good and had a lot of Richmond guys named (I have no idea how many actually played). But you can only play what they put out on the day, so I'm pretty pleased by the result.
