Curnow's hard work negating an opposition star and winning his own footy is often overlooked but I think the votes reflect his contribution fairly well. Murphy has had issues like staples in his head but has played great footy when needed as you would expect from a Carlton captain.
I heard the same rumour from an unreliable source so I didn't believe it. Makes no sense for him to retire while Weitering is still out.
Yes, it sounds like bullcrape to me. There's no sentiment in footy and Jamison wouldn't be gifted a game to get him to 150. If he plays on Sunday it will be because he is in our best 22.
I have been critical of Jamison this season but I think he still has a lot to offer.
The reason that people "bag him out" is the dropped marks and the lack of agility, both traits that are needed at FB/CHB. I would love to know how many uncontested overhead marks Sam has dropped this season.
That being said he was excellent yesterday against a young athletic opponent. I think he gets the team defence we are going with much more than Jammo and that's why he is played ahead of him. Sam Rowe will never drop his head and sulk, will give 100% and at the moment he is our best big defender.
Start marking the overhead marks and Sam is a lock for another 2 years.
I still haven't seen the game - the Internet is very slow in Birdsville - but I thought I'd chip in with a comment about Rowe. Last week Hodge was a guest commentator and he spoke about how strong Rowe is. Hodge wouldn't say something like that unless Rowe's strength was out of the ordinary.
You're right about him holding his marks. If he had more confidence in his marking I reckon he'd spoil less and Mark more.
He wont take us any further ...we need to sack Bolton and replace him with a coach who has finals experience, won preimierships and more importantly has a daughter with a book to launch...
Watch it EB; you'll be banned
I spent the day on the Birdsville Track and only got the scores through updates during Geelong's dismantling of Wet Toast.
By all accounts it was a great win but then I read negative crap about players that are ranked in our best by neutral observers?
Hopefully I'll be able to watch a replay tomorrow.
I haven't been following this all that closely as I have minimal interest in the NRL. However, it seems to me that the penalties are pretty close to the mark, particularly with the de-registration of the officials involved.
Courts these days seem pretty reluctant to meddle with the way sporting competitions are run. Perhaps the Parramatta officials are using Hird's lawyers
One of the greatest irritations of this season is Jaksch non-selection.
He won't get a game until he buys in to the Bolton way.
I reckon it's a source of frustration for Bolton too; he has made comments about KJ playing as a swingman. Hopefully KJ can get his act together as his best is pretty good.
I will be heading off tomorrow morning for a trip across the Simpson Desert via the Madigan Line.
We will be staying at Mungerannie on Saturday so I may catch part of the game - I'm assuming the hotel has Foxtel. Radio coverage is average at best and the game is not on the ABC so I'll probably miss out on radio coverage. That will probably be it until I get back home, just in time for the Geelong game.
I'll be relying on CSC to keep me informed - if I can get internet coverage - so don't hold back.
Yeah , well I get the impression Macca wouldn't tell us anything if it was up to him.
I almost don't care if they just put "soreness" or "management" for guys who don't get selected but there should be some acknowledgement that the guy isn't playing for a reason. If they don't want to tell us what it is or they don't know, I'm fine with that.
I reckon the injury updates are pretty comprehensive.
The timing is an issue as injuries may not detected/identified until Wednesday or Thursday. That makes it after the fact and McKay is often explaining why players were unavailable rather than who is going to be unavailable. However, McKay was on the front foot with both Weitering's injury and Curnow's glandular fever.
I don't think it's McKay's role to explain what's going on with the Northern Blues but it would be good if their website was a little more informative.
Stats: 23 disposals, nine marks, six handball receives, one goal
From the coach: It was another solid game in defence, who was more composed with his decision making and skill execution against Collingwood. He put in a good shift and a four-quarter performance.
20. Andrejs Everitt
Stats: 27 disposals, six marks, seven inside-50s, four clearances
From the coach: ‘Dre’ worked really hard up and down the ground. He set the tone with high-speed running and he found plenty of the ball playing between the arcs and up forward.
31. Jayden Foster
Stats: 18 disposals, four marks, nine handball receives
From the coach: Jayden continues to improve in one-on-one contests, and he was another defender that found plenty of the ball and used it well. He continues to work areas of his game that need improvement.
56. Andrew Gallucci
Stats: 11 disposals, seven handball receives, one goal
From the coach: It wasn’t the four-quarter impact that we were hoping for, but it was a much-improved second half. He kicked two important goals in the last quarter and offered good presence at ground level.
18. Daniel Gorringe
Stats: 11 disposals, five marks, one goal
From the coach: His second half was quite impressive after a slow start: he played on a wing at times and made Jesse White accountable, and he certainly got better as the game went on.
48. Kristian Jaksch
Stats: 11 disposals, four marks, four inside-50s, one goal
From the coach: There was some inconsistency from ‘KJ’ in competing in the air, but he had some pivotal moments where he marked the ball forward of centre. He had a much-improved second half and got some exposure at both ends of the ground.
27. Michael Jamison
From the coach: ‘Jamo’ started really well, with some brutal efforts in the contest to spoil in the air: we certainly missed his presence when he went off with concussion midway through the first quarter.
80. Matthew Korcheck
Stats: Four disposals, three marks, 14 hitouts
From the coach: He continues to learn the game and get valuable experience, while he took a couple of marks and had a shot on goal. He’ll grow in confidence as the games go on.
65. Dillon Viojo-Rainbow
Stats: 18 disposals (12 contested), six handball receives, one goal
From the coach: It was another solid game from Dillon where he played in a variety of roles and used the ball well. He got back to support in defence and got some exposure in the clinches as an inside midfielder in the second half.
36. Cameron Wood
Stats: 18 disposals, six marks, four inside-50s, six clearances, 34 hitouts
From the coach: It was a really good game from ‘Woody’, who set the tone with aggressiveness around stoppages and worked hard on spread to create another option in offence.
If the coach knows his business, Jamison (subject to concussion), Everitt and Viojo-Rainbow would be most likely to get a call up.
Unless it's just the coach pumping tyres up (and I doubt that it is), it's good to see improvement in the performances of new blokes and players who didn't seem tp make progress last season.
We will have done well if Jaksch and Plowman can both manage 100 games.
Whiley has an outside chance but I'm not confident that he, or any of the others, will make 100 games. It will be a bonus if one does.
I think that I got it wrong about Jaksch. He is showing some signs but seems to have a way to go if he is going to make it as an AFL footballer. It will be a bonus if he gets to 100 games.
Plowman looks like he will be a lock as our third tall defender for some time. He can play on taller players and moves well enough to take a small forward. I'll be disappointed if he doesn't play 100 games.
I was wrong about Phillips too. I think that he will develop into a very fine ruckman and should rack up 100 games without any problems. Lamb and Sumner have both shown a bit too and 100 games between them is highly likely.
Whiley's 'outside chance' is looking more remote.
As for Mark Fine's comments, his credibility as a football analyst is right up there with Molly Meldrum, Kate Langbrook and Marina Prior.
Haven't seen the game yet but listened to a lot of it.....reckon if we'd taken the chances in Q2, EFC would have dropped the bundle and we would have won by 50 odd.
We'll learn from it.
Sounds like Gibbs, Thomas, Murph, Phillips were stand outs?
Any updates on young Weitering?
Cripps in next week or not?
I wouldn't say Phillips was a stand out, although his goal was outstanding. He only had 60% game time but took some nice marks, as did Kreuzer.
It was a fairly even performance, with everyone playing a part. My best players were Gibbs, Thomas, Murphy, Curnow, Simpson and Docherty. Rowe was solid, Byrne continued on from last week, Kerridge had an impact, Armfield worked his butt off, White did his job, Casboult marked everything but kicked poorly (field kicking was good), Jones tried hard but we made damn hard work of it. Of course, there's nothing wrong with winning ugly
...we need to sack Bolton and replace him with a coach who has finals experience, won preimierships and more importantly
