Must be hoping he has at least one good game before the end of the season to improve his trade potential - unfortunately, every game he has played recently has had the opposite effect.
ROK - good off HB. Strong. Seems to be doing a 2E role - being groomed to release 2E into the guts?
I'd rather Gibbs be released into an attacking role more than Touhy to be honest.
Gibbs played well in the midfield when Murphy was out but has been back in defence since then to allow us to select multiple taggers - maybe its time to go and get the ball because we have been slaughtered in centre clearance the past two weeks.
Nothing to be gained by gifting games to players who aren't ready so the 13 players who could be considered for the coming week are:
Kane Lucas - fortunate to miss the debacle Mitch Robinson - fortunate to miss the debacle Matthew Kreuzer - fortunate to miss the debacle Andrew McInnes - fortunate to miss the debacle
Nick Graham - has done enough to earn a chance Levi Casboult - has done enough to earn another chance - seems to be over his kicking yips Tom Bell - has done enough to earn another chance
Nick Duigan - not a world beater but will have a go Jeremy Laidler - not a world beater but will have a go Aaron Joseph - not a world beater but will have a go Marcus Davies - not a world beater but will have a go
David Ellard - not sure if he has the necessary fitness levels - but would be in best 22 Rhys O’Keeffe - not sure if he has the necessary fitness levels
So who might be or deserves to be left out: Judd, Garlett and Watson are injured Waite, Murphy and Jamison played as though they were injured Yarran should have been on his last chance, which he utterly failed
Not physically gifted but a fully committed footballer who should be in our best team - provides much more offensive productivity than either Curnow or Cachia - hope he gets another year after injury wrecked this one.
His only good game for the season was in the Development League in the wet against Box Hill. Maybe he is a wet tracker. Maybe he should have played in the DL more often to allow him more game time and a chance to gain some confidence.
I don't see a lot of the Northern Blues game but I check results. This Lambert bloke is always mentioned in the best. What's his history? Chance to get drafted?
We should have drafted him last year before everyone else got to know about him.
Woops... forgot Graham - good, again, but looked a little tired at times. Tried up forward as a 'small forward' and looked likely, though on one occasion, running into an open goal tried to do the team thing with a cute pass to a team mate that went astray.
...and Robbo - was really disciplined and focussed. Took a terrific attitude into the game - good to see. Encouraging to team mates.
You'd look hard at, for a call up: Robbo Meat ROK Dinger (interesting that all 4 have a dash of mongrel and are hard at it).
Many thanks, Baggers. Nice to read something positive after yesterday's disaster. At least a few guys put up their hands to replace Judd next week.
It is really nice to see the Baby Blues winning because it does suggest we are not just a spiritless group of individuals.
2013 AFL Victoria Development League Northern Blues 6.3 13.3 15.6 21.13 (139) Sandringham 0.1 1.2 3.2 3.2 (20)
GOALS: Northern Blues: Dorman 5 Dufficy 3 Temay 2 Gleeson 2 Clark 2 Thomas 2 Visser Jenkins Bonaddio Lincoln Posar Sandringham: Banfield Banfield McKay
This performance also says a lot, as Tom Temay wasn't part of the best.
He played a defensive midfield role, similar to Cachia's role early in the season. He nullified his opponent and was a useful contributor and had plenty of ground time. Solid but underwhelming performance.
Is it true that our fans booed Murphy & Waite to such an extent that Waite flipped them the bird ??
Murph, Waite, and Hendo all received bronx cheers late in the game. I suspect Hendo's (after taking the mark) was more a result of the ball actually being delivered to him in an acceptable manner. Didn't see Waite flip our supporters the bird. If he did it could have been to anyone - he's an angry, angry young man.
Watched Murphy closely today given he's been copping it from all and sundry. What struck me most was his total lack of awareness and confidence when he's required to run the other way. No idea where to position himself and is usually caught betwixt and between - half heartedly running towards the opposition player with the ball but then seemingly changing his mind and peeling off to try and cover someone else downfield. He's outta sorts big time.
I saw Waitey flip the bird but he was on the opposite side of the ground and I have no idea which supporters it was aimed at.
As far as being an angry young man - he's not that young anymore but the way he was running at players late in the game I thought another holiday was on the cards - the only thing that saved him was he couldn't catch anything today.
Woops... forgot Graham - good, again, but looked a little tired at times. Tried up forward as a 'small forward' and looked likely, though on one occasion, running into an open goal tried to do the team thing with a cute pass to a team mate that went astray.
E at best