Honestly, i don't know if i'd want Harry back in this week.
Give him an extra week just for $hits and giggles.
Kemp+McGovern worked well together - 9 goals between them is about as good as you could hope for.
Just thinking who from Saints is in need of a form lift....Nothing surer that NWM will have a ball tearer and TDK will monster our ruckman. The former yet another example of what we dont have on our list, speed, poise, ball use.
Hmm Milera has been quiet. He will get 30 and kick 3 as an unchecked half back flanker
TDK is another one. We will make look like he is being paid unders.
Or will it be one of their small forwards who gets off the chain and kicks 5.
Nah rest assure Voss will have a plan this week how to curtail the matchwinners of the opposition
I need to stop.
Is that the first game this year we have not led for any minutes?
Some changes are needed
- If Pittonet is out with an extended injury (again), I think we need to consider both O'Keeffe and Reidy in the team (especially against TDK and Marshall. They wouldnt carry their bags but they are both a must structurally IMO.
- Byrne needs a rest and F Young needs to come in
- Ison probably needs a go at the expense of?
- George needs to come back in and Cerra needs to play in the VFL (both slow but George is a far better footballer).
- I assume McKay will come back in.
Out Cerra Byrne L Young Cottrell Evans
in Hewett F Young O'Keefe McKay Ison
Wont happen, probably will be
Out L Young Byrne
In McKay F young
The skipper needs to have a big game with his longtime nemesis Jack Steele no longer a Saint. We need to find a player to stop Jack Sinclair too, that bloke never plays a bad game against us and is constantly on his own without an opponent just racking up possessions and running us ragged.
I think I want to beat StKilda more than any other team in the comp given the Carlton connections, cant have them stealing our players and then having bragging rights about beating us. Thats too much to cop from such a rubbish club and even their president Andrew Bassat annoys me with his cocky bravado, about the only thing I like about the club are Lyons pressers which are comedy gold and I look forward to seeing him perform when we beat them..
Lods will be looking forward to his boy Billy running out vs the Saints perhaps...
I’d like to see him get a game. I do rate him.
Just a few things to keep in mind. A lot of his possessions are of the “give, get straight back” nature which tends to inflate his possession numbers.
He seems to have a pretty good understanding with Boyd and if we add in Charleson, they are getting a lot of games together (stability is another key we could take to the seniors).
When he was promoted last year he took probably three games to look really comfortable and get the pace of the game. He’ll know what to expect this time. But if he’s promoted hopefully it’s not a 'straight out' if he doesn’t have a great game first up.
Just thinking who from Saints is in need of a form lift....
Hmm Milera has been quiet. He will get 30 and kick 3 as an unchecked half back flanker
TDK is another one. We will make look like he is being paid unders.
Or will it be one of their small forwards who gets off the chain and kicks 5.
Nah rest assure Voss will have a plan this week how to curtail the matchwinners of the opposition
I need to stop.
They controlled the game I felt for most of the night and had ascendancy at the stoppages and kicked goals from clearances.We kept at it but couldnt really get a run on until the last quarter where we kicked a few goals in a row but the game was gone by then. Didnt think the game was a great spectacle at any stage or reached any great heights skill wise, wasnt a turnover fest or overly error ridden but just a bit passive and lacked a player or two who could lift it to a higher level.
I was expecting worse and we were competitive for more minutes of the game so maybe thats a good sign leading into the next game where we could take some of that late last quarter form in and make a quick start.
Interesting in others thoughts on our forward line without Harry...less predictable, less bombing of the ball?
Yep, EB1.
MickyO also raised, IMHO, relevant points.
I learned more about the game watching Longmuir's post game media conference. His read on the end of the final qtr was that his boys lost their intent (aka, got far enough in front and relaxed a smidge) and let us back in, whereas Vossy's comment on the same period was that we responded and that is progress. Probably both right.
Vossy sure does like to use the word respond/response. Isn't that what you need to do once you've lost control/initiative?
MO is right, I believe, that once again we hampered ourselves at the selection table.
Cotters wasn't ready and we all knew that, but he's a Vossy fave. He won't be going anywhere unless injured. FIIK why Moir was selected ("Oh, H is out so we need another close to his height." His Magoos form didn't seem to matter) and let's be honest, our exciting future rippers in Deano, Jagga and The Byrner need time in the Magoos to manage their growth and serve an important apprenticeship.
Our Magoos boys did well in a hostile environment and on a ground they didn't know. I wonder if someday our MC (Vossy) will give reward for effort for blokes like Flynn Young, Billy Wilson, Jack Ison (better option than Moir) and Charlson (coming along nicely). Hewett is a much better option than Cerra.
Bottom line on last night's game is that the D1ckers always had our measure. But we have elevated ourselves into the brave and honourable loss category. We're a good third bottom side.