Re: VFL Rd 5: Northern Blues vs Casey Scorpions
Reply #40 –
Such a difficult game to really judge many blokes.
Our first 6-8 were okay but we just fell away so badly in terms of personnel after that... way too much left to too few. Then losing 4 players, 1 key on-baller and 3 key talls was the final blow. Sort of game best to just forget about...
Be much better when we've got a few of our recruited boys on the paddock! JGM and SOS were hanging out together and I reckon SOS has grown...
Have to agree with the best players for us posted on the VFL website. Graham was everywhere and along with him Tutt and Korcheck battled hard with cameos from DVR and Gowers. But that was a pretty slender on-ball brigade!
Dick has probably been our most consistent defender this year and did well under consistent and persistent pressure.
My concern with Boekhorst is that he might be a slight upgrade on Kane Lucas... I hope I'm wrong. He ran around a lot yesterday but his impact on the game was disappointing.
Really seemed that a lot of our blokes simply failed to adapt to the conditions and in some respects didn't even seem to 'turn up' (except for Graham, Wilson until hurt, Buckley, Tutt, Dick and Korchek... Foster battled hard but was just overwhelmed). Smith runs around like a headless chook and actually doesn't seem to achieve anything for all his efforts.
A danger sign I noticed from the get go was that Casey were really vocal on the field - seemed all their blokes were constantly yelling encouragement, support and direction to each other. Our blokes were quiet.