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VFL Rd 21: Northern Blues vs Essendon at Windy Hill

The game is set to start early so people can get to the MCG. Interesting theory.
Still, it is the last game for the year and we probably won't have a lot of Blues playing. The post season operations are well under way.
I would to see us go out on a positive note, but that would require an effort from a lot of guys who haven't been providing one for some time. It will be the Swan Song for a number of guys, as I expect another significant set of list changes. Probably more draftees and fewer trades this time, but who knows?
I would like to go out of a positive note if it were me playing, but that doesn't seem to be the prevailing view.
Live Long and Prosper!

Re: VFL Rd 21: Northern Blues vs Essendon at Windy Hill

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Live Long and Prosper!

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Cyster is the 27th player to debut this season for the NBs: that is remarkable, even with the changeover of personnel.

However way you look at things, the plans for the NBs this year haven't quite worked out. We lost the few mature players we had and experienced some of the worst injuries you could imagine. That robbed us of McGuinness and Bransgrove permanently. Fraser Russell effectively missed the year with injury, although his brother was a solid inclusion. There were a few other speculative picks, like Vic Metro player Jayden Collins, who missed out on being drafted and were Silvagni experiments. The only one to stay on the park was Hisham Kerbatieh. He was pretty good for much of the year, but he has lost form in the last few weeks. We signed one guy, to find him out for the year as an Essendon druggie. We coudn't even keep big Cheese Aurricchio on the field, after impressing in a very ordinary side in 2015.
With all of that, the NBs have been a really young and inexperienced line-up that badly needs some older heads for 2017.

Then there is the Carlton side of things, where injuries, form and talent started working against us from very early in the season, Gallucci was the first to fall, followed by Sheehan and Byrne. That leaves us with a possible 11 Blues only available for the weekend. At least 1 of those will probably miss as Emergency for the 1sts, something we have done all year.
This is probably Cam Wood's swansong. Smith has probably played his last game. And that is only the start.

Considering the issues we've had with personnel this year, the NBs and the Development Side have done pretty well. Not what we had hoped, perhaps, but much better than we feared. There does seem to be a bit of spirit down at Cramer St and maybe even something of a future.

Whether this is the best thing for Carlton remains questionable, but it does appear that the present administration is firmly behind the idea of the Northern Blues and is trying very hard to make it work.
Certainly more resources are required at this level, but we have made a solid and significant improvement this season.
Live Long and Prosper!
 

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ESSENDON v NORTHERN BLUES
Saturday 27th August, 11:00 AM
Windy Hill

ESSENDON

B: 10. A Francis 68. J Ferry 14. J Ashby
HB: 77. J Freezer 56. S Michael 57. B McNiece
C: 25. A Morgan 59. A Heppell 78. R Crowley
HF: 60. S Heavyside 61. A Boyse 41. W Hams
F: 19. S Edwards 67. J Langford 76. N Holmes
R: 52. M Jamar 62. D Coghlan 50. J Polkinghorne
Int: 27. M Redman 83. N Hind 63. M Dornauf 35. Y Eades 82. B Dobson 37. G Nyuon 46. T Wallis 81. V Carboni
  
23P: 70. A Marklew
    
NORTHERN BLUES

B: 38. B Gowers 31. J Foster 4. S Russell
HB: 50. B Jordan 35. K Declase 6. G Strachan
C: 51. B Boekhorst 1. T Wilson 76. J Tutt
HF: 23. H Kerbatieh 48. K Jaksch 20. A Everitt
F: 29. B Casley 19. H McKay 21. C Barrett
R: 36. C Wood 65. D Viojo 37. T Jones
Int: 22. D Aujla 12. Z Ballard 45. D Stevens 30. S Bolger 24. T Roos 9. J Corboy 80. M Korcheck 54. C McCabe 

23P: 5. J Cyster
 
It really irritates me to see experienced players and real talent in the Drug Cheats' line-up. But I guess we'll have to live with that until we regain our place among the AFL's financial superpowers. Considering that we have gone through the darkest days of our club in our long and proud history, we have to grin and bear it.
Live Long and Prosper!

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NORTHERN BLUES v FRANKSTON
Sunday 28th August, 11:00 AM
IKON Park
 
NORTHERN BLUES

B: 61. S Glover 40. B Droessler 22. D Aujla
HB: 54. C McCabe 84. M Vesnaver 24. T Roos
C: 13. C Adams 47. A Brown 64. L Jacques
HF: 16. J Thorpe 30. S Bolger 53. H Payne
F: 45. D Stevens 70. S Peet 77. L Hickey
R: 80. M Korcheck 12. Z Ballard 9. J Corboy
Int: 82. D Iermano 52. J Booth 66. M Dawson 33. A Sidhom 56. D Costanzo 55. W Krithararis 74. B Malual 69. B Hawkes
  

FRANKSTON

B: 19. A Beech 47. A Valetini 39. D Gawley
HB: 63. H Thomas 35. B Bailey 20. N Foote
C: 24. J Bastinac 42. B Wells 32. P Rosier
HF: 6. J Cass 10. C McCartney 3. J Pollard
F: 34. H Prior 23. D Capiron 15. A Wilson
R: 68. J Bubb 22. J Peet 50. J Duscher
Int: 58. M Griffiths 49. L Mirams 41. D Hughes 64. D Kitto 60. R Gains 51. D Payne 57. N Papaioannou 1. J Cooper 66. R West 18. N Gardiner 65. S Van Der Haar 59. S Pickess 67. D Yabsley
 
Live Long and Prosper!

Re: VFL Rd 21: Northern Blues vs Essendon at Windy Hill

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Peter Jackson VFL 2016
Essendon   2.2  6.6  12.10  19.17 (131)
Northern Blues   3.3  6.6  8.10  8.10 (58)

GOALS:
Essendon: Holmes 4 Hams 3 Edwards 3 Polkinghorne 2 Heavyside  McNiece  Crowley  Heppell  Redman  Dobson  Ferry
Northern Blues: Wood 2 Korcheck  Ballard  McKay  Casley  Strachan  Kerbatieh

BEST:
Essendon: Hams Edwards McNiece Heppell Polkinghorne Holmes
Northern Blues: Wilson Strachan Tutt McKay Jordan Jaksch

What a bl**dy disaster. Nothing positive to come out of a disaster of a day.
Live Long and Prosper!

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Quote from: crashlander – on
Peter Jackson VFL 2016
Essendon   2.2  6.6  12.10  19.17 (131)
Northern Blues   3.3  6.6  8.10  8.10 (58)

GOALS:
Essendon: Holmes 4 Hams 3 Edwards 3 Polkinghorne 2 Heavyside  McNiece  Crowley  Heppell  Redman  Dobson  Ferry
Northern Blues: Wood 2 Korcheck  Ballard  McKay  Casley  Strachan  Kerbatieh

BEST:
Essendon: Hams Edwards McNiece Heppell Polkinghorne Holmes
Northern Blues: Wilson Strachan Tutt McKay Jordan Jaksch

What a bl**dy disaster. Nothing positive to come out of a disaster of a day.

I guess that clears the way to delist some more players who maybe had a question mark over their name...eg DVR, Gowers.....its going to be a slaughterhouse in terms of list management
given the lack of depth and talent in the NB's....

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Apparently Skittles was BOG until he was injured just before half time. Unfortunately, that was that, as Essendon got on top and really pounded us. Everitt didn't play - Emergency for the seniors. Not many listed players.
Live Long and Prosper!

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NB must be pillaged.

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The fallout from several years of unsuccessful drafting still with us. Reinforcing the need for the clean out once again. Everitt must be thinking I am for the chop didn't play in either game, hard to stake a last minute claim if you can't play

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Quote from: Robblues – on
The fallout from several years of unsuccessful drafting still with us. Reinforcing the need for the clean out once again. Everitt must be thinking I am for the chop didn't play in either game, hard to stake a last minute claim if you can't play

If he isn't injured could he be already gone?
Reality always wins in the end.

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Quote from: cookie2 – on
If he isn't injured could he be already gone?
No idea Cookie but nothing would surprise me , you would think with a local game we had there would have been an opportunity to get him a game? Not sure the etiquette here but if they haven't been , they might this week?