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VFL Practice match Blues vs. Richmond Thursday 21 March

The game is tomorrow afternoon at Richmond. Squads haven't been published yet. I'll publish it if I can, but at the moment I don't get much internet access at work.
Live Long and Prosper!

Re: VFL Practice match Blues vs. Richmond Thursday 21 March

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Nobody there to report, anything will be appreciated?
"Extremists on either side will always meet in the Middle!"

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Qtr time here & the Tiger are all over us. 40 v 11.
Lots of errors under strong tiger pressure.
Sitting with the elite up in the grandstand,  I have Jack & Jo Silvagni with both of Jacks grandmothers right in front of me,  Cain Liddle,  SOS, Mick Agresta,  David Teague all sitting nearby.
Mens sana in corpore sano - A healthy mind in a healthy body.

Navy, it's not just a color, it's an attitude !!!

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I heard a rumour Polson is not playing in the NBs game, can anyone confirm?
He is named as en emergency for tonight, we could have a late withdrawal?

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Polson & J Silvagni not playing, no Kennedy either, in the VFL practice  game.
@ half time the score is 50 v 37, the Tiger are still up, although  a much better qtr from the Blues. The main difference was their lift in intensity.
Matt Owies is playing in his first game. Ben Silvagni has probably impressed me the most of the Blues listed players, rarely loses in the air, and is composed with ball in hand.
Everybody has done some nice things, but overall we are too often out numbered around the contest, not organised enough either going forward and at times defending too.
Mens sana in corpore sano - A healthy mind in a healthy body.

Navy, it's not just a color, it's an attitude !!!

Re: VFL Practice match Blues vs. Richmond Thursday 21 March

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Quote from: Amers – on
Polson & J Silvagni not playing, no Kennedy either.

At least one player needs to be on standby as a ‘ready to go’ emergency for the main team. I wouldn’t read too much into Silvagni and Polson not being out there.

Re: VFL Practice match Blues vs. Richmond Thursday 21 March

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73 v41 @ 3qtr time.
No Silvagni, Owies or Stocker that qtr.
Richmond are much more organized and when they are on they are hard to stop.
Mens sana in corpore sano - A healthy mind in a healthy body.

Navy, it's not just a color, it's an attitude !!!

Re: VFL Practice match Blues vs. Richmond Thursday 21 March

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De Koning has been terrific.

Re: VFL Practice match Blues vs. Richmond Thursday 21 March

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93 v54 Final score, now off to the main game....
Mens sana in corpore sano - A healthy mind in a healthy body.

Navy, it's not just a color, it's an attitude !!!

Re: VFL Practice match Blues vs. Richmond Thursday 21 March

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Quote from: Amers – on
Qtr time here & the Tiger are all over us. 40 v 11.
Lots of errors under strong tiger pressure.
Sitting with the elite up in the grandstand,  I have Jack & Jo Silvagni with both of Jacks grandmothers right in front of me,  Cain Liddle,  SOS, Mick Agresta,  David Teague all sitting nearby.
They wouldn't let me in! :( :( :(
Matthew Owies played yesterday and looked raw. The way he ran and kicked reminded me of Carrazzo. James El-Moussali wore 44 and he looked even more like Carrazzo. Both made a couple of awful errors, but ...
We were smashed in the ruck and in the mid-field.
Live Long and Prosper!

Re: VFL Practice match Blues vs. Richmond Thursday 21 March

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Owies played basketball at school, so very new to football...
"...that's the thing about opinion - you don't have to know anything to have one..."  Andre Agassi commenting on Pat Cash 2004
"...the less you know - the more you believe..." - Bono 2006
 

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Quote from: Wet Willie – on
Owies played basketball at school, so very new to football...

not quite. he was an elite underage footballer - but opted to focus on b'ball circa age 14/15.
Finals, then 4 in a row!

Re: VFL Practice match Blues vs. Richmond Thursday 21 March

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Exactly, at St Kevins he played basketball as his prime sport for many years...
"...that's the thing about opinion - you don't have to know anything to have one..."  Andre Agassi commenting on Pat Cash 2004
"...the less you know - the more you believe..." - Bono 2006

Re: VFL Practice match Blues vs. Richmond Thursday 21 March

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Owies looks a good kick, easy style and he just needs match play to adjust to the pressure , when he adapts he will be a smart player as small point guards rely on brains to distribute the ball and we saw point in case with Ed Curnow...Ed at the top of the key(50m mark) and zero idea what play to run as well as being too slow.

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Quote from: flyboy77 – on
not quite. he was an elite underage footballer - but opted to focus on b'ball circa age 14/15.

Whats an elite under age footballer look like vs an elite over age footballer?

I know we like positive signs of anything, but IMHO, 14-18 are the formative years of an athletes body, and thats where they really start learning the nuances of the game, how to play position, and refine their craft.

We will see, but if he plays even 50 games at AFL level he will be deemed a roaring success.
"everything you know is wrong"

Paul Hewson