Watched the game today:
-Aaaron Francis 9.5/10. His second quarter was elite by any standards.
-Clarke 8.5/10. You would think he’s coming into the seniors this week.
-Ridley 9/10. Id go as far as saying he’s a certainty to play seniors this week.
-Zerk 8.5/10. He’ll be an AFL footballer next year. So impressed.
It’s the same game plan
That’s the weird thing
Scrappy game. All the players on both sides having a crack, and diving on the ball, tackling like there was no tommorrow. No doubt the intensity was high wiith players on both sides looking to impress the senior coaches
So mids did not look like stars, but the tackling and second and third efforts of both Clarke and Langers were impressive. When called upon to kick Clarke hit targets every time I saw him kick.
Francis just oozes class and our defence played well together, with Ridley, Zerk, Harts and Dea combining well.
Except they actually hit targets by foot
And chase, and tackle, and … try
The VFL players can actually hit a target
What a conundrum, the game plan might work if more of the vfl players get a game
I think at least 3 should be playing seniors.
Time for the most sheedy of switches
Swap all the VFL players for the afl players. Except conor and smith
We jump up to sixth on the ladder (note: Willy are ahead of us due to playing and winning an extra game), and maintain a healthy percentage of 137.5
Elsewhere, all teams have now lost at least one game with the Dawks falling to Casey. Franga got their second win for the year (which ensured that Fark Northern stayed second bottom on the ladder).
It’s the “can’t get a run in the Seniors” club handshake.
They must be sh/t blokes
The interchange players and steward were almost as over-the-top as the fans in their reactions to Franga’s second quarter heroics.
Stats at all?
I’d add mark.
Ridley, zerk, dea, Francis - all position themselves well, usually in front, and take grabs. As a result, we keep our structure and have players ready to receive those switch kicks.
Compare that to the ones:
Hurley- fumble city
Baguley- plays from behind as a matter of principle
Hooker - can mark
McNeice- plays from behind
Saad - actually ok but then runs and does something stupid
Goddard- cooked
At a MINIMUM, Baguley and mcniece should be replaced by players capable of taking an intercept mark
So depth doesn’t seem to be too much of a problem at the club. We just need to get these boys into seniors!
Clarke and Langford brought in together. They seem to work well together.
I think this is a really valid point. They have each others back and there is a relationship which needs to be encouraged
John was there for the entire game.
Must be happy with the way the boys played today?
yeah thats a good statement.