Pos and Neg from the derby

[jedi mind tricks]

4 points and a tough win.

Thoughts

 

[YelloMit]

de Boer, Suban, and Clarke were all fighting for their spots and I think all 3 of them played well today. I think they've done enough to keep their spots.

Neale winning the Roscoe was great. Well deserved.

Sandi must be ecstatic after that win for his 200th. Played great himself as usual. Still the best ruckman in the league.

 

[Wigarus]

Clarke got his first hat trick.

 

[go_the_dockers]

Positives
Zac Clarke - Great effort, couple good marks and 3 goals.
L Neale - S Mitchell like effort, lets hope he can keep it up. Very classy, considered his options each time.
Sandilands - Clunked several marks.
D Pearce - Great effort
Ballas - great to have him back, he is worth 2 goals.
Sutcliffe - Great effort, cemented his spot
D Pearce - Another great effort
Mundy - Absolute Class, what a difference he makes to the side.

Negatives
Injuries to Dawson and McPharlin

 

[jedi mind tricks]

de Boer, Suban, and Clarke were all fighting for their spots and I think all 3 of them played well today. I think they've done enough to keep their spots.

Neale winning the Roscoe was great. Well deserved.

Sandi must be ecstatic after that win for his 200th. Played great himself as usual. Still the best ruckman in the league.

Some great positives.

DeBoer got a good wake up call and did well. I think Barlow didn't look match fit but will be better for the run.

Sandi destroyed the ruck.

 

[Grape Bear]

POSITIVES

• Clarke kicking 3 goals. We need him confident and doing that up forward.
• Lachie Neale building into form - hopefully he will continue to do so and make the pain of losing Sonson less. (Not like for like I know.)
• Mayne getting a goal at last this season. Good cover on Darling. Needs to build confidence again and we need him to stay in the team, so glad we are backing him in
• Sandi plucking mark after mark in the defensive square

NEGATIVES

• Very hard fought contest - traveling to Adelaide then meeting Port Adelaide. It will not be good. I am very worried about next week.
• We still need to fix our forward lone. Sumich needs to earn his keep.
• Dawson going down. Macca at least played it out.

 

[pokerspiv]

Mayne's form is also a bit of a negative. Did very little up forward again.

Crozier also doesn't seem to be coming on much. Another 13-14 disposal game with no scoreboard impact.

Any injury to McPharlin is a worry at this stage of his career.

 

[Kepfan]

Lucky Niall
Zachary Clarke
Ballas
Dp
Mayne

 

[Simmofreo]

Calf to Macca is very concerning. He would have had a shot and won't feel the injury until tomorrow. Massive blow if him and Dawson both miss port and Geelong.

Positives -

I thought the clunking marks to Sandi and Clarke were awesome !! Will give them much more confidence. Especially if Sandi goes to the goal square.
Clarke was not just standing in the goal line. He was leading which I though was a big positive

 

[Grape Bear]

Massive negative - Dawson injury sounds significant according to Ross. We just can't catch a ****ing break.

 

[Supercoach Bargain]

Pos: Winning without Pav kicking any. And Mighty Mick Barlow underdone, we have room to get better.
Sandi outplaying Cox and Natawhoey. In the ruck and around the ground.
Neale winning the medal (Lyon doesn't play the kids).
It was the Wet Toast home game. I hope their crowd enjoyed it.

Neg: Zac hurt, we need him against Port.
18-21 behind in the head to head. But closing!

 

[scon]

Vision from the rooms Zacattack Dawson is a hat on backwards boy
Although when you're in company it's probably OK.

 

[TweeBeard]

Mayne's form is also a bit of a negative. Did very little up forward again.

Crozier also doesn't seem to be coming on much. Another 13-14 disposal game with no scoreboard impact.

Any injury to McPharlin is a worry at this stage of his career.

I thought Mayne improved a lot this week. He looked a lot more comfortable in the forward line and contributed even though he only kicked 1 goal. Also I thought he did a good job covering for Dawson after half time.

Crozier did some nice things. Wasn't fantastic but did enough not to be called a negative I would of thought.

 

[stormee]

Massive negative - Dawson injury sounds significant according to Ross. We just can't catch a ******* break.

That does suck but TBH Silvagni deserves a chance, different kind of player but at least lets see how he goes for a couple of weeks before we despair too much.

My big positive was Micky Barlow back. Only got 21 touches but the midfield is just that much better with him out there.

 

[YelloMit]

My big positive was Micky Barlow back. Only got 21 touches but the midfield is just that much better with him out there.

ONLY 21 touches.

 

[stormee]

ONLY 21 touches.

Is it bad that my expectations for Barlow are more than 21 touches?

 

[YelloMit]

Is it bad that my expectations for Barlow are more than 21 touches?

No, not at all. Just funny seeing someone say ONLY 21 touches. That's all.

Barlow definitely got better as the game went along.

 

[pokerspiv]

Barlow played forward for a fair bit of time today. Seemed to work ok but he doesn't have the leg to kick them from 50. If he could kick like Pav he could have had 3-4 goals.

 

[Grape Bear]

That does suck but TBH Silvagni deserves a chance, different kind of player but at least lets see how he goes for a couple of weeks before we despair too much.

I would never question Silvagni's effort and application, and he is cracking at the WAFL level. But Dawson is a general in defence, and as such is a massive loss in the back.

And, no, Basil, North didn't comprehensively beat Fremantle last week, we lost the game by 14 points.

Another 6 day break and travel, **** me!

 

[Thistle]

Thought that was De Boer's best match of the season. It was the type of high pressure and physical game he thrives in.

Not sure how I feel about Crozier's game. Did some nice things but his lack of physicality let him down at times. He will be a class player in a couple of seasons.

 

[stormee]

I would never question Silvagni's effort and application, and he is cracking at the WAFL level. But Dawson is a general in defence, and as such is a massive loss in the back.

And, no, Basil, North didn't comprehensively beat Fremantle last week, we lost the game by 14 points.

Another 6 day break and travel, **** me!

Well at least we've been at home 2 weeks in a row - that's got to count for something on the recovery front.

I kinda agree with you on Silvagni but I dunno, feel like he needs a shot. Last year yeah he struggled but he seems to be playing good footy in the WAFL. And what other option do we have down back?

 

[Grape Bear]

Keep Crozier in, he needs to build a bit more confidence and we need a like for like replacement for Sonny. He is a similar player, class and X-factor in the forward line.

 

[stormee]

Another positive - WE ARE ONE WEEK CLOSER TO SEEING THE RETURN OF KEPLER.

 

[Grape Bear]

Well at least we've been at home 2 weeks in a row - that's got to count for something on the recovery front.

I kinda agree with you on Silvagni but I dunno, feel like he needs a shot. Last year yeah he struggled but he seems to be playing good footy in the WAFL. And what other option do we have down back?

Nothing. Tanner Smith is nowhere near recovered, he's our only KPP that would be relatively ready.

 

[dexter_]

Mundy in trouble? There's vision of him dropping Selwood off the ball.