Match Discussion 2016 - VAFA Premier B Round 9 : 4 Jun - Fitzroy v Parkdale Vultures

[Mobbs]

Fitzroy Mens (VAFA) :
Seniors - Fitzroy 12.12.84 def Parkdale Vultures 9.7.61 @ BSO Saturday 2:00pm
Reserves - Fitzroy 7.8.50 wdb Parkdale Vultures 11.8.74 @ BSO Saturday 11:40am
Thirds - Fitzroy 5.7.37 wdb Parkdale Vultures 18.10.118 @ Ramsden St oval Saturday 11:40am
U19s - Parkdale Vultures 11.9.75 def Fitzroy 11.2.68 @ Gerry Green Reserve Saturday 9:20am
https://www.facebook.com/fitzroyfc
http://www.fitzroyfc.com.au/
https://twitter.com/Fitzroy_FC - livescores.vafa.com.au
http://www.vafa.com.au/

Fitzroy Womens (VWFL) :
Seniors - Fitzroy-ACU 0.6.6 wdb SKOB Saints 3.5.23 @ Victoria Park Friday 7:00pm
Seconds - Fitzroy-ACU 15.19.109 def Glen Orden 1.0.6 @ Ramsden St Sunday 3:00pm
https://www.facebook.com/fitzroyfc
http://www.fitzroyfc.com.au/
https://twitter.com/Fitzroy_FC
http://www.foxsportspulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-3068-0-399010-0&sID=325040

Fitzroy Juniors (YJFL) :
Too many teams to list.
https://www.facebook.com/FitzroyJuniorFootballClub
http://www.fitzroyjuniorfc.com.au/
http://www.yarrajfl.org.au/

South Australia (Adelaide FL) :
Seniors - Ingle Farm 16.13.109 def Fitzroy 14.10.94 @ Rowe Park Saturday 2:15pm
Reserves - Ingle Farm 16.16.112 def Fitzroy 4.3.27 @ Rowe Park Saturday 12:15am
https://www.facebook.com/FitzroyFootballClubSA
https://www.facebook.com/groups/FitzroyJuniorsSA/
http://www.adelaidefootball.com.au/

Fitzroy Stars (Northern FL) :
Seniors - Thomastown 11.9.75 wdb Fitzroy Stars 16.16.112 @ Main St RR Saturday 2:10pm
Reserves - Thomastown 12.6.78 wdb Fitzroy Stars 15.6.96 @ Main St RR Saturday 11:55pm
https://www.facebook.com/FitzroyStars
http://www.nfl.org.au/

 

[DERRINALPHIL]

Remember a win here and we are 4th.

 

[Mobbs]

Reserves Half Time : Fitzroy 5.3.33 Parkdale 7.5.47.

 

[Mobbs]

Reserves trailing by 5 points at the last change.
https://twitter.com/Fitzroy_FC

Edit: Final scores
Parkdale 11.8.74 to Fitzroy 7.8.50

 

[Mobbs]

Seniors:
1/4 time : Fitzroy 4.3.27 v Parkdale 2.0.12.
https://twitter.com/Fitzroy_FC

 

[lion around]

Reserves trailing by 5 points at the last change.
https://twitter.com/Fitzroy_FC

Edit: Final scores
Parkdale 11.8.74 to Fitzroy 7.8.50

Ouch

 

[Mobbs]

Seniors, halfway through 2nd quarter, according to http://livescores.vafa.com.au/
Fitzroy 7.5.47 v Parkdale 4.2.26

 

[Mobbs]

Fitzroy 9.5 to Parkdale 4.2

 

[Mobbs]

Fitzroy 9.5.59 Parkdale 5.2.32 @ Half Time
http://livescores.vafa.com.au/

 

[Mobbs]

Half way through 3rd quarter: Fitzroy 10.6.66 to Parkdale 7.4.46.

The Vultures hanging on grimly.
http://livescores.vafa.com.au/

 

[Mobbs]

Nearly 3/4 time : Fitzroy 11.6.72 v Parkdale 8.4.52.

Edit: No further scores, 3/4 time.

 

[Mobbs]

12 minutes into final term: Fitzroy 12.8.80 lead Parkdale 9.6.60. Been about 20 points the diff for quite a while now.
http://livescores.vafa.com.au/

 

[Mobbs]

About 8 minutes from full time and 12.12 plays 9.7. Wasting ops to put the game to bed.

 

[Mobbs]

Full Time : Fitzroy 12.12.84 defeated Parkdale 9.7.61.

 

[Mobbs]

This win places us 4th with a 50% win/loss ratio. After a 0-4 start, not too shabby!

 

[Mobbs]

All results updated in the OP save for the womens magoos team which is playing today.

 

[DERRINALPHIL]

There was quite a bit of dissension down at the BSO on Saturday. The Tramconductors, that bunch of generally affable people, were having a real ‘barney’ that has lasted several weeks. It’s all Aiden Lambert’s fault. Some had him BOG three weeks ago, a decision that I agreed with. Some had him BOG last week, a decision I do not agree with. Some had him BOG this week, a decision that I do not agree with.


These arguments have the potential to get heated, especially as the calming influence, the peacemaker and generally all round good guy is departing OS for a month. So while I am away ( next three games) I want Aiden to get 35 disposals and kick five goals each week so there will be no arguments.


The football coaching group, in their wisdom, gave the BOG on Saturday against Parkdale to young Max Davie who apparently set a club record in tackles and such acts. I acknowledge that we have no women in our coaching group so wisdom may be scarce. On a day like Saturday it was a grind so these sorts of thing become far more important. The Tramconductors describe Tommy B as a ‘defender’s defender’. I have a description of my selection for BOG on Saturday. He is a ‘midget’s ruckman’: Ross Borland, who set the game up in the second quarter.


My day started well as I manned the time clock for the Ressies for a few minutes until Susan arrived. I like being useful. Time keeping when you have time on is not a simple job. As I looked over the oval from the grand stand the city was hidden by misty rain that made the ground as slippery as an ice rink and the ball was as hard to grab as a cake of soap. Cohen remarked it looked like a game played up in the Dandenongs, an apt description.


We started the game well and we should have iced the game in the first quarter. We had seven scoring shots to two but they kicked two goals straight that kept them in the game. Jules and Roscoe rang onto ball that skidded over the pack, Jules going off the ground but Roscoe had a difficult angled shot under great pressure. He was probably lucky it was early on in the game. Those sorts of skills get difficult with tied bodies and a sodden ball.

Pav took a strong grab deep in our forward line showing Parkdale how it’s done. Parkdale players dropped bucket loads of marks all day. I lost count of how many times they would put their hands up to mark and allow the ball to slip through. When I played we were always instructed, on wet days, to change the angle of your hands so more of your palms would be directly behind the ball as it hit your hands. They put their hands up for marks with so little conviction that they reminded me of the statue of Silvester Stallones, playing Rocky, that I saw in Philadelphia. The statue would ‘clunk a few more grabs’ than Parkdale.


Greg Hesse, playing in the back pocket, kicked a goal in the first quarter. Dalts was all alone in the goal square as the kick slithered through. Dalts, who played a great game, wisely let the ball skid through. Ever since Dalts kicked all those behinds in a row a year or two ago, we don’t trust him.


The second quarter started out with our best kick Liga drilling a pass, on a kick out, to a Parkdale player who said thanks very much. For the next ten minutes the Parkdale forwards got on top by hard and aggressive leading. They got to within a point and we needed to answer.


Captains have to respond and Danny B bulldozed his way clear, gave to Dohers who waltzed around the Parkdale defenders. They did not land a finger on him. I am going to Vienna, Berlin and Budapest in the next few weeks and will go to some highbrow entertainment but I won’t see, or hear, a waltz as sweet as the Danny and Dohers combo. Liga, our best kick, then missed an easy shot but made amends a minute later. Liga’s kicking let him down a bit. He hit the post in the last quarter.


We got to five goals in front when the umpires paid a puzzling free to them, straight in front.


Half Time Scores 9 4 to 5 2


The second half was a slog for most on the ground; tired bodies, sore bodies and awful conditions. Once again they scored the last goal of the quarter in the third quarter. One thing that mystified me was Rory’s long absences from the ground in this quarter. I assume something was wrong.


We hit the post three times in the second half, which probably reduced the margin a few points. Danny B was simply wonderful, throwing himself in in every contest. The only player with a ‘dry’ ball was Aiden Lambert and his two goals in this half were simply out of this world, or this grade. The final margin flattered Parkdale a bit as did the selection of Max as BOG (and Greenie in the best players). Both were good but any of Matty K, Rory or Liga individually would have got more possessions than both of them put together.


Our team over the last few weeks reminds me of a merry go round with horses bobbing up and down as they go around. On Saturday Aiden had a great second half, Rosco and Liga had a great first half’s, but every Fitzroy player bobbed up when it was his turn and that’s why we are in the four.


I will finish by taking myself to task. I have said that we have only attracted one ‘A Grader’ in the last few years: Danny B, but the last few weeks have shown that Liga and Aiden may be our next “A Graders’. If these two continue in the same grade I predict:


Two A Grader’s do not a B Grade side make.


Beware; the Roys are on their way to A grade.

 

[DERRINALPHIL]

Dear Moderator,

Put the ladder up and emphasise that we are the third best defensive team.

Thanks,

Phil

 

[Tricky Dixon]

Dear Moderator,

Put the ladder up and emphasise that we are the third best defensive team.

Thanks,

Phil

Fitzroy are going so well at the minute I might make them an offer. I'm sure they would like a manager of my calibre.

 

[Mobbs]

Dear Moderator,

Put the ladder up and emphasise that we are the third best defensive team.

Thanks,

Phil

Didactics will get you everywhere!

 

[Mobbs]

 

[CrowdedHouse]

Story about Fitzroy's current form by Tim Michell from the Melbourne Leader:

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/...n/news-story/f7869bbd834fe6e906c212b982cbcec0