VFL Footscray 2023 Season

[AnUltimateRessie]

Footscray are $21 on Ladbrokes to win the flag. This seems way overpriced considering we went undefeated 2 seasons ago and there has been fairly minimal change.

Am I missing something?

I know we missed finals last year which I thought was largely due to injuries to fringe depth players.

You are missing common sense if you are looking towards the bookies predictions for the VFL competition.

 

[Testekill]

Footscray are $21 on Ladbrokes to win the flag. This seems way overpriced considering we went undefeated 2 seasons ago and there has been fairly minimal change.

Am I missing something?

I know we missed finals last year which I thought was largely due to injuries to fringe depth players.

Last year was mostly because we couldn't field a consistent side. 2021 we were very fit and ran out games very well, never forget the game where we kicked something like 80 or 90 in a half to run over the top of the Swans at Whitten Oval.

 

[Golden_6]

Footscray are $21 on Ladbrokes to win the flag. This seems way overpriced considering we went undefeated 2 seasons ago and there has been fairly minimal change.

Am I missing something?

I know we missed finals last year which I thought was largely due to injuries to fringe depth players.

What do you mean minimal change? Footscray might be good but it’s an entirely different lineup.

As an example the best players in the last 2021 Footscray game included Lipinski, L Young, Richards & Schache. None of which will feature in a VFL game. Other players that will be missing include Cavarra, Hayes, William, Glass-McCasker etc. By the time round 1 rolls around, there will probably only be 7-8 of the same players in each game.

 

[VitalDread]

VFL Practice match:
SATURDAY, MARCH 11
North Melbourne vs. Footscray (Arden St, 10.30am, 4x20min)

From what i can gather so far
Out:
Charlie Cormack
Ned Nichols
Cooper Craig-Peters
Will Lewis
Nayef Hamad
Angus Bade
Bailey Van De Heuvel
Ethan Hunt
Ben Bozinoski

In:

Caleb Pouter (AFL Collingwood)
Jay Rantall (AFL Collingwood)
Ned Harris
Sam Willoughby
Tritan Maple

 

[weltschmerz]

Sam Willoughby ‘This has been the best four years of my life’: AFL Victoria Country medallist Sam Willoughby describes premiership triumph

Tristan Maple right out of NAB League, Ned Harris formerly Geelong VFL

 

[Mr. Walker]

VFL Practice match:
SATURDAY, MARCH 11
North Melbourne vs. Footscray (Arden St, 10.30am, 4x20min)

From what i can gather so far
Out:
Charlie Cormack
Charlie Macisaac
Ned Nichols
Bromell Hugo
Cooper Craig-Peters
Will Lewis
Nayef Hamad
Angus Bade
Bailey Van De Heuvel
Josh Patullo
Ethan Hunt
Ben Bozinoski
Bailey Young

In:

Caleb Pouter (AFL Collingwood)
Jay Rantall (AFL Collingwood)
Ned Harris
Sam Willoughby
Tritan Maple

So thirteen out and only five in!

Our backline is going to be under a lot of pressure

 

[dogwatch]

VFL Practice match:
SATURDAY, MARCH 11
North Melbourne vs. Footscray (Arden St, 10.30am, 4x20min)

From what i can gather so far
Out:
Charlie Cormack
Charlie Macisaac
Ned Nichols
Bromell Hugo
Cooper Craig-Peters
Will Lewis
Nayef Hamad
Angus Bade
Bailey Van De Heuvel
Josh Patullo
Ethan Hunt
Ben Bozinoski
Bailey Young

In:

Caleb Pouter (AFL Collingwood)
Jay Rantall (AFL Collingwood)
Ned Harris
Sam Willoughby
Tritan Maple

Not liking the exodus of Baileys. Can never have too much Baileys.

 

[doggies ftw]

Don’t take this as a request but the main thing I look for in the VFL fixture is how it aligns to the AFL fixture.

As fans we were very frustrated last year as just about every VFL game seemed to be:

• Earlier in the day so 1-2 emergencies didn’t get a game that weekend
• Same day but in different state or Ballarat vs Melbourne (see above)
• Sunday VFL games the week before a Friday AFL game so anyone getting promoted had a 5 day break.

In summary what I look for is:

1. Will the AFL emergencies get a game that weekend
2. Do the good VFL players have a chance to properly recover to play AFL the next week.

The AFL needs a national reserves comp before it considers expanding the league again, goddamn it’s a joke that we don’t have this for a professional *ing sport.

Even just not aligning the VFL with the AFL start of season is a big problem, then of course the absolute sham of AFL clubs playing off in finals and some teams playing reserves footy some not.

These things need to be aligned to get the best out of your list and develop players properly, but here we are…

 

[dergert]

Any VFL practice matches?

 

[VitalDread]

Any VFL practice matches?

Footscray vs. North Melbourne (Ikon Park, 4pm, 4x25min, AFL curtain closer)

 

[VitalDread]

 

[dogwatch]

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Phew! Just squeezed a Bailey in at the death. I was getting worried for a while there.

Not a bad squad overall ... especially as I heard the VFL boys who played last week absolutely pantsed our seniors.

 

[dergert]

Would love for the VFL match to be streamed somewhere.

 

[Golden_6]

So Baker, Bruce & Khamis were selected in both sides. I wonder if that means we’ll only play a 5 man bench in the AFL game? Maybe those 3 will play the second half of the AFL game and the first half of the VFL game.

Good to see JJ on the list. Hopefully he can push for round 1 selection.

 

[maddog37]

Where is Jay Rantall

 

[Testekill]

So Baker, Bruce & Khamis were selected in both sides. I wonder if that means we’ll only play a 5 man bench in the AFL game? Maybe those 3 will play the second half of the AFL game and the first half of the VFL game.

Good to see JJ on the list. Hopefully he can push for round 1 selection.

Bevo tends to treat preseason matches as the real thing in terms of tactics and match day preparation, we keep to the interchange limits and only use a normal sized bench.

 

[dergert]

Surely some people stuck around for the VFL match?

 

[AnUltimateRessie]

Surely some people stuck around for the VFL match?

https://twitter.com/NMFCReserves is doing scores if you are interested in that. Hopefully someone around here can give us a match report as Footscray social's aren't doing the match

 

[dergert]

https://twitter.com/NMFCReserves is doing scores if you are interested in that. Hopefully someone around here can give us a match report as Footscray social's aren't doing the match

We used to have a great VFL social media team but it's completely stopped.

 

[True Dog]

1. .We used to have a great VFL social media team but it's completely stopped.

I watched the first quarter.

• JJ played as a defender and looked a little ginger but did some nice things l
• Cleary played deep and had his hands full but competed well
• Harvey Gallagher played across half back struggled with his first couple of disposals (missed target with his first kick and his first hand pass) He got a free kick for too high outside 50 and kicked a goal with a bomb that went through post high. He has a nice turn of speed as well
• Sweet moved well and controlled the hit outs but Nth mids were dominant
• Garcia was good (onball)
• McComb played in the guts
• McNeil didn’t touch it
• Buku looked dangerous up forward kick 1 and missed a couple
• Raak played fwd didn’t impact much

If Nth kicked straight they would have been up by 30pts

 

[dergert]

I watched the first quarter.

• JJ played as a defender and looked a little ginger but did some nice things l
• Cleary played deep and had his hands full but competed well
• Harvey Gallagher played across half back struggled with his first couple of disposals (missed target with his first kick and his first hand pass) He got a free kick for too high outside 50 and kicked a goal with a bomb that went through post high. He has a nice turn of speed as well
• Sweet moved well and controlled the hit outs but Nth mids were dominant
• Garcia was good (onball)
• McComb played in the guts
• McNeil didn’t touch it
• Buku looked dangerous up forward kick 1 and missed a couple
• Raak played fwd didn’t impact much

If Nth kicked straight they would have been up by 30pts

I don't know why the coaching staff are persisting with Raak up forward?

He played juniors as a defender and did well last year there

 

[hatescaptcha]

I don't know why the coaching staff are persisting with Raak up forward?

He played juniors as a defender and did well last year there

It seems strange especially considering he won’t be getting a game up forward in the AFL side anytime soon.


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[doggiesin08]

It seems strange especially considering he won’t be getting a game up forward in the AFL side anytime soon.


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I think it’s as much as anything to maintain something of a similar team structure between the AFL and VFL teams. Who else is playing KPF at VFL level?

If Bruce and Raak are both in VFL round 1, I think they’d prefer to keep developing Bruce in the backline and have Raak forward. He’ll still learn something as a forward but I think we’re prioritising others.

 

[bobs head soup]

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Poulter in 54 is very pleasing. If he should get an AFL chance midseason, would be very good to see him keep the number.

 

[Libba39]

Carlton VFL team appear to be playing a practice match tonight. Are we playing one over the next few days as well?