JLT Round 1 vs GC Suns

[jackess]

Soft. He didn't sling him, he spun him. There was little risk of injury and no damage done. It looked bad, that's all.

 

[Big Sauce 21]

I'm actually quite surprised he wasn't concussed, he smashed his chin into the ground. Looked like a standard sling tackle with pinning his right arm. Worthy suspension

 

[WhiteLionFeva]

Yep, a clear sling and probably lucky to be classed as careless.

 

[marooned]

Is the suspension served in JLT or regular season?

 

[Eons]

Is the suspension served in JLT or regular season?

Regular unfortunately.

 

[Dylan12]

Soft. He didn't sling him, he spun him. There was little risk of injury and no damage done. It looked bad, that's all.

I agree it was soft, however, the AFL outlawed the two action sling tackle. Not surprisingly, Frost wasn't smart enough to work that out. An early suspension is a brilliant way to endear yourself to the club.

 

[MICKYCONLAN]

I agree it was soft, however, the AFL outlawed the two action sling tackle. Not surprisingly, Frost wasn't smart enough to work that out. An early suspension is a brilliant way to endear yourself to the club.

It was one action.

 

[Tairy Greene]

Agree Dylan, I love how hard Frost is going at it already for his new club.

 

[briztoon]

Be patient guys. It is time for us to adopt The Process....

Not sure I'd trust that navicular bone in the ruck.

 

[marooned]

Regular unfortunately.

Damn

 

[scoman]

Suspensions and injuries make it easier to select a round one starting side.......

Or is it harder?

Quite a few looking unlikely at this point. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong:

Skinner - Despite his appearance on the track he would have to be a few months away at least.

Withereden - Still some way off being ready to resume full training.

Hanley - Has he evn hit the track yet?

Berry - Not expected to be back in full training for a few weeks yet.

Hipwood - Rumours of back issues. Is it more a case of not pushing him in case he breaks at the moment? Regardless his lack of preseason involvement makes him unlikley for round one at least in the seniors.

Harwood: Has he dissappeared?

D Beams- Should be right for round one but some mystery continues on that front.

McStay- Hasn't featured in match simulation at this point and must be considered doubtful if he doesnt get a run soon.

Christensen - Was smashing the preseason but has been managed over the last couple of weeks. Did i read somewhere about a minor shoulder clean up?

Bell - Did he play the prac matches?

Paparone - Whats doing with him?

William - injured also?

Frost - Suspended for round one.

So thats 13 players who have a question mark over them for round one. I know we are some weeks away yet but as we all know our injury list has a habit of getting longer not shorter.

Sorry to be negative.

 

[Bucking Beads]

I agree it was soft, however, the AFL outlawed the two action sling tackle. Not surprisingly, Frost wasn't smart enough to work that out. An early suspension is a brilliant way to endear yourself to the club.

 

[Big Sauce 21]

Agree Dylan, I love how hard Frost is going at it already for his new club.

Bit of Merrett left in the defence line still.

 

[Sausages]

1 week for that is garbage imo.

 

[mikey127]

I just don't get that why a suspension rising form a pre-season game can't be served in the pre-seaon, doesn't make sense.

 

[Caiphus]

I only just watched the game this afternoon and it was nowhere near as bad as reading this thread made it sound. It is so hard to make a direct comparison in pre-season because we have no idea whether we had been on a heavier training load than the Suns or not.

Stats wise there was a big difference in kick to handball ratios between the two sides. We kicked to our players a lot more, took more marks around the ground and appeared to try to think through things a bit with better results than what I expected. Gold Coast had more contested ball and handball chains but weren't a huge scoring threat until the last 3 minutes of the 3rd quarter. We made some stupid mistakes there that allowed them to kick a couple of goals quickly and proceded to run out of gas in the fourth quarter.

I find it too hard to draw a conclusion out of that game so I will have to rely on killing an ibis and reading its entrails to work out how we will go for the season.

 

[SizeMatters]

Did anyone notice anyone using handballs or kicking on the opposite foot? I saw Andrews and Berwick on their opposites.

 

[CarterS]

Baby, bathwater.

No one expected dramatic overnight improvement!

 

[Zhesty]

Lewy Taylor has learned how to tackle. I thought he looked much improved on last year.

Bewick continuing on nicely from last year. Uses the ball well and works so hard.

Zorko standing out for his line breaking ability as the rest of our team are seriously one paced.

I'm a big fan of Freeman but he needed to improve his work rate last year. That was the hardest I've seen him work, hopefully something has clicked, very impressed.

I thought our big defenders did well defensively.

Great signs from Hugh but let's not get carried away. I know we haven't had a lot to get excited about over the last few years but let's keep our expectations in check. I remember a few people declaring Lewy Taylor a future Brownlow medalist after his first season.

I like Allison's potential but he needs to work on his short kicking game.

Hopefully we will see Culter next game.

 

[BRAB]

Great signs from Hugh but let's not get carried away. I know we haven't had a lot to get excited about over the last few years but let's keep our expectations in check. I remember a few people declaring Lewy Taylor a future Brownlow medalist after his first season.

Instructions unclear, placed life savings on clugga winning the Brownlow

 

[a mayes ing]

Just watched the game. Didn't think it was too bad apart from a few cringeworth moments. This game was miles and miles better than our respective 1st pre-season game last season. All game we were missing kicks, handballs and marks last season. Yesterday, much better skills (still not great but better).
I also noticed a few of the Bulldogs behind the head handpasses. Looked pretty good, got us out of some tricky situations. Still ended up being a ball up tho.

McCluggage, holy hell. What a star we have, gotta hold onto him at all costs.
Schache, Freeman, Close and Walker did s**t all for most of the game.
Allison looked good in the last Quarter.
Thought Barrett, l think, looked uneasy, missed some marks etc.
Gardiner was pretty good after 1st Quarter.
Rich was quiet. Definitly not gonna be captain imo.
Got no idea why Cutler wasn't named

In regards to the captaincy debate. Think it is a great idea. Nobody knows who it will be so Fagan says "Could be any of you, so l expect you all to show leadership" If he just announced it week 2/3 into pre-season then the other blokes who have impressed with their captaincy credentials (Martin, Christensen etc) might not have stood up

 

[bato]

Did anyone notice anyone using handballs or kicking on the opposite foot? I saw Andrews and Berwick on their opposites.

I was just waiting for someone to mention that. Thought I was going crazy for a second.

 

[ManOfClay]

Reckon your Guernsey will be available for sale?

I like it

 

[lioninthesand]

Was a grade A sling tackle, had to go.

 

[Len S]

Suspensions and injuries make it easier to select a round one starting side.......

Or is it harder?

Quite a few looking unlikely at this point. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong:

Skinner - Despite his appearance on the track he would have to be a few months away at least.

Withereden - Still some way off being ready to resume full training.

Hanley - Has he evn hit the track yet?

Berry - Not expected to be back in full training for a few weeks yet.

Hipwood - Rumours of back issues. Is it more a case of not pushing him in case he breaks at the moment? Regardless his lack of preseason involvement makes him unlikley for round one at least in the seniors.

Harwood: Has he dissappeared?

D Beams- Should be right for round one but some mystery continues on that front.

McStay- Hasn't featured in match simulation at this point and must be considered doubtful if he doesnt get a run soon.

Christensen - Was smashing the preseason but has been managed over the last couple of weeks. Did i read somewhere about a minor shoulder clean up?

Bell - Did he play the prac matches?

Paparone - Whats doing with him?

William - injured also?

Frost - Suspended for round one.

So thats 13 players who have a question mark over them for round one. I know we are some weeks away yet but as we all know our injury list has a habit of getting longer not shorter.

Sorry to be negative.

Not negative at all.Its remarkable how we are fed one thing at the start of pre season then the reality turns out to be quite different.