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Was at the game this week as its right near my house so wondered down.
Thoughts from the game:
Buchanan: Won a fair bit of the ball but kept trying to fend off one or two players every time and got caught with it giving away a fair few free kicks. Could have been our lack of outside movers on the edge of packs. Having said that was very good in the final qtr fightback, although if he had got a bit more on his kick form his last minute break from the centre we may have got up (big may there)
X. Clarke: played a reasonable game and was fairly lively without having a massive impact. Disposal let him down once or twice, still finding his feet but signs are getting better
ACorn: geez he's a strong overhead mark. Took at least 2 or 3 marks where he was third man back, pinching off the guys in front. Struggled for opportunities on occasions although chased pretty hard from what I saw.
Polec: was a bit disappointing, but maybe i'm expecting too much. Kicking let him down a number of times, at one point he got the ball just outside 50 running into 50 and instead of having a ping, dribbled a poor kick along the ground to someone on a lead. Thought he could have had a shot. Worked pretty hard chasing in some stages but a bit lazier in others.
D Barry: I thought he had a very good game, was very explosive from the contest, more than once picking the ball up and burning off an opponent. thought he was almost our best.
Coach Clarke: was a major factor in the 3rd and 4th qtr comeback, kicked some good goals and had a passage of play that got a big cheer from the lions boys that were in attendance. He grabbed a ball on the edge of a contest on the sideline just fwd of the centre circle, turned cut inside and burned off an opponent before bombing into the goal square where Buchanan took a one hander running back with the flight and kicked the goal. Got a big cheer from the likes of Beams, Hanley, Harwood, McKeever, Lester and Jed.
Staker and Bartlett were both present but didn't play which, given the state of the ground was fairly understandable. It was like an absolute rock, and very uneven, pretty poor to be honest. You would think that given its now the NEAFL and that AFL reserves sides play on these grounds, that they AFL could put a little bit more money into getting them up to scratch. I'm sure these clubs do the best they can with the resources they have so not trying to have a go at them, rather think that a bit more money could be swung into getting their grounds up to a better standard.
Thoughts from the game:
Buchanan: Won a fair bit of the ball but kept trying to fend off one or two players every time and got caught with it giving away a fair few free kicks. Could have been our lack of outside movers on the edge of packs. Having said that was very good in the final qtr fightback, although if he had got a bit more on his kick form his last minute break from the centre we may have got up (big may there)
X. Clarke: played a reasonable game and was fairly lively without having a massive impact. Disposal let him down once or twice, still finding his feet but signs are getting better
ACorn: geez he's a strong overhead mark. Took at least 2 or 3 marks where he was third man back, pinching off the guys in front. Struggled for opportunities on occasions although chased pretty hard from what I saw.
Polec: was a bit disappointing, but maybe i'm expecting too much. Kicking let him down a number of times, at one point he got the ball just outside 50 running into 50 and instead of having a ping, dribbled a poor kick along the ground to someone on a lead. Thought he could have had a shot. Worked pretty hard chasing in some stages but a bit lazier in others.
D Barry: I thought he had a very good game, was very explosive from the contest, more than once picking the ball up and burning off an opponent. thought he was almost our best.
Coach Clarke: was a major factor in the 3rd and 4th qtr comeback, kicked some good goals and had a passage of play that got a big cheer from the lions boys that were in attendance. He grabbed a ball on the edge of a contest on the sideline just fwd of the centre circle, turned cut inside and burned off an opponent before bombing into the goal square where Buchanan took a one hander running back with the flight and kicked the goal. Got a big cheer from the likes of Beams, Hanley, Harwood, McKeever, Lester and Jed.
Staker and Bartlett were both present but didn't play which, given the state of the ground was fairly understandable. It was like an absolute rock, and very uneven, pretty poor to be honest. You would think that given its now the NEAFL and that AFL reserves sides play on these grounds, that they AFL could put a little bit more money into getting them up to scratch. I'm sure these clubs do the best they can with the resources they have so not trying to have a go at them, rather think that a bit more money could be swung into getting their grounds up to a better standard.
