NAB Challenge 2016

[boondy]

Was there a Eagle's game today Lads !

Ha Ha . Welcome back . I dont know whether to call it a game . It was expected to be a flogging and collectively i think it will be good for the East Perth players to see how far they need to come in fitness and skill

 

[boondy]

You thought it was painful to watch . I heard the game on 6pr . Those south australian inbred commentators remind me of a gif you see in bay13. About some bloke on a chair and goo everywhere

 

[boondy]

I think a player called Sloane plays for Adelaide too but your right they were full strength and 3 possession for a senior premership player is acceptable

He was probably told not to go for contested possessions as an inside mid as he will likely play all 3 nab games to familiarise with players and game plan . For goodness sake Hill was our forward weapon . The rookies arent even East Perths best players and Karpany College and Lucas are pathetic and should not be on our list .

 

[Bender_]

You thought it was painful to watch . I heard the game on 6pr . Those south australian inbred commentators remind me of a gif you see in bay13. About some bloke on a chair and goo everywhere

At the breaks I was popping in and out of the shed and toyed with idea of chucking 6PR on to listen to the updates. Then I remembered it'd be the 5whatever guys and how ridiculously intolerable they are. It's like they're in their own little inbred country where they don't care if they're biased or not coz they only care about the SA ratings rather than caring about being professional.

 

[bUCKET__]

Am I the only one who didn't think that Karpany was completely awful in a forward role? Some pretty bad mistakes, but one of them was a shanked kick at goal after an excellent pickup below the knees on the run. A couple of goals when the ball was hardly down there isn't too bad. Not saying that he'll ever play a single game for us, but in the context of the game he was resembling the whole team: a whole lotta nothing interjected by some decent moments.

College, Brophy and Lucas on the other hand were just plain awful in absolutely everything. It'll be a Patrick McMiracle if any of them get another shot after this year.

 

[wraglesweb]

He was probably told not to go for contested possessions as an inside mid as he will likely play all 3 nab games to familiarise with players and game plan . For goodness sake Hill was our forward weapon . The rookies arent even East Perths best players and Karpany College and Lucas are pathetic and should not be on our list .

Yeah maybe he was told to run around like a headless chook

 

[Big_Birdy]

Am I the only one who didn't think that Karpany was completely awful in a forward role? Some pretty bad mistakes, but one of them was a shanked kick at goal after an excellent pickup below the knees on the run. A couple of goals when the ball was hardly down there isn't too bad. Not saying that he'll ever play a single game for us, but in the context of the game he was resembling the whole team: a whole lotta nothing interjected by some decent moments.

College, Brophy and Lucas on the other hand were just plain awful in absolutely everything. It'll be a Patrick McMiracle if any of them get another shot after this year.

I thought Karpany played alright too. Got around the ball plenty of times. Wasn't easy out there

 

[boondy]

I thought Karpany played alright too. Got around the ball plenty of times. Wasn't easy out there

he is still a spud tho

 

[Eaglemaniac]

Lucas was the worst..

 

[Max zero]

Am I the only one who didn't think that Karpany was completely awful in a forward role? Some pretty bad mistakes, but one of them was a shanked kick at goal after an excellent pickup below the knees on the run. A couple of goals when the ball was hardly down there isn't too bad. Not saying that he'll ever play a single game for us, but in the context of the game he was resembling the whole team: a whole lotta nothing interjected by some decent moments.

College, Brophy and Lucas on the other hand were just plain awful in absolutely everything. It'll be a Patrick McMiracle if any of them get another shot after this year.

Probably won't be. Supposed to be a strong draft and contracts run out this year.

 

[Yamumluvsbigcox]

At the end of the day I would take 3 jetta possessions over 30 MaGinnity possessions

 

[Oneiros]

At the end of the day I gave a shit about nothing but escaping that match without injuries

 

[Biggie]

At the end of the day I gave a shit about nothing but escaping that match without injuries

 

[eagles rule]

he is still a spud tho

It's hard to see it any other way and Mal does need to find confidence to trust in his abilities and just give it 100% every time he gets a opportunity .
The 2 goals he did kick were very clever and instinctive in pack situations . So he did get to the right spots and may be something he can work on .

 

[iLikeIt]

Yeah maybe he was told to run around like a headless chook

I've read a few of your posts on here taking cracks at a few players and I'm not sure if you've played team sports at a high level before but the word 'team' is a clue. Players have roles to play and rely on the other players around them to play their role. A good example of this is our 'web' from last season - it relied on everyone playing their role for it to work, and if they didn't it fell down for everyone, not just the person at fault. Players like Jetta have a very specific role that they do well. Players like Gov and Yeo are versatile and a lot of their upside is their ability to change roles mid game even.

I learnt yesterday that maybe Yeo isn't going to become the inside beast we all hoped and instead might be limited from half back through half forward as an outside player. It is only one game so am not going to commit fully to that analysis yet but either way it doesn't really matter, he stills brings plenty to our side even if inside contested football is a current weakness of his. I was certainly not expecting Jetta to change from an amazing outside player to be able to win his own ball on the inside. His role isn't that and never has been, he's a finisher not a ball winner.

I'm not sure why some are surprised that many on our team didn't perform over the weekend, especially the more experienced guys. It wasn't so much the numbers but the quality and criticality of our outs that meant our team was orders of magnitude weaker than Adelaide's. Here's who played from our best 22:

B - - Schofield
HB - - Sheppard
C Jetta - -
HF Yeo - -
F Hill - -
FOL - - -
INT Duggan - - -

So we had 6 from our best 22, none of whom are top 10 (imo), many are fringe, nor are any part of the spine or the core midfield. If anyone can show me a club with the depth to remain competitive with that many key outs then I'd be very surprised. However I'm sure we could have played better even with the team we fielded but it's NAB, no point playing it like a finals game when it isn't even worth 4 points. Everyone got a run and no injuries!

 

[boondy]

I've read a few of your posts on here taking cracks at a few players and I'm not sure if you've played team sports at a high level before but the word 'team' is a clue. Players have roles to play and rely on the other players around them to play their role. A good example of this is our 'web' from last season - it relied on everyone playing their role for it to work, and if they didn't it fell down for everyone, not just the person at fault. Players like Jetta have a very specific role that they do well. Players like Gov and Yeo are versatile and a lot of their upside is their ability to change roles mid game even.

I learnt yesterday that maybe Yeo isn't going to become the inside beast we all hoped and instead might be limited from half back through half forward as an outside player. It is only one game so am not going to commit fully to that analysis yet but either way it doesn't really matter, he stills brings plenty to our side even if inside contested football is a current weakness of his. I was certainly not expecting Jetta to change from an amazing outside player to be able to win his own ball on the inside. His role isn't that and never has been, he's a finisher not a ball winner.

I'm not sure why some are surprised that many on our team didn't perform over the weekend, especially the more experienced guys. It wasn't so much the numbers but the quality and criticality of our outs that meant our team was orders of magnitude weaker than Adelaide's. Here's who played from our best 22:

B - - Schofield
HB - - Sheppard
C Jetta - -
HF Yeo - -
F Hill - -
FOL - - -
INT Duggan - - -

So we had 6 from our best 22, none of whom are top 10 (imo), many are fringe, nor are any part of the spine or the core midfield. If anyone can show me a club with the depth to remain competitive with that many key outs then I'd be very surprised. However I'm sure we could have played better even with the team we fielded but it's NAB, no point playing it like a finals game when it isn't even worth 4 points. Everyone got a run and no injuries!

Fully comcur . I dont expect Jetta to be an inside payer same as I dont expect priddis to be the outside player .

 

[Chris_6678]

The fact the club now knows they are a massive chance for the flag they would be instructing some players not to go full on and just be out there for a run. There were some good signs in Mcinnes, Giles, Bennell, Adamson, Cole & Nelson. But to be fair when almost all our spine is missing plus the entrire leadership group not out there it was always going to be a slaughter.

 

[DickDunn]

Colledge's general awfulness really stood out for me. Way behind where you'd expect someone who's been in the system as long as he has to be.

Thought Ellis was quite good, showed his smarts and experience in a side severely lacking them.

 

[wraglesweb]

I've read a few of your posts on here taking cracks at a few players and I'm not sure if you've played team sports at a high level before but the word 'team' is a clue. Players have roles to play and rely on the other players around them to play their role. A good example of this is our 'web' from last season - it relied on everyone playing their role for it to work, and if they didn't it fell down for everyone, not just the person at fault. Players like Jetta have a very specific role that they do well. Players like Gov and Yeo are versatile and a lot of their upside is their ability to change roles mid game even.

I learnt yesterday that maybe Yeo isn't going to become the inside beast we all hoped and instead might be limited from half back through half forward as an outside player. It is only one game so am not going to commit fully to that analysis yet but either way it doesn't really matter, he stills brings plenty to our side even if inside contested football is a current weakness of his. I was certainly not expecting Jetta to change from an amazing outside player to be able to win his own ball on the inside. His role isn't that and never has been, he's a finisher not a ball winner.

I'm not sure why some are surprised that many on our team didn't perform over the weekend, especially the more experienced guys. It wasn't so much the numbers but the quality and criticality of our outs that meant our team was orders of magnitude weaker than Adelaide's. Here's who played from our best 22:

B - - Schofield
HB - - Sheppard
C Jetta - -
HF Yeo - -
F Hill - -
FOL - - -
INT Duggan - - -

So we had 6 from our best 22, none of whom are top 10 (imo), many are fringe, nor are any part of the spine or the core midfield. If anyone can show me a club with the depth to remain competitive with that many key outs then I'd be very surprised. However I'm sure we could have played better even with the team we fielded but it's NAB, no point playing it like a finals game when it isn't even worth 4 points. Everyone got a run and no injuries!

Have you name the other player i have had a crack at ?

 

[wraglesweb]

I've read a few of your posts on here taking cracks at a few players and I'm not sure if you've played team sports at a high level before but the word 'team' is a clue. Players have roles to play and rely on the other players around them to play their role. A good example of this is our 'web' from last season - it relied on everyone playing their role for it to work, and if they didn't it fell down for everyone, not just the person at fault. Players like Jetta have a very specific role that they do well. Players like Gov and Yeo are versatile and a lot of their upside is their ability to change roles mid game even.

I learnt yesterday that maybe Yeo isn't going to become the inside beast we all hoped and instead might be limited from half back through half forward as an outside player. It is only one game so am not going to commit fully to that analysis yet but either way it doesn't really matter, he stills brings plenty to our side even if inside contested football is a current weakness of his. I was certainly not expecting Jetta to change from an amazing outside player to be able to win his own ball on the inside. His role isn't that and never has been, he's a finisher not a ball winner.

I'm not sure why some are surprised that many on our team didn't perform over the weekend, especially the more experienced guys. It wasn't so much the numbers but the quality and criticality of our outs that meant our team was orders of magnitude weaker than Adelaide's. Here's who played from our best 22:

B - - Schofield
HB - - Sheppard
C Jetta - -
HF Yeo - -
F Hill - -
FOL - - -
INT Duggan - - -

So we had 6 from our best 22, none of whom are top 10 (imo), many are fringe, nor are any part of the spine or the core midfield. If anyone can show me a club with the depth to remain competitive with that many key outs then I'd be very surprised. However I'm sure we could have played better even with the team we fielded but it's NAB, no point playing it like a finals game when it isn't even worth 4 points. Everyone got a run and no injuries!

Jetta at his best doesn't just rely on other player's to feed him with a silver spoon when he's up and about he gets possessions from loose ball gets and turnovers . You are giving him a big out for his performance. I bet if you asked him how is game was he wouldn't blame his team mates.. And say i just had shocker. **** all have said is he played a bad first game in our colours...I didn't say a bad word about any other player etc Nor did i say Jetta is a bad player just that he had a shocker pretty simple really..I have played alot of Football by the way and still do and im in my mid 30s

 

[wraglesweb]

I've read a few of your posts on here taking cracks at a few players and I'm not sure if you've played team sports at a high level before but the word 'team' is a clue. Players have roles to play and rely on the other players around them to play their role. A good example of this is our 'web' from last season - it relied on everyone playing their role for it to work, and if they didn't it fell down for everyone, not just the person at fault. Players like Jetta have a very specific role that they do well. Players like Gov and Yeo are versatile and a lot of their upside is their ability to change roles mid game even.

I learnt yesterday that maybe Yeo isn't going to become the inside beast we all hoped and instead might be limited from half back through half forward as an outside player. It is only one game so am not going to commit fully to that analysis yet but either way it doesn't really matter, he stills brings plenty to our side even if inside contested football is a current weakness of his. I was certainly not expecting Jetta to change from an amazing outside player to be able to win his own ball on the inside. His role isn't that and never has been, he's a finisher not a ball winner.

I'm not sure why some are surprised that many on our team didn't perform over the weekend, especially the more experienced guys. It wasn't so much the numbers but the quality and criticality of our outs that meant our team was orders of magnitude weaker than Adelaide's. Here's who played from our best 22:

B - - Schofield
HB - - Sheppard
C Jetta - -
HF Yeo - -
F Hill - -
FOL - - -
INT Duggan - - -

So we had 6 from our best 22, none of whom are top 10 (imo), many are fringe, nor are any part of the spine or the core midfield. If anyone can show me a club with the depth to remain competitive with that many key outs then I'd be very surprised. However I'm sure we could have played better even with the team we fielded but it's NAB, no point playing it like a finals game when it isn't even worth 4 points. Everyone got a run and no injuries!

Nah Yeo will be a gun with better player's around him helping him to play his role

 

[the harry]

Price point?

NAB cup is free. Regular season is above/about $170 I think

 

[SpaceClef]

Nah Yeo will be a gun with better player's around him helping him to play his role

It's true - but he won't be the inside beast that the OP had hoped. Doesn't mean he won't play far better when our normal team is around him.

 

[mick06]

I think we can afford to have one of these types of players in our team.
Thankfully Gaff has become a more multifaceted player.

Yeh i totally agree, not just room for it, it is a requirement. I wasn't knocking him, just pointing out a reason for him playing such a poor game

I would expect a midfielder to be marking his man and not let him get free and cause damage the other way. This and doing the other 1%'s supporting your team mates physically and vocally are important when you are not having a good day

True, i only saw the first half so can't comment on his defensive game. But yes, they way we play (any any good team realistically) relies on such a system that everyone needs to pull their weight defensively.

When it comes to NAB cup though, there is very little point looking at any negatives of senior players as it is such a non event and we have no idea what has been asked of them.

 

[SpaceClef]

Imagine getting injured and ruling yourself out of the first few games of the season proper because you decided to give 110%, chasing an opposition player, in a 36° practice match you were always going to lose anyway.