MacKay was rather propy with his shoulder following two incidents with Jake King. Went for treatment, just looked uncomfortable.
King is a useless ****.
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NAB Challenge-March 11- Richmond
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King is a useless ****.
Was sitting near the 5aa guys.Shame about the stream. Amusing call from fiveAA though. Ronald-dal-dinio
Few Richmond fans kept abusing them as they called out 'Riewoldt' any time Astbury went near it.
Annoyingly Moran didn't even appear to try to exert himself. He resembles a 6'7 Jericho too often. Has the tools though. Maric and Jacobs ahead of him atm.I'm taking it you were at the game? How was Moran in the ruck contests? Rowie and Bone didn't sound too impressed with him.
Walker. Gun.
That is the easy assumption to make, however I would go the other way and say that it is more not, otherwise Craigy would have started Jaensch in the small forward role and played him there for the majority of the game rather than a sub coming on in the last stanza
it seems obvious to me with Jaensch only playing the last qtr and with both Smith and Symes only playing a half of footy that this would strongly suggest that all 3 will not be in our 21 however either Symes or Smith may land the sub position
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You guys wil make the 8, you just had an off year last year
I'd certainly like to think so, we nearly made it last year even after a 0-5 start. a lot depends on how consistently our young guys perform this year. sun is rising rather than setting I think.
I totally agree with this...
crow_fish... can i bother you for your thoughts on Bernie Vince yesterday?
did he have the old Bernie sting in the tail of a couple of years ago?
Given that Jaensch had a minor groin strain a couple of weeks ago it wouldnt surprise me if he was deliberately being held back a bit. I certainly think he'll be named round 1.
Great win by you guys today, Walker will be an absolute star of the competition in a couple of years.
Thanks for your contribution.
Do you think Tambling will be a good addition to our side or just a depth player? Does Tambo normally have good skills or is he known to fumble a great deal? Lastly, where do you see Tambos natural position? Obviously the crows see him as a half back/mid.
Hope you can answer these questions.
it would surprise me, that it simply not the Craig way.
at this stage of the series with a healthy list I have no doubt that Craigy used this weeks game to settle his line up and if MJ was in the running for the small forward role I believe that he would have started the game in that position
re MJ's grion, I'm not sure that this is the case, there has been plenty of talk on BF however MJ has played every week of the NAB series and I can't recall any reports from the club confirming that MJ is carrying a groin complaint
in recent weeks we have rested players like Thommo and Porplyzia with general soreness so in my view it does not make sense that we would continued to play MJ for short periods if he actually does have a groin issues
personally I believe that we will select a running type of player for the sub role and IMO this decision could come down to 3 players, Smith, Jaensch and Symes, I would say both Smith and Symes would be in front of Jaensch
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Great win by you guys today, Walker will be an absolute star of the competition in a couple of years.
Thanks for your contribution.
Do you think Tambling will be a good addition to our side or just a depth player? Does Tambo normally have good skills or is he known to fumble a great deal? Lastly, where do you see Tambos natural position? Obviously the crows see him as a half back/mid.
Hope you can answer these questions.
In all honesty I think you guys made a big stuff up going after this guy, I just really can't see how he fits into the team Adelaide have plenty of mid sized players who can run and are of a much higher quality then Tambling.
In regards to his skills, by foot he is alright nothing special about it and is totally unreliable by hand, thats the fun thing about Tambo you never know which Tambling you're going to get on the day.
And as to his natural playing position, still trying to figure that one out, be sure to let us know when you guys find it for him.
In all honesty I think you guys made a big stuff up going after this guy, I just really can't see how he fits into the team Adelaide have plenty of mid sized players who can run and are of a much higher quality then Tambling.
In regards to his skills, by foot he is alright nothing special about it and is totally unreliable by hand, thats the fun thing about Tambo you never know which Tambling you're going to get on the day.
And as to his natural playing position, still trying to figure that one out, be sure to let us know when you guys find it for him.
Talking about Bling, what did you think of his game yeaterday? I was only able to follow the radio coverage but they were saying he was attacking the ball and man with alot of intensity. Did you notice that and was it any different to what he used to do when playing with the Tiges.
Cheers mate
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I was there and saw Tambling in action. He didn't lack intensity and was playing 'okay' I guess, but guys, we do have to remember, he has had an interrupted pre-season and I doubt he's actually fully fit yet.
He's going to need some time to get into the groove, did he start training at around the same time as Knights, because Knights still needs game time too.
I really think Jaench needs to play, he's such a brilliant user of the football and has pace, as drummond said he's just too skillful to not be playing in our firsts team. I love Jaench's kicking style, it's beautifull.
We have a very very scary forward line. I also think yesterdays game is going to really make our team think VERY hard about bombing it into Tippett, because Walker was taking contested mark after contested mark quite easily. I hope the team understands that Walker 1on1 is a better shot than a Tippett 1on2.
I was watching Taylor, and he basically wins the mark about 5seconds before the ball has dropped, you can see how smart he is and how naturally gifted he is. Freakshow imo, watching him yesterday reminded me of watching Lockett in Moorabbin, soon as the ball was kicked in his vicinity you knew he was going to mark it. It was unbelievable to watch, he's a very strong boy now, Hardwick had nobody for him, absolutely nobody, he's going to cause coaches a ****load of trouble this year, and that's not even mentioning Kurt. I tell you what, Richmond are going to have headaches against us in Rd23, they don't have the sized defenders for our monster forwards.
Knights was running very very hard in the 2nd half, that's another think I noticed about Chris, he was running himself absolutely into the ground. There was a passage of play in the 3rd quarter where someone won the ball on the outer wing, and Chris absolutely bolted to our forward line from the center, only for the kick to go over his head, Chris is very very quick of the mark.
He's going to need some time to get into the groove, did he start training at around the same time as Knights, because Knights still needs game time too.
I really think Jaench needs to play, he's such a brilliant user of the football and has pace, as drummond said he's just too skillful to not be playing in our firsts team. I love Jaench's kicking style, it's beautifull.
We have a very very scary forward line. I also think yesterdays game is going to really make our team think VERY hard about bombing it into Tippett, because Walker was taking contested mark after contested mark quite easily. I hope the team understands that Walker 1on1 is a better shot than a Tippett 1on2.
I was watching Taylor, and he basically wins the mark about 5seconds before the ball has dropped, you can see how smart he is and how naturally gifted he is. Freakshow imo, watching him yesterday reminded me of watching Lockett in Moorabbin, soon as the ball was kicked in his vicinity you knew he was going to mark it. It was unbelievable to watch, he's a very strong boy now, Hardwick had nobody for him, absolutely nobody, he's going to cause coaches a ****load of trouble this year, and that's not even mentioning Kurt. I tell you what, Richmond are going to have headaches against us in Rd23, they don't have the sized defenders for our monster forwards.
Knights was running very very hard in the 2nd half, that's another think I noticed about Chris, he was running himself absolutely into the ground. There was a passage of play in the 3rd quarter where someone won the ball on the outer wing, and Chris absolutely bolted to our forward line from the center, only for the kick to go over his head, Chris is very very quick of the mark.
In response to a few of the earlier points:
2011 Bernie looks more like the 2009 model than the 2010 one. Having said that, he had acres of space - setting up in the middle in the zone, so when we brought it out to a HBF and then looked downfield, as the defense fanned to the wing he was often abandoned in the middle to straighten or switch.
Moran as a tall Jericho is a valid comparison. There's something there to work with, but coated by several layers of frustration.
Bling looked like he had two motivations - showing he should be there on round 1 and showing the Tigers he was a loss to them. I was more impressed than I thought I'd be but I'll still reserve judgement.
Jake King will never win a Brownlow, but I think he's actually a player now. It's a pity he can't seem to cut out the rubbish but maybe he's a guy who needs to play on the edge.
I can't wait to see that Danger tackle again. I hope it makes it to the YouTube highlights package. The guy he tackled just lay there under Danger like he was a dead fish.
2011 Bernie looks more like the 2009 model than the 2010 one. Having said that, he had acres of space - setting up in the middle in the zone, so when we brought it out to a HBF and then looked downfield, as the defense fanned to the wing he was often abandoned in the middle to straighten or switch.
Moran as a tall Jericho is a valid comparison. There's something there to work with, but coated by several layers of frustration.
Bling looked like he had two motivations - showing he should be there on round 1 and showing the Tigers he was a loss to them. I was more impressed than I thought I'd be but I'll still reserve judgement.
Jake King will never win a Brownlow, but I think he's actually a player now. It's a pity he can't seem to cut out the rubbish but maybe he's a guy who needs to play on the edge.
I can't wait to see that Danger tackle again. I hope it makes it to the YouTube highlights package. The guy he tackled just lay there under Danger like he was a dead fish.
It was one heck of a hit. I was setting a few rows back, and Danger tackled him near the 50 mark, I heard it like it was right next to me.
It was a hard HIT. I felt everyone around me quiver as soon as it happened. Danger was operating at about 60% imo, that was obvious to me.
****ing hell I can't wait for round 1 to start, we have such an insane team atm.
Look at everyone else's forward line, there's one or two good players, some don't have any.
Then you compare it with ours, everyone in our forward line are pretty damn good players, not just average forward line goal kickers. These guys are dangerous anywhere near goals. We have Knights, Hendo and Walker who can kick drop punts from 60 with no hastle what so ever.
Who is pumped?
It was a hard HIT. I felt everyone around me quiver as soon as it happened. Danger was operating at about 60% imo, that was obvious to me.
****ing hell I can't wait for round 1 to start, we have such an insane team atm.
Look at everyone else's forward line, there's one or two good players, some don't have any.
Then you compare it with ours, everyone in our forward line are pretty damn good players, not just average forward line goal kickers. These guys are dangerous anywhere near goals. We have Knights, Hendo and Walker who can kick drop punts from 60 with no hastle what so ever.
Who is pumped?
I was there. Bernie certainly looked a lot more interested than he did in the first half of last year and, at times, definitely showed the power and penetration that were his hallmarks in 09. Earned some possessions in the middle. But he was in and out of it. Looked a little short on fitness.
In all honesty I think you guys made a big stuff up going after this guy, I just really can't see how he fits into the team Adelaide have plenty of mid sized players who can run and are of a much higher quality then Tambling.
In regards to his skills, by foot he is alright nothing special about it and is totally unreliable by hand, thats the fun thing about Tambo you never know which Tambling you're going to get on the day.
And as to his natural playing position, still trying to figure that one out, be sure to let us know when you guys find it for him.
Not a back IMO. I had the binocs on him for a bit and, as has been mentioned, his attack on the ball, pace across the ground and tackling were all pretty good but he can't defend a space or mind a man to save himself. While his tackling was at times fierce, it was often his only option because he was second to the contest. Wrong-footed pretty easily. Looks to be in too much of a hurry to get rid of the ball when he's got it; didn't show much desire to run and carry even when he had the opportunity. All this may be down to fitness (hope so, because I like him) but it looked a bit like temperament. Jury's out for me.
Walker was Carey-esque in his presence. He's got some swagger and the ability to dominate. He'll have tougher jobs this year but he's going to be awesome. Very excited about our forwards.
Knights impressed me. I've been very wary of some comments on here from people expecting him to pick up where he left off in 09 (you know who you are). Oh me of little faith. He's a good athlete and when he kicks, hallelujah, he kicks long. Like Vince, he looks short of a gallop, but he certainly didn't leave anything on the track. Midway through the last quarter, he ran a long way to close on a Richmond player running with the ball, threw in a huge burst for a couple of steps and just failed to grab his man. At that moment I thought, jeez, if you'd kept that burst on for another couple of steps you'd have got him. Then I noticed him staggering to the interchange in some physical distress and took himself off. As he crossed the line, it looked like he was saying that he was finished for the day, but 5 minutes later he sprinted back on.
On the whole, Richmond were pretty ordinary. Not sure that we got much of a gauge as to where we're at with this game. We're definitely solid. Solid solid, not...you know. And we're definitely playing a more direct brand of footy. Will it hold together under more pressure? There are some good signs and not just from the youngsters we're all excited about. Doughty played very well, and Reilly was good. They and Stevens all have to play well because, whether we like it or not, they're probably all in our first 22. I'm nervous about our rucking and ability to control the midfield. Lot of ifs there.
Couple of concerns: Otten doesn't look up to it at this stage. I think he needs time in the SANFL. McKernan can jump but his ruckwork is really clumsy.
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i agree, he seemed to be jumping really early (with very impressive leap), but not really doing that well in the ruck.
