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VFL Game Day Round 13: Sandringham vs Essendon, Trevor Barker Beach Oval, Saturday 18/06/2022 @ 2:05 PM

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Would say that was the strongest VFL side we have put on the park this year so it was good they got a good win. They where clearly out of gas late with 3 players off and others playing limited game time due to first games back.
Played a lot of good quick footy most of the day. Having players back and a few of the VFL players getting onto the pace of things is helping.

Langford - he was good first game back. Played mainly midfield and was quickly on the pace of the game. Good first game back.

Francis - not a lot to see here . Started forward and did not do much. Almost took a few marks. Forward pressure non existent. Went back later on but hit the ground hard in a contest and did not come back on.

Snelling - did not play early. Did most of his work in the second half. Did a few good things and made a few tackles. Got some midfield time. Nothing super exciting but got some miles in the legs first up. Got involved when he was needed.

Cutler - best on ground for mine. His work rate was great. Ran to all parts of the ground. Defended . Spread from the contest .

Stewart - had a bit more of a battle on his hands this week as they played him pretty tight. Still kicked his 3 goals and worked hard up the ground. Did not see why he did not play the last quarter.

Bryan - was good enough but Campbell gave him a lot of trouble today. Still took a few good marks around the ground but he was beaten overall.

Baldwin - worked really hard. Second efforts where good. Took some good marks. Kicked his 3 goals. Never out of the game.

Lord - looked good when he backed himself to run with the footy. Just does not look physically ready to impose himself on / into the game often enough

BZK - Not as good as last week but still one of our better players.

Reid - Looked a bit patchy. Took some good intercept marks but also got caught out on quicker opponents a few times. Looked like he rolled an ankle and did not come back on.

Eyre - okay defensively. Couple of howlers by foot. Actually held some marks down back today.

McDonagh - not the worst. Played a bit of wing. Made a few mistakes but also did a few good things.

Brand - not the same attacking game he was able to produce last week. Had a bit more defending to do and sometimes that was on smaller players.

Voss - kicked 2 goals and as usual he was pretty physical. Gets a pass first game back.

McBride - not in the best but still did some good work in the back half although he did drop a couple of marks he should have eaten up.

Waterman - just okay.

Menzie - looks to still be learning how to fit our system or in some cases lack of system. He has pace and he took a couple of good marks on the lead as well. Kicked 2.2 . Maybe not as much tackling pressure as I would like to see but he does a few things that keep you interested.

Hird - struggled to get into the game today.

Bernacki and Rasinac have been giving us the midfield grunt we lacked a bit of previously. They have made a big difference in the last 3 weeks. Strong bodies who do not get thrown out of the way easily.
Atley did what he does pretty much every week. Strong at the footy.
 
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Windhager looks a real player.

It's not very often you see a player continually burst through congestion and stoppages.

He must have done it 6 times against us. He's one to watch. Not much polish but the combination of inside midfield craft and the power and speed to break through players is rare.
 
BrunoV said:
Windhager looks a real player.

It's not very often you see a player continually burst through congestion and stoppages.

He must have done it 6 times against us. He's one to watch. Not much polish but the combination of inside midfield craft and the power and speed to break through players is rare.
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Isn't the bolded Paddy Dow?
 
Finally managed to get around to the replay. My thoughts:

#4 Kyle Langford: Surprised he only had 20 touches, but everything he touched was quality. Would have played ~85% TOG and for me looks very likely to come back into the seniors for his 100th game this week.

#10 Aaron Francis: Was invisible honestly. Did he get injured? There was no mention on the broadcast and I didn't see it happen either.

#11 Will Snelling: Did some nice things, worked his way into the game after QT. Played probably around 65% TOG.

#12 Tom Cutler: Is obviously very good at this level but not good enough at the level above. Was excellent off half back/wing for the most part.

#17 James Stewart: Really good in the first half but didn't do as much in the second half, still think we should seriously look at swapping him and Phillips for West Coast.

#24 Nick Bryan: Was good without being dominant, which is fine because Campbell is a good ruck/forward at this level of football.

#26 Kaine Baldwin: Big time player. Stepped up when we needed him to and I think he'll be best 22 by the start of next year. Jones, Baldwin, Wright and Stringer could be really dangerous.

#28 Alastair Lord: Has improved out of sight the past couple of games, might have gotten a lot more confidence in himself to take the game on. Keep it going.

#30 Brandon Zerk-Thatcher: Appeared to have rolled his ankle in the second half but was good without being dominant, Sandy key forwards didn't really do anything.

#31 Zach Reid: Looks a class above at this level. Didn't play the last quarter so might have had a niggle of some sort.

#32 Josh Eyre: Looks better in defence. Did shank a couple but also had some really good play.

#36 Garrett McDonagh: Honestly thought it was his best game for us so far. Didn't have it heaps but used his bullet to set up multiple attacking forays and had a great goal as well.

#38 Cody Brand: Good defensively but didn't really get much of the ball so eh.

#39 Patrick Voss: Dead eye. Physical, he definitely has something there as a forward.

#41 Cian McBride: Had a few nice intercepts but otherwise nothing special. Games like this can happen at his age though.

#45 Alec Waterman: Average game, took too long to dispose of the ball a few times. Writings on the wall for me unfortunately.

#47 Jye Menzie: Had his goals from a different avenue this time. Obviously has some tricks, can see him playing the last 3-4 games of the year.

#49 Tom Hird: Looked busy and kicked a very nice goal. Would love to see a debut at some point soon.

Bernacki was one of our best, same with Rasinac as far as the VFL boys go.
 

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