VFL Game Day VFL Practice Match thread

[ghostdog]

It's 10 am tomorrow

Yeah he should just start today, show some initiative.

 

[Vindicater]

8. Ben Hobbs, 11.Will Snelling, 17.Lewis Hayes, 19.Nick Hind, 24.Nick Bryan, 26.Kaine Baldwin, 28.Alastair Lord, 37.Matt Guelfi, 38.Rhett Montgomerie, 39.Patrick Voss, 40.Tex Wanganeen, 50.Brad Lynch, 51.Will Hoare, 52.Jack Brown, 53.Sam Conforti, 54.Toby Murray, 56.Jake Sutton, 58.Stefan Rasinac, 59.Brad Bernacki, 60.Jack Cleaver, 61.Jacob Brown, 62.Bruno Laguda, 66.Will Madden, 67.Quinton Narkle, 74.John Jorgensen, 77.Joel Fitzgerald

So Massimo and Walla the potential subs tomorrow

It will be Walla then.

If they were not going to use him as a sub then he should get a full VFL game for fitness

 

[andleanback]

It will be Walla then.

If they were not going to use him as a sub then he should get a full VFL game for fitness

How do you know that. Could easily just give him a extra running block.

Either way stupid to having a player of massimo quality or tippas situation not playing a game this weekend.

 

[ant555]

Essendon 3.3 Hawks 2.2 1/4 time
Bryan very good
Baldwin looking decent at FB
Hobbs doing some good things
Snelling playing half forward. Would like to see him a bit more involved
Hind doing what he does from Half back
Voss 1 goal
VFL tall forwards very raw
Umps a bit quick draw on the 50m penalties
Stringer doing some work on the other oval with J Davey and Reid. Reid moving well .

 

[ant555]

We had the wind.
As usual there are several players wearing numbers not listed

 

[ant555]

Have no idea what the umpires are doing but Box Hill now have 3 goals from 50m penalties.
Scrappy game. Bit of drizzle.
Umpires ******* us with a giant pineapple.

 

[Vander18]

Essendon 3.3 Hawks 2.2 1/4 time
Bryan very good
Baldwin looking decent at FB
Hobbs doing some good things
Snelling playing half forward. Would like to see him a bit more involved
Hind doing what he does from Half back
Voss 1 goal
VFL tall forwards very raw
Umps a bit quick draw on the 50m penalties
Stringer doing some work on the other oval with J Davey and Reid. Reid moving well .

Early start mate!

Please keep the updates coming…especially re Voss.

 

[MiguelM]

Any idea when we can expect Munkara to be playing VFL?

 

[ant555]

Half time
Essendon 4.4 Hawks 6.4
Voss 2 goals but limited touches. His usual physical self but has been in too many pack situations and not enough lead up stuff
Hind good from half back but a few of the usual Hind moments
Snelling better that quarter. Still playing half forward
Baldwin uses the footy well out of the bal half
Wind has dropped a bit
Not sure what bloody boots our guys are wearing but we are falling over all over the place and they are not
Despite the negatives it looks a better VFL lineup compared to this time last year

 

[ant555]

Any idea when we can expect Munkara to be playing VFL?

3 or 4 weeks has been mentioned

 

[eth-dog]

Expect Box Hill to be strong this year. It's a good test

 

[ant555]

Montgomery has been decent. Took me a while to work out who he was as he is wearing 29.

 

[ant555]

I would say that they have 5 goals so far as a direct result of free kicks.

 

[ant555]

Lord is soft . Does not like body contact.

 

[ant555]

Another goal from a 50

 

[eDPS]

I would say that they have 5 goals so far as a direct result of free kicks.

Our VFL has never gotten a good run in that regard

 

[eth-dog]

Our VFL has never gotten a good run in that regard

We did when we were good in 14/15/16

 

[ant555]

Finally we get a goal from a fifty

 

[Vander18]

Half time
Essendon 4.4 Hawks 6.4
Voss 2 goals but limited touches. His usual physical self but has been in too many pack situations and not enough lead up stuff
Hind good from half back but a few of the usual Hind moments
Snelling better that quarter. Still playing half forward
Baldwin uses the footy well out of the bal half
Wind has dropped a bit
Not sure what bloody boots our guys are wearing but we are falling over all over the place and they are not
Despite the negatives it looks a better VFL lineup compared to this time last year

I read that as Voss dominant with 2 goals….must be selected next week.

 

[ant555]

Baldwin is a seriously good user of the footy.
He looks like he has plenty to offer as a defender.

 

[ant555]

Three quarter time
Essendon 9.8 Hawks 8.6

 

[andleanback]

Baldwin is a seriously good user of the footy.
He looks like he has plenty to offer as a defender.

Yeh that’s the one thing that really stood out against Gold Coast, he’s very concise by foot. Nice 30-40m hit up darts.

 

[ant555]

Heading off to the G
Best
Snelling
Bryan
Hind
More later

 

[Vander18]

Baldwin is a seriously good user of the footy.
He looks like he has plenty to offer as a defender.

Who does he play on at AFL would be my question?

Concern would be that at AFL level he can’t play on gorillas and can’t play on really mobile third falls.

 

[ant555]

Who does he play on at AFL would be my question?

Concern would be that at AFL level he can’t play on gorillas and can’t play on really mobile third falls.

Played on the resting ruck and tallest forwards today. He is a decent size unit. Was able to use his body well .
He could certainly play on the gorillas from what I saw today.
His leap was pretty good as well.
He looks much better than where he was last year.