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Re: Northern Blues 2016 - kruddler - 03-12-2016

(03-12-2016, 08:27 AM)ElwoodBlues1 link Wrote:Liam Jones may have done enough with his 3 goals to get a rnd1 gig... the NB's only kicked 6 goals for the day so its going to be a struggle for both Blues teams to hit the scoreboard this season IMO...

Yeah tough call on Jones, but i think you'll find him in the R1 team. He's a step above the VFL...



....development league that is.


Re: Northern Blues 2016 - Mondy - 03-12-2016

(03-12-2016, 10:43 AM)kruddler link Wrote:Yeah tough call on Jones, but i think you'll find him in the R1 team. He's a step above the VFL...



....development league that is.

Yes.  Seriously Curnow has to play before Jones.  As said above two touches from will be more valuable in the long term than Jones list clogging output.

Byrne will definitely get senior games this year if he remains injury free. 


Re: Northern Blues 2016 - DJC - 03-12-2016

(03-12-2016, 08:27 AM)ElwoodBlues1 link Wrote:x 2...Byrne has the goods and should be  pushing for senior selection, his attacking style is ready made for modern footy and he is a very nice kick for an International recruit.

Liam Jones may have done enough with his 3 goals to get a rnd1 gig... the NB's only kicked 6 goals for the day so its going to be a struggle for both Blues teams to hit the scoreboard this season IMO....
Jaksch reckons he was sore after the game due to not playing for so long so i reckon you can count him out for rnd 1....he needs more games to get some fitness...

Let's not get carried away EB  Wink

Next week's game against the Tigers may present another option - with a bit of luck  :Smile

Jones does provide more physicality around the contest than Gorringe does and they're pretty much line ball in their other footy attributes.

I'd be inclined to go with Charlie Curnow; he can take a mark and Rance couldn't run off him.




Re: Northern Blues 2016 - cookie2 - 03-12-2016

OK Jones kicked 3 goals in the VFL but is that enough to convince BB to bring him in for R1? I suspect not and I think he'll have to develop more consistency in the VFL before he gets considered for another go with the seniors. BB was talking in his post mtch about the need to develop alternative avenues to goal via mids and smaller forwards, plus the need to develop a pressure small forward. That may be the way we go in R1, rather than persisting with an option that has consistently failed at senior level?


Re: Northern Blues 2016 - LoveNavy - 03-12-2016

(03-12-2016, 04:53 AM)jeza link Wrote:https://amp.twimg.com/v/a906c336-7a29-4ad8-a916-dba4e90262d0

Speed, endurance, accuracy, and confidence...... Clone that Wink

How did Foster and Jaksch, and Glass-McCasker go?


Re: Northern Blues 2016 - Juddkreuzer - 03-12-2016

Jaksch and Jones are probably the 2 blokes under the pump. I can't see Foster even registering on the scale of selection. Personally I don't care if all 3 are delisted and Bolts and SOS bring in more credible personnel.


Re: Northern Blues 2016 - BluePhantom - 03-13-2016

(03-12-2016, 11:37 AM)cookie2 link Wrote:OK Jones kicked 3 goals in the VFL but is that enough to convince BB to bring him in for R1? I suspect not and I think he'll have to develop more consistency in the VFL before he gets considered for another go with the seniors. BB was talking in his post mtch about the need to develop alternative avenues to goal via mids and smaller forwards, plus the need to develop a pressure small forward. That may be the way we go in R1, rather than persisting with an option that has consistently failed at senior level?

He has only come to that conclusion? :o

We need to have a spread of leading forwards, no more of this bombing and hoping.
We have always burst out of the backline and pin pointed passes up the wing only to automatically play on and bomb the ball to a 2 or 3 on 1. Hasn't worked and will never work!
We need to get the ball to half forward then assess the options, we seem to play on regardless and the forwards are never in the right position because they are buggered from running from the backline. :Smile

leave 2 or 3 targets up forward with the instruction to lead in patterns and the ball carrier to honour the leads.
Works for other teams so why not us? :o


Re: Northern Blues 2016 - laj - 03-13-2016

(03-12-2016, 02:29 PM)Juddkreuzer link Wrote:Jaksch and Jones are probably the 2 blokes under the pump. I can't see Foster even registering on the scale of selection. Personally I don't care if all 3 are delisted and Bolts and SOS bring in more credible personnel.

We haven't had the chance to find out how good Jaksch is. Guessing his pre-season was interrupted this year too given we've only just seen him. He's not long turned 21. Carlton are confident he'll be a 10 year forward. He only played 3rd tall defence last year to develop him. Once he put on the size and developed they were moving him forward. That's what McKay said in an interview with SEN last year.


Re: Northern Blues 2016 - Juddkreuzer - 03-13-2016

(03-13-2016, 07:34 AM)laj link Wrote:We haven't had the chance to find out how good Jaksch is. Guessing his pre-season was interrupted this year too given we've only just seen him. He's not long turned 21. Carlton are confident he'll be a 10 year forward. He only played 3rd tall defence last year to develop him. Once he put on the size and developed they were moving him forward. That's what McKay said in an interview with SEN last year.

Yeah I agree and I haven't written Jaksch off yet. It may be just a throw away line, but it did raise my eyebrows when Bolts in his pre game presser was asked when we could expect to see Jaksch back in the seniors. His reply was a sharp "form dictates selection" made me question if Bolts is underwhelmed by his efforts to date.


Re: Northern Blues 2016 - Thryleon - 03-13-2016

Here is hoping that it's about setting standards.

It would be easy to just play whoever and call it development,  but you have to encourage competition for spots and pick players on their merits otherwise people assume you're playing favourites.