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Re: VFL Rd 13: Northern Blues vs Essendon at Windy Hill - Koutz - 07-15-2017
Harry is lacking confidence! He has ability but his head doesnt seems like its in the right place!
Re: VFL Rd 13: Northern Blues vs Essendon at Windy Hill - blue4life - 07-15-2017
McKay has got a bit more involved since he was moved on to the ball but he's got an awfully long way to go.
We had virtually no midfield so the result wasn't a surprise, but no one put their hand up today.
Re: VFL Rd 13: Northern Blues vs Essendon at Windy Hill - crashlander - 07-15-2017
(07-13-2017, 11:37 AM)crashlander link Wrote:Northern BluesFrom this line-up, we lost not just 4 players, but all of these:
B: 13. C. O’Shea, 26. A. Silvagni, 40. M. Stavrou
HB: 47. C. Sheehan, 70. H. Macreadie, 49. D. Armfield
C: 8. L. Russell, 60. D. Cuningham, 7. D. Buckley
HF: 24. R. Palmer, 48. K. Jaksch, 62. B. Boekhorst
F: 55. L. Sumner, 19. H. McKay, 1. T. Wilson
R: 80. M. Korcheck, 32. N. Graham, 5. B. Smedts
Int: 76. K. LeBois, 4. S. Russell, 11. T. Jones, 34. J. Glass-McCasker, 6. G. Strachan, 50. D. Gorringe, 3. K. Declase, 56. A. Gallucci, 25. K. Keppel, 57.F. Pearce, 20. D. Stevens, 38. J. Pickett
23P: 45. M. Blakey
In: K. Declase, F. Pearce, D. Cuningham, S. Russell, C. Sheehan, M. Blakey, T. Jones, K. Keppel, N. Graham, H. Macreadie, D. Stevens, A. Silvagni
Out: C. Polson, P. Kerr, A. Federico, C. Byrne
(1) A Silvagni
(2) D Cuningham
(3) D Buckley
(4) B Boekhorst
(5) L Sumner
(6) N Graham
(7) B Smedts
That is a fair group of players, other than the injuries mentioned earlier. That made it harder for starters. However, the pathetic effort from so many of the guys who played today just didn't do us justice, especially in the last quarter.
GOALS: Gorringe, O'Shea, Pickett, Wilson
DISPOSALS: O'Shea 29, Russell 27, Strachan 26, Macreadie 25, Armfield 20, Sheehan 20
Of those, O'Shea and Russell were GOOD. Strachan was solid. Macreadie tried hard, but is a little light and make a few too many errors at the moment. His time is coming, but he is still a kid. Armfield was good, one of his best games this year and Sheahan tried hard, but is still some way off his best.
Harry McKay was adequate when NOT at FF, as we couldn't get the ball near him. His ruck work is ordinary, but on the ground he was a contributor.
Pickett had a couple of real highlights, but didn't do enough.
LeBois really needs to be in the Development team until he gets 20 or more possessions, because he cannot make a real difference to a team that needs him with 5 possessions for a game.
Gorringe continues to disappoint.
Korchek tries, but he is not a viable ruck option at this time.
Glass-McCasker had a reasonable game in defence, especially with the ball coming down so often and so easily. I'd still like to see him up forward, but we cannot afford that at the moment.
Palmer appeared to try, but he had a hard tag and couldn't throw it off. Especially as Leuenberger had such an influence in the middle of the ground. Palmer couldn't get near it.
Jaksch just doesn't appear to want it enough.
Gallucci is just making up the numbers as well.
Re: VFL Rd 13: Northern Blues vs Essendon at Windy Hill - laj - 07-15-2017
Our "two's" have turned to crap!
Re: VFL Rd 13: Northern Blues vs Essendon at Windy Hill - crashlander - 07-15-2017
(07-15-2017, 07:27 AM)laj link Wrote:Our "two's" have turned to crap!The big difference in in the centre square: instead of having a dominant ruckman who gave the mids first use, we now have Korchek and Gorringe, neither of whom can provide the mids with any service at all.
The 2nd thing is our mids themselves: instead of having guys like Kerridge, Graham and Cuningham leading the charge, the main mid left is Palmer. He is getting the hard tag each week and no help from the rucks. Then there is Tom Wilson, a real trier and a live wire, but not a 35 possession player whose disposal and pace hurts.
Thirdly, early in the season we had Alex Silvagni, followed by Liam Jones, giving real leadership and desperation to our back 6. Now neither of them is there and guys like Macreadie have to do jobs they are not really ready for yet.
Fourthly, our forward division has been a work in progress the whole time. But now it is a lot harder, as the ball does not come in often, nor does it come in a way that gives the forwards a chance. Kerr and Polson are out injured and their replacements haven't been up to the task.
The coaching box is not coming up with miracles, but in the circumstances, it is difficult to make a silk purse from sows' ears.
Re: VFL Rd 13: Northern Blues vs Essendon at Windy Hill - laj - 07-15-2017
(07-15-2017, 07:40 AM)crashlander link Wrote:The big difference in in the centre square: instead of having a dominant ruckman who gave the mids first use, we now have Korchek and Gorringe, neither of whom can provide the mids with any service at all.
The 2nd thing is our mids themselves: instead of having guys like Kerridge, Graham and Cuningham leading the charge, the main mid left is Palmer. He is getting the hard tag each week and no help from the rucks. Then there is Tom Wilson, a real trier and a live wire, but not a 35 possession player whose disposal and pace hurts.
Thirdly, early in the season we had Alex Silvagni, followed by Liam Jones, giving real leadership and desperation to our back 6. Now neither of them is there and guys like Macreadie have to do jobs they are not really ready for yet.
Fourthly, our forward division has been a work in progress the whole time. But now it is a lot harder, as the ball does not come in often, nor does it come in a way that gives the forwards a chance. Kerr and Polson are out injured and their replacements haven't been up to the task.
The coaching box is not coming up with miracles, but in the circumstances, it is difficult to make a silk purse from sows' ears.
Yes, you have some good points.
Harry Mac might actually play better footy in the seniors right now.
Re: VFL Rd 13: Northern Blues vs Essendon at Windy Hill - crashlander - 07-15-2017
Peter Jackson VFL 2017
Essendon 3.8 4.11 7.13 16.15 (111)
Northern Blues 1.2 2.4 2.6 4.6 (30)
GOALS:
Essendon : Laverde 6 Langford 4 Stanton 2 Dea O'Brien Merrett Leuenberger
Northern Blues: Pickett Gorringe Wilson O'Shea
BEST:
Essendon : Laverde Langford Francis Long Stanton Leuenberger
Northern Blues: O'Shea Russell Macreadie Wilson Blakey Armfield
Re: VFL Rd 13: Northern Blues vs Essendon at Windy Hill - crashlander - 07-15-2017
(07-15-2017, 07:48 AM)laj link Wrote:Yes, you have some good points.That is probably the case. Even though the seniors are not renowned for their forward work, he would have a MUCH better chance in the senior forward line. At the moment he is not going to get any good ball at VFL level until we get a few players back and can find some sort of solution for our ruck woes.
Harry Mac might actually play better footy in the seniors right now.
Re: VFL Rd 13: Northern Blues vs Essendon at Windy Hill - blue4life - 07-15-2017
(07-15-2017, 07:48 AM)laj link Wrote:Yes, you have some good points.
Harry Mac might actually play better footy in the seniors right now.
He's a long way from senior selection.
I counted one mark for the day and he played much of the second on the ball, but as Crash stated there was very little support for him today and our ball use was barely VFL standard.
The only players who could mount a semblance of a case for senior selection were Armfield and Sheehan in my view, and that would be a bit of a stretch.
Macredie and JGM both showed a bit but Laverde and Langford kicked 10 between them and someone has to own it.
We were way down on personnel and it showed.
Re: VFL Rd 13: Northern Blues vs Essendon at Windy Hill - ElwoodBlues1 - 07-15-2017
NB's were undermanned vs Essendon..Bombers VFL team is very decent.....Laverde has been injured for 12 months and only played three games this year, both he and Langford who were Essendons first two picks in the infamous Boekhorst draft did what they liked vs our combo of kids and bananas.
Bombers have a number of good kids including Francis and Mutch who are all big developed players that were just too skilled and advanced for our lot.
Macreadie...wasnt too bad considering the amount of ball Essendon had down forward....
OShea was our best player by a long way and should be playing senior footy...
Korchek.....Luenberger was too experienced and dominated all day...
Palmer.....poor IMO....Dons had Stanton, Hocking and Howlett in their team and they had a picnic and I thought Palmer didnt show much leadership.
Gorringe...took one decent mark forward and goaled but that was about it...soft performer..
Denis...few kicks down back but didnt do anything major and just went IMO...
Harry...no supply down forward then moved into the ruck...played ok, took a few marks but lacks some smarts IMO.
Gallucci...MIA
Lebois.....see Gallucci
Jaksch..started off well then faded
Sheehan....ordinary....kicking was poor too
JGM....not bad in patches especially early... but ended up on Laverde who was too strong and smart for him...
A game to forget.....we dont have the depth Essendon do and look very small...those chemicals must still be in the water supply at Windy Hill...