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Re: VFL 2017 Round #2: Carlton vs Williamstown - townsendcalling - 04-23-2017
Watching at the game, he looked quite reliable.
Re: VFL 2017 Round #2: Carlton vs Williamstown - Gointocarlton - 04-23-2017
(04-23-2017, 06:15 AM)crashlander link Wrote:No 16 was Marcus Stavrou. He looked pretty good.Damn youre right, I should have realised he wasnt on the link I posted. Stavrou is good kid, a mate of mine knows him and his family well.
Re: VFL 2017 Round #2: Carlton vs Williamstown - crashlander - 04-23-2017
Anyway, I didn't finish: I had to take daughter out before I was done. Let's see if I finish this time?
Dyson Stevens: Dyson has been with us for a while, but he hasn’t played many senior games. He appears to have made some real improvements since last year. He played a good game and should get a lot more senior games this year. His run and kicking from the midfield were impressive.
Cameron Barrett: Another young lad who appears to have stepped up. Not as many possessions as Stevens, but he had a very tidy game.
Sean Bolger: Bolger is a mobile big man who generally rucks in the Development team. He was severely outsized by Nick Meese, who is big and strong. He did his best; he relieved Liam Jones in the ruck. However, I can’t see him getting a lot of games as a ruckman.
There is a big lad who might have played, Angus Milhan, who has played at a couple of other VFL clubs. He is another huge lad about 208 cm, but he was injured and couldn’t play. (We don’t have a ruckman to bless ourselves with.)
Marcus Stavrou: Marcus wore 16 this week and last week, which is a bit confusing. He was named 23rd man, but has impressed with his games so far. He is excellent overhead and did a fine job until one of the Willi boys tried to rearrange his head.
He has impressed every time he can gone out so far and is apparently highly regarded in both the Preston and Carlton side of things. He could well pay himself onto an AFLlist.
Re: VFL 2017 Round #2: Carlton vs Williamstown - ElwoodBlues1 - 04-23-2017
(04-23-2017, 04:07 AM)crashlander link Wrote:As for the VFL listed players:
Sam Russell: I didn’t see a lot of Sam this week. He is the brother of former rookie Fraser Russell and hasn’t had the injury woes that made his brother retire. He often gets the small defender role and he is steady rather than spectacular. That was pretty much how he was yesterday; he didn’t make a lot of mistakes and he kept his opponents in check, but he didn’t get huge possessions either.
Cameron O’Shea: An excellent pick-up to this point. Unlike Russell, O’Shea does know when to zone off and get a kick, He has fit in nicely to the team and has added more pace and more stability to our defence (as has Alex Sivagni), Making his opponent be more accountable for him has worked pretty well for him so far.
Luke Russell: Like O’Shea, Russell has been a good acquisition so far. I don’t think he has played as well as O’Shea as yet, but his presence in the middle shows that having a few Carlton boys missing does not reduce the pace and effectiveness of our midfield.
Glenn Strachan: Strachan has been a survivor at the NB’s. Most of the guys who started with him since he transferred from Collingwood have gone, He will remain for a while yet, as his kicking and marking are good.
OShea is impressive as he has an attacking side to his game and is a decent size player as well who can play a few positions....he may well work his way into rookie contention next draft if he keeps his form up.
Was dropped of the Port list because of his disposal but so far I have seen no evidence of poor kicking /decision making...
Stavrou is a fav of SOS who wanted him at the NB's and would be right in the frame for a rookie spot next draft given his form, very strong overhead for a player his size and seems to use the ball ok...
Re: VFL 2017 Round #2: Carlton vs Williamstown - flyboy77 - 04-23-2017
no Sumner? or Lamb?
Re: VFL 2017 Round #2: Carlton vs Williamstown - Gointocarlton - 04-23-2017
(04-23-2017, 09:24 PM)flyboy77 link Wrote:no Sumner? or Lamb?Sumner sustained a knee hammy injury last week and will miss a few, Lamb has had a knee for a few weeks now and is still out.
Re: VFL 2017 Round #2: Carlton vs Williamstown - crashlander - 04-24-2017
(04-23-2017, 09:24 PM)flyboy77 link Wrote:no Sumner? or Lamb?Indeed. Nor is there Gussy Sheahan, who had an ice pack on his quad at the end of last week's game.
Gorringe is the suspect one, his return is as yet undetermined.
Korchek missed this week, but is a good chance to be back next weekend.
Re: VFL 2017 Round #2: Carlton vs Williamstown - Professer E - 04-24-2017
This win reinforces that the club is on the right track because the NB's were a bloody rabble under Webster. We seem to have improved our recruiting, and an improved set up at the NB's may address the development issues... all recent successful sides have also been very strong at VFL level.
Re: VFL 2017 Round #2: Carlton vs Williamstown - LP - 04-24-2017
(04-24-2017, 01:07 AM)Professer E link Wrote:This win reinforces that the club is on the right track because the NB's were a bloody rabble under Webster. We seem to have improved our recruiting, and an improved set up at the NB's may address the development issues... all recent successful sides have also been very strong at VFL level.
Not full of old blokes like Kerridge, Graham, Palmer, Jones and Jaksch though. Those other sides had success with VFL teams that were full of talented kids who got sorted out at VFL level then promoted to the AFL.
Re: VFL 2017 Round #2: Carlton vs Williamstown - Pratty - 04-26-2017
(04-22-2017, 11:33 AM)laj link Wrote:Something interesting from Coopps on BigFooty.
"I was standing next to our bench, directly behind the guy keeping track of the GPS data on a laptop. I could read all the stats, and can tell you that at 3/4 time Harry was 2nd for total amount of ground covered. He was up over 10km, with guys like Buckley and Boekhorst just below 8. I was watching him closely, and he doesn't stop moving. Don't worry about the tank!"
I agree completely. His tank and work rate seem like things to not be worried about. Very good work rate IMO. KJ and others could take note of that. I like that Jones' work rate is big, huge actually, and young Pat Kerr seems to have a healthy appetite for hard work and work rate also.