AAMI Community Match vs Melbourne

[blueday]

Hewett will be the steal of the year.. ..

He was outstanding. Exactly the play Cripps and Walsh needed.

[Gointocarlton]

Durdin was taken out of the game after a possible calf injury. Maybe it was just precautionary given it was just a praccie. If not, he'll be cursing his luck as it looked like he was making a move on senior selection.

TDK's leap is to die for. He doesn't seem to need a big run up to launch and that'll make him difficult to defend. 

The other one with an excellent vertical leap is Young. Seems to be able get very high up from a standing leap. Did ok.

[shawny]

McGovern reminded me of his brother. Can you imagine if he can play to that level came the real thing.
Mid recruits looked good and amazing what having support does to blokes like Cripps and Kennedy.
On the negative side Setterfield and Williamson seems to have the same flaws under Voss.
Setters refuses to attack any contest and uselessly guards space when a ball in dispute or just won by the opposition. Just don’t see enough from him not even in spurts to think this guy will make it. Be very surprised if he is still on the list come end of year.
Willo is a dear in the headlights and way too many ahead of him. Will only get a look in if we are savaged by injuries.

[DJC]

McGovern reminded me of his brother. Can you imagine if he can play to that level came the real thing.
Mid recruits looked good and amazing what having support does to blokes like Cripps and Kennedy.
On the negative side Setterfield and Williamson seems to have the same flaws under Voss.
Setters refuses to attack any contest and uselessly guards space when a ball in dispute or just won by the opposition. Just don’t see enough from him not even in spurts to think this guy will make it. Be very surprised if he is still on the list come end of year.
Willo is a dear in the headlights and way too many ahead of him. Will only get a look in if we are savaged by injuries.

Willo played the second half as a key forward.  I think that you would have to excuse any errors on his part because of his unfamiliarity with the role.  Of course, he was involved in several chains of possessions that resulted in scores.  He's a lock for Round 1 - unless Doc takes his spot!

Setters was good tonight and played his role very well.  His decision-making in attacking the pill or rolling back into our team defence was very good.  Setter's size and his ability to win marking contests was another positive.  He's another lock for Round 1.

[RiverRat]

Setters refuses to attack any contest and uselessly guards space when a ball in dispute or just won by the opposition. Just don’t see enough from him not even in spurts to think this guy will make it. Be very surprised if he is still on the list come end of year.

Definitely a make or break year - his consistent reluctance to aggressively close down his opponents was all the more obvious when the vast majority of his teammates were doing so, which was a most pleasant surprise.

[RiverRat]

I thought O’Brien contributed a fair bit, good and bad, but he kept cracking in.

It was only a low bar but I think it might have been the best game I have seen from him; committed his body to the contest more than I have ever seen before.

[townsendcalling]

Willo played the second half as a key forward.  I think that you would have to excuse any errors on his part because of his unfamiliarity with the role.  Of course, he was involved in several chains of possessions that resulted in scores.  He's a lock for Round 1.

He's a lock to be helping Paddy Dow and Matty Cottrell in the twos. Has no composure when he gets the ball.

[Gointocarlton]

He's a lock to be helping Paddy Dow and Matty Cottrell in the twos. Has no composure when he gets the ball.

Its a shame, he has a huge tank and when his confidence is up has a nice left foot that can penetrate. Had high hopes for him, I now feel along with Setters is just depth.

[LP]

I doubt anyone has any doubt about the differences Voss is making when you watch how we move the ball and our decision making, the panic has gone, it's just not there anymore and there are blokes selling candy all over the field which puts the kibosh on robotic opponents.

Let's hope it persists into the main season, and it will be interesting to see how this goes against Nthmond.

People can claim Melbourne looked flat, but the emotion on the faces of Oliver and Petracca, as well as the bemusement on the face of Gawn cannot be hidden!

[Lods]

Kennedy....the overnight success that's taken its time.
There was a game last year when he was the medical sub and came on with a lot of energy.
It was one of the first times I noticed that he looked confident and ready to impose himself.

I'll have to recheck it but I think while I was doing a scan of the B&F last year and noticed that Kennedy scored better than any player except Walsh and Weitering after the bye.
So maybe not that surprising.