06-18-2017, 09:13 AM
Peter Jackson VFL 2017
Northern Blues 7.4 9.5 12.10 15.13 (103)
Werribee 4.0 9.6 16.7 18.9 (117)
GOALS:
Northern Blues: Jaksch 3 Palmer 2 Pickett 2 Graham 2 Kerridge Gallucci Russell Phillips McKay LeBois
Werribee: Larkey 4 Maishman 3 Daw 3 Thomas 2 Williams 2 Fordham Augerinos Nielson Munro
BEST:
Northern Blues: White Palmer O'Shea Graham Kerridge Pickett
Werribee: Swallow Hanson Gribble Nielson McFarlane Larkey
Not sure I agree with the best players, but....
I was very disappointed to lose after the start we had, but considering that we didn't have a ruckman after half time, we did pretty well.
This shows one of the real structural weaknesses we still have: a dearth of decent ruckmen. Phillips was probably best on ground until he got hurt. He totally destroyed Preuss. But with him off and Daniel Gorringe unable to return to the field, we lost the drive from the middle.
I'm afraid we rolled the dice with Gorringe and it didn't work out. He has the ability, but can not stay uninjured, nor does he have the inner motivation to make it. A pity, but there it is.
I did like what Palmer, Graham and Kerridge did, but they lost their edge before half time when Phillips first went to the bench.
I saw more in Pickett, but he hasn't managed to put it all together yet. Maybe next year. LeBois looks well of the pace to me. I saw him in under age football, and he didn't look as slow as he did yesterday. But he has a kick you can't help but love.
I thought O'Shea probably played his least effective game for us.
Overall I was angry at the time, but perhaps I over-reacted. We missed the dominant tall defender (Silvagni or Jones) we've had for most of the year and our key forwards didn't make the most of their opportunities. In some ways we showed our relative inexperience. We will improve.
Northern Blues 7.4 9.5 12.10 15.13 (103)
Werribee 4.0 9.6 16.7 18.9 (117)
GOALS:
Northern Blues: Jaksch 3 Palmer 2 Pickett 2 Graham 2 Kerridge Gallucci Russell Phillips McKay LeBois
Werribee: Larkey 4 Maishman 3 Daw 3 Thomas 2 Williams 2 Fordham Augerinos Nielson Munro
BEST:
Northern Blues: White Palmer O'Shea Graham Kerridge Pickett
Werribee: Swallow Hanson Gribble Nielson McFarlane Larkey
Not sure I agree with the best players, but....
I was very disappointed to lose after the start we had, but considering that we didn't have a ruckman after half time, we did pretty well.
This shows one of the real structural weaknesses we still have: a dearth of decent ruckmen. Phillips was probably best on ground until he got hurt. He totally destroyed Preuss. But with him off and Daniel Gorringe unable to return to the field, we lost the drive from the middle.
I'm afraid we rolled the dice with Gorringe and it didn't work out. He has the ability, but can not stay uninjured, nor does he have the inner motivation to make it. A pity, but there it is.
I did like what Palmer, Graham and Kerridge did, but they lost their edge before half time when Phillips first went to the bench.
I saw more in Pickett, but he hasn't managed to put it all together yet. Maybe next year. LeBois looks well of the pace to me. I saw him in under age football, and he didn't look as slow as he did yesterday. But he has a kick you can't help but love.
I thought O'Shea probably played his least effective game for us.
Overall I was angry at the time, but perhaps I over-reacted. We missed the dominant tall defender (Silvagni or Jones) we've had for most of the year and our key forwards didn't make the most of their opportunities. In some ways we showed our relative inexperience. We will improve.
Live Long and Prosper!