Practice Match: Blues v Pies, Fri 24 Feb

[ElwoodBlues1]

Slow motion game in the heat as you would expect, thought Hollands made a handy start and is a active busy smaller mid.
Getting the band back together ie Kennedy and Hewett with Cripps makes such a difference to how we operate and good to see Hewett moving freely with no back issues so maybe Russell can get a tick for that.
Acres...gets plenty of ball and runs everywhere but he needs to get a bit closer to his man and also watch his kicking, seems to kick a few loopy ones that hang in the air and dont travel far inviting other teams to pick them off.
Thought TDK did some good things and Id still be backing him to be my No 1 ruckman.
Not a lot you can really gauge from either team imho given the conditions and for me they looked evenly matched, main thing is no injuries and a couple of our newbies looked promising.
For Collingwood they would have been happy with McStay who I dont rate but he seemed to fit in with their working class no brand name forward setup.
Cowan vs Cincotta.......undecided at this stage to who I think will be more likely to debut first.....