05-08-2016, 12:45 PM
Peter Jackson VFL 2016
Casey Scorpions 5.3 9.6 12.9 19.11 (125)
Northern Blues 0.1 0.3 1.6 2.6 (18)
GOALS:
Casey Scorpions: Briggs 4 Weideman 4 Grimes 2 Dawes 2 Newton 2 Terlich Morris Spencer King Trengove
Northern Blues: Totevski Kerbatieh
BEST:
Casey Scorpions: Newton Neal-Bullen Grimes Smith Dunn Briggs
Northern Blues: Graham Dick Korcheck Buckley Tutt Boekhorst
I got kicked off the computer early in the last quarter. I'm not disappointed. It was clear that we really fell down today.
As for tonight, I almost didn't want to look at this thread. The only comments could have been bad ones, which is what you expect with such an insipid performance.
Yes, it was a 'perfect storm'. We suffered injuries to guys we could not afford to lose. We already had a raft of injured players unavailable. We were playing a good team on their home patch in conditions we have done poorly in of recent time (at a ground where we have a record that is truly ghastly). Yes, all of that. But I was hoping for some guys to show some heart and some system. It didn't happen.
Best to but this one behind us and move on.
Can we be this bad next week? Possibly. That depends on the injury situation and whether Buckley gets suspended. There MUST be consequences for our severely injured players, but what?
OK, where are we at?
Looking first at the VFL list: it started as basically a completely new list. Now the few experienced players we had are either really struggling or out injured. McGuinness gives a HUGE amount of leadership to our defence when the experienced Carlton players are not there. Wilson is the captain and an honest contributor and Bransgrove, a guy with a heart bigger than he is, has almost run his race due to persistent knee injuries.
Kerbatieh looks like the real deal and Casley could be something if he didn't kick like Casboult.
The Carlton boys: where are they? In the sheds. Our entire draft cohort from last year, the kids we bank on for our future, are all unavailable with injuries. All of them, from Weitering to Glass-McCasker. Remarkable!
When we have a full list, there will be someone like White or Jamison available. Certainly not the case at the moment.
Our midfield is probably the weakest area when the list is available. With out injuries total, it looks pretty bare indeed.
Ruckman: we don't have a lot on our list. We have Kreuzer, Phillips, Gorringe, Wood and Korchek, with 2 of these rookies, one an International Rookie. At the moment we have only Kreuzer (required in the seniors) and Korchek available. That makes life hard for the mids against serious opposition.
Next week our ruck combination will be Aurrechio and Korchek - both Americans and still very much learning the game. If one of them is unavailable, then we will be playing Cripps (who has been playing half forward and doing OK until today).
A few weeks ago we looked pretty good. We had Armfield showing the way and acting as the rover we lack totally. We had Silvagni getting goals and making them out of nothing. We had pace from Cunningham and huge endeavour from Glass-McCasker. We had White being BOG and showing the youngsters how to do it. We even had Liam Jones kicking goals (amazing as that is). Now we have none of that. It shows.
It is amazing, when each week I have been expecting our side to be reinforced by returning Carlton players, to deal with a side that is becoming less and less capable when it looked so good.
I have no idea when Wilson and McGuinness will be back. I don't even know if they WILL be back. But we need leadership out there and we have very little of it.
Casey Scorpions 5.3 9.6 12.9 19.11 (125)
Northern Blues 0.1 0.3 1.6 2.6 (18)
GOALS:
Casey Scorpions: Briggs 4 Weideman 4 Grimes 2 Dawes 2 Newton 2 Terlich Morris Spencer King Trengove
Northern Blues: Totevski Kerbatieh
BEST:
Casey Scorpions: Newton Neal-Bullen Grimes Smith Dunn Briggs
Northern Blues: Graham Dick Korcheck Buckley Tutt Boekhorst
I got kicked off the computer early in the last quarter. I'm not disappointed. It was clear that we really fell down today.
As for tonight, I almost didn't want to look at this thread. The only comments could have been bad ones, which is what you expect with such an insipid performance.
Yes, it was a 'perfect storm'. We suffered injuries to guys we could not afford to lose. We already had a raft of injured players unavailable. We were playing a good team on their home patch in conditions we have done poorly in of recent time (at a ground where we have a record that is truly ghastly). Yes, all of that. But I was hoping for some guys to show some heart and some system. It didn't happen.
Best to but this one behind us and move on.
Can we be this bad next week? Possibly. That depends on the injury situation and whether Buckley gets suspended. There MUST be consequences for our severely injured players, but what?
OK, where are we at?
Looking first at the VFL list: it started as basically a completely new list. Now the few experienced players we had are either really struggling or out injured. McGuinness gives a HUGE amount of leadership to our defence when the experienced Carlton players are not there. Wilson is the captain and an honest contributor and Bransgrove, a guy with a heart bigger than he is, has almost run his race due to persistent knee injuries.
Kerbatieh looks like the real deal and Casley could be something if he didn't kick like Casboult.
The Carlton boys: where are they? In the sheds. Our entire draft cohort from last year, the kids we bank on for our future, are all unavailable with injuries. All of them, from Weitering to Glass-McCasker. Remarkable!
When we have a full list, there will be someone like White or Jamison available. Certainly not the case at the moment.
Our midfield is probably the weakest area when the list is available. With out injuries total, it looks pretty bare indeed.
Ruckman: we don't have a lot on our list. We have Kreuzer, Phillips, Gorringe, Wood and Korchek, with 2 of these rookies, one an International Rookie. At the moment we have only Kreuzer (required in the seniors) and Korchek available. That makes life hard for the mids against serious opposition.
Next week our ruck combination will be Aurrechio and Korchek - both Americans and still very much learning the game. If one of them is unavailable, then we will be playing Cripps (who has been playing half forward and doing OK until today).
A few weeks ago we looked pretty good. We had Armfield showing the way and acting as the rover we lack totally. We had Silvagni getting goals and making them out of nothing. We had pace from Cunningham and huge endeavour from Glass-McCasker. We had White being BOG and showing the youngsters how to do it. We even had Liam Jones kicking goals (amazing as that is). Now we have none of that. It shows.
It is amazing, when each week I have been expecting our side to be reinforced by returning Carlton players, to deal with a side that is becoming less and less capable when it looked so good.
I have no idea when Wilson and McGuinness will be back. I don't even know if they WILL be back. But we need leadership out there and we have very little of it.
Live Long and Prosper!