07-03-2016, 12:50 AM
An all round underwhelming night at the footy. Was pretty distracted by the election results flowing in, so the standard of the game made it easy to turn away at times.
My old man remarked that he has now seen three generations of Silvagnis make their debut. SoJ was fine, he has the makings of an agile half forward flanker that knows how to find space. He is a long way off regular senior footy, but there were good signs.
As for the rest, we mostly stunk it up, against a side that stunk just a little less.
The usual duds have been covered: everitt and casboult are not much good and neither is going to get any better. They will be turned over in the next couple of years, and we must pray that c curnow and mckay develop into the key forwards we need.
We miss murphy badly at the moment; his clean hands mean a second posession after a clearence is more likely to be to advantage. Kerridge and Curnow cannot do this, so fumbles were had all round.
Very disappointed for byrne. He is one of the few pacy players we have. With our lack of leg spead we are more reliant on clean disposal and good decision making.
Thought phillips played a good game and got around the ground well. He showed plenty of fight too. Two ruckmen is the best option for the style of footy played now. Kruezer started well taking two strong marks in the first quarter but faded. Perhaps it is under instruction, but he often got close to casboult when our defenders were kicking down the lines, forming a pack. With our weak midfield, the ball could be cleared and sent back. Providing more of a midfield option may be better, but he aint quick.
Our best were again simpson, docherty, and gibbs who battled hard against a tag.
My old man remarked that he has now seen three generations of Silvagnis make their debut. SoJ was fine, he has the makings of an agile half forward flanker that knows how to find space. He is a long way off regular senior footy, but there were good signs.
As for the rest, we mostly stunk it up, against a side that stunk just a little less.
The usual duds have been covered: everitt and casboult are not much good and neither is going to get any better. They will be turned over in the next couple of years, and we must pray that c curnow and mckay develop into the key forwards we need.
We miss murphy badly at the moment; his clean hands mean a second posession after a clearence is more likely to be to advantage. Kerridge and Curnow cannot do this, so fumbles were had all round.
Very disappointed for byrne. He is one of the few pacy players we have. With our lack of leg spead we are more reliant on clean disposal and good decision making.
Thought phillips played a good game and got around the ground well. He showed plenty of fight too. Two ruckmen is the best option for the style of footy played now. Kruezer started well taking two strong marks in the first quarter but faded. Perhaps it is under instruction, but he often got close to casboult when our defenders were kicking down the lines, forming a pack. With our weak midfield, the ball could be cleared and sent back. Providing more of a midfield option may be better, but he aint quick.
Our best were again simpson, docherty, and gibbs who battled hard against a tag.