08-20-2016, 08:56 AM
(08-20-2016, 07:34 AM)Baggers link Wrote:Would have loved to have been there but have been floored by this flu. Worst I've had in decades... it's a shocker.
Though when I look at the final scoreline maybe I didn't miss much! Looking forward to knowing more about the game..
The flu did you a favour. I didn't check out the pies but here is a review of the players.
No Everitt or Graham.
Tutt and Boekhorst were the standout Carlton players – they stood out because of their effort, their pace and their equally inept disposal skills.
I watched the game from behind the goals to get a closer look at the tall defenders and Harry McKay, who lacked touch but he consistently played in front so he was able to mark on the lead and whenever kicks fell short. Unfortunately he never looked like taking a contested mark despite being in front of his shorter opponent who was able to out-position him or spoil from behind with too much ease.
As far as the four tall defenders are concerned:
Foster was the most impressive because he was the only one who was able to stay with his opponent and consistently spoil in marking contests. His ball handling and disposal skills were also good. Showed enough to possibly get another year on the list.
Glass-McCasker moves well and seems to have good skills but lacked the presence to impact the game and was the least noticeable of the four when he was on the ground - I didn’t notice him after half time; was presumably injured.
Gowers played with intensity but without finesse and rookie listed players don’t often get more than 2 years - don’t let the gate hit you on the way out.
The most disappointing was Jaksch because more was expected of him. Despite some posters calling for his promotion, I have never been convinced but I thought he could be worth persevering with because he has decent straight-line speed and decent hands. After today, I would not be disappointed to see him let go. Of his 16 disposals, a significant number would have come after kicking to himself to play on after a behind and he nearly stuffed up one of those. For the most part he seemed to spend his time trying to arrange to be the loose man in defence so that he could have an opponent with whom he could possibly break even. Rarely have I seen a loose man fail to get to so many contests or fail to influence (or even touch the ball) on the occasions when he managed to get there in time. When he was required to man up on an opponent, he usually zoned off behind that opponent and then failed to get close enough to spoil (or even create) a marking contest unless the ball was kicked so high that his opponent became a sitting duck.
Korcheck and Wood were well handled and out-bodied by undersized former Bullants ruckman, Nick Meese. Wood is barely VFL standard these days (a massive drop off from last year) whilst Korcheck has yet to reach those lofty heights.
DVR flashed some nice skills from time to time in the midfield but so infrequently that his performance could be better described as a decent impression of the invisible man.
Of the VFL listed players, Kerbatieh did not impress. The better players were Strachan, Wilson, Roos, Aujla and Blakey (redhead from Northern Knights), who flashed some decent skills. Tim Totevski appeared to injure his knee seriously in the first term.