Squad for JLT game named

[DJC]

Having read all the comments on here, Bolton's after match comments, highlights and the like, I think it's obvious that the boys were just going through the motions, almost certainly under instruction. Bolton didn't sound like he cared, the boys were just jogging around etc. Minimal effort just to show up and participate.

As Lods said, different teams approach the pre season differently. The Swans under Roos were notorious for treating the pre season as a joke, and Roos made this pretty clear on a few occasions.

So if we're serving this up for pre season, fine. If this is what we bring in Round 1,  watch out.

It was all about the metrics Paul, as Craig said in his JLT preview.

One of the pleasing aspects was that blokes who haven't played much footy ran out the game and showed a bit.  Among that group, Marchbank was a stand out for me.  He started a bit slowly but found his rhythm and really started to look the part. 

On the flipside, while Thomas had a reasonable third quarter, he seems to have lost the ability to find space and time.  He seems to be always under pressure when he gets the ball and is rarely effective or creative With his use of the ball.  It was only one game but I suspect that the 5th year is looking shaky.

It was good to see Murphy back and not suffering any ill-effects from his ankle injury.  His bitch-slapping of Viney was unexpected but not unwelcome