Exhibition Match: Northern Blues vs U18's

[crashlander]

Have to qualify all positive statements by reminding oneself that they were playing against 17 year old kids - with the exception of our own teenagers who were opposed by talented players with similar physiques. Good commentary Crash but I thought I would add some of my own.

Fair enough. I always like to hear your opinions.
By the way we played, it appeared that we were really stung by last week's relatively ordinary performance. The coach obviously challenged the lads and they responded. I like that, as all previous games in this format have been close.

Good move by the coaches to play Jones and Jaksch in defence in order to give the young forwards (plus JGM) an opportunity to paly against similar strength defenders  - unfortunately, only JGM seemed to take advantage of the opportunity.

Jones showed a LOT of discipline as a defender, very much of the Sam Rowe style. He spoilt first and worried about anything else 2nd.
In the last quarter he flew for a few speckies, his only attempt to do a few more spectacular things. His kicking was also better: he didn't have the pressure of kicking at goal and handballed or short passed to guys in reasonable position by choice (often Silvagni).