VFL Round 13: Northern Blues vs. Richmond on TV

[DJC]

Jaksch by a mile.  Byrne also after another run, looked a cut above the rest.

I agree with that and I would add Foster as one to watch.

Of course, Rowe has to come back in.

[Professer E]

X2.

[cimm1979]

Jaksch by a mile.  Byrne also after another run, looked a cut above the rest.

The website says Byrnes game time was managed.

Makes his game even better.

[cookie2]

The website says Byrnes game time was managed.

Makes his game even better.

Yes his game and that of Jaksch were the standouts for me. Rowe was OK too.

[blue4life]

Jaksch was very good and should probably play seniors next week, I didn't see Fields' VFL form but he's well short of AFL at this stage judging by Friday night and Jaksch should get his spot comfortably.
Rowe will surely play next week either if Jamison doesn't come up or in White's place, but there's not much else in the VFL to get excited about if today's game was any guide even allowing for the conditions.
Smith goes hard but he's rough around the edges, Vojo looks skilful enough but doesn't go hard like Smith, Boekhorst isn't much chop, Whiley is a good workhorse who might have a future if he puts in the hard yards, none of the others look like AFL players except Byrne.
The only regulars missing from Friday night were Walks, Docherty and Rowe and every club will have two or three missing at any given time, our list is very weak.

[crashlander]

Based on the game today if you were looking at promoting one of the talls Crash...who would get the nod?

Rowe will probably come in Jamo. Jaksch could well get promoted and maybe even play forward.
Fields: bit hard to judge on a single performance in hard conditions, but he is better matched up against guys who are a bit shorter. The really tall forwards get him because he doesn't appear to have the height or the spring.
I'd actually like to see him play on a wing in the seniors to see if he can play a more attacking role. Can't see it happening, but who knows?

I would not be playing Menzel: if he is 100% fit, then I'm Adolf Hitler. We are getting nothing from him: he shouldn't be there. Get him fit and get his head right and get him ready for 2016! If he is really 100% fit, I'll contact the Russians and say they burnt the wrong body. Then I'd put him up for trade.

I wouldn't be playing Tutt either. He can't hold a tackle and he panics. He doesn't go hard enough. I'd promote Byrne, but I think he will play a whole game in the VFL next week and maybe the week later. Hopefully he will have run into form and fitness by then. In the mean time we may give Dick another go, not in the back pocket!

[ElwoodBlues1]

Lousy game to watch but wet weather tells you a lot about your players because kicks dont come easy...

Best for us were Jaksch, Byrne and Walsh IMO...

Jaksch: more accomplished than his teammates and is better than VFL footy, skills are not the issue, its just when he gets to senior footy he gets
caught out vs the bigger KP players who have more kegs on their frame and can push him around...
Mcbean or Mr Bean didnt touch the footy when KJ was on him but when Jaksch got moved forward he got away from Foster who doesnt have the nous.

Byrne...bit rusty but has some style and zip to his game, is composed and uses the ball well and would be in my senior team next week as the sub.

Walsh...ok I like the kid and probably overstate his abilities but he contests well, has some nous about what he is doing and apart from one sloppy left foot kick usually finds a teammate..for a WA kid he did well in the wet and was fairly clean with the ball...

Dick...better when he can take the game on but lacks footy smarts which is what the three players above have, second efforts are not that great and he fumbles
too much for mine...

Smith....has a go and wasnt our worst player.....ball use isnt great by foot and he can turn it over but he does contest well and will stick up for his mates.
There is something there to work with...

Foster...long was off senior footy, lacks know how and needs some more meat on the bones..

Boekhorst...wet weather means lots of contested footy which doesnt suit the Boeky man who is your outside running mid...used the ball ok when he did get it but
he didnt get a lot of footy and I looked at him closely on one occasion when he did get the ball and he has that look of a player who wants back home to
the safety of the WAFL and I am not sure he is committed enough to make it in the AFL.

Viojo Rainbow...skillful left footer in the Menzel mode but like Boeky doesnt like too much contested ball or having to graft for his kicks.....very lightly built and
needs plenty of gym work...

Rowe..for a senior player didnt do enough IMO and I wanst impressed all be it the weather didnt help big blokes today....

Jones...not much from him and alas looks like a trade bust.....

Johnson...good VFL player, was ok in parts but doesnt do enough...next

Whiley...got plenty of ball but did nothing with it, disposal is atrocious...lacks nous and smarts but does contest and tag well...


Watto, couldnt get much of the footy given the weather and congested play..kicked one nice goal, led ok but wasnt a factor though delivery too him was woeful and lacking....

Thomas, McQaulter being ex senior players took over in the middle for the Tigers and we fell away....

[blue4life]

Smith....has a go and wasnt our worst player.....ball use isnt great by foot and he can turn it over but he does contest well and will stick up for his mates.
There is something there to work with...

I'd give some serious thought to making a small forward out of him.
He's quick, tough and can tackle, no one would be getting easy kicks on him and our options at the moment seem to be Armfield and Ellard.
His kicking action is fine so there's no reason he couldn't be an accurate shot at goal, we haven't got anything to lose by giving him a crack.

[Robblues]

looks like a real sad state of affairs, Boekhoerst , Jones , Tutt, Smith, Whiley, Dick all seem to be list cloggers and all on the books for next year I believe. Going to cost. To clear them, or restrict being able to move forward quicker. Add to that , Watson ( would love him to be there but enough chances it's time) Johnson , 206, and that's a quarter of our list that can't make a mark in the seniors, no wonder we are struggling . Looking like a long road back at the moment.

[LP]

Posters keep focussing on poor marking, but the real problem is poor disposal. The best marks in the league would look ordinary under our kicking regime.

Casboult is a great mark, but struggles to get more than 5 or 6 a game even with several contested marks. That is because we can't kick, and neither can the NBs. Blokes like Casboult and Watson end up marking on the HBF, when they should be marking around the F50.