VFL 2017 Round 3: Northern Blues vs Coburg at Coburg

[laj]

Jones would be stiff not to come in. In form and by the looks would be a good match up for reg grundy when kruezer needs a chop out.

Doubt he's kicking Casboult out of that role though.

[LP]

only changes to the team yesterday should be forced changes through injury - so Kerr or Jones for Jack maybe Weitering 'rested' but he's a tough kid....

Daisy stays in the 2s.

Showing your bias now, gentleman Daisy was clearly BOG and set the tone for the whole team!

Having said that, if SoJ is the only change I think Jones gets a go ahead of Daisy.

[bigblue]

Did Pickett play ?

[ElwoodBlues1]

Kerr must have really improved from his form in the Richmond practice match.  I thought he showed a tonne of promise but got lost at times. 

It would be quite a turnaround in our drafting if all our draft 2016 picks debuted this year.

Kerr's upside from what I saw in the last NB's game was as good as Charlie Curnows in terms of footy nous and smarts.....not big numbers in terms of possies yet
but he is an exciting future player IMO....maybe we need to be careful with both him and Harry and wait  a bit longer...

[townsendcalling]

Kerr's upside from what I saw in the last NB's game was as good as Charlie Curnows in terms of footy nous and smarts.....not big numbers in terms of possies yet
but he is an exciting future player IMO....maybe we need to be careful with both him and Harry and wait  a bit longer...

Totally agree about being patient with both Kerr and McKay.  I just get the feeling that if Silvagni misses, they might be more likely to go 'like for like' in terms of role, age, youthful experience etc.  Kerr's build and movement look far more suited to the SOJ role than McKay and I'd be worried that Levi and Jones might be trying to pack mark the same ball.

We are now starting to debate multiple inform replacements for injured individuals!!  Nice feeling.

[pinot]

Did Pickett play ?

He was on the ground, yes. Whether he played is questionable at best.

[jeza]

Would love to see Kerr or McKay get a game but if we're after a flanker we're going to go for Daisy, Boekhorst or Kerridge most likely.

Pickett would be my pick. We do look very one paced without him - even though he does some dodgey things.

[Jeffy38]

He was on the ground, yes. Whether he played is questionable at best.

A bit harsh I think. Pickett had moments and from the snippets I saw looked like he was putting In. Didn't find enough of it though and a player of his quality needs to take the game by the scruff of the neck

[jeza]

Quick question... did Wayne Carey die and start inhabiting Liam Jones's body?
Highlights:
https://t.co/TWEsNIWa6u

http://northernbluesfc.com.au/?p=4640
Best:
Northern Blues: Jones, Boekhorst, Stavrou, Thomas, Kerr, Wilson

Interesting to note BB named ahead of DT. Interesting given DT had 6 goal assists.

[Thryleon]

I only saw a highlight package of all of our goals, but Thomas was everywhere on it.

For that he deserves a bit more respect from many of his detractors.

Any player who has won an afl premiership,  was considered one of the games elite mids for a little while,  is on big money and then goes down to the vfl once, and tears that level up straight away, even though he could play out the year, without earning his cash and put it all behind him deserves a bit more respect.

Sure, people might claim he only wants to trigger his extension,  but I think he'd genuinely be hurt by how little footy he's produced (based on how he goes about it) and has a bit more pride in himself and actually wants to achieve something rather than fizzling out into nothing.