AAMI Community Match vs Melbourne

[shawny]

Willo played the second half as a key forward.  I think that you would have to excuse any errors on his part because of his unfamiliarity with the role.  Of course, he was involved in several chains of possessions that resulted in scores.  He's a lock for Round 1 - unless Doc takes his spot!

Setters was good tonight and played his role very well.  His decision-making in attacking the pill or rolling back into our team defence was very good.  Setter's size and his ability to win marking contests was another positive.  He's another lock for Round 1.

Can’t agree.

They are both locks only if we want to finish bottom 6 imo.

I’m not a fan of LOB either but at least he has qualities and at times you can see why he was picked early in the draft.

Willo is erratic has no composure whatever and disposal is miss more than hit.

Setterfield has no urgency and simply doesn’t do enough to warrant a spot in any team that is serious about playing finals.

[tonyo]

My whipping boy is no longer with us, just watch him become a super star now!

Well, he's sure to get a game, seeing as they only have 24 fit players.....

[capcom]

Can’t agree.

They are both locks only if we want to finish bottom 6 imo.

I’m not a fan of LOB either but at least he has qualities and at times you can see why he was picked early in the draft.

Willo is erratic has no composure whatever and disposal is miss more than hit.

Setterfield has no urgency and simply doesn’t do enough to warrant a spot in any team that is serious about playing finals.

Testify brother ... both a last resort IMO

[LP]

Setterfield has no urgency and simply doesn’t do enough to warrant a spot in any team that is serious about playing finals.

Interestingly, I felt Setterfield lacked urgency last night and that was contrast by the way his team-mates used the football in traffic, in the same time it took Setters to decide what to do most team-mates were selling some candy and choosing another option, maybe he is not 100% fit?

This can also be a lack of confidence, I would have put LoB in the same category a year ago, perhaps even Kennedy although Kennedy gets points for forward play and showed improvement late last season. But you could see the positive difference in LoB last night, selling candy and riding bumps to big more powerful built opponents, and that must come from confidence because physically he hasn't changed body shape. It's all in his head!

But then look at Cripps last year versus Cripps last night, what a difference health and confidence makes, is there ever a clearer message to stop playing guys who are broken!

I'm afraid Bolton's "improvement through adversity" ethic really did some damage that has taken a long time to overcome. It think it went too far and caused significant damage, like throwing them all in the river to see who doesn't drown!

[blueboys_1]

Only saw bits and pieces of the game last night.
Great first half by the boys.
Was livid in the third quarter when we were been rundown.
Not very happy at all, however after reading the changes made at half time then can maybe see some reason as to why.
Still don't like to see these lapses where we going missing for a quarter and give up leads or get blown away.
We did have a similar game against Geelong, last year were were all over them for three quarters only to just hold on for the win as per last night.
I think that this type of pattern that really needs to be put to bed before we can seriously make a challenge for the 8 let alone the premiership.

[Mav]

Loved McGovern's game, but I don't think he'll get too many weeks where he gets to play on his own.

Lever pretty much gets to play on his own every week. Dal Santo did a short video analysis for Fox Footy where he noted Lever never plays on the opposition power forwards (and Weitering & OMac/Young would be the man-on-man defenders for us). Lever does take an opponent but sags off him when he runs outside 50 or makes decoy runs. He then reads the incoming ball-carrier and starts moving even before he kicks the ball. In a team defence system, others would take care of his opponent while he attends to his prime responsibility: intercept marking. Of course, it's all about timing and it's easier said than done. It's up to the back 6 to swap around to counter attempts to drag the intercept marker away from the hot spots. 

[DJC]

According to Vossy, Plowman was grabbed from the grandstand and told to get his footy gear on for his cameo in the last quarter.

Vossy had a bit of a chuckle about our forward line with Parks, Willo and Plow all playing very unusual roles for them.  Ash Hanson may have to borrow some of Hamill's squad and give them some lessons in basic forward craft  :

It was good that all three made contributions and their adaptability and willingness to take on the challenge would have pleased the coaching panel.  It was interesting that McGovern wasn't shifted forward, and that probably was an important factor in us hanging on for the win.

[LP]

Lever pretty much gets to play on his own every week. Dal Santo did a short video analysis for Fox Footy where he noted Lever never plays on the opposition power forwards (and Weitering & OMac/Young would be the man-on-man defenders for us).

I like Lever, but this is exactly why for me Lever isn't a shadow of a Weitering or May type.

Let's hope McGovern gets a similar chop out from a our MC, because he's potentially even better than Lever.

Tough decisions coming for Rnd 1, does De Koning go to the bench allowing Charlie to return, what will the balance be, I suspect we won't run all three talls in the F50 as I think the BigH / De Koning mix was about right, two is enough with either SoJ or Kemp but maybe not both? So many good problems to have!

[LP]

Interestingly, it seems our Church Mice squad are inadvertently big beneficiaries of the new "Shut the F@#$ Up" rule!

I hope I haven't put the kibosh on them! :o

[DJC]

I’m not sure why folk are pleased with Matt Kennedy’s game; he only had one tackle ?

I guess it’s hard to tackle when you’re the one with the pill ?

And, speaking of tackles, what about Tom de Koning’s run-down tackle?  ?