Game Day Cats V Blues 8 quarter Preseason Blockbuster.

[feelinfeline]

on today's performance Atkins out as well, he might get a reprieve with Guthrie injured.

Second in last year's B&F but might not play round 1? You're dreaming.

It was a scratch match. Means nothing.

 

[FredLeDeux]

Really? I thought O'Connor was s**t house and I'm not sure Atkins touched the ball.

O'Connor was among our best 2 or 3 in the first quarter

 

[D BRIDGE]

O'Connor is a walk-up start after today, as is Atkins, of course

MOC was a fringe player I was happy not to get a game but assumed that they might still play him.

After today I’m still far from convinced he is B22.

Same with Touhy… He just doesn’t look anywhere near the same anymore.

Although I do understand it’s preseason and experienced players may just cruise through this kinda game.

Personally I think the guys on the fringe need to put there best foot forward as they don’t have the wiggle room to look average.

Duncan wasn’t great but has enough credits in the bank for mine.

MOC doesn’t.

Bowes looked much more effective to
My eyes… but MOC still might cling on as Knevitt didn’t go great and I doubt they’ll play both Dempsey + Mannagh (who both looked plenty good enough).

Mullin playing more than Bews indicates to me they might prefer Mullin… although I’m not sure either should be playing… but if not at least one of Touhy/MOC will.

Ahh I need to see another game now.

Bring on Essendon.

 

[dangerwood]

Second in last year's B&F but might not play round 1? You're dreaming.

It was a scratch match. Means nothing.

Yep probably too hard on Atkins then, right he's in. Occonnor should be out though

 

[dangerwood]

MOC was a fringe player I was happy not to get a game but assumed that they might still play him.

After today I’m still far from convinced he is B22.

Same with Touhy… He just doesn’t look anywhere near the same anymore.

Although I do understand it’s preseason and experienced players may just cruise through this kinda game.

Personally I think the guts on the fringe need to put there best foot forward as they don’t have the wiggle room to look average.

Duncan wasn’t great but has enough credits in the bank for mine.

MOC doesn’t.

Bowes looked much more effective to
My eyes… but MOC still might cling on as Knevitt didn’t go great and I doubt they’ll play both Dempsey + Mannagh (who both looked plenty good enough).

Glad someone else said it. I was stoo hard on Atkins, he was good last year. Just didn't touch it today. Occonnor is absolute fringe player for mine and with the performance of Clark, Bowes and mannagh then I occonnors out for me.
I don't think we will improve if O'Connor is still best 22.

 

[dangerwood]

MOC was a fringe player I was happy not to get a game but assumed that they might still play him.

After today I’m still far from convinced he is B22.

Same with Touhy… He just doesn’t look anywhere near the same anymore.

Although I do understand it’s preseason and experienced players may just cruise through this kinda game.

Personally I think the guys on the fringe need to put there best foot forward as they don’t have the wiggle room to look average.

Duncan wasn’t great but has enough credits in the bank for mine.

MOC doesn’t.

Bowes looked much more effective to
My eyes… but MOC still might cling on as Knevitt didn’t go great and I doubt they’ll play both Dempsey + Mannagh (who both looked plenty good enough).

Mullin playing more than Bews indicates to me they might prefer Mullin… although I’m not sure either should be playing… but if not at least one of Touhy/MOC will.

Ahh I need to see another game now.

Bring on Essendon.

I thought Mullin was disappointing.

 

[D BRIDGE]

Yep probably too hard on Atkins then, right he's in. Occonnor should be out though

Yeah Atkins was just going through the motions.

He done almost nothing.

But he can get away with it.

 

[Stokey]

I thought Mullin was disappointing.

An Irishman in 40d heat. Surprised he didn't melt.

 

[D BRIDGE]

Kayo didn’t telecast the 8 quarters.

I didn’t think they would but got my hopes up a little.

Bummer.

 

[thejester]

Yep probably too hard on Atkins then, right he's in. Occonnor should be out though

Disagree, thought he was really solid.

 

[thejester]

Neale had 3 shots on goal in 3 quarters or so. I wouldn't necessarily call that quiet.

If he's getting 3-4 shots on goal every week he'll play 15+ games this year.

I think he barely touched it otherwise, though. Tbf hard to judge given how hard they were rotating but also how many of our forward entries were 2-3 smaller guys running back into an empty paddock after the Blues had turned it over.

 

[Mr Meow]

Glad someone else said it. I was stoo hard on Atkins, he was good last year. Just didn't touch it today. Occonnor is absolute fringe player for mine and with the performance of Clark, Bowes and mannagh then I occonnors out for me.
I don't think we will improve if O'Connor is still best 22.

O'Connor wasn't great or terrible today - he was solid enough. His versatile roles of defensive wingman, rebounding halfback and lockdown small defender (along with his experience) will make it harder for him to be dropped than most think. That collection of roles is a bigger need than having both Mannagh and Dempsey, even if both of them did more impressive things.

Atkins (especially) and Bruhn I expect will be kept in barring really prolonged barren runs of form, as Dangerfield and Blicavs won't be bashing into every stoppage in every game.

Assuming Guthrie is out, Clark could be given a shot and I believe this leaves us with:

FB: Z.Guthrie De Koning J.Henry
HB: Stewart Kolo Duncan

C: Blicavs Atkins Holmes
FOL: Stanley Bowes Dangerfield

HF: Miers Cameron Close
FF: O.Henry Hawkins Stengle

IC: Bruhn Clark Dempsey O'Connor

I agree with CHAWKTS that it's hard to see both Neale and Dempsey in the same (healthy) side, so it'll come down to structure/attributes.

Mullin or Tuohy I'd see as contenders for the "O'Connor" role and I promise it's not just because they're all Irish.

 

[Gee Class Loco]

I took absolutely ZERO out of that exhibition of a runaround in the sun . Move onto the scratch match vs Essendon which will delver 10x more info and interest than that waste of time. Cheers boys!

 

[D BRIDGE]

Zuthrie looks set for a big year.

Mini Tom Stewart.

 

[Turbocat]

Ed Curnow actively barracking in the commentary box now.

Its was Blues TV ......wasn't it?

 

[Lingsface]

Ollie Henry could become the best medium forward in the competition in the next few years. (Behind Toby Greene

4

Toby Greene

Age

31

Ht

182cm

Wt

85kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

22.7

5star

K

12.5

5star

HB

10.2

5star

M

4.8

5star

T

3.0

5star

G

1.2

4star

D

17.5

4star

K

9.5

4star

HB

8.0

4star

M

4.8

4star

T

1.0

2star

G

2.3

5star

D

26.6

5star

K

12.4

5star

HB

14.2

5star

M

4.8

5star

T

3.6

5star

G

0.0

1star

)

 

[CatToTheFuture]

Kayo didn’t telecast the 8 quarters.

I didn’t think they would but got my hopes up a little.

Bummer.

Yeah I thought they were going to. I think they telecast the 8 quarters of the tigers game the other day

 

[Art Vandelay_]

Bit unrealistic to expect a paytv channel to show the VFL portion of today's proceedings. If they do then bonus.

Guarantee more would watch the golf than a glorified ressies training session. Which is what today was, a glorified training session. Next week is our first full match.

 

[CatToTheFuture]

O'Connor wasn't great or terrible today - he was solid enough. His versatile roles of defensive wingman, rebounding halfback and lockdown small defender (along with his experience) will make it harder for him to be dropped than most think. That collection of roles is a bigger need than having both Mannagh and Dempsey, even if both of them did more impressive things.

Atkins (especially) and Bruhn I expect will be kept in barring really prolonged barren runs of form, as Dangerfield and Blicavs won't be bashing into every stoppage in every game.

Assuming Guthrie is out, Clark could be given a shot and I believe this leaves us with:

FB: Z.Guthrie De Koning J.Henry
HB: Stewart Kolo Duncan

C: Blicavs Atkins Holmes
FOL: Stanley Bowes Dangerfield

HF: Miers Cameron Close
FF: O.Henry Hawkins Stengle

IC: Bruhn Clark Dempsey O'Connor

I agree with CHAWKTS that it's hard to see both Neale and Dempsey in the same (healthy) side, so it'll come down to structure/attributes.

Mullin or Tuohy I'd see as contenders for the "O'Connor" role and I promise it's not just because they're all Irish.

I like that starting 22. That's is a good starting 22

 

[Whiskers]

I like the look of Lawson Humphries. Silky skillful, took a good grab earlier. I’m excited already.
I didn’t know Willis was so solid looking. Wiltshire good kick from 50 earlier. Mannagh looks good.

 

[CatToTheFuture]

I like the look of Lawson Humphries. Silky skillful, took a good grab earlier. I’m excited already.
I didn’t know Willis was so solid looking. Wiltshire good kick from 50 earlier. Mannagh looks good.

Oooooh you at the ground watching the vfl guys?

 

[CHAWKTS]

So I had to leave for a meeting (work always gets in the way!) so couldn’t watch VFL. anything interesting?

 

[CoolCat75]

Stopped watching after 3/4 time. Did Bews or Parfitt play after that?


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[Jeff76]

From the limited amount of game I watched on my phone at work Bowes looked very good and will probably take Guthrie’s spot now he’s injured again. Midfield still worries me and the use of Holmes, where the hell will they play him. Good to see Jezza with 2 arms again, forward line looks set for a good year, it’s just getting the ball there.


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[Phipppppa]

anyone know if we can find stats from this game