I uploaded the highlights package for round 11 but it was too long and Youtube rejected it 
Who would have thought a couple of years ago that we'd be getting over 11 minutes of footage for a week in highlights of Crows players in the SANFL 
I'm uploading the split-up version now but it'll likely not be finished before I go to bed so I'll put it up tomorrow. For now I'm watching it on my computer though.
Kite looked average here - he's got a really wierd body shape with long, thin legs and then a fairly square body above that. Not sure about some of his disposal but he certainly loves to take the game on which will fit in well with our current game plan. Seemed sometimes that he just ran and then belted the ball as far as he could which probably isn't going to do him a lot of favours. He took a few absolutly beautiful marks though! Did he kick many behinds? His kicking for goal looked pretty reliable.
Young looks like a monster in the reserves, hahahaha I'd love to see how he'd go in that back pocket in a better side, looks like Norwood reserves were giving him absolutely nothing to kick to so he had to bomb it long each time, not ideal for the kid. It looked like his kicks were generally going where he was intending though which is what really matters. If he keeps up his development at this rate I'd have no trouble seeing him slot into our backline at some stage in the future (can we find a spot for him though? His career might depend on Rutten hitting the wall early)
McKernan has definitely lost weight, and for my money it's mostly from his ass He's still a frightening man on the footy field though! What was the deal with South constantly kicking backwards to him and expecting him to set up from the HBF?
Donnelly... hahaha, he's never played before this year and he's already developed a stutter in his goalkicking routine He does seem to be reading the ball in flight well enough though and using his body to good effect. He's got sticky hands. His kick is still ugly but seems to be reliable enough close to goal He looks like he's put on a tonne of muscle. Maybe it's just because I'm used to seeing him next to hardened AFL players instead of reserves kids but he looks solid as can be through his chest now!
You know, watching Donnelly makes me ask the question I've always wondered about, since I never really played football - why is it that players, when they're say, 10-30m out, never just do a little pop-up straight forward kick designed to go about 30m? Surely it's got to be more reliable than trying to kick the cover off the ball? Donnelly was doing it from about 20m out to reasonable effect, if he can do that then surely kids growing up with it could be. Is it really that important to have a single technique for every shot on goal regardless of circumstance?
Hopefully these highlights will be up tomorrow.
Who would have thought a couple of years ago that we'd be getting over 11 minutes of footage for a week in highlights of Crows players in the SANFL I'm uploading the split-up version now but it'll likely not be finished before I go to bed so I'll put it up tomorrow. For now I'm watching it on my computer though.
Kite looked average here - he's got a really wierd body shape with long, thin legs and then a fairly square body above that. Not sure about some of his disposal but he certainly loves to take the game on which will fit in well with our current game plan. Seemed sometimes that he just ran and then belted the ball as far as he could which probably isn't going to do him a lot of favours. He took a few absolutly beautiful marks though! Did he kick many behinds? His kicking for goal looked pretty reliable.
Young looks like a monster in the reserves, hahahaha
I'd love to see how he'd go in that back pocket in a better side, looks like Norwood reserves were giving him absolutely nothing to kick to so he had to bomb it long each time, not ideal for the kid. It looked like his kicks were generally going where he was intending though which is what really matters. If he keeps up his development at this rate I'd have no trouble seeing him slot into our backline at some stage in the future (can we find a spot for him though? His career might depend on Rutten hitting the wall early)McKernan has definitely lost weight, and for my money it's mostly from his ass
He's still a frightening man on the footy field though! What was the deal with South constantly kicking backwards to him and expecting him to set up from the HBF?Donnelly... hahaha, he's never played before this year and he's already developed a stutter in his goalkicking routine
He does seem to be reading the ball in flight well enough though and using his body to good effect. He's got sticky hands. His kick is still ugly but seems to be reliable enough close to goal He looks like he's put on a tonne of muscle. Maybe it's just because I'm used to seeing him next to hardened AFL players instead of reserves kids but he looks solid as can be through his chest now!You know, watching Donnelly makes me ask the question I've always wondered about, since I never really played football - why is it that players, when they're say, 10-30m out, never just do a little pop-up straight forward kick designed to go about 30m? Surely it's got to be more reliable than trying to kick the cover off the ball? Donnelly was doing it from about 20m out to reasonable effect, if he can do that then surely kids growing up with it could be. Is it really that important to have a single technique for every shot on goal regardless of circumstance?
Hopefully these highlights will be up tomorrow.
