Earl Hickey
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Final training run and team announcement is tonight im pretty sure. So will know tonight/tomorrow.
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Final training is tomorrow night at Murch.
I believe there are 4 players with injuries from the weekends games who are unlikely to be fit for this weekend - Godsmark (Undera), Green & Hateley (Avenel), & Daff (Lanky). Disappointing for the KDL as all 4 of them would most likely have been in the final side - Godsy was captain.
Yes - really disappointing for these guys. Fortunately we still have some quality players available to replace them.
Big loss for us with godsmark espiecally! Who are the likely replacements that would cover for them! Very interested to see how lamaro and williams go as there age and body might catch up with them this week with the step up in level. Both great players coming to the end
Those are some big outs!
In light of this I'll have a crack at the squad and see if I'm anywhere near it!
B- B Ralph (Ardmona), Hutton (Nag), Pearson (VT)
HB- P Horsburgh (VT), Heazlewood (Undera), Pell (Merrigum)
C- Lee (VT), Thompson (Lancaster), Pogue (Rush)
HF- Lamaro (VT), LaPorta (Undera), Kerr (Tallygaroopna)
F- Perry (Rush), Arho (Tally), Milne (Murch)
R- Breen (Undera), Lowe (Stanhope), Shiels (Nagambie)
Int - Arandt (Avenel), Fraser (Stanhope), Hill (Lanky), Meka (Lanky)
You would have to have Russell Lee on ball in my opinion. Lowe is getting on in years and Lee has been unstoppable this year, putting him on a wing would be a waste at centre clearances.Those are some big outs!
In light of this I'll have a crack at the squad and see if I'm anywhere near it!
B- B Ralph (Ardmona), Hutton (Nag), Pearson (VT)
HB- P Horsburgh (VT), Heazlewood (Undera), Pell (Merrigum)
C- Lee (VT), Thompson (Lancaster), Pogue (Rush)
HF- Lamaro (VT), LaPorta (Undera), Kerr (Tallygaroopna)
F- Perry (Rush), Arho (Tally), Milne (Murch)
R- Breen (Undera), Lowe (Stanhope), Shiels (Nagambie)
Int - Arandt (Avenel), Fraser (Stanhope), Hill (Lanky), Meka (Lanky)
Those are some big outs!
In light of this I'll have a crack at the squad and see if I'm anywhere near it!
B- B Ralph (Ardmona), Hutton (Nag), Pearson (VT)
HB- P Horsburgh (VT), Heazlewood (Undera), Pell (Merrigum)
C- Lee (VT), Thompson (Lancaster), Pogue (Rush)
HF- Lamaro (VT), LaPorta (Undera), Kerr (Tallygaroopna)
F- Perry (Rush), Arho (Tally), Milne (Murch)
R- Breen (Undera), Lowe (Stanhope), Shiels (Nagambie)
Int - Arandt (Avenel), Fraser (Stanhope), Hill (Lanky), Meka (Lanky)
24 is correct.I heard that there is 24 picked for each side with 6 on the bench..? Not true??
Yer seen the game polo l agree we were a bit slow but that probally came around due to people not availible , they made the most of there chances and Chase didnt miss a goal l think , his run up for a shot at goal is further then l go on holidaysKdl just not good enough yesterday going down to picola fairly comfortably! thought kdl were to slow for picola and got outrun. Anyone else see the game
How is it that Ardmona players get picked for a side supposed to represent the whole league? I acknowledge that Ralph is a good player. But certainly not in the best 24 in the entire league.
If they picked him, just so that there was a representative from Ardmona...... Where was the representative from Longwood? Longwood arent great. But are 60 points better than Ardmona.
I'm not sure that it was a lack of people available that costed KDFL the win. It was simply poor choice in who was selected.
A champion team will always beat a team of champions. Too many individuals.
Ralph was an asset in the centre bounce ball-ups and got his hand to the ball 90% of the time. The KDL midfielders would of be hoping to win a lot of the clearences when he went their but got smashed.Didn't watch the game but this is straight out of the Shepp News also Tav!
"Brent Ralph had the better of the ruck contests, but the foot skills of his on-ballers let KDFL down."
Surprised that a few people have had a crack about ralph, I spoke to Jake after the game & he named him as one of the kdl's best players.. He thought picola's spread & intensity at the ball were too great.
Ralph may not be the best in his position, but may have been the best of who made themselves available. Sounds like the selectors did a pretty thorough job & Jake also reckoned that Burnett coached pretty well; if blokes think they can do better they should put their hands up and have a crack.
Defintaly wouldnt have had ralph in the team and played like he shouldnt have been in there. Also both sides would have had a few out from there best sides so thats not an excuse either! To put it simply they just got beaten by a better team and a side with more runners but was a good contest and dont think there was any major injuries which would please home clubs!
IIRC , the last to join starts at the bottom of rankings.The rankings will sort itself out over the next 4 or 5 years, but it dumbfounds me that the O&K and Picola NW were rated ahead of the Picola SE and KDL ( and not just a spot or two ahead, I think there was 6 leagues between them).
IIRC , the last to join starts at the bottom of rankings.
Assume O&K and PDFL decided to join the championships early and the KDFL and the PDFL's second side where the last to committ ?
VCFL stated that the geographics came into play with who played who as to the leagues that joined this year, not sure if they took into account a week here or there as to which leagues decided first!!, especially when the Picola League committed one side at first (not NW, combined) and then decided to have two seperate sides after the VCFL pushed for that, clutching at straws with that assumption I think Roar!
If the PDFL's second side was the last to committ then why didnt the better league of the two get rated higher?
The argument could be made that the SE teams lower on the ladder are a lot more competitive than their NW counterparts though. I would rate the SE higher than the NW, but that's one man's opinion.The better PDFL league did. Most recent match ups in preseason matches this year had deni rovers beat katandra comfortably and blighty came within a point of the highly fancied shepp east. So average that out and NW comes out on top.
Granted if it went on talk SE would win by a mile but lets stick to results hey not assumptions.