- Sep 25, 2005
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Overall
Outstanding first qtr where stats said should have been in front by much more but woeful kicking by Ball and Sidebottom hurt badly. Second and third were just awful. Went up a gear and we couldn't compete. Again some shocking ball use really hurt. In the end some of the stats didn’t suggest that result , had probably 6 our best 22 out, our kicking really hurt us as did the umps but look full credit to them… they are good.
Pot Shot for the night - The Fitness Crew
Pot Shot # 1 - At the end of the day when you have 15 blokes unavailable it hurts. Almost want to see our inability to get a third of our list fit and ready for Rd 1 is a shocker. None of them are knees etc they are soft tissue related. Money certainly doesnt help in this regard it would seem
Pot Shot # 2 – What is our kick in strategy? Frost, Maxwell and Ball all had a go.
Pot Shot # 3 – Must admit I thought umps were terrible. Pavlich gets a hand in the back thats is so light it aint funny but Cloke gets nothing when McPharlin had 2 in the back of him. Fyfe dead set drops it and no free and then Langdon gets one paid against him 30s later when it clearly hit his foot on the way down.
Players
Caf - Look he was ok at times and was influential in a couple of goals where he ran hard and showed poise going back into the corridor. Was made to look bad when the player went over the mark and interfered with the ball and cost us a goal.
Grundy - Thought was pretty good considering. Showing signs for a kid whose only played 8 games. Plenty will roast him but I thought he did as well as could be expected.
Maxwell - The Maxwell 'haters' will be out tonight. He made some poor choices I thought. Said at half time the mids were the problem and that’s true given how many fwd 50 entries they got after half time but to be fair I thought the back 6 lost their feet a lot and made some bad choices like the one just before half time when he had Beams in space and just tried to do to much.
Goldsack - One good moment. Should be in the back half for mine. Was played fwd as needed the height but did zip.
Kennedy - Sub which I thought was odd. Has a better crack than Clarke. Should have had a goal. Late in that last he got absolutely missed at CHF and in a heap of space. Just play him Bucks.
OBrien - He was good but he got caught a couple of times and they turned and burned us. Thats ok for me at least was in it and trying something. Was going til the end and one of the best.
Clarke - Just awful. Was ok with ball in hand but missed a tackle on Pav when he was stationary and then went head high with his next. Cant play 1:1. Its hard to watch at times. Surprised if plays another senior match.
Pendlebury - Copped the hard tag and made some mistakes but was in the play and was one of our better ones
Ball - Was good as well and particularly in close and drifting into CHF but v poor he could convert on at least 2 occasions. Got worked over the other way to.
Adams - I thought the pace of the game was against him. Was ok but that kick just before half time was bad. Just couldn’t seem to get into it
Young - Was good on the outside but pretty ineffective inside the contest. He didn't go there much and in these games you need to be able to win ball. Even that goal he kicked late he was floating outside and it was kind of lucky it got to him.
Brown - Was ok but a couple of times got exposed with his positioning. Probably lucky Pavlich didn't do more to him but he held his own in the end.
Beams – Was good but he didn't hurt them.
Elliott - Tried hard but again the ball didn't come in real well and he didn't get many good goes at it.
Sidebottom - When he is on he is good as he was in the first but gee he can go missing when the ball is going the other way. A couple of shockers in front of goal.
Sinclair - Was ok and did alright given lack of game time.
Toovey - Was ok and another defender who looked short a run
Cloke - Was quadrupled team for most of the night. He really needs Reid and White up their to spread the defence.
Swan - Wasn't very influential after 1/4 time.
Langdon - I thought he was v good and showed a bit for his first game. Good 1:1, poised and used well but has to be said made 3-4 bad errors by foot. Still was terrific 1:1 and might be the best thing to come out of the night.
Frost - Wasn't the worst and he held up ok when the ball was coming down. How he was allowed to take a kick out beyond me.
Outstanding first qtr where stats said should have been in front by much more but woeful kicking by Ball and Sidebottom hurt badly. Second and third were just awful. Went up a gear and we couldn't compete. Again some shocking ball use really hurt. In the end some of the stats didn’t suggest that result , had probably 6 our best 22 out, our kicking really hurt us as did the umps but look full credit to them… they are good.
Pot Shot for the night - The Fitness Crew
Pot Shot # 1 - At the end of the day when you have 15 blokes unavailable it hurts. Almost want to see our inability to get a third of our list fit and ready for Rd 1 is a shocker. None of them are knees etc they are soft tissue related. Money certainly doesnt help in this regard it would seem
Pot Shot # 2 – What is our kick in strategy? Frost, Maxwell and Ball all had a go.
Pot Shot # 3 – Must admit I thought umps were terrible. Pavlich gets a hand in the back thats is so light it aint funny but Cloke gets nothing when McPharlin had 2 in the back of him. Fyfe dead set drops it and no free and then Langdon gets one paid against him 30s later when it clearly hit his foot on the way down.
Players
Caf - Look he was ok at times and was influential in a couple of goals where he ran hard and showed poise going back into the corridor. Was made to look bad when the player went over the mark and interfered with the ball and cost us a goal.
Grundy - Thought was pretty good considering. Showing signs for a kid whose only played 8 games. Plenty will roast him but I thought he did as well as could be expected.
Maxwell - The Maxwell 'haters' will be out tonight. He made some poor choices I thought. Said at half time the mids were the problem and that’s true given how many fwd 50 entries they got after half time but to be fair I thought the back 6 lost their feet a lot and made some bad choices like the one just before half time when he had Beams in space and just tried to do to much.
Goldsack - One good moment. Should be in the back half for mine. Was played fwd as needed the height but did zip.
Kennedy - Sub which I thought was odd. Has a better crack than Clarke. Should have had a goal. Late in that last he got absolutely missed at CHF and in a heap of space. Just play him Bucks.
OBrien - He was good but he got caught a couple of times and they turned and burned us. Thats ok for me at least was in it and trying something. Was going til the end and one of the best.
Clarke - Just awful. Was ok with ball in hand but missed a tackle on Pav when he was stationary and then went head high with his next. Cant play 1:1. Its hard to watch at times. Surprised if plays another senior match.
Pendlebury - Copped the hard tag and made some mistakes but was in the play and was one of our better ones
Ball - Was good as well and particularly in close and drifting into CHF but v poor he could convert on at least 2 occasions. Got worked over the other way to.
Adams - I thought the pace of the game was against him. Was ok but that kick just before half time was bad. Just couldn’t seem to get into it
Young - Was good on the outside but pretty ineffective inside the contest. He didn't go there much and in these games you need to be able to win ball. Even that goal he kicked late he was floating outside and it was kind of lucky it got to him.
Brown - Was ok but a couple of times got exposed with his positioning. Probably lucky Pavlich didn't do more to him but he held his own in the end.
Beams – Was good but he didn't hurt them.
Elliott - Tried hard but again the ball didn't come in real well and he didn't get many good goes at it.
Sidebottom - When he is on he is good as he was in the first but gee he can go missing when the ball is going the other way. A couple of shockers in front of goal.
Sinclair - Was ok and did alright given lack of game time.
Toovey - Was ok and another defender who looked short a run
Cloke - Was quadrupled team for most of the night. He really needs Reid and White up their to spread the defence.
Swan - Wasn't very influential after 1/4 time.
Langdon - I thought he was v good and showed a bit for his first game. Good 1:1, poised and used well but has to be said made 3-4 bad errors by foot. Still was terrific 1:1 and might be the best thing to come out of the night.
Frost - Wasn't the worst and he held up ok when the ball was coming down. How he was allowed to take a kick out beyond me.
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