VFL VFL 2024 - Geelong & the greater league

[goyoucatters]

So with the VFL draw (we don’t play anyone from here in the top 10) it is likely we get Top 4….if we manage to do the same in AFL when was the last time we were top 4 for both AFL and VFL?

Now you've posted this, we'll miss the finals in both.

 

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VFL Round 18

North Melbourne v Geelong
Arden Street Oval, North Melbourne
1.05pm AEST, Saturday 27 July

In: Brandan Parfitt, Mitch Knevitt, Phoenix Foster, Jack Sarcevic, Tanner Lewis, Ethan Borys, Ryan Eyers
Out: Rhys Stanley

1

Rhys Stanley

Age

33

Ht

200cm

Wt

102kg

Pos.

Ruck

Career

Season

Last 5

D

13.6

3star

K

7.2

3star

HB

6.4

4star

CL

3.4

5star

HO

27.6

5star

D

12.0

3star

K

7.5

3star

HB

4.5

3star

CL

5.0

5star

HO

21.5

5star

D

11.8

3star

K

5.4

2star

HB

6.4

4star

CL

3.0

5star

HO

33.0

5star

, Tanner Bruhn (AFL), Connor O'Sullivan (managed), Jed Bews

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Jed Bews

Age

30

Ht

186cm

Wt

90kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.9

3star

K

6.1

2star

HB

4.8

3star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.6

4star

MG

178.2

3star

D

9.5

2star

K

7.5

3star

HB

2.0

1star

M

2.3

2star

T

1.7

3star

MG

205.8

3star

D

8.8

3star

K

3.8

2star

HB

5.0

4star

M

2.4

3star

T

3.2

5star

(AFL), Darcy Edmends (injured), Lachlan Bond, Liam Kershaw
Debut: Jack Sarcevic (Bell Park), Ethan Borys (South Barwon)

Back	68. Ethan Borys	50. Dan Capiron (C)	31. Oscar Murdoch
Half Back	42. Mark O'Connor 42 Mark O'connor Age 27 Ht 189cm Wt 88kg Pos. D/M Career Season Last 5 D 13.2 3star K 8.1 3star HB 5.1 4star M 4.4 4star T 2.3 4star MG 174.8 3star D 12.4 3star K 8.9 4star HB 3.5 2star M 4.5 4star T 1.6 3star MG 199.8 3star D 10.4 3star K 4.8 2star HB 5.6 4star M 3.8 4star T 2.0 4star MG 67.4 1star	43. Emerson Jeka	62. Marcus Herbert
Centre	15. George Stevens	41. Mitch Hardie	34. Oisin Mullin
Half Forward	52. Jack Sarcevic	19. Phoenix Foster	20. James Willis
Full Forward	82. Hamish Lucas	37. Joe Furphy	13. Jhye Clark
Ruck	75. Ryan Eyers	3. Brandan Parfitt 3 Brandan Parfitt Age 26 Ht 180cm Wt 82kg Pos. Mid Career Season Last 5 D 16.6 4star K 8.4 3star HB 8.2 5star M 2.1 2star T 4.8 5star CL 1.9 4star D 15.3 4star K 8.5 3star HB 6.8 4star M 1.5 2star T 7.8 5star CL 3.2 4star D 14.8 4star K 6.4 3star HB 8.4 5star M 2.8 3star T 4.0 5star CL 0.6 3star	10. Mitch Knevitt
Interchange	48. Kaelan Bradtke	63. Todd White	66. Tanner Lewis
	64. Patrick Hughes	79. Lewis Antonac
23rd player		68. Ethan Borys
Emergencies	56. Ajang Kuol mun	58. Kade Chalcraft	60. Lachlan Bond
	61. Tobyn Murray	67. Tyler Norton	72. Will Sheahan
	74. Liam Kershaw	84. Joe Pike

 

[Pure_Ownage]

Knevitt and hardie playing well again.

Lots of ruck time for furphy surprised we didnt play the extra ruck in pike today (possibly hiding him maybe).

 

[Gee Class Loco]

Knevitt and hardie playing well again.

Lots of ruck time for furphy surprised we didnt play the extra ruck in pike today (possibly hiding him maybe).

Pike(d) it ??

 

[Interdimensional Bigfoot]

Knevitt and hardie playing well again.

Lots of ruck time for furphy surprised we didnt play the extra ruck in pike today (possibly hiding him maybe).

 

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Looks like there's a clear scoring end

 

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[Pure_Ownage]

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Papers are stamped but he will help us in vfl finals.

32 disp again and a goal plus 8 clearances hardie.
knevitt 27 2 goals 9 tackles 7 clr
Parfitt 23 1 goal and 8 clr
Clark 23 1 goal 8 clr and 10 tackles

Nice to see those guys back to form.

 

[foxdog50]

Obviously I was watching the main game. But Furphy with 56 hitouts! That sounds exciting, but only 8 disposals.. Anybody watch or know much about his game?

 

[AnUltimateRessie]

Obviously I was watching the main game. But Furphy with 56 hitouts! That sounds exciting, but only 8 disposals.. Anybody watch or know much about his game?

56 hit outs, 0 to advantage (I didnt watch it either)

 

[CatToTheFuture]

MOC 6 disposals

 

[AnUltimateRessie]

MOC 6 disposals

I'm assuming he didn't play the whole game?

 

[Lana]

Q1 thoughts:

The rain is effecting the style of play, hard to tell how heavy it is on the camera

Hardie kicked a nice goal via a soccer, busy throughout. A notable turnover where he took age to decide what to do

Willis has a level of burst that is ahead of pretty much everyone at this level. had a couple of nice moments

Mullins kept the ball in via a kick up the line when he was running toward the boundary. Will kick it down the line on his left

Parfitt had a nice escape from a tackle, didn't leave the area of a phonebox, got past but then lost his feet on the way out. Otherwise having trouble getting metreage with his ball use

Knevitt doing work around the stoppages, including a goal. Set up by Hughes who has been lively

Clark was on Greenwood, didn't notice much of him

 

[CatToTheFuture]

I'm assuming he didn't play the whole game?

No idea. Didn't watch. Maybe he got injured? Was hoping someone would jump in with an explanation

 

[Pure_Ownage]

Obviously I was watching the main game. But Furphy with 56 hitouts! That sounds exciting, but only 8 disposals.. Anybody watch or know much about his game?

He was rucking against inexperienced kids so i wouldnt place much stock in it.

 

[AnUltimateRessie]

He was rucking against inexperienced kids so i wouldnt place much stock in it.

.....Furphy is an inexperienced kid.....

 

[Footy Smarts]

I watched 3 quarters. Tough watch. Very wet and slippery. Really only the guys around the ball had any chance to impact.

Clark, Knevitt, Hardie, Parfitt involved a lot. All had good and bad moments but I'd say Clark showed the most poise and class.

I really like Willis's explosiveness and competitiveness. He's got a bit of Gary Rohan

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Gary Rohan

Age

33

Ht

189cm

Wt

92kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.6

2star

K

6.6

3star

HB

3.0

3star

M

3.3

3star

T

2.5

4star

G

1.0

4star

D

8.8

2star

K

6.0

2star

HB

2.8

2star

M

3.4

3star

T

2.3

3star

G

1.0

4star

D

9.8

3star

K

6.8

3star

HB

3.0

3star

M

2.2

3star

T

4.2

5star

G

1.2

4star

about him.

I honestly wouldn't read much into this game at all given how wet it was. It just turned into an arm wrestle that we were a bit better and a bit cleaner in.

 

[Pure_Ownage]

.....Furphy is an inexperienced kid.....

In football nous yes hes green but physically hes bigger and stronger (and older) than young maley and dawson (remembering dawson was only eligible for last years draft by a couple of weeks and physically has a lot of strength to put on). So he should be beating those guys if hes half decent.

 

[Footy Smarts]

Furphy is a massive unit and occasionally shows some good work in close. Clearly the basketball stuff helps with that.

Honestly I've got no idea what level he's at. I find it really hard to judge rucks in the VFL cause the quality of opponents is so varied.

 

[Footy Smarts]

In football nous yes hes green but physically hes bigger and stronger (and older) than young maley and dawson (remembering dawson was only eligible for last years draft by a couple of weeks and physically has a lot of strength to put on). So he should be beating those guys if hes half decent.

"Young Maley" is only a few months younger than Furphy.

 

[Phipppppa]

I was at the match, under cover don’t worry.

Standouts:
Furphy: (56 hitouts) but did way more around the play and took some great marks.
Knevitt: 2 goals, was always in the contest.
Hardie: same as Knevitt, always was in and under.
Jeka: clear general down back, was great.
Clark: should’ve been in Tassie, very solid game. In and under, few great tackles and efforts.
Willis: needs to be given a few games in the seniors, this kid is a gun. When Rohan retires, get this kid in.

That’s just AFL Listed players, non AFL listed I’d say Tanner Lewis, Marcus Herbert and Jack Sarcevic on debut, kicked the first of the game.

 

[bulletproof]

Could Willis debut this week with Rohan out? Is he ready?

 

[Pure_Ownage]

Could Willis debut this week with Rohan out? Is he ready?

I dont think we will have any debutants this late in the year.

Close to finals we need to settle the side and work out who the ruck is, which forward gets left out (we have one too many), where sdk plays, whether neale stays in or not.
Any ins or outs will be fringe guys like clark or knevitt.
But i hope willis gets 1 year and gets games next year.

 

[Kitcat]

I dont think we will have any debutants this late in the year.

Close to finals we need to settle the side and work out who the ruck is, which forward gets left out (we have one too many), where sdk plays, whether neale stays in or not.
Any ins or outs will be fringe guys like clark or knevitt.
But i hope willis gets 1 year and gets games next year.

Willis has moments of real class which is worth persevering with. He is still young. Different to say Murdoch.