VFL VFL Round 11 v Casey - Sunday June 9th. 2:05pm @ Casey Fields

[ElliottsMaggies]

Fly knows what he’s doing. And - praise be - he doesn’t take advice from BigFooty.

It never ceases to amaze me that people still doubt him after what he's achieved at our club since arriving.

 

[TheVillageIdiot7]

the only players who looked above the level had red and blue jumpers on

Thanks for the opinion!

Pretty comfortable with what I saw.
Both good and bad.

 

[TradeDraft]

did Hutchinson domimate games?

Nope though had a Few Highlights

 

[memoryofmchale]

did Hutchinson domimate games?

Did you see him at AFL level?

 

[memoryofmchale]

The VFL is not the AFL, he's not playing on top line keydefenders, it's either kids or guys who aren't up to it like him. McMahon hasn't got the body or game for AFL, you need to deal with that fact, McMahon isn't happening.

I never said he’d return to Collingwood and I am aware of the difference in level.

But at the same time, he is much better than what we have in reserve.

 

[memoryofmchale]

I know that he's young, but I really don't see it in him unfortunately

Last week he was named in our best so it’s not all doom and gloom.

 

[Jen2310]

'I think he's been building': Fraser

Hear from VFL Senior Coach Josh Fraser following his side's Round 11 clash against Casey.

www.collingwoodfc.com.au

 

[sr36]

'I think he's been building': Fraser

Hear from VFL Senior Coach Josh Fraser following his side's Round 11 clash against Casey.

www.collingwoodfc.com.au

I thought we delisted Demattia last week?

 

[JuniorB]

It sounds like Roo had an encouraging start to his career in the Black and White.

 

[31550]

I never said he’d return to Collingwood and I am aware of the difference in level.

But at the same time, he is much better than what we have in reserve.

We have literally nothing in reserve. The squad named for tomorrow is all we have. There is nothing else currently available. So yeah, anything is better than nothing.

 

[Axl the great]

That was a silly delisting, pulled the trigger too early imo. What is it with our club and talls.......

Yep, we give the useless ones 5 plus years and the ones with potential 2 or 3.

 

[Axl the great]

Feels to me like they need to make a decision whether to bulk him up to be a deep forward or get his endurance up to play higher up the ground

Nah he’s the obvious Mihocek replacement in a couple of years, we have an ageing forward line Reef is potentially a 40 goal a year 3rd tall with bigger players around him.

I really like Reef, he just has something when you watch him and he hasn’t even scratched the surface yet.

 

[TradeDraft]

It sounds like Roo had an encouraging start to his career in the Black and White.

Well he was Arguably the best Ruckman today

 

[jamieb1983]

Nah he’s the obvious Mihocek replacement in a couple of years, we have an ageing forward line Reef is potentially a 40 goal a year 3rd tall with bigger players around him.

I really like Reef, he just has something when you watch him and he hasn’t even scratched the surface yet.

He better start scratching that surface soon. Time can run out real quick

 

[memoryofmchale]

We have literally nothing in reserve. The squad named for tomorrow is all we have. There is nothing else currently available. So yeah, anything is better than nothing.

Eyre? Johnson? McInnes?

 

[Mollythedolly]

Macrae

Doubt he'll such much time F50, and doubt either WHE or McInnes (if he had been selected) would be getting too many midfield rotations.

 

[Mollythedolly]

They don’t play the same role. Could have used reef to bolster the forward line and WHE to go wherever he’s needed during the game. Even if both played forward would have been ok too. Not like we’re talking about two like for like players.

Yeah, I thought so. I'm a fan of both WHE and McInnes, but there wasn't the spots for both without someone else going out. Clearly the coaches couldn't identify an option that didn't diminish what they thought was the best team to combat Melbourne so went with the one that was most likely to deliver what they want. I'll leave it there.

 

[31550]

Eyre? Johnson? McInnes?

One hasn't played a senior game and only just back from injury.
One is useless. Tried, failed. Now not even trying.
McInnes can come back but needs to prove himself in a position.

 

[Bianconeri]

Doubt he'll such much time F50, and doubt either WHE or McInnes (if he had been selected) would be getting too many midfield rotations.

Macrae has pretty much spent his time exclusively at half forward since coming back into the side. He had a combined total of 5 cba against West Coast and Adelaide with zero last week against the Bulldogs.

 

[gouki88]

the only players who looked above the level had red and blue jumpers on

Who invited you to frequent our boards so often?

 

[Jen2310]

Harry DeMattia - 23 disposals, 7 marks, 1 goal
Jakob Ryan - 20 disposals, 1 goal
Ed Allan - 19 disposals, 6 tackles, 3 clearances
Wil Parker - 18 disposals, 4 marks
Reef McInnes - 17 disposals, 5 tackles, 5 clearances
Ash Johnson - 11 disposals, 5 marks, 4 tackles, 1 goal
illiro Smith - 8 disposals, 6 tackles, 22 hitouts
Josh Eyre (restricted minutes) - 4 disposals, 2 marks


VFL listers:
Campbell Lane - 30 disposals, 2 goals, 6 marks
Sam Glover - 30 disposals, 10 marks
Ryan Sparkes - 23 disposals, 1 goal, 7 marks, 8 tackles, 8 clearances
Tom Wilson - 21 disposals, 1 goal, 6 marks, 4 tackles, 6 clearances
Harry Flynn - 14 disposals, 3 tackles
Harry Mahoney - 13 disposals, 2 goals, 5 marks
Ben Crocker

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Ben Crocker

Age

27

Ht

188cm

Wt

84kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.5

2star

K

6.3

2star

HB

3.2

3star

M

3.7

4star

T

1.7

4star

G

0.8

4star

D

9.3

2star

K

7.5

3star

HB

1.8

1star

M

4.3

4star

T

1.5

2star

G

0.8

4star

D

9.0

3star

K

5.0

2star

HB

4.0

3star

M

2.8

3star

T

2.0

4star

G

1.0

4star

- 11 disposals, 6 marks
Yuyu Ashwin - 10 disposals, 3 tackles
Kaden Schreiber - 9 disposals, 2 marks
Cooper Macdonald - 9 disposals, 4 marks, 2 tackles
Harrison Kennedy - 9 disposals, 3 marks
Patrick Farrant - 8 disposals, 2 goals
Jonathon Tomasiello - 6 disposals, 3 clearances
Liam Purcell - 4 disposals, 20 hitouts

 

[domus]

Well they're below us on the ladder..

Context. If we played Sydney next week and they had 7 or 8 first choice players missing I think we might start favourites if near full strength. Melbourne do not have a long in jury list which makes last week's effort all the more deplorable.

 

[domus]

What I saw of him was not good. Several possessions where he ran into trouble, stopped, and then just turned it over. He needs to commit to breaking lines or have better awareness of who is running in support.

DeMattia had a much better game today than I’ve seen from him so far. Cause for optimism.

Glad to hear it!

 

[ElliottsMaggies]

Context. If we played Sydney next week and they had 7 or 8 first choice players missing I think we might start favourites if near full strength. Melbourne do not have a long in jury list which makes last week's effort all the more deplorable.

I was referring to the VFL ladder.

 

[domus]

I was referring to the VFL ladder.

I know. How is the context any different? We are a depleted club-the VFL team should not be considered a favourite in any game at the moment.