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Kosh wrote:MB - Do you think that BenKen or JDG are ready to come up to the firsts? Gut feel is that BenKen probably needs a few more games but JDG looks like he killed it tonight.
JDG certainly did kill it, Kosh. Best on Ground by the length of the Flemington straight. GET THIS BLOKE IN THE SENIORS, RIGHT THE F-CK NOW!!!
(Soory for the shouting)...
BenKen was excellent as welll. Probably does need another week or two, but he is coming down the mountain alright...
swoop42 wrote:Out of curiosity why exactly are we playing Geelong in Bendigo?
Because with the Gold folding, the VFL wants to geet a presence in Bendigo, hence their fixturing of this match (and one between the Dogs and the Bombres later in the year) in Bendigo.
I don't mind it, actually. QEO is a great ground to watch footy from. Fantastic surface too.
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Sitting a Cafe in Iceland for last 2 hrs following your commentary. Great effort. Thanks.
How did Freeman go? I know last year was a right off, but it seems a slow progression given his good pre season.
The Life of Pie wrote:Sitting a Cafe in Iceland for last 2 hrs following your commentary. Great effort. Thanks.
How did Freeman go? I know last year was a right off, but it seems a slow progression given his good pre season.
Thanks LoP, glad you enjoyed it, happy to be of service.
Freeman? A workman-like performance is how me and the old man would describe it. Certainly out-shone by De Goey, but was reliable at the coal face.
He is building slowly, and certainly could take the game on a bit more with his speed, but he is getting there, bit by bit. I'm not worried, he'll come good.
Just to add to the DeGoey discussion, cos IMO it is the main talking point.
He spent most time as an inside mid. His roving of the ruck tap or even off a marking contest was exquisite. Often he'd be tackled but still burst through. He used the ball well. Had a clanger after his big speccy. And missed two shots from 40m+ on 45 angle. So they were hard shots.
In the 2nd half he spent time as half forward or forward pocket. Again. He won the contested ball consistently. And set up a few goals I think.
It may have been coincidence but every time I focased on him with the binoculars he seemed to win the clearance.
We are wasting his talent at this level and needs to be fast tracked at the higher level.
I believe we have an absolute gun here. Future AA mid.
DeGoey definitely dominated tonight, although he wasn't entirely clean with the ball, a lot of very short kicks, those misses were bad misses including one from about 25m directly in front.
Other one that stood out was he took a mark on the wing then instead of going back he handballed it to a team mate who got tackled straight away. Just some little things but very positive how often he gets it for a young bloke
Also great to see Fasolo doing well, he is a natural forward and a very good one, bloody good kick and unlucky not to have 4 except he shaved the post from 50m out on the boundary. For all the crying about the forwards and especially accuracy, he is the one missing the most from the seniors.
Don't mind the look of Cox, he will get better, but geez he is big. For a bloke who is in his first season he is not bad. Could see him in the seniors by years end
Gault was disappointing, hoping he would have an impact but was pretty quiet
Other negative for me was the backline, I spent the whole game behind our goals, but twice they managed to kick goals from crumbing contests right on their goal line, both should have been punched through for behinds but instead kept alive and allowed them to goal
eddiesmith wrote:DeGoey definitely dominated tonight, although he wasn't entirely clean with the ball, a lot of very short kicks, those misses were bad misses including one from about 25m directly in front.
Other one that stood out was he took a mark on the wing then instead of going back he handballed it to a team mate who got tackled straight away. Just some little things but very positive how often he gets it for a young bloke
Also great to see Fasolo doing well, he is a natural forward and a very good one, bloody good kick and unlucky not to have 4 except he shaved the post from 50m out on the boundary. For all the crying about the forwards and especially accuracy, he is the one missing the most from the seniors.
Don't mind the look of Cox, he will get better, but geez he is big. For a bloke who is in his first season he is not bad. Could see him in the seniors by years end
Gault was disappointing, hoping he would have an impact but was pretty quiet
Other negative for me was the backline, I spent the whole game behind our goals, but twice they managed to kick goals from crumbing contests right on their goal line, both should have been punched through for behinds but instead kept alive and allowed them to goal
The goal De Goey missed from 25m was certainly gettable. But he had a twist and uturn before kicking. So did all the hard stuff to shake off opponents. Just didn't quite nail it. It appeared to me that all his shots didn't miss by much. If you were behind goals you'd knowbetter.0
Clokey doesn't always miss by much either! :p Its just a little refinement needed and he will be elite, definitely doesn't struggle to win the ball and his contested marking was bloody good as well.
I would like to know who passed it to him in the 2nd qtr though, he ended up taking the mark further out and on a far worse angle than the bloke who passed!
