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Brown - didn't hold ball

Carroll - average until injured

Bizzell - rock in defence

Ward - terrible decision making

Miller - playing out time

Petterd - season ending injury

Wheatley - wonderful field kicking

Dunn - needs game time

McDonald - prolific as expected

Bate - wonderful second half

Newton - cause for excitement

Jones - seaon's best game

Sylvia - easily our best

C. Johnson - tried but disappointed

P. Johnson - tried and impressed

White - dominated as required

McLean - passion overwhelms performance

Robertson - sublime but flawed

Davey - lacking the sparkle

Frawley - kicking has improved

Godfrey - was outpointed easily

Buckley - made little impression

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Brown - just a game

Carroll - team lifting act

Bizzell - bizz of old

Ward - ran the lines

Miller - very poor decisions

Petterd - injured

Wheatley - his best game?

Dunn - some nice work

McDonald - worked all day

Bate - awesome display

Newton - definately future material

Jones - man child!

Sylvia - fantastic game

C. Johnson - nothing to excite

P. Johnson - now he belongs

White - killed them

McLean - very little influence

Robertson - goalkicker but lazy

Davey - was shut out

Frawley - held his own

Godfrey - see miller

Buckley - quiet, nice disposal

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I'll add O'hAilpin... Thank you Setanta.

Did anyone else notice him carrying on like a moron after he kicked each of his goals which then sparked MELBOURNE up instead of Carlton - setting them on a string of goals.

I enjoyed it immensely.

Git.

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We got a snap shot of our future today and look good. A couple of old timers in Biz, Brown and White played well, but Bate, Jones, Sylvia, Newton, Brock needs to find form but we know what he can do, Dunn, Frawley, PJ. Don't be to hard on CJ and Buckley both will get better with a few more games, they look skillful and poised they just need some game time to adjust to the pace of AFL.

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I thought Brad Miller was actually pretty good.

Give him a break, if he's going to become a permanent defender, he deserves time to settle into it.

He showed good composure IMO, whereas I thought Bizzell's defensive work was very poor.

He is good at creating attacking play, but he has no idea how to shut down an opponent.

Ward infuriates me, but he has been surprisingly accountable recently.

Bate, Sylvia, Jones, Newton and Dunn were just fantastic today, and a big congratulations to Riley for instructing us to play on in the last instead of shutting down the match and inevitably losing.

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Heres my take on it:

Brown - not bad game

Carroll - amzaing courageous mark

Bizzell - better 2nd half

Ward - some bad decisions

Miller - just plodded along

Petterd - bad luck son

Wheatley - B.O.G by miles

Dunn - will get better

McDonald - prolific as always

Bate - hardest working forward

Newton - made FF his

Jones - hard little nut

Sylvia - good game altogether

C. Johnson - needs more time

P. Johnson - great 2nd ruck

White - dominant. 44 hitouts

McLean - struggled shaking tag

Robertson - cameo 5 goals

Davey - was not sighted

Frawley - tried very hard

Godfrey - beat Carrazo's influence (after qtr time)

Buckley - tidy first game

Pretty satisfying game overall. Definately many more positives than negatives.

Davey really struggled, had one of the worst games i've seen him play-- but probably kicked one of the goals of the year. Robbo also seemed to struggle a bit but still managed to boot 5!

CJ and Buckley looked a bit lost at times, but it was to be expected that the step up to AFL level would take some adjusting. Not a bad first game for Bucks to ease into AFL footy though.

Ditto Dunn, needs more time at the top level, but kicked a ripper from 55m out off two steps.

Frawley tried really hard but got beaten IMO, though will be better off for the experience and ground time.

PJ was fantastic in the ruck and around the ground. Our ruck division dominated (as expected) against inferior competition. JW was back to his best.

Jonesy is just a little machine.

Really bad news about Petterd, but means he'll be red-ripe to go and have a huge pre-season and prepare for 08.

Wheatley had the best game i've ever seen him play and has gone from being one many believed was on the way out next year, to an extremely valuable and versatile component of our team.

Bate just works so hard around CHF, and has the talent and long kicking to back up his hard work.

Newton looked great outta the forwardline without Neitz in there. Really is looking like the way to the future for us post-Neitz.

Biz looked good at times, but also made some terrible decisions at times. Ditto Ward.

Need more from Miller. He didnt quite look like he was working that hard, but used his body well at times. Must admit he definately looks more at home at AFL level in the backline.

Good signs from the kids for the rest of the season... Who to bring into the side next week for Ricky P?

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I am really proud of Paul Wheatley today.....he always gives his all and has been really hampered by injury. So glad he was able to put in a great game today. I really think he has a lot to offer us in the back half - his long kicks are usually accurate and there is nothing better than watching him kick one of his long bombs through for 6 points! Well done Wheats!

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CJ i felt ran to space well but wasn't used a lot, i think he did enough to stay in the side, i don't remember his opponent doing a great deal.

Yeah and I was happy to see Riley using him all over, instead of rotating him between half back and the bench.

With Ricky now out for the season, there is no reason why we shouldn't play CJ and give him a serious chance to prove himself.

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Does anyone know if Ward is contracted next season? I just don't feel that he is up to a standard that we want if we are going to take that next step foward. Schwartz must be a mate of his, because he highlighted him at the start of today's game, and spoke about how good he has been this year.

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I thought Brad Miller was actually pretty good.

He showed good composure IMO, whereas I thought Bizzell's defensive work was very poor.

i agree with you normally jaded, but miller has no composure whatsoever. he looks like a rabbit in headlights. makes wrong decisions all the time. that said now that rivers is out play him as a KPP back for the rest of the season. leave the forward line to newton, dunn, robbo, bate, sylvia, davey (that will be a kick ass forward line in a few years!)

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I thought Brad Miller was actually pretty good.

He showed good composure IMO, whereas I thought Bizzell's defensive work was very poor.

I'm sick of sounding like a broken record, but I have good reason to be.

1) Miller was slightly above average as a defender.

2) Bizzell was very good, both defensively and offensively. He took 15 marks FFS.

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Does anyone know if Ward is contracted next season? I just don't feel that he is up to a standard that we want if we are going to take that next step foward. Schwartz must be a mate of his, because he highlighted him at the start of today's game, and spoke about how good he has been this year.

Ward and Schwartz are huge mates. Personally, I don't think Wardy has been our worse player the past few weeks - at least he has a go - his goal today was awesome. He has a lot of speed and just needs to hit targets more often.....still at 30 years of age, if he can't do that now, he isn't likely to ever do it is he?

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Yeah and I was happy to see Riley using him all over, instead of rotating him between half back and the bench.

With Ricky now out for the season, there is no reason why we shouldn't play CJ and give him a serious chance to prove himself.

I am still yet to see CJ impress with the exception of one game last year again the Eagles at Subi but today i realised that he is alot slower than i thought. i was under the impression he was a fast rebounding defender-winger, however on a number of occasions he was burnt off by Carlton players.

However i rest my case give the kids the leaderships roles now..

Chook captain, the superstar Bater for VC.

How good will Col Sylvia become if he could stay injury free and built up peak fitness....... our Riccuito is coming of age.

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i agree with you normally jaded, but miller has no composure whatsoever. he looks like a rabbit in headlights. makes wrong decisions all the time. that said now that rivers is out play him as a KPP back for the rest of the season. leave the forward line to newton, dunn, robbo, bate, sylvia, davey (that will be a kick ass forward line in a few years!)

I'm going to watch the replay later on, but from what I saw out on the ground, Miller didn't make any stupid stuff-ups, he didn't panic when he had the ball, he even made some meaningful kicking decisions.

He also did a good job on a pretty good opponent in Fisher.

Bizzell had a few shockers, and went through a number of opponents.

As a third man up, he's good, but he is very poor one on one. The reality is, he is only getting a game because so many others are injured.

I want Warnock to get a game next week, and it doesn't matter if Ward, Brown or Bizzell get the chop for him.

Having said that, Brown did little wrong today.

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