My 3 word player analysis V The Cows

[joeboy 3,163]

Bartram - abysmal handling skills

Bate - waste of space

Bennell - on learning curve

Bruce - never gave up

Davey - continued excellent season

Dunn - was probably playing

Frawley - outstanding rebound game

Jetta - was rarely sighted

Johnson - good but limited

Jones - excellent in close

Martin - safe and secure

McDonald - a poor game

McLean - building on momentum

Meesen - provided good contest

Miller - had little impact

Moloney - probably our best

Morton - many unforced errors

Newton - waste of space

Petterd - tried but limited

Rivers - courageous and reliable

Sylvia - had little influence

Warnock - strong and resilient

[Bring-Back-Powell 14,774]

McDonald - a poor game

Thought he was OK today.

[Kiss of Death 747]

umpires - more consistency please! Also, melbourne - kick straight, win.

[Jarka 767]

Missed Dunn, but I can understand why

[joeboy 3,163]

Missed Dunn, but I can understand why

Thanks , I've added now

[Wiseblood 24,637]

Robbo will be a definite inclusion for next week, possibly for Juice. I think Jetta and Bennell need a rest in the magoos too.

[The Backyard Charizard 1,202]

Johnson - good but limited

He is only limited by a few things....

1. Can't kick

2. Can't handball

3. Can't take a clean grab

4. Can't hold onto the ball when it is given to him

5. Can't ruck

Other than that he is a great player!

[QueenC 74]

Other than that he is a great player!

It was a tough day for the big guys, but.......... !!!

[The Backyard Charizard 1,202]

Spencer is so much more encouraging to watch than PJ who is a few beers short of a six pack at the moment! PJ needs to dominate a few games for Casey to learn how to play football again..... He has had 4 shockers in a row and yet he doesn't get dropped?!?!?!

[Adelaide Demon 0]

He is only limited by a few things....

1. Can't kick

2. Can't handball

3. Can't take a clean grab

4. Can't hold onto the ball when it is given to him

5. Can't ruck

Other than that he is a great player!

Yes! Worst player on the field by a mile. He's a laughing stock.

[godees 858]

Robbo will be a definite inclusion for next week, possibly for Juice. I think Jetta and Bennell need a rest in the magoos too.

jetta and bartram you mean. benny has been great

[praha 11,236]

Newton - Worse than death

[Maric Legend 0]

Dunn did end up kicking half our goals though, deserves some kind of credit

[Bring-Back-Powell 14,774]

Dunn did end up kicking half our goals though, deserves some kind of credit

Agree. I kinda like players that kick goals from 25 mtrs out.

[stevenDEMON 0]

hahaha at all of you. Last week we were all praising sylvia and newton, and also saying give them time, now BANG!! all is forgotten and you want players dropped and that they are worse then death.

We were always going to be shyt this year. please stop expecting us to be champions

[Jarka 767]

We were always going to be shyt this year. please stop expecting us to be champions

Hard to argue with this

[Straight Sets Simon 23,113]

Bartram - Can be excused for poor performance

Bate - Not a full forward

Bennell - Showing promise

Bruce - Made some really stupid mistakes

Davey - Very good season

Dunn - Must be played forward

Frawley - One of his best games

Jetta - Needs a run at Casey

Johnson - Poor skills today

Jones - Loves being stationary when calling for a handpass in congested situations

Martin - I love his work

McDonald - Relatively quiet day

McLean - Lacked polish

Meesen - Good effort

Miller - Poor

Moloney - Long kicking a treat

Morton - One of his worst games

Newton - Very poor

Petterd - Not a forward, looks much better down back

Rivers - Good as always

Sylvia - Still reveling in his second quarter last week

Warnock - Reliable again

[Je Roos Salem 661]

I thought McDonald did enough, but he didn't play a poor game.

[heartbeatstrue 57]

Davey was our best. Great skills, worth being there just to watch his decision-making and ability at pin-point disposal.

Johnson's disposal was consistent and woeful. Jones is handball happy, giving and receiving. Usually to the wrong option. Frawley also can improve his disposal. McLean and Moloney were amongst our best.

Who is our best tackler? Most of our efforts today were brushed aside. We need to go straight at the player and pin him, not sideways kind-of half tackling and half trying to block his space.

And Newton... as Gough would say, "God save the queen, because nothing can save our Mr Newton"!

[Roger Mellie 3,975]

MFC = No forward line

Bartram - my condolences (how about you vultures bite your tongues for a week)

Bate - shocker x 3

Newton ditto

Bennell - enjoyed his game

Dunn - not that keen

Johnson - VFL Footballer

Jones - caught with sherrin

Morton - distance btw best and worst = nullabour

I question whether the following players can a) play in the wet and/or b. play football:

Morton

Bate

Newton

Johnson

[Timmuns 16]

My highlight of the day was Bennel's run down tackle, I don't think I've ever yelled out BAAAAAAAALL louder in my life...

Davey is the only person that should be allowed to kick the ball in our team, as AFL footballers our footskills are a complete farce.

[Rogue 585]

McDonald poor and Johnson good?

Hrm.

[Doggo 32]

Paul Johnson was terrible, for the 4th game in 5 weeks. Other than his nice lead-mark-play on, then bullet pass to the lead of Bate at the Punt rd end, he was shocking, with his decision making and in particular, ball-handling. Fumbles, losing balance, dropping chest marks, his game 'had it all'.

His ruckwork was adequate however- he spent less time in the ruck than Messen but was more competitive, ending up with more hitouts- but around the ground, which last year was his strength, and forward, he was useless again. Which really pains me to say because he's one of my favorites.

Not sure if he'll be dropped, but he is really starting to lose me.

[Guest petjud]

Bartram - abysmal handling skills

Bate - waste of space

Bennell - on learning curve

Bruce - never gave up

Davey - continued excellent season

Dunn - was probably playing

Frawley - outstanding rebound game

Jetta - was rarely sighted

Johnson - good but limited

Jones - excellent in close

Martin - safe and secure

McDonald - a poor game

McLean - building on momentum

Meesen - provided good contest

Miller - had little impact

Moloney - probably our best

Morton - many unforced errors

Newton - waste of space

Petterd - tried but limited

Rivers - courageous and reliable

Sylvia - had little influence

Warnock - strong and resilient

Your normal three word analysis with your normal targets put down, it spoils what is usually a good assessment, perhaps once Bartram is not playing....he is a tagger....he did a great job AGAIN, your lovechild Wonna replaces Jetta, you must have looked away when he did that great tackle near the interchange and he ran all day, and Dunn........was our only forward.

Jones was horrible today,he went back to the end of last season, calling and taking the ball surrounded by opposition players and trying to crash through.

[drdrake 3,162]

With Morton at least he works hard to get the footy, he is 19 runs hard he just needs to work on making the right choices. Watching Sylvia I don't think he was right yesterday, I saw him take a few tablets at quarter time and he seemed to spend a long time on the bench in the third quarter, in fact I don't think he came on until the 12 min mark and after a 10 touch second quarter that seemed strange.

We attack our forwards but our ball movement through the middle was very poor. Don't thing bombing it long to Robbo against 4 players will make much difference.