Intra club Saturday 13th

[LeBron James 41]

emmasq

Mckenzie looks ok to me out here. Col is in good nick. Grimes... He is awesome. Mortons put a few kilos on 3 minutes ago from Tweetie

[titan_uranus 25,042]

emmasq

Mckenzie looks ok to me out here. Col is in good nick. Grimes... He is awesome. Mortons put a few kilos on 3 minutes ago from Tweetie

Garland or Sylvia?

[LeBron James 41]

Garland or Sylvia?

Wouldn't have a clue. I don't think Garland is playing though so she must be referring to Sylvia.

[Whispering_Jack 30,615]

Trengove blitzed in the second quarter. He's elusive, clever and oozes class. Brad Green is just ahead of him for BOG honours.

James Frawley is the best of the defenders. Jack Grimes and Beamer doing well in the middle and Joel McDonald is doing well in defence. The Russian is dominating the ruck duels against Stef Martin.

The general skills are reasonable for this stage of the season.

Missing are Watts, Bate, PJ, Garland, Meesen, Bruce, Wonaeamirri, Tapscott, Gawn and Blease.

For those interested in totally useless trivia the Reds lead the Whites 9.6.60 to 6.3.39 at half time.

[Wrecker45 3,378]

sylvia is playing garland isn't

[agent_orange 0]

Trengove blitzed in the second quarter. He's elusive, clever and oozes class. Brad Green is just ahead of him for BOG honours.

James Frawley is the best of the defenders. Jack Grimes and Beamer doing well in the middle and Joel McDonald is doing well in defence. The Russian is dominating the ruck duels against Stef Martin.

The general skills are reasonable for this stage of the season.

Missing are Watts, Bate, PJ, Garland, Meesen, Bruce, Wonaeamirri, Tapscott, Gawn and Blease.

For those interested in totally useless trivia the Reds lead the Whites 9.6.60 to 6.3.39 at half time.

What about Scully?

Pity Tappscott isn't playing, probably not ready or Bate.

Wonder if Watts will ever be ready to play????

[Carn dees 108]

No tapscott??

[stranga 328]

What about Scully?

Pity Tappscott isn't playing, probably not ready or Bate.

Wonder if Watts will ever be ready to play????

I know, after seeing Natinui last night im getting more and more impatient.

[2for1 0]

I know, after seeing Natinui last night im getting more and more impatient.

Remember Watts is almost a year younger than Naitanui. In some ways, you could almost consider him a first year player, given that was didn't get to focus on his footy too much last year due to schooling commitments.

Naitanui is also a physical monster already, whereas Watts is very thin.

Give the kid time, and we'll see why he was selected at the top of the tree.

[Whispering_Jack 30,615]

Well that was Jack Trengove's quarter. He continued where he left off at half time. Brad Green likewise.

Colin Sylva had a good quarter while Jamie Bennell and Jordie McKenzie have been consistently good.

Reds lead Whites by a goal - 11.7.73 to 10.7.67.

[titan_uranus 25,042]

I know, after seeing Natinui last night im getting more and more impatient.

I was waiting for someone to say that.

Naitanui plays one good NAB cup game against a team with no talls to speak of and the doomsayers come out.

[stranga 328]

I was waiting for someone to say that.

Naitanui plays one good NAB cup game against a team with no talls to speak of and the doomsayers come out.

Im not being a doomsdayer, just impressed with Natinui and wish we were abe to see what Watts can offer in action also. I understand he will come good eventually but its just frustrating having to wait, thats all.

[Ryan Dee 140]

Remember Watts is almost a year younger than Naitanui. In some ways, you could almost consider him a first year player, given that was didn't get to focus on his footy too much last year due to schooling commitments.

Naitanui is also a physical monster already, whereas Watts is very thin.

Give the kid time, and we'll see why he was selected at the top of the tree.

Your right Jack is a year younger, and a year and a half behind Nic Nat in terms of making an impact and even more in body size.

Edited February 13, 2010 by Mr Morton

[Neita3000 37]

I was waiting for someone to say that.

Naitanui plays one good NAB cup game against a team with no talls to speak of and the doomsayers come out.

Doomsdayers? That's a bit rich isn't it?

[Ryan Dee 140]

I was waiting for someone to say that.

Naitanui plays one good NAB cup game against a team with no talls to speak of and the doomsayers come out.

Pretty sure this response has been used every single time someone says this about Nic Nak, there is no need to feel insecure i'm sure Jack will get there eventually.

[w00dy 146]

it's understandable that people can get a little anxious when you see NickNat dominate a game like he did last night, given we could've had that player on our list, doing the same thing for us... we've just got to be patient with Jack, who is going to be a longer term prospect...

[stranga 328]

Pretty sure this response has been used every single time someone says this about Nic Nak, there is no need to feel insecure i'm sure Jack will get there eventually.

Exactly, again it comes down to this whole theme of not being able to be critical of Watt's in anyway (even though i wasnt being critical). Anyway i refuse to believe that there is anyone on here that isnt slightly insecure about it at the moment.

ANYWAY BACK TO THE INTRACLUB.....

[Guest Rojik of the Arctic]

ANYWAY BACK TO THE INTRACLUB.....

Sounds good to me.

[Whispering_Jack 30,615]

Reds hang on to win 14.7.91 to 12.10.82.

Liam Jurrah finished with 4 goals.

Tom Scully runs all day and has quick hands. His game was not as outstanding as that of Jack Trengove but considering he only went into full training in mid January after a knee injury at the end of last year, he's up there and our #1 & 2 draft picks are going to have a marked impact on increasing skills at the club.

I liked the games of Ricky Petterd and Jamie Bennell while Cale Morton just got better as the game went on and accumulated a lot of the ball although late in the game he was on Jurrah who was weaving some of his magic on the forward line.

[titan_uranus 25,042]

Im not being a doomsdayer, just impressed with Natinui and wish we were abe to see what Watts can offer in action also. I understand he will come good eventually but its just frustrating having to wait, thats all.

Fair enough. I wasn't trying to have a go at you, just that it seems that whenever Naitanui does something good there becomes this talk of how we made the wrong choice with Watts or something along those lines.

Pretty sure this response has been used every single time someone says this about Nic Nak, there is no need to feel insecure i'm sure Jack will get there eventually.

I'm not insecure at all. I have full faith that Watts will become a fantastic player for this club.

[Brayshaws' Helmet 143]

if whispering_jack gives us a full report, i will kiss him

[Demonland 73,139]

if whispering_jack gives us a full report, i will kiss him

Well you better start puckering up!

[DirtyDees DDC 187]

I had to leave at 3/4 time but was very impressed with Grimes, Sylvia, Green and Trengove.

Martin did one terrific piece of play in the 3rd quarter. He made a lead running from midfield to the flank, took the mark at full pace and kept running, turned towards the goals and passed to a teammate in the goalsquare who goaled. Great work from a guy who rucked for most of the day.

Spencer was the surprise. He was ill recently and missed a bit of training and a lost a lot of weight, but he was impressive and competitive. Jamar played the first half which is great news after an interrupted pre-season.

Scully started on the wing for each centre bounce. I know he is slight and they are trying to protect him from the physical pressure in the centre square, but he looked out of place on the wing. He has played all his footy in midfield. He thrives on the pressure. Just put him in the middle where he does his best work. He may cop a bit but he'll learn, and it's a better option than playing him out of position.

The crowd. Great. It was my first intra club match but i was thrilled at the number of people there at Casey. Sorry i'm not good at numbers but is b/w 2500 and 5000 a fair estimate? They had less than 1000 at Moorabbin last night.

Edited February 13, 2010 by DirtyDees DDC

[Supreme_Demon 3,898]

Thanks for the report guys.

However, was anybody there at the Intra Club match who took any photos?

If so, hopefully we can have them put up here so we can all see.

[Straight Sets Simon 23,113]

I just got back from the game and will try and report what I remember.

Great crowd there today, I couldn't give a number but there were a lot of people there and a lot of kids running around in red and blue which is what the club needs.

I found it hard at first to take note of the players from both teams as I usually only focus on Melbourne, so I can't comment on every player as much as I'd like.

Key points:

Trengove: Is already in Melbourne's top ten players. Great user of the ball, moves well, finds space and will no doubt succeed.

Scully: Kicked a great goal late in the game and is very much and in and under player with his quick hands a highlight. He still does to kick up and under the ball too much when trying to kick long but his short passing was good.

Petterd: I like Petterd and I always have but his disposal was terrible. Missed a goal from about five metres out with no one within 20 metres of him.

Frawley: The biggest highlight from Frawley to me was his pace. His disposal has improved a lot and he was reading the play well.

Sylvia: Seemed pretty quiet at the start but worked his was into the game.

Jones: Still rushed his kicks a bit, but worked hard in the middle.

Jurrah: Did a few amazing things and was played up the ground at times. His attempted volley on the goal line from an in-coming kick had the crowd laughing (laughing in that only he could pull it off) but he did enough to confirm what we all know about him.

Davey: I think he only played the first half and was solid without dominating.

Bennell: His evasive skills are second to none, looks to have bulked up a bit, was fast, used the ball well and is just an all-out smooth mover.

I'll try and give more information later as those are what come to mind immediately.