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Bartram - was rarely sighted

Bate - obviously under duress

Bennell - tried but failed

Bruce - had no influence

Davey - quiet then worse

Frawley - loose and ineffectual

Garland - was shown up

Green - couldnt get started

Grimes - prolific but loose

Jamar - can't criticize endeavour

Johnson - probably not playing

Jones - scarcely gave whimper

McDonald - loved his endeavour

Moloney - many ineffective disposals

Rivers - game has passed

Scully - no repeat heroics

Sylvia - a major disappointment

Trengove - couldn't handle pressure

Warnock - impressive game again

Watts - had some moments

Hughes - cannot be retained

McKenzie - just a game

Posted

I thought Watts should read :Showed some class :)

But seriously he did take some nice contested marks and used the ball well.

Bennell should read : Casey Scorpions along with hughes and PJ.

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Bennell should read : Casey Scorpions along with hughes and PJ.

Harsh, except for PJ.

Considering our current forward stocks, Hughes and Bennell must stay in the team imo. Danny Hughes did enough.

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Considering our current forward stocks, Hughes and Bennell must stay in the team imo. Danny Hughes did enough.

Hughes wasn't very good. We aren't kicking enough goals, he doesn't have any ability at ground level. He seems lost when we're in defence (there were 3 times in succession in the fourth quarter when he was standing in between players without committing either way, there was also a period in the third when he left his man to zone off an area which we already had covered).

He'll struggle to keep his spot if all he can do is take a mark.

Posted

Garland - was shown up

I couldn't see the game today, but I wasn't entirely convinced by Garland's game against the Dogs last friday.

Is it a match-up problem? Does Col need to find form at Casey?

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I couldn't see the game today, but I wasn't entirely convinced by Garland's game against the Dogs last friday.

Is it a match-up problem? Does Col need to find form at Casey?

I thought Garland was OK today. Ran back with the flight, chopped passes off, manned up when necessary. Didn't really reach some spectacular heights, but there were plenty worse than him.

Posted

IMO, Garland should be played up forward, did not really like him down back today... Always next week.


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I thought Watts should read :Showed some class :)

But seriously he did take some nice contested marks and used the ball well.

Bennell should read : Casey Scorpions along with hughes and PJ.

Perhaps some of JB's disposal was slightly off, but whose wasn't? I thought he was probably in our top 5 or 6 still. He gave a contest, chased, tackled and harassed.

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Garland will be a much better player when he gets a full pre-season behind him. He missed far too much football in the last 13 months, but he wasn't the worst today. A special mention to Jordie, who kept up his tackling average. At least HE didn't turn the ball over. And Jamar took on both Cox and NNN all day, never stopped trying.

Will someone tell me why we stopped running? Our work rate off the ball was terrible.

Posted

If you are old enough have a nice Carlton Draft and relax. Our midfield was completely shut down today, this will happen, don't blame our forwards the ball never got there and our backs did a good job. Games like today will happen in 2010, enjoy the ride we have 10 years of really exciting footy coming.

Posted

I thought Jones game was pretty poor and really showed up his lack of teamwork. He seems to ignore better positioned players and insist on going long. He gets caught way too often. I wonder if he is coached to play that way or is just wilful and um...dumb.

Posted

Our backman today where under intense pressure from the Eagles and our forwards had supply completely cut off.

I think the main concern was our midfield today.

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Bartram - not good enough

Bate - injured, don't hate

Bennell - not very efficient

Bruce - saw him once

Davey - one word: FACEPLANT.

Frawley - best defender today?

Garland - top ten today

Green - one isn't enough

Grimes - under hefty pressure

Jamar - tried very hard

Johnson - didn't support Jamar

Jones - pick it up

McDonald - best on ground

Moloney - not so great

Rivers - must play loose

Scully - worked fairly hard

Sylvia - stuffed my Supercoach

Trengove - just not great

Warnock - great defense work

Watts - great contested marks

Hughes - needs more effort

McKenzie - worst game yet

Posted

If you are old enough have a nice Carlton Draft and relax. Our midfield was completely shut down today, this will happen, don't blame our forwards the ball never got there and our backs did a good job. Games like today will happen in 2010, enjoy the ride we have 10 years of really exciting footy coming.

I think the forwards should take some blame.

Ball comes in then rebounds straight back out.

They must supply pressure and force stoppages in the 50 to create scoring shots.

all the hard work in backline and mid field to get it there only to have it blasted back out.

Posted

Bate-Injured don't hate????

Can't mark over his head or out in his hands. Gets caught out because he can't kick on his right foot.

Interesting to read the stats with our forwards. Johnson horrible. Watts and Hughes had very similar stats and for guys in the 2nd and 4th games did ok with shocking delivery.

Bennel just doesn't do enough but may be playin out of position.

Grimes just needs to settle. Tries to play on far to much. It really hurt us today even though he was good.

Bruce whats happened? He is really struggling. Might be out with a hammy.

Overall very disappointing from our senior players. Sylvia, Davey, Green, and Bruce really struggled to have an influence.

Posted

I think the forwards should take some blame.

Ball comes in then rebounds straight back out.

They must supply pressure and force stoppages in the 50 to create scoring shots.

all the hard work in backline and mid field to get it there only to have it blasted back out.

Main reason for it getting blasted back out was that forward would make a lead only for the pass to miss by several metres. The delivery into forward 50 was abysmal.


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Prolific but loose? Joeboy - I love your work and it generates great chat, but I think you should take a day off before the review. As a team we were poor - but 22 poor reviews is not how I saw today.

Posted

Joeboy, way off mate. I like the idea of the 3-worder. I usually agree with about 75% of your analyses.

Today you're obviously upset as we all are.

Hope you're back to your best next week.

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Joeboy, way off mate. I like the idea of the 3-worder. I usually agree with about 75% of your analyses.

Today you're obviously upset as we all are.

Hope you're back to your best next week.

TBH I thought this was one of my more objective weeks ; where are we so different this week ?

Posted

Our backman today where under intense pressure from the Eagles and our forwards had supply completely cut off.

I think the main concern was our midfield today.

Agree.

A frustrating day for all with not much opportunity for the forwards or defenders. Games are won and lost in the midfield.

Posted

Bartram - poor flat game

Bate - courage when injured

Bennell - tried but so-so

Bruce - in and out

Davey - hard to access

Frawley - top notch fullback

Garland - slowly building form

Green - not aggressive enough

Grimes - plenty of footy

Jamar - honorable, not dominant

Johnson - the invisible man

Jones - one to forget

McDonald - best on ground

Moloney - strong, got lost

Rivers - causing some worry

Scully - still learning weekly

Sylvia - worst game 2010

Trengove - still learning weekly

Warnock - top flight fullback

Watts - showing some promise

Hughes - needs more hunger

McKenzie - ok but beaten

Posted

Bartram - poor game, exposed a bit

Bate - injured, ineffective

Bennell - tried hard, keep him

Bruce - butchered the ball

Davey - copped a whack, ineffective

Frawley - OK

Garland - fair

Green - worst game for season

Grimes - some bad mistakes

Jamar - beaten by Cox

Johnson - not up to this standard

Jones - below par

McDonald - easily our best

Moloney - beaten, lacks class

Rivers - tried hard but slow to react

Scully - OK

Sylvia - VERY DISAPPOINTING

Trengove - just a game

Warnock - not bad

Watts - clean hands, promising

Hughes - not much chop

McKenzie - OK

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