Coburg Lions v Casey Scorpions - VFL Round 1

[Diamond_Jim 12,588]

9 minutes ago, WERRIDEE said:

Did White play?

Yes ... did not notice him that much but that may have just have been me.

He was in the forward line for a little while but TBH with Weid, Pedersen and Filipovic we may have the luxury of two many talls at present in our VFL team.

Edited April 8, 2018 by Diamond_Jim

[What 18,810]

Go Casey

Edited April 8, 2018 by Petraccattack

[DemonDave 1,089]

The biggest takeaway for mine from that game was Hunt is still severely lacking in confidence. There's no way he'll be picked on that effort, a game in which he could've racked up huge numbers running from defence giving the gulf in class between the two sides.

After a slow start due to a heavy tag Brayshaw was the most influential mid out there after qtr time. His skills at hitting targets with both sides of the body were a standout, the longer the game went on the more pronounced his influence was. A lot of the niggling spotfires that were out there today, and there were quite a few, were as a result of our guys trying to protect Gus from his tagger.

Balic played forward pretty much all game playing as has been mentioned the Melksham type role he was pretty impressive first time I've seen him play. 

Weeds was the standout forward for not only his goals but his relief ruckwork and general ability to work the length of the ground. It was interesting at times seeing him do the ruckwork in the fwd line despite King being in the vicinity standing in the goalsquare. It's clear they've got a plan to gradually bring weed in to play the Pederson role of fwd/pinch hit ruckman.

Peso and Smith were both also pretty handy, it was interesting to see our starting fwd line at the first bounce was Weed, Smith, Pedo and King all talls along with Balic. Only a 5 man fwd line with an extra man running from the back of the square same as the demons employ.

Of the others Hannan was good, stretch decent and jkh decent. Maynard racked them up in close but wasn't particularly damaging.

Baker looked likely but needs to improve his awareness got caught too many times in possession.

Special mention to the umpires who had to recall approximately 80 percent of their centre bounces which were skewing every which way but straight up.  The ironical cheers were going up by the 3rd qtr with each recalled bounce.

The team spirit was very evident in the 1st half, large groups of players getting over to congratulate the goal scorer, it was very much a 'team effort' performance against opposition that are clearly going to be one of the comps easybeats.

Edited April 8, 2018 by DemonDave

[Drunkn167 5,093]

5 minutes ago, DemonDave said:

 

How'd Keilty play mate?

[martin 727]

9 minutes ago, DemonDave said:

The biggest takeaway for mine from that game was Hunt is still severely lacking in confidence. There's no way he'll be picked on that effort, a game in which he could've racked up huge numbers running from defence giving the gulf in class between the two sides.

After a slow start due to a heavy tag Brayshaw was the most influential mid out there after qtr time. His skills at hitting targets with both sides of the body were a standout, the longer the game went on the more pronounced his influence was. A lot of the niggling spotfires that were out there today, and there were quite a few, were as a result of our guys trying to protect Gus from his tagger.

Balic played forward pretty much all game playing as has been mentioned the Melksham type role he was pretty impressive first time I've seen him play. 

Weeds was the standout forward for not only his goals but his relief ruckwork and general ability to work the length of the ground. It was interesting at times seeing him do the ruckwork in the fwd line despite King being in the vicinity standing in the goalsquare. It's clear they've got a plan to gradually bring weed in to play the Pederson role of fwd/pinch hit ruckman.

Peso and Smith were both also pretty handy, it was interesting to see our starting fwd line at the first bounce was Weed, Smith, Pedo and King all talls along with Balic. Only a 5 man fwd line with an extra man running from the back of the square same as the demons employ.

Of the others Hannan was good, stretch decent and jkh decent. Maynard racked them up in close but wasn't particularly damaging.

Baker looked likely but needs to improve his awareness got caught too many times in possession.

Special mention to the umpires who had to recall approximately 80 percent of their centre bounces which were skewing every which way but straight up.  The ironical cheers were going up by the 3rd qtr with each recalled bounce.

The team spirit was very evident in the 1st half, large groups of players getting over to congratulate the goal scorer, it was very much a 'team effort' performance against opposition that are clearly going to be one of the comps easybeats.

Hunt was ok in the first half, poor in the second .  Clear that pre season problems affecting his mind set.

[Diamond_Jim 12,588]

4 minutes ago, Drunkn167 said:

How'd Keilty play mate?

when he was down my end he took a few good defensive marks. Hard to see much at the other end

Most of Coburg's forward forays were on the rebound and lacking construction

[old dee 23,791]

3 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

when he was down my end he took a few good defensive marks. Hard to see much at the other end

Most of Coburg's forward forays were on the rebound and lacking construction

Agree with that DJ and you were right "Coburg" beer not bad at all. Good ground actually first time I had been to Coburg. 

[Wrecker45 3,378]

13 minutes ago, Drunkn167 said:

How'd Keilty play mate?

A standout from the report I got.

[WERRIDEE 5,479]

I might be going a bit early but I think we will win the premiership.  What are our odds?

Will Spargo get suspended?

GO THE MIGHTY DEES!

Edited April 8, 2018 by WERRIDEE

[old dee 23,791]

1 minute ago, WERRIDEE said:

I might be going a bit early but I think we will win the premiership.

Will Spargo get suspended?

GO THE MIGHTY DEES!

First remember who were playing and yes he is gone from what I saw. 

[Wrecker45 3,378]

1 minute ago, WERRIDEE said:

I might be going a bit early but I think we will win the premiership.

Will Spargo get suspended?

GO THE MIGHTY DEES!

Yes. Whacked someone in the back of the head in front of the umpire.

[WERRIDEE 5,479]

2 minutes ago, Wrecker45 said:

Yes. Whacked someone in the back of the head in front of the umpire.

How many weeks?

[Wrecker45 3,378]

3 minutes ago, WERRIDEE said:

How many weeks?

I’m only reporting what I was told. No idea other than he will go.

[Return to Glory 8,441]

9 minutes ago, Wrecker45 said:

Yes. Whacked someone in the back of the head in front of the umpire.

I'm sure it was accidental.

[DSP 1,488]

Yeah, its Coburg, but thats a decent first hit out for Balic. Weeds needs to keep that momentum up to push for seniors.

 

 

 

[JTR 2,846]

46 minutes ago, martin said:

Hunt was ok in the first half, poor in the second .  Clear that pre season problems affecting his mind set.

If there has been a thread or discussion about this somewhere, I missed it.

What problems?

[Earl Hood 6,086]

Who is number 18? Did some great cameos, looks promising.

any news on J Smith, went down with cramp or hamstring issue just before 3 quarter time, I had to leave early.

Good game to watch, some great play but hard to gauge the caliber of the opposition. 

[deestar 159]

3 hours ago, Danelska said:

he's got an attitude problem...

I have heard this rumour .... preperation has dropped off too.

[old dee 23,791]

41 minutes ago, Return to Glory said:

I'm sure it was accidental.

Correct the guy threw his head back voilently right into Spargo's clenched fist.

[Diamond_Jim 12,588]

Just now, old dee said:

Correct the guy threw his head back voilently right into Spargo's clenched fist.

nah only the power teams get away with that !

[old dee 23,791]

7 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

nah only the power teams get away with that !

Could easily have broken one of Spargo's fingers a careless act in the extreme.

[DemonDave 1,089]

19 minutes ago, Earl Hood said:

 

any news on J Smith, went down with cramp or hamstring issue just before 3 quarter time, I had to leave early.

Good game to watch, some great play but hard to gauge the caliber of the opposition. 

Smith was back out there in the last qtr so no issue with him fitness wise

[Dee Zephyr 19,267]

Can’t really add to the reports above in regards to the regulars but I was keen to see some of the new boys and here are some observations.

Balic: Doesn’t look like the smoothest of movers but put himself in the right spots most of the time. His mark in the last was a beauty and his game today was basically telling Goody “ Look at me coach, look at me”.

Spargo: Not much of him but was involved a lot in general play. Nice user of the ball, showed football smarts and seemed to have a decent tank on him.

Baker: Has an instinct of just going as soon as he gets the ball but can develop into a more than useful outside runner. Started to lower his eyes as the game went on.

Petty: The pick of the bunch from what I saw today. As stated previously, the defence didn’t need to do a lot but two passages of play stood out.

He beat an opponent in an aerial one on one by bringing the ball to ground, followed up and with surprising speed left his opponent for dead and hit a teammate on the chest 40 metres down the field with his left foot.

In another marking contest with several players contesting, he spoiled the ball, split the pack and was the only one standing. Picked up the ball and hit JKH on the chest again down the field without breaking stride. There’s just something to like about this kid. Great balance and very composed.

A lot of things don’t get noticed on the footy field but I liked what I saw and heard from the Weid. There were little spotfires in the 4th quarter in the centre square and King wanted to wrestle a Coburg player through the turf. Weid yelled out from inside our 50 to King to cut the crap and go contest the ball-up. I enjoyed that.

 

 

Edited April 8, 2018 by Demon77

[KC from Casey 7,064]

1 hour ago, WERRIDEE said:

Did White play?

Yes. The four VFL listed Casey players were and Jay Lockhart, Angus Scott,  Corey Wagner and Mitch White in addition to 23rd player Mitch Lewis who was on the list last year but spent a lot of time on the injured list.

The player wearing #18 was Lockhart, a 21 year old from North Launceston.

[Nasher 33,616]

Came here mostly hoping to read that Weid was dominant in a forward/ruck role and wasn't disappointed. This is definitely a missing piece of the puzzle in the seniors side, so fingers crossed he can keep it up and knock the door down.