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Before the anti Spargo brigade get going I thought that while he suffered three glaring skill errors that I can recall he was in the right place at the right time.Correct those skill errors and the Spargo we used to know is back.

Langdon looks likely but his hairstyle makes him easy to spot.

 

No Fritsch, Brayshaw, Gawn or May and to still win was a good sign. 
 

 

2 minutes ago, Wiseblood said:

Easily the best, and most rounded, game he has played for us.  I'm confident he can replicate it during the season.

The one thing that stands out are his clean hands.  He rarely, if ever, fumbles.  If he is in the vicinity then he is winning the ball.

27 contested possessions. ?

7 Tackles ?

645 meters gained ?

Edited by Good Lord George

 

Some good signs.

Some decent outside run on occasions.

28 scoring shots.

Petracca, of course.

Running the game out.

TMac and Jones snagging a few. Jones running off half back?

Vanders back.

Tomlinson and Langdon decent.

 

 

Just now, dee-tox said:

 

Vanders back.

He looked good today.  Played 70% of the game but still racked up 19 touches and 5 tackles.  If he stays fit he'll be like a new recruit.


2 minutes ago, Diamond_Jim said:

Before the anti Spargo brigade get going I thought that while he suffered three glaring skill errors that I can recall he was in the right place at the right time.Correct those skill errors and the Spargo we used to know is back.

Langdon looks likely but his hairstyle makes him easy to spot.

Too late...

Failed to make distance from his shot at goal 20m out in pocket...

Melbourne had to win that and running the legs off Adelaide like they did in the last quarter will give them belief that Burgess knows his stuff. 

 

A good solid pre-season hitout.

Three positives:

Fitness - we finished all over them

Petracca

Langdon

Important things to work on:

Kicking generally, but especially into the forward 50

Sticking tackles

Overall:

I'm very content.  Add Gawn, May, Fritta and Gus to the lineup and we will be hard to beat in 2020.


8 minutes ago, DemonOX said:

No Fritsch, Brayshaw, Gawn or May and to still win was a good sign. 
 

 

Sure was. That’s quite a list! 

I watched last night and he was Fyfe like.

I watched Petracca and he was 1 better and Dustin Martin like. Amazing performance!

Kossie has booked himself a gig for round 1.

Victory for Burgess I reckon. Lots to like about 32, 36, 41, 15 and 20.


Only negative i take from the game is Harmes down back is not a ein for us.

Sparrow at times was Viney like!

Very happy with a win, but Adelaide have lost a lot of experience and you’d think will be bottom 5. 

Spargo unfortunately has no AFL attributes, his best hope is to become a tackling/pressure small forward, but that looks unlikely. ANB, like last year, had minimal impact. If he’s getting games during the season then we’ll clearly be struggling.  Weid still can’t take a contested mark, Brown looks a better option. 

Spargo - cant kick to a target. Cant handball to someone not under pressure. Cant tackle. Cant mark, took maybe 2/3 dropped many more.

I guess Im anti-spargo.

The Weid. Cant mark. Im anti-weid until I see him worthy of a spot. he was hopeless in the ruck and i know thats not his position. He is on a big contract on the back of 3 decent games.

Edited by Damo


6 minutes ago, dazzledavey36 said:

Only negative i take from the game is Harmes down back is not a ein for us.

Sparrow at times was Viney like!

I agree that he didn't have a great day, however, I think it is worth persisting with.  He's only had one practice game down there, so you'd like to see him given a few more before abandoning the idea.

We still need to lower our eyes when going into the f50 rather than bombing it like we did all last season which worked a treat!

22 minutes ago, dee-tox said:

 

Vanders back.

 

 

 

Can someone give a short summary of vanders game. I was unable to see any of the match.

 

Agree re Harmes. His best position is as a defensive minded mid (not an out and out tagger), and failing that I like him at half forward because he has good hands. Not sure half back will suit, but we will see.


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