TRUenergy VFL Teams - Round 1

Sandringham vs. Geelong - Saturday 7th April at Trevor Barker Beach Oval

Seniors at 1.10pm (ABC TV)

Sandringham

B Holland Ferguson Bizzell

HB C. Liddell Lamb C. Johnson

C Wheatley Summers Brown

HF Gallagher Crowe Bate

F Pickett Sautner Sylvia

R P. Johnson Yze Godfrey

Int (from) Warnock Valenti Petterd Poyas M. Johnston Gilchrist Neaves Buckley M. Newton Garland T. Johnston McGettigan

Geelong

B Bedford S. Hunt J. Hunt

HB Hogan Spencer Callan

C Tenace Byrne Davenport

HF Owen Playfair S. Johnson

F Cheep Grima Djerrkura

R West Firman Foss

Int (from) Clarke R. Butler Barnes Urie Thompson Mumford Couch McGuane

Reserves at 10.20 am v Box Hill Hawks

Sandringham

B Hall Gibb Neville

HB Bode Dean McGettigan

C Tregear M Johnston Zarra

HF Martyn Hughes T Johnston

F Collyer Gribbin Lyall

R S Martin Monaghan Gilchrist

Int (from) Born Cleeve Gileno B Liddell B Newton Paule Turcarelli

I thought byron was going to sit this sandy game out?

Good signs if he is up for playing against the cats at vfl level.

Damn, would of been interesting if Ol' Philthy was playing!

Damn, would of been interesting if Ol' Philthy was playing!

"Philthy" has a four week holiday ... ironically as a result of an incident involving a Geelong player in last year's grand final.

say whatever you like about his footy. i love Philthy's niggle

say whatever you like about his footy. i love Philthy's niggle

We loved it at Sandy too.....and a BOG in the Grand Final was the icing on the cake...too bad he got 4 weeks for head butting!

We loved it at Sandy too.....and a BOG in the Grand Final was the icing on the cake...too bad he got 4 weeks for head butting!

Good for us! Couldnt have worked out better.

A reminder from the Sandringham Football Club that the 2006 TRU Energy Premiership Flag will be unfurled before the game starts today!!!

Following the flag unfurling - just before 1pm, the Zebras will take on 2006 runners up Geelong. After coming through the preseason undefeated the Zebras face the cats. The club is encouraging all Sandringham fans to get down to Trevor Barker Beach Oval and catch your first glimpse of the Zebras as they strive for a record breaking fourth VFL flag!

Seniors: Sandringham Vs Geelong at 1.10pm

The Reserves kick off with a game against 2006 reserve grade premiers Box Hill who knocked the Zebras out in last year's qualifying final.

Reserves: Sandringham Vs Box Hill Hawks at 10.20am

For further information please contact the club on 9598 8629.

Holy crap. 16 minutes in and Sandy thumping the Cats 32 - 9.

More details to come.

Lets hope Yze is having a hand in that..

I think the right thing was done to drop him and I hope he responds as we all know he should...at his best he is vital to our flag chances

Bartram out of monday.

1) means godfrey will definately play as a tagger you would think

2) yze may still play ... godfrey, ward, brown etc would be too many turnover merchants

still not cut and dried you would think

With what? Related to his ankle? Saw him getting pills and being stretched at the 3/4 time huddle last weekend.

Also, you would think if they're going to play Yze on Monday they'd play him as little as possible. What would you prefer? A fresh 27 year old Godfrey or a 29 year old Yze coming off 4 quarters 48 hours before the starting bouce?

6 of one, half a dozen of the other...

My thoughts on the first half on what is one of hte most one sided games i've ever seen

buckley - this guy will be a player. put him in the back pocket and watch him develop ... fantastic disposal

garland - kicked a couple, some nice thing, obviously a while off

pickett - looked large. got plenty of the ball, will probably be ready next week

PJ - a ruckman in the mould of white, without the ruckman bit. good disposal.

Yze - no one can accuse him of not having a go. has got a bit of it, couple of nice things

ferg - stock standard, gutsy as hell,

holland - hasn't done very much

sylvia - HE IS READY, his explosiveness is great, next week he'll be in the red and blue

petterd - some nice signs, a few good thing, good pace

newton - seemed a bit lazy in his disposal, no problem with getting it.

that tomi jonstone is a lil gun! please can we recruit velanti next year??! he is killing em!

My thoughts on the first half on what is one of hte most one sided games i've ever seen

buckley - this guy will be a player. put him in the back pocket and watch him develop ... fantastic disposal

garland - kicked a couple, some nice thing, obviously a while off

pickett - looked large. got plenty of the ball, will probably be ready next week

PJ - a ruckman in the mould of white, without the ruckman bit. good disposal.

Yze - no one can accuse him of not having a go. has got a bit of it, couple of nice things

ferg - stock standard, gutsy as hell,

holland - hasn't done very much

sylvia - HE IS READY, his explosiveness is great, next week he'll be in the red and blue

petterd - some nice signs, a few good thing, good pace

newton - seemed a bit lazy in his disposal, no problem with getting it.

warnock- hardly given a run

Some of the comments may have to be modified with Sandy only 2 goals up at 3/4 time .

Sylvia is the only one of the plethora of Demons who is playing as if he's interested in being promoted .

Yeah. There are players trying hard, they're just a bit limited. Sylvia is anything but.

The guys who've gotten them to this position are all Sandy listed. Summers, Gallagher, Valenti, Sauntner just to name a few. But they can't do it alone. They need some of the demons who've disappeared to get them over the line.

Yeah. There are players trying hard, they're just a bit limited. Sylvia is anything but.

The guys who've gotten them to this position are all Sandy listed. Summers, Gallagher, Valenti, Sauntner just to name a few. But they can't do it alone. They need some of the demons who've disappeared to get them over the line.

Pickett??? Is he MIA???

Also on radio they say Yze 1 posie in the 3/4. Playing well when the team is on top, MIA when their not....Down hill skier?

Paul Johnson!!! Overhead mark with a little bit of air on the opposition players back. That's the second overhead mark from him today. You beauty!!!

I think we're going to see Steve Johnson again next week. Has kicked 5.5

score updates?

Newton goals from a 50 metre penalty.

Sandy 22 11 - 143 Geelong 18 13 - 121

Sorry about that...

Wow.

Sandy have done everything imaginable to hand this game to Geelong.

Unbelievable fightback from the cats though.

Sandy victors by 10.

Yze with a flicker of a smile on his face.

Paul Johnson dropping an uncontested mark and very nearly did cost us the game <_<

When JW retires in a few years we are in big trouble.

Yze did his little soccer kicks, got some centre breaks though but still not good enough. Pickett MIA, Sylvia was good.

Sandy lucky to win though. In the dying minutes, 5 points up, PJ drops a sitter of a mark, then the ball pumps long into their forward line and Buckley is outmarked in the pocket because he was trying to mark from behind. Devonport (BOG) somehow manages to miss from 15 metres out and then Sandy score 1 more goal...

Sylvia a definite to come in next week. Absolute gun

Pickett as well. Didnt really have an influence, but who cares. Does his best work at the top level

Newton had a poor 1st quarter, then was moved forward and was magnificent. Might even play a game for the Demons this year?

Love the look of Ricky Petterd. Could be this years Clint Bartram (and if Barts knee injury is a bad one, may be a straight swap)

Yze was ok when Sandy were flying, nowhere to be seen when the Cats came back. No way will he be back next week

So at this stage, I would have Pickett and Sylvia definitely back in the team next Sunday to play the Cats