On 13/02/2026 at 13:51, Lil_red_fire_engine said:

The two that surprised me most was Kolt off half back (offensively and defensively) and Howes where ever he was playing (was it wing).
Sparrow got more than usual but turns back into traffic or dump kicks too much for my liking.

the surprise was Kolt playing there i definitely dont think he did anything that stood out or even looked like a sign, certainly not with ball in hand, he made maybe 2 good spoils in the air but it was probably the bare minimum of a defender in a game of football hardly anything amazing

also I must be watching a different game to everyone else on Howes, i really don't get the DL love affair with him, all his possessions come as a sweeper type deep operator switching the play, he has no defensive accountability and no contested game, he took an uncontested intercept mark or two but i really don't see it with him

I agree Spaz was good Friday, issue being once Koz and Riv are back in mix and hes sent back to HF is that we get the same old same old, maybe he can run that culley/brayshaw narrow winger role and he's definitely more suited to being up the ground then say Fritta is despite their constant willingness to try it but i think even a latrelle would be more damaging as a HF up to stoppage than sparrow is

22 hours ago, picket fence said:

Did little and then got injured. Not up to it!

I agree he's not up to it, but harsh to say did little, he played maybe 5 minutes maybe 10, not a large sample size out of 90mins

We should have a better idea of all of this after the practice match against North.