Wiseblood

Dan Nicholson

Agreed. Very impressive. Lots of big bodies in the middle helping early too.

In: Rivers, McKenzie, JMac, Nicholson / Evans Out: Bail (inj), Garland (inj), Bennell, Jetta Stick with Juice and Martin, thought they had a real crack. With the injury to Grimes we should bring one of Nicholson or Evans on to the main list for some midfield cover.

The Good: Martin and Newton giving a real contest up against a quality ruckman in Goldstein Davey and Sylvia had a crack The first quarter The Bad: The last three quarters Our forward line struggled - Petterd, Wona, Watts etc couldn't get there hands on it enough Moloney struggling with a hard tag Jetta, Maric and Bennell when he came on not giving us enough when it counted. The Ugly: The injuries The umpiring The way we roll over way too easily.

THIS week was the major test for the club. We had to prove we had really made an effort to improve by backing up last weeks performance with a win today. Sure we had a few players out and injuries during the game hurt us but we had to show we had some fight and that we could lift... but we just rolled over and died. We all praise Maric but his stats were padded in junk time. He and Jetta needed to stand up and they didn't this week. Petterd and Watts had little influence and Moloney was shut down. It's hard to win games with too many players down and/or injured. Any criticism of Newton is harsh as he was FAR from our worst. Thought he gave a real contest in the forward line and around the ground - did more than Bate would anyway.