kev martin

I am a Petty fan. Before his injury he was doing well. However it took a few games before that to get going/confidence. Once he has that first good game he will improve his consistency and output. He has a beautiful kick for goal, good hands and brings some mongrel. Watch out kitty's. They are not dropping him, nor moving him to the backline. Goody shows that he has lots of patience with his big forwards, example Weeds and even JVR. We are building our season, and will peak at the right time.

From Clayton to Hoopers Crossing. Difficult to be an altruist in the cut-throat, ultra ambitious world where he participates. Many go after him, and he usually laughs. Rarely gets the compassion of umps, just goes deeper into packs as a response. One tough, sensitive dude. Well done Ollie.

I've got no trouble with how we played. First quarter we fought it out in their half-forward, next quarter it was fought out in our forward-half. Tigers came at us with a pressure game. If anything we had problems finding open spaces. Then they couldn't go with us in the second half, scoreboard pressure was building and players like Bolton had to try and do it by himself. Reminded me of Hungry (Bartlett). Richmond fans are fickle lot, fairweathers. Feel sorry for Ooze if he doesn't start getting some wins. Turner will start getting some attention, a good mover and finisher. Backline is very mature, handled the entries well and continued to rebound it. The capacity to not give Tigers shots from easy places. Our youngsters are doing well. Billings is improving. Kossie getting more centre stoppage time. Plenty of building as the season continues. Our balance of big and small players is about right, the coaches did some adjustments after the first half and quietened some of their ball movers. Had the game on our terms after the third, by stringing some goals together.

It is streamed on the "AFL live" app, as is most VFL, VFLW and other interstate tier 2 games. A replay is also available the next day, usually.

Drizzle has stopped and I can see some blue sky on the horizon.

Just started raining here in Sth Yarra, turning to drizzle. Forecast still indicates minimal rain from now on.

In the earlier games I saw of the Tigers, Grimes looked off.

Tholstrup was training with the MFC Casey team, after the MFC squad left the paddock.

Tholstrup is very professional at the training sessions. Reminds me of Viney, he has extreme drive and standards for himself. He will turn every stone to make sure he becomes a staple in the 22.

Looks like Woewodin will fill those big boots. He stayed with the backs, from the time he left AAMI, till the return. They have a great backline system and being new to the big men's club, he will need sometime to know the role. I think he will be the one most likely to play like Hibbo. He is bulking up well and developing a physical presence.

Additional: It looked like they were structuring for and executing fast ball movement through the corridors direcrly off half-back, and/or from lateral spread/switches. Moniz-Wakefield was at training but not participating, had a different coloured top on as compared to the rest of the MFC Casey players.

I am not as concerned about Billings as others. He is starting to get confidence in his body and needs that beautiful break out game to show what he can do. Hoping it is this week or the next, and he can put to bed that he is on the periphery for selection. His skills set, when 'on' is a needed factor in our system. I hope he still has plenty of improvement and building in his game, as he adjust to his new club.

Isn't that great, big load of stress of his shoulders. Congratulations to Ardu, Koz, and the family.

Bowey doing some high marking off the bag. Seems to be trusting his shoulders. He doesn't have any strapping on. Doing some tackling drills as well. Giving the shoulder a good test. Casey session just finished and they are off the paddock, except for Bowser, and Farris-White (who was marking the long high bal).

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