jazza

Watson & Haddin out.

Mitch Marsh in & Nevill to debut.

http://www.news.com.au/sport/cricket/ashes-2015-shane-watson-dropped-for-second-test-at-lords-with-mitchell-marsh-selected-for-australia/story-fndpt0dy-1227442241402

After 100 innings he gets dropped.

Wonder what was in selectors heads pre first test.

Batting to save the match and Haddin tries to slog Ali over cow corner first ball he faces off him, only to hit it to short mid wicket.

Lucky he's got some credits, because that was horrible, he's had a shocking match!

Nevill will be a chance to debut this series after Haddin's performance in this match.

That slog to cow corner has been Haddins best and only shot for a decade.

Watto is stiff as we dont get enough reviews for him to use.When was the last time in 100 innings that he has saved a match .

Johnston back to the scene of his worst pie throwing days.

clarke missus having a baby,so he gets a pass.

Warner still battles with playing a long innings unless hes in the mood.

So the moral to the story after the collapse would be to drop Voges.

Bloody Haddin dropped root too!!!

Hope that drop doesn't turn out costly, he's looking good!

Although I said the same thing about Cook just before he got out, so hopefully that means Root will go out in the first few overs after lunch.

Pitch is a road so 7 wickets on Day 1 is quite good, but how many times in his career have we said that a Haddin drop has defined the day? If he'd held that (easy) catch, there's a fair chance they'd have been bowled out on Day 1.

Hazlewood was great. Starc got better but opened terribly. Johnson was no good.

Somebody on this thread once said "its the ones they dont take that end up costing the most"

Always have said his misses{easy}are the killer for picking a keeper and not a batsmen/keeper

Well they are going bad Bbo.

I suppose I could email you next time that seems to be the root cause of their difficulties.

Anybody would think Auspost is run by a bunch of backward readers or something.

Gees, Rohan Bail tattoo on my forehead? Meh, its worth it. Go dees!

Pictures,big fella.We need to see pictures.

if we hold this sought of form no reason we cant make the 8

The saints game may have cost us very dearly.

Just watched the replay, and you're correct about Spencer. Bail constantly fumbled the ball, and had no impact. And I'm struggling to work out the 2 Watts' clangers. He was decisive with all his possessions, and tackled with intent. The best all-round game I've seen from him.

First quarter loose ball in the centre,2 loose players in forward 50 and he didnt run to the contest,{pretty normal im afraid}

It was a huge swing,if he took the play on we have an open goal,Dont think it showed up on telly,Cross actually said something ti him on the way past.

2nd one was a definite chance to impact another contest and he didnt,geelong player chipped him about it.

Yes he did play well,but these moments when the game can be broken open and he doesnt make the contest through lack of wanting to get there has been his downfall.Still id imagine most telly watchers to count his possies abnd not see the lack of drive.

Whilst im no fan of his,yesterday he must have got a rocket at half time and showed some fair dinkum go in the second half.{getting to the contest}

I need to change the title of the thread to "Ruckmen". Gawn and Spencer were both very good today.

Spence,did a great job and still showed that he needs games yet.

He was limping at one stage and i thought could be gone for the day and we would be in trouble balance wise.

But he stood at FF in the 3rd and limped for another 10 minutes before being called back to the centre circle and went without fear.

Clearly his best game and clearly was excited about being in a hard fought win after the game.

Could actually be the making of him.

N.Jones - captain great captain

Dunn - stood up brilliantly

Watts - continued important role

Toumpas - quiet before subbing

Dawes - provided great contests

Viney - superb all game

Lumumba - fine rebounding game

Brayshaw - dynamic and exciting

Gawn - career best game

Tyson - looked more comfortable

Stretch - played his role

Cross - important in contests

Vince - prolific all day

McDonald - was rarely sighted

Riley - some useful touches

Neal-Bullen - can find ball

Garlett - perfect scouting game

Howe - 2 brief cameos

Jetta - didn't imbue confidence

Spencer - perfect Gawn foil

Bail - was rarely sighted

M. Jones - improved with confidence

Couple of minor things.

Bail=first time he did a job and completed it without losing concentration and letting opponent off the hook.

Spencer=played his best game and centre shutdown off opponents and not letting ball out of area was his best,also flew for marks down forward and had to be covered by geelongs spare down back,allowed others to run onto spillages.

Jack Watts=has been written many times about his momentum clangers,provided 2 yesterday which had people hanging their heads and hoping it wouldnt effect the result.

Loved watching best mates, ANB and young Strech, arm in arm singing the song for the first (of many) time. Must been a special moment for them and their families. I bet old Steven would of been belting the song out where ever he was

There were 6 players sitting behind us all day and when we got well in front during the last quarter i turned around and said "well that gets rid of 186",got smiles from the players as they rushed down to the concourse to be part of the win.

It seemed that a new dawn had arrived for the playing list,and was beautiful to see.

Well, well, well.

My optimism for our future might be well founded after all.

You should have a James Hird type boner for the next 5years.

We are well on the way.

Loved seeing Geelong supporters leave their Temple of Worship aka Kardinia Park 5 min before the siren!

About 10% of them left the stand i was in.

But most stayed to applaud their champ off the ground.

And many that walked past us after the game gave us a "well played today" as we stood in sheer happiness.

Very nice of the supporters to admire our win and our supporters doggedness to be there yet again.

I love Jack VIney

Thats why Cross has been so important.

He has been the leader for viney and the 2 years we get out of Cross will help fast track viney.

Yesterday Crossy led all across the ground and made sure the younger player's got to opponents at every stoppage.

Jamar just lost his playing licence yesterday.

Unfortunate but these things happen to all older players at some stage.

Bail played his first 4 quarter game along with a few others,the team effort thing was actually a "team effort thing" for once.

Just got home,big day for dad and No1 daughter,We stood on the first tier after the game as the geelong fans rolled out,some made comments like "good game well done".Daughter{mindful respect of her interlect}replied "thanks your lot are chit though"

Day was made and im now gloating in some sort of dad heaven.

Last couple of games have started to give ToumpAs a little edge over where Morton was at this stage in the career. Hope he can keep it up!

Was ok today and ran to right places.

Its difficult when you watch games on telly and dont get to see the positions players get too and not be used.

Today the boy did well.

Just got in and had to switch on the computer.

Front row first tier seats and 6 dee player's sat right behind us.If i knew how to post my telephone pictures i would.

Played with 2 ruckmen today and yes they had thier best games for the club.

Bernie played a blinder.

Dunny BOG,by a mile.

Brayshaw is a gun and today earnt him another 50 games.tuff an hard at it.

Best win weve seen for awhile and definitely the best win at cat park.

Also was surprised at how many Dee fans actually showed up.

The bloke wearing No12 did okay.

Gee quiet on here tonight! Just got back from a get together with some old footy club mates at the Great Northern in Carlton. Great night but gee we are not the men we once were. Several guys called it quits by 10 claiming they were a bit tired! Would not have happened in our halcyon days. Half the table were Hawks fans, one involved with the Dawks was adamant they had Dangerfield lined up, been working on him for two years. At which point I said if you bastards get Dangermouse, that is it I am giving up AFL to follow the local footy.

Think danger is heading our way actually.

What was your local club?

And did you notice limps get worse with old age.

Jazza can you donate a cattle prod to the club?

Can supply and can teach how to use.

Anybody know how that sooky kid did at training this morning?

And can we select him?

Using the water carriers would be the silliest idea ive heard so far.

Perhaps the afl should put a clock on the scoreboard.

Look on the bright side....it's someone's 300th.

OD,doesnt want anybody to know about his birthday.

So they are sucking up Jazza?

Wonder what they say when you leave

Probably things like,"thank christ i left the farm" and the classic,"i was never like that when i lived in the country"

Looking for company OD?

I've changed my avatar to be part of the club.

Misery, company and all that.

Our list isnt as bad as some people say.

Also OD does the misery thing alone with a bottle or 3.

Like your optimism jazza. Can you let us in on who's on that list of yours?

Couple of ex players and ex players association members.

It doesnt matter how many games they played,to me they are just old team mates or neighbours from the district.

We talk afl and local footy alot and they dont express hatrid for the dees,they actually emphasise with our club and make reasonable comments about our list.

I am awe-struck by your passion, devotion and/or stupidity...

Got a good reason to be in geelong and have a few connections at that club.

Also when i go to footy i look for improvements ,not dwelling so much on the mistakes but looking at how many mistakes are being taken out of our players..

The ones that make the same errors generally dont get any time from me and are put on the de-list list.