Round 19 Positives

[Ruck'n'Roll]

Michael "Nijinsky" O'Loughlin's combination foxtrot/pas-de-deux.
M.A.G.I.C

[ScottH]

Originally posted by Ruckman
Michael "Nijinsky" O'Loughlin's combination foxtrot/pas-de-deux.
M.A.G.I.C

While only Kicking one himself, how many did he assist/setup??

[Ruck'n'Roll]

Adam Goodes, beaten in the first quarter then lifted, good behavior for a captain. Luke Vogels started the day with a clanger but kept presenting, marking etc. played a realy good game although IMO had too much bench time. Noggy and Monty, the former is putting in some seriously good performances, and the latter's zoom (esp over 5 metres) is perhaps the reason for our midfields improvement.
Adam Schneider ~ Hard Nut. Who would'a thunk it!

Originally posted by Snowy
Drummond one of their good young runners did his hammy.

I believe he became the designeted kicker for the bears because Johnson developed bad kick-out yips. Could be a big loss.

[SimonH]

Originally posted by jimmyconnolly
Agreed. Came back well after a cheap high shot by Hammerman. Kept his eyes on the ball all night. He is really maturing as a versatile team player

Like most people, I thought that:
a) Schneider's career was in deep, deep trouble and he was in danger of being labelled a one-year wonder
b) him getting given the role of defender/small run-with player was beyond his skills and fitness levels, and would be a short-lived and unsuccessful experiment.

Based on Saturday night's performance, he's a long way towards proving me wrong. He committed the odd clanger (on Saturday, even Captain did that), but his endeavour, responsibility and ball sense were first class. Here's to keepin' it up.

[dread and might]

1. Fitness- I felt very confident at 3 quarter time that we had the fitness to get over the Bombers and it looked like we did.

2. Handing out the deserved amount of stick to the feral crowd

3. The two minutes of play in the 4th, Magics' goal followed by Lovetts' at the other end, worth the price of admission.