Newbies

[goswannie14]

Originally posted by swantastic
That means i should use IMHO all the time

Hmmmm......me too.

[Lucky Knickers]

I was disappointed at the game in all newbies performances.

Watching the replay - perhaps I was a little harsh. However, none of them chased hard enough and all looked lost by the speed of seniors footy.

[Ruck'n'Roll]

Originally posted by Legs Akimbo
I like Dempster. I think his main issue is that he doesn't get enough of the ball, but he is a good tagger. Like others before him, I am sure his ongoing development will lead to greater ballwinning ability. When he runs forward and kicks long, he is the the much lauded '80m player'.

He doesn't rack up a lot of stats, and I think last years run with role is Roos getting him to follow a well trodden path of development. He spent an awfull lot of time on the bench last night but his 70 metre "pass" to MOL in the third quarter was sensational, pity MOL dropped it.

As most people have observed Bevan, Vogels and Moore also eared another week.

[swantastic]

Originally posted by Lucky Knickers
I was disappointed at the game in all newbies performances.

Watching the replay - perhaps I was a little harsh. However, none of them chased hard enough and all looked lost by the speed of seniors footy.

Like i have said in the past seniors very diffrent from magoos,and every one on here crying out for magoos to get run,i thought they where ok/good on weekend.

[Old Royboy]

Some here are pretty hard to please. There?s a lot of moaning about the poor standard of the Canberra comp, but if a player is promoted and does not immediately adjust to senior standard he gets bagged. I hope they are given a few weeks to find their feet.

I like the way young Moore is progressing. Sure, he has faults but he has quick, clean hands & makes good decisions in heavy traffic. He'll take a while because like Monty he is a footballer first and an athlete second.

I only saw the last quarter and a bit of the reserves, but I thought the scratch match was a good idea. From what I saw, Shaw was more than a match for Torture ? hit outs were evenly shared, but Earl?s went to a teammate where Torture?s as usual went anywhere. Mathews is still selling dumps. Donkey played nearly the full game (at ff) without getting hurt. Both Jack and Phillips got themselves leg/ankle injuries ? think Keiren was on crutches.

[Ruck'n'Roll]

Originally posted by smasher
IMO Dempster is too slow.He got away with it last year but it is very obvious this year.They are saying the pace of the game has quickened.

I disagree. Dempster has plenty of pace (and great endurance) it's just less apparent over the first few steps. He's 6ft3 after all, and very few players of that height have off the mark speed.
On the other side of the coin some people have criticised Moore for a lack of legspeed, but his little legs make him quite quick off the mark but perhaps let hm down in a long chase down a flank.

[liz]

Originally posted by Ruck'n'Roll
I disagree. Dempster has plenty of pace (and great endurance) it's just less apparent over the first few steps. He's 6ft3 after all, and very few players of that height have off the mark speed.

I suspect Dempster's "issue" is more than he doesn't read the play particularly well at the moment, with the result that his reaction times can look slow. When he has the ball in hand and is in space, there doesn't look to be much wrong with his footspeed, nor with his decision making process.

Hopefully he will get better reading the game with experience, and it is to teach young players where to run and how to win the ball that they are very often started off as taggers on the best players in the comp, even when they don't seem to be naturally suited to such a role.

[Sanecow]

Originally posted by goswannie14
You want Malceski to spend most of the night on the bench! I don't think Dempster got much of game time.

It's the best place to pout.

[elroy67]

Originally posted by liz
I suspect Dempster's "issue" is more than he doesn't read the play particularly well at the moment, with the result that his reaction times can look slow. When he has the ball in hand and is in space, there doesn't look to be much wrong with his footspeed, nor with his decision making process.

I think Dempster is generally pretty cool under pressure, and he has a great kick which reminds me of Mark Bayes. That said, He does seem a little like a square peg in a round hole.

[ScottH]

Originally posted by Old Royboy
Some here are pretty hard to please. There?s a lot of moaning about the poor standard of the Canberra comp, but if a player is promoted and does not immediately adjust to senior standard he gets bagged. I hope they are given a few weeks to find their feet.

I like the way young Moore is progressing. Sure, he has faults but he has quick, clean hands & makes good decisions in heavy traffic. He'll take a while because like Monty he is a footballer first and an athlete second.

Very true ORB. It will be good to see how Moore(and the others) is going after 3-5 games in a row.

[Danzar]

Originally posted by ugg
Thanks for that. Its baffling to hear that Schmidt was fit and wasn't even an emergency for the seniors game.

It's possible Roos was keeping Schmidt in reserve, ready to unleash the guy against the Crows on Sunday.

Possible?

[TheHood]

Originally posted by Danzar
It's possible Roos was keeping Schmidt in reserve, ready to unleash the guy against the Crows on Sunday.

Possible?

Impossible.

[hammo]

Originally posted by Danzar
It's possible Roos was keeping Schmidt in reserve, ready to unleash the guy against the Crows on Sunday.

Possible?

Very puzzling about Schmidt. Maybe Roos will play him against the Crows so they can see first hand what they'll be offered in trade week.

I thought Dempster struggled a bit on Saturday but all the others were impressive at various times.

[BarneyG]

Originally posted by ScottH
Newbie Votes. Bevan wasn't that good.

You have got to be joking, Bevan totally shutdown Farmer from start to finish, a fantastic tagging roll. Even Roos noticed how well he did.

[Danzar]

Originally posted by TheHood
Impossible.

Why?