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[desredandwhite]

Excellent Pics, You got a new Camera, or Lens??

Not really, Scott. Same gear as the last batch I posted...

Nikon D200, Nikkor AF-S 70-200VR, with a 1.7x Teleconverter.

But if I can mug one of those press togs with their big prime lenses...

[goswannie14]

Not really, Scott. Same gear as the last batch I posted...

Nikon D200, Nikkor AF-S 70-200VR, with a 1.7x Teleconverter.

But if I can mug one of those press togs with their big prime lenses...

Next week at the MCG would be the time to do it, just blame the Collingwood Ferals.

[ugg]

Official results:

http://www.sportingpulse.com/round_info.cgi?a=MATCH&fixture=23546834&c=1-1051-0-51449-0&pool=-1

Hmm, didn't even notice Simpkin out there. Oh well.

[liz]

Strange list of "best" players. Davis slotted one nice goal but didn't see him do much else. And I thought Thornton came off at half time??

I was impressed by Simpkin's first quarter because I thought his defensive work and second efforts were a whole heap better than normal. He was guilty of pinging away at goal a couple of times rather than looking for a better option and didn't think he was one of the more prominent players out there.

I thought Jack's game was pretty solid - some very good defensive efforts - and I've had had him amongst the best but not rated above Moore.

[NMWBloods]

Schmidt played but I didn't feel he dominated as he usually does.

Probably sees little point in going over the top.

[NMWBloods]

Everyone in the Swans' senior team is expected to do their share of burrowing. We may not all approve of that, but it is Roos' philosophy by the looks of things.

Which is bizarre.

[Nico]

Pretty much exactly what I was about to write.

Very impressed by Moore today. He was very clean with the ball, ran hard through the middle and took some strong marks in the forward 50 for his three goals. Flipper was lively but uncharacteristically wasteful in front of goal. And would it be possible for him to have a longer "walk-up" for his set shots?

Braba got a lot of the ball but still not convinced by him. So much of it he gets by hanging off the back of packs rather than going in and doing the hard stuff himself.

And White looks like he's done a lot of work on his marking over the past month. The last game at the SCG he couldn't hang onto anything. But today he read the ball very well and his hands looked clean and secure. Maybe a month ago he was still suffering from the after effects of his hand injury. I hope he comes on, because (as Stella mentioned on another thread) he's a big unit and his energy, work rate and enthusiasm are impressive.

Liz there are plenty of top midfielders who hang off the back of the packs. Simpson from North is one. You dont have to be in and under to be a good midfielder.

[Nico]

The best of the hang off the back of the pack players would have to be Nathan Buckley.

[ugg]

Strange list of "best" players. Davis slotted one nice goal but didn't see him do much else. And I thought Thornton came off at half time??

I was impressed by Simpkin's first quarter because I thought his defensive work and second efforts were a whole heap better than normal. He was guilty of pinging away at goal a couple of times rather than looking for a better option and didn't think he was one of the more prominent players out there.

I thought Jack's game was pretty solid - some very good defensive efforts - and I've had had him amongst the best but not rated above Moore.

I didn't see the first quarter so perhaps that's where Simpkin's accolades were earnt. But otherwise yes its definitely a very strange list, but at least their consistenly bizarre!

[NMWBloods]

The best of the hang off the back of the pack players would have to be Nathan Buckley.

Buckley is a good example. He gets a lot of the ball himself and gets a lot of clearances, so it's not like he shirks contests, but he is an outside midfielder and hugely valuable to his side. It would do his team little good if he spent much of the game diving into packs.

[Triple B]

Moore was clearly BOG.

On Brabazon, I'm in Liz's camp. I don't believe Liz is potting Brabazon, but in all honesty there is a fair few in front of him at the moment.

[liz]

I'm not claiming that everyone has to burrow in and under to be effective. Just that you need to have a couple of real weapons to make it at AFL level, of which the ability to win contested ball is just one. And Kerr, Judd and Cousins (and Goodes for that matter) win plenty of contested ball without burrowing through packs. Often it is just running at pace, swooping on a ball that looks like it is contested, and sprinting away from the pack.

I'd love all the youngsters to make it as AFL players, even though we know that they won't. Brabazon's work rate is impressive and his improvement on last year suggests he's been working very hard on the training track too. So I'd love him to prove me wrong. It's just that I don't think that how many possessions a player racks up at ACTAFL level is a good guide, on its own, to whether a player is going to play senior AFL. Scott McMahon (have I remembered his name correctly?) and David Spriggs were ball magnets in their time too.

[Robbo]

That's unlikely as they're all 17/18 yos. To give you an idea of how poor it is, I played Colts for Claremont.

It is a better standard though. The players can actually kick.

[Old Royboy]

Were you thinking about Scooter (Scott McGlone) Liz?

[Triple B]

Scott McMahon

Scott McGlone. A VERY good example of your point as well.