Reserves v Belconnen

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I'm not going to sit here and pretend MOD's kicking is not a problem. He fluffed his usual share of kicks. But one impressed me most about Saturday was his ability to take on the game once those 3 players were unable to return. He seemed to be everywhere in that last quarter and his running really caught my eye.

I just hope if he does get a call up that we actually play him in a position where he can display his wares. I thought playing him as a decoy forward on Andrew McLeod in one of his 2 games was really unfair on him.

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Thanks for the toppie names. Was impressed with James Metcalf (50) and whoever 53 was. What happened to the skinny little kids we used to get. These toppies had bloke builds and generally played with attitude and confidence.

number 50 was actually Brenton mumme from wests

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I guess in the end having nil bench was the telling factor in overrunning the side on top the ladder. One of the top-ups did a hammy in warm up, Schmidty gone again tracksuited for much of the match. Laidlaw tweaked something and out for last qtr while Leo was never coming back on other than a major catastrophe. So it was ALL top ups on and no rotations, which meant quite a few punters never had a break for the whole match! Would have been nice to send a message (I still believe it did) to the rest of the comp that last years feat of still cracking a GF gig is a very real prospect! And Belconnen are beatable.
Thought MOD was fantastic, showed some maturity and leadership (couple rough spots, so what) and created a great deal of our forward thrusts off the Half back line. Was moving well and a 1's gig must be close if he can back that form up again. Vesi was lively and seemed to be everywhere, he is certainly a rough diamond and the character that was written about in paperback 'The DRAFT'. Murphy was getting heaps of praise last couple of weeks and I was still very iffy on him - especially after watching him v Queanbeyan. Always huffs and puffs for very little return? Did battle on in sharing the ruck with Orreal who is getting better all the time.
Thought Bevo as a regular 1's player should be able to come back to the 2's and grab the game by the scruff and influence play with more grunt. He seemed lost at times and wonder if there is other factors effecting his game here. Agree with previous comments that DOK hasnt shown enough to get the call up, when we see Hanners perform so well when he is given his chances.
Top ups for those interested (sorry didnt have pen when they showed list at halftime) were Jake Roach (Warners Bay), Justin Steer 52 (ECE), Nick Ryan (St George), Angus Scott (Syd Uni), James Metcalfe 50 (UNSEW/ES) did some good things, Brenton Mumme (Wests), Jerome Farell (Macq Uni), Matty Payne 58? (Penrith) was sound and confident.
Would like to see Dylan McNeil get another run after his good showing in Queanbeyan, and if Nipper Gordon can keep his form of late going believe he is a real good chance of a rookie spot! Early on he did put his melon over the pill and got crunched which is what I have been looking for. Botts I thought was quite and there was no Jay Lewis.
Considering we were without Jesse, Pykey, Smith, and had no bench it was a pretty encouraging (although a tad scrappy at times) result against the top side.
Look forward to your previews come weeks end ugg, keep up the great work!!

number 50 was actually brenton mumme from wests not metclaff

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number 50 was actually brenton mumme from wests, thought he showed a bit apart from a shocking shot on goal in the last quater

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Thanks for that, sorry bout the mixup.