St Kilda v Swans NAB. Cup Game

[Auntie.Gerald]

Armstrong may even make it tricky for Birdy. not as a direct swap but as a valuable emerging player for our 22 is Neil Armstrong

If Mal pushes up for half a game onto the wing as he does quite often the Armstrong from the Bench is looking good

McGlynn back in for Morton due to Morton not being ready and McGlynn the player to start the season and give first bite of the cherry

Parker in the 22 for sure and especially if Goodes is not ready

It is a bit of a lottery on who of our 10 remaining players not present today will be ready for round 1 ?

I wouldnt think we can play more then 3 players of the 22 for rd1, that have not played any footy?

[liz]

A long way off the intensity of a proper home and away game, but still enough signs from fringe players to put a halt on some RWOers slitting their wrists over lack of depth.

Parker was sensational in the first quarter but tired (or had an opponent put on him) after that.

Jack has put a bit of size on his shoulders over the off-season. He looked seriously in need of a feed last year, but now looks as if he will develop a good physique for AFL. Not scared to take the game on early. Raw, but definitely something to work with.

Lloyd, Rampe, Towers all showed a little something at times. Goals from each of them - long ones from Lloyd (x2) and Rampe showed they've got some oomph in their kicking. (And Jack's cramp inflicted long kick at 3/4 time easily made the distance too.)

Everitt looked very good early but didn't keep it up. Jesse also didn't sustain quite the level of his exellent first quarter but still had a pretty good game, with plenty of work in the ruck.

Biggs and Lockyer look a little of the pace at this stage, and Richards got so little game time it was hard to tell anything.

I was hoping to see a little more from Cunningham. I realise he's not played much in the backline, but would have liked to see him take the game on a bit more, and use his pace to dash from defence. Lamb showed some nice touches, but like Cunningham, isn't quite yet screaming "pick me" for round 1. Armstrong backed up a good showing last week with another, albeit with a few untimely fumbles. He'll definitely be in the mix.

All in all, a decent hit out and moderately entertaining to watch.

[Auntie.Gerald]

My round one team ........and given it is against GWS we may risk 4 players that have not played pre season matches thus far:

LRT Pyke McGlynn

Bolton Reid Bird

Mummy
Kennedy
K.Jack
Jetta
ROK
Macca

Mal, Grundy, Shaw

Smith, Ted, AJ

Bench:

Parker, Hannes, Lambie, Armstrong


All in bold italics havent played as yet this pre season and I am guessing Goodes and Morton wont be rushed in for rd 1 given they are only recovering now from injuries and they have the whole season ahead of them

Lambie is my bolter given the injuries to key players

[sharp9]

Showed a lot more than last week....lots of senior and fringe players had good moments - Everitt, White, Cunningham, Towers....nice goal from Rampe, some good execution from McGlynn and Armstrong...some really good play from Teddy, Reg and AJ. Joey looked like a V8 cruising down Conrod straight. Hannebery and Jude doing plenty...Hanners some really clean hands.....but never really looke like we were going to win, way, way, way too fumbley.....gifted a couple of goals by umps....couldn't run out the game.....didn't win a contested possession or have an uncontested mark forward of the ball in the last 15 minutes. You would hope that we won't give up four goals a game with experienced players letting the ball over the back 25 metres out :-)

B. Jack had a couple of moments. Towers, Rampe and Lloyd might be players....Lockyer has had a nightmare NAB cup....failed or fumbled pretty much every single contest or opportunity or disposal that he had....you'd almost have to give him another game just so that he doesn't stew on that effort for the next 12 months!

When Armstrong can pick the ball up cleanly he will be a player.

Oooooh and Jetta was a ripper.

[swanspant12]

Thought some of the fringe/youngsters stepped up to the plate. Whitey, Cunningham, Armstrong (impressive), Rampe, Lloyd and the usual suspects Hannebery, Parker looked the goodes (no pun intended).

Thought Armstrong played a really good game off the half back. Used it well and created heaps from the backline. We need blokes like him around that 22-24 mark to take over when the likes of Shawy, Marty etc finish up their tenures.

Jetta...wowee. Looks like he's had another brilliant pre-season. He was everywhere. Why the bloody hell didn't LRT handball the ball back to him! ha. If he can get around that 20-25 disposal mark he will go up another notch. I can see some more brownlow votes coming for him this season.

Still missing ROK, McVeigh (our best user), Goodes, Smith, Mattner, Shaw, Mumford, Bird, Malceski, Jack, Tippett, McGlynn (only played a quarter), Morton. That's 13 senior blokes who will most likely be lining up round 1.

[Nico]

Didn't see the game but we had a lot of players out and the seniors that came in were having their first hitout. 4 weeks to go untul Round 1 so plenty of time to get it together.

[ScottH]

Good to see Benny back on the field.

Got a huge cheer when he came on and for his first few touches!!

Armstrong is looking good for a spot in the line up come round 1. Towers did some nice things , Lloyd and Rampe were also impressive. Did Membrey play, I didnt see him out there. Reid could explode this year and old man Jude looks as fit and hungry as ever. TDL played pretty well for the saints too, good on him.

Armstrong had a lot of run and hit many targets by foot.
Seemed to be used as the got to man out of defence.

White was very impressive. Hope it continues.
Reid still has a huge case of the fumbles.

I think both were off the ground for much of the last qtr, as we didn't seem to have a target up fwd.

Pykes tap work and his timing was much better than his opponent. several times his opponent jumped way to early and Pyke just timed it right and got the tap.

I struggled big time with the newbies numbers. Needed a cheat sheet. But a few of them showed a bit of talent and a bit of spark.

[swanspant12]

Got a huge cheer when he came on and for his first few touches!!



Armstrong had a lot of run and hit many targets by foot.
Seemed to be used as the got to man out of defence.

White was very impressive. Hope it continues.
Reid still has a huge case of the fumbles.
I think both were off the ground for much of the last qtr, as we didn't seem to have a target up fwd.

Pykes tap work and his timing was much better than his opponent. several times his opponent jumped way to early and Pyke just timed it right and got the tap.

I struggled big time with the newbies numbers. Needed a cheat sheet. But a few of them showed a bit of talent and a bit of spark.

Geez bit cynical. I thought Reidy played a very good game. Focal point up forward, only 21. He clunked heaps of marks and competed all night.

[ScottH]

Geez bit cynical. I thought Reidy played a very good game. Focal point up forward, only 21. He clunked heaps of marks and competed all night.

Sorry, I wasn't saying he played badly, just still a bit fumbly.
But then so were a few of them tonight.

[R-1]

So hypothetically, if Jesse's turned a corner, what the hell do we do with our big man stocks?

[swans_premiers]

So hypothetically, if Jesse's turned a corner, what the hell do we do with our big man stocks?

That fact is that from last years premiership 22, some will be injured, out of form or retire early so this is a very good and necessary problem to have at this time of the year.

[ScottH]

Got a huge cheer when he came on and for his first few touches!!



Armstrong had a lot of run and hit many targets by foot.
Seemed to be used as the got to man out of defence.

White was very impressive. Hope it continues.
Reid still has a huge case of the fumbles.

I think both were off the ground for much of the last qtr, as we didn't seem to have a target up fwd.

Pykes tap work and his timing was much better than his opponent. several times his opponent jumped way to early and Pyke just timed it right and got the tap.

I struggled big time with the newbies numbers. Needed a cheat sheet. But a few of them showed a bit of talent and a bit of spark.

I think LRT was missing as well in the end.
So not a lot of forward pressure left.

[giant]

That was a much better effot wasn't it? Good to see some of the youngsters show a bit this week, especially Towers, Rampe & Lloyd (tho a few others are still a fair way off). Towers in particular you could imagine playing seniors pretty quickly given the opportunity.

Thought Jesse's first half was outstanding and Sammy's effort and work rate very good indeed. All in all, much happier than last week!

[The Big Cat]

Still missing ROK, McVeigh, Goodes, Smith, Mattner, Shaw, Mumford, Bird, Malceski, Jack, Tippett, McGlynn (only played a quarter), Morton.

Thanks SP12. I thought I was going mad. The commentators were talking about 9 GF players missing. I kept counting and kept coming up with 11. So not bad for half a team, especially when Rohan didn't play and Benny played bugger all.

[msb]

Glad I went great to see some of the kids I probably won't get a chance again this year cause never get to see the reserves....we clearly ran out of gas at the end but I thought an overall pretty good performance and yes great to see benny mcglynn back.