Rnd 13 Match Day Thread Sydney V Melbourne. SCG 13.10 pm.

[barry]

It was a game for the whipping boys today. Ill reserve judgement until they perform in the dry

[Foreign Legion]

Pretty good win all around. No passengers and was impressed by Allir in particular. Towers was very good - wish he could be consistent as his good is very good.

Mills is going to be an absolute champion - at least as good as Hanners which is a big statement.

[Mug Punter]

Pretty good win all around. No passengers and was impressed by Allir in particular. Towers was very good - wish he could be consistent as his good is very good.

Mills is going to be an absolute champion - at least as good as Hanners which is a big statement.

Mills just does his job every week, very impressive. It must be frustrating for the coaches re Towers, they clearly know what he can do and he does show glimpses. Hopefully he can prove us all wrong and earn a new contract

[Auntie.Gerald]

Towers hasn't stopped believing in himself
His form in ressies is of a high standard most weeks
He looked very good - willing and able today

5 Regular Snr players missing
Tippo
Reid
Laidler
Teddy
HarryC

These 3 players below all capable
Talia
Marsh
Brandon

That is a depth of 8 players we can call upon

[azzzr]

this forum gets abit awkward when the whipping boy towers has a good game, its like no one knows who to blame

[Scottee]

Great four quarters of wet weather football.

A bad day for the haters on here. McVeigh was immense and surely we can stay off his back today. Towers was also absolutely brilliant today, worked hard and got two goals but also did a lot of little things. On that effort he is definitely in our best 22

Other comments from me:
* Nankervis did very well against Gawn and I think the run of game will do him the world of good.
* Mills continues to amaze me with his poise and confidence for a young lad
* Zak Jones continue improve and is becoming a regular first grader for sure.
* Aliir Aliir did OK and he didn't let us down but I still think he is a fair way off the finished article but he is definitely a keeper. He does seem to have very good judgement which is of course essential for a backman
* And I guess I should mention JPK, how spoilt we are to take that effort today as a given

But highlight overall me was Rose. I've never been a huge fan but he's won me over with his workrate and effort and I just really admired his effort today. He's finish isn't there yet but he has clearly developed very well this year.

We have struggled in the wet of late so it was good to see a good four quarter effort

Yes to all that, plus I think we now rate as a wet weather side (lots of practice).

[Ludwig]

Macca looked as quick as anyone out there today. At the very least he can play in the wet. Hope he is back in form and can carry it over to dry conditions.

The best game I've seen Jones play. Maybe he wanted to impress his brother, and he did. He was very skillful for the conditions.

Once Rose gets those mistakes out of his game, which I'm sure he will, he will be a very good player. He's way ahead of where Towers was at this stage of experience. His pressure is fantastic for such a young player. It was a good performance by Towers, especially for condition you wouldn't think would suit him. He still makes too many decision errors under pressure.

Hewett had a great snap goal on his left. One of the reasons why he's a valuable edition to the team.

I also was impressed with Aliir. He's very composed for a 2 game player. He definitely is looking to be a long term player for us in a position where we have some questions going forward. I would keep in for the Bulldogs game regardless of the availability of Richards and Laidler. As for KPDs BTW, I think I was Talia out with the players in the 3 qtr break. He walked off the field without any limp, so perhaps he's on his way to a full recovery. Maybe Ugg can confirm it was him.

[neilfws]

Pretty good showing in poor conditions. Thought Nankervis crash and bash was just what was required today. Good to see Towers go well and enjoyed my first good look at Allir too, thought he went alright. He's a pretty accurate passing kick.

They all adapted pretty well today, seemed to handle the conditions better as the game went on.

Pretty happy with where we are heading into the break.

[dejavoodoo44]

Thought that Melbourne were eventually ground down by our record breaking 155 tackles. Seems like we are now a good wet weather side. In the past, I think there was a tendency to still look for a handball as the first option and this kept on breaking down in the wet. Now we are more likely to kick it forward straight away and then harass the opposition if the kick goes astray.
I also think that everybody played well today. McVeigh's skills were pretty to watch. Parker and Heeney were tackling machines. Kennedy, Hannebery and Jack had plenty of hard ball gets. Buddy delivered a few demoralising blows. And the whole defense was on top; with the younger players showing a lot. Jones gave as plenty of drive, Aliir was classy and surely Mills did enough to finally earn a Rising Star nomination.

[mcs]

Thought that Melbourne were eventually ground down by our record breaking 155 tackles. Seems like we are now a good wet weather side. In the past, I think there was a tendency to still look for a handball as the first option and this kept on breaking down in the wet. Now we are more likely to kick it forward straight away and then harass the opposition if the kick goes astray.
I also think that everybody played well today. McVeigh's skills were pretty to watch. Parker and Heeney were tackling machines. Kennedy, Hannebery and Jack had plenty of hard ball gets. Buddy delivered a few demoralising blows. And the whole defense was on top; with the younger players showing a lot. Jones gave as plenty of drive, Aliir was classy and surely Mills did enough to finally earn a Rising Star nomination.

I only saw small snippets of the game but glad to see us put in another good wet weather Performance, and happy to see Towers put in a good performance - having seen some of what he has shown in ressies at times, you can understand why the coaches are giving him every opportunity to make it, even if he has been underwhelming so far in the afl. Very good to see him play a really decent game today.

[aardvark]

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[jono2707]

Our pressure really ground them down and allowed us to run away with the match. As far as wet games go I thought it was excellent and plenty of intense crash and bash wet weather stuff from both teams.

Aliir put in an accomplished performance with plenty of good spoils. He ran out of gas a bit by the end but he'll improve his motor.

Some really good performances by our lesser lights was the most pleasing thing about today.

[dimelb]

The customers at the Riser went home happy today. Great effort from the whole team, with the examples set clearly by the captains. The progress of the youngsters is very encouraging, and I thought Heeney, Towers, Mills, Rose, Hewett, Nankervis, Jones and Aliir all made important contributions. I was also pleased to see Gary Rohan filling in ("resting"?) at fullback - good experience for him although I prefer to see him forward.

[aardvark]

McVeighs best game this year, Towers best game ever, Parker returns to form, even Benny Mc's second half was much better. Really enjoyed Aliir x2's game too.
I'm an unashamed James Rose fan. One day soon everything will go right for him and he'll play a blinder.

[dejavoodoo44]

I only saw small snippets of the game but glad to see us put in another good wet weather Performance, and happy to see Towers put in a good performance - having seen some of what he has shown in ressies at times, you can understand why the coaches are giving him every opportunity to make it, even if he has been underwhelming so far in the afl. Very good to see him play a really decent game today.

In regards to Towers, I'm at a stage where his good games surprise me a lot more than his mediocre games. Though if he can keep showing the form that he showed today, then after a while I will consider it a good news story and I will be pleased that he has finally made the grade, after so often looking like he won't. Though it will be interesting to see if he gets a game next match, as there will be a fair few players in line for selection after the bye. It may actually good for him to go back to ressies and wait his turn again, after playing a good game: instead of going back after being dropped for a poor game.