Tweet
Seems there is. But you better get there early.....Capture.JPG
-
-
Such a bummer about the weather! This may affect my plans to go. Weather: Heavy rain set to drench Australia's east coast, flood warnings issued - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) :-(
All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated, and well supported in logic and argument than others. -Douglas Adams, author (11 Mar 1952-2001)
Comment
-
Looks like it's being streamed
Comment
-
LOL!
Eight former Giants on the Carton list, Marchbank is a winner, reckon Pickett may be in time, Plowman hmmmm, but reckon 5-6 are busts and they have given GWS a lot of good picks to secure just one very good player and a couple of question marks. In the fullness of time it may prove that all this trading with GWS did them no favours.
SOS had a squillion high picks at GWS and certainly got a lot right but he also got a lot of high picks badly wrong so jury is out on whether he is a good recruiter.Last edited by 707; 18 May 2017, 10:52 AM.Comment
-
Great game. I look forward to ugg posting the stats and mvp and coaches votes etc. Plus his match report!
My mate that had never shown a smidgin of interest in the footy wound up bailing with the weather so we didn't go but I reckon I'll try him again next time. Instead I watched online the next morning. Was a performance every bit as good as the seniors. My memory has faded a little but from memory the players that stood out included:
* Our backline all were solid: Talia, Maibaum, Laidler, Aliir, Marsh. Pretty formidable really. They didn't have that much to do. None of them demanded a recall to the seniors. I can't remember how much time Marsh spent on the ball but he looked good at NEAFL level when he got the ball.
* Close to our best player was Darcy Cameron. He has a terrific work rate. An easy to find example of this was the first play of the game: he got the hitout, we lost the clearance and then he intercept marked the ball near defensive 50 moments later. He was like that most of the game. Good tank. Seems ready to step up to AFL level if he is called upon.
* BJ was busy and showed leadership but didn't do anything to suggest he has the skills at AFL level
* Leonardis and Rose were ok but didn't impress.
* Fisher had a much better game than last week and was involved and scored goals.
* Dawson didn't play - he was travelling emergency.
* Florent was really classy, especially in the wet conditions. He definitely stands out and will surely be a regular in the seniors in future. Potentially even this week. Who is going to get called up for Harry C? Dawson? Florent? Aliir? Kizza? Robinson? I reckon it will be one of them. I reckon Kizza should return via the 2s. Aliir is not like for like (which didn't stop them switching Florent out and Newman in a couple of weeks back) so I reckon he won't come in unless they decide to give Melican a break (I hope not - I think continuity is good and Melican has been solid despite not racking up many stats). Much as Dawson deserves a reward for his body of work capped by his great effort two weeks ago, I think Robbo should be the picked to return to the team as he did enough to show he has recovered from his injury. He is a valuable utility player and I like him. Then again, it may come down to match ups.
* Pink didn't stand out this week but I still really like him. Gives good effort and I think he makes good decisions too. He will hopefully just continue to improve the more games he gets into him. He's still so young.
* Murray? Did he even play? I can't remember. Is he injured?
* Foote was merely alright.
* Fox had a good game. He played on the ball a fair bit but also went forward and kicked at least one goal I believe.
* Edwards was good. Very energetic, as ever. I didn't notice signs of his shoulder (?) injury. Some good disposals.
* Robbo was one of our better players.
* I don't remember O'Riordan much. I guess he was part of the solid backline. He hasn't been using his pace as much this season. Didn't, from memory, do anything spectacularly good or bad.
So my bests would be something like: Cameron, Fisher, Florent, Edwards, Robinson, Marsh. But it's hard doing this days after watching the match and I've probably stuffed up somewhere.Last edited by bloodspirit; 23 May 2017, 09:16 AM.All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated, and well supported in logic and argument than others. -Douglas Adams, author (11 Mar 1952-2001)Comment
-
Murray was not named for this game. No news on his absence
Robbo was hit late and high by Zac O Brien who was reported. It happened while the stream was offline with issues so we can't see how bad it was
A lot of niggle in this game which was a little surprising for me with many Uni players having a connection to the Swans
Aliir had an altercation with Bonney which looked horrible when watching it live as it seemed as if Aliir just punched Bonney in the face but on replay it was an open hand push to the chest
When Richards kicked a big goal from outside fifty he went around offering high fives to Swans players which got under the skin of Brandon Jack in particular who was really incensed and really wanted to have a go at X. Eventually a free kick was paid against the Swans and Uni kicked a second goal but I'm not sure who was the culpritComment
-
Robbo cannot take a trick. I understand Robbo's jaw took the OBrien hit. Includes broken teeth and a fractured jaw. He will be out for many weeks.Comment
-
NEAFL MVP votes
Sydney University v Sydney
9: Oliver Florent (Sydney)
5: Darcy Cameron (Sydney)
5: Brandon Jack (Sydney)
4: Jeremy Laidler (Sydney)
3: Tom Young (Sydney Uni)
2: James Rose (Sydney)
1: Lewis Stevenson (Sydney Uni)
1: Aaron Day (Sydney Uni)
Florent 5-4
Cameron/Jack One is 5-0 the other 3-2
Laidler 4-0
Young 3-0
Rose 2-0
Stevenson 1-0
Day 1-0Comment
-
Jack was solid but I can't see either coach would have had him best on ground. I am guessing, therefore, that Cameron got five from one coach, probably the Uni coach given that the Swans didn't even name him in their best. For me he was the clear best on ground, with Florent a close second. I love how he's added some aggression to his game since the start of the year. His follow up work at centre bounces was terrific on Friday night.
Xavier high-fiving Swans players after kicking a goal sounds prattish to me, especially given how far down his team was by the time he scored the goal. He always came across as a reasonably intelligent, well-mannered chap so it surprises me he'd go there. Maybe his departure from the Swans is still burning a bit, notwithstanding that it had almost nothing to do with the Swans.Comment
-
The NEAFL MVP is actually a combination of the Brownlow votes by the umpire and the AFLCA's votes by the coaches
The website explains:
Ilett, Harper, enter NEAFL MVP Top 10 after max-vote performances – NEAFLThe NEAFL MVP Award is presented to the player uniquely judged the best in the competition by a combination of umpire and coaches votes.
The votes are submitted post-game cast on a 5-4-3-2-1 basis. As such, the maximum amount of votes a single player can earn per match is 10 ? courtesy of the maximum five votes from both umpires and coaches.
My guess is the umpires looked at the stats and gave Cameron BOG, and for some reason Shaw and his Uni counterpart didn't rate Cameron's game.Comment
-
Devo for Robbo! Poor bastard!
In that case I think it's down to Ollie, Kizza or Dawson in for Harry C. I'll vote for Dawson (he's earned it) but won't be surprised if they go with one of the others.
Personally, I would have given Cameron 5 votes (definitely not 0) - he was indefatigable, everywhere and effective.
- - - Updated - - -
Devo for Robbo! Poor bastard!
In that case I think it's down to Ollie, Kizza or Dawson in for Harry C. I'll vote for Dawson (he's earned it) but won't be surprised if they go with one of the others.
Personally, I would have given Cameron 5 votes (definitely not 0) - he was indefatigable, everywhere and effective.All opinions are not equal. Some are a very great deal more robust, sophisticated, and well supported in logic and argument than others. -Douglas Adams, author (11 Mar 1952-2001)Comment
-
Clearances
Uni 48 Swans 45
Edwards 10
Cameron 6
Jack 6
Foote 4
Fisher 3
MacDonald 3
Robinson 3
Florent 2
Fox 2
Brown 1
Maibaum 1
Maze 1
Rose 1
Skrivanic 1
Wicks 1Comment
-
I saw the hit on Robertson. He was bending down to pick up the ball and the uni player ran straight through him from the side, impact his head with his hip.
- - - Updated - - -
I saw the hit on Robertson. He was bending down to pick up the ball and the uni player ran straight through him from the side, impact his head with his hip.Comment
-
If you want to see the Richards incident, he kicked the goal at 1:03:13 and it all unfolds from there. For some reason he offers a high five to Laidler, who wasn't even his opponent (Maibaum was). BJ (the captain mind you) doesn't like this and goes after X, eventually reaching him and throwing Richards to ground followed by O'Brien throwing BJ to the ground in a similar fashion. Somehow after all this, O'Brien gets the free kick and kicks the goal.
Aliir's incident at 1:32:36, gets collected high, gets the free and as Bonney drags him up by the jumper Aliir retaliates by pushing Bonney in the chest with his forearm (not palm as I said earlier), gets the free reversed.
Comment
Comment