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There's a number of things that I'm looking forward to, in this afternoon's game. Firstly, what will our draftees do? There seems to a positive vibe about this year's crop, so it would be nice to see Stephens, Gould and Warner, show enough glimpses, to keep that optimism bubbling away.
Then there's the hope that some of younger players will already be showing a bit of improvement. That is, will McCartin be closer to handling a key position spot? Will Blakey be more likely to have a high possession game, that leaves the opposition devastated? Will Rowbottom be more of a genuine inside mid? Will Florent spend more time flashing in and out of midfield contests?
I'm also interested in how our ruckmen go. Will Naismith be able to provide quality service to our mids? Will Sinclair show enough as a key forward, to justify his spot in the side? Or if those options don't work out, will Knoll continue his improvement and become a genuine option?
There's one possibility I'm dreading, though. Which is our midfield getting outplayed by a Giants unit, missing Coniglio, Kelly, Ward and Greene. If that was to happen, it would really decrease my optimism level for the coming season.Comment
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Watching the telecast with my dad and they are showing the warm up and my dad says "Gee that number 10 is tall". I told him that it is Naismith ????.Comment
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Ronke looks sadly out of touchComment
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Florent to the bench for concussion monitoring....
Post edit: Now back on within a few minutes.....I must have misheard.Comment
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Coming towards the end of the first quarter. Few positive observations:
1) Brand looks good. Been in good position for a few intercepts and spoils. Pencil him in for round 1.
2) Never remembered COR being such a nice kick. He always had dash but his disposal by foot looks good.
3) Will Gould is an animal. He is ready.
4) Sam Gray is a good pick up. Just a smart player who will feed the ball nicely to Buddy et al.
5) McInerney should get more first team footy. Provides dash on the wing and off HB.
We could still struggle for clean ball and clearly lack height without Buddy, Reid and McCartain.Comment
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Gould's bump was sort of encouraging. O'Riordan seems to have had a pretty good off-season. Parker seems in good touch. Brand is a bit AJ like.
Looks like the Giants made a major blunder playing Taranto. If a shoulder goes out that easily, it's likely there was some preexisting damage, so risking him in a trial match now seems unwise.Comment
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Giants are all over SydneyComment
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Stephens has had a few bad turnovers that have cost goals due to a bit of panic under pressure. A bit disappointing for a top 5 pick midfielder as they are the ones you hope have the class to handle the step up the quickest!
Certainly not writing the kid off as I expect all the experts saw enough to know he'll be a beauty but looks a little overwhelmed early on.
As I was writing he had a couple of nice touches so hopefully just working his way into it! [emoji16]
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We are getting smashed now unfortunately.
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Pretty insipid quarter. Though strangely the stats say that we're winning the clearances, when without looking at that, I would have thought that we were getting smashed. Perhaps the Giants clearances were a lot cleaner and effective, whereas ours were scrambled and ineffective? Giants also look a lot more cohesive and purposeful when moving the ball. Oh well, hopefully we'll improve in the second half.Comment
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Half time, COR a lock, Gould to debut R1, Brand looks useful, Sam Gray tooComment
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I'm a bit disappointed in the performance so far. I don't care about the score but our disposal has been horrible yet again. I'm jealous of GWS and how skillful they are.
I'm liking Gray so far and looks like he'll be a good pick up.
Loved that bump by Gould.
McInerney is finding the ball well (although according to Dal Santo he must have been invisible because he said he had his first run in the second quarter ????).
I'm concerned we are going to rely on Kennedy and Parker again.
I noticed McCartin came on towards the end of the 2nd quarter so hopefully our forward line has a bit more structure. We struggled with just having Sinclair or Naismith as the tall target.
I thought that Aliir may have broken a rib after that incident but he came back on so thankfully he must be ok.
Looking forward to seeing how the youngsters go in the second half.Comment
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