Intra club-8/2/08
A great traditional wet day at the footy ground.
Teams were evenly matched with only a few missing due to injury-Williams, Skipper and Guido. No Ward due to school commitments.
-Cooney and Griffin started on each. Cooney was outstanding for the whole game, Griffin got moved off him fairly quickly and it was hard to tell who manned him up after that. Didnt really matter though because Cooney was in the zone and dominated.
-Aker was brilliant. He is such a smart player, didnt waste a touch.
-Eagleton played the quarterback role that Jordy has done the last couple of years.
-Ray showed composure and guts backing into the unknown to take marks a couple of time. Still has the same problems kicking though.
-Hudson dominated in the ruck until halftime. His palming to his teammates is going to be huge for Cooney, Eagleton and the midfieders this year. Went off at halftime to give Minson and Street more time on the ball.
-Cam White played more in the middle and played well. His decision making is improving
-Dale Morris is looking a bit like Hulk Hogan without the hair and the beard.
-Matty Boyd improved as the game wore on and ended up in the best
-Harbrow looked bigger and did some nice things.
-Brennan Stack looks very assured with the ball in his hands. I've got a feeling about this guy.
-Johnno was in the guts for most of the game and was, well, Johnno. Sensational!
The gamestyle has a more defensive aspect to it. The players are making more space and sharing the ball in defence until an option appears and then they run forward. Going forward was a bit of a problem because we stuffed about a bit with the ball instead of shooting for goal. There were also many times when opponents were made to 'earn' their marks and a few spotfires flared up around the ground. The ones that I remember were Eagelton and Johnno throwing a few punches, Minson and Higgins having and altercation at a centre bounce and Westy giving DFA a punch in the guts, but I didnt see what DFA did in the first place.
They say Burt Lancaster has one, but I don't believe them.