GVGjr
12-07-2008, 10:11 PM
First off it was bloody freezing there and I still haven't thawed out.
The reserves has a huge win was were just way too good for Sandy.
Easton Wood - played as a forward for the majority of the game and performed well. He makes some fundamental errors which undoes a bit of his game but he makes up for it by doing some spectacular things. He also kicked 3 goals today.
He still has a bit to learn but has been a big improver this season.
Jarrod Boumann - had a good game and must be pressing for a senior berth especially with a number of talls out at the moment. Boumann kicked a couple of goals and the coaches seemed very pleased with him.
James Mulligan - rotated on and off as the ruckmann and even went forward kicking 3 goals. He still hasn't improved his marking but he is very athletic and has good stamina.
John Shaw - had a very good 3rd quarter as his job was to stay a kick behind play and clog up the attacks into the Sandy forward line. He was quiet up forward but this is only his 2nd game back after his injury so he just needs a bit more time.
Thats all the Dogs players who played in the 2nds.
After a brilliant 9 goal first quarter the Seagulls gradually had their lead whittled away by the determined Zebras before rallying in the last quarter (against the breeze) and winning a close one.
Most of the Doggies listed players were a bit quiet but I will give a special mention to both Street and Reid.
Peter Street - rucked the full four quarters and did a good job against White and Meesen. The conditions did not suit him but it was another encouraging display.
Sam Reid - has really started to make some progress over the last few weeks and todays effort was particularly good. He kicked a nice goal in the last quarter when it counted and I thought his work around the midfield was very good. He still needs to improve his skills a bit but he works very hard in the contests and has a strong work ethic.
Guy O'Keefe - battled on strongly in the midfield but didn't have a great game. He undoes a lot of good things by some skill errors but he can genuinely win a bit of the ball on his own merits. O'Keefe did kick a nice goal.
Callan Ward - was also a bit on the quiet side. He played across half forward and without a genuine key foward opportunities for the smaller guys were fairly scarce.
Paul O'Shea - played mainly on Adam Yze and did a very good job without winning much of the ball.
Henry White - played his first senior game and after a good start faded a fair bit. He was used on the wing and even in defence.
Brennan Stack - started off manned up with Aaron Davey and performed well. He wasn't on Davey for long and in the 3rd quarter when the Seagulls were struggling really lifted his work rate. He kicked a great long goal and had a close miss on another. Some nice runs and some good dashes were a couple of the highlights. I liked some of his defensive efforts in contests as well.
Shaun Higgins - made a welcome return and started off well with a couple of well timed marks in the blustery conditions but it wasn't long before he was coming on and off the bench because understandably his fitness level wasn't right.
McDougall did not play today and I am told that Wight will be replacing Scott Welsh.
The reserves has a huge win was were just way too good for Sandy.
Easton Wood - played as a forward for the majority of the game and performed well. He makes some fundamental errors which undoes a bit of his game but he makes up for it by doing some spectacular things. He also kicked 3 goals today.
He still has a bit to learn but has been a big improver this season.
Jarrod Boumann - had a good game and must be pressing for a senior berth especially with a number of talls out at the moment. Boumann kicked a couple of goals and the coaches seemed very pleased with him.
James Mulligan - rotated on and off as the ruckmann and even went forward kicking 3 goals. He still hasn't improved his marking but he is very athletic and has good stamina.
John Shaw - had a very good 3rd quarter as his job was to stay a kick behind play and clog up the attacks into the Sandy forward line. He was quiet up forward but this is only his 2nd game back after his injury so he just needs a bit more time.
Thats all the Dogs players who played in the 2nds.
After a brilliant 9 goal first quarter the Seagulls gradually had their lead whittled away by the determined Zebras before rallying in the last quarter (against the breeze) and winning a close one.
Most of the Doggies listed players were a bit quiet but I will give a special mention to both Street and Reid.
Peter Street - rucked the full four quarters and did a good job against White and Meesen. The conditions did not suit him but it was another encouraging display.
Sam Reid - has really started to make some progress over the last few weeks and todays effort was particularly good. He kicked a nice goal in the last quarter when it counted and I thought his work around the midfield was very good. He still needs to improve his skills a bit but he works very hard in the contests and has a strong work ethic.
Guy O'Keefe - battled on strongly in the midfield but didn't have a great game. He undoes a lot of good things by some skill errors but he can genuinely win a bit of the ball on his own merits. O'Keefe did kick a nice goal.
Callan Ward - was also a bit on the quiet side. He played across half forward and without a genuine key foward opportunities for the smaller guys were fairly scarce.
Paul O'Shea - played mainly on Adam Yze and did a very good job without winning much of the ball.
Henry White - played his first senior game and after a good start faded a fair bit. He was used on the wing and even in defence.
Brennan Stack - started off manned up with Aaron Davey and performed well. He wasn't on Davey for long and in the 3rd quarter when the Seagulls were struggling really lifted his work rate. He kicked a great long goal and had a close miss on another. Some nice runs and some good dashes were a couple of the highlights. I liked some of his defensive efforts in contests as well.
Shaun Higgins - made a welcome return and started off well with a couple of well timed marks in the blustery conditions but it wasn't long before he was coming on and off the bench because understandably his fitness level wasn't right.
McDougall did not play today and I am told that Wight will be replacing Scott Welsh.