Practice Matches - 2022

[Scraggers]

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Physically he just doesn’t look anywhere near ready.

I was more concerned with his reading of the play ... knowing where to lead, and how to assist Naughton.

[Grantysghost]

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Looks like he is playing for Footscray ( I mean right now) has kicked one goal

Edit - apparently only playing first quarter

Interesting. Maybe didn't hit his gps target!

[jeemak]

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Was good to see Latham give away a fifty for encroachment whilst on the mark or into the protected zone.

I only saw bits and pieces, tough day for the forwards with typically early season foot skills burning their effort regularly. A good hit out, and if we've not sustained injuries then it's a good result.

[Mofra]

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Watched the game on and off on my computer ... lots of names we didn't hear much ... Dunkley & JUH very quiet (to name a few, if you'll pardon the play on words). Treloar looked good as did English. We seemed to have the Bombres on toast for the first three quarters, responding when we needed to, but we faded late. Heat may have had something to do with it ... or care factor.

Bont looked solid as did JJ in the forward line. Overall ... meh !!

The stats sheet had Dunkley leading with 37 touches and 11 tackles.
It also had Richards with only 16 touches, I thought he got a lot more of it than that

[Grantysghost]

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The stats sheet had Dunkley leading with 37 touches and 11 tackles.
It also had Richards with only 16 touches, I thought he got a lot more of it than that

Dunkley auditioning.

[kruder]

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Im guessing Schache will play forward when the real stuff starts?

[The Doctor]

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I think it was a reasonable hit out from the boys.

I really liked what I saw of Richards at half back and Roarke Smith on the wing in the first half. JJ was terrific up forward all game. Schache went ok in defence but someone tell him to stop with the dinky cute passes.

Disappointed with Jamarra. Looks fitter but his agility seemed off and he had no impact. VDM has me worried. Doesn't hurt on the scoreboard and does dumb shit too often. Think he is better behind the ball. Wally & Cordy should know better. Why were our players goal shy in the last 1/4? Have a go ya mugs.

Very excited by the performance of Jones! two laser passes, one to English that burnt through his fingers and the other to JJ for a goal. Impressive first up showing.

[The Bulldogs Bite]

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Thanks for the reports.

Sounds positive for a first up hit out. Excited to see Jones play.

[Scraggers]

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The stats sheet had Dunkley leading with 37 touches and 11 tackles.
It also had Richards with only 16 touches, I thought he got a lot more of it than that

Really ??? Granted I was only half watching and half working but I didn't hear Dunkley's name all that often. Definitely didn't hear it 37 times that's for sure.

[divvydan]

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The stats sheet had Dunkley leading with 37 touches and 11 tackles.
It also had Richards with only 16 touches, I thought he got a lot more of it than that

Where can people find the stats sheet if publicly available?

[Rocco Jones]

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Dunks was a bit like Westy like getting majority of his on his knees and handballing it out. From what I saw.

[jazzadogs]

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Still in two minds about the dropping off the mark thing. I see the benefit but I also saw a lot of times when Essendon were able to go 5-10m forward and kick over the main contest due to it.

I don't mind it in the defensive 50 - but once they get forward of centre I agree that we should be on the mark.
Yes they might kick around us, but I feel like that is preferable to giving up territory?

[Dry Rot]

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Thanks for the reports people.

So did we learn anything today? Were any of our midfield problems/setup in the GF second half appear to be fixed?

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

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So did Marra play both the main praccy as well as for Footscray?

**scratch that, just went back and read some of the earlier posts that confirmed he also played 1st Qtr for Footscray.

[Mofra]

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Where can people find the stats sheet if publicly available?

Someone posted it on BigFooty

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