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I was pretty pleased with what I saw in both games overall. Considering we had Cooney, Lake, Hall, Hargrave, Hudson and Murphy out - we put up a good effort to dismantle North Melbourne and push a practically full strength Geelong. I thought we handballed too much and it's a skill we need to improve, but for the first game of the year, the way we played/tried to play seemed reasonably good. A little disappointing that against Geelong, we fell away a little, and dropped off defensively completely. As always at this time of the year - plenty to work on, but much to take away from today's games.
* Libba was very impressive. I thought he and Wallis stepped up again today, but more so Libba with the way he attacked the ball and kept dishing out incredibly fast handballs. I thought he may struggle to crack games due to his size, but Libba proved today he could mix it with the bigger bodies no problem.
* Skinner did some nice things and looked far more comfortable out there than he did at the intra club. Moved really well, presented, and had some nice passes. Also made a few tackles which should have been rewarded. Good signs - he's not as far off as I thought he was.
* Veszpremi was quiet against Geelong but was damaging against North. Smart player who is clean by foot. Certainly got off to a good start, in terms of putting his best foot forward to play round 1.
* Sherman improved as both games wore on. Thought he made good decisions with the ball in hand, which is sometimes a weakness. Used the ball reasonably well, went in hard and ran the lines a few times.
* Djerrkura looked good, seems to be able to find the ball. Disposal and decision making needs to improve, but he's putting a case forward to play round 1. He was involved a fair bit in both games, put his head under the ball and did well.
* Panos impressed me. Lead up the ground well and took some nice marks. He used the ball well and looks much better than he did last year. Hopefully he can keep improving, as he's got some quality. I'd like to see him have a good year at Williamstown, and then be added to the senior list for 2012.
* Wood was very good minus some of his kicking. He's very strong and runs hard and fast. Great signs for the coming season, but as said, needs to tidy up his disposal to become a real weapon.
* Pretty disappointed with Howard and Gilbee. Thought both were average with and without the ball. Cross and Griffen were equally as bad. The latter moreso.
* Williams was very good in game one, but struggled in game two. Morris was beaten in game two. Boyd had the ball on a string, Higgins looked very sharp and was one of our best. Jones presented well and made some strong contests. Josh Hill was smart and pretty tidy with the ball. Markovic was patchy, did some pretty good things, but made some bad errors. Something to work with, though. Addison was very good minus one or two things.
I think we've got a strong list moving forward. The young players were really good today. There's going to be a lot of competition for spots - the most we've seen in some time IMO.
* Libba was very impressive. I thought he and Wallis stepped up again today, but more so Libba with the way he attacked the ball and kept dishing out incredibly fast handballs. I thought he may struggle to crack games due to his size, but Libba proved today he could mix it with the bigger bodies no problem.
* Skinner did some nice things and looked far more comfortable out there than he did at the intra club. Moved really well, presented, and had some nice passes. Also made a few tackles which should have been rewarded. Good signs - he's not as far off as I thought he was.
* Veszpremi was quiet against Geelong but was damaging against North. Smart player who is clean by foot. Certainly got off to a good start, in terms of putting his best foot forward to play round 1.
* Sherman improved as both games wore on. Thought he made good decisions with the ball in hand, which is sometimes a weakness. Used the ball reasonably well, went in hard and ran the lines a few times.
* Djerrkura looked good, seems to be able to find the ball. Disposal and decision making needs to improve, but he's putting a case forward to play round 1. He was involved a fair bit in both games, put his head under the ball and did well.
* Panos impressed me. Lead up the ground well and took some nice marks. He used the ball well and looks much better than he did last year. Hopefully he can keep improving, as he's got some quality. I'd like to see him have a good year at Williamstown, and then be added to the senior list for 2012.
* Wood was very good minus some of his kicking. He's very strong and runs hard and fast. Great signs for the coming season, but as said, needs to tidy up his disposal to become a real weapon.
* Pretty disappointed with Howard and Gilbee. Thought both were average with and without the ball. Cross and Griffen were equally as bad. The latter moreso.
* Williams was very good in game one, but struggled in game two. Morris was beaten in game two. Boyd had the ball on a string, Higgins looked very sharp and was one of our best. Jones presented well and made some strong contests. Josh Hill was smart and pretty tidy with the ball. Markovic was patchy, did some pretty good things, but made some bad errors. Something to work with, though. Addison was very good minus one or two things.
I think we've got a strong list moving forward. The young players were really good today. There's going to be a lot of competition for spots - the most we've seen in some time IMO.
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