NAB Cup

[Danog]

Not NAB Cup but in the NAB Challenge today Carlton beat GWS by 157 points - 29.9 (183) to 4.2 (26). Thank goodness we haven't been scheduled to play GWS in the preseason. A complete waste of preparation time playing a full game against a side full of 17 year olds.

Never know.  We could play them in the final week couldn't we?

[Infamy]

If we are to play GWS I hope we just play our kids

[one-eyed]

In the Adelaide-Carlton NAB Challenge game the Crows have lost Tippett to a bad ankle injury and Blues' FB Michael Jamison could be in trouble with the tribunal for his high shepherd on Adelaide's Henderson where Henderson was knocked out and carried off on a stretcher with a neck brace. If Jamison is suspended he'll miss round 1 as the Herald-Sun reckons he'll cop 2-3 weeks.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/a/-/wafl/8948296/pettifer-primed-say-royals/
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/double-blow-for-crows/story-e6frf9jf-1226016034677

[tiger101]

Bombers got an easy win tonight. Cant read anything into it though saints played very poorly. Played like they didnt even care.
On tonight's performance from them I would even go as far to say as GWS might of even had a chance.

[mightytiges]

Bombers got an easy win tonight. Cant read anything into it though saints played very poorly. Played like they didnt even care.
On tonight's performance from them I would even go as far to say as GWS might of even had a chance.

Yep the Bombers are probably the only club taking the NAB Cup seriously with the intensity they are playing at for this time of the year. The Saints were woeful last night and the umps were just as bad. Goddard was going off his nut by the end of the game because of the umps and Jack's cousin's new kicking action wasn't even making the distance  . St Kilda still has the prob that their bottom 6 is a liability just as it was in the GFs last year. Mind you Essendon is the Saints' bogey side so it's not that great a surprise that they won.

You can't take preseason results too seriously when Port beat Geelong by 84 points after we beat Port last week. The Cats had 12 of their starting 18 missing.

[one-eyed]

GWS flogged again by nearly 100 points today and Schulz kicked 4 goals in a half on AFL newbie Israel Folau.

http://www.sportsnewsfirst.com.au/articles/2011/03/12/folau-makes-debut-on-dismal-day-for-gws/

[Infamy]

Would hardly call having 4 goals kicked on you in a half a dismal display for a guy whos never played the game before

The guy needs to play as a forward. He would have learnt running patterns as a rugby player so I'm sure he can learn a forward structure. We know he can mark the ball, his kicking action is quite good and accurate and any turnovers from him wouldn't be as damaging as down back. With his height, strength and pace there aren't too many who could keep up with his leads.

[Tigeritis™©®]

Would hardly call having 4 goals kicked on you in a half a dismal display for a guy whos never played the game before

The guy needs to play as a forward. He would have learnt running patterns as a rugby player so I'm sure he can learn a forward structure. We know he can mark the ball, his kicking action is quite good and accurate and any turnovers from him wouldn't be as damaging as down back. With his height, strength and pace there aren't too many who could keep up with his leads.

he learnt running patterns as a league player. What patterns are they?.... Receive the ball run into 2 or 3 big guys, get tackled to the ground, do the wet fish dance whilst trying to get the 3 big guys off you then get up and push the ball back by foot.........is this what you mean?

[Infamy]

Would hardly call having 4 goals kicked on you in a half a dismal display for a guy whos never played the game before

The guy needs to play as a forward. He would have learnt running patterns as a rugby player so I'm sure he can learn a forward structure. We know he can mark the ball, his kicking action is quite good and accurate and any turnovers from him wouldn't be as damaging as down back. With his height, strength and pace there aren't too many who could keep up with his leads.

he learnt running patterns as a league player. What patterns are they?.... Receive the ball run into 2 or 3 big guys, get tackled to the ground, do the wet fish dance whilst trying to get the 3 big guys off you then get up and push the ball back by foot.........is this what you mean?

Don't be so narrow minded

[Tigeritis™©®]

Would hardly call having 4 goals kicked on you in a half a dismal display for a guy whos never played the game before

The guy needs to play as a forward. He would have learnt running patterns as a rugby player so I'm sure he can learn a forward structure. We know he can mark the ball, his kicking action is quite good and accurate and any turnovers from him wouldn't be as damaging as down back. With his height, strength and pace there aren't too many who could keep up with his leads.

he learnt running patterns as a league player. What patterns are they?.... Receive the ball run into 2 or 3 big guys, get tackled to the ground, do the wet fish dance whilst trying to get the 3 big guys off you then get up and push the ball back by foot.........is this what you mean?

Don't be so narrow minded

no no you don't understand I think the wet fish dance takes alot of skill.