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Football => Richmond Rant => Topic started by: one-eyed on March 24, 2009, 11:43:18 PM
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Coburg vs Northern Bullants
Saturday, March 28th @ Princes Park, Carlton
Ressies: 10.00am
Seniors: 12.30pm
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Coburg vs Northern Bullants
Saturday, March 28th @ Princes Park, Carlton
Ressies: 10.00am
Seniors: 12.30pm
Great any updates on the RFC listed boys would be appreciated from those that are going.
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Key forward Adam Pattison, having had ankle surgery last month, resumes today in a VFL practice match. Also playing today in the trial game will be Dean Polo, Alex Rance, Mark Coughlan, Andrew Collins and Angus Graham. All will be vying for senior selection against Geelong in the second round.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25252593-5012432,00.html
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At princess park yer?
I'll head down in a couple of hours and give you a report when i get back later tonight
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Key forward Adam Pattison, having had ankle surgery last month, resumes today in a VFL practice match. Also playing today in the trial game will be Dean Polo, Alex Rance, Mark Coughlan, Andrew Collins and Angus Graham. All will be vying for senior selection against Geelong in the second round.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25252593-5012432,00.html
good to see cogs back, cant get games into him quick enough :o
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I almost feel and this goes back to when Gieschen was coaching.
Our ressies have a good crop of youngsters in their side. Some of whom press for senior selection for weeks on end. Then their opp comes and they only play 10-15 for their senior call up with little impact and back in the ressies they go.
I remember Cogs was getting 30-35 per game just about touches circa 2000/01 before he even got a minimal chance.
Other clubs bite the bullet put faith in the kids and look at Robinson Garlett and the other two boys who excelled for the Blues.
Its like why did we recruit hard nuts like Hislop Thompson and waste two very good draft picks if we are going to watch them wallow in the ressies as well as Polo when we have soft jellies like Edwards Brown McMahon getting picked every week.
We put no faith in the players we should invest something into and persist continually with players that fail time and time again.
I can remember a dreamtime game a few years ago where we put the faith in a young kid who was BOG that night yet he can't break into the 22 as the Richmond 22 as it seems to be an exclusive gentlemans club that no matter what when we have a full list to pick from regardless of form and the opponent certain players will always be chosen ahead of others. Something is fishy and rotten at Punt Rd we all know it and the smell is starting to asphyxiate all of us.
Reserves results are academic unfortunantely for us as Terry will pick Edwards and McMahon and every other small bodied jelly legged can push you off the ball with one finger player as he has done in the past and he will do in the future. If Terry knows he is going down he is too much of an egotist to change and give someone the opportunity to tell him that they were right he will instruct the Coburg coach on his methods and go down his way at Richmond also.
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It was about 3 goals each at quarter time but I'll get a more up to date score.
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No scoreboard but the Bullants won by about 4 point WP reckons.
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There was no scoreboard there but this is what I had:
Coburg: 2.3 7.3 10.4 11.6 72
Bullants: 3.2 4.6 7.8 11.14 80
Goals: Nahas 4, Hislop 2, Polo, Polak, Graham, Number 3, ???
Best: Nahas, Rance, King, Polo
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There was no scoreboard there but this is what I had:
Coburg: 2.3 7.3 10.4 11.6 72
Bullants: 3.2 4.6 7.8 11.14 80
Goals: Nahas 4, Hislop 2, Polo, Polak, Graham, Number 3, ???
Best: Nahas, Rance, King, Polo
A big ask I know but was no 64 for Coburg (Rhett Jordon) playing and how did he go?
:cheers
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There was no scoreboard there but this is what I had:
Coburg: 2.3 7.3 10.4 11.6 72
Bullants: 3.2 4.6 7.8 11.14 80
Goals: Nahas 4, Hislop 2, Polo, Polak, Graham, Number 3, ???
Best: Nahas, Rance, King, Polo
Thanks BALL ! YEAH ! - How did Cogs go
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There was no scoreboard there but this is what I had:
Coburg: 2.3 7.3 10.4 11.6 72
Bullants: 3.2 4.6 7.8 11.14 80
Goals: Nahas 4, Hislop 2, Polo, Polak, Graham, Number 3, ???
Best: Nahas, Rance, King, Polo
A big ask I know but was no 64 for Coburg (Rhett Jordon) playing and how did he go?
:cheers
He may have played Ressies but I don't think I saw him in the seniors. Most of the Coburg boys I knew like Keogh, Caruso, Horne, etc or were wearing low numbers
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There was no scoreboard there but this is what I had:
Coburg: 2.3 7.3 10.4 11.6 72
Bullants: 3.2 4.6 7.8 11.14 80
Goals: Nahas 4, Hislop 2, Polo, Polak, Graham, Number 3, ???
Best: Nahas, Rance, King, Polo
A big ask I know but was no 64 for Coburg (Rhett Jordon) playing and how did he go?
:cheers
He may have played Ressies but I don't think I saw him in the seniors. Most of the Coburg boys I knew like Keogh, Caruso, Horne, etc or were wearing low numbers
No problems, thanks for the response.
'65
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also went today and mark my words Alex Rance was sensational in the first half , got beaten in the air a couple of times in the last quarter and true did miss a couple of targets but will debut next week if there is justice in this world
Nahas was also very good as was hislop who laid a tackle today that I thought might have killed the bloke he hit him that hard ,it also impressed TW and DK who were sitting close by
Cogs was also very good but was rested for the last quarter as was patto
Jake tried hard but is a way off , post did some nice things as did collo but he also missed a couple of targets 2 I recall in the last 1/4
Goose did OK in the ruck and a couple of good efforts around the ground but I think this is his level
the big plus for me was Polo , he was great ,good run and carry hit targets both feet , spun and baulked his way out of trouble
Thompson didnt play ,is he injured?
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I'm doing an indepth right up on BF now and I'll paste it here when I'm done
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Coburg (dressed in Richmond training tops) played the Bullant's at Princess Park today. It was an excellent day but certaintly got hot around 2 or so.
Ressies
I got there around 12.30 to catch the end of the ressies match. The only RFC boys I could see playing were Cleve Hughes and Alroy Gilligan. Gilligan look a bit lethagic and makes Nahas look like a giant. He had a really nice run through the middle but only had 2 or 3 touches for what I saw. Hughes was better. He worked hard at ground level for a couple of nice handballs and took a nice contested mark 25m out which he kicked. His most impressive play was a when he got the ground level contest ball in the pocket and kicked his second for the quater. By the way they came off and the run of play in the final quater it looked like Coburg lost
Seniors
As for the for the main stuff, the RFC listed players who played were:
- Vickery
- JON
- Hislop
- Polo
- Rance
- Coughlan (about 70% gametime)
- Polak (second half only)
- Gourdis
- Post
- Nahas
- King
- Silverster
- Pattison
- Graham
Adam Thompson didn't play but I saw him their with a few other RFC boys including Conners (didn't have any bandages on his finger), McGuane, Deledio, Moore, Browne, Morton, Schultz, etc. Morton and Browne were the only ones keen enough to walk in the stands, fair enough.
1st Quater
Coburg started with a tall foward line including Post, Vickery, Gourdis and Patto at CHF. Vickery, Hislop and Gourdis missed a couple of soda's before Nahas scored the teams first. Hislop then converted his first and started to look good. Rance and King dominated of halfback and Polo in the middle.
1/4 Time
Coburg 2.3 15
NB 3.2 20
Best for the quater: Polo, Rance, King, Collins
2nd Quater
Coburg fired up after NB kicked the first couple of goals of the quater. King, Collins and a couple of others got into a big scrap in defense but it was Hislop's big tackle on the wing the turned the momentum. Rance had a MASSIVE quater and I am convinced he will play next week and be a 200+ gamer. He runs like a mid but was our biggest kid out there. He just needs a few games at AFL to get a feel for it and to get comfortable. Couglan started to get into the game more in the second quater with a couple of good tackles and some excellent kicking. It was like a different Coughlan, didn't get a heap of the footy, but not a single kicked missed it's target and more important every kick was penetrating. 100% kicking efficiency. Coburg kicked 5 straight goals from some nice work from Hislop, Polo, Nahas, Graham, Patto and JON (yes JON). A very good quater overall.
1/2 TIME
Coburg 7.3 45
Bullants 4.6 30
Best for the Quater: Hislop, King, Nahas, Rance
3rd Quater
Polak came on in the second half for the first time and played at CHF. From the start he was in the thick of the action. Kicked the first goal of the 4th quater from a free kick in the ruck. Nahas then kicked our other two goals of the quater, one from a good pass from Graham and then the other from a play on to a Polak free kick. All in all it was a pretty sluggish quater with most of the boys not doing anything exceptional. Couglan had another good quater
3/4 Time
Coburg 10.4 64
NB 7.8 50
Best for the Quater: Nahas, Graham, Coughlan, Silvester, Polak
4th Quater
Straight away NB went bang, bang and it was a two point game. Silvestor did very well but Rance was beaten a couple of times by Fisher who probably kicked about 3 goals on him in the end, still Rance had a pretty good quater. Pattison and Cogs were rested for the quater and the team looked shot. Polo, Nahas and King tried their hardest but some shocking umpiring and some poor skills ended up seeing NB get over the top. Number 35 (maybe Gourids) kicked Coburgs only goal after a very nice mark in the pocket. A couple of the Coburg boys in Caruso and Horne were good, but a few RFC boys went either missing like Hislop (might have been rested) or just made some shocking errors like Collins. Collo had a solid hitout in the first 3 quaters but his final quater was a shocker. Don't think he hit a target at all. Polak took a couple of nice marks but all in all it was a bad quater for the burgers
Final Score
Coburg 11.6 72
NB 11.14 80
Best: Nahas, Rance, King, Polo, Silvester
* For Carlton fans I noticed notcied playing Fisher, Hartlett, Sentata, Bannister and Walker playing. Didn't really recognise anyone else
After this game I would say that Polo has booked himself drive down to Geelong next week and Rance should also get a gig. King is knocking on the door too. Say what you want about him but at least he smore heart today playing in a 2nd's praccy match then half of our AFL team playing front of 85, 000 round 1 at the G'.
Questions? Ask away
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"few other RFC boys including Conners (didn't have any bandages on his finger),"
Connors definitely had a bandage on a finger on his left hand
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Great report Ball, excellnt work and thank you. How many weeks away is Cog's away do you think or could he get a call up next week.
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An enjoyable, comprehensive report of the match.
I feel like i saw the stuffen' game.
:thumbsup
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1965,
I can confirm that Rhett Jordon was on the senior team list I saw (well done to the bullants for supplying team sheets) down to wear number 41 and he did play
:thumbsup
I thought Polo was fantastic, if he doesn't play next week there is something seriously wrong. BOG for mine
Rance: must play next week as Ball! has said was just sensational in the 1st half. Thought he got beated in the 2nd part of the 3rd qtr but finished off the game really well
Hislop: laid one of the best bone crunching tackles I've seen a long long time. Just for that one tackle he deserves a game next week. And here's a tip RFC coahing dept show a tape of that tackle to every single player over and over again and say that is what is expected!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tommy did come off in the last qtr after another bone cruncher, had an ice pack on his shoulder after the game. Just another thing on Tommy, it isn't just his tackling it's the 2nd and 3rd efforts...
JON: good game by JON, hit targets and played as mobile HF target.
King: Jake was good in patches but needs to focus his agression on the ball rather than the man at times
Collins: was good but not great. Steady but had a few turnovers
Silvestor: as always very good, chased down a Bullants speedster and although didn't tackle him to the ground put enough pressure on that made the bloke an easy shot 2o metres out :clapping
Nahas: kicked a couple of goals and spent time in the mid-field. Very good
Vickery: not great influence. struggled at times with the pace of and reading the game, what I mean by that is that there are times when he really needs to be a moving target and he just seems a bit flat footed
Pattison: played mainly at CHF and for a guy who hasn't played for probably 6 weeks was good and solid. Lacks match fitness clearly
Post: played CHB. solid. takes a good grab but his disposal by foot at times lets him down
Graham: was number 1 ruckman but didn't take enough marks around the ground for mine and didn't get back in the hole across HB (like what Simmonds & Borwne did on Thurs) enough to for mine. When he floated forward twice in the last he went for the mark in the pack instead of creating a block to allow Gourdis a better chance
Gourdis: kicked 1 that i can remember. needs to time his leads better, as he got ignored a few times :P :cheers ;D
Polak: Polly played the 2nd half as a sub. Presented well but had little influence. dropped a few marks but took a few. good thing about Polly is if he doen'st mark it he does bring down in the direction of his team mates
Coughlan: I have deliberately left Cogs to last. I have to say it was the best game of footy I've seen Mark play for a long time and I was impressed. He looks fit, has lost weight and as a result seems to have improved his pace. Kicking was good and his inside work first rate. In couple of weeks he has to be a show for senior selection and last season I never thought I'd say that
From what I got told Hughes, Gilligan & Putt played for Coburg ressies
Fast attacking run & carry footy by both teams. It is a game plan that can work if it is executed properly :thumbsup ;D
PS: number 3 for Coburg was Damien Rayson :thumbsup
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Great reports Ball! and WP :clapping :bow :cheers
Good to hear Polo played really well.
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Yep great reports guys, all appreciated.
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how far is Coughlan, Post from the Richmond Team?
Polo and Rance pencil in?
King, Hislop ? ready for Round 2?
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how far is Coughlan, Post from the Richmond Team?
Polo and Rance pencil in?
King, Hislop ? ready for Round 2?
torch no dispresepct intended but have you actually read the entire thread?
this is what i said about the players you mentioned
I thought Polo was fantastic, if he doesn't play next week there is something seriously wrong. BOG for mine
Rance: must play next week as Ball! has said was just sensational in the 1st half. Thought he got beated in the 2nd part of the 3rd qtr but finished off the game really well
Hislop: laid one of the best bone crunching tackles I've seen a long long time. Just for that one tackle he deserves a game next week. And here's a tip RFC coahing dept show a tape of that tackle to every single player over and over again and say that is what is expected!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tommy did come off in the last qtr after another bone cruncher, had an ice pack on his shoulder after the game. Just another thing on Tommy, it isn't just his tackling it's the 2nd and 3rd efforts...
King: Jake was good in patches but needs to focus his agression on the ball rather than the man at times
Post: played CHB. solid. takes a good grab but his disposal by foot at times lets him down
Coughlan: I have deliberately left Cogs to last. I have to say it was the best game of footy I've seen Mark play for a long time and I was impressed. He looks fit, has lost weight and as a result seems to have improved his pace. Kicking was good and his inside work first rate. In couple of weeks he has to be a show for senior selection and last season I never thought I'd say that
SO based on that
IMHO, Polo, Rance & Hislop are "yes" for this week
Post - no needs more time and to work on his disposal
King: Not at this stage
Cogs: didn't play the final qtr needs more match time, but very impressive