NAB Cup 2010

[WA Tiger]

Does anyone know why the Eagles were allowed to play a practice match yesterday against Swan Districts over here?? Why wouldn't we have played against coburg again this weekend if we were permitted or at least an intra club game?

Who played for the Eagles?

Was it the players who played last week or the players that didn't?

the ones that dind't play NAB cup would probably get permission

Yeah I think it was the ones that didn't play actually.

[mightytiges]

Worsfold mentioned after their win over the Bombers that this next practice match is for those Eagles who didn't play that night. And who's to say we didn't have a little intra-club hitout yesterday morning at training.

[WA Tiger]

Just about to watch the Freo Melbourne game to have a look at Trengove and Scully.

[the claw]

not many comments on the roos cats game. i would suggest if people think north will be easy beats for us they think again, and yeah it was just a nab cup game.

[mightytiges]

not many comments on the roos cats game. i would suggest if people think north will be easy beats for us they think again, and yeah it was just a nab cup game.

North will be ahead of us initially as they still have quite a few mature players in their best 22 to win games. They had 10 guys 24 years old or above in their NAB side compared to just our 4  . The quality individually within their 10 would exceed our 4 as well. So much for our senior core  . Then add the fact we played 8 guys under 21 playing compared to North's 3. I'm not knocking North's win but just showing why they will be ahead of us for the next 2 years.

Let's see where both sides are at in say 3 years time when North will have lost a third of their current best 22 to retirement. I hope they overachieve in the next couple of years and end up with poor draft picks for finishing mid-ladder in an era where the new teams will be hogging the first round of the draft.

North Melbourne

31: Harvey (269)
29: Jones (155)
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28: Harding (129), Rawlings (201)
27: Petrie (176), Pratt (98 ), Firrito (127)
26:
25: Hale (117), McIntosh (79)
24: McMahon (41)
23: Thompson (28 ), Campbell (47)
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22: Lower (34), Swallow (62), Anthony (10), Adams (8 )
21: Urquhart (32), Goldstein (16), Hansen (29), Ross (12), Warren (9), Greenwood (11), Gartlett (5)
20: Tarrant (-)
19: Wright (4), Ziebell (10)


Richmond

28: Tuck (110)
27: Newman (154)
26: Moore (65)
25: Polak# (108 )
24:
23: Polo (52), Thomson (30), Morton (50), Tambling (95)
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22: Deledio (106), Graham (18 ), White (54), Nahas (19)
21: Hislop (19), Collins (10), Connors (10), Edwards (47), Riewoldt (46), Gourdis# (-)
20: Post (7), Rance (15), Farmer (3), Nason (-)
19: Cotchin (25), Vickery (9), Astbury (-)
18: Martin (-)


nb. Age (current number of AFL games) - Round 1, 2010

[Muscles]

Talking about the rubbish rules of the NAB cup, how about the NAB 9 Pointers?

  Weren't they brought in to give the fans a little something extra to cheer about?  I don't know where to find the stats, but from the games I've watched on the box so far, it seems that most of the niners are coming from 50 metre penalties.

Seems like just a little additional help.  Get a 50 and then have 3 extra points for an infringement forward of centre.

Just another rubbish rule.  The AFL needs to forget about this Mickey Mouse stuff and have the umpires concentrate on consistent interpretations of the kosher rules.

[Smokey]

Just another rubbish rule.  The AFL needs to forget about this Mickey Mouse stuff and have the umpires concentrate on consistent interpretations of the kosher rules.

Agree.  Just as the players need the real match practice, so do the umpires so let's give them true practice interpreting the rules they need to for the whole season.

[Tiger Tragic]

North Melbourne

31: Harvey (269)
29: Jones (155)
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28: Harding (129), Rawlings (201)
27: Petrie (176), Pratt (98 ), Firrito (127)
26:
25: Hale (117), McIntosh (79)
24: McMahon (41)
23: Thompson (28 ), Campbell (47)
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22: Lower (34), Swallow (62), Anthony (10), Adams (8 )
21: Urquhart (32), Goldstein (16), Hansen (29), Ross (12), Warren (9), Greenwood (11), Gartlett (5)
20: Tarrant (-)
19: Wright (4), Ziebell (10)

Looking at that list, reminds me of a Richmond list of the past 10 or so years.  A couple of older A graders, some older battlers who will keep young guys out of the side and stunt their development and some young guys who look promising.  I reckon if they can get their older guys on the park every week, they could be in line for a mid table finish.  Perhaps in 10 years time, Ninthmond will be a thing of the past and Ninth Melbourne will be the new reference.

[tiga]

That Freo v Melbourne game was absolute rubbish. Probably one of the worst games I have seen even taking pre season into account. At least our final quarter showed glimpses of promise in an understrength side.
On that performance we will do better than Melbourne this year. They were at near full strength and were totally clueless. Regarding Melbourne's prized recruits, I think that Martin is well ahead of Scully and Trengove. Scully is lightning quick but is a bit of a handball machine and Trengove does have excellent footskills but is a bit on the slow side. Martin has both Scully's speed and Trengove's footskills and has a much more mature body than both of them. I think we are on a winner with Martin for sure. 

[WA Tiger]

Yep have to agree Tiga, that game was probably the worst game out of the round, regardless of the scores at least we showed some promise and a glimpse of our future game plan. Melbourne did look like a bit of a rabble.

[tiga]

WAT we scored more points than Melbourne against a far superior team in a full strength Hawks side and without the assistance of any 9 pointers. They had Bruce out of their near full strength line-up. We had 6 or 7 out of our starting 22.
I think the Hawks did us a favour in bashing the crap out of us as it has given us a benchmark to work with. Melbourne however...Lets just say that Freo ain't no Benchmark especially when one of their best players on the night was rookie listed. 

[WA Tiger]

Well there you go Tiga, not sure why we cop so much crap then, Melbourne are apparently miles ahead of us in rebuilding. I didn't see that yesterday, we will beat them this year and a few others as well.

[Judge Roughneck]

not many comments on the roos cats game. i would suggest if people think north will be easy beats for us they think again, and yeah it was just a nab cup game.

North will be ahead of us initially as they still have quite a few mature players in their best 22 to win games. They had 10 guys 24 years old or above in their NAB side compared to just our 4  . The quality individually within their 10 would exceed our 4 as well. So much for our senior core  . Then add the fact we played 8 guys under 21 playing compared to North's 3. I'm not knocking North's win but just showing why they will be ahead of us for the next 2 years.

Let's see where both sides are at in say 3 years time when North will have lost a third of their current best 22 to retirement. I hope they overachieve in the next couple of years and end up with poor draft picks for finishing mid-ladder in an era where the new teams will be hogging the first round of the draft.

North Melbourne

31: Harvey (269)
29: Jones (155)
---------------------------------
28: Harding (129), Rawlings (201)
27: Petrie (176), Pratt (98 ), Firrito (127)
26:
25: Hale (117), McIntosh (79)
24: McMahon (41)
23: Thompson (28 ), Campbell (47)
----------------------------------
22: Lower (34), Swallow (62), Anthony (10), Adams (8 )
21: Urquhart (32), Goldstein (16), Hansen (29), Ross (12), Warren (9), Greenwood (11), Gartlett (5)
20: Tarrant (-)
19: Wright (4), Ziebell (10)


Richmond

28: Tuck (110)
27: Newman (154)
26: Moore (65)
25: Polak# (108 )
24:
23: Polo (52), Thomson (30), Morton (50), Tambling (95)
------------------------------
22: Deledio (106), Graham (18 ), White (54), Nahas (19)
21: Hislop (19), Collins (10), Connors (10), Edwards (47), Riewoldt (46), Gourdis# (-)
20: Post (7), Rance (15), Farmer (3), Nason (-)
19: Cotchin (25), Vickery (9), Astbury (-)
18: Martin (-)


nb. Age (current number of AFL games) - Round 1, 2010

Cousins delisted?

[mightytiges]

not many comments on the roos cats game. i would suggest if people think north will be easy beats for us they think again, and yeah it was just a nab cup game.

North will be ahead of us initially as they still have quite a few mature players in their best 22 to win games. They had 10 guys 24 years old or above in their NAB side compared to just our 4  . The quality individually within their 10 would exceed our 4 as well. So much for our senior core  . Then add the fact we played 8 guys under 21 playing compared to North's 3. I'm not knocking North's win but just showing why they will be ahead of us for the next 2 years.

Let's see where both sides are at in say 3 years time when North will have lost a third of their current best 22 to retirement. I hope they overachieve in the next couple of years and end up with poor draft picks for finishing mid-ladder in an era where the new teams will be hogging the first round of the draft.

North Melbourne

31: Harvey (269)
29: Jones (155)
---------------------------------
28: Harding (129), Rawlings (201)
27: Petrie (176), Pratt (98 ), Firrito (127)
26:
25: Hale (117), McIntosh (79)
24: McMahon (41)
23: Thompson (28 ), Campbell (47)
----------------------------------
22: Lower (34), Swallow (62), Anthony (10), Adams (8 )
21: Urquhart (32), Goldstein (16), Hansen (29), Ross (12), Warren (9), Greenwood (11), Gartlett (5)
20: Tarrant (-)
19: Wright (4), Ziebell (10)


Richmond

28: Tuck (110)
27: Newman (154)
26: Moore (65)
25: Polak# (108 )
24:
23: Polo (52), Thomson (30), Morton (50), Tambling (95)
------------------------------
22: Deledio (106), Graham (18 ), White (54), Nahas (19)
21: Hislop (19), Collins (10), Connors (10), Edwards (47), Riewoldt (46), Gourdis# (-)
20: Post (7), Rance (15), Farmer (3), Nason (-)
19: Cotchin (25), Vickery (9), Astbury (-)
18: Martin (-)


nb. Age (current number of AFL games) - Round 1, 2010

Cousins delisted?

Cuz didn't play against Hawthorn, Bents  .

[mightytiges]

That Freo v Melbourne game was absolute rubbish. Probably one of the worst games I have seen even taking pre season into account. At least our final quarter showed glimpses of promise in an understrength side.
On that performance we will do better than Melbourne this year. They were at near full strength and were totally clueless. Regarding Melbourne's prized recruits, I think that Martin is well ahead of Scully and Trengove. Scully is lightning quick but is a bit of a handball machine and Trengove does have excellent footskills but is a bit on the slow side. Martin has both Scully's speed and Trengove's footskills and has a much more mature body than both of them. I think we are on a winner with Martin for sure. 

Dee fans not happy. Already throwing around their thermoses, booking snow holidays and getting stuck into Bailey. They are giving Bailey till the middle of the season (sounds like us last year) and asking whether Garry Lyon will take over.

Early signs for DB are bad - Now his 3rd year
Bailey or Lyon
Were we tanking last night?