I went down today. As others have said it was a quater game in which most players played 2 - 4 quaters with the best 22 blokes starting and the young blokes finishing.
The Fowards:
Riewoldt, Morton, Polo, Hislop, Nahas, King, Westoff, Taylor, Astbury and Polak made up the foward group.
Polak got to a few contests and took a couple of great marks. However his goal kicking is rubbish. Finished with one goal however seemed very slow.
Riewoldt didn't do anything to write home about in his 2 quaters. A couple of neat handpasses but thats it.
Morton finished with 3 all of which he kicked in one quater. Looked okay, but didn't do a whole lot
Polo also finished with 3 goals. However he worked into room well and looked pretty good up foward. I think this experiment will work
Hislop didn't do alot. Kicked one goal and missed a couple more shots
Nahas was also pretty quiet.
Westoff got to quite a few contests but is still very, very raw. Finished up with a goal or two but missed a sitter.
Astbury impressed me the most. Played at CHF and worked harder then anyone else on the field. Looks very good. Still skinny but I still reckon he will come on and play AFL this year.
Kingy snarred a couple of goals and was lively early. Faded away in his second stint
Taylor kicked a few points and took awhile to get into the game. Did a couple of nice things without having a massive impact.
Backs
Gourdis played in the last couple of quaters at stuff. By this time the sting was really out of the game and it didn't get down there too often and hence he didn't do too much
Grimes is a skinny lad who, like Gourdis didn't have to do alot
Post started the game at CHB which suggests he could be playing round 1 down there. Looked good aswell. Had a couple of handy spoils and weaved through traffic nicely.
Rance played at FB against a massive unit. In reality Richmond dominated the game so now of our tall backs had that bigger roles.
Moore played well across half back. Looks big and really fit.
Conners started on the back stuff and was the most impressive player in the first quater. Used the ball very well. His impact died down for the rest of the game but was still quite solid
Edwards had a poor start to the game but was one of the better players in the second and third quarters setting up alot of the play of half back. Stuffed up a couple of things but then got the ball back
Newman played a solid game without doing anything too eye catching
Tambling played very well imo. Was one of the best on the feild. Today he was our most highly skilled player out there
Dea played half back when he was on. Looked pretty good in a couple of the packs and is a very nice size. By this time though i was pretty much worn out by the state of the game.
Webberly looks alot like Morton but skinnier. Was also okay.
cbf reviewing the mids. Bassically everyone else played other then Hicks, Griffiths, Jackson, McGuane, Foley, Thurstfield, Nason and Simmonds
Standouts: Tambling, Astbury, Polo, Martin, Cotchin, Deledio, Thompson
Dissapointments: Vickery, Browne, Graham (our rucks are in trouble), White (did nothing), Polak, Riewoldt, Westoff
In the end Richmond dominated Coburg. The major goal kickers went something like: Morton 3, Polo 3, King 2, Thompson 2, Dea, Westoff, Cousins, Astbury, Graham, Polak
