Coburg vs Bendigo, Sunday June 6

[Mr Magic]

Encouraging to see the Irishman named in the bests.

Tremendous effort by the Burgers.

[bojangles17]

Hopefully with Griffiths now at AFL Westhoff can now get elevated up to Coburg Seniors to offer them some more height up forward

another rookie that has been fairly prmoinent in ea game albeit in the thirds, still, gotta start somewhere and some don't even get this far...err Dean putt anybody

[Ramps]

Encouraging to see the Irishman named in the bests.

Tremendous effort by the Burgers.

absolute bonus to see o'reilly starting to come on and improve. any chance at all to be elevated before years end?

[TFL]

Encouraging to see the Irishman named in the bests.

Tremendous effort by the Burgers.

absolute bonus to see o'reilly starting to come on and improve. any chance at all to be elevated before years end?

You never know what could happen Ramps, would depend on what happens with the playing list in the later half of the year. Jimmy shows great agility and is very physical and hard at it. His skills look fairly good and he is a ripping bloke. Really works hard and wants to learn as much as he can.
It was a fantastic job today on Houli.

[Go Richo 12]

Encouraging to see the Irishman named in the bests.

Tremendous effort by the Burgers.

absolute bonus to see o'reilly starting to come on and improve. any chance at all to be elevated before years end?

You never know what could happen Ramps, would depend on what happens with the playing list in the later half of the year. Jimmy shows great agility and is very physical and hard at it. His skills look fairly good and he is a ripping bloke. Really works hard and wants to learn as much as he can.
It was a fantastic job today on Houli.

Sounds like a great effort considering alot of posters here don't think we can recruit!

[Ramps]

the last draft seems to have been a success imho. only dea seems to have serious question marks at this stage

[Hellenic Tiger]

the last draft seems to have been a success imho. only dea seems to have serious question marks at this stage

Dea is a slight worry. I'm hoping he is just struggling because of his predominant basket ball background.

[Stripes]

I'm amazed at the relative success of the last draft. I think it is as much to do with the education and development these players are recieving as to their previous ability. Every player has shown something this year which is the first I can remember this occuring since, well, ever. Dea will come good after more work with the coaches. I am particularly impressed my Leppitch's work with our KPP!

Stripes

[WilliamPowell]

Very cold day at Windy Hill today

There were some good signs from some of our kids today

I really enjoyed Taylor's game just has fantasic skills and a great ability to read the game. I'd seriously look at bringing him in next week

Thought Polly was good just gave a fantastic contest everytime he was near the ball. If he wasn't marking it held bring to ground

Rance was the best of the RFC boys for mine. Played across the back half

Interesting about Jordie; I thought his first qtr and a half was ordinary (like Coburg's) and then he really got into the game. Wanted to throttle him iwth one of his kickouts int he final qtr when off 1 step he kicked it striagh to the opposition - thank goodness they couldn't kick a goal to save themselves in the final qtr   

Hicks - kicked a couple of good crumbers goals but gee he is tiny as a result got pushed off a lot contests very easily and couldn't really land a tackle. Foot skills good though.

Post - kicked a couple of nice long goals but that was about it

Jimmy the Irishman - need to keep playing this kid - he is a great to watch - just gets better every game. Love the ways he attacks the footy but the pleasing thing is he can play as an inside or outside mid

Thommo - fair - hardly notcied him in the first half

Gourdis - solid

Relton - solid

Polo - poor first qtr, solid 2nd, very good 3rd and very good 4th

BrownE - another solid game, took a couple of contested marksa around the ground which was good to see. Deserves another shot at AFL footy I reckon

[WilliamPowell]

And BTW was there any word on the wireless as to why Connors didn't play?

He was at the game watching (sat a few rows behind me)

[SPOCK]

WP  Only goal by a Bendgo key forward was Neagle, Gourdis seems to hold most opponents to a minimum, can he do that at AFL level and has he done enough to warrant elevation

[Francois Jackson]

Very cold day at Windy Hill today

There were some good signs from some of our kids today

I really enjoyed Taylor's game just has fantasic skills and a great ability to read the game. I'd seriously look at bringing him in next week

Thought Polly was good just gave a fantastic contest everytime he was near the ball. If he wasn't marking it held bring to ground

Rance was the best of the RFC boys for mine. Played across the back half

Interesting about Jordie; I thought his first qtr and a half was ordinary (like Coburg's) and then he really got into the game. Wanted to throttle him iwth one of his kickouts int he final qtr when off 1 step he kicked it striagh to the opposition - thank goodness they couldn't kick a goal to save themselves in the final qtr   

Hicks - kicked a couple of good crumbers goals but gee he is tiny as a result got pushed off a lot contests very easily and couldn't really land a tackle. Foot skills good though.

Post - kicked a couple of nice long goals but that was about it

Jimmy the Irishman - need to keep playing this kid - he is a great to watch - just gets better every game. Love the ways he attacks the footy but the pleasing thing is he can play as an inside or outside mid

Thommo - fair - hardly notcied him in the first half

Gourdis - solid

Relton - solid

Polo - poor first qtr, solid 2nd, very good 3rd and very good 4th

BrownE - another solid game, took a couple of contested marksa around the ground which was good to see. Deserves another shot at AFL footy I reckon

Only the second Burgers game i been to this year and have to say that Taylor is a beauty. Must see him play to realise how good he can be. He seems to have all the time in the world when he has the ball in his hands. He must come in at the expense of Nahas or Nason. One or both have to go back to Coburg.

Dont agree on Polo i watched him closely today and on about 3 occasions when it was his turn to go to a contest he looked up and backed off. POOR!!! yes he got the odd kick here or there but weak elsewhere.

Interesting about Mclovin apart from that kickout he was actually allright. Directly after that he won a contest in the middle of the ground then handpassed beautifully 20 metres which i think resulted in a Coburg goal. Not enough to get recalled but where was that kind of play when he was playing for Richmond.

not convinced on Roberts. Needs to trim down or something. Disposal not all that convincing either

I wanted to drop into the Bowling club and thank them for pushing those pricks out of there

[RedanTiger]

WP or anyone else that went to the game.

Where did Polak play?
If it was forward then he only got the one goal. How come?
If it was back then did he hold his man as it is notable that the bomber tall forwards didn't do much from the best player/goal kicker report?

We played Browne and Vickery as rucks and Bellchambers was named as best for Bombers. If true, who comes up next week?

Will Connors play for Richmond next week - injury?
 

[one-eyed]

Age report....

Coburg Tigers came from behind to snatch a hard-fought match from the Bendigo Bombers by 15 points at Windy Hill.

The Tigers trailed at every change but rallied with five goals in the final term to win 13.12 (90) to 10.15 (75).

Graham Polak was best on ground with 27 disposals and 11 marks, while Jordan McMahon played his best game of the season with another 30-plus possessions.

''We were rapt with Polly and the way he played. He took a couple of strong marks in the last quarter which was pleasing to see," Tigers development coach and Coburg coach David Newett said.

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/young-cats-on-show-in-upset-win-20100606-xn6l.html

[WilliamPowell]

WP  Only goal by a Bendgo key forward was Neagle, Gourdis seems to hold most opponents to a minimum, can he do that at AFL level and has he done enough to warrant elevation

Yeah Neagle's goal came from a Coburg skill turnover when they all rushing forward of the ball which left Neagle unmarked

I think they will promote Gourdis, he deserves a chance at AFL level, how he will go remembering that it is a another big step up in pace etc we will just have to wait and see. But he is certainly playing a lot more team focused and consistent footy this year

Dont agree on Polo i watched him closely today and on about 3 occasions when it was his turn to go to a contest he looked up and backed off. POOR!!! yes he got the odd kick here or there but weak elsewhere.

I do remember 2 of the occasions you mention daniel and I agree it was poor but I thought his attack on the constest in the 3rd in particular was first rate and he carried that over into the 4th.

Where did Polak play?
If it was forward then he only got the one goal. How come?
If it was back then did he hold his man as it is notable that the bomber tall forwards didn't do much from the best player/goal kicker report?

Polak seemed to play every where  Actually started deep at FF and then pushed up around CHF with Post remaining at FF. Then as the game went on he roamed around, sometimes he was taking marks down back or on the wing. He seemed to playing the role of hit up CHF playing between the 2 arcs

Will Connors play for Richmond next week - injury?
 

Very good question - I hav eno idea why he didn't play yesterday. Personally becuase he didn't play yesterday I wouldn't be playing him this week but that's just me and probably means he will come straight back in