Positives from last night's game?

[one-eyed]

Losing to Carlton sucks I know but what positives did you get out of last night's game?

[10 FLAGS]

did enough to keep the fixture next year 

[TigerLand]

Cotchin was superb.
Batchelor has a ripper left shoe on him. Looked at home in front of 60k at AFL level.
Conca looked slick as, took the game on. Don't think made a mistake all night? Backed back into oncoming Carlton forwards leading. Gem
Jack, no hint of Coleman medal blues.
Jackson gave 110%
White smashed Yarran

[Judge Roughneck]

Conca looks like a jet.

Cotchin was playing vs Judd in 3q and killing it

[Hellenic Tiger]

Conca will be a gun.
Batchelor has composure
Cotchin if he plays 22 games will be superb. Leadership material.
Grigg will be a good second tier player.
Astbury will develop nicely.
Rance I believe has improved.
Newman is relishing in his role as leader.
Morton looks to have found a niche in midefield
Jack will be a star
The good guys from tonight.

Deledio Martin can only improve on tonights efforts.

We should have lost by more and we didn't we are a young side and we fought back from four goals down at half time to put ourselves in a winning position. poo happens.

Oh and if all of the above turn out to be furphys then this is a bona fide positive we exposed the filth as being an average side and that Ratten is gone at the end of the year as they will be lucky to win a final and they are definentely not a top 4 side with an list that is starting to age. No soup for you.

[Infamy]

Cotchin was superb.

Don't get me wrong I get why people love Cotchin but boy do our supporters over rate him on what he has delivered so far
He was AWOL for massive parts of the game tonight, his 3rd quarter was outstanding but he had 1 disposal in the 1st quarter and his disposal efficiency for the whole match was pretty average

[TigerLand]

Cotchin was superb.

Don't get me wrong I get why people love Cotchin but boy do our supporters over rate him on what he has delivered so far
He was AWOL for massive parts of the game tonight, his 3rd quarter was outstanding but he had 1 disposal in the 1st quarter and his disposal efficiency for the whole match was pretty average

Very hard to string 4 match winning qtrs together, Judd went missing in the 3rd.

Still have to realise he's not even 21 yet.

You are right we probably do overate him though.

[tony_montana]

conca & Batchelor - just fantastic to see that composure.
Helbig goes hard - very very raw and needs time at coburg but looks an upgrade on hislop already lol
Vickery did some nice things and impacted the game at times
Rance - best most assured game Ive seen from him - massive improvement from last season, good at the contest and assured in decision making/execution
Cotchin - the way he worked himself into the game after a horror start was encouraging - funnily enough really started to motor when he rotated onto Judd for a 10 minute spell.
Jack - what more can you say
Jackson - Hard at it and ran himself ragged.
Newman - considering his interrupted preseason he was very impressive even if betts did get away from him at times.

from a team perspective when the players stop thinking about directions and just play on instinct like they did in the 3rd we flow so much better. Its so obvious they are trying hard to implement the game plan which makes them tentative and slow on the uptake. peeed off at losing after having them on the ropes but we'll take something out of this for sure.

Also we are not very well conditioned - so many players dont look in top physical condition for various reasons ie cotchin, martin, newman, houli, Jackson, deledio. I know several

[TigerLand]

Also we are not very well conditioned - so many players dont look in top physical condition for various reasons ie cotchin, martin, newman, houli, Jackson, deledio. I know several

I noticed this alot.

It is Round 1 though and match fitness will come.

This style of Pre Season had to happen though. The increase in core and upper body size is the biggest improvement Ive seen in an RFC group for 10 years I reckon. Astbury, Rance, Vickery are enourmous compared to what they were this time last year.

We had to get our bodies bigger to compete and obviously that takes time away from aerobic fitness aswell as the dilemma of adjusting the payers bodies carrying an extra 5kgs around 4 qtrs of football. Plus only 3 interchange.

I'd rather see us compete for Hardwick for 3 qtrs going hard at it with our bigger bodies then running out 4 qtrs and getting smacked around like rag dolls playing a nancy run and carry Terry Wallace style.

[tony_montana]

yeah good point -  definitely did look bigger as a group

[Infamy]

I wonder if we are planning on hitting peak fitness in Round 5 after we are done playing Hawks, Saints & Pies.

[eliminator]

Positives- when we tackled we were very good eg White's tackle on Judd and when Scotland was pinged for holding the ball. White did a great job on Yarran. Vickery played well. Conca did some good things. Batchelor started well but faded out abit towards the end. Helbig really impressed me. Got better as the game went on. Nahas played a good game. Jack was brilliant. He is a very team oriented player. Morton did some good things. Cotchin played a lot better in second half and Foley got through the game uninjured. Houli played okay.

Disappointments- Edwards. His disposal was poor. Apart from Newman and Batchelor our defence was poor. Rance's disposal and decision making continues to be a real problem. He just doesn't hit the mark and thus places that other player under enormous pressure. Astbury had a quiet game. McGuane I suppose was okay but we need Moore back there. I think Thursfield should be preferred over Rance. Believe Edwards should be dropped and bring in Tuck. Jury still out on Grigg. Got alot of the ball but didn't do much with it.

[WilliamPowell]

Conca - silky

Batchelor - composure

Rance - close to the best game I've seen him play

Funny how in the 3rd when our good plays started to get the ball we gat back in the game (eg Cotchin, Newman, Deledio)

Jack is a gem

Vickery - needs to do alot more but some good signs

Hellbig - got better as the game went on, really needs to improve defensively (read more 2nd efforts) but some really good signs

[wayne]

Conca - silky

Batchelor - composure

Rance - close to the best game I've seen him play

Funny how in the 3rd when our good plays started to get the ball we gat back in the game (eg Cotchin, Newman, Deledio)

Jack is a gem

Vickery - needs to do alot more but some good signs

Hellbig - got better as the game went on, really needs to improve defensively (read more 2nd efforts) but some really good signs

What WP said.

Add White's game on Yarran

[JVT]

Cotchin was superb.

Don't get me wrong I get why people love Cotchin but boy do our supporters over rate him on what he has delivered so far
He was AWOL for massive parts of the game tonight, his 3rd quarter was outstanding but he had 1 disposal in the 1st quarter and his disposal efficiency for the whole match was pretty average

Cotch had a very slow start as you said, 1 disposal in the 1st, but from there he was very good. He did make a few errors in the second with his kicking (didn't hit the target but at least the ball rolled out of play and not to the opposition to rebound) his second half was excellent, was in everything, fighting to get the ball forward.