Coburg vs Port Melbourne

[one-eyed]

2008 VFL Seniors

Port Melbourne   3.6  11.8  18.8  24.11 (155)
Coburg Tigers     3.5  6.8  14.13  15.17 (107)

GOALS:
Port Melbourne: Nahas 4 Bonaddio 3 McLaren 3 Baird 3 Cotchett 3 McMahon 2 Fanning 2 Dwyer  Pearce  Pitt  Spriggs
Coburg Tigers: Pettifer 5 Bowden 3 Casserly 2 Caruso  Liddle  Cartledge  Hughes  Oakley-Nicholls

BEST:
Port Melbourne: Baird Pitt Livingston Nahas Bonaddio Pinwill
Coburg Tigers: Bowden Cotchin Robertson Silvester Liddle Jackson



2008 VFL Reserves

Port Melbourne   1.1  5.2     6.4     8.5 (53)
Coburg Tigers    4.4  10.5  15.10  21.12 (138)

GOALS:
Port Melbourne: Mullins 3 Sutcliffe 2 Siciliano  Francis  Fulton
Coburg Tigers: Lynch 6 Stewart 5 Gazzo 3 Currie 2 Collard 2 Gourdis  Corr  Putt

BEST:
Port Melbourne: Dare Nixon Siciliano Martin Mullins Sutcliffe
Coburg Tigers: Putt Gazzo Rance Lynch Gourdis Huy

[one-eyed]

WP txt message:

"Pathetic actually. Can't win games playing 15 mins of good footy!
Positive = Cotchin. Special!!!"

Thanks to Bruce McAveny   

[Judge Roughneck]

pee poor result.

Cotchin, Deledio, Foley = starting midfeild come round 11.

[TFL]

Cotchin is very impressive, moves well has good balance and knows what he is doing.

He also runs into the right places to link up through the ground.

I didnt think Jackson was that good. Bowden was good and i think he should be used more up forward and even in the middle when he comes back into the Richmond side.

[mightytiges]

Cotch just needs to get his fitness up after missing the preseason. If he was fit he'd be playing seniors. At least one positive out of our terrible effort.

Good to see Putt, Rance and Gourdis, all talls, named in the bests for the Coburg ressies. Putt backing up being named in the bests last week.

[TFL]

Putt was very good today in the Reserves, this kid will be something.

Rancey was very good again and gave plenty of drive off the half back line.

Dave Gourdis continues to develop and improve as a key back. He played well again and is such a great athlete. Laid a great tackle on a player running into an open goal. He sometimes appears out of the contest but at the last minute makes good position to spoil or mark.

Collo was ok, without doing anything to special.

Gus got through the game well and moved freely throughout the game. Took a massive pack mark about 40m out directly in front and then sprayed the kick something terrible. He was bagging himself on the bench when he came off for a rest. He is a massive unit big Gus and hopefully he can stay injury free and get a real crack at it for the rest of the year.

Collard was average today, kicked a couple but needs to do more of the team things and at times try's to do to much when he should handball.

Any questions, fire away.

[mightytiges]

Cheers for the report TFL  .

Did Collo look down on confidence TFL? Unfairly dropped in the first place IMO.

How was Gus' match fitness as he missed quite of bit of the preseason?

Where did Putt play mainly today?

[TFL]

Putty played ruck and up forward, mainly ruck though.

Gus played atleast 10 minutes a qtr. He was blowing up but got through well.

Collo was ok, wasnt too down on confidence

[mightytiges]

Putty played ruck and up forward, mainly ruck though.

Gus played atleast 10 minutes a qtr. He was blowing up but got through well.

Collo was ok, wasnt too down on confidence

Cheers TFL 

One last question - the radio commentators today really bagged Bowden and Petts at half-time for playing for themselves to get selected for Richmond and not the Coburg jumper. Interested in the views of those who were there today as to whether this was so or just overdramatic commentary?

[TFL]

I would say this may be true for Pettifer as he had a lot of shots on goal, even when he was fully stretched he didnt really try and pass just had a shot.

[Ramps]

Putt was very good today in the Reserves, this kid will be something.

Rancey was very good again and gave plenty of drive off the half back line.

Dave Gourdis continues to develop and improve as a key back. He played well again and is such a great athlete. Laid a great tackle on a player running into an open goal. He sometimes appears out of the contest but at the last minute makes good position to spoil or mark.

Collo was ok, without doing anything to special.

Gus got through the game well and moved freely throughout the game. Took a massive pack mark about 40m out directly in front and then sprayed the kick something terrible. He was bagging himself on the bench when he came off for a rest. He is a massive unit big Gus and hopefully he can stay injury free and get a real crack at it for the rest of the year.

Collard was average today, kicked a couple but needs to do more of the team things and at times try's to do to much when he should handball.

Any questions, fire away.

key question- is it to RFCs benefit that these boys are playing in Coburgs 2s when blokes like Sylvestor and JON and others are getting games in Coburgs 1s.

[mightytiges]

I would say this may be true for Pettifer as he had a lot of shots on goal, even when he was fully stretched he didnt really try and pass just had a shot.

Not good.

[TFL]

Putt was very good today in the Reserves, this kid will be something.

Rancey was very good again and gave plenty of drive off the half back line.

Dave Gourdis continues to develop and improve as a key back. He played well again and is such a great athlete. Laid a great tackle on a player running into an open goal. He sometimes appears out of the contest but at the last minute makes good position to spoil or mark.

Collo was ok, without doing anything to special.

Gus got through the game well and moved freely throughout the game. Took a massive pack mark about 40m out directly in front and then sprayed the kick something terrible. He was bagging himself on the bench when he came off for a rest. He is a massive unit big Gus and hopefully he can stay injury free and get a real crack at it for the rest of the year.

Collard was average today, kicked a couple but needs to do more of the team things and at times try's to do to much when he should handball.

Any questions, fire away.

key question- is it to RFCs benefit that these boys are playing in Coburgs 2s when blokes like Sylvestor and JON and others are getting games in Coburgs 1s.

Rance and JON were swapping last week on the half back line. From what i have seen of JON this season, i would think its in the RFC's best interests to play Rance ahead of JON in the position anyhow. For some reason JON is very highly rated, not sure why.

[Judge Roughneck]

I dunno why we didn't take the #1 touted Hurn when he was still there at 8.

[Stripes]

I am really disappointed in this result and the year in general especially considering where we finished last year. 

I'm also saddened by the new of how Petts and Bowden played. This is a major reason why the two of them are there in the first place!

I am glad to hear that Cotch played well. I think he needs many more games for Coburg before he is selected for the Tigers. The more match fitness he can get the better for when he breaks on to the scene for nomatter how fast VFL seems, AFL is that step or two above.

Stripes