hello everyone,
i was down there today. behind the goals near the toll freeway. so my viewing for the opposite goals was hard to tell.
just some questions ...
i did not recognise Hislop. what number was he???
Jay was playing in the "Whites No.25". No.42 for the "Whites" impressed me after half time. Collins i heard.
as i left, i saw Connors (White; No.39) spriting between witches hats on the other oval. (after the match finished).
noticed a lot of new faces, so guessing they were Coburg players. who was No.9 in the Black???
saw Trent Cotchin, with no limp on that achilles.
Jay went off before full time limping??? how is he??? saw Gourdis with a massive ice bag on his left ankle.
does anybody know why Tambling did not play???
and ... in all seriousness ... was Terry Wallace at the match??? i could not see him???
i tired to take pictures, but was too interested in who was on who ...
i thought McGuane is terrific in defence (hard at it) just needs muscle on him.
Nahas looks dangerous around goal, so hopefully he puts on muscle.
i don't know about other people's opinion, but Hughes was disappointing. Reiwoldt and Morton were decent.
Morton was wearing No.30 for "The Blacks"
great to see Coughlan playing i think 3 quarters and getting in and under. someone on this thread said he "didn't set the world on fire" which i agree.
Brown i hardly noticed, 1st quarter - touched it a couple of times. second quarter i have no idea.
Matthew Richardson i heard a number of times "crack the sh**s" at anybody that didn't pass to him.
yet, Richardson is our match-winner. pray he never gets injured again, because he looks like a weapon.
i liked Joel Bowden in the forward line. and a couple of times in the backline he had a go at different players.
"f***ing punch the ball" he said to somebody, and the crowd laughed!
Reiwoldt still is skinny, IMO. saw him closely and was disappointed with his build. though was decent today and definatly a key at Richmond.
Morton is a genuin half forward. 30/40 plus goals this year, hoping.
Shane Edwards has got some great magic skills. saw some tricks in front of me. and just needs to get more football in the real deal.
i noticed that our midfield start up and forwards line was interesting.
Midfield for the Whites had; Coughlan, Tuck, Cousins, Thomson (there was more, but that was all i could see)
Blacks; Jackson, White and obviously more ...
but those players to me is, Whites our best line up midfield VS our second best midfield. i think Deledio was in the black midfields.
then, our forward line was the best with the blacks, and second with the whites. to me was more a balancing the team.
the defence for the whites was our best backs (Thursfield switched into blacks later)
and the blacks i noticed - McMahon and Rance.
obviously there was more, but was looking around for the man Ben ...
i thought ben could of played one more quarter ... i know he was only playing one half. but thought he was getting the feel again.
he is defenetly a class player. and i think Wing is his best position at the moment. he looks dangerous on that wing.
i think a bit of "Brownlow Ben Form" will take time to come back. but diffenetly in the starting 18, in round one!!!
i still think our entry into the forward 50 is bad. maybe because our forwards are leadings to early or too late.
why does Wallace like McMahon??? ROFLMFAO!!!
good to see Polak running.
Raines had those typical run throughs which were great to see. (i think he was in the white no.4)???
who was number 5 in the white??? was that Gourdis???
Oakley Nicholls better change, or else he will get delisted.
those are my thoughts people. early to tell, though, overall happy to see Cousins and Coughlan and NO injuries i think servive!!!
