I went to Coburg today. Just a few observations:
-Believe it or not JON played a blinder. Feeding temmates all day, running to support, 2nd and 3rd efforts, looked clean and composed. Even did a beautiful
blind turn and spin out of the pack.
-Even more unbelievably, Patto's skills were very clean today. He took some strong overhead marks, and even did a one-handed gather of a bouncing ball, spun, turned his opponent inside-out, and ran into an open goal and converted. P.S. I was not hallucinating.
-Simmonds was very useful, marked strongly across half-forward all day.
-Schulz started back, but was moved forward. Didn't really have much impact on the game.
-Despite the good reports on Raines, I thought he had a poor game. Continues to try and take on the whole team for some reason, and just runs himself into trouble. One stuff-up pass in the forward line that should have resulted in a certain goal for us was intercepted and run the length of the field for a Bendigo goal.
-Hislop's brother had a day out kicking 5 goals I believe, four of them in the last qtr.
-My mate had a very interesting conversation with Shane Tuck's mother. Apparently his demotion is down to Wayne Campbell, who doesn't rate him. She thinks Jade Rawlings is too much of a "yes" man to the committee, and would like to see Hardwick get the job, who she considers a straight shooter.