Second Semi Final Norwood v Centrals Review

[bulldogproud2]

Excellent effort by the boys, particularly seeing that we probably had the smallest forward line to ever contest a finals match. The Berger was the only tall player up forward and had very little influence due to his hammy injury.
Very sad to see the injuries to Campbell and Young, two very fine players.
Am a bit worried about two weeks time. If we lose Pumpa and Hayesy due to their reports (btw, I have no idea what Hayes' report was for nor do I know when it took place) and the Berger does not come up, I am not sure what we will do re tall players. We are already missing Obst, Westhoff and Sibenalar so this may place us in a tough situation. Possibly Milney in for Pumper, Hynesy or Schelly for Havelberg, Dunne for Hayes??
Hopefully it won't come to this though and Pumpa and Hayesy will be found Not Guilty.
Cheers

I thought Hays was reported but it hasn't been mentioned anywhere. It was for the incident where he put Pfeiffer down behind the play in front of the bench. The Emergency umpire went out and I thought he reported him but the radio didn't mention it. To be honest I think the way Pfeiffer went down made it look worse than it was. It was behind the play and right in front of the emergency umpire so he could be in trouble but I don't think there was much contact made so if reported I'd expect he would get off.

Ca, I missed it entirely. It was mentioned on the ABC on the radio and also on tv. At what stage of the match did it occur? I would love to find it on the replay.
Cheers

[ca]

Excellent effort by the boys, particularly seeing that we probably had the smallest forward line to ever contest a finals match. The Berger was the only tall player up forward and had very little influence due to his hammy injury.
Very sad to see the injuries to Campbell and Young, two very fine players.
Am a bit worried about two weeks time. If we lose Pumpa and Hayesy due to their reports (btw, I have no idea what Hayes' report was for nor do I know when it took place) and the Berger does not come up, I am not sure what we will do re tall players. We are already missing Obst, Westhoff and Sibenalar so this may place us in a tough situation. Possibly Milney in for Pumper, Hynesy or Schelly for Havelberg, Dunne for Hayes??
Hopefully it won't come to this though and Pumpa and Hayesy will be found Not Guilty.
Cheers

I thought Hays was reported but it hasn't been mentioned anywhere. It was for the incident where he put Pfeiffer down behind the play in front of the bench. The Emergency umpire went out and I thought he reported him but the radio didn't mention it. To be honest I think the way Pfeiffer went down made it look worse than it was. It was behind the play and right in front of the emergency umpire so he could be in trouble but I don't think there was much contact made so if reported I'd expect he would get off.

Ca, I missed it entirely. It was mentioned on the ABC on the radio and also on tv. At what stage of the match did it occur? I would love to find it on the replay.
Cheers

I think it was second quarter, it was a long way behind the play on the members wing. I'd say its one of those where tv footage might help him out.

[Aerie]

Norwood were reasonable given the injuries they copped. I thought they were the better team for much of the 3rd quarter until that brilliant goal by Callinan which turned the tide. Norwood were a bit careful on occasions - not quite to the extent the Eagles were last week - but too careful to beat the Dogs. Too much chipping around and slow ball movement allowed Central to get numbers back. Sometimes you just need to back your forwards in one on one and just get the ball in there. Unlucky for Young and Campbell - both important players. Well done to Central again. Amazing performance given the injuries.

[Big Phil]

I thought Hays was reported but it hasn't been mentioned anywhere.

Soders confirmed the report after the game, Im guessing there is no vision of it then?

He was reported for a cheap little jab to the mid-rif of Norwood player Darren Pfieffer.

I was on the boundary line for LifeFM and actually asked the emergency umpire if Hayes was actually reportedor not and he said that yes, he was (by Fleer himself) for 'striking'.

Not sure, as Dutchy suggested, that there is any footage from the incident?

[Q.]

Has Campbell's knee injury been confirmed as an ACL? It looked like a classic medial ligament injury rather than the ACL.

[teaoby]

all in all just a bad day out for the Legs, if they had taken 1 or 2 of thier chances in the 1st quater (shenton mark x2) things may have been different. i felt the legs had more of the play. Centrals just took their opportunities, which we all know they do the best.

id just like to say that as a Norwood person i was disgusted by the actions of a few fellow Legs "supporters" after the game. they were waiting for the lads to go down the race and the Gowens boys and a few other centrals lads too their credit came over and shook Bryce Campbells hand and had a few words with rocket. our "supporters" then proceeded to verbally abuse the centrals lads mainly the Gowans boys as the walked off.
now i realise they go right up too the line (cross it now and then) during the game, but pull your head in if you were one of these "supporters"! we lost they were better on the day.

these fellow players were doing the right thing and giving their best too Rocket and you just made yourself look like fools. so much so the police had to step in. grow up!

[teaoby]

Has Campbell's knee injury been confirmed as an ACL? It looked like a classic medial ligament injury rather than the ACL.

have heard after the game from one of the support staff they think medial. but still wont know till scans our done.

[NFC]

Has Campbell's knee injury been confirmed as an ACL? It looked like a classic medial ligament injury rather than the ACL.

I watched the replay and I'm still not sure, I think he may have avoided an ACL. He only had ice on his knee, but I guess you couldn't really do much more so soon. Fingers, toes and everything else crossed it's not a 12 monther.

[Dogwatcher]

Tough, old style game.
Hayes was done for a cheeky midriff punch - there was a hold up in play at the time and I think Centrals eventually had a kick, free or mark, can't remember. They didn't show it on the teev.
Pumpa's report, he may well get done. I will say, though, if he wanted to, he could've done a lot more damage in the collision.

Callinan's goal, you beauty. What a ripper. O'hara played a fantastic game and set the standard early.
Thomas' effort on Shenton early was also pretty important.

Schiller did a ripper job on Eagleton, who only started getting kicks when it didn't count. I think Bass was very nice to him when asked about his performance on ABC radio. He got frustrated enough to give a cheeky jab to Schiller in the middle of a pack, which eventually went to him as a free when Goodrem dragged him off the young fella.

I knew the game was won when we got that free kick in front of goal for the rushed behind. Norwood were never going to come back from there.

I don't think Norwood would've won with a full complement but their effort throughout the game was brve and commendable, given the two serious injuries they copped.

[Mr Irate]

all in all just a bad day out for the Legs, if they had taken 1 or 2 of thier chances in the 1st quater (shenton mark x2) things may have been different. i felt the legs had more of the play. Centrals just took their opportunities, which we all know they do the best.

id just like to say that as a Norwood person i was disgusted by the actions of a few fellow Legs "supporters" after the game. they were waiting for the lads to go down the race and the Gowens boys and a few other centrals lads too their credit came over and shook Bryce Campbells hand and had a few words with rocket. our "supporters" then proceeded to verbally abuse the centrals lads mainly the Gowans boys as the walked off.
now i realise they go right up too the line (cross it now and then) during the game, but pull your head in if you were one of these "supporters"! we lost they were better on the day.

these fellow players were doing the right thing and giving their best too Rocket and you just made yourself look like fools. so much so the police had to step in. grow up!

Every club has idiot fans.

[garygroundwork]

id just like to say that as a Norwood person i was disgusted by the actions of a few fellow Legs "supporters" after the game. they were waiting for the lads to go down the race and the Gowens boys and a few other centrals lads too their credit came over and shook Bryce Campbells hand and had a few words with rocket. our "supporters" then proceeded to verbally abuse the centrals lads mainly the Gowans boys as the walked off.
now i realise they go right up too the line (cross it now and then) during the game, but pull your head in if you were one of these "supporters"! we lost they were better on the day.

these fellow players were doing the right thing and giving their best too Rocket and you just made yourself look like fools. so much so the police had to step in. grow up!

i didn't see this, nor know of it (i was in the outer) but if it is true this is undesirable behavior from Norwwod supporters. The Gowans lads played well and didn't hit anyone or do anything untoward. If u feel the need to abuse people maybe direct it at your own team who were far too soft today when hard football was needed.

[garygroundwork]

their effort throughout the game was brve and commendable, given the two serious injuries they copped.

really i thought it was a shit/soft effort considering a grand final spot was up for grabs

[NFC]

Tough, old style game.
Hayes was done for a cheeky midriff punch - there was a hold up in play at the time and I think Centrals eventually had a kick, free or mark, can't remember. They didn't show it on the teev.
Pumpa's report, he may well get done. I will say, though, if he wanted to, he could've done a lot more damage in the collision.

Callinan's goal, you beauty. What a ripper. O'hara played a fantastic game and set the standard early.
Thomas' effort on Shenton early was also pretty important.

Schiller did a ripper job on Eagleton, who only started getting kicks when it didn't count. I think Bass was very nice to him when asked about his performance on ABC radio. He got frustrated enough to give a cheeky jab to Schiller in the middle of a pack, which eventually went to him as a free when Goodrem dragged him off the young fella.

I knew the game was won when we got that free kick in front of goal for the rushed behind. Norwood were never going to come back from there.

I don't think Norwood would've won with a full complement but their effort throughout the game was brve and commendable, given the two serious injuries they copped.

I reckon you could pull out a 5 year old girl from the crowd and they would successfully tag out Eagelton. I have never, ever seen a player fall from grace as quickly as he has. He should be dropped. He'd struggle to get a kick in the reserves.

He had 14 touches, I reckon at least 7 came in the last quarter when the pace of the game had died down.

[Dogwatcher]

their effort throughout the game was brve and commendable, given the two serious injuries they copped.

really i thought it was a shit/soft effort considering a grand final spot was up for grabs

I understand your angst but if they were so bad, we should have been leading by much more before those injuries occurred, yeah?

[NFC]

their effort throughout the game was brve and commendable, given the two serious injuries they copped.

really i thought it was a shit/soft effort considering a grand final spot was up for grabs

I'm leaning towards this.

I didn't think Norwood were gutless or anything, but I thought our effort was just 'ok'. Maybe I'm just blinded by how pathetic our skills were and how disgraceful our decision making was. But I thought with a GF spot up for grabs we would've been ruthless, been physical, tackled hard, put everything on the line. I felt we didn't do any of that.

[Brucetiki]

How concerned should Norwood supporters be about Norwood's form - with the exception of last week, their recent form has been very ordinary to say the least?

[NFC]

How concerned should Norwood supporters be about Norwood's form - with the exception of last week, their recent form has been very ordinary to say the least?

Mate we're gone. Last week was the exception I think, I watched the replay in full, then I started watching it again, and the thing which was missing was that we were TOTALLY, in every way possible, switched on. Hunger, fierce, physical. Not much of that this week, or of the 2 months before it. We're gone. No key forwards, midfield too slow and now key injuries at the wrong time.

[ca]

How concerned should Norwood supporters be about Norwood's form - with the exception of last week, their recent form has been very ordinary to say the least?

We have lost three games in recent times, two to Central and a game where we were not giving 100%. Form against Central is poor but fine against everyone else.

[NFC]

How concerned should Norwood supporters be about Norwood's form - with the exception of last week, their recent form has been very ordinary to say the least?

We have lost three games in recent times, two to Central and a game where we were not give 100%. Form against Central is poor but fine against everyone else.

That's hardly going to cheer me up given they're the one side which stands in our way...

[pels]

their effort throughout the game was brve and commendable, given the two serious injuries they copped.

really i thought it was a shit/soft effort considering a grand final spot was up for grabs

I'm leaning towards this.

I didn't think Norwood were gutless or anything, but I thought our effort was just 'ok'. Maybe I'm just blinded by how pathetic our skills were and how disgraceful our decision making was. But I thought with a GF spot up for grabs we would've been ruthless, been physical, tackled hard, put everything on the line. I felt we didn't do any of that.

that basically sums it up for me