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wedgetail wrote:Grima lost the players at sturt? Heard from a couple of sources.

wedgetail wrote:Grima lost the players at sturt? Heard from a couple of sources.

wedgetail wrote:Grima lost the players at sturt? Heard from a couple of sources.

Groucho wrote:

wedgetail wrote:Grima lost the players at sturt? Heard from a couple of sources.

It's alright he'll find them again next week. Central will play them back to form. I expect a 6 goal loss.

Alex Spina pulled out pre-game, I presume - anyone know why?

Robbie Young was pinged for a deliberate out of bounds when he fisted the ball over the boundary just before half-time - was that a correct decision? Seemed odd to me you could be pinged deliberate for punching the ball out, which happens many times a game.

Magellan wrote:Watched on the Digital Pass yesterday, and whilst a win is a win, its was horrible to watch. North butchered plenty of opportunities, particularly in the second quarter, and should've put the game beyond doubt at half time. Sturt stuck in there, and I though they had a more than sniff in the last term. Cameron Craig surely must get the three votes (29 possessions from the last line of defence and 14 marks, including a couple of crackers), Harrison Wigg continued his ball-accumulating form, and Andrew Moore was ever reliable at the fall of the ball providing good clearances and touches around the ground. North's defence was also watertight for three quarters, repelled many of Sturt's forward entries with superior numbers at the contest. At the risk of stating the obvious, I suspect Sturt could use some tall timber up forward, as they've still got a core of quality midfield players and creative smaller types.

Some questions for those in the know:

Alex Spina pulled out pre-game, I presume - anyone know why?

Robbie Young was pinged for a deliberate out of bounds when he fisted the ball over the boundary just before half-time - was that a correct decision? Seemed odd to me you could be pinged deliberate for punching the ball out, which happens many times a game.

wedgetail wrote:Grima lost the players at sturt? Heard from a couple of sources.

robranisgod wrote:

Magellan wrote:Watched on the Digital Pass yesterday, and whilst a win is a win, its was horrible to watch. North butchered plenty of opportunities, particularly in the second quarter, and should've put the game beyond doubt at half time. Sturt stuck in there, and I though they had a more than sniff in the last term. Cameron Craig surely must get the three votes (29 possessions from the last line of defence and 14 marks, including a couple of crackers), Harrison Wigg continued his ball-accumulating form, and Andrew Moore was ever reliable at the fall of the ball providing good clearances and touches around the ground. North's defence was also watertight for three quarters, repelled many of Sturt's forward entries with superior numbers at the contest. At the risk of stating the obvious, I suspect Sturt could use some tall timber up forward, as they've still got a core of quality midfield players and creative smaller types.

Some questions for those in the know:

Alex Spina pulled out pre-game, I presume - anyone know why?

Robbie Young was pinged for a deliberate out of bounds when he fisted the ball over the boundary just before half-time - was that a correct decision? Seemed odd to me you could be pinged deliberate for punching the ball out, which happens many times a game.

Apart from that effort, Robbie Young played a great game. By the way, I missed on the Digital Pass the incident at the northern end that allowed him to score his first goal early in the third quarter - what happened?

Spina had his thumb bandaged similar to what Alex Barns has had.
I heard him say to someone he would be back this week.
Robbie Young should have marked the ball. I thought that he made a mistake in two handed punching the ball out. Usually when a player punches the ball out of bounds he is spoiling an opponent. Young didn't have an opponent in front of him to spoil.
I thought the umpire made the correct decision.

robranisgod wrote:

Magellan wrote:Watched on the Digital Pass yesterday, and whilst a win is a win, its was horrible to watch. North butchered plenty of opportunities, particularly in the second quarter, and should've put the game beyond doubt at half time. Sturt stuck in there, and I though they had a more than sniff in the last term. Cameron Craig surely must get the three votes (29 possessions from the last line of defence and 14 marks, including a couple of crackers), Harrison Wigg continued his ball-accumulating form, and Andrew Moore was ever reliable at the fall of the ball providing good clearances and touches around the ground. North's defence was also watertight for three quarters, repelled many of Sturt's forward entries with superior numbers at the contest. At the risk of stating the obvious, I suspect Sturt could use some tall timber up forward, as they've still got a core of quality midfield players and creative smaller types.

Some questions for those in the know:

Alex Spina pulled out pre-game, I presume - anyone know why?

Robbie Young was pinged for a deliberate out of bounds when he fisted the ball over the boundary just before half-time - was that a correct decision? Seemed odd to me you could be pinged deliberate for punching the ball out, which happens many times a game.

Spina had his thumb bandaged similar to what Alex Barns has had.
I heard him say to someone he would be back this week.
Robbie Young should have marked the ball. I thought that he made a mistake in two handed punching the ball out. Usually when a player punches the ball out of bounds he is spoiling an opponent. Young didn't have an opponent in front of him to spoil.
I thought the umpire made the correct decision.

Spargo wrote:

wedgetail wrote:Grima lost the players at sturt? Heard from a couple of sources.

Yep, heard the same thing last week.
@Brett what can you share?