Round 7 Norwood v South Adelaide Sunday 1410

[Magellan]

Baulderstone really should've nailed that set shot.

[Magellan]

Baulderstone just made up for his miss, snapped one out of the ruck to put the 'Legs back in front.

[goddy11]

Norwood by 4 points. Great game.

[Wedgie]

Terrible game to watch but happy with the result having a few dollars on Norwood at $2.10. Don't tell my daughter.

[JK]

Norwood over possessed the ball in the 1st half way too much, way too much, invites pressure, look much better when they kick longer instead of 20m.

Doesnt happen anywhere near often enough, it's why Norwood supporters are constantly pulling their hair out. Funny game, Norwood best team for first 20 minutes, South the next 45 minutes, then Norwood again from there (imho anyway).

[PanthersFan]

A very poor third quarter let Norwood back in the game and they held on in the last. South had plenty of chances but missed and Norwood the deserved victors. Very disappointing, this may come back to bite us along with our other close losses.

[blueandwhite]

Bitterly disappointed.
Had our chances.

[southee]

Shattered !

One that got away - our key forwards need to do so much more ! Can’t rely on our smalls to kick goals week in week out.

Key forwards uncompetitive and unseen.

Love our kids coming through but some senior players disappointing today.

Haines, Broadbent and Schwatz best for me today.

We keep losing these close ones ... Heartbreaking!

[Brendan M]

Have to disagree with some previous posters, I thought it was a great game, good atmosphere and lots of South people in the crowd. Baulderstone the difference, a lot to like about South's strong direct football. Broadbent, unsurprisingly, very good. If South make the finals, and I think they will, they will give it a shake.

[PanthersFan]

I don’t think Tom Highmore played in the second half so hopefully he’s ok.
Anyone know what happened to Paul Hunter? I heard he didn’t even play reserves today, is this true?

[SimonH]

Have to disagree with some previous posters, I thought it was a great game, good atmosphere and lots of South people in the crowd. Baulderstone the difference, a lot to like about South's strong direct football. Broadbent, unsurprisingly, very good. If South make the finals, and I think they will, they will give it a shake.

Agreed on all counts. Really entertaining game of SANFL footy to watch. Even though the lead got to 2 or 3 goals either way, it felt like it was only inches separating the sides. It was tough footy, but both sides had a forward setup where they looked capable of scoring quickly given the chance.

Even though I’m hardly Irra’s #1 fan, it’s the nature of footy that after the posters here had been piling on him, it was his dash and kick into forward 50 where Tommy Pinyon took the mark and goaled, that got Norwood back in front in the last—and he took a saving mark in defensive 50 in the dying minutes of the game.

Broadbent probably BOG in a losing side, but Baulderstone the difference between the teams. Seems to be the best ruckman in the SANFL by a long way based on the games I’ve seen this year.

[goddy11]

Have to disagree with some previous posters, I thought it was a great game, good atmosphere and lots of South people in the crowd. Baulderstone the difference, a lot to like about South's strong direct football. Broadbent, unsurprisingly, very good. If South make the finals, and I think they will, they will give it a shake.

Only 1 poster I can read wrote "Terrible game to watch". I thought it a very good match seesawing and tense. South had a few late opportunities but failed to score goals. South is a very good side and on another day would have won. Norwood is improving lots on earlier this season.

[Dutchy]

Norwood over possessed the ball in the 1st half way too much, way too much, invites pressure, look much better when they kick longer instead of 20m.

Doesnt happen anywhere near often enough, it's why Norwood supporters are constantly pulling their hair out. Funny game, Norwood best team for first 20 minutes, South the next 45 minutes, then Norwood again from there (imho anyway).

First time Ive watched both teams for a full game this year, as a neutral i enjoyed it. South had 17 more Inside 50's, think mainly cause of Norwoods refusal to kick long as Norwood had 57% of the possession count. I dont understand that game plan when they have 2 big targets up forward and a good small forward. They just dont seem to play to their strengths.

South looked good, except when they went I50, didn't seemt o have anyone to step up and want to win the game off their own boot. Weird Ellison and Pinyon have been recruited from under South's nose.

I think both teams can be around the mark with some adjustments.

[sib]

Have to disagree with some previous posters, I thought it was a great game, good atmosphere and lots of South people in the crowd. Baulderstone the difference, a lot to like about South's strong direct football. Broadbent, unsurprisingly, very good. If South make the finals, and I think they will, they will give it a shake.

Only 1 poster I can read wrote "Terrible game to watch". I thought it a very good match seesawing and tense. South had a few late opportunities but failed to score goals. South is a very good side and on another day would have won. Norwood is improving lots on earlier this season.

We lost to Glenelg by 3 points and North by 2 points before getting belted by Eagles. Since Eagles we have won 4 in a row. Could have easily had been on be 6 wins and 1 loss right now

[saintal]

Thought it was a decent game to watch (better than the previous week v North) with a good atmosphere. A game of swinging momentum with plenty of lead changes.

Frustrating loss given the late chances and the inside 50 differential.

Tall forwards have struggled to hit the score board this season. Overall presents hard and helps our structure but isn’t kicking the goals a permanent forward should be, while the likes of Whittsea and Haren have offered little when played in the forward half. Cailotto has been handy around the ground.

Broadbent has been named in the club’s best 3 players for 6 of the 7 games to date. A class above most of this teammates. Haines was also very good, Sampson continues to impress while 17yo Horne didn’t look out of place.

Umpiring was reasonable, with the exception of an out-of-bounds-on-the-full call which resulted in a Bampton goal in the third term.

3 losses by a combined 17 points.

[saintal]

South looked good, except when they went I50, didn't seemt o have anyone to step up and want to win the game off their own boot. Weird Ellison and Pinyon have been recruited from under South's nose.

I think both teams can be around the mark with some adjustments.

I rated Ellison during 2016/17 when he was a South. Thought he was good yesterday. Not sure of the reasons behind his (eventual) move to Norwood.

[blueandwhite]

I too rated Ellison when he was at South a few years ago. I believe his basketball commitments at the time prevented him making a real go of it at South.
Pinyon also did a pre season at South quite a few years ago.
I thought we were desperately unlucky yesterday and certainly had the opportunities to win the game late in the final quarter when shots on goal from Wilkinson and Fitt missed narrowly.
As previous posts have mentioned., we lack a ruckman to go with the likes of Bolderstone and Redden and a key forward who is going to catch it and kick 3-4 every week, Brett Eddy where are you? We control the game for long periods of the game yet fail to hurt the opposition on the scoreboard, our small forwards and mids are the ones kicking the goals. The games we have lost were to the Bays by 5 pts, North by 8 pts,and Norwood by 4 pts...we were in a position to win all of those games...
The Coach is showing some great faith in the youngsters at the club, and they are repaying him in spades. Some of the more experienced players are failing to step up to the mark and go missing at key moments. The exception to this is Broadbent who is proving to be a rock for us with his leadership and direction on the ground.
Horne who was parachuted into the side from the U/18s showed he is quite comfortable at this level, and will be a valuable player until he is drafted in the top 3 next year. The lad is a dead set gun.
Hoping the injury to young Highmore isnt as bad as it looked..

[PanthersFan]

I too rated Ellison when he was at South a few years ago. I believe his basketball commitments at the time prevented him making a real go of it at South.
Pinyon also did a pre season at South quite a few years ago.
I thought we were desperately unlucky yesterday and certainly had the opportunities to win the game late in the final quarter when shots on goal from Wilkinson and Fitt missed narrowly.
As previous posts have mentioned., we lack a ruckman to go with the likes of Bolderstone and Redden and a key forward who is going to catch it and kick 3-4 every week, Brett Eddy where are you? We control the game for long periods of the game yet fail to hurt the opposition on the scoreboard, our small forwards and mids are the ones kicking the goals. The games we have lost were to the Bays by 5 pts, North by 8 pts,and Norwood by 4 pts...we were in a position to win all of those games...
The Coach is showing some great faith in the youngsters at the club, and they are repaying him in spades. Some of the more experienced players are failing to step up to the mark and go missing at key moments. The exception to this is Broadbent who is proving to be a rock for us with his leadership and direction on the ground.
Horne who was parachuted into the side from the U/18s showed he is quite comfortable at this level, and will be a valuable player until he is drafted in the top 3 next year. The lad is a dead set gun.
Hoping the injury to young Highmore isnt as bad as it looked..

Highmore out for 3-5 weeks with an ankle injury..... this is going to be hard with the other injuries too.
Who comes in? Matt Rose is still out, Kappler injured too. Maybe Haren comes back in to play defence?

[Eagles2014]

I too rated Ellison when he was at South a few years ago. I believe his basketball commitments at the time prevented him making a real go of it at South.
Pinyon also did a pre season at South quite a few years ago.
I thought we were desperately unlucky yesterday and certainly had the opportunities to win the game late in the final quarter when shots on goal from Wilkinson and Fitt missed narrowly.
As previous posts have mentioned., we lack a ruckman to go with the likes of Bolderstone and Redden and a key forward who is going to catch it and kick 3-4 every week, Brett Eddy where are you? We control the game for long periods of the game yet fail to hurt the opposition on the scoreboard, our small forwards and mids are the ones kicking the goals. The games we have lost were to the Bays by 5 pts, North by 8 pts,and Norwood by 4 pts...we were in a position to win all of those games...
The Coach is showing some great faith in the youngsters at the club, and they are repaying him in spades. Some of the more experienced players are failing to step up to the mark and go missing at key moments. The exception to this is Broadbent who is proving to be a rock for us with his leadership and direction on the ground.
Horne who was parachuted into the side from the U/18s showed he is quite comfortable at this level, and will be a valuable player until he is drafted in the top 3 next year. The lad is a dead set gun.
Hoping the injury to young Highmore isnt as bad as it looked..

Highmore out for 3-5 weeks with an ankle injury..... this is going to be hard with the other injuries too.
Who comes in? Matt Rose is still out, Kappler injured too. Maybe Haren comes back in to play defence?

Think Haren be the one. Was told he was dropped for team balance as they had no match up for him and want to play him in defence, so he is the logical one, played ok yesterday.

[Rik E Boy]

Don't watch a lot of SANFL. Just highlights these days. Is Norwood a good side and Cotton needs a boot up the ar5e or are we just a midtable side playing to our capabilities?

Kindest,

REB