Rd 16 Central v Eagles Review

[wedgetail]

Considering the side we put on the park, I thought we did ok. We had 8 teenagers playing and not enough seniors to show the required leadership against a side like Central.
I believe our good start to the year may in part be due to our better and longer than usual pre-season. The effect of that was to get us of to a fast start which we haven't done for awhile. Injuries and AFL selections have now taken their toll. If we can make the 5 and have a full squad, we could still cause some damage - 'if' is a big word though.

[eaglehaslanded]

A bright point to this game was Byron Sumner - he is an outstanding young lad and looked the part in his league debut. Would expect him to play regular league footy for the remainder of the season. Just a shame he will be gone just as quick through the draft.

[Mickyj]

A bright point to this game was Byron Sumner - he is an outstanding young lad and looked the part in his league debut. Would expect him to play regular league footy for the remainder of the season. Just a shame he will be gone just as quick through the draft.

Hopefully he will be picked up by a local AFL Club .

[Mickyj]

Considering the side we put on the park, I thought we did ok. We had 8 teenagers playing and not enough seniors to show the required leadership against a side like Central.
I believe our good start to the year may in part be due to our better and longer than usual pre-season. The effect of that was to get us of to a fast start which we haven't done for awhile. Injuries and AFL selections have now taken their toll. If we can make the 5 and have a full squad, we could still cause some damage - 'if' is a big word though.

"IF" is a very big word in footy.I also think some of our younger lads are leading the way Redden somehow has become the number 1 ruckman,Allmond runs all day,Hill tries hard as does Miles .And Poor "old" Kenny needs to play at one end of the ground or the other.Plus I think Cheep had a very good game again .
For me one of our AFL players should not have played for the Crows yesterday and may well be playing for us next week.

[wycbloods]

A bright point to this game was Byron Sumner - he is an outstanding young lad and looked the part in his league debut. Would expect him to play regular league footy for the remainder of the season. Just a shame he will be gone just as quick through the draft.

Hopefully he will be picked up by a local AFL Club .

You had all your luck in that department last year .

It is our turn, although i don't think we will see many, if any, drafted this year.

[Grahaml]

Not so sure Sumner will get picked up. Didn't look that quick to me and being a little guy and 18 would have to be really showing some serious pace or class, more than I felt he showed on the weekend to get an AFL gig. Time will tell in the end but I reckon you're pretty safe to expect him to be yours for 10 years.

And did anyone see a goal in the last it might have been where our guys disputed it. The crowd around us were sure it actually missed and the players were disputing it (couldn't tell if they thought it was touched though) and we were curious what the TV replay might have shown but as yet not any comment about it. Anyone see it to comment on it?

[Grahaml]

In regards to the game, at least we showed what we can do in that third quarter. The game never really felt in doubt, despite WWT kicking a few late ones to make it look closer than it felt. Great to see Schell in form, Spurr is taking Ritchie's old role and making it his own. Jenner and Sansbury across half forward look as dangerous as any pair of small forwards. If Matt Westhoff could find it in him to firstly compete (he wants to be an AFL player and at the moment he looks like a div 3 ammo player) and secondly he must learn to take a mark when a bloke is around him. His hands are so weak under pressure and it's starting to become a real worry. Heath Lawry is a bloke I've always liked as a player. I like how different he is and wants to take the game on. Looks ugly when it doesn't come off but the chaos he creates 70m up the ground when he wheels around is great. If Matt Westhoff isn't careful he might find Lawry taking his forward spot when Hardy is available. at least Heater will make a contest and cause a worry or two for the opposition.

And well done to the cheer squad on winning the battle of the banners as well.

[StrayDog]

And did anyone see a goal in the last it might have been where our guys disputed it. The crowd around us were sure it actually missed and the players were disputing it (couldn't tell if they thought it was touched though) and we were curious what the TV replay might have shown but as yet not any comment about it. Anyone see it to comment on it?

Yeah, Goldsworthy's goal, 7 minutes in. At the time I was standing at back on the hill, almost in line with the kick and thought it scraped in. Replay shows it went straight over the post, and may also have been just touched on the attempted smother (no real way to tell). Swings and roundabouts I guess, I'm sure we'd have taken it.

[Mickyj]

Great to see Schell in form.

MMM yes he kicked what 6 goals
How many points did he score ?how many points in a row did he score?
How many of those points would have killed the eagles off in the first and second term.Sorry Grahaml , I watched him kick 3 points which should have been easy goals.Then play on instead of taking sets shots to kick goals.

But he wasn't alone one of the Gowans also could have kicked the eagles out of the game.

[whufc]

Great to see Schell in form.

MMM yes he kicked what 6 goals
How many points did he score ?how many points in a row did he score?
How many of those points would have killed the eagles off in the first and second term.Sorry Grahaml , I watched him kick 3 points which should have been easy goals.Then play on instead of taking sets shots to kick goals.

But he wasn't alone one of the Gowans also could have kicked the eagles out of the game.

Schell definately let himself down with his kicking at goal, and yes had he kicked straight it would have killed the Eagles of earlier.

In saying that, i wouldn't say he played bad and it was a massive improvement on what he has performed so far this season.

[dogs01]

Great to see Schell in form.

MMM yes he kicked what 6 goals
How many points did he score ?how many points in a row did he score?
How many of those points would have killed the eagles off in the first and second term.Sorry Grahaml , I watched him kick 3 points which should have been easy goals.Then play on instead of taking sets shots to kick goals.

But he wasn't alone one of the Gowans also could have kicked the eagles out of the game.

Schell definately let himself down with his kicking at goal, and yes had he kicked straight it would have killed the Eagles of earlier.

In saying that, i wouldn't say he played bad and it was a massive improvement on what he has performed so far this season.

Schell was great on saturday, not just kicking 6 and should have kicked atleast 9, but what he did around the ground was just as important. That goal that he set up for jennar by laying that tackle was just as good as that screamer he took.
Realistically he was our only tall forward.

[Brucetiki]

Finally able to watch a replay of the game.

Typical of Centrals all year. Can play a quarter of brilliant football, and sit in second gear the rest of the game. Our best is fantastic and we are indeed near unstoppable. Our worst is diabolical.

Having said that, as for the Eagles, to quote a former New Zealand Prime Minister, it was fitting they wore yellow on Saturday. They didn't deserve to lose by just 2 goals, and if it wasn't for the umps, would have lost by more. That umpiring effort was on par with the Adelaide v St Kilda AFL game in round 2 in terms of insipidness.

[mal]

24 MINS 3RD QTR
CD 12-14
EG 6-7
Lead of 43 points

25 MINS LAST QTR
CD 12-15
EG 11-9

Westbrook had a set shot and a reasonably easy shot for goal
He scored a point
Westbrook yelled out to the umpire that he thought it was a goal ?
Mcgregor motioned he had thought it was a goal [bluffing ?]
It appeared very close on the TV
Was it a goal ?
A goal would have made it 6 points the difference

There was 3 minutes of play left ...

[ferret]

"Graham" how many times have you seen Byron Sumner play??????
After coming back from the U18 carnival he played one reserves game and then was promoted to the league team. He has had a particularly hectic schedule, playing U18s, U18 trial games, three games in eight days (2 to conclude U18 carnival and his first reserves game) so it is understandable that he might have appeared a little slow which I can assure you he is not. Another point in his favour is that he is absolutely fearless.

During Sumner's reserve game I sat next to a Crows scout who was absolutely salivating at Sumner's skills.

Sumner will definitely get drafted.

[centrecirclelegend]

Sumner was the 100th player to play his first game with Ron Fuller as coach.....

[spell_check]

Finally able to watch a replay of the game.

Typical of Centrals all year. Can play a quarter of brilliant football, and sit in second gear the rest of the game. Our best is fantastic and we are indeed near unstoppable. Our worst is diabolical.

Having said that, as for the Eagles, to quote a former New Zealand Prime Minister, it was fitting they wore yellow on Saturday. They didn't deserve to lose by just 2 goals, and if it wasn't for the umps, would have lost by more. That umpiring effort was on par with the Adelaide v St Kilda AFL game in round 2 in terms of insipidness.

Maybe you cast the line out to fish, but I don't think you're the type to do so.

Cowards? For having one off quarter? Because you think we were given a free ride by the umpires? For reducing the margin in the last quarter? Is that your definition of the word coward? And don't tell me that's not what you meant either.

[Mickyj]

Finally able to watch a replay of the game.

Typical of Centrals all year. Can play a quarter of brilliant football, and sit in second gear the rest of the game. Our best is fantastic and we are indeed near unstoppable. Our worst is diabolical.

Having said that, as for the Eagles, to quote a former New Zealand Prime Minister, it was fitting they wore yellow on Saturday. They didn't deserve to lose by just 2 goals, and if it wasn't for the umps, would have lost by more. That umpiring effort was on par with the Adelaide v St Kilda AFL game in round 2 in terms of insipidness.

Maybe you cast the line out to fish, but I don't think you're the type to do so.

Cowards? For having one off quarter? Because you think we were given a free ride by the umpires? For reducing the margin in the last quarter? Is that your definition of the word coward? And don't tell me that's not what you meant either.

I would have sworn he was sitting near me except he said he watched the game as a TV replay.So many centrals fans so many upset at decisions including some that went Centrals way.
Pretty sure like the crowd Centrals thought they had won the game at 3/4 time .A very good fight back by a team that was far different from the side that beat Centrals at oval ave .

If one looks back to round one a very similar result .I hope Ron has learnt something from this loss to be carried forward for latter in the year.

[CENTURION]

24 MINS 3RD QTR
CD 12-14
EG 6-7
Lead of 43 points

25 MINS LAST QTR
CD 12-15
EG 11-9

Westbrook had a set shot and a reasonably easy shot for goal
He scored a point
Westbrook yelled out to the umpire that he thought it was a goal ?
Mcgregor motioned he had thought it was a goal [bluffing ?]
It appeared very close on the TV
Was it a goal ?
A goal would have made it 6 points the difference

There was 3 minutes of play left ...

and? what happens next? please tell me the rest!!

[EasyE]

During Sumner's reserve game I sat next to a Crows scout who was absolutely salivating at Sumner's skills.

Hopefully it wasn't the same scout that salivated over past draftees such as Laurence Angwin and Fergus Watts!

[Mickyj]

During Sumner's reserve game I sat next to a Crows scout who was absolutely salivating at Sumner's skills.

Hopefully it wasn't the same scout that salivated over past draftees such as Laurence Angwin and Fergus Watts!

Fergus Watts was a great recruit for WWT just ask North fans he single handily killed them off in a finals game at footy park.
OOPS u mean for the Crows