Norwood v Westies Review Thread

[the wonder elephant]

cheers jas

[Squawk]

did tex walker play for the legs today ? didnt see him in the goal kickers ??

Yes he did play...kicked 0.3 I believe. From a couple of mails I've had it seems he was a bit unwell (the throwing up kind) so that probably accounts for the quiet game.

Regards
JAS

I think he kicked 1-2 from memory, all in the last quarter. One point was a 'hit the post' and would have been a goal not unlike a Daicos special - off the outside of the right boot on the left hand side of goal, relying on the check bounce going left.

[NFC]

Worst half of football I have EVER seen. Second half better, but still, what a horrid game.

You said that the Port/West match last week was the worst you have seen, if this was worse, and the Port/North 1st half was worse, man, I'd have hate to have sat through that!

Although, seeing the half time score on the board as 2.8 to 2.6 gave me an indication of what that game was like.

It's hard to decide which was worse. Personally I thought today's first half was the worst half of footy I've ever seen. The second half saved it from being the worst MATCH ever, that probably belonged to last week. Although...today was real bad.

[NFC]

Ezard is what, 22 now? I too like him, good aggressive player who has a crack but I thought he was pretty poor today. Some shocking handballs when he clearly should have kicked, although probably every player was guilty of that at some stage. Thought he was one of Westies best last week v Port, but today he struggled a bit.

Walker did indeed kick 0.3. Two from snaps, the other from a mark out on the lead which he missed. He was very quiet, kept losing front position and lacked intensity but his last quarter was good, probably had 2-3 goal assists in the last term alone. The ups and downs of a young player!

[Adelaide Hawk]

The Tiser report is out already...

http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/spor ... 46,00.html

Regards
JAS

That's possibly one of the worst write ups I've read. How exactly did Norwood "scrape in" when they led by a fair margin for most of the match and were never challenged?

Why the reference to Norwood's performances being "modest" when they have won 4 of the past 6 games, and pushed Sturt for most of the match at Unley?

Also, why is the Eagles' "superior percentage" an issue when Norwood have played a draw and percentage is out of the equation?

I wish journalists would lay off the sauce before they start tapping away on their keyboards.

[Squawk]

The Tiser report is out already...

http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/spor ... 46,00.html

Regards
JAS

That's possibly one of the worst write ups I've read. How exactly did Norwood "scrape in" when they led by a fair margin for most of the match and were never challenged?

Why the reference to Norwood's performances being "modest" when they have won 4 of the past 6 games, and pushed Sturt for most of the match at Unley?

Also, why is the Eagles' "superior percentage" an issue when Norwood have played a draw and percentage is out of the equation?

I wish journalists would lay off the sauce before they start tapping away on their keyboards.

Here here. I thought it was a shocker as well. Doug may be a bit rusty after spending time reassigned to Court reporting. Also, what was worse IMHO was the number of grammatical errors (notably typos) in the on-line report - pretty poor for an organisation that has communication as its core business.

[GWW]

I tried clicking on that link just a minute ago and it said "Access Denied".

[firstblood]

I liked Ezard's game today for West. He is young and raw but has a red hot go and isn't afraid to back himself. He got caight a few times but at his level of development that's not unexpected. Is he related to Alan Ezard?

He's Alan Ezard's nephew, Squawk...also like young Tyson Slattery's first game, he showed a bit of class and will be a great asset for the bloods down the track. Look's like his old man is a good breeder and should have been put to stud more often.

[redandblack]

Another sad day for Bloods' supporters, but Slattery's debut was excellent and Young Hamish Hartlett's class stood out for us.

Surely it's our turn to have our players drafted by Adelaide or Port this year

[redandblack]

The Tiser report is out already...

http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/spor ... 46,00.html

Regards
JAS

That's possibly one of the worst write ups I've read. How exactly did Norwood "scrape in" when they led by a fair margin for most of the match and were never challenged?

Why the reference to Norwood's performances being "modest" when they have won 4 of the past 6 games, and pushed Sturt for most of the match at Unley?

Also, why is the Eagles' "superior percentage" an issue when Norwood have played a draw and percentage is out of the equation?

I wish journalists would lay off the sauce before they start tapping away on their keyboards.

That's pretty tough, I think, AH. Can you tell me where Doug has said Norwood 'scraped in'? It may be there, but I can't find it. I think he's also justified in calling a 5-5-1 record 'modest'. (I know, what would he call a 1-10 record )

As for the percentage, you're right, but his on-line report would have been written soon after the game and to his credit, he'd deleted that item by the time it went to press in the Sunday Mail.

I'm pleased to see Doug back covering footy.

[Adelaide Hawk]

That's pretty tough, I think, AH. Can you tell me where Doug has said Norwood 'scraped in'? It may be there, but I can't find it. I think he's also justified in calling a 5-5-1 record 'modest'. (I know, what would he call a 1-10 record )

As for the percentage, you're right, but his on-line report would have been written soon after the game and to his credit, he'd deleted that item by the time it went to press in the Sunday Mail.

I'm pleased to see Doug back covering footy.

Read the headline. And whereas I understand the journalist isn't responsible for the headline, I was having a go at the overall article (including headline), not the journalist.

I'm getting a little bit annoyed of late because Norwood has had 1 poor performance in our past 6 matches, and yet that one performance against Glenelg is how the media continue to judge us. Even yesterday on 5RPH, when they crossed for scores the constant reference to Norwood's 1-3 the last time they played at Norwood Oval was really starting to get on my nerves. No reference of the fact that we pushed Sturt for whole game last week, or we have won 4 out of our last 6. Sorry, we aren't good enough to beat the Glenelgs or Sturts. I can accept that, why can't others?

Norwood's recent win/loss form would suggest the Glenelg game was an aberration and, as such, should be discarded as an indication of where Norwood are situated. However, it's all I keep hearing about.

At the beginning of the year we were touted as equal wooden spoon chances, well that hasn't happened. Facts are, Norwood have performed better than most people would have expected, and yet we are still treated like some bottom team who can't win a game.

My question is, when has it become almost unacceptable to enjoy a win in football? I support Hawthorn in the AFL, we are a young developing team who is currently 12-2, not a bad effort you would think. Like Norwood, they have exceded everyone's expectations thus far in 2008.

We have 57 point victory, and I'm told I shouldn't be pleased because Geelong beat the same team by over 100 points. Norwood have a 38 point victory and I'm told I shouldn't be pleased because we only played the bottom team.

Well sorry, I AM pleased. When the time comes where I'm not happy with a win, then I'll walk into the ocean and pull a wave over my head. I don't expect my teams to live up to expectations beyond their capabilities, I just ask them to do their best .. and sometimes that is not always possible. Footballers are human afterall. Sometimes you do well, other times not so well. That's life.

I just needed a rant this morning, I'm just sick of all the crap spoken about footy these days.

[redandblack]

As you say, Doug would have no control over the headline, AH.

As much as Norwood's recent form has been good, a neutral observer would agree that 5-5-1 is modest.

However, it was a good rant

[topsywaldron]

It wasn't so much the fact that we lost to Glenelg AH, it was the nature of the loss that stuck in the craw. One goal and our lowest ever score at home is not something that should be ignored IMHO. We whitewashed the game against Centrals last year and it stunted our development this year.

Also, there was a game against west in 2004 in June on a Friday night that was like yesterdays first half but for the entire game. A far worse spectacle, at least yesterday we played about ten minutes of decent football.

[redandblack]

It wasn't so much the fact that we lost to Glenelg AH, it was the nature of the loss that stuck in the craw. One goal and our lowest ever score at home is not something that should be ignored IMHO. We whitewashed the game against Centrals last year and it stunted our development this year.

Also, there was a game against west in 2004 in June on a Friday night that was like yesterdays first half but for the entire game. A far worse spectacle, at least yesterday we played about ten minutes of decent football.

Yes, topsy, I remember that game. It was about 2.6 to 2.4 at half-time. I have to say that at half-time, Shaun Rehn worked out Norwood's tactics, made some changes to the game plan and we kicked away in the second half.

Yesterday, I was impressed with Donohue. According to the paper, he had 1 tackle - I thought he had half a dozen, at least and was damaging. What are Legs fans thoughts on him?

[Psyber]

The Tiser report is out already...
http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/spor ... 46,00.html
Regards
JAS

That's possibly one of the worst write ups I've read. How exactly did Norwood "scrape in" when they led by a fair margin for most of the match and were never challenged?

Why the reference to Norwood's performances being "modest" when they have won 4 of the past 6 games, and pushed Sturt for most of the match at Unley?

Also, why is the Eagles' "superior percentage" an issue when Norwood have played a draw and percentage is out of the equation?

I wish journalists would lay off the sauce before they start tapping away on their keyboards.

That's pretty tough, I think, AH. Can you tell me where Doug has said Norwood 'scraped in'? It may be there, but I can't find it. I think he's also justified in calling a 5-5-1 record 'modest'. (I know, what would he call a 1-10 record )

As for the percentage, you're right, but his on-line report would have been written soon after the game and to his credit, he'd deleted that item by the time it went to press in the Sunday Mail.

I'm pleased to see Doug back covering footy.

I thought it was a reasonable description of the way the game panned out, and that the issue of percentage disadvantage from letting Westies get late goals was fair. Percentage may still come into play near the end of the season, and it makes sense to keep the pressure on and keep building it when you are winning.

[topsywaldron]

Yesterday, I was impressed with Donohue. According to the paper, he had 1 tackle - I thought he had half a dozen, at least and was damaging. What are Legs fans thoughts on him?

That he's amongst our five most consistent players this year and has provided a real spark in games where we've needed it. Things happen when he gets the ball, not always good, but he's an exciting player to watch despite his diminutive stature.

That being said another whose performances I rate very highly this year, Ken Tyrell, has the misfortune not to be called Steven Doyle and gets dropped. Let's hope the same doesn't happen to either JD or Paul Puopolo who've been bright lights in, and paying close attention to AH's offended sensibilities, what could be described kindly as an inconsistent year.

[Squawk]

On a lighter note I had a chuckle to see Robson and Green playing in the 2s for the Bloods - Robson Green is the main lead in the series "Wire in the Blood".

[SimonH]

Yesterday, I was impressed with Donohue. According to the paper, he had 1 tackle - I thought he had half a dozen, at least and was damaging. What are Legs fans thoughts on him?

Looking at the leaderboard for the Legs forum's player of the year award will tell you what Legs fans think of him!