Round 6 Central v Sturt

[PatowalongaPirate]

X CONVENIENCE OVAL | SATURDAY 11TH MAY, 2:10PM

[locky801]

Central to keep barking loudly to the tune of 8 points

[MannyK]

Dogs looking good. Centrals by 24.

[southernbulldog]

Huge challenge on Saturday against a very good football team.
Sturt clearly have the wood over us winning 18 of their last 20 games against us .

[pmackk]

If we play four quarters instead of one will be right in this game.

[mots02]

So far this year Sturt have gone L - W - L - W - L

I predict the sequence will continue

[northerner]

Dogs travelling well, not sure what to make of Sturt this season.
Our mids are stronger than last season, but Battersby and lewis were too good last year and the addition of Snelling makes the task even greater.
Liddy is in great form atm, will be interesting to see how he goes against his former Club.

[PatowalongaPirate]

CENTRAL

League

F: Grace, Munn, Barry

HF: Pudney, Thomas, Dittmar

C: Lange, Liddy, J. McLennan

HB: Larkins, Little, Whitelum

B: Presbury, Kendall, Splann

R: Pickering, Schiller, Grant

INT: Iles, Shaw, Tippins, Buechner, Monaghan, Gasper, Callinan

IN: Gasper, Monaghan, Buechner, Shaw

OUT: Dudley (ankle)

STURT

League

F: Hone, McFadyen, Fahey-Sparks

HF: Mathews, Burrows, Dakin

C: Slimming, Battersby, Carey

HB: Voss, Becker, Perez

B: Illman, Coomblas, Edmonds

R: Doyle, Snelling, Lewis

INT: Giacometti, Page, Conforti, Walter, Anderson, Spain, Thiele

IN: Lewis, Page, Mathews

[PatowalongaPirate]

Dogs by 17pts.

[DOC]

Central by 3 goals

[northerner]

Max Monaghan to debut for the Dogs. He becomes the 7th of our 8 off-season recruits to play league this season.
Gasper has passed a fitness test and will come back in.
Dudley is out with his ankle injury and there is one other big out.

Perfect day for a perfect test of where both sides are at the minute

[StrayDog]

Doggies by two to three goals, will need to be on their game.

[gazzamagoo]

Having no McCormick makes things tough BUT great to have Gasper back in.
first loss for the year I think, unfortunately.

[Dogs64]

Having no McCormick makes things tough BUT great to have Gasper back in.
first loss for the year I think, unfortunately.

Yep, need someone to do something around the ground even if they can't win the tap. Last goal to Sturt, no one even rucked and Snelling had a clear run at goal.

[mots02]

Will take that - solid performance at the Ponderosa.

The bald man in pink still doesn’t like us.

[northerner]

Having no McCormick makes things tough BUT great to have Gasper back in.
first loss for the year I think, unfortunately.

Yep, need someone to do something around the ground even if they can't win the tap. Last goal to Sturt, no one even rucked and Snelling had a clear run at goal.

Clearly a communication breakdown. Munn and pickering swapping at the interchange, and back up Thomas at full fwd.

Sturt combined possession football with a thirst for applying pressure on the ball carriers. For 5 weeks we have made opponents pay for their turnovers. Sturt didn't give too many of these.
Presbury, Liddy and Dittmar were best for the good guys IMO.
Sturt had no real passengers, and Snelling (despite a tag) is clearly a step above any other mid in this league.
I know Sturt had guys missing also, but at this stage of our overall development and depth, our injuries probably hurt us more than Sturts.
Of the 8 outs, only Grant will return after the break.
In better news, a star Doggie looks likely to return home in the next couple of weeks.

[Dogs64]

Having no McCormick makes things tough BUT great to have Gasper back in.
first loss for the year I think, unfortunately.

Yep, need someone to do something around the ground even if they can't win the tap. Last goal to Sturt, no one even rucked and Snelling had a clear run at goal.

Clearly a communication breakdown. Munn and pickering swapping at the interchange, and back up Thomas at full fwd.

Sturt combined possession football with a thirst for applying pressure on the ball carriers. For 5 weeks we have made opponents pay for their turnovers. Sturt didn't give too many of these.
Presbury, Liddy and Dittmar were best for the good guys IMO.
Sturt had no real passengers, and Snelling (despite a tag) is clearly a step above any other mid in this league.
I know Sturt had guys missing also, but at this stage of our overall development and depth, our injuries probably hurt us more than Sturts.
Of the 8 outs, only Grant will return after the break.
In better news, a star Doggie looks likely to return home in the next couple of weeks.

I thought Trav was in Austria (or somewhere), enjoying work and travel. Could it be Monty, playing at Ballarat or somewhere, seems a waste of talent..

[Hazydog]

Comprehensive win by Sturt who brought the intensity required of a genuine top 3 team at 2 and 3. Dogs didn’t cope and will treat this as a reality check.

A break for the state game and then a crack at Norwood who will bring a similar contested style..

[southernbulldog]

Sturt simply to good AGAIN .Its getting ridiculous now we are clearly their bunnies
and they must pencil in 2 wins against us when they see the draw .
We find it impossible to beat them .

[pmackk]

Sturt simply to good AGAIN .Its getting ridiculous now we are clearly their bunnies
and they must pencil in 2 wins against us when they see the draw .
We find it impossible to beat them .

Just getting you guys back for the mid 2000s when we went 10 years without winning at Elizabeth aha. Centrals have definitely improved had to work hard for that win was a great win with the players we had missing.