Good to see O'Riordan back in the Famous Five.
He reminds him of the guys, close-set, slow, and never rattled, who were play-makers on the team. (John Updike, seeing Josh Kennedy in a crystal ball)
and Fisher, once again in the 5 best players - not given a placing in the votes as it seems to be expected of him
These betting outlets are pretty close to da fence.
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I think it's somewhere down south, not warwick. Did you ever play golf on the 9 hole course in the middle of Warwick racecourse ? (or did I just hallucinate that)
I know raw stats don't always tell the correct tale but it's nice that this week the Best Players somewhat resembles the stats. Think it was Liz who said they were close to her observations watching the game.
I do get a bit annoyed when the "official" Best Players are at complete odds with what the stats and/or ressie watchers observe.
On a separate matter, whilst big wins are great, not sure how continuous easy wins assist players in developing to senior level. Here in SA, the Crows and Port reserves play in the SANFL and whilst they can be amongst the best few teams when they have very small injury lists and therefore a full team of listed players, most of the time they will be seriously challenged and often beaten by SANFL teams. Far better lead in to AFL standard.
NEAFL MVP
Sydney v Gold Coast
8: Jeremy Laidler (Sydney)
8: Callum Sinclair (Sydney)
6: James Rose (Sydney)
4: Aliir Aliir (Sydney)
3: Colin O�Riordan (Sydney)
1: Dan Currie (Gold Coast)
Ok. Firstly our reserves side is top for a good reason. It is simply the best side by a long way and that includes the other three Reserves sides. Secondly. GWS are bottom of our comp, are Adelaide or Port that low? Thirdly Gold Coast are not even in the top 4 out of 10, currently sitting 5th. Last of all while Brisbane, a very strong team and they beat us in the first game, are sitting 2nd they are in a huge battle with Uni for second place and Uni have won 1 lost 1.
You are like almost everyone interstate underrating our reserves team. They are a super outfit. Nearly all of the players in this team would walk into a bottom AFL side now. Some of our Academy boys would easily get a game with the Lions. you are underestimating the coaching, players and support staff. you underestimate the drafting as it has been a super two years of drafting.
As to whether winning by big margins every week helps or hinders young players I am not sure. But when I was playing district footy we had an incredibly strong reserves team and they won by some really huge margins, in SA mind you. We won the premiership in the A grade, runner up in the B grade (they slipped at the final hurdle and lost by a point) and premiers in division 3 (division 3 won most of their games by over 10 goals). I believe if your depth is huge and they are winning by huge margins it can translate to the senior team if you have injuries. It did in the district comp and even though this is a different story it is still footy and ability and abuility to play the game style very well can only translate better if the players are doing it almost perfectly every week.
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