NEAFL MVP votes
Sydney v Southport
8: Daniel Robinson (Sydney)
8: Darcy Cameron (Sydney)
8: Nic Newman (Sydney)
3: Robbie Fox (Sydney)
2: Michael Manteit (Southport)
1: Colin O�Riordan (Sydney)
Breakdown
Robinson 5-3 or 4-4
Cameron 5-3 or 4-4
Newman 5-3 or 4-4
Fox 2-1
Manteit 2-0
O'Riordan 1-0
Nice to see that our dropped players haven't had a sulk and are all playing well.Originally Posted by ugg
Last edited by dejavoodoo44; 22nd May 2018 at 02:01 PM.
Though it's not nice to see, that they're playing this week's NEAFL game well on the way to the Sunshine Coast, rather than at the Gabba. Surely it wouldn't destroy the ground, if they had it as a curtain raiser.
I watched a bit of Maibaum on Saturday. He is slighter than I thought he would be for a "key" defender, but he is certainly mobile and seemed to have good instincts about when to move to spaces.
Melican has bulked up and will be the logical Reg replacement. Maibaum impressed me and he played a bit like Talia of the Crows. If Johnson were to get better, they would be a bit similar, IMHO, and capable.
It was an interesting game to follow; not much gelling in the first third, better in the second third, and in the last they were on the same page (at last). Everyone seemed to be more or less in sinc. and it showed.
I like Armitage. He is kind of elegant. And whatever ugg said, I agree with.
If you've never jumped from one couch to the other to save yourself from lava then you didn't have a childhood
When the NEAFL draw was released, this was marked as a curtain raiser to the Lions v Swans AFL game. So I had a quick peek at the BF Lions board to find out the reason for this, apparently this will be the 4th week in a row the Gabba will host an AFL game and the AFL is nervous the ground might not hold up.
Also note the new time 11:30am vs the original scheduled time of 12:55pm.
Ta, though it doesn't really seem to be ground churning weather up here. Only the occasional shower and still a bit of grass-growing warmth.
Though I must admit that I was only really posting out of self interest. It's easy to get to the Gabba, by train from the Gold Coast. South Pine: not so much.
I see the reserves game against Brisbane this week is being streamed! Do we think that young Blakey may keep his place in the side, against a team he could have chosen to play with no less! Would love to watch him in a full game, especially seeing as he got to see how it feels at that level in his debut last week!
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Blakey has Allies duties this weekend, I believe. The 50-man squad is due to meet for a camp in preparation for the upcoming division one U18 championships. We're unlikely to see Blakey again in the NEAFL side until the championships are over.
BRISBANE
B: 42. Mitch Hinge 45. Jack Frost 24. Liam Dawson
HB: 20. Cedric Cox 22. Marco Paparone 32. Sam Mayes
C: 19. Jacob Allison 35. Ryan Lester 1. Ben Keays
HF: 43. Jake Barrett 38. Connor Ballenden 4. Ryan Bastinac
F: 39. Corey Lyons 14. Josh Walker 7. Tom Bell
Foll: 44. Archie Smith 36. Rhys Mathieson 37. Brandon Starcevich
Inter: 50. Jai Kennealy 51. Caleb Franks 52. Justin Currie 53. Daniel Fleming 54. Ethan Hunt
Emer: Cody Stackelberg Tarj Townson
In: 51. Caleb Franks 53. Daniel Fleming 54. Ethan Hunt 52. Justin Currie
Out: 8. Rohan Bewick (injured) 17. Claye Beams (injured) 54. Billy Johnson (injured)
New: 51. Caleb Franks 52. Justin Currie
SYDNEY
B: 51. Conor Flanagan 21. Jack Maibaum 58. Mitchell Rogers
HB: 38. Colin O�Riordan 36. Aliir Aliir 28. Nic Newman
C: 22. Dean Towers 45. Angus Styles 59. Luke Parks
HF: 27. Dan Robinson 16. Gary Rohan 1. James Rose
F: 55. Bailey Stewart 46. Joel Amartey 50. Sam Wicks
Foll: 17. Darcy Cameron 42. Robbie Fox 19. Matthew Ling
Inter: 52. Aidan Watling 54. Jeremy Shumack 53. Dylan Smith 49. Adam Tipungwuti
Emer: 56. Cooper Kilpatrick 57. Jordan Adams
In: 53. Dylan Smith 49. Adam Tipungwuti 16. Gary Rohan 52. Aidan Watling 59. Luke Parks
Out: 31. Harrison Marsh (AFL) 56. Joey Reinhard (Allies) 52. Joshua Stern (Allies) 49. Nick Blakey (Allies) 59. Kyle McKellar (Allies).
New: 59. Luke Parks
Melican not playing. Hope he hasn't had a setback with his rehab.
Yes it looks like both Melican and Pink did not come up. That might be more the doctor trying to ensure the injury doesn't return in a hurry. I don't mind the doctor and physios being overly cautious. If you look back to 2013, 2015 and even 2014 and 2016 we had injuries to key players at the wrong time. If we are to keep a healthy list it is better to be cautious than bring them back too soon. The other thing we have this year that was missing in most of those years is great, not just good but great, depth.
In the next three weeks, I say three as the most, we get back Pink, Melican, Bell, Brown, Dawson, AJ and Foote. The inclusion of all these players will deepen our depth incredibly. We will be in a very healthy state coming to the bye. After the bye we need to really take advantage of that depth and utilise the players who are ready for seniors by resting senior players one or two at a time to conserve their energy and vitality for a finals run. Everything needs to be systematically and holistically measured rto gain the best outcomes for the club.
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