John Todd Cup
So the premiership defence begins
Some retirements and some injury outs
Some good young players like Robinson , Harvey , Geier , Otto & Etherington are up for game time
It will be a test that is for sure
Firstly I have revered John Todd ever since I was a lad , yes my initial experiences were with the man coaching against us but his image is upon our very hallways and woven deep within our very fabric as a club - we have the prestigious John Todd Cup in our hands which I take pride in and value highly.
And so onto today’s game at Bassendean Oval
- Respect to Swan Districts - they were gallant until half-time and only folded due to immense pressure and a couple of forced mistakes and that happens in footy all too often as we all know.
- We were forced into several changes due to retirements and injuries and a couple of those didn’t handle it all that well I have to say.
- Some great efforts by the likes of Winder , Florenca , Free , O’Hehir , Robinson , Boullineau , Ruscoe , Etherington , Hughes to save our Bacon at times in the first half particularly.
- We were short some of our better players but found a way to work through it which I was sweating on a little in that first half (full credit to Swan Districts on that)
- We will have a decent forward half this year from what I saw and we will pose problems for some with that they were dangerous just about all day.
- There were two or three players that need to look closely at their games today - they did not give us much and that just cannot be - just cannot.
All in all though - we have work to do to even come close to winning it again , there’s concerns in areas that will need to be addressed pretty quickly by the coach.
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