A huge game this week and could be seen as season defining. Win and we get a nice little buffer in top spot. Lose and we slip back into the pack with EP and Peel with an inferior percentage. I think we’re virtually injury free except for those guys out for the season and up against Claremont who are travelling pretty well at the moment.
I’ll wait to see what the team looks like but think it will be a cracking game with good weather forecast. Go Lions.
Lose this game, and we could end up in 4th. All of a sudden the season could look a whole lot different
Yes, looking forward to this one. Tigers will come hard.
Interesting to see if Tholstrup is available and whether they bring him straight in to play on Bolton. The kid did a number on Bolton earlier in the season and another showing like that will go a long way to getting a win.
If my foggy memory is correct, Claremont had a 3 or 4 goal win when the teams last met. Both teams only lost 1 match since then. Going to be a good contest this one.
It looks like we are at full strength and also Jordy Lockyer named on an extended bench in the ressies. Should be a cracker.
Easily game of the round. Subi seem to be assembling the troops quite nicely now…and at the right time… Eastland v Clarke will be a cracking contest as well.
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Subi were in front all day and won by 4 goals. Which surprised the hell out of me at the time.
Weather is forecasted to be kind from what we’re told. Apparently fine,sunny conditions on match day with a day time temperature of 19 or thereabouts.
Perfect for footy at Dogshit Park.
A pretty good looking side and Lockyer is confirmed on the bench in the ressies.
FF 14 Ryan BORCHET 18 Ben SOKOL 34 Jordan FARAONE
HF 53 Benjamin GOLDING 10 Jack MAYO 16 Joshua ROBBINS
C 3 Taj SCHOFIELD 13 Liam HICKMOTT 6 Stefan GIRO
HB 48 Jaxon McGOWAN 17 Kyle STAINSBY 35 Drew ROHDE
FB 8 Angus DEWAR 2 Galen Savigni 36 Aaron HEAL
FOLLOWERS
20 Zac CLARKE
37 Rylie MORGAN
1 Leigh KITCHIN
INTERCHANGE
25 Michael BRAUT
56 Isaac CLINCH
15 Wil HICKMOTT
9 Max WALTERS
Thanks BC. Looks like Robins in for alone. Any news on Alone?
Alone has done an ankle, out for a couple of months or so unfortunately
Wardman talks about Alone on an interview on 91.3FM. In here somewhere
Obviously slow to get going. Mucking about out of defence. Poor turnovers. Unnecessary. Generally struggled to get out of our back half. Why? No run? No height? Need to work on that.
Borchett had a quiet one. Clark ditto in the first half. If only he could time his run at a mark. He nearly turned it around in the second half .
I think we can compete against the tigers in September but we got to win a few coming up.
Very difficult to win games when you only play one quarter of footy. We were comprehensively beaten through the middle for the first 3 quarters and even when we did get it in our front half, the connection between the mids and our forwards was non-existent. We also lacked that toughness around the contest which we had in spades last time we played them.
Sokol badly beaten but not helped by having the ball kicked on his head, likewise Borchet. Mayo did his best work up the ground and could be suited to a high half forward/wing role.
Golding good, Robbins tried, Schofield missing until the last quarter, Giro flashed in and out, Savigni pretty solid down back as was Heal and Dewar. Stainsby seems to have dropped off a bit and might need a run in the two’s. Clarke lowered his colours whilst the Motts got some touches but were always under intense pressure as Claremont tackled very well and swamped the ball carrier.
All in all we showed were up for it and can mix it with the best with a dominant last quarter but need more consistency.
Yes, disjointed effort. Alone set a standard for competing. But not having handballs intercepted is more than competing.