Round 12 - Collingwood vs Sandringham at Victoria Park

[MagpieBat]

Abbott came off after the game with his left wrist in a makeshift sling. Doubt we'll be seeing him for a while...

[Dangles]

[perthmagpie]

Back in a warm car after another great win. Big Show walking off in a bit of discomfort. Arm or wrist. Doesn't look too bad. Big Cox was big today. Grundy huge till he went off. Tone looks sore too. Maybe a rolled ankle.

May I just say Bruce you are a wimp! I've got the 3 hour drive home now and you're on the banana lounge in front of the heater. Need some leg warmers too?

[RudeBoy]

[Pies4shaw]

[MagpieBat]

[RudeBoy]

So who were our best players and who are likely to come under consideration for Thursday's game against Port?

[thompsoc]

[thompsoc]

First of all I want to talk about Cox!
I like this fellow, the improvement since game 1 has been fantastic.
He can lead, he can ruck, he can take a big mark he can kick, but most of all he can now throw his body around and he bumped numerous opponents. He was also in and under a few times in the the contest. Not once did an opponent mark the ball when Cox was near. Every time the ball came to ground and occasionally he would mark.
Sometimes he lets a Pie player get the ball when clearly he,was in a better position.
On today's game Cox is superior to Gault in every aspect.
When Gault was in the ruck at the start of the last quarter Sandy got a run on.
In the last 10 minutes Cox had a leg injury but he worked manfully to play the game out.

[thompsoc]

DP

[Albert Parker]

[thompsoc]

I was also impressed by Marsh and the Berg, both were good and look to be a cut above the VFL.
The Berg never panicked and had plenty of time to give the ball off. I can see why he went for such a high draft pick.
Marsh except for his kicking was also cool under pressure.

[Albert Parker]

[mattys123]

Just got home from the feezer that was Vic Park today, will attempt a review below. Stood with Dave and our VFL group near the bench, watched the end of the Giants/Tigers game on a phone, saw Scharenberg and Marsh hold us together down back, good day.

Anyway;

2; Dwyer; In the bests again, as he always is at this level. Some of his second efforts were inspiring today.
4; Grundy; Was close to best on ground for the first three quarters for sure, really strong in the ruck, took some big marks around the ground and used it well. Rested in the final term, presumably for the trip to Adelaide.
7 Kennedy; If he wasn't best on ground he'd be damn close to it. Brilliant in patches, including the start of the third term when no one would help him. Came off in the first 30 second with Brodie in a double blood rule, they laughed about it when coming back on.
12; Scharenberg; Once again better then last week, I'm calling it, he's ready for senior footy, If Maynard was ready, so is Matty now. He set up the winning goal by winning a contest on the wing and using it well.
14; Young; Ok I guess, used it well most of the time, had a shocker in the third but it rolled out of bounds so didn't hurt us.
17; Marsh; Played on McCartin and blanketed him for three quarters. Brilliant defensively but his kicking isn't good, we know that. In the bests again
19; Greenwood; DIDN'T PLAY, general soreness, more like leg soreness given as the excuse.
27; Amrstrong; Did ok at times, but didn't have a massive impact on the game
28; Sinclair; Too good for this level but isn't anywhere near ready to go, Only played 3/4 of the game time, although did come back on late in the last quarter to help save us.
33; Karnezis; Thought he was good today, kicked the match sealing goal, tackled pretty well, played well I thought.
38; Goodyear; Got him confused with Jake Williams a lot because they look so similar, but he had an impact at times, I think.
39; Manteit; A quieter game for him but he shows plenty of potential.
40; Seedsman; Was he being saved for Thursday? Spent more time on the bench then on the ground in the second half after being in our best 3-4 players in the first half.
41; Abbott; The Big Show was back, the goal to start the final term and the celebration was rather nice. Hurt his shoulder twice in the final quarter, hope he's ok.
44; Gault; Played up forward and in the ruck, did ok, without being a standout at any point.
46; Cox; Presented well up forward but just couldn't hold a mark. One real highlight was a beautiful kick to Patty 30 out on the chest. he is improving every time he plays.

Of the VFL listed players Williams, Moloney, Pendlebury amd Gray stood out, although Gray missed too many shots that could have sealed it.

Story of the day..... Grundy will play vs Port, Seedsman maybe, Levi out was a disappointment, Marsh and Shazz great down back.

Another good VFL win, against another top 4 team.

[stui magpie]