Round 1 - Northern Blues vs Collingwood at Preston City Oval

Raw Hammer · Joined: 11 Sep 2008 Location: The Gutter

Quarter by quarter scores?
Disposals?
Goals?

Jezza · 2023 PREMIERS! Joined: 06 Sep 2010 Location: Ponsford End

Presti35 · Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2018 6:02 pm

With that scoreline, Im wondering if any records were set today?

Jezza · 2023 PREMIERS! Joined: 06 Sep 2010 Location: Ponsford End

MagpieBat · Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2018 6:06 pm

Full Time.

Northern Blues 11.5.71
Collingwood 31.15.201

GOALS - Elliott 5, De Goey 4, Fasolo 4, Borthwick 4, Chippendale 2, Mayne 2, Daicos 2, Jarryd Blair 2, Smith, Oxley, McLarty, Jack Blair, Sier, Wellings

Apologies for the delay. We had to tally them all up.

We're still raising the bat to the Members, but for now, it's OVER TO YOU!!!

MagpieBat · Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2018 6:08 pm

swoop42 · Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2018 6:09 pm

201 is an average cricket score.

Just as well we were playing football. Very Happy

stui magpie · Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2018 6:16 pm

Some general comments and observations based on watching the first half live and the last quarter and a bit on the youtube stream.

DeGoey is ready to go. He is explosive, worked hard and played a team game. Watching him rip the ball out of packs and just explode forward with a burst of acceleration was great.

Fas and Billy looked like Fas and Billy. See no reason why they shouldn't be available for selection and back in the team.

Mayne seems to have re-gained a yard of pace and his decision making. Seemed to be focused on playing as a distributer, almost every time he got the ball he was very quick with hands or feet to give off to (mostly) advantage. I think others are ahead of him but could still play a role if needed.

Daicos is silk.

Tyler Brown is smooth. Very good overhead, excellent by foot, good decision making, reads the play beautifully and just glides over the ground. Pencil him in as a wing once he puts some muscle on.

Wills is a beast at stoppages, as is Sier but Wills is ahead of him at the moment. He is also a thumping straight kick and near key position in size. Only thing I think he needs to work on to get regular AFL time is to be quicker to offload the ball by hand when barging through bodies.

Lynch is a big unit and works hard. Lot of potential there.

McClarty is not a ruckman, but shows some potential as a KPP.

Blair is a fox terrier who thinks he's a Rottweiler. I admire his effort and work ethic but his brain keeps writing cheques his body can't cash. Leave in the VFL.

That's about it. Good to see Grundy, Aish and a couple of others up in the grandstand watching the game. Bucks was having a good chat with the coach as they were heading downstairs at half time and all seemed positive.

Apologies to WPT, I didn't see the message til I got home.

MagpieBat · Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2018 6:19 pm

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Mossi · Joined: 20 May 2002 Location: Vittorio Veneto TV Italy

Great reading! Thanks to all... Record score agaist the scum wow!

Mugwump · Joined: 28 Jul 2007 Location: Between London and Melbourne

Well, this weekend has worked out quite satisfactorily. Is it possible that we'll look back on this as the turn of the tide and the new rising ? It�s only the Blues, but winning in a canter over them at AFL level and then destroying their reserves at an historic scale suggests we are building, finally, some real depth.

stui magpie · Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2018 7:06 pm

Dave The Man · Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2018 9:14 pm

Murphy is a Lovely User of the Ball. Weights them very well