2006 NAB Cup - Week 1

[meltiger]

Kev, Hawthorn seem to have picked their best line-up but there's no Crawford?

Is he injured?

 

[CyberKev]

Kev, Hawthorn seem to have picked their best line-up but there's no Crawford?

Is he injured?

A minor knee complaint from what I hear. Has been a very strong trainer over the preseason and I expect this to be a precautionary measure more than anything. I also suspect Hawthorn wants to give Lewis greater responsibility and gametime.

I see a 28 man squad was named, meaning that 4 will have to miss. If it were me, I'd run with:

B: Brent Guerra, Trent Croad, Danny Jacobs
HB: Zac Dawson, Jarryd Roughead, Joel Smith
C: Tim Clarke, Luke Hodge, Chance Bateman
HF: Tom Murphy, Lance Franklin, Rick Ladson
F: Mark Williams, Tim Boyle, Harry Miller
FO: Robert Campbell, Richie Vandenburg, Sam Mitchell
I: Jordan Lewis, Simon Taylor, Stephen Gilham, Brad Sewell, Grant Birchall, Clinton Young
E: Ben Dixon, Nick Ries, Michael Osborne

I'd leave Campbell Brown out as a precautionary measure (still not sure that shoulder is 100%) and I'd give Everitt the game off as I don't want to work him too hard at this time of the year.

Very disappointed that Matthew Little wasn't given a game.

 

[CyberKev]

Possible Tiger line-up...

B: Brent Hartigan, Darren Gaspar, Chris Newman
HB: Joel Bowden, Jay Schulz, Patrick Bowden
C: Kane Johnson, Jeremy Humm, Richard Tambling
HF: Kayne Pettifer, Matthew Richardson, Adam Pattison
F: David Rodan, Greg Stafford, Andrew Krakouer
FO: Trent Knobel, Brett Deledio, Shane Tuck
I: Troy Simmonds, Chris Hyde, Andrew Kellaway, Cameron Howat, Ray Hall, Nathan Foley
E: Daniel Jackson, Tom Roach, Matthew White

 

[meltiger]

Possible Tiger line-up...

B: Brent Hartigan, Darren Gaspar, Chris Newman
HB: Joel Bowden, Jay Schulz, Patrick Bowden
C: Kane Johnson, Jeremy Humm, Richard Tambling
HF: Kayne Pettifer, Matthew Richardson, Adam Pattison
F: David Rodan, Greg Stafford, Andrew Krakouer
FO: Trent Knobel, Brett Deledio, Shane Tuck
I: Troy Simmonds, Chris Hyde, Andrew Kellaway, Cameron Howat, Ray Hall, Nathan Foley
E: Daniel Jackson, Tom Roach, Matthew White

Not a bad side, but Paddy's been training in the forward line. Would be suprised to see him line up there. Would expect him to get a run as a HFF to trial him before the season proper.

My HFF line would be - Pettifer, Riiichhoooo, P Bowden

I am also expecting to see Matt White get a run in the 24, has been training the house down from all reports.

Tom Roach - Why even waste the time. Nepotism is the only reason he is on the list.

 

[CyberKev]

Tom Roach - Why even waste the time. Nepotism is the only reason he is on the list.

Fair enough...

I'd love to be able to blame nepotism for Ben Dixon entering into an eleventh season on our list! ](*,)

 

[meltiger]

LOL He's better than Tommy Roach!


Big news cxame through overnight .... and is on the back of the HUN this morning...


Nathan Brown played a half of football for Coburg last night.

Reckons if Richmond make the third week of the NAB he'll play

Certainty to turn out for R1!

 

[Glenn]

Does your calculation include:

a) season proper games only; or
b) season proper + NAB cup; or
c) season proper + NAB cup + intra club practice games.

I'll take C thanks :lol: (Sorry Choppies)

 

[meltiger]

Name: CyberKev
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Position: Tiger Cub
Date Registered: January 16, 2006, 04:09:06 pm
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Tiger Cub LMAO I like the sound of that.

Did some Hawthorn bagging on PRE annoy you Kev ;-)

 

[Glenn]

Swans Squad for game vs North Melb @ Manuka

Sydney Swans squad: Luke Ablett, Ed Barlow, Craig Bolton, Ryan Brabazon, Amon Buchanan, Paul Chambers, Paul Currie, Sean Dempster, Stephen Doyle, Stefan Garrubba, Heath Grundy, Kieren Jack, Matthew Laidlaw, Nick Malceski, Ben Mathews, Jarred Moore, Ryan O'Keefe, Simon Phillips, Adam Prior, Ted Richards, Lewis Roberts-Thomson, Sam Rowe, Jonathan Simpkin, David Spriggs, Kristin Thornton, Luke Vogels, Jame Wall

 

[meltiger]

Will get flogged. I hope Keiran Jack does well though

 

[Glenn]

Yep as always Swans are going down the pre season path of blooding the younger players give them that taste of what it is like. If Sydney gets within 5-10 goals of North I will be happy.
As for Keiran Jack, looks very promising in the trial vs Essendon but just needs to bulk up alot.

 

[meltiger]

but just needs to bulk up alot.

I thought the same thing when I saw photos of him at the U18 Carnival.


His old man was never a big bloke though.


Swans have still picked some good players. More than i thoguht they would.

 

[Glenn]

Some good recruiting by Sydney considering they didn't have a draft pick till very late in piece.

Probably the recruit most likely to see Senior Football this year would be Ted Richards, looked sharp against Essendon in the trial.

As for Keiren Jack, very much like his father in terms of body build and a great tackling technique as well probably a couple of years off Senior Football atm

 

[CyberKev]

Tiger Cub LMAO I like the sound of that.

Did some Hawthorn bagging on PRE annoy you Kev ;-)

The opposite actually.

Phantom started one of his typically worthy threads (this time with a clear Hawthorn focus) and I thought it was too strong a thread to stay out of.

 

[camsmith]

Footy is on in 30 mintues!! i wouldn't care if it was the legends match as long as it looks like footy im excited!!

I'll be going along to watch the mighty tiges tomorrow as part of the double header, will be great to see Pat Bowden (always wanted him at Richmond) get a run. It may be only preseason but its always good to see how the players are coming along, what kind of shape the boys are in and also how certain players respond to playing in different poisitions.

I think the next game (as part of the double header) is Carlton vs Geelong (?)

You know what that means.. i'll get to see Lance - im in the best shape of my career and ready for a big season - Whitnall in action LOL!

The only reason i want us to win the first couple of games is so we will continue to be on tv!

 

[meltiger]

I think the next game (as part of the double header) is Carlton vs Geelong (?)

Yep

You know what that means.. i'll get to see Lance - im in the best shape of my career and ready for a big season - Whitnall in action LOL!

LOL!

 

[CyberKev]

Well, the Hawthorn vs Richmond game seemed to follow recent trends with Hawthorn getting away early and Richmond reeling them in. When the Tigers sneaked a point clear late in the game I thought they were home, but Hawthorn did well to steady at the death knell.

For mine, Shane Tuck was clearly the best player on the park and was instrumental in the Tigers second half recovery.

Sam Mitchell would have been best for the Hawks, playing strongly out of the middle across the four quarters.

Outside of Mitchell, Guerra and Bateman were great for much of the game, although both went missing (along with practically all of their team mates in the third term). Boyle faded late (like Bateman clearly lacking hard match fitness), but again showed why he carries a buzz rating far in advance to what you'd expect for a player with only 2 senior games under his belt. His horror leg woes have clearly cost Hawthorn much over the past two years. Clinton Young again showed good signs, Mark Williams was ever dangerous and Robert Campbell surprised with some solid work in defence.

On the downside, Everitt sat out almost all the game injured (although you sense it was largely precautionary), Hodge was surprisingly flat, and Jordan Lewis had a full-on shocker.

For the Tigers, they would have been disappointed with their inability to make more of the unsettling height advantage they seemed to carry up forward. Both Richo and Stafford looked dangerous in the second half, hence my certainty that we would be overran.

Patrick Bowden made a fine debut for the side though, working hard and showing plenty of good signs. Kane Johnson gathered momentum the further the game went on and was finishing very strongly. Jeremy Humm did well, particularly in the first half when the Tigers were getting badly beaten out of the centre. White did a couple of nice things on debut (great goal) and looks a good get and I thought Jay Shulz played soundly out of defence. Brent Hartigan made some promising runs and always tried to get involved, although he needs to improve his awareness, getting caught a couple of times and almost ran down a few more.

In general, it wasn't a particularly pretty game with skill errors the order of the day, especially among the yellow (silver?) and blacks. Umpiring was ordinary to say the least across the game, and given there were four of them on the park, you've got to ask whether less may indeed be more.

The new rules didn't have a huge impact, although I thought Richmond showed a greater capacity to exploit the quick kick out after a point.

 

[lockyno1]

Cyber, I was very impressed with Danny Jacobs! That was his best game for years!

 

[CyberKev]

Cyber, I was very impressed with Danny Jacobs! That was his best game for years!

He wasn't too bad today.

He actually played four successive exceedingly strong games late last year only to have his purple patch ended by a season-ending broken jaw.

Is handy so long as he only has to pick-up a third tall forward, but can still be caught out in a key defensive post.

 

[Twizzle]

Kent Kingsley is a matchwinnner