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groggo

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shadow grinder said:
no im not being a smartass....

but how did orford go vs raiders? i didnt see the game.

for a 1st real game he went ok still needs a little more game time to play his best i would think anyway
 

willvillain

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Personally I wasn't impressed at all. One nice kick for Stewart's try, but I noticed him slacking off in defense several times and wasn't at all impressed by that - especially considering Monas's consistent effort in defense.

Other than that, he kicked out on the full once (twice?), his goal kicking was attrocious and noone read his hard inside balls (Choc lost the plot and a heap of possession).

Bottom line is Orford had a very average game, and it looks like it is going to take a while for him to gel with the rest of the team, but on top of that his forwards didnt dominate either which didnt help him at all. I find it hard to believe that BK, Beaver and Choc will all play that badly every week, so I expect Orford to lift as well.

Bell on the otherhand was insanely good with the ball in hand - there is no possible way he deserved to break the line for his second try, cannot stress enough how good it was to see a manly centre with line-breaking ability! He and Hicks let in a few tries, so they'll have to work on their communication, but Ball in hand - wow! Now if he can play a game that isn't being played in near darkness then he can get the ball to his winger as well...
 

Sea_Eagles_Rock

First Grade
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He was really trying too hard to make magic happen.

Back to the basics Ox.

Let the magic come when it's ready. The combinations need work but I can see enough to make me think it should come right in the next few rounds. Monaghan actually had a good game I thought.
 

GreenMachine

Juniors
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I thought he was alright.

He had to try 5 times to get the kick play to stewart to work but our defence still didnt click.

He was a soft target in defence and at times he looked like he was trying to do too much. Hardly his fault though when your playing catch up from the 3rd minute.

(goal kicking was terrible, couldve put much more pressure on us with a decent kick or two)
 

1999

Juniors
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orford cannot win a tight game, bottom line, its been proven, melbourne won both its 1st round games by 4 points, with orford there we wulda been down by 4 i garuntee, he's good when a teams 30 infront, he just cant deal with the pressure of a close game, i mean look at the nth queensland game...
 

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