Cats V Pies Preseason Challenge Feb 12th

[ADEZ]

Clinton young is out

Yep.  Was largely unsighted for a lot of the match.

He was managed, only played 30% game time I beilieve

[timtim]

For those stressing out about the low supercoach scores, im pretty sure its still going on a total supercoach score of 3,300 for the match and considering there are 8 extra players playing (52 instead of 44) then clearly the scores are going to be lower because when I added up everyones supercoach scores off fox sports match centre it added up to 2,550, therefore the players supercoach scores would actually be higher in the normal season if they played this way. Cheers.

Where did you get NAB Supercoach scores from? I have SC Gold but not on there?

[Noz]

Stevie J needs to go back to the basics, as a cats supporter its starting to annoy me just a little. <3

Stevie J has never been a basic player?

[elephants]

Clinton young is out

Yep.  Was largely unsighted for a lot of the match.

He was managed, only played 30% game time I beilieve

If that's true he was on track for a decent score. Wasn't his game tonight either, not enough uncontested possies and mark/kick.

[Hydra]

In fact it only adds up to 2,853.

So if you add 14% to the scores (2853/3300) and then another 16% (8/52), the scores look much more realistic. E.g Beams would've got 134 for his 35 possessions, which seems better.

[aussied]

now for D.Thomas to step up and were good to go :)

[Dayze]

Good write up Ozd.

Only watched first half, recorded the second.
Caddy looked mint. Paused the play at every centre bounce and he seemed to start them all. Interesting to see if he starts in the guts when Jelwood and co come back but it was a very strong cats line up. Caddy back on my radar, everything he does is contested.
Guthrie and GHS looked very sharp. Think GHS could b a good pick up in our Draft games.

Can see cloke improving his average a little this year. Beams looked in cruise mode and I reckon should average 115+.

How did people think Hawkins back looked? He always looks a little lumbering

[aussied]

How did people think Hawkins back looked? He always looks a little lumbering

cheers ,

the only thing i didnt see was hawkins at full bend crumbing up the ball he did make some effort to contest up in the air 10x better then what we were seeing last year no signs of any pain.

[auscoyote]

So unfortunate for Burbury, :( He was looking good and could of been pod in my fwd line instead of a higgins if he got games.
Hope he recovers well.

[dmac07]

Good stuff from pendlebury considering he was subbed on mid/late 2nd quarter, thought grundy and caddy were better than scores suggest. Beams almost impossible to leave out. No one will start with Enright due to his age but could easy be top 10 defenders again.

[ubeaut]

Awesome game. Caddy and Grundy.

[dmac07]

Cats

Caddy was a contested possesion machine, looked very good.
Enright was the general up back, 30+ possessions
Hawkins was good, not great, good kicking for goal to take the most of his chances.
Stokes picked up nearly 40 touches but couldve been more damaging, maybe less mid time with others back
Stevie J was good in parts but threw in a few shocking disposals, youd be mad to pick him at his price
Bartel may play fwd, warning signs for his scoring if he does.
Rivers, 15 touches, 9 marks, keep half an eye on.
Simpson broke even in the hitouts, did little else.
Burbury, very good early before a horrible injury breaking his jaw, out for significant time, poor kid.

Pies

As a pies fan was very happy, a close loss but had more players out than cats and 5 first gamers compared to 0.
Sidebottom was good all night, but will again play second fiddle when swan, pendles and beams are all in the middle
Pendles, showed all the poise and class we know he has, second top SC after only being subbed on mid 2nd qtr.
Beams, 33 touches, top SC scorer on the ground, if you needed even more reason to pick him.
Elliot rotated through the mids and looked very good, 9 tackles, unlikely to get the same rotation with a full team tjough.
Adams, 30 touches, will be a great pick up, but 400k for a guy who wont be in the top 4 mids at the club is too much
Harry L, played on the wing, took the game with varied success, worth half f a look as a POD
Grundy, left the ground for a while with a slight concussion, but when he got going looked very good both in hitouts and round the ground, looking at closely.
Armatrong, got 20 touches but wasnt great, often looked rushed.
Langdon, solid but not in the play a lot, looks unlikely for rnd 1
Cloke, looked very dangerous early but 0 minutes in second half. New marking rule will help him more than anyone.
Young, very little gametime and looked rusty, but still keep an eye on.
Broomhead, appeared to have a broken hand, watch for news in coming day.

[batt]

Clinton young is out

Yep.  Was largely unsighted for a lot of the match.

He was managed, only played 30% game time I beilieve

https://twitter.com/AFLphotos/status/433552000169410560/photo/1

[quinny88]

I took bugger all out of it. Only watch the nab cup for the kids and while burbury stood out to me that's now gone down the toilet.
Caddy on my radar but I couldn't really understand why the commentators felt the need to talk him up so much. He crashes and bashes but he also gets wrapped up and dumped every time he goes near it and and has poor awareness in heavy traffic. Currently have him at F4 but if I don't see some cleaner footy from him in the next 2 games then he's off my list.

Was good to have footy back but keep it in perspective guys. Half those blokes won't be out there in round 1

[GCSkiwi]

Good stuff KB. Beams seems like a terrible pick, I think everyone should leave him out of their squad...  :P