Mickstar wrote:
Princes Park can still put on a show . Bumper crowd for a praccy . Only a practise match for sure but i still reckon you can get something out of these matches if nothing more than blowing the cobwebs out . No doubt for the old stagers its like dancing with your sister ( or in Charlies case it was like dancing with your Grandma he was so slack ) but the younger brigade get an enourmas amount out of it . Hollands , Cowan and Cincotta would have never experienced anything like that pressure before and it brings 'em up to speed real quick . I thought all three acquitted themselves extremely well . Good job boys . Ed is not a new kid on the block but i felt like i was watching a newbie coz he's been out for what seems an eternity . Ed Captain of the Magoo's ? no faaarking way . If he is on the senior list he is there to play senior's . Sure , he is not going to play every game in the one's but he will play his fair share of senior footy don't worry about that . Too right i am biased about Ed . He is my style of blue collar tradie type of player . A beauty is Ed . Come middle of winter when everything is a grind Ed will be front and centre ..................although not a newbie Blake Acres is a newbie to our Club . Cant believe how good Acres was . Fantastic game i thought . Theres running , and there is running isn't there . The headless chook style of running , and the running with purpose style of running . Acres is definitely the latter . His positional play was fantastic in that he went forward at the right time , he dropped back at the right time , and held his ground and stayed at home at the right time which is the hallmark of all the toppling wingmen . Geez , i'm slow to catch on coz a lot of you good judges having what a great acquisition to our team Acres would be . Didn't know what all the fuss was about . Shit boys , you where spot on . Big unit too . What would he be in the old , six-foot two ? great debut Blake Acres and wellcome to our great Club .
PS...............the new facilities ? a hideous monstrosity for mine . Who allowed the Robert Heatley to be bulldozed ? destructive vandalism at it its worse . What were the flower heritage people and residents group doing ? now , I've said it , got it off my chest and probably pissed off all you progressives .
I'm with you on all of the above.
Have a feeling Charlie was playing a decoy role at times, making way fort Harry one on one to have his way with his opponent. Maybe.
Facilities are fantastic. Its where they have put them and what they took away that stinks. A footy game needs atmosphere behind the goals...both of them.
Blake Acres ... you dont remember what he did against Pies in the Final, whilst injured too? Has pace to get where he needs to be.