Norwood v Eagles Friday Night at the Parade

[Wedgie]

Predictions?
What sort of crowd will there be?
Will Norwood lift for Brett James?
Will the Eagles that thrashed North rock up or will the Eagles that fumbled against Glenelg rock up?
No media coverage? That sucks! Kudos to RPH for having updates from their North v Sturt coverage though.
I'm envious that the spectators at Norwood will have Pale's on tap to drink while I'll be stuck with XXXX gold.

[Strawb]

Thats the problem there wedgie the SANFL should be sponsered by Coopers.

[RoosterMarty]

The SANFL NEEDS Coopers on tap at ALL grounds... the best thing about Norwood Oval in my opinion!! I will be forced to drink that XXXX rubbish too unfortunately.


Carn Norwood... help North out by beating the Eags!

[Mickyj]

Wedgie Mate there's two Eagle fans here who are going Can not help ya with the Coopers as I dont drink !
The Eagles that thrashed North hopefully will turn up .Is there any news if Bock is back playing yet ?

[CK]

Wedgie - while it is not direct media coverage as such, Damien Woodards and myself will be calling the game for Pine Lodge Studios DVD of the match, from the northern end of the members stand and as you mentioned, RPH will be providing regular updates on the scores. For any buyers of the Pine Lodge DVD's (Available by following the details in the Sticky on the site), these include the radio call of the games covered by radio and in-house commentary of the non-radio games, hence why Damien and I are calling this one. Any Redleg/Eagles fans, please feel free to come up and say g'day!

[RoosterMarty]

Wedgie Mate there's two Eagle fans here who are going Can not help ya with the Coopers as I dont drink !
The Eagles that thrashed North hopefully will turn up .Is there any news if Bock is back playing yet ?

From what I've read on the Adelaide board at bigfooty hes expected to be back in 3 or 4 weeks i think... he will be back through the Eagles which will be a huge boost (unfortunately).

[ca]

Two ins for Norwood this week Vidic and Lower, no outs at this stage.

[MightyEagles]

I'll be there.

[Wedgie]

From the Advertiser:

Eagles parade late sparkle
ZAC MILBANK
24jun06

Eagles 14.13 d. Norwood 11.10
WOODVILLE-West Torrens' penchant for Coopers Stadium continued last night when it overcame a goalless third quarter to hold off a sluggish Norwood by 21 points.

After racing out to a 17-point lead at quarter-time on the back of seven goals, the Eagles looked ready to extend their winning streak over the Redlegs to nine and its record at Coopers Stadium to 11-6 with an element of ease.

But it gave their visiting fans false hope of an easy ride as, for the next two terms, Ron Fuller's men could muster just two goals - to Tim Inkster and James Vandeleur - in more than 55 minutes.

With just a six-point buffer at the final change, the Eagles suddenly sprung to life when Mark Passador booted his third goal.

It sparked a match-winning final-term run of three goals in four minutes, with skilful wingman Luke Jarrad putting the game on ice with a stunning left-foot kick so close to the boundary line it looked like he was on Coopers Hill. And when reliable defender Joe Pedler, in his 90th match, booted his first goal in league football 19 minutes into the final quarter, his team-mates had every reason to celebrate by swarming around the club favourite.

While it took the Eagles longer than first thought to finish off their rivals, they certainly had the better players for the duration of the night with giant ruckman Paul Lindsay leading the way with a staggering 48 hit-outs.

In conditions more suited to the mosquito fleet, Lindsay reigned supreme at the stoppages and around the ground with his 16 possessions and four tackles adding to his personal hit-out tally which was four-times that of Norwood's John Meesen.

Lindsay's influence gave Tim Inkster - who was again at his creative best - skipper Gavin Colville, and Justin Cicolella plenty of opportunity to gain the upper hand through the middle and with Jarrad and Leigh Treeby off the wings, they were unstoppable.

Mark McKenzie was his versatile self by not only marshalling the back six but also ensuring youngster Adam Cockshell was kept quiet while North recruit Adam Grocke, who was used up forward and in defence, had arguably his best game for the club.

With several of Norwood's midfield stars quelled, the load fell onto the broad shoulders of Heath Culpitt, who toiled manfully. But until coach Trevor Hill can find a consistent goalscorer up forward, his team will struggle against the front-runners.

RESERVES

EAGLES4.39.612.918.10(118)
NORWOOD3.65.96.98.12(60)
BEST - Eagles: Geddes, Frewen, R. Fiacchi, Fairclough, J. Stewart, Welsh, Salter.

Norwood: P. James, Ripley, Nitschke, Vettese, Vidic.

GOALS - Eagles: Welsh 9, Oakley 3, Hicks 2, Fairclough, Sayers, Geddes, Fitzgerald.
Norwood: P. James, Lewis, Pollock, Birch, Puopolo, Bailey, Vidic, deJongh.

[Aerie]

Welsh proved to be a handy pick up for the ressies!

Was a great game till quarter time last night. The next two quarters were a slow struggle until finally the Eagles broke away in the last term from a determined and more discipline Norwood team than I've seen previously.

Lindsay was best IMO followed by Jarrad. Some great goals from Cica and Jarrad and Pedler in the last qtr.

[Jimmy]

Welsh proved to be a handy pick up for the ressies!

Was a great game till quarter time last night. The next two quarters were a slow struggle until finally the Eagles broke away in the last term from a determined and more discipline Norwood team than I've seen previously.

Lindsay was best IMO followed by Jarrad. Some great goals from Cica and Jarrad and Pedler in the last qtr.

joe got a goal?????

does this mean the end of the challenge???

[Mickyj]

After 20 odd years I returned to Norwood Oval or Coopers Oval well I am afraid it has not improved in 20 odd years and for those people who complain about Toilets etc avoid Coopers stadium by all means and the surface of the oval looked a disgrace was there any grass on that oval If the lights worked we might have been able to see .And just for Norwood officals you are supposed to play both team songs at the start and end of the match why was this not done !!
Sorry for the whine but a SANFL standard oval it is NOT just compare the surfaces of Norwood and Thebarton miles apart .
The game started out like it was going to be a one sided affair and Im afraid from an eagles fans point of view I was dissappointed .The Eagles broke even in the second quarter and lost the third but rallied in the fourth. There was some good coaching in the grandstand from the ladies I think CD was talking to espically by the lady in blue who told Jarrad show us what you can do and he kicked what surely must be goal of the year and that broke the game open in the last quarter and spurred the eagles on . Now can anyone tell me why Lindsey was not in the state team 48 ruck taps against an AFL listed ruckman give me a break he is the number one ruck in the SANFL!!
Has anyone mentioned the SECONDS game or as I liked to call it this morning telling some friends it was the Scott Weslh show ,Norwood fans may well have a right to complain everytime Welsh touched the ball he was awarded the mark some of his grabs were clearly first grabbed by Oakley , was this umpire stuffing up or was he in awe of AFL player seeing the umpires could not bounce ball who knows .

Well done Joe on your first gaol and winning the challenge

[Wedgie]

Norwood Oval looked better on TV last night than the Bay looks today, what's with the ordinary looking ovals?
Surely its not that hard to keep the grass green?

[spell_check]

Only thing I can think of would be the water restrictions. I would have thought SANFL clubs would be exempt from that.

[Mickyj]

Only thing I can think of would be the water restrictions. I would have thought SANFL clubs would be exempt from that.

Having been at the ground SPell the oval would be the only thing that needed to be watered everything else was concrete/ bitumen !!

Sitting there my son and I both said why not play this game at ADELAIDE OVAL would have been a better venue though the poor crowd would not have helped .

[spell_check]

It might have, but the North/Sturt match did not get many more people.

[Aerie]

Only thing I can think of would be the water restrictions. I would have thought SANFL clubs would be exempt from that.

Having been at the ground SPell the oval would be the only thing that needed to be watered everything else was concrete/ bitumen !!

Sitting there my son and I both said why not play this game at ADELAIDE OVAL would have been a better venue though the poor crowd would not have helped .

A bit harsh on Norwood Oval I reakon mickyj. The lighting is not great, but is good enough and despite the small oval and the boundary lines being close to the fence, the surface is ok IMO and the atmosphere is always great. I always enjoy venturing across to the other side of town and watching footy at The Parade (and if only Woodville had the equivalent to the Norwood Hotel across the road!!!).

[Mickyj]

Only thing I can think of would be the water restrictions. I would have thought SANFL clubs would be exempt from that.

Having been at the ground SPell the oval would be the only thing that needed to be watered everything else was concrete/ bitumen !!

Sitting there my son and I both said why not play this game at ADELAIDE OVAL would have been a better venue though the poor crowd would not have helped .

A bit harsh on Norwood Oval I reakon mickyj. The lighting is not great, but is good enough and despite the small oval and the boundary lines being close to the fence, the surface is ok IMO and the atmosphere is always great. I always enjoy venturing across to the other side of town and watching footy at The Parade (and if only Woodville had the equivalent to the Norwood Hotel across the road!!!).

Yes Aerie I may have been a bit harsh and whinged abit but I feel better now that I have
and Wedgie I switched over to the game at the bay and that oval looks shit as well !!

[spell_check]

Just going back to Lindsay, from the team stats record I have from 1992 (plus a few games from 1991) his 48 hitouts alone is equal 18th on the most no. of hitouts by a team in a match list. The team got 51 hitouts all up, which is equal 11th on the list, and equal third for the club.

[Interceptor]

And just for Norwood officals you are supposed to play both team songs at the start and end of the match why was this not done !!

Huh? This isn't the politically correct AFL buddy.
There is no obligation for Norwood or any other club to play the opposition's team song at any stage at their home ground.