Rd 1 2007 - North v Central Live Scores

[rod_rooster]

To the guys who brought the red flare, what were you thinking?????
North play in red!!!!!!!

Next time bring a white and blue flare as well

Were these the red flares that were brought out?
Wouldn't suprise me seeing some of the fashion statements at Elizabeth over the years!

That would have passed without notice tonight Wedgie.

[bulldog pommy]

To the guys who brought the red flare, what were you thinking?????
North play in red!!!!!!!

Next time bring a white and blue flare as well

Were these the red flares that were brought out?
Wouldn't suprise me seeing some of the fashion statements at Elizabeth over the years!

Wheres the pram?????

[Wedgie]

I couldn't believe he got locked up for just trying to make the lighting brighter

You're not telling me a Central supporter got locked up at Elizabeth on a Saturday night game?
(love these Elizabeth night games! NOT!)

[rod_rooster]

It was funny when they all started dancing around it

How so?

[bulldog pommy]

It was funny when they all started dancing around it

How so?

It looked funny from where I was standing.

Mind you I was at the other end

[rod_rooster]

It was funny when they all started dancing around it

How so?

It looked funny from where I was standing.

Mind you I was at the other end

Sorry i am not all that familiar with the subtle humour of soccer hooliganism

[bulldog pommy]

Hardly hooliganism

North fans should be proud a flare was released in their colours

[rod_rooster]

Hardly hooliganism

North fans should be proud a flare was released in their colours

Lol, at least they got the colour right

Have to say, despite the bad rap, including some pretty ugly scenes i have experienced over the years at Elizabeth, the crowd tonight was fine. I can't say i was at every spot in the ground but from where i was there was not a hint of trouble.

[Dogsbody]

Hooliganism is lighting a flare and throwing it on field or at other people.

He lit the flare, put it on the ground and everyone just jumped around the place. Pretty harmless when you come to think of it, but flares are contraband at SANFL games AFAIK and its not that he didn't get what was coming to him no matter how much we thought it was funny that the flare dance happened.

[bulldog pommy]

Hooray for the last 2 posts

[Dogsbody]

Dancing around like wild Injuns... didn't work though, no rain!

[mal]

Turning point of the game
3rd qaurter
CD 6-8
NA 7-7
WILSON gave a free kick away, NA player had a chance to kick it forward when
the ball came back to him
I think it was WILSON got reported for this
The umpire held up play for what seemed an eternity, after about 2 minutes the NA
player had to kick towards a crowded forward line, he was confused
he waited
he waited
he waited
no options so he short passed across the ground missing the target, CD took the turnover and goaled
From that point CD kicked 9-2 NA kicked 2-3
That report[soft in my opinion] turned the game, a free kick only and.....


CALLINAN looked very very good
DUTSHKE took a specky in the last quarter
SLATTERY did well on debut
HART held the defence together repeatedly in the first half.

IVENS + COULTER did not play

[rod_rooster]

Turning point of the game
3rd qaurter
CD 6-8
NA 7-7
WILSON gave a free kick away, NA player had a chance to kick it forward when
the ball came back to him
I think it was WILSON got reported for this
The umpire held up play for what seemed an eternity, after about 2 minutes the NA
player had to kick towards a crowded forward line, he was confused
he waited
he waited
he waited
no options so he short passed across the ground missing the target, CD took the turnover and goaled
From that point CD kicked 9-2 NA kicked 2-3
That report[soft in my opinion] turned the game, a free kick only and.....


CALLINAN looked very very good
DUTSHKE took a specky in the last quarter
SLATTERY did well on debut
HART held the defence together repeatedly in the first half.

IVENS + COULTER did not play

Good summary mal.

[Brucetiki]

Sounds like a great game - unfortunately due to work commitments I couldn't make it.

Go U Dogs!

[rod_rooster]

Sounds like a great game - unfortunately due to work commitments I couldn't make it.

Go U Dogs!

Nup, it was a crap game. You didn't miss anything

[Ian]

Dancing around like wild Injuns... didn't work though, no rain!

just raining goals in the 2nd 1/2

[mal]

Sounds like a great game - unfortunately due to work commitments I couldn't make it.

Go U Dogs!

Nup, it was a crap game. You didn't miss anything

ROD you might be a tad hard on your roosters
NA played very well in the first half
CD played well all night
Im not sure if NA are in peak fitness at this time of the year
Jars might get them into peak fitness by September

[rod_rooster]

Sounds like a great game - unfortunately due to work commitments I couldn't make it.

Go U Dogs!

Nup, it was a crap game. You didn't miss anything

ROD you might be a tad hard on your roosters
NA played very well in the first half
CD played well all night
Im not sure if NA are in peak fitness at this time of the year
Jars might get them into peak fitness by September

Still a crap game for me I hope you are right though. Certainly Central worked so hard and were able to run North off their feet in the second half. Being on such a large oval it was telling.

[Dogsbody]

Dancing around like wild Injuns... didn't work though, no rain!

just raining goals in the 2nd 1/2

Oh yeah.

[Grahaml]

Thought all along Centrals would come out on top in the end, purely because we were winning the ball in the contests. North's scores were coming mainly from our own turnovers. Once we cleaned up our disposal in the second half I thought the scores reflected the play. Both reports I suppose were worth making, but I will be surprised if either get as much as a reprimand. And J. Gowans wasn't the player reported for both. North for mine do lack the hard players. They all go running scared as soon as someone even talks about hard footy. Season looks good from the dogs point of view, and from what I saw of Sturt and west on TV, that's at least 3 teams we should be better than. These are the breakdowns of scores, and goalkickers that I had.

Central 3-3 4-6 11-9 16-10 106
North 4-1 6-4 8-8 8-10 64

J Westhoff 3.2 Callinan 2.2 Ware 2.1 J. Gowans, Dutschke 2 Lawry 1.2 Slade 1.1 Schell, C. Gowans, McKenzie 1
Younie 2.2 Alleway 2.1, Ryswyk 2 Weatherly 1.1 Grose, Wintle 1

Reserves scores Central 12-18 90 d North 10-9 69

These are my brief thoughts on some players.

Lawry and Grima both looked impressive. They aren't as dynamic and dominant as Cowan, but both are up to playing league standard.

Callinan looks a good find. Lots of pace, and hard to tell apart from Slade. If you think Slade's good, this guy is basically the same, but less experienced.

Slattery slotted in without a worry. Must have been hard adjusting to a winning brand of footy but did a great job.

Giles held his own, and probably did more around the ground than the North ruckmen. Not that it was much, but really O'hara and Wakelin were crap. And no Hudson this season to help either.

Havelberg looked good as well.

Most of Central's best players were a bit down. Thomas was rerely sighted, Cochrane had a poor game, Wilson faded after a great start but came back at the end, Symes did little, Leigh Westhoff had a shocker, Currie must have been standing a goalpost because I didn't even realise he was playing until he walked off. Lots of improvement from all these guys will almost certainly come.

The Gowans, Switala, McKenzie and Slade just did exactly what they've been doing for years.

J. Westhoff looks a much improved player. Last year he bobbed up occasionally, tonight he was a threat all the time, competed against greater numbers and kept the ball alive, and created chances all night. Could destroy a team or two this year and will benefit greatly when Cowan, Graham, Sibenaler and Aufderheide come back, which will probably release Schell back to the forward line.

Schell disappointed me at CHB. From what he's done there in the past I expected him to chop off everything that came his way. Doubt he'll spend much of the year there, but if he does I still expect him to poll a lot of Magarey votes.

The reserves looked great. Unlike last year there seem to be plenty who will go on to play league at some point.

For North, thought early Hart was fantastic. He chopped off so many of our passes, and constantly kicked short to a player in the clear to steady things. Later in the game when our disposal improved he was nullified somewhat, but looks a good pickup. Don't think he'll be the saviour, as he won't run and carry, take pack marks or take a key forward very ofter but a wise head in defense is always useful. I expect though that teams will try to put running players on him a lot this year, as he definitely doesn't have the pace anymore. Bamford was useless tonight, mainly because nobody was getting the ball for him and everyone knows he won't get it himself! Defense looked a key defender short, and forward line was too predictable and didn't have anyone who looked really dangerous. Midfield just needs a hard nosed player to play in and under and tackle hard. This was shown up a lot tonight. Ivens will help, but I think they need another. Not sure what Motlop was doing except making the demons decision to take him look stupid. Made the most ridiculously selfish decisions and seems to refuse to help the team's cause.