Monday Recovery: West Adelaide paying the price for poor quarters in the SANFL
West Adelaide paying price for poor quarters, Josh Scott ready to bounce back for Bays and a moment to forget for Brady Dawe. Catch up on another big round of SANFL in our Monday Recovery.
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BLOODS FLOW STALLS
West Adelaide coach Gavin Colville has every right to be frustrated with his side having won just one of its eight games.
Not so much at having had seven losses, but how the side has been beaten.
That poor second quarter against Norwood at The Parade has been a broken record for Colville. In six games the Bloods have been belted in one quarter, but highly competitive in the other three.
For this exercise, forget the round four win over Woodville-West Torrens and the previous round against Central District when scores were low at Elizabeth Oval.
In the other six games, the Bloods have lost a quarter in each by a combined 33.22 to 6.11. For the other three quarters, they have amassed 47.40 and had 45.59 scored against them.
So they have lost those 18 quarters by only seven points.
By the way, the Bloods have won six of their first quarters.
GREAT SCOTT, HE’S BACK
As if Glenelg is not going well enough, there is every chance Josh Scott will be back in the line up to face North Adelaide at the Bay on Monday.
The tough forward successfully negotiated half a game in the reserves on Saturday after being a surprise starter and if he trains fully this week expect him to be named against the Roosters.
Scott has not played since breaking his arm against South Adelaide at the Bay in round three. Anyone who saw the incident won’t forget Scott’s screams of pain in a hurry.
He was tipped to return in the reserves next week, but after getting the all clear from the surgeon, he trained fully on Thursday night and convinced coach Mark Stone to let him play on Saturday.
It was typical Scott, showing no hesitation when jumping for his mark and attacking the contest.
DAWE AIRSWING
Redlegs big man Brady Dawe will make his 200th league appearance in the clash against South Adelaide at Noarlunga Oval on Monday.
It has been a superb career in the blue and red jumper after being lured from Meadows. But for his outstanding service, there was moment in his 199th game on Friday night which won’t rank among his more memorable moments.
Early in the second quarter against West Adelaide, Dawe took a mark unopposed in the goal square and turned around to kick the goal. Well he would have kicked the goal if he didn’t miss the ball with his boot.
It mattered little though with Josh Richards, making his league debut for the Redlegs, snapping his first goal just seconds later.
RECEPTION FOR WRIGHT
South Adelaide coach Jarrad Wright didn’t have much time to reflect on the loss to the Eagles at Woodville Oval on Saturday.
Immediately after then contest, Wright had to dash to McLaren Vale for the wedding reception for his sister Ashley. Unfortunately for Wright, he had to miss the ceremony.
While Wright said he can cop losses, he was disappointed with his side’s performance.
NORWOOD BUSY
Full credit to the Norwood footy club for their efforts in trying to provide more than just a game to entertain its members and fans.
On Thursday nights, the club has a 30-minute show on radio station SEN, while the Redlegs work overtime on social media to keep the faithful informed of all happenings.
This is mostly the work of Joseph Marciano and he is doing a good job.
On game day, there is the big screen, as well as interviews with players on the field at half-time and after the final siren.
SELECTION QUESTION
When Adelaide named Elliott Himmelberg and David Mackay in the side to face North Adelaide on Saturday, the question of their eligibility needed to be asked.
The played in the AFL team the previous week, before being dropped. But given the SANFL split round had already started with the Glenelg versus Port Adelaide contest last week, should the pair be allowed to play?
As usual, SANFL football operations manager Tom Hurley had all the answers.
“In managing this particular situation, which is peculiar to split rounds, we approach each weekend as a ‘round’. The same applies to any SANFL club in terms of how it may impact selection in their reserves team and/or under 18 team.
“The critical factor in this case is Adelaide had its AFL team and SANFL team playing on the same weekend or ‘round’ for managing this particular scenario.
“If for example, its AFL team was not playing this weekend then the scenario would be different. It would not be permitted to ‘drop’ a player into its SANFL team that played for the AFL team on the previous weekend. Only those not selected in the AFL team would be eligible for selection. A good example of this is when the AFL teams have their bye matches in the coming weeks.”
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EAGLES DEPTH
The Eagles had some big names in the reserves against the Panthers on Saturday.
Wingman Chris Hall was given the chance to regain fitness in the early game after missing three weeks due to injury.
And James Boyd has been playing in the twos to work on aspects of his game, such as “defensive things”, according to coach Sam Lonergan.
“We need James to play the brand of footy we want to play and make sure he is having a team impact, rather than that individual 30 plus touches,” Lonergan said.
Lonergan described Boyd’s form in the reserves as good and said he could be back in the league side as early as this week.
DRAFT HURTS
Everyone knows the mid-season draft is a crock of horse dung. But at least the Tigers had Lachlan Hosie for round eight before he was picked up by North Melbourne.
The other four games in the round were played after the draft so Westies were without Will Snelling and John Noble and Michael Knoll was missing from the Panthers.
Hosie kicked three goals for North Melbourne in the VFL on Saturday. Snelling fronted for Essendon in the VFL and Knoll played for Sydney in the NEAFL.
RESULTS
Glenelg 15.17 (107) d Port Adelaide 8.10 (58) at Glenelg Oval.
Norwood 19.8 (122) d West Adelaide 10.9 (69) at Norwood Oval.
Adelaide 15.6 (96) d North Adelaide 9.11 (65) at Prospect Oval.
Eagles 12.15 (87) d South Adelaide 6.9 (45) at Woodville Oval.
Sturt 15.8 (98) d Central District 8.11 (59) at Unley Oval.
LADDER
LEADING STATS
GOALKICKERS
Lachie Hosie (Glenelg) 21
Luke Reynolds (Glenelg) 20
Liam McBean (Glenelg) 20
Tyson Stengle (Adelaide) 19
Jono Beech (West) 18
James Rowe (Eagles) 17
Keenan Ramsey (North) 15
Peter Bampton (Norwood) 15
Myles Poholke (Adelaide) 15
Tobin Cox (Port) 15
DISPOSALS
Jack Trengove (Port) 279
Sam Colquhoun (Sturt) 254
Lewis Johnston (Norwood) 234
Patrick Wilson (Adelaide) 226
Travis Schiller (Central) 218
Jordan Foote (Eagles) 216
Kaine Stevens (West) 215
Zane Kirkwood (Sturt) 215
CLEARANCES
Jack Trengove (Port) 56
Travis Schiller (Central) 56
Aidan Riley (Sturt) 55
Aidan Tropiano (North) 54
Jarrod Schiller (Central) 54
Joel Cross (South) 48
Joe Atley (Port) 48
Jared Petreno (Eagles) 47
ON THE BANDWAGON
I’ve had to take out dual membership this week. How can anyone jump off the Glenelg wagon after the way it demolished Port? But the Eagles have finally got their act together with back-to-back wins over Norwood and South Adelaide. The strong win over the Panthers still wasn’t enough to de-stress Eagles CEO, runner, water boy, car park attendant and luncheon speaker Luke Powell in the changerooms after.
OFF THE BANDWAGON
We wondered what impact the loss of all those big blokes in those unnecessary drafts would have on the Panthers. And while it would have been handy to have ruckman Michael Knoll on the park, his absence was not the reason for the sloppy performance against the Eagles.
RANKINGS
1: Glenelg — Lachlan Hosie’s farewell game was an another emphatic statement for the Tigers with their dismantling of Port. They are just going from strength to strength and deserve to be sitting on top of the ladder. It is going to take a terrific performance to beat them.
2: Eagles — the mood in the Eagles’ room is much more upbeat after backing up the win over Norwood with the victory against South. The third quarter in particular against the Panthers was impressive. Coach Sam Lonergan deserves praise for making some hard calls too.
3: Sturt — sure, the opposition is not travelling well, but the first half was impressive, keeping the Bulldogs goalless while putting 9.4 on the scoreboard themselves. The Double Blues are starting to tick along nicely.
4: Norwood — ranking the Redlegs was tough. Their second quarter when they blew the Bloods away showed their true potential. But they were seriously challenged in the other three terms.
5: Adelaide — the win definitely came as no surprise given the AFL content. But given the quality of the AFL content, they should have won by more.
6: North Adelaide — no one would have been surprised had the Roosters been smashed (this was a class-packed Crows), but they won the second half after being seven goals down. The Roosters aren’t winning, but they are still competitive.
7: West Adelaide — had seven goals kicked on them in the second quarter while adding just a behind. The Bloods had lost two players in the mid-season draft, but they showed plenty of fight.
8: South Adelaide — right in the contest at half-time, but as Joel Cross noted, his side just did not work hard enough when the Eagles turned up the heat.
9: Port Adelaide — lucky for Port, the Tigers struggled in front of goal and had 15 behinds by half time. Port bagged five goals in the final quarter.
10: Central District — forget the fact the Bulldogs won the second half. The first half was pathetic.
THIS WEEK
Saturday
Central District v Eagles (X Convenience Oval, Elizabeth, 2.10pm)
Port Adelaide v Sturt (Alberton Oval, 2.10pm)
West Adelaide v Adelaide (City Mazda Stadium, Richmond, 2.40pm)
Monday
Glenelg v North Adelaide (ACH Group Stadium, Glenelg, 2.10pm)
South Adelaide v Norwood (Flinders University Stadium, Noarlunga, 2.10pm)
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