Round 15 Norwood v Central @ Norwood 8/7/2012

Adelaide Hawk wrote:I have a different list of goalkickers for the Norwood Reserves. Chippendale didn't score a goal.

My list: Persinos 2, Allen 2, Davis, Roocke, Langford, McKay, and a lad I don't have a name for from the U18s who wore no.4 jumper. Two Central players I liked today were no.3 (Waldhuter) and no.59 (Wittwer).

Brucetiki wrote:

Adelaide Hawk wrote:What happened was Central decided to do their warm up right in front of the players' race, and if Norwood ran onto the ground at that time, they would have had no choice but to either walk around them or run through the middle.

Then before the game started, Norwood players went into a group, so the Central boys decided to form a huddle right next to them. Childish, very childish.

As for Sutherland, I'll say little, otherwise I may say what I really feel. All I'll say is I had very little respect for him before today. I have even less now.

Gee did that move by Centrals backfire badly - as it had the potential to do. Full credit to Norwood for ignoring the tactics and not giving it the opportunity to escalate. I'm sure none of us want to see a situation like that escalate like it did in the 1980's.

Now onto the game - the game started out with a great intensity, and would have been very tight had Norwood not given away two silly off the ball frees that resulted in Centrals first goal. As the quarter rolled on, Norwood began to gain ascendency and take increasing control of the game, though the margin was still only just over a goal at quarter time.

The next two quarters was Norwood at their best as they completely shut down Centrals attack - reflected in just 2 goals Centrals scored. Centrals frustrations boiled over on many times with several clumsy, silly free kicks given away, the worst being getting the free kick from the Gowans report reversed from an act of absolute stupidity from Eddie Sansbury that saw him lucky to not be reported himself.

A spectator then caused a 20 minute delay to the start of the third quarter after breaking his leg trying to jump back over the fence at the end of half time. This ultimately had no effect on the flow of play as Norwood continued on their merry way in third quarter, continuing to suck the life out of Centrals.

By the last quarter, the game was over as a contest, and Centrals were able to get a few late goals, but it was too little, too late as Norwood all but sewed up the minor premiership with a 23 point win.

Hatchmanss76 wrote:
The guy broke his leg jumping over the fence at the very start of the half time break. He refused to let any of the Norwood medico's move him to get him off the ground and insisted on staying put until the ambos arrived. So it's taken more than just the 20 extra mins the game was delayed for to get one there which is not a great response time from the ambo's.
Hope I'm wrong but this sort of behaviour sounds like the type of person that's going to stuff it for everyone.

SANFL clubs have very highly trained personnel more than able to handle this sort of injury and worse.

As for the display/tactics before the game. I think it showed one side was worried about the opposition and were not focused on what they had to do. Just plain embarrassing really. Captains or Coaches call

Hatchmanss76 wrote:As for the display/tactics before the game. I think it showed one side was worried about the opposition and were not focused on what they had to do. Just plain embarrassing really. Captains or Coaches call

Brucetiki wrote:I heard the pre-game tactics were the coaches call - which is quite unlike Laird. I guess we all make mistakes.

Jai Bednall, in his MMCM article, wrote:

HUDDLE-GATE

I know it would have been a treat for Norwood supporters but for the neutral fan yesterday's top of the table blockbuster fell way short of expectations.

The most interesting moment of the day happened before the ball was bounced.

For those of you who weren't at the game, Central completed what can only be described as a bizarre on ground warm-up.

The Bulldogs were out on the ground well before Norwood and after running a couple of laps stationed themselves right outside the Redlegs' race.

They stretched and did a handball drill, obviously waiting for the Legs to emerge.

When Norwood's team ran out the Central's players turned and faced them and then began running in a group right next to the Redlegs.

They followed them to the wing before veering off into another direction.

Then after kicking at goal at the opposite end of the ground, the Central's players positioned their huddle right next to Norwood's.

It appeared to be gamesmanship but Central coach Roy Laird said the tactic - which came from him - was designed to stir up his own players.

``We know the response we get from the Norwood supporters so I just wanted our guys to hopefully sense that and get us involved in the game early,'' Laird said.

``It was purely just to get our guys mentally involved in the game through hopefully copping a bit of stick (from the Norwood crowd).''

Central did start well but Norwood matched them so at the end of the day it didn't have a huge impact.

Norwood coach Nathan Bassett took it as a mark of respect.

``I (told) our players at quarter time that it's a measure of respect for what we've achieved so far this year,'' Bassett said.

``It's certainly something I haven't seen them do before. Our guys responded well and got on with playing the game.''

Scrappy wrote:
As for todays game both teams fielded depleted line ups
That both clubs are clearly better than the rest of the comp is a testament to the clubs depth
With the depletions, its hard to assess whether any of the teams today have a physiological advantage over the other

Hatchmanss76 wrote:The guy broke his leg jumping over the fence at the very start of the half time break. He refused to let any of the Norwood medico's move him to get him off the ground and insisted on staying put until the ambos arrived. So it's taken more than just the 20 extra mins the game was delayed for to get one there which is not a great response time from the ambo's.
Hope I'm wrong but this sort of behaviour sounds like the type of person that's going to stuff it for everyone.

SANFL clubs have very highly trained personnel more than able to handle this sort of injury and worse.

The incident will probably prompt an investigation from the SANFL. I'd hate to see this incident used as a reason to stop people from entering the arena during breaks. If I was unfortunate enough to do the same to myself, I wouldn't have any objections to any clubs medical staff assisting me, and I certainly wouldn't go out of my way to delay the game just for my own stubbornness.

Brucetiki wrote:I shudder to think what would have happened if someone was having a heart attack - that's a terrible response time from SA Ambulance.

BloodnTars wrote:I know it probably wouldn't have stopped this incident from happening but it astounds me how little gates there are at most grounds (mine included especially outer side) for the public to get on and off the field instead of climbing over fences. Maybe something clubs and councils need to think about.

Big Phil wrote:Am becomming a huge fan of Tim Webber's clearance work and love the silky left foot skills of Mitch Grigg and Dylan Reinbrecht...

BloodnTars wrote:I know it probably wouldn't have stopped this incident from happening but it astounds me how little gates there are at most grounds (mine included especially outer side) for the public to get on and off the field instead of climbing over fences. Maybe something clubs and councils need to think about.

Brucetiki wrote:
I shudder to think what would have happened if someone was having a heart attack - that's a terrible response time from SA Ambulance.

Groucho wrote:I assume you mean Trent Goodrem. Delta is his sister. Would you like us to refer to you by your sister's name?