Looking forward to see how the two standalone sides go on Saturday.
Frankston got off to a pretty handy start beating Sandringham today, and Ports intra-club was a pretty solid hit-out.
While both teams will be probably hold some of their senior players out for another week or two they will no doubt be keen to put some 'points on the board' before the season proper.
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Did you get down to the Port intra club match today ons?
Yes I did. Sometimes you can get some very soft intraclub games where players are really going through the motions..That wasn't the case yesterday.
Players genuinely looked like they were playing for a spot in the side. The tackling was ferocious, and there was more physicality in the game than I have seen at AFL NAB Cup/Regional Challenge games I have watched so far this season.
The game was umpired by VFL field umpires, but the boundary and goal umpires were Port players being rested (6 players) plus a couple were involved with coaching the respective groups on the day.
The ground looked like it had been heavily watered prior to the game, with a few pockets of the ground still quite slippery.. there was also a fair amount of Kangaroo shit on the ground which probably didn't help players grip.
I won't mention any game details, but I am a little more confident that we will be at the very least, a competitive side that should give the top 8 a shake.
I thought you would have finished with the North Melbourne cracks by now!! :wink:
I thought you would have finished with the North Melbourne cracks by now!! :wink:[/quote]
heheh.. now now.. I have moved on from all that! :D
looking forward to seeing how the 2 stand alone teams go hope port has a strong side so i can see how frankston goes against good opposition go dolphs
I'd like to see the same thing, but without getting ahead of ourself, I have one question.
Was the match up against the reigning premiers not enough for you?? :wink:
SENIORS
Frankston 6-2-38 10-5-65 14-12-96 20-14-134
Port Melbourne 3-1-19 6-3-39 6-3-39 7-8-50
Goals: [b]FRANKSTON:[/b] Aaron Edwards 7,Matthew Burns, Ricky Morris Justin Berry 3, Matthew Skehan 2, Sam Carpenter, Aaron Murray. [b]PORT MELB:[/b] David Pitt 3, Tim Hazell, Steven Lawrence, Gary Johnstone, Brad Sutcliffe.
RESERVES
Frankston 2-2-14 10-7-67 13-9-87 20-14-134
Port Melbourne 1-3-9 2-3-15 8-3-51 8-5-53
Great Crowd and good performance by the dolphins.
Very impressive performance by the Dolphins.. Looks like their strong recruiting is really paying dividends...
34 to 15 scoring shots is a good indicator as to Frankstons dominance on the day. They also look to have some good depth as well, winning in the twos by a big margin as well.
In Ports defence, it was our first real practice match, and we had a about 20 players (and staff as well!) ruled out because of illness during the week and on match day. No players on the bench in the reserves game, and a few players from the reserves taking part in the senior game as well.
But the Dolphins look the goods no doubt about that.
Port will probably meet a strengthened Casey Scorpions side next Saturday, with St Kilda likely to nominate a few senior players to be allowed to during the AFL 'rest week'.
Another good days work from the Dolphins, but its still only March.
Wasn't really much of an indication as both sides were without a fair few players.
Port went in with the "Gastro" boys, and Frankston were without a bunch of "walk ups" - Clarke, Oliver, Black, Marigliani, onroy, Dore - all with niggling bits from the first game.
In any event, we are on the right track, and will give irt a shake.