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March 14, 2006
VFL Practice Match Vs. Casey Scorpions
I somewhat begrudgingly gave in to the dark side and sat in the Brownlow stand to be besides The Kolonel. Here's what The Kolonel made of the days event...
A 12:30 start and a warm sunny day made for the perfect setting to watch the Bendigo Bank Cats ply their trade against the Casey Scorpions. (Who or what is a Casey?) The promise of big names returning to the Geelong side saw a VFL crowd that will probably be larger than any at Skilled Stadium during the year and despite not being shacked up on his favourite Hickey Stand wooden bench (now the Wade stand) The Chant Guys booming cheers could be heard echoing throughout the ground.
The VFL side was hardly recognisable, which will make reporting on it quite the challenge. New Boys West, Gamble and Grima were all playing, while only Callan and Sheringham were the other familiar faces. The rest were top-ups staking their claim for the upcoming season. An ideal situation given the minor importance of the game.
The game got off to a slow start, with goals being hard to come by. New Boys West and Grima filled the key forward posts for the Cats and played admirably all game. West was the surprise of the game, after a lacklustre intra club series, his marking was a real highlight at Centre Half Forward for the Cats, and left me unsure as to what role he will play during the year.
Number 2, I think that is Rob Hiller had a great game as a roaming tall, and took some great pack marks as well as being quite mobile.
To keep it brief though, I’ll move on to how the big 3 went. Ottens, Playfair and Sam Hunt.. err, I mean Wojcinski. All had very limited time (about 20 mins each) and all had limited impact. Ottens took a nice grab but proceeded to totally make a meal of the kick and barely register a score.
Wojcinski looks really fit and made 1 or 2 dashing runs along the wing. He’ll be good to go soon.
Henry didn’t really get near it, but was double teamed most of the time he spent on the park.
For the record, the Cats lost, no-one did anything to warrant getting a call-up. The big 3 are still 1-2 weeks away from senior games, and Andrew Mackie remains on the injured list.
Posted by Sammy D at March 14, 2006 07:13 PM