Under 18 grand final

Adelaide oval September 15th 12.00 pm 
Eagles v bulldogs

This game I will be in hospital maybe the team will be up while I’m having my procedure not sure if I can comment on it

Mickyj wrote:This game I will be in hospital maybe the team will be up while I’m having my procedure not sure if I can comment on it

Hope everything is and will be OK MJ

The Barton wrote:

Mickyj wrote:This game I will be in hospital maybe the team will be up while I’m having my procedure not sure if I can comment on it

Hope everything is and will be OK MJ

Thanks Barton not cancer this time hopefully I’ll be home Friday getting nervous have to be at Lyle Mac at 9 am to hard to explain Kidney procedure to lower blood pressure

Following the Eagles isn't good for anyone's Blood Pressure MJ !!
At least you'll have 6 months without the stress of Footy.

The Barton wrote:Following the Eagles isn't good for anyone's Blood Pressure MJ !!
At least you'll have 6 months without the stress of Footy.

True the Barton

EAGLES

F: Phillipou, Gray, Schwarz

HF: Hughes, West, Sumner

C: Sands, Dodd, Edwards

HB: Burgoyne, Kilpatrick, Cook

B: Hankins, Luck, Delmenico

R: Hansen, Herbert, Hasting

INT: Hawker, Peucker, Pearce, Piggott, Russell Swansson, Sauer, Willmott

https://sanfl.com.au/league/news/sanfl-u18-grand-final-preview/

Eagles getting spanked atm.

Goddsy11 wrote:Eagles getting spanked atm.

Not looking great at the moment sadly

Pegged it back with the last 4 scores of the quarter,

And just like that they hit the lead, amazing turnaround

Premiers!!!! Amazing game

Wow, Unbelievable. EAGLES.

whybother wrote:Mickyj....I hope that this result perks you up a bit

Thanks whybother im good coughing but good

Talk about Jekyll and Hyde! Dogs looked like they were going to destroy us from the second qtr onwards. We didn't have any winners anywhere. Then after half time all the players you'd expect to perform for us - Burgoyne, Hastings etc - all went to another gear.

I think most of the players on the field offered something at various times. Hastings awarded the medal who was worthy but I would have awarded it to Cook. First time I've seen that bloke and he is balanced and classy with a beautiful left foot kick. Not sure whether he's eligible to be drafted this year but he's a certainty to be off to the AFL. West also showed why he's easily the best big man we have got on our list. Very mobile for his size.

Phillipou is an interesting one. Had a brilliant second half but is much smaller in height than I realised. Body-wise he's not the 'athlete' that his older brother is who generally fits the modern-day AFL protoype as a tall on-baller. Jevan seems more of a half-forward specialist at the moment. Will be interesting to see whether he developers into a permanent onballer next season with us.

Well done Eagles. Hope to see the entire squad training with the League team over pre-season!

Titan2 wrote:Talk about Jekyll and Hyde! Dogs looked like they were going to destroy us from the second qtr onwards. We didn't have any winners anywhere. Then after half time all the players you'd expect to perform for us - Burgoyne, Hastings etc - all went to another gear.

I think most of the players on the field offered something at various times. Hastings awarded the medal who was worthy but I would have awarded it to Cook. First time I've seen that bloke and he is balanced and classy with a beautiful left foot kick. Not sure whether he's eligible to be drafted this year but he's a certainty to be off to the AFL. West also showed why he's easily the best big man we have got on our list. Very mobile for his size.

Phillipou is an interesting one. Had a brilliant second half but is much smaller in height than I realised. Body-wise he's not the 'athlete' that his older brother is who generally fits the modern-day AFL protoype as a tall on-baller. Jevan seems more of a half-forward specialist at the moment. Will be interesting to see whether he developers into a permanent onballer next season with us.

Well done Eagles. Hope to see the entire squad training with the League team over pre-season!

Mentioning Jack Cook, watched all his finals games and thought the GF was the lesser of all three. I think it was the first semi match he was absolutely outstanding, that is not to put his GF effort down, but just highlighting how good he has been. Most probably our best finals player.. He still has another year to go in the U18s so not eligible to be drafted. He is the son of Tim Cook ex Centrals and Crows, show a hell of a  lot of talent. Another with still a year to go is Logan Hughes CHF did some real good stuff including a banana goal (40m out), when he picked up the ball in the middle of a pack for the winning goal. Charlie West did some very classy things, shows definite AFL potential. Unfortunately Kade Herbert had a quiet day but still put in effort all day. The pilot, Jet Hasting was outstanding and won the Alan Stewart medal (BOG) should play league next year.

I reckon some of the lads yesterday kicked goals that our League team struggled to kick this year, both distance and difficulty wise. Shane Reardon is an exceptional coach of young men.

The Barton wrote:I reckon some of the lads yesterday kicked goals that our League team struggled to kick this year, both distance and difficulty wise. Shane Reardon is an exceptional coach of young men.

Second your comment.

I've often thought over the past few years what sort of league coach Shane would have made. May be too old now.
With the length of time he has coached at junior level it has never faded his ability to change with time, have a very effective game plan and he has successful and enduring player relationships. He has been fantastic for our club.
When he gives up coaching he must be retained in some position at the club.