Round 12: Norwood v Centrals - Saturday 18 June @ Coopers Stadium

Both sides are coming off pretty ordinary losses. Who will bounce back this week?

Central in a thriller by 7 points

Centrals will be too strong for the legs even though it is at Coopers and their recent record there is not great. Norwood look a bit disinterested at present.

Will be close. Maybe Centals by 19.

Can the SANFL stats above be enlarged ? Reduce the font size of the teams and the background to white .

Thanks for the feedback, it is a work in progress with hopefully one each week previewing the allocated Life FM game.

PS If you click on it it comes up in a larger size making it easier to read.
or click "enlarge the image" at the top.

I realise that but white or light backgrounds work better. Or go the other way way. It's been copied which doesn't help. Thanks for accepting the feedback though.

Centrals win 13.15 to 8.13 , 5.8 final term for Centrals.

I listened a bit on the radio but turned it off as it sounded like no one was there and lacked any atmosphere.

I would suggest somewhere around 3,500....a somewhat spiteful encounter on & off throughout the game, when the game was there to be won, Central stood up, the umpiring on some spoiling decisions was deplorable, trouble is most of the umps are not ready for it but through lack of numbers they get games, the final margin doesn't reflect the tightness of the match for most of the day

I said last year Norwood is now behind the times with their game . Warren was a puppet and he gets the title of Premiership coach.

waddayamean wrote:I said last year Norwood is now behind the times with their game . Warren was a puppet and he gets the title of Premiership coach.

little bit harsh, yes Ben Warren took over a premiership team & i'm not sure which year but they did lose several players & still played finals so that is a fair effort in itself, the year they went top they did beat (something like) 20 listed players & Steven Summerton..............as for the game plan being out of style, i think there is two main reasons for it, first most of the elite kickers haven't played much (i include Bode in that even with todays effort when running through centre half back) & secondly the new 'last touch' rule works against that game plan, well that's my thinking of it anyway

Seen a lot of Norwood's games this year, and to be fair, their team has been largely unsettled from week to week.

Missing from today's team:
Panos, Cachia, Ferriera, Phillips, Chippendale, Suckling (gone), Jefferies & Cross. Bode & Levicki have only just come back in.

The reserves are travelling beautifully so when the league start to get some of these guys back and their balance settles, I think you'll start to see them return to form.

bayman wrote:

waddayamean wrote:I said last year Norwood is now behind the times with their game . Warren was a puppet and he gets the title of Premiership coach.

little bit harsh, yes Ben Warren took over a premiership team & i'm not sure which year but they did lose several players & still played finals so that is a fair effort in itself, the year they went top they did beat (something like) 20 listed players & Steven Summerton..............as for the game plan being out of style, i think there is two main reasons for it, first most of the elite kickers haven't played much (i include Bode in that even with todays effort when running through centre half back) & secondly the new 'last touch' rule works against that game plan, well that's my thinking of it anyway

I guess the most curious aspect of Norwood is that this time last year they were 9-1 and on top of the ladder.  Based on that alone, they were primed for 4 flags in a row.  However, starting with the loss at Glenelg the following week, Norwood have had a 5-14 record since then.  It's not exactly as if the change came between seasons; something seemed to happen last year and it's continued on.

The first three quarters were what you'd expect from a Norwood v Centrals game at the Parade - tough, physical, and at times spiteful with several ill disciplined acts from both sides (Holman's 25's, Norwood giving Edmead the chance at a double goal - albeit Edmead sprayed the 2nd shot - Norwood too focused on playing the man while Centrals waltzed in for an open goal ala the opening goal of Hawthorn/North Melbourne last night in the third quarter).

The last quarter, Centrals largely played the opposite to the last quarter at Woodville last week. They had the momentum, and bar an early goal by Norwood, it was all Centrals as they kicked away and blew the game apart, with inaccurate kicking the only thing making the final score not as ugly as it could've been for Norwood as they self destructed in the final term.

Spell Check is on the money, Norwoods slide started in 2015. Norwood supporters hoped it was a rut that would be put behind them, but not to be. It is pretty damning for the coach unfortunately and it looks near impossible for him to fix things now. Injuries aren't an acceptable excuse, Norwood were poor prior to them occurring. It's also worth remembering they won a premiership in 2012 without their best player (McGuiness) and 2013 without Panos, Newton, Evans, Chippendale and a few others. Different squads I know but the point is injuries are a threat to all clubs, and they have to deal with it. Norwood has a reasonably good reserves group, but still remain inclined to hand out Golden Passes to league players that aren't having to work for their place in the team.

Crowd - 2,352

waddayamean wrote:Centrals win 13.15 to 8.13 , 5.8 final term for Centrals.

I listened a bit on the radio but turned it off as it sounded like no one was there and lacked any atmosphere.

Now there's a skill.
Judging crowd by radio commentary.

How so ? Do you still attend SANFL games Chambo .

yep

Weren't you part of the guys that sing songs at Unley ?

When crowd noise in the background is quiet you usually can tell if it's a good crowd .

Or if the effects mic is either turned down, in a poor place or non-existent.

Which is generally my only gripe of the SANFL's radio commentary - little affects coming through the call. And it's not through a lack of crowd noise. It's more prevalent at Adelaide Oval matches. The crowd noise is what makes those great moments spine-tingling.

Chambo might have the answer.

Agree Scott , appreciate a sensible response. I also assumed that so your logical answer I agree with.