lol @ the atsbury haters chappy had bad game grimes still finding he's feet Astbury stood up when needed not to mention i think he played game with concussion with the head clash he had
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David Astbury, Thank You
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Carter said:
Yep and the pleasing thing for me was he went stride for stride with Waite on the lead. Was shoulder to shoulder on most leads.
Waite is a average footballer but a good athlete. For Astbury to keep up was very impressive. And is starting to hit the pack at pace and crush it. Huge bonus.
Dave was terrific. Saved us numerous times down back. Seemed composed and positioned himself well for contests. Did not mind Rance being out at all. Dave had to step up and he did. Turning into a reliable and clean (to use zipps term) footballer. A free run now with injury and he will only get better.
His ability to read the play has really impressed me.
Will only get better as his confidence grows.
Super important for our back half structure!!!
Will only get better as his confidence grows.
Super important for our back half structure!!!
Yeah, he did pretty well keeping up with Waite. I think the problem may be his reaction times rather than his actual leg speed per se.SCOOP said:
Anyway, good step forward for him. I'm not sure Rance is necessarily an instant call up now which is a good thing. Nice to have competitions for spots.
Huge improver for me so far this season.
Would love him to get first crack at Cloke in a fortnights time.
Would love him to get first crack at Cloke in a fortnights time.
Well I don't know what Astbury you guys were watching, I was sitting behind the goals so I got a good look at him, I saw him do more bad than good down back, he was beaten in nearly every contest, granted he had a few good touches, we definitely missed Rance.
I was watching the game were David got out marked at nearly every 1 on 1 he had, were he was lost in between kicks and was lead to almost every contest.Davidos said:
A few loose ball gets and couple of good spoils is not a great game. The reason he did so well is because carlton couldn't kick straight or he would have had 4 or 5 kicked on him.
Don't hate Dave, happy for him, just not in the best back 6. I would have batch, rance, grimes ahead of him.
His 1st half was excellent but Waite got the better of him in the 2nd half and just luckily for us Waite's kicking for goal was hopeless. A much improved player with loads of potential and should cement full back as his own. Interesting comment by Malthouse in his media conference that games like this are what some of his players needed and the training track can't provide it (whilst he was referring to Carlton players the same can be said for many ours). This was a big game in the context of Astbury's season.
jamo said:
I must admit I have only watched the replay through to mid second quarter and I lost count of the number of spoils he made.
At the game, I was very impressed with his game and watching the replay even more so.
So which game did you watch because it wasn't the one I saw.
On current form I would be considering dropping chaplain for Dave in order for dance to return.evo said:
Dave wears the number twelve jamo, reckon you were watching n cursing the number twenty five. Assa played a blinder for us, easily our best defender.jamo said:
jamo said:
You're surely kidding? He was great. 2nd half Carlton were waltzing down the ground with no pressure at all. Astbury did very well to limit Waite's opportunities under those circumstances. Astbury first player picked for the backline next week.
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