Each week I’ll be looking at the players who are most able to go up and down in value based on their breakevens.
The three lowest and three highest breakevens for you to consider this round are:
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SuperCoach Breakevens – Round 5
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010Richmond vs. North Melbourne – Round 16 match review
Sunday, July 19th, 2009Richmond – 12.13 (85)
North Melbourne – 12.13 (85)
Richmond and North Melbourne have played out the first draw for the season.
It was a game that saw Richmond slip-up with a 43 point lead early in the 3rd quarter, coupled with a frantic last quarter in which both teams had chances get the four-points.
Big moment
Which one? Mitch Morton’s soccered goal to tie the scores Richmond’s second goal for the half and ended up being the final score for the game.
Key Players for the Richmond
Richard Tambling – Playing like a gun. Doesn’t shirk a contest and works his socks off which goes well with his excellent disposal. He finished with 27 possessions.
Chris Newman – As usual, the captain lead the way with 8 inside-50s and 3 scoring assists.
Shane Edwards – Played down in the backline with only 16 possessions but he gave Richmond a heap of run and was never afraid to take the game on.
Key Players for North Melbourne
Brent Harvey – A true captain’s game dragging North into the game after it looked like it was over. You can’t argue with 31 possessions and 2 goals as well.
Leigh Harding – Kicked 3 very important goals whilst also getting the ball 17 times. His hard running was excellent.
Hamish McIntosh – Another good game, dominating the ruck with 31 hitouts and 20 possessions.
Musings from the match
• The likes of Deledio, Grima, Morton and Swallow were also very good today.
• Morton’s work-rate was particularly impressive.
• What is it with Richmond and draws??!?!!
• Considering that Nathan Foley was already injured and Trent Cotchin and Ben Cousins were late withdrawals with a “virus”, Richmond did pretty well.
• Two “virus” withdrawals?!?!?! That’s incompetent injury mismanagement masking at it’s best!
• So that will be four games in a row for Darren Crocker that they could have won.
• There were some dubious umpire calls that definitely shaped the outcome of the game.
• Andrew Swallow is a tackling machine – He finished with 12 for the game (after 13 last week) and had to play out the game with a corked hip.
• The Brady Rawlings experiment of playing him on thee dangerous small-forward didn’t go to well today with Robin Nahas using his excellent agility to kick two goals whilst also getting the ball 17 times.
• So that will be four games in a row for Darren Crocker that they could have won.
• There were some dubious umpire calls that definitely shaped the outcome of the game.
• Andrew Swallow is a tackling machine – He finished with 12 for the game (after 13 last week) and had to play out the game with a corked hip.
• The Brady Rawlings experiment of playing him on thee dangerous small-forward didn’t go to well today with Robin Nahas using his excellent agility to kick two goals whilst also getting the ball 17 times.
SuperCoach news
Leigh Harding had his second-best score for the year with a point’s haul of 141. He also was the highest scorer on the ground.
Mitch Morton scored 129pt’s with his 20 possession, 3 goal and 6 tackle performance.
Shane Tuck had his worst game in some time for SuperCoach with a score of 69pt’s thanks to 3 clangers and a 54% disposal efficiency rating.
SuperCoach scores and game stats from the SuperFooty match-day center
Western Bulldogs vs North Melbourne – Round 13 Match Recap
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Western Bulldogs – 17.6 (108)
North Melbourne- 12.14 (86)
The Western Bulldogs have claimed their fourth straight win and tightened their position on third spot on the ladder, by overcoming a determined North Melbourne side by 22 points. The match was tight and hard fought, with the lead change seven times throughout the afternoon.
Big Moment
The Kangaroos hit the front mid-way through the third quarter and were still marginally ahead during time on at the end of the third term. However the Bulldogs fought back and kicked six of the last seven goals of the match to run away winners.
Key Players for the Western Bulldogs
Brad Johnson – Had a really solid game with 27 possessions, 9 marks and 6 tackles.
Ryan Hargrave – Fantastic in defence alongside Lake with 29 possessions and 5 marks.
Brian Lake – Fantastic in defence alongside Hargrave finished the match off with 22 disposals and 8 marks.
Daniel Giansiracusa – The catalyst for the Dogs’ dominance when the game was there to be won. He was tagged by Rawlings and came off in the first quarter with a right ankle problem. He did not return until half way through the second quarter. He kicked 3 goals, from 20 disposals and 5 marks and 2 tackles.
Key Players for North Melbourne
Drew Petrie –Had a solid and consistent performance kicking 3 goals, took 8 marks and had 18 possessions.
Brent Harvey – Played a good game on his return after injury. He was tagged all game, but had a great third quarter and ended with 28 disposals and 8 marks.
Leigh Harding – Had a consistent game over all quarters tagging Adam Cooney and beating him. He collected 19 disposals, took 4 marks, 6 tackles, and kicked 3 goals.
Scott McMahon – Had a consistent game over all quarters. He played on Higgins and kept him quiet.
Musing from the Match
• The Kangaroos probably had more good players over the four quarters.
• The Dogs had more handballs, kicks, marks and over disposals.
• The Dogs only had 4 more hit outs than the Roos.
• The Kangaroos’ were really in accurate in front of goal.
• The Dogs only had 3 more contested possessions but had 46 more un-contested.
• The Dogs had a higher disposals efficiency, but only by 0.29%
• The Roos had one more contested mark but the Dogs had 4 more marks inside 50.
• The Dogs had 10 more inside 50’s but the Roos had 4 more rebound 50’s.
• The Dogs had 9 more clangers than the Roos.
SuperCoach News
• Liam Anthony played his first game with the Roos and played well. With 5 marks and 28 touches for 78 points.
• Keep an eye out for updates on Giansiracusa’s ankle problem, he did play out the game and was instrumental in the Dogs win, but could have pulled up sore.
• Ben Warren got smashed off the ball and broke his right ankle and will be out for at least 6 weeks.
• Points wise, the two teams were relatively similar with North Melbourne having 5 players scoring 100+ and the Western Bulldogs having 7.
Melbourne vs. North Melbourne – Round 1 match recap
Sunday, March 29th, 2009
See other results for round 1 here
Melbourne – 10.7 (67)
North Melbourne – 15.11 (101)
North Melbourne was too good and too fit for the Melbourne Demons beating them comfortably by 34 points. The Roos were pushed toward victory by their ruckman Hamish McIntosh, who scored three goals; they all went straight through the middle. The Demons can savour something from the game with youngsters Jetta and Cheney playing very well for their first game, but Cheney came off very sore in the final quarter.
Turning points of the match The only real turning point was the last quarter, the Demons only managed one goal and that was in garbage time. North were too fit in the final quarter for Melbourne and literally ran away with the game. Key Players for North Melbourne Leigh Harding – Would be disappointed if he didn’t get 3 Brownlow points today, by far the best player on the field with 20 kicks. Hamish McIntosh – Hamish was very hardy around the ground, especially around the 50 and from set shots Key Players for Melbourne James McDonald – The captain was consistent as always and was good by foot and by hand Ricky Petterd – Great to see him back on the field, (with less hair) scored an inspirational goal in the 3rd quarter. Musings from the match · Melbourne ran out of scarfs to give their members. The man who was meant to be giving them up told me “we’re given out 10,000 in 30 minutes” · Both teams were flooding/zoning but the game was not defensive · Cheney locked down Wells very well, especially for a newbie · When Cheney came off Wells’ eyes lit up and he got much more of the ball · Cale Morton was a disappointment, a below average game for him · Crowd was a little disappointing, but up on a normal Melbourne or North Melbourne home game Supercoach/Dreamteam news Get on McIntosh, he had a very good game for him and he didn’t look too tired either. As I already mentioned Cheney played well, he also scored well, especially in SuperCoach due to his effectiveness and handball receives. Bate was pretty quiet, but played most of the game up forward, they seem to trying to make him in to a forward, not sure if it’s working. 
