2010 WAFL VARIETY PRESEASON CHALLENGE

Round 4: South Fremantle vs. Subiaco  – Saturday 13th March

Entry is $5 & Children under 16 are FREE

Played at Leederville with good conditions

We had a young side in again. We got off to a good start. We played some good attacking footy kicking six goals in the opening quarter.

Our second and third quarters we went away from our game plan instead off attacking we started to chip the ball around which suited the Sharks game plan and they got to far in front.

The last quarter we started to play to our game plan and we outscored them in the last quarter.

Next week we must try to be consistent for a full 4 quarters.

Josh Wooden

Reserves Coach 

This Thursday night (11th March) the 16's Program will have their jumper presentation evening at Medibank Stadium.This will be an informal evening with the coaches congratulating the players on their training for far in the program.  The carnival for the 16's will then get underway the following week.

The game on Saturday night was a real reality check for the squad as we the near the start of season 2010. After coming into the game with 2 very good wins against East Perth and Peel we came up against a side that had bigger bodies, was well structured and was a lot more disciplined when it came to adhering to their set ups. We went into the game with 30 players, some of them being new players into the squad.

The start really set the tone for the night as we struggled to get our hands on the football especially around clearances. Before we knew it half time had come and we were 6 goals down but it could have been a lot more. As it is still pre season we went into the second half looking to give some players more opportunities than others as some players had played considerable game time in the previous 2 games. Throughout the contest only a couple of players stepped up to the tough contest that was presenting itself for four quarters, these players were Harry Williams who backed up from kicking 6 goals against Peel the previous week and Kyle Cranley a tall mobile ruckman from the peel region.

Basic skill errors by foot let us down, where in previous weeks it had been very good.  East Fremantle’s defensive pressure on Subiaco was outstanding for the whole game. In the end we went down by 14 goals in what was a tough night for all involved at colt’s level.

The positive thing is that the playing group can learn from this and understand that you have to be at a high level of intensity and commitment every time you step onto the oval to play. This week we will have a very solid week on the track focusing on our 1 on 1 contested effort’s and our skills under pressure.

With our current squad at 60 we will be looking to trim that to 55 by the start of the 2010 season.

Subiaco and West Coast premiership star Dwayne Lamb will be among the nine inductees to the WA Football Hall of Fame this year.

Only 11 West Australians in history have played more senior football than Dwayne Lamb but no one exhibited more courage or played at a more consistent level from the start of his career to the end.  As a ruck rover with a precise left foot kick and a shuffling running style that belied deceptive pace, Lamb’s durability and consistency enabled him to reach the 50, 100 and 150 game milestones ahead of any other West Coast Eagle from the clubs inception in 1987.

Commencing his football journey at North Innaloo as an 11 year old, Dwayne Lamb moved to Subiaco at 18 and made his senior debut as a back pocket player in week 2 of the 1980 season.  This game immediately followed the mid week sacking of coach Peter Burton and the Lions, under stand-in coach Peter Metropolis, copped a caning from Perth.  Media reports had Lamb among the better players but Subiaco officials saw it differently and he spent the rest of the season in the seconds.   From the commencement of 1981 however he was a fixture in the Lions improving line up, winning fairest and best awards in 1982 (as a back pocket specialist), 1984 and 1985, when they fell just short of the Sharks in the Grand Final.  In 1984, new coach Haydn Bunton converted Lamb into a defensive midfielder charged with cutting off opposition ”seagulls” hovering forward of the play.   Excelling in this role but still occasionally posted in defence, Lamb enjoyed premiership success with the Lions in 1986, the last WAFL season uncompromised by VFL expansion.