Hello everyone and welcome to our Round 2 rookie review here at Jock Reynolds. It was a mixed bag for some of the rookie players in Supercoach, there’s never an exact science for choosing which players to start and which to leave on the bench and sometimes you’ll get these Read more…
Round 1 of 2019 is over and it certainly was an emotional roller-coaster with some crazy twists and turns. Patch and I were sitting in the corner crying after watching the Crows and Bombers play, Damo was skipping around at the rare sight of Fremantle putting triple digits on the Read more…
Both sides fielded decently strong teams in this one, though Melbourne were shorter on their best 22 than the Tigers, but overall the game probably didn’t really reveal anything we didn’t already know and failed to answer the questions we did have (Gawn/Preuss ruck combo, how Lynch fits into the Read more…
Young midfielders are always hard to peg in Supercoach, players like Taranto are obviously supremely talented, but picking the correct year where they “breakout” can sometimes be more about luck than an exact science. There are things we can look for though, the #1 thing is often opportunity, which is Read more…
Jock has a lot of blokes he’d spoon in the comp. Gary Ablett. Nathaniel Fyfe. Nick Riewoldt. If he were any lesser man I’d doubt his ability to get round to all these blokes. To make them happy. To please them. But if any man can have dozens of mistresses Read more…
Brodie “The Slider” Grundy by Pieman On draft day of 2008 Collingwood list manager Derek Hine had his eyes on what he thought would be 2 gun midfielders. Armed with pick 11 he thought one of them was a chance to slide through to that selection. Pick 11 rolled around Read more…
50 Shades of Gray. by Trigger Happy The Book. Exciting, looking forward to the next chapter, can’t wait to see what happens next, couldn’t put it down, riveted till the last page, shame it finished. Best seller. Well that’s what the missus tells me. Being a bloke not much of Read more…
Chopsticks, or knives and forks? by Bill It takes a brave man to take on Chopsticks. Whenever the waitress strolls around to your table at your local Chinese joint, there’s always one character who takes on the responsibility of the Oriental utensil. More often than not, he’ll make a dick Read more…