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Wahooti Fandango
25 Apr 2009, 17:39
His blistering run in the last few minutes of the final quarter was great. He must have been exhausted, but he was prepared to run himself into the ground for his team. Very courageous. Hopefully he can continue playing in this manner.
essendon2008
25 Apr 2009, 17:41
His blistering run in the last few minutes of the final quarter was great. He must have been exhausted, but he was prepared to run himself into the ground for his team. Very courageous. Hopefully he can continue playing in this manner.
Totally Agree
Lovett has been great. Lucky we kept him.
Storyboy
25 Apr 2009, 17:57
Lovett has been great. Lucky we kept him.
Yeah, lucky we kept him! Thank god Geelong couldn't fit him under their cap. He is finally delivering what soi many of us believe he always could have! Yay!
Tony Delaney
25 Apr 2009, 19:15
Won the game for us by taking them on running the field giving us a spark. At that stage we had stopped running to support, running to create and running to present. Heads were down we looked resigned to losing. Well done Andy Lovett.
Valve Bounce
25 Apr 2009, 19:22
:thumbsu:His blistering run in the last few minutes of the final quarter was great. He must have been exhausted, but he was prepared to run himself into the ground for his team. Very courageous. Hopefully he can continue playing in this manner.:thumbsu::thumbsu:
Gibbsissoft
25 Apr 2009, 19:39
Always been a fan of Lovett his our x-factor him and Davey
Sam the RAMA fan
25 Apr 2009, 21:24
I'm glad he is still on our team.
A friend of mine doesn't like him...
I hope she opens her eyes up and can see the value in him...BLOODY HELL.
:thumbsu:
Drummer_19
25 Apr 2009, 21:27
How could you not like the kid, everytime he has the ball something good happens.
efcskip47
25 Apr 2009, 21:55
i am so glad he stayed a bomber. ill admit that i thought the game was done when he made that run today, but im so happy i kept watching. go dons!
bomberz08
25 Apr 2009, 22:59
Really happy with him. He has been so good this year. Thank God we didn't lose him, would have taken so much out of midfield.
Longy413
26 Apr 2009, 00:10
I thought he fell back into bad habits in the first half. He let an opponent run past him a number of times. Funny the way a win makes us look at players differently.
Made up for it with his ball use, never makes a mistake.
Darealrath
26 Apr 2009, 02:33
We were dead on our feet in the last quarter until he sparked us. That run to set up the Jetta goal was simply incredible.
Let's not forget Stanton's gut running. He worked and worked and worked today. BOG for mine, just ahead of Paddy. :)
Schmick
26 Apr 2009, 08:48
Has been very very good this year. Very important key to our gameplan, very glad that we kept him :thumbsu:
Let's not forget Stanton's gut running. He worked and worked and worked today. BOG for mine, just ahead of Paddy. :)
I think you could say that for probably another 15 players. There wasn't to many who let the side down yesterday!
Wahooti Fandango
26 Apr 2009, 10:51
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Awesome running from Lovett.
His blistering run in the last few minutes of the final quarter was great. He must have been exhausted, but he was prepared to run himself into the ground for his team. Very courageous. Hopefully he can continue playing in this manner.
Not sure if that run is an example of gut running.
Gut running is the ability to continue running to space all day to make an option along with the regular running with the ball. Thats where the expression came from.
While Lovetts last quarter run was great he actually produced more runs in last weeks game when we lost. He should have had a few runs left in him because he had a quiet first half.
Wahooti Fandango
26 Apr 2009, 13:24
Not sure if that run is an example of gut running.
Gut running is the ability to continue running to space all day to make an option along with the regular running with the ball. Thats where the expression came from.
While Lovetts last quarter run was great he actually produced more runs in last weeks game when we lost. He should have had a few runs left in him because he had a quiet first half.
I don't doubt that you are right ant, but I just thought that the run by Lovett is what ultimately won us the game. Great effort in the last few minutes of the last quarter on a wet day.
The Dustbin
26 Apr 2009, 13:54
His blistering run in the last few minutes of the final quarter was great. He must have been exhausted, but he was prepared to run himself into the ground for his team. Very courageous. Hopefully he can continue playing in this manner.
Great call.
To run and carry like he did, deep into the last quarter was a sensational effort. :thumbsu:
Not sure if that run is an example of gut running.
Gut running is the ability to continue running to space all day to make an option along with the regular running with the ball. Thats where the expression came from.
While Lovetts last quarter run was great he actually produced more runs in last weeks game when we lost. He should have had a few runs left in him because he had a quiet first half.
I thought that a couple of times in the first half, Lovett could have worked harder.
Knights moved Lovett forward in the third quarter ( a good move ) which probably left some juice in the tank.
It is an interesting that Lovett performs poorly in Beep Tests but he runs games out strongly.
Why is this so ?
BacharHouli_43
26 Apr 2009, 15:50
How could you not like the kid, everytime he has the ball something good happens.
he doesnt need 20 possessions to have a real effect on the game and im glad that he is now getting used to getting tagged and receiving loads of attention as well, it always takes outside players a bit of time to adjust to heavy attention and i like the fact that knighta is willing to chuck lovett or dabey in the centre square at times during a match, it makes us so dangerous out of the centre.
lemon chicken
26 Apr 2009, 19:47
Not only Lovett but the guys that are prepared to run are getting great reward with the current style of play. Winderlich, Dempsey, Davey and co all seem to have put in a lot of work pre-season.
COACH__JB
26 Apr 2009, 22:16
He's gotta be in our top 4 players doesn't he?