Autopsy Round 1 – GWS Giants vs Western Bulldogs, Sunday 25th March 2018, UNSW Oval, 1.10pm
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Good to see we aren't quieting down at all
Congratulations Langdon. Welcome to the big time!
Have been at work all day and just got home to see the last 8 minutes of the game. What’s happened to the Dogs? I really expected this to be like last year, a real close and physical game
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That’s my boy!
Bicycle Kick!
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Woo!
Great game, great effort from the boys. This game has got me excited for the season ahead. Yes the dogs were off today, but if we can show the effort and urgency we did today all year, we should go very deep again.
Looked very crisp today, what a way to start the season.
Up The GIANTS!!
Great game, great effort from the boys. This game has got me excited for the season ahead. Yes the dogs were off today, but if we can show the effort and urgency we did today all year, we should go very deep again.
Looked very crisp today, what a way to start the season.
Up The GIANTS!!
Well done boys! See you at the G next week!
That was nice.
Bit too much d*#ing around in the last for mine, but gotta be happy.
Bit too much d*#ing around in the last for mine, but gotta be happy.
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Well played boys, very well played.
Well done to the Giants, who were far too classy for a disappointing dogs outfit. I have been critical of the Giants finals performances in the past, but I reckon they could now be ready to give the flag a shake.
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That was thoroughly enjoyable.
Only round 1 so can forgive the mucking about in the 4th.
Taranto was great.
Jezza looks to be in for a massive year.
Shiel dark horse for Brownlow
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Only round 1 so can forgive the mucking about in the 4th.
Taranto was great.
Jezza looks to be in for a massive year.
Shiel dark horse for Brownlow
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Come onto your board last season and said exactly what i'm gunna say now. Toby Green is an absolute GUN.
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We already know this but...
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This is very true and widely known.
Hense the pretty much lifetime contract
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Tried to be a bit fancy at times... Greene handball over to himmers an example. Love the way the boys swarm and attack the opposition. Jezza on fire, Greene played well, Kelly is legit top 5 in the comp. Such a smart player. On a side not it was ******* cold in the last quarter...
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Well, that was great to watch. We started strong, and apart from letting the Dogs dominate in the second part of that first quarter, and the first minutes of the last quarter (then us not kicking straight in the back half of that last quarter), I'm sure that Leon would be happy that most of what he would have been looking for was achieved. However, let's not get ahead of ourselves as the Dogs were missing a few players and couldn't cover them as well as we covered our outs, and I thought they were rather poor.
Positives everywhere:
- gameplan worked; plenty of run in the Giants' attack & efficient kicking for the most part
- Rory rucked pretty much one out most of the game & while he wasn't dominant, I thought he held his own & also showed no sign of groin soreness
- the defensive set-up looked solid: at times we had 5 talls & two mediums (Davis, Corr, Tommo, Haynes, TOJ, Shaw & Whitfield) behind the ball, but they contained the Dogs' makeshift forwardline
- TOJ was pretty good: 20 disposals at 95% efficiency, thought he did his job quite well, and replaced Nate Wilson's long kicking - tall but quite flexible too
- Shaw back to his usual reliable self
- Whitfield had most disposals for GWS & although a high clanger count made a good fist of his half-back role
- Davis, Corr, Tommo & Haynes all reliable
- forward line worked a treat: Cameron, HH & Toby were all mobile (HH played some backline time too) & marked & kicked well - great to see Jezza & Toby in great early form
- Zac Langdon seemed a bit nervous - muffed pretty much everything for the first half, but tackled well & hence did his job; great to see him kick a goal & will give him confidence
- midfield worked brilliantly as a team: we really missed Cogs' balanced game last year (possessions, contested game, tackling & goals) so great to see him back & on song; Kelly, Shiel, Ward were all good, but Timmy Taranto had a great game as our clearance king (just needs to work on his disposals a touch)
- Lids was serviceable but not great, though will benefit from the run
Didn't really see too many negatives, apart from the last quarter bombing for goals; until then we'd kicked 18.4 & were really accurate, especially in the conditions.
No need to make any enforced changes for the Pies' game, but interesting if Scully & Hopper are available. Scully would be a definite in if fit (for Sam Reid maybe?), Hopper maybe would need some more game time.
Positives everywhere:
- gameplan worked; plenty of run in the Giants' attack & efficient kicking for the most part
- Rory rucked pretty much one out most of the game & while he wasn't dominant, I thought he held his own & also showed no sign of groin soreness
- the defensive set-up looked solid: at times we had 5 talls & two mediums (Davis, Corr, Tommo, Haynes, TOJ, Shaw & Whitfield) behind the ball, but they contained the Dogs' makeshift forwardline
- TOJ was pretty good: 20 disposals at 95% efficiency, thought he did his job quite well, and replaced Nate Wilson's long kicking - tall but quite flexible too
- Shaw back to his usual reliable self
- Whitfield had most disposals for GWS & although a high clanger count made a good fist of his half-back role
- Davis, Corr, Tommo & Haynes all reliable
- forward line worked a treat: Cameron, HH & Toby were all mobile (HH played some backline time too) & marked & kicked well - great to see Jezza & Toby in great early form
- Zac Langdon seemed a bit nervous - muffed pretty much everything for the first half, but tackled well & hence did his job; great to see him kick a goal & will give him confidence
- midfield worked brilliantly as a team: we really missed Cogs' balanced game last year (possessions, contested game, tackling & goals) so great to see him back & on song; Kelly, Shiel, Ward were all good, but Timmy Taranto had a great game as our clearance king (just needs to work on his disposals a touch)
- Lids was serviceable but not great, though will benefit from the run
Didn't really see too many negatives, apart from the last quarter bombing for goals; until then we'd kicked 18.4 & were really accurate, especially in the conditions.
No need to make any enforced changes for the Pies' game, but interesting if Scully & Hopper are available. Scully would be a definite in if fit (for Sam Reid maybe?), Hopper maybe would need some more game time.
Had a laugh at Patton screaming "Kick the ******* ball to me" to Himmelberg while the Giants were up like 70 points. I suppose that's the kind of competitiveness you want in a contending team. Thought the crowd would be like the Suns as in no one knows wtf is going on, but was pleasantly surprised. Just love the way the Giants go about it.
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Jezza wanted it bad, too, in that last quarter. Has kicked 7 goals something like 5 times - 8 goals was there for the taking, but he couldn't kick straight with the chances he had and everyone else was trying to get a goal for themselves. It's all good when you're so far ahead.
Yeah, Reid the one to make way for Scully. Hopper back through Magoos for mine.
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Langdon looked good once he settled in. I think he offers much more than Lloyd.
So I'd have Lloyd and Reid making way for Scully and Hopper.
So I'd have Lloyd and Reid making way for Scully and Hopper.
I think it is safe to say that the team has the top end talent to win the flag it is now about making sure the 'bottom 6' are good enough and that is why it think we need to see how the likes of Langdon, Reid, Finlayson and Lloyd are performing and if they are playing the role for the team so interested in others comments on those 4
Good first game for Langdon with 7 tackles and a goal
Lloyd unlucky to not get a goal but was involved in the game
Reid seemed a bit quiet and was in all thirds of the ground which i don't think helped
TOJ great second game for him and hopefully he can keep it up
Plenty to like about the game and I can't wait to see them back it up next week v the pies
Good first game for Langdon with 7 tackles and a goal
Lloyd unlucky to not get a goal but was involved in the game
Reid seemed a bit quiet and was in all thirds of the ground which i don't think helped
TOJ great second game for him and hopefully he can keep it up
Plenty to like about the game and I can't wait to see them back it up next week v the pies
