Review A Win’s A Win - Freo by Six In The ‘Away’ Game vs North

[Bringbacktheeighties]

Geez so many people measuring us against some ridiculous standard.
We won what we usually lose in the past.

We are a maturing side that found a way to hang on and win . Same as Gold Coast game. Not as good today but found a way.

Our entries to inside 50 created so many marks and then shots on goal by all the forwards and hardly any of them were converted. Should of won easily, we were always going to win, just made it hard for ourselves.

We are the sum of all our parts. It’s why keeping a winning side together has been important. Amiss and Treacy are finding ways to be very valuable and surprisingly release Voss to be the goal scorer.

Serong and Brayshaw find ways to get the momentum back. Yes they have flaws, but collectively the team works and is evolving.

On the right track. Not at the top 2 or 3 sides level yet but will be great to see how they go against these sides as we develop throughout the year.

 

[Purple Jesus]

Geez so many people measuring us against some ridiculous standard.
We won what we usually lose in the past.

We are a maturing side that found a way to hang on and win . Same as Gold Coast game. Not as good today but found a way.

Our entries to inside 50 created so many marks and then shots on goal by all the forwards and hardly any of them were converted. Should of won easily, we were always going to win, just made it hard for ourselves.

We are the sum of all our parts. It’s why keeping a winning side together has been important. Amiss and Treacy are finding ways to be very valuable and surprisingly release Voss to be the goal scorer.

Serong and Brayshaw find ways to get the momentum back. Yes they have flaws, but collectively the team works and is evolving.

On the right track. Not at the top 2 or 3 sides level yet but will be great to see how they go against these sides as we develop throughout the year.

I agree. I think we're starting to build into our form at the right time as well. Year after year the media forget it's a marathon, not a sprint.

 

[Randomizor]

Been overseas the past month so haven't watched our games super closely.

What's going on with Treacy not hitting the scoreboard? Have he and Jye switched roles or something?

What I’ve heard is that was the plan. But then there’s been some confusion and they both think they are the designated non-goal kicker

 

[kingswood71]

It was ugly and we were well down except for a few great minutes. But we won. A lesser side would have lost that.
Take the 4 points, move on to next week.

 

[Ghost Pig]

Thought it also worth mentioning that Darcy took a big step forward tonight. He is still slow getting around the ground, but his ruck craft was great. Xerri was dominating Jackson but couldn't dominate Darcy. Kudos to the big fella.

Was whingeing to an ump about Darcy being too rough in a ball up if my eyes didnt decieve me too.

 

[muckypup]

Treacy is just so much less clean as of late. I really think we're a top 4 contender if he can find form again but the first third of the season compared to now is night and day

Bollox. Saved the game for us. Was cleanest marking forward (maybe player) on the ground in that game.

 

[Fat Nyfe]

For such a shocker of a game I’m to stick with the positives because ultimately the result matters in this business.

Winning ugly is pretty crucial because we rarely do it. If we play ugly we just tend to lose, so it’s a relief to win one where we are well beaten in inside 50s, tackles, and most metrics.

Good teams like Pies or the Cats have had some absolute shockers over the last few years, where you just feel it’s inevitable that they win anyway and they do. The extra home games matter, maybe they fall over the line a lot because of that extra 5% from the lack of travel from them always playing at home. Maybe if we played that game vs North in Melbourne we lose by 6.

Anyway it’s good to get a kick up the arse and shine a light on our deficiencies without having to pay the ultimate price for it.

 

[WilloTree]

North threw everything they had at us in terrible conditions we usually struggle to play in. There were some horror-show non-calls of holdiong the ball that should have gone our way late, AND our accuracy in front of goal was woeful.

That's a game North will think got away from them, but we dominated them in the 2nd quarter and held on when we had too. After the Suns game and now this one I hope it's a sign we're maturing as a group. We are still very young.

 

[Spirit Level]

Any noticeable differences between Serong and Brayshaw as captains?

 

[DocT]

He's 21 mate. I know we all love Dead Eye Jye and want him to hit the scoreboard like he did when he first started - but there's a good chance he's the first forward that oppositions are looking at when they play us. His work-rate up the ground and the contests he provides have improved. He literally won us a game this season doing that. Let him build and work through having these (half the time multiple) mature bodies glued onto him.

Yes it's frustrating as hell when he finally does get the opportunity to slot them and he doesn't like tonight - but lets not act like that's all he's good for, and lets not forget every other lead up he does that never gets honoured or sets up a teammate.

I still have my money on him to be the best forward of the 3, so don't stress too much over it

Will he be better than Treacy?? They're all great but:
Treacy has him covered for marking, physicality, up the ground work, roosting and strutting. Accuracy and leading they're equal.
What do you know about Jye that I don't?

 

[Quay Club]

On AFL Tonight they interviewed big Vossy in the rooms after the game.

He said that Jaymie Graham

Jaymie Graham

Age

42

Ht

196cm

Wt

93kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.9

3star

K

7.8

3star

HB

4.1

3star

M

4.7

4star

T

1.2

3star

No current season stats available

D

8.0

2star

K

4.4

2star

HB

3.6

3star

M

2.4

3star

T

0.4

3star

had nicknamed him the Prancing Pony after his goal celebrations.

He also said that his GPS showed his highest speed during a game was after a goal celebration when he run off.

Got to love the big fella.

 

[Achin joints]

Amiss is down on form with his goal kicking but if he played for Carlton he would get 10 free kicks a game .There is always someone hanging off him

 

[DocT]

I can't watch the reply - did we get Kellie Underwood again?

Ur safe from Kelli...and no James Brayshaw either
BUT
I am an A Grade traitor for sayin this:
Pav waas aaaawful in the last few minutes
Repeat comments like 'North Melbourne just have to stay calm here' etc etc
Terrible reverse bias

 

[DocT]

Bollox. Saved the game for us. Was cleanest marking forward (maybe player) on the ground in that game.

Treacy was great but you must admiy he's not kicking goals like he was.

 

[purplerunsdeep2]

Counted 5 set shots from key forwards missed

Get 3 of those, games well over and norf don't get a sniff and make a game of it

 

[dockerfemme]

Treacy was great but you must admiy he's not kicking goals like he was.

I feel he is playing further up the ground, maybe with Voss in the team. His set shot is poor at the moment too. His marking yesterday was good for any conditions, magnificent in those conditions.

 

[King Huskii]

If you watch the last 2 minutes Banners actually encourages Treacy to move the ball on when he still had plenty of time to kick in the last 30 seconds. For a smart guy I really question his footy IQ sometimes.

He's not a smart footballer

 

[WilloTree]

Counted 5 set shots from key forwards missed

Get 3 of those, games well over and norf don't get a sniff and make a game of it

That 1st quarter alone had a couple of shockers.

 

[DQ 4EVER]

That math ain’t mathing…

In Australia we say maths, not math.
We don't call a footpath a sidewalk!!!!

 

[DQ 4EVER]

Essendon have the same break but they have to fly.

So they'll have tired arms as well

 

[Mr Cheese]

In Australia we say maths, not math.
We don't call a footpath a sidewall!!!

Who calls a pavement a sidewall?

 

[Piggy Smalls]

Will he be better than Treacy?? They're all great but:
Treacy has him covered for marking, physicality, up the ground work, roosting and strutting. Accuracy and leading they're equal.
What do you know about Jye that I don't?

I think the fact they are both confidence players ,currently at completely opposite ends of that spectrum, exagerrates the gap between them.

 

[DQ 4EVER]

Who calls a pavement a sidewall?

Lol
I swear the person who invented autocorrect is going to hello

 

[mayne iac]

Pav is a joke, spent to much time with Schofield

 

[Flour bag punter]

Oh well another hoodoo broken this year - the post-bye blues following on from conquering wet-weather footy. Maybe one day, we'll even play well in a prime-time slot? Or perhaps when there's expectations and pressure placed on us, we might actually step up to the plate?

I understand people's misery - but we are the youngest team on average this year, synergy/momentum mean everything and this may as well have been the first game of the year.

The injuries are getting annoying in a death-by-a-thousand-cuts way. There's the regular ones like Darcy/Pearce/Young but there's a bunch of dicky ones like Switta after he's finally hit peak form again, Cooper Simpson after he makes an immediate impact off half-back, and a bunch of others that aren't game-changers but they constantly mess with our flow.

Both Treacy/Amiss not kicking goals is a problem - you can't have your primary two key forwards failing to convert on a regular basis, despite their age. It's fantastic to see Voss reestablish himself as a footy player, but we'll need to see more.

Selection has been bordering on conservative too - Dudley should have been straight back in and NOD just needs to be playing. Erasmus sub was nonsense and we all know where it's leading to. Banfield - that tackle in the goal square could've turned the game on its head it's lucky be wasn't pinged. Why... Why he is just an automatic in every week, he survives time and time again and he's just not an impact player. There's 4-5 who could be playing ahead of him. O'mac played two brilliant games for us and we dropped him and keep Draper in who's utterly bereft of confidence right now. There's every reason to be daring at the selection table but JL won't have it if we're eking out wins.

This team has the energy, innovation and natural talent to become a very special, very unique outfit. There's every reason for us to evolve into one of the most exciting teams to watch in the AFL. With JL, I wonder if it's not what he sees and does with the team that's the issue, it's what he doesn't see and doesn't do that prevents us from being truly brilliant.

It was surprising that Freddie wasn’t subbed. He had struggled for a touch in the first three quarters. Sub him off and move Erasmus into Freddie’s position to provide some forward line pressure and tackling that was missing. Fyfe into midfield rotating with Erasmus.