Melbourne haven’t looked great tonight. Just goes to show the other teams around us aren’t having blinders every week. It’s a long season.
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Yep he’s an athlete not a footballer.Young's biggest issue is game awareness. He just has no idea where to position himself and it costs us goals consistently. I've seen little to no improvement in him since his debut.
Maybe, perhaps…if Libbas kick in’98 ….went though. Now you are speculating.
Me too. Great game. has a lot to learn but huge talent.Job done, not pretty, but win is a win.
We’re in a bit of a rough patch but to be expected- injuries, travel, lockdowns etc
Bank the wins for now and hopefully we’re healthy and in form come finals time
Thrilled for Jamarra - great game
I think it was more of a hard slog. Gold Coast are no longer the easy beats of one time. They have an amazing pool of talent. If they keep them together they will be a force to be reckoned with.That was a bit embarrassing to be honest
Fair form beating GW and Richmond in last 2 weeksI think it was more of a hard slog. Gold Coast are no longer the easy beats of one time. They have an amazing pool of talent. If they keep them together they will be a force to be reckoned with.
Now here's a mystery.... On FOX they kept showing pressure gauges well into the 200s for each quarter. sometimes they were at 230! I understand that this was halfway through quarters, and the final numbers for each qtr might have changed. But not to the point that they ended up in the low 170s like in Q4. And the Dogs were in the mid 220s according to FOX in the 3rd qtr, when they ended up with 181, according to these stats. I wonder why there was such a discrepancy.
How does our tackle efficiency stack up across the season? I could be wrong but to the naked eye we don't seem to be sticking as many tackles as we were earlier in the season.
Macrae was so good today, he was like 19 year old macrae, his movement out of congestion was next level and I genuinely think he’s the best inside 50 kick in the comp. just does not waste them. Must be an absolute delight to be a forward leading up at him. Nice to see him hit the scoreboard too!Didn't get 40 odd touches but felt like this was one of the best games Macrae has played. Kicked 2 goals, was clean, and super evasive. Barely missed a target all day.
Anyone have the coaches votes? Would be fascinated to see where they both had Bont..
I'm not sure how that chart works. Must be a bit of science behind it all. Regardless, with 36 touches you can already see Bont's name with 3 votes against it in Monday's Herald-Sun. They don't care much for detail.Re Bont - you don't deserve to get in the votes with 15 clangers, in my view. And you could tell Bont was annoyed at himself too. I reckon Champion Data have got it about right tonight - I think Macrae was clearly our best player - and Garcia, English, Smith, Keath and Daniel all had good games too. (Very happy about how Garcia is building.) Halfway through the game I was thinking Bont should take a rest next week Libba-style. But I think he actually moved pretty well tonight. It was just his disposal was weirdly off - by both hand and foot. I have no idea why. I guess that happens sometimes.
Also was very pleased with Weightman sticking at it with his best efforts when luck was working against him. He plays for frees a bit too much and makes some stupid attempts to fly for marks, but those quibbles will be ironed out with time. He's a beauty, I reckon.
And how good is it to see a forward kicking like Marra was? Hopefully he can keep that up. A tall who can lead, mark the ball at its highest point, and kick straight is exactly what we need for our 3rd tall. A definite immediate upgrade on Hannan or Wallis.
Getting worried about Bruce and Crozier's form. Crozier can be replaced by Wood (if Wood stays fit when he returns). But there is no replacement for Bruce this year, so hopefully he can pull it together.
I get nervous any time the ball is coming towards Cordy. Sorry, but I have had enough of this bloke 8n the senior team. Unfortunatley there isn’t anyone else to fill his spot at the moment.Someone who can punch the ball over the line and not let it go over the back. School boy stuff really. Really don’t see why anyone thinks Cordy is an AFL defender.
Ben King is also a great Flopper for someone that is 202cm he should be embarrassed of myself
Fair enough. I have been impressed by some of his efforts in the Brisbane and North games. Will agree to disagree on this one.im actually not mate
His positioning is WRFL level and hasn’t improved in his time at the club.
I was well behind him to be the bloke we needed but he isn’t so we move on and find another. He cannot play in the structure this team plays with his inability to gauge the space around him.
I'm a bit worried about Croz, he got torched by all of Holman, Sexton and Ainsworth at times.Yep or at worst Gardner who allows Croz to play a loser role
Gardner back in 3-4
And the score in the other match tonight was 79 v 79Just posted in the stats thread. This was the third consecutive match our opponent scored exactly 11.13.79. Surely a record …
Definitely notWas Ayce the better brother?