Review Find Someone Who Loves You Like Freo Loves Alphabet Stadium - Rd 20 Review

[ilikepotatoes]

This is why I want to keep Tabs around. We need an experienced break glass in case of emergency key forward.

The last thing we need for the 4th youngest team in the comp is to get rid of experienced, developed key position players.

 

[Freoforever86]

Best game from our small forwards and from Pearce all year.
Thought Hamling did a good job, Treacy taking steps, Corbett handy in patches, Young in the middle was great.

Midfield won the ball plenty and responded all day.

When those things happen we win

 

[Ge3ks]

Hard contest. Everyone needs a massage, a warm bath and a loving cuddle.

Why do I feel like you have already volunteered for that job?

 

[im_a_lazy_sod]

Pearce had an absolute blinder. Hamling I thought played a great role and enabled AP to really have a run at those contests. I don’t know if Hamling is quite done yet

 

[Piggy Smalls]

Sturt wasted some chances in front of goal but I thought he played really well from the limited game time I watched.

 

[Ge3ks]

I don’t know if Hamling is quite done yet

Right? Seasoned, reliable depth. We need him for another year.

 

[PurpleReign]

Corbett did OK but how would we feel about continuing to play Hamling and getting Chappy to play role Corbett played today?

 

[Yeti]

This ******* team...

Sums up our year perfectly.

 

[BettercallSaul]

Right? Seasoned, reliable depth. We need him for another year.

Absolutely. Even if next year we pick Davies ahead of him ( if Pearce or Cox out ) he is great to have as an option.

 

[Purpletown]

Aish back to some decent form today, he is a quite achiever who rarely lets the team down.
Treacy very good and well done Pearce on an outstanding game.
It's so nice to feel good about football again after the funk we have been in since the mid season bye.

 

[muzzington]

Can't remember feeling this good after a win. Proud of the boys and happy for the Melbourne fans.

 

[s_wd6]

Defensive efforts today were much better than I've seen in ages. Didn't pay full attention to the first half, but moments like that spoil from Aish at the end of the game were suberb.

 

[BettercallSaul]

I posted on the game day thread that today should be the minimum effort every week.
Take the game on , play with some dare. Supporters can generally forgive skill errors if they can see these things.
So many positive performances today. Pearce , Switta , Caleb. Ras made a few blues but to me he is the inside bull we want.
Next week give us the same effort and attack the ball and the man With intensity.

 

[Dockeroo]

Also for all those that have been commenting in the Peel Thread that Hamling is cooked/done and dusted/should retire, I think we should acknowledge after this game that he can still be relevant at the highest level, even though he might not perfectly fit the gameplan?

Hamling was solid today but I think he’s going to be a victim of the list spot squeeze.
If it’s a choice between him and Sturt it’s a no brainer for me who to keep - Sturt every time.
Cox will probably be back next week too, wonder will they drop hamling or Hughes for him

 

[Ge3ks]

Hayden Young went with Dangerfield all day. Foward, back, middle and tagger. Young can do it all. Impressive coaching move.

On this, he kept Dangerfield to just 16 disposals (at 62% efficiency). While Young had 19 disposals.

Young playing the shutdown, tagging role could be the biggest revelation from this win.

In these remaining games, I wanted the coach to trial Young as a midfielder. But Longmuir said 'hold my beer...'

 

[Steinfreo]

This team gaslighting me again. I love you so much and I know you can change

 

[Dockeroo]

So nice to get a decent win. Lifts the mood for the week ahead. A great * you to the vic campaigners that don’t respect us

 

[Mogumber]

Hamling must stay

 

[Snuffaluphagus]

Main points

• To borrow a basketball term, Treacy is such an outside the box score player. Just such a positive impact on almost everything he does
• Pound for pound, Amiss has to be one of the strongest players going around. He has absurd strength for his build
• Alex Pearce being able to move is a different beast, what a ******* game
• Win was as much attributed to the bottom 12 player lifting than anything, full team performance
• Sturt is such a smart natural forward BUT if he wants his spot to be a lock that needs to be 3.1 instead of 1.3
• If we are being honest, some very fortunate things (umpiring and injuries) helped get us over the line but the boys put everything into that so I dont care.

 

[Mighty Guybrush]

Treacy is really showing some good signs, holding his marks and thinks through his passes. Really crashed the packs also.

Pearce was incredible, Geelong were very good at isolating their guns in good positions, we could have easily been smashed if he hadn’t played so well.

Liked Wagners game also, gives good but not dumb drive.

Really agree with Treacy. He is one of the talls that I notice really brings the smalls into the game with deft taps here and there to bring the ball to ground. I think investing in him long term is going to pay off.

 

[neishaj]

I'm not one to spruik betting (I never bet) but damn, I knew the odds on us this week were completely out of whack. We're just love beating Geelong at home

Well I put $20 on Freo at $11-1, apart from being very excited about us winning, I am also very happy to come out with $220 for that win!

 

[Taylor]

Also for all those that have been commenting in the Peel Thread that Hamling is cooked/done and dusted/should retire, I think we should acknowledge after this game that he can still be relevant at the highest level, even though he might not perfectly fit the gameplan?

Perhaps the game plan needed a tall to lock down the opposition third forward?

As long as everyone else was being very attacking.

 

[MadMundy]

It goes to show what giving consistency to young players can do for your team.

 

[neishaj]

Pearce had an absolute blinder. Hamling I thought played a great role and enabled AP to really have a run at those contests. I don’t know if Hamling is quite done yet

After all the abuse and complaints about his playing and role as Captain, did Pearce take that on board, and grab the game by the balls? I thought so!

 

[Taylor]

Why do I feel like you have already volunteered for that job?