Autopsy Freo overrun Essendon

[Righteo]

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Changes vs Richmond

The Matt Taberner thread of high achievers

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Peel Thunder

Good vibes

 

[youmewe]

Gotta love Perth weather.

 

[Van_Dyke]

I love you Tabs.

 

[Lance Uppercut]

Gutsy win from your lot. Wtf is a Taberner? Slayed us. You need to move heaven and earth to keep Fyfe, gosh he's good

 

[Taylor]

Blakely was massive today.

 

[largebus]

- Umps thought we were west coast today
- B Hill is a gun
- Blakely was terrific
- Tabs has some life in him yet

 

[E Shed]

Blakely was massive today.

Yeah. So much to like - Tabs, Kersten, Cam, Brad but Blakely was sublime.
His vision, clean ball handling and playmaking was next level.

 

[kingswood71]

Good win. I like that we had a crap first half but worked our way back into it.
Tabs..Immense. 7 contested marks...great game and gives us quite some forwards depth now

 

[Yeti]

If Taberner can be the consistent and contested marking beast he was today our forward line could be very dangerous!

I love the great man Pavlich but Taberner was never going to be a focal point while he was in the same forward line.

Balic and Grey continue to show good signs. And Brad Hill continues to make me eat my words about how good he is.

 

[Schauermann]

Strange game, wrote at halftime that nearly everybody has a down game, but it seemed everybody suddenly after halftime got going and played well...

 

[theGav56]

Gee, if we get our players peaking, get S Hill, Bennel and A Pearce in, and make the transition to Ryan, kabooooom. The opposition will be gonski.

 

[Snuffaluphagus]

Easily a best career game from Blakely, he was so clean at every touch, even his kicking was spot on. Made me very excited to see where he is at at 150 games

 

[imperial_oz]

So pleased:

For the result,
For Tabs game (I've backed him many times)
We even got a good run from the umps

Negatives:

Ibbo, Spurr, Sutcliffe
poor game plan, poor forward structure until the bomber tired. They were hitting targets far better than us for most of the day

 

[WWSD]

I miss Brad Hill.

37 disposals (career high)
16 marks (career high)
6 inside 50s
1 goal

 

[theGav56]

If Taberner can be the consistent and contested marking beast he was today our forward line could be very dangerous!

I love the great man Pavlich but Taberner was never going to be a focal point while he was in the same forward line.

Balic and Grey continue to show good signs. And Brad Hill continues to make me eat my words about how good he is.

Three talls in the forward line. And he was the #3. And of course, he took his chances.

 

[Schauermann]

And Brad Hill continues to make me eat my words about how good he is.

Same for me. Was solid with flashes of good at the Hawks, but he has been really impressive with us. Close to our best today...

 

[meima]

I like grey playing in the middle , he speed and handball is pretty good.

 

[theGav56]

I miss Brad Hill.

37 disposals (career high)
16 marks (career high)
6 inside 50s
1 goal

He was obviously being stifled with you guys. Thank goodness Lyon has turned him loose.

 

[ydraw]

7 contested marks and 4 goals from a bloke who played some time in the ruck is an amazing effort. To come from a bloke who's been playing magoos all season up until now it's even better.

 

[Schauermann]

Three talls in the forward line. And he was the #3. And of course, he took his chances.

Kersten could have kicked 5 today as well. Will be hard for opposition to keep all 3 down. And it was the first time they played together, so still a lot of improvement in that forward setup left...

 

[theGav56]

Same for me. Was solid with flashes of good at the Hawks, but he has been really impressive with us. Close to our best today...

He and Walters were lethal.

 

[Outshined]

The Russians have General Winter...we have General Unseasonable Heat

Got to be realistic, Essendon have had a fair run of games with little turnaround. Any good footy side would've run over the top of them in the second half. Just glad we managed to do that and get another win on the board. Tbf there was also a noticeable shift in the 3rd quarter before they started to flag and a lot of our boys stood up and lifted their games while the intensity was still in the contest. Our work around the clinches improved dramatically (Fyfe, Neale and Blakely in particular) and we actually had a semblance of forward structure which surprise surprise, made our forward 50 entries more potent. Kertsen and McCarthy improve every week.

I refuse to believe that was Matt bloody Taberner out there clunking 7 contested marks. Huge game.

Small note - props to BHIll for almost a kilometre in metres gained. He'll probably warm down with a half marathon tonight.

 

[heavho]

Balic is on the verge of a massive break out of leather it's only a matter of time before he regularly finds the ball and cements his spot for the season. tucker was quiet today to waft or another go at it?

 

[theGav56]

Kersten could have kicked 5 today as well. Will be hard for opposition to keep all 3 down. And it was the first time they played together, so still a lot of improvement in that forward setup left...

Taberner has just made it easier for the other two next week.

 

[go_the_dockers]

What happens in the game we loose?

Do we play a 1st half like today and they punish us like the Eagles did in the 1st half or do we play better?