Gameday Thread: Melb Vs. Freo Rd 16

[spitlizard]

Congrats guys, that second half effort was fantastic and had me worried.
With both the saints and Geelong losing and us coming pretty close as well, just goes to show how close the comp is this year

 

[DemonLord]

Another slow (as in crawling) start. This really needs to be fixed as it can only be mental. Its not ability.

At least after half time we showed a lot more fight and willingness to take the game on. I think if we had hit the front the Freo heads might of dropped and we might of stolen it.

On Watts, I don't feel the need to be too hard on him. He was at least getting to space to have shots. And if I am not mistake he got cleaned up before his shot in the 4th. At least this left eye looked dark and a bit puffy. May of affected his kicking. And let's be honest. It wasn't an out and out shank - he just pushed it wide.

First half, Dismal. 2nd half shows we can play on the raod. Now we just need to remember that next time.

I am sure most of us would of accepted an 11 point loss to Freo before thegame started. The old Dees would of been poleaxed by 10+ goals. At least this group shows some heart.

DL

 

[Deemanding]

Another slow (as in crawling) start. This really needs to be fixed as it can only be mental. Its not ability.

At least after half time we showed a lot more fight and willingness to take the game on. I think if we had hit the front the Freo heads might of dropped and we might of stolen it.

On Watts, I don't feel the need to be too hard on him. He was at least getting to space to have shots. And if I am not mistake he got cleaned up before his shot in the 4th. At least this left eye looked dark and a bit puffy. May of affected his kicking. And let's be honest. It wasn't an out and out shank - he just pushed it wide.

First half, Dismal. 2nd half shows we can play on the raod. Now we just need to remember that next time.

I am sure most of us would of accepted an 11 point loss to Freo before thegame started. The old Dees would of been poleaxed by 10+ goals. At least this group shows some heart.

DL

Watts copped an elbow in the face from Warnock in a training drill on Thursday - hence the puffy eye.

The movement from the defence in the first half was truly terrible. No-one looked to take the game on.

 

[stretcharmstrong]

Disappointed. That is all.

 

[CM Sean]

If Watts or Dunn had of converted late in the last, we would've won. FACT.

So in short... ****ING LEARN TO KICK FFS!

 

[Wonaeamirri33]

DreamTeam full-time stats from today...

For us:

Sylvia 103
Davey 97
Scully 89
Green 87
Macdonald 87
Bail 86
Garland 86
Morton 81
Dunn 80
Rivers 76
Bartram 75
Jones 75
Frawley 74
McKenzie 74
Watts 71
Bate 66
Johnson 65
Jurrah 63
Bruce 57
Bennell 56

 

[demonfan9]

But on Jurrah, he played one hell of a frustrating game. Too much hanging out the back for cheapies and not chasing. But the set shot accuracy was back and he took one of his trademark grabs. I think he'll have a one or two of his big games before the season is out.

I love Jurrah but he does have a few aspects of his game which he has to work on. You've touched on them in this post and I agree. He does seem to hang out of the marking contest and hope for the crumbs, when we actually need him jumping in there and creating a contest. Maybe he hasn't got the confidence in his shoulder, maybe he is just re-adjusting back to senior level, but he needs to get the basics down pat. We all know he can do the miraculous and can pinch some goals, but if you can't at least prevent your opponent from taking a grab in a one-on-one marking contest, then you won't go very far. I'm sure it will get drummed into him by the coaches as it's very obvious when viewing from the sidelines. To finish on a positive, however, he just knows how to find those goals which is a terrific sign. He has scored a goal in every game thus far (24 from 11) and has kicked multiple goals in 7 out of 11 games.

 

[Wonaeamirri33]

DreamTeam stats for Freo:

Duffield 107
Palmer 96
Mundy 85
Sandilands 83
McPhee 82
Pavlich 79
Ballantyne 75
Hill 73
Roberton 72
Broughton 71
Hasleby 70
Bradley 67
Fyfe 66
Johnson 65
McPharlin 65
Ibbotson 64
Morabito 62
De Boer 50