Review Good/Bad and the Umpiring.

[FR0GGY]

I think he had 5 or 6 hit outs to advantage to 1

He absolutely massacred Lycett in every facet

Not the right week to have a go at ROB

Don’t worry about Bernie, he wanted Thilthorpe in the sanfl.

 

[ftmch]

Not sure which commentator it was, but 'Stole his lunch money' was my favorite call for the game.

Twas Dwayne

 

[FR0GGY]

The guy from the advertiser wrote an article defending his choice of Dawson, said they have to vote 5-10 before the end. Rankines 4 goals look better than 3 at the time.

That Dawson picked up the team, won heaps of contested ball.

I can’t believe people think Dawson was that bad of a choice.

 

[Milo Cyrus]

It was pleasing to see us use short kicks to move the ball, rather than just hoofing high balls to their intercept defenders

Need to do this against Freo too.

 

[George Kramer]

I can’t believe people think Dawson was that bad of a choice.

He played well but there were better players

 

[FR0GGY]

He played well but there were better players

One coach had him 2nd best on ground.
No where near as bad as people are making out.

 

[ABAB]

Need to do this against Freo too.

We've shown we can implement this game plan during the pressure of a Showdown, just need to get more experience to our young and developing players to be more consistent instead of a few quarters against GWS and a quarter against Richmond.

 

[whattagun07]

Twas Dwayne

That's a classic dwayne line

 

[Milo Cyrus]

We've shown we can implement this game plan during the pressure of a Showdown, just need to get more experience to our young and developing players to be more consistent instead of a few quarters against GWS and a quarter against Richmond.

On to Freo-
West Coast had Fremantle on the ropes early with the deep entry to Allen & Darling. Freo's 1 wood seems to be to intercept at half back and swarm forward with a hit up pass or ground ball entry for the swarm to go to work on. The slowed entries generally went to ruckman who pushed forward. West Coast had a leash on Brayshaw until he ran them off their legs late and it worked well. If we can clog up their forward entry, be good at ground level in their half and keep our one wood in the bag for the last qtr like we did against port it will go a long way to beating them and squaring the ledger at 2-2.

I'd be tempted to play Smith at half forward this week and tell him to hit up RT every chance he gets.
Looking forward to seeing what happens for a change, wont get my hopes up just yet though.

 

[ABAB]

On to Freo-
West Coast had Fremantle on the ropes early with the deep entry to Allen & Darling. Freo's 1 wood seems to be to intercept at half back and swarm forward with a hit up pass or ground ball entry for the swarm to go to work on. The slowed entries generally went to ruckman who pushed forward. West Coast had a leash on Brayshaw until he ran them off their legs late and it worked well. If we can clog up their forward entry, be good at ground level in their half and keep our one wood in the bag for the last qtr like we did against port it will go a long way to beating them and squaring the ledger at 2-2.

I'd be tempted to play Smith at half forward this week and tell him to hit up RT every chance he gets.
Looking forward to seeing what happens for a change, wont get my hopes up just yet though.

There's always a downer after a Showdown and we are far from an experience and consistent side to handle this better as a collective playing group. If Walker isn't fit then we will have him, Fogarty, McAdam and Pedlar missing from our forward line which was going to be our biggest advantage over Fremantle but will now be lead by an inexperience Thilthorpe who will get Fremantle's best defender, Gollant who has only played a handful of games and a very inconsistent Himmelberg.

 

[Mutineer]

 

[jenny61_99]

I can’t believe people think Dawson was that bad of a choice.

It was just surprising. There were at least three ahead of him for most of us I think.

 

[FR0GGY]

It was just surprising. There were at least three ahead of him for most of us I think.

Except one of the coaches.

 

[King Elvis]

Just when I thought I was out, these goddamn mother*ers pull me back in.

Epic

I feel the same - and I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing!

 

[Milo Cyrus]

There's always a downer after a Showdown and we are far from an experience and consistent side to handle this better as a collective playing group. If Walker isn't fit then we will have him, Fogarty, McAdam and Pedlar missing from our forward line which was going to be our biggest advantage over Fremantle but will now be lead by an inexperience Thilthorpe who will get Fremantle's best defender, Gollant who has only played a handful of games and a very inconsistent Himmelberg.

Simply need to win, Dockers aren't traveling that well themselves.

 

[Golumless]

Amazing how even the home/away wins are for both teams

Yup, I'm pretty sure it follows table position rather well though, where the form team usually wins them.

 

[jenny61_99]

Except one of the coaches.

I said most of us.

 

[Mutineer]

 

[George Kramer]

The annoying, why are all the media talking about Fog missing and RT getting his chance. Don’t they realise he replaced EH and Gollant replaced Fog?

Friggin idiots

 

[Redleg Crow]

One coach had him 2nd best on ground.
No where near as bad as people are making out.

Yeah but 2 coaches had Rankine as BOG

 

[FR0GGY]

Yeah but 2 coaches had Rankine as BOG

Yeah my point was it wasn’t that left field a choice.

 

[footy4ever]

Dumb as a box of hammers.

The annoying, why are all the media talking about Fog missing and RT getting his chance. Don’t they realise he replaced EH and Gollant replaced Fog?

Friggin idiots

dumb as a box of hammers.

 

[Redleg Crow]

Yeah my point was it wasn’t that left field a choice.

Yeah, fair

 

[Burtonsgottago]

I can’t believe people think Dawson was that bad of a choice.

If they were to watch the whole game again theyd see that he played a very good game

 

[CrowBloke]

Dumb as a box of hammers.

Who gives a rat's who's in for whom? They played. Really well.

We belted Port by 31, so stuff the commentators.