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Arguably better than the 2006 game in that it was such a weakened team. We were really scraping the bottom of the barrel last night whereas the 2006 team was strong although the comeback was bigger. Both in the top handful along with GF wins.Great win, just below the Geelong comeback for mine
+ Kelly, repeat multiple efforts, keeps his feet and has such clean skills, throw in a crucial goal for an all round performance
+ Gaff, his across the body kicking still irks me, but he was great tonight, putting himself in the right spot all around the ground and playing the percentages
+ Nicnat - didn't have it all his own way, but persevered and was highly influential when the game was there to be one with some key clearances and a sublime handpass (18 disposals in the wet!)
+ Duggan is joining Sheppard as being one of our most solid, week in week out, supreme confidence whenever these two are involved in the play
+ Darling, great hands in the wet and is our most important lead up target when we get stuck on the wing - rarely seems to get beaten these days
+ Barrass, outstanding marking and spoiling as usual
+ Hurn, seems to cop it on here, sure he's dropped off compared to recent years, but he still does all the basic things right
+ Schoey, great to see him back, his hairline has receded even further but his game hasn't
+ O'Neill, felt like he had more than 6 touches to me, starting to look like he belongs more and more
+ Ainsworth, his best game so far? shut down Jones and seemed more involved than he has been, massive confidence booster
+ felt like watching the future of the eagles, have a look at the team song and see the younger boys getting around each other
+ We beat the Saints in one of our best home and away wins in history given the circumstances.
- My fiancƩe, a Saints fan, is no longer speaking to me.
Love it, not personal just business this time of yearDont worry brother, I was doing the same tonight lol.
Got to love this time of year!
One negativeā saints fans giving gov the na na na goodbye song after the hit in the first quarter
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They're all in the upper bowl at the Gabba.There were fans at the game?
They're all in the upper bowl at the Gabba.
I have thought that too but obviously the club sees something in him as the just gave him a contract extensionI finally concede that petrol jelly is on a kinfes edge of not making it. That's being kind.
I finally concede that petrol jelly is on a kinfes edge of not making it. That's being kind.
I have thought that too but obviously the club sees something in him as the just gave him a contract extension
+ Ryan - what else can be said. An earlier post mentioned him now having Rioli's outrageous skillset added to his arsenal as mentioned earlier - I fully agree. He's now comfortable at this level to play his natural flair. He's still only 23 (for another month);
+ Kelly and Gaff. They were in the 'zone' and played on pure instinct with 100% grunt. Gaff smashing into everything and Kelly's ability in congestion is absolutely elite;
+ Duggan in the midfield. He's involved in everything with Yeo like physicality but gives away less frees. Hard AF;
+ Naitanui, Barrass on a different tier. Darling stood up well when we needed him too;
Some $2 opinions with regard to the performance of some of our more maligned youngsters:
I'm coming around to Ainsworth. Has been very good playing his role with immense focus last 2 games. It easier to remember his mistakes within him rather than the good things he does but he's improving each game, and apart from 2 inconsequential HT's against he didn't put a foot wrong. Really happy for him. He's tough and strong for his size, and will get better over the ball in time. With the backing of the club he will continue to grow.
Petrucelle I thought was pretty good in his first game back. He was getting to the right spots and stayed involved, which was one of his biggest knocks. Once he shakes the rust off he'll be decent, just need to keep backing him.
The mark by Brander in the 4th on the flank and kick to JK were super important in context to the game. I can see he is visibly trying to crack in, but as another poster said he overthinks it and still appears tentative. Those first 2 saints goals in the last quarter he was in the vicinity but just stood flat footed, albeit it was a good effort for him to get there in the first place being on the wing.
I liked seeing Brayshaw out there. Could develop into handy depth.
Thatās his subway orderWhen Simmo had that paper in the box after guv hammy . Was that a View attachment 958643dear John letter cos thats how I reacted when I got one .
He fought hard but just couldn't get any clean possession, which will come with experience and confidence, but he would be purely inside grunt.Plenty of posters had been calling for Brayshaw to get a game and couldn't understand how he was continually being ignored by the match committee. I think we now know why. Your optimism is admirable.
The 2017 draft was great for us no doubt and this year would be very hard to develop thats why i have patience with Brander and Ainers.LOL.
The 2017 draft just made up 6 of our 22 last night in a great win.
All of them have work to do in terms of their development, (and yes, that applies to Oscar as well), but it is far too early to be making any kind of definitive statements in writing off a bunch of 20/21 year olds.
West Coast is an incredibly difficult side to break in to. At other clubs, Pettrucelle and Brander would be up around 50 games experience by now.
I know you probably find melting more enjoyable, but how about you give the guys a break and let the development coaches s do their job and have a little faith.