Round 6 Good Bad Ugly V Dogs

[skoobydoo]

Sando was queried on this last year and said that we preferred to have 1-2 extra players around a stoppage. Seems to leave us open to teams zoning off.

Certainly hasn't helped us with outside movement.

 

[little graham]

Have been musing over this game all week.

There was some bad shit played, there was some ugly stupid things done (crouch's attempted hit) but 1 important thing stands out.

We have injuries, we have a poor draw, we have a coaching staff still reeling, we have senior players out of form, we had a heap of excuses if we lost this game. We always have lost these games.(day games in Victoria) At times we've found reasons to lose these games.

But we didn't.

Nigel Smart once talked about this in an aftermatch interview at Waverly in 1997. About drawing a line in the sand. We did that day in a fierce but sloppy Saturday against Hawthorn.

Thought I saw it the week before when a pinch hitter was flattened.