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Ashley Sampi comes in again and saves the day, but what a match......despite the weather it was there was some pretty good skills on show, combined with some tough football, and a near miracle comeback which was snuffed out. And the best part about it.....WE WON!!!!
Aside from Brisbane, which was obvsioubly our best performance of the year, this one was our second best in mine.
Ben Cousins was the man today, once again....he was everywhere. Injured early on but showed great courage and leadership.
Chad Fletcher was great for three quarters but went completely missing in the final term, which was one of the main reasons for the Roos comback.
Chris Judd didn't have his best match in terms of impact, but did end up our 4th leading possession getter, and was always creating spark when he was near the ball.
Daniel Chick has added his name into the dictionary as the defination for the word courage. MOM in my book.
Andrew Embley was sensational, although he's kick from 15 out was a shocker
and his missed shot (although harder) from 45 out could've put them away.
Adam Hunter put in his best match of the year, with a great first half. Went a bit missing in the second half, in particular last quarter, but showed the best signs he has all year.
Michael Gardiner rucked tirelessly once again and come out on top, while around the ground he had quite a good presence for a ruck in those conditions.
Ashley Sampi once again came to the fore at the end of the match, and he was quite lively without being sensational for the rest of it.
Darren Glass also was impressive in a much more attacking role than we are used to him in. He was often sighted in the forward line and nearly even kicked a goal.
Rowan Jones was at the bottom of nearly every single pack, and his toughness was one of the things which I'm sure lifted everyone around the ground.
Drew Banfield tackled like a man possessed, and so often did a one percenter, taking a man down just when it looked like he was away.
Daniel Kerr put in a great hard nut performance, and did some great tackles, but unfortuantely didn't have much of a chance to do anything after he was injured.
Those 12 guys were all as good as each and could easily take out Brownlow Votes from that match.
From the rest - Damien Adkins, Kasey Green, Jeremy Humm, Glen Jakovich, Andrew McDougall, David Wirrpunda and Josh Wooden all had pretty good games without having a major impact, and there would be little complaints about the way they went about their business.
The final group of guys to mention - Michael Braun was given an absolute bath from Harvey, but he was just outmuscled and shouldn't have been on him. Trent Carroll was allright after the first term, and kicked a very crucial goal, but somehow managed to allow Sav Rocca to kick 3 in the firm term. David Haynes had quite a poor match and had little impact, but it was always going to be hard for him playing as a big man in these conditions.
From a team point of view - these wins make you apprecaite winning much more than thumping opposition who are compltely outclassed. We played the percentages very well in this match, always looking to kick long or kick off the ground rather than screw around with it, and it was that which got us home in the end.
We had numbers at the contests for 3 and a bit quarters, and it was only towards the end of the match when we broke out to a 22 point lead and maybe we just thought we'd had it won, but at the end there you could see how few numbers we had at the contest and thats when the real match winners come out - Daniel Chick and Ben Cousins, because they were still the two constants at each contest during that stage.
Aside from Brisbane, which was obvsioubly our best performance of the year, this one was our second best in mine.
Ben Cousins was the man today, once again....he was everywhere. Injured early on but showed great courage and leadership.
Chad Fletcher was great for three quarters but went completely missing in the final term, which was one of the main reasons for the Roos comback.
Chris Judd didn't have his best match in terms of impact, but did end up our 4th leading possession getter, and was always creating spark when he was near the ball.
Daniel Chick has added his name into the dictionary as the defination for the word courage. MOM in my book.
Andrew Embley was sensational, although he's kick from 15 out was a shocker
and his missed shot (although harder) from 45 out could've put them away.Adam Hunter put in his best match of the year, with a great first half. Went a bit missing in the second half, in particular last quarter, but showed the best signs he has all year.
Michael Gardiner rucked tirelessly once again and come out on top, while around the ground he had quite a good presence for a ruck in those conditions.
Ashley Sampi once again came to the fore at the end of the match, and he was quite lively without being sensational for the rest of it.
Darren Glass also was impressive in a much more attacking role than we are used to him in. He was often sighted in the forward line and nearly even kicked a goal.
Rowan Jones was at the bottom of nearly every single pack, and his toughness was one of the things which I'm sure lifted everyone around the ground.
Drew Banfield tackled like a man possessed, and so often did a one percenter, taking a man down just when it looked like he was away.
Daniel Kerr put in a great hard nut performance, and did some great tackles, but unfortuantely didn't have much of a chance to do anything after he was injured.
Those 12 guys were all as good as each and could easily take out Brownlow Votes from that match.
From the rest - Damien Adkins, Kasey Green, Jeremy Humm, Glen Jakovich, Andrew McDougall, David Wirrpunda and Josh Wooden all had pretty good games without having a major impact, and there would be little complaints about the way they went about their business.
The final group of guys to mention - Michael Braun was given an absolute bath from Harvey, but he was just outmuscled and shouldn't have been on him. Trent Carroll was allright after the first term, and kicked a very crucial goal, but somehow managed to allow Sav Rocca to kick 3 in the firm term. David Haynes had quite a poor match and had little impact, but it was always going to be hard for him playing as a big man in these conditions.
From a team point of view - these wins make you apprecaite winning much more than thumping opposition who are compltely outclassed. We played the percentages very well in this match, always looking to kick long or kick off the ground rather than screw around with it, and it was that which got us home in the end.
We had numbers at the contests for 3 and a bit quarters, and it was only towards the end of the match when we broke out to a 22 point lead and maybe we just thought we'd had it won, but at the end there you could see how few numbers we had at the contest and thats when the real match winners come out - Daniel Chick and Ben Cousins, because they were still the two constants at each contest during that stage.
