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Bate - 5 minute impact

Bell - failed to impress

Bennell - creative but mistakeridden

Bruce - numerous costly turnovers

Davey - had no impact

Frawley - attitude and endeavour

Green - solid but unspectacular

Grimes - calm and confident

Jamar - an outstanding return

Johnson - not a rover

Jones - had little influence

Maric - 2 good quarters

Martin - had no idea

McDonald - couldn't hurt opposition

McLean - many ineffective possessions

Miller - needs a rest

Moloney - terrific in close

Morton - poor decision making

Rivers - reliable as usual

Sylvia - failed to repeat

Warnock - excellent under pressure

Whelan - going through paces

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Grimes - calm and confident

Hooray, joeboy has seen the light! ;):lol:

Jamar - an outstanding return

Agreed. Great performance from the big man. Good in the hitouts, great in the contested situations and did some clever things with the handballs.

McLean - many ineffective possessions

Moloney - terrific in close

I actually think McLean is much cleaner both in close and in space. Moloney made a lot of really poor decisions by foot, and handballed to the opposition at least 2-3 times. Not his best game.

McLean was much better tonight, and he had 8 clearances again (the next best was Moloney, with 4).

Posted
Bate - 5 minute impact

Bell - failed to impress

Bennell - creative but mistakeridden

Bruce - numerous costly turnovers

Davey - had no impact

Frawley - attitude and endeavour

Green - solid but unspectacular

Grimes - calm and confident

Jamar - an outstanding return

Johnson - not a rover

Jones - had little influence

Maric - 2 good quarters

Martin - had no idea

McDonald - couldn't hurt opposition

McLean - many ineffective possessions

Miller - needs a rest

Moloney - terrific in close

quoting from tv again come to a game

Morton - poor decision making

Rivers - reliable as usual

Sylvia - failed to repeat

Warnock - excellent under pressure

Whelan - going through paces

Posted
Bate - 5 minute impact

Bell - failed to impress

Bennell - creative but mistakeridden

Bruce - numerous costly turnovers

Davey - had no impact

Frawley - attitude and endeavour

Green - solid but unspectacular

Grimes - calm and confident

Jamar - an outstanding return

Johnson - not a rover

Jones - had little influence

Maric - 2 good quarters

Martin - had no idea

McDonald - couldn't hurt opposition

McLean - many ineffective possessions

Miller - needs a rest

Moloney - terrific in close

Morton - poor decision making

Rivers - reliable as usual

Sylvia - failed to repeat

Warnock - excellent under pressure

Whelan - going through paces

<\ Moloney turnovers though :wacko:

Posted
Bate - 5 minute impact

Bell - failed to impress

Bennell - creative but mistakeridden

Bruce - numerous costly turnovers

Davey - had no impact

Frawley - attitude and endeavour

Green - solid but unspectacular

Grimes - calm and confident

Jamar - an outstanding return

Johnson - not a rover

Jones - had little influence

Maric - 2 good quarters

Martin - had no idea

McDonald - couldn't hurt opposition

McLean - many ineffective possessions

Miller - needs a rest

Moloney - terrific in close

Morton - poor decision making

Rivers - reliable as usual

Sylvia - failed to repeat

Warnock - excellent under pressure

Whelan - going through paces

a bit harsh on Sylvia i think, he was never going to repeat what he did last week, and gathering 20+ possies and a goal is a pass for me, and a big step in the right direction for him

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"Another inspiring 1/2 time address from yoda"

Forgive my ignorance, but what are you saying here?

Not happy with DB?

For what its worth - I am.

Posted
Bate - 5 minute impact

Bell - failed to impress

Bennell - creative but mistakeridden

Bruce - numerous costly turnovers

Davey - had no impact

Frawley - attitude and endeavour

Green - solid but unspectacular

Grimes - calm and confident

Jamar - an outstanding return

Johnson - not a rover

Jones - had little influence

Maric - 2 good quarters

Martin - had no idea

McDonald - couldn't hurt opposition

McLean - many ineffective possessions

Miller - needs a rest

Moloney - terrific in close

Morton - poor decision making

Rivers - reliable as usual

Sylvia - failed to repeat

Warnock - excellent under pressure

Whelan - going through paces

did u watch the same game??????


Posted
Bate - 5 minute impact

Bell - failed to impress

Bennell - creative but mistakeridden

Bruce - numerous costly turnovers

Davey - had no impact

Frawley - attitude and endeavour

Green - solid but unspectacular

Grimes - calm and confident

Jamar - an outstanding return

Johnson - not a rover

Jones - had little influence

Maric - 2 good quarters

Martin - had no idea

McDonald - couldn't hurt opposition

McLean - many ineffective possessions

Miller - needs a rest

Moloney - terrific in close

Morton - poor decision making

Rivers - reliable as usual

Sylvia - failed to repeat

Warnock - excellent under pressure

Whelan - going through paces

Joeboy, i have never been one to disagree with your opinion vocally, but [censored] mate, that is a bad assessment.

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skipper3, i think he's saying we're getting smashed every week in the third quarter. obviously tonight was no different. We go to sleep in the rooms for some reason

Posted

Bate - Good then went missing

Bell - Looked like Tarzan...

Bennell - Developing nicely

Bruce - Poor skills

Davey - Quiet game

Frawley - Improving each week

Green - Solid

Grimes - Rising Star

Jamar - Great tap-work

Johnson - Lacked the quality finish

Jones - Very quiet game

Maric - Classy touches

Martin - Poor game

McDonald - Good on Dal Santo

McLean - Poor skills

Miller - Casey

Moloney - Solid

Morton - Lack potency with disposal

Rivers - Destroyed Koschitzke

Sylvia - Solid

Warnock - Good on Riewoldt

Whelan - The General

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skipper3, i think he's saying we're getting smashed every week in the third quarter. obviously tonight was no different. We go to sleep in the rooms for some reason

Seems like with alot of young sides the starts of the 1st & 2nd halves are an issue. Not that we should be ok with that - have to get rid of it asap.

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Jamar - an outstanding return

Johnson - not a rover

I agree with this in particular. Jamar has his obvious limitations, but if I had to choose, I'd choose 10 Jamar touches over 20 PJ touches every single time.

I thought Bell did enough to earn another crack next week.

Warnock did a fair job on Riewoldt under the circumstances, but I thought the smaller, faster Frawley did a better job in the last quarter. Our number 8 is seriously a dead set gem. If he doesn't win this year's most improved then the whole thing's rigged as far as I'm concerned.

Posted

I thought Bell was pretty good tonight, he got rid of the ball quickly and generally made good decisions. Awareness was better as he was never caught. Hopefully a stepping stone.

Posted
Bate - 5 minute impact

Bell - failed to impress

Bennell - creative but mistakeridden

Bruce - numerous costly turnovers

Davey - had no impact

Frawley - attitude and endeavour

Green - solid but unspectacular

Grimes - calm and confident

Jamar - an outstanding return

Johnson - not a rover

Jones - had little influence

Maric - 2 good quarters

Martin - had no idea

McDonald - couldn't hurt opposition

McLean - many ineffective possessions

Miller - needs a rest

Moloney - terrific in close

Morton - poor decision making

Rivers - reliable as usual

Sylvia - failed to repeat

Warnock - excellent under pressure

Whelan - going through paces

We must have got done by 120 points with that effort from the players

Posted

I'm not totally against Moloney's ball use in close, but was he not playing on Hayes? Furthermore, was he also playing on Lewis last week? Or was it Sewell? Either way, he has to learn a defensive game, as it's killing us going the other way.


Posted
Joeboy, i have never been one to disagree with your opinion vocally, but [censored] mate, that is a bad assessment.

eg ? - in 3 words please .

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I agree with this in particular. Jamar has his obvious limitations, but if I had to choose, I'd choose 10 Jamar touches over 20 PJ touches every single time.

Maybe yesterday... but in general? You MUST have your players mixed up.

PJ got twice as much of it, and yes used it much worse, but Jamar isn't even in the same league as PJ for disposal. PJ's pass to Frawley is the kind of thing Jamar dreams about doing.

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Bate - killed by delivery

Bell -Some good efforts

Bennell - [censored] he's quick

Bruce -Loopy stupid handballs

Davey - Someone up bum

Frawley - What a legend

Green - Solid, no options

Grimes - What a delivery

Jamar - Most Impressive display

Johnson - Needs a position

Jones - Stop the beard

Maric - wow, wow, wow

Martin - Good up forward

McDonald -Needs a rest

McLean - Too bloody slow

Miller - Something is wrong

Moloney - Good but turnovers

Morton - Quietly unseen game

Rivers - Stemmed the flow

Sylvia - Good second effort

Warnock - Solid defensive effort

Whelan - Needs some help (an option to deliver to)

Posted

I didn't have the luxury of being able to see the game, but from 774's radio coverage (which was pretty crap, but I didn't want to risk getting worse coverage from MMM), it seemed as though Johnson, Bennell, Green and McLean played well. Having read the papers, it's obvious that Jamar had a good return as well.

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Maybe yesterday... but in general? You MUST have your players mixed up.

PJ got twice as much of it, and yes used it much worse, but Jamar isn't even in the same league as PJ for disposal. PJ's pass to Frawley is the kind of thing Jamar dreams about doing.

Jamar's work in close, and his contested marking (not to mention his ability to actually win a ruck contest), makes him 10 times more valuable than PJ.

We have plenty of others capable of winning the ball in the middle and actually hitting targets more than once a game, we don't need another. What we need is contested marking around the ground, and getting first use of the ball through the middle. Jamar gives us both of these.

Neither are good enough though.

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