Bail - surprised us all

Bartram - excellent tagging game

Bate - slow and unsure

Bennell - effective forward pressure

Bruce - some crucial turnovers

Davey - player of old

Dunn - some important possessions

Frawley - tough and uncompromising

Green - a wonderful leader

Grimes - superlatives not enough

Jamar - career best performance

Jones - losing his way

MacDonald - a great improvement

McDonald - age has wearied

Moloney - good , not great

Petterd - always a danger

Scully - some telling clangers

Strauss - responsibility beyond capability

Trengove - some important touches

Warnock - excellent all day

McKenzie - loved his game

Newton - didn't take chance

Edited April 3, 201015 yr by joeboy

As opposed to last week, we only had a few players who didn't contribute or played poorly.

Bruce was one of them. Probably our worst today. Not good. Newton was another. Bennell didn't touch it in the first half. Frawley wasn't great.

Other than them, we had a consistent contribution from all. Bail surprised, he's fit and can kick (if only he'd had a bit more on that last one).

Petterd was fantastic, as was Green. Lead-up forwards, what a difference it makes.

Davey was superb through the middle, and Grimes was BOG across HB. He reads the play so well.

Jamar dominated Fraser and Jolly, absolutely dominated. Pity he missed that goal in the second quarter.

MacDonald was really improved on last week. Looked faster and stronger, beat Cloke more than once one-on-one, and took the game on. Well done.

Bail surprised me today - best game I've seen him play but should've at least leveled the score at the end there.

Green - leave him at full forward - that's where he plays best.

Grimes - captain next year - best played off half back for now.

Scully - disso with his kicking and decisions today

Petterd - I think I was wrong with him - he can play, leave him up forward - strong through the hips and lower half in general.

Bennell - like to see him up forward from now

Jordie - very impressed again today

McDonald - age has wearied

25 posessions and 8 tackles ....

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Petterd's should be "best on ground".

Bail surprised me today - best game I've seen him play but should've at least leveled the score at the end there.

Green - leave him at full forward - that's where he plays best.

Grimes - captain next year - best played off half back for now.

Scully - disso with his kicking and decisions today

Petterd - I think I was wrong with him - he can play, leave him up forward - strong through the hips and lower half in general.

Bennell - like to see him up forward from now

Jordie - very impressed again today

I recon brad green deserves captaincy given Jnr retires, he's a great leader and actually is capable of having big impacts in games and his courage is priceless.

I thought Jnr was good today and really helped keep swan down as well.

I have never seen anyone shirk as many contests as Bennell has. The conest just before 3qtr time was embarrassing and cost us the lead going into the last quarter. HE was played forward because he doesn't man up!

It was impressive how we played as a team and how good Grimes is! Petterd was fantastic and is presenting very well. Trengove and scully are getting good game time. Frawley is sensational as with Warnock and MAcdonald.

Bail was great, ran hard all day and uses it quite well.

Juice wasn't good enough either was Bate who is just a plodder and lucky to be in the side.

Also Batram was very good.

Bennell - effective forward pressure

Jones - losing his way

McDonald - age has wearied

I think you are being a bit kind to Bennell. He dropped his head going into far too many contested posessions for my liking. While he did some good things, he should put his body on the line more often. I won't mention the two inside 50 marks he should of taken.

Jones was hard at the ball and won us many contested posessions. Harsh again my friend. He provided pressure on the ball carrier

which lead to turnovers.

McDonald, while slow on occasions (don't talk about the 2-on-1 with I think Sidebottom or Beams?) and the free-kicks for over the shoulder, won us a lot of contested ball and forward movement. Played well I thought.

P.s: I am absolutely shattered that we lost. Umpired out of the game. BRING ON ADELAIDE NEXT WEEK!

It was impressive how we played as a team and how good Grimes is! Petterd was fantastic and is presenting very well. Trengove and scully are getting good game time. Frawley is sensational as with Warnock and MAcdonald.

He's a good player, but I thought he was poor today. None of their forwards got on top of us, but he was fumbly overhead and over-ran it a few times. Nothing too drastic, but that's 2 in a row.

I thought Jnr was good today and really helped keep swan down as well.

If Junior was on Swan , then I retract my comments unreservedly .

I did note that Swan was not a contributer , but I thought it was Bartram on him for much of the day .

Frawley's decision-making at times was definitely poor, but he was still very strong in the contests. He had a good game overall.

Bail - came from nowhere

Bartram - had an impact

Bate - has become useless

Bennell - one critical error

Bruce - Casey run overdue

Davey - absolute freaking genius

Dunn - surprisingly stood tall

Frawley - great all around

Green - permanent forward please

Grimes - delivers yet again

Jamar - best on ground

Jones - completely crap again

MacDonald - toughness was great

McDonald - silly free kicks

Moloney - not really noticed

Petterd - glorious to watch

Scully - handball skills delightful

Strauss - not ready yet

Trengove - Rising Star certainty

Warnock - looked much better

McKenzie - fantastic game again

Newton - did he play?

I recon brad green deserves captaincy given Jnr retires, he's a great leader and actually is capable of having big impacts in games and his courage is priceless.

You're right Carn Dees. Green until he retires then my man Jack. Agreed?

I have never seen anyone shirk as many contests as Bennell has. The conest just before 3qtr time was embarrassing and cost us the lead going into the last quarter. HE was played forward because he doesn't man up!

It was impressive how we played as a team and how good Grimes is! Petterd was fantastic and is presenting very well. Trengove and scully are getting good game time. Frawley is sensational as with Warnock and MAcdonald.

Bail was great, ran hard all day and uses it quite well.

Juice wasn't good enough either was Bate who is just a plodder and lucky to be in the side.

Also Batram was very good.

Newton definitely went missing. The best contribution he made was to draw players away from our runners up forward.

yeah newton didn't have a great day, but not sure he did much wrong. kicked a goal when he had the opportunity, and was requried to spend a fair bit of the time in the ruck, which isn't his position.

i actually was happy with bruce today as well. yeah he made a couple of errors, but he didn't make them consistently all day, like usual. he got 19 touches, and at least hit some targets with the handballs. I wonder if that is because players actually ran past rather than standing flat footed?

I have never seen anyone shirk as many contests as Bennell has. The conest just before 3qtr time was embarrassing and cost us the lead going into the last quarter. HE was played forward because he doesn't man up!

It was impressive how we played as a team and how good Grimes is! Petterd was fantastic and is presenting very well. Trengove and scully are getting good game time. Frawley is sensational as with Warnock and MAcdonald.

Bail was great, ran hard all day and uses it quite well.

Juice wasn't good enough either was Bate who is just a plodder and lucky to be in the side.

Also Batram was very good.

I'm glad somone recognised it when they saw Them. He short stepped a few times that i saw.

Send him back to Casey immediately, that setup kick from Davey should have been the match winner.

Bennell put in the short steps going back & there was noone there, coming at him. Then he did the clark Gable acting performance of the year pretending to cramp, as an excuse for shirking the contest.

I agree with Peter James, Bennel was frightened today and saw similar last week,no courage when it realy counted. Back to Casey for mine. May have missed it bit no body has mentioned the great game from Jamar thought the Russian played a lone hand in the ruck and was the best ruckman afield.

He should be made to apologise to his team mates. It just isn't good enough in a team sport to do that. Worse that he does it a few times in every game.

Bail - came from nowhere

He could be an astute selection at pick 70 something?

I have never seen anyone shirk as many contests as Bennell has.

Couldn't agree more. He cost us the game. Two potential goals were lost from his dogging it. I know he's young and that's terribly harsh, but almost everyone else stood up today.

That was a heartbreaking loss but reminded me of Melbourne circa 1987. A young team full of guts. Absolutely outstanding. Jamar, Pettard, Davey, Grimes and Green were incredible. Hats off to our young Demons for standing up like that.

Edited April 3, 201015 yr by Ned

He's a good player, but I thought he was poor today. None of their forwards got on top of us, but he was fumbly overhead and over-ran it a few times. Nothing too drastic, but that's 2 in a row.

He could be a good player Uranus, but he's Not.

He must learn to play with more courage. And he must learn it Now, before those soft efforts become engrained into his game.

If Junior was on Swan , then I retract my comments unreservedly .

I did note that Swan was not a contributer , but I thought it was Bartram on him for much of the day .

McKenzie and Junr shared duties on Swan for most of the game. Grimes did some good things but made 3-4 telling errors.

He should be made to apologise to his team mates. It just isn't good enough in a team sport to do that. Worse that he does it a few times in every game.

I agree.

He should be dropped, or this cancer will erode any gains taken from today.