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N.Jones- tough and effective

Grimes - captain stood up

Watts - bruise free game

Dawes - provided the target

Viney- tough and brave

Frawley - upped his status

Dyson - was well held

McKenzie - tough in packs

Dunn - effective all day

Kent - some important plays

Cross - the consummate professional

Pederson - continued good form

Vince - had little influence

Kennedy - Harris - showed some flair

McDonald - confident and important

Evans - made an impact

Howe - far from convincing

Bail - dashing and important

M.Jones - career best game

Terlich - injured, no loss

Georgiou - reliable and composed

Spencer - fantastic second efforts

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N.Jones- tough and effective - yes

Grimes - captain stood up - gutsy, needs to keep his feet
Watts - bruise free game - won some contests, looking better
Dawes - provided the target - yes
Viney- tough and brave - yes
Frawley - upped his status - why hasn't he played forward before?
Dyson - was well held - took the tag, i like him
McKenzie - tough in packs
Dunn - effective all day
Kent - some important plays
Cross - the consummate professional
Pederson - continued good form
Vince - had little influence
Kennedy - Harris - showed some flair
McDonald - confident and important - heart in mouth when he kickc
Evans - made an impact
Howe - far from convincing
Bail - dashing and important - kicked straight, how about that?
M.Jones - career best game
Terlich - injured, no loss
Georgiou - reliable and composed
Spencer - fantastic second efforts

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N.Jones- leadership, grunt, skill

Grimes - poise, leadership, efficiency

Watts - skill but soft

Dawes - a huge presence

Viney- natural aggressive footballer

Frawley - wow, absolutely wow.

Tyson - was played close

McKenzie - welcome back grunt

Dunn - another great game

Kent - some important plays

Cross - example setting leader

Pederson - works very hard

Vince - poor game really

Kennedy - Harris - quality small forward

McDonald - confident and efficient

Evans - love his attack

Howe - quality team game

Bail - run, grunt, skill

M.Jones -keeps on improving

Terlich - not great game

Georgiou - reliable and composed

Spencer - duracell, aggro, unco.

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N.Jones- tough and effective

Grimes - captain stood up

Watts - bruise free game

Dawes - provided the target

Viney- tough and brave

Frawley - upped his status

Dyson - was well held

McKenzie - tough in packs

Dunn - effective all day

Kent - some important plays

Cross - the consummate professional

Pederson - continued good form

Vince - had little influence

Kennedy - Harris - showed some flair

McDonald - confident and important

Evans - made an impact

Howe - far from convincing

Bail - dashing and important

M.Jones - career best game

Terlich - injured, no loss

Georgiou - reliable and composed

Spencer - fantastic second efforts

Dyson - left after 1995 :wub:

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get sick of the tossers who continually get stuck into Watts, never [censored] satisfied you [censored]s

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get sick of the tossers who continually get stuck into Watts, never [censored] satisfied you [censored]

I generally stick up for Jack. but I don't think he was terribly good today. We need more output from him. It's no good being the best kick in the side if you never get the ball. We also saw him repeatedly go in half-assed to contests and not even look like winning the contested ball. I want to see him get a lot more ball and look like he's playing with a little urgency when the opposition have it.

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Thought Watts was much more physical today. Did some good tackles and was his usual skilful self. Wish people would get off Jack's back.

Yes, he did lay some great tackles, a couple of them strong and brutal in the second half. But there were major passages of play where he sauntered around waiting for the play to be made by others when he was the man in position number 1. We are not "on Jack's back": we are making game observations. We want him to succeed like everyone else but his lack of grunt in a contest remains a huge hole in his game.

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Watts laid 4 effective tackles, surely a record for him, yet the pot shots keep coming...

If you were at the game it would be hard not to be critical of his intensity - something the big screen does not pick up.

The thing with Jack W is he is the closest thing we have to a superstar - he has pace, vision and really clean hands and he's also smart in one-on-one contests.

He can break lines easier than any other player we have - just look at his game against St Kilda.

But until he runs hard at most contests and tackles with meaning, he's just never going to avoid criticism.

He is the closest thing we have to a superstar, but I doubt he will ever get there.

If only he realised how dangerous he is when he has the ball and made every effort to get it.

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Watts laid 4 effective tackles, surely a record for him, yet the pot shots keep coming...

Watts at times over the past 4 games has ran through congestion, gathered the hard ball then broke away to dispose of it. Why can't this happen more often? Why is he hesitant? I know he's great on the outside but taking the game on with his skills and pace would take his game to a new level.
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Watts laid 4 effective tackles, surely a record for him, yet the pot shots keep coming...

Took some good marks and kicked a couple of goals also.....bruise free, i dont think so, a solid contibutor is how id rate his game.

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Watts laid 4 effective tackles, surely a record for him, yet the pot shots keep coming...

I watched Watts closely the last 3 weeks and he is incredibly soft. It is inarguable.

However his skills are sublime and he creates when he has the ball. He will always be picked for those reasons.

Roos has also smartly created another goal avenue for us. Watts plays as a mid and therefore his opponent is also a mid and usually much smaller. When the forwards lead out, Watts will occasionally drop in the hole and outmark his smaller opponent, as he did twice yesterday. It is working well and hard to stop, as you cant throw a tall defender to a running mid.

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I watched Watts closely the last 3 weeks and he is incredibly soft. It is inarguable.

However his skills are sublime and he creates when he has the ball. He will always be picked for those reasons.

Roos has also smartly created another goal avenue for us. Watts plays as a mid and therefore his opponent is also a mid and usually much smaller. When the forwards lead out, Watts will occasionally drop in the hole and outmark his smaller opponent, as he did twice yesterday. It is working well and hard to stop, as you cant throw a tall defender to a running mid.

Likewise.....but, when he gets the ball, bugger me, it's like he's got half an hour to make a decision.

He'll choose his contests, that's for sure....but his role is not to crunch. We've got Tyson, Viney, Cross and Jordie to do that.

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