Brayshaw - learnt plenty today

Cross - tried but limited

Dunn - was often exposed

Garland - kept at it

Garlett - only dangerous forward

Grimes - was rarely sighted

Hogan - was easily contained

Howe - little to commend

Jamar - was totally obliterated

Jones - couldn't get involved

Kennedy - Harris - totally lacked finesse

Lumumba - couldn't get involved

Pedersen - limited by size

McDonald - our only winner

McKenzie - an irrelevant footballer

Michie - exposed by pace

Newton- was rarely noticed

Salem - loose before injury

Tyson - continued disappointing season

vandenBerg - out of depth

Vince - no hero today

Watts - embarrassing and insipid

Brayshaw - learnt plenty today

Cross - tried but limited

Dunn - was often exposed

Garland - kept at it

Garlett - only dangerous forward

Grimes - was rarely sighted

Hogan - was easily contained

Howe - little to commend

Jamar - was totally obliterated

Jones - couldn't get involved

Kennedy - Harris - totally lacked finesse

Lumumba - couldn't get involved

Pedersen - limited by size

McDonald - our only winner

McKenzie - an irrelevant footballer

Michie - exposed by pace

Newton- was rarely noticed

Salem - loose before injury

Tyson - continued disappointing season

vandenBerg - out of depth

Vince - no hero today

Watts - embarrassing and insipid

Melbourne- brave three quarters

Fair call!

Watts- what to do?

JKH- first options please.

Hogan- don't join opposition!

Brayshaw- sign him forever.

Garlett- set shot goals!

Pederson- has a crack.

Mcdonald- our next AA

Mckenzie- tagger a sub?

Draft and Trade

JKH=at least he got into some better positions today and although his choice of option was poor,I liked his progress and can see an improved player.

Watts- what to do?

Off to casey

Brayshaw - learnt plenty today

Cross - tried but limited

Dunn - was often exposed

Garland - kept at it

Garlett - only dangerous forward

Grimes - was rarely sighted

Hogan - was easily contained

Howe - little to commend

Jamar - was totally obliterated - Disagree. Thought he battled really well

Jones - couldn't get involved

Kennedy - Harris - totally lacked finesse Tried to take game on but is not good enough and should take first option

Lumumba - couldn't get involved - Disagree. Ran hard again all day tried to link up.

Pedersen - limited by size - Was amongst our best in effort

McDonald - our only winner

McKenzie - an irrelevant footballer

Michie - exposed by pace - and endurance

Newton- was rarely noticed Made a few bad blues

Salem - loose before injury

Tyson - continued disappointing season - agree. He isn't right.

vandenBerg - out of depth

Vince - no hero today

Watts - embarrassing and insipid - Just get him out of my sight.

Big Quality Mids, please

Brayshaw - cemented senior spot

Cross - age catching up

Dunn - tried but beaten

Garland - some good efforts

Garlett - lone ranger forward

Grimes- looked past it

Hogan - ok but held

Howe - just another game

Jamar - tried but beaten

Jones - too many clangers

Kennedy - Harris - out muscled constantly

Lumumba - couldn't break free

Pedersen - worked very hard

McDonald - 2015 b&f winner

McKenzie - a vfl footballer

Michie - another vfl footballer

Newton- a reality check

Salem - was sorely missed

Tyson - poor form blues

vandenBerg - tried but beaten

Vince - just did enough

Watts - worst 100th ever?

Big Quality Mids, please

We keep selecting the wrong types as the game changes Now you need Fyfes and Mundys and Barlows and Subans

They were hard at it all day and even when they were cruising their midfiled were a couple of classes above

Good But Bad

We were horrid all day. Freo played in second gear all day, had all the run, all the pace, all the positioning, but were very average going forward for 3 quarters.

I thought they were a 20 goal-better side today. If we didn't have Garlett, who would have kicked our goals? We didn't kick a single goal off a rebound.

We are lucky it was only 68 points. Saying it was commendable for 3 quarters is comical.

Umpires - among Freos best

Fair call!

Rubbish!

Jamar played well in the circumstances. Tell me who Grimes was on? Ballantine. What influence did he have. And Pederson played a pretty good game

Brayshaw - Competitive and consistent
Cross - Beaten but committed
Dunn - 2014 a memory
Garland - Constantly out marked
Garlett - Not quite damaging
Grimes - Locked down Ballantyne
Hogan - Didn't get delivery
Howe - Going through motions
Jamar - Old and tired
Jones - Outran all day
Kennedy-Harris - Constantly found out
Lumumba - Really just "there"
Pedersen - Better than Dawes
McDonald - Contained their best
McKenzie - Dear God why!?
Michie - Run outta MCG
Newton - Did he play?
Salem - Standard loose game
Tyson - Can't break tag
vandenBerg - Tried all alone
Vince - Out of depth
Watts - Will never arrive

Edited May 3, 201510 yr by praha

Brayshaw - learnt plenty today

Cross - tried but limited

Dunn - was often exposed

Garland - kept at it

Garlett - only dangerous forward

Grimes - was rarely sighted

Hogan - was easily contained

Howe - little to commend

Jamar - was totally obliterated

Jones - couldn't get involved

Kennedy - Harris - totally lacked finesse

Lumumba - couldn't get involved

Pedersen - limited by size

McDonald - our only winner

McKenzie - an irrelevant footballer

Michie - exposed by pace

Newton- was rarely noticed

Salem - loose before injury

Tyson - continued disappointing season

vandenBerg - out of depth

Vince - no hero today

Watts - embarrassing and insipid

Go back and do it again and take into account we were playing the most in-form team of the comp.

You let yourself down with complete negativity.

You have a good column and I like reading it, but if you came home grumpy, at least take a bit of time to rationalise before putting your thoughts into print.

You have to be bigger than this

Grimes on Ballantine. Ballantine 9 poss. 1 behind. I'll take that

Football supporting tells us more about the supporter than the actual performance. Your assessments are entertaining but more about you than players.

Garland played on Ballantyne for most of the the first 3 quarters.

Go back and do it again and take into account we were playing the most in-form team of the comp.

You let yourself down with complete negativity.

You have a good column and I like reading it, but if you came home grumpy, at least take a bit of time to rationalise before putting your thoughts into print.

You have to be bigger than this

If we want to be a top team we need to rate ourselves against the best.

I don't agree with all assessments but most were fair.

On a side note I think we've got a real beauty in Brayshaw. The kid can play and the Freo players gave him a bit more respect after he nailed a few hard tackles.

Garland played on Ballantyne for most of the the first 3 quarters.

No he didn't

Grimes on Ballantine. Ballantine 9 poss. 1 behind. I'll take that

Except Grimes was on Mayne

We were horrid all day. Freo played in second gear all day, had all the run, all the pace, all the positioning, but were very average going forward for 3 quarters.

I thought they were a 20 goal-better side today. If we didn't have Garlett, who would have kicked our goals? We didn't kick a single goal off a rebound.

We are lucky it was only 68 points. Saying it was commendable for 3 quarters is comical.

Totally agree with this. Freo should have been 10 goals up by 3/4 time, plus the flogging that came in the last quarter. Just imagine if Pavlich and Walters were on in the third quarter when the flood gates started to open.