Post Match Discussion - Round 23

[The Song Formerly Known As 6,479]

Disagree that they're vying for the same spot. ANB is a tough inside midfield that will play mostly forward for the first two or three years. Harmes showed some terrific toughness today that I hadn't seen from him before, but think he'll play more forward or on a wing.

yet to see enough of that to make a call on him.

[chookrat 4,268]

As good as that is, nothing compared to finishing off the Pies chances of making the finals

Indeed, this has been a fantastic season.

[Chook 15,023]

Idiot..

What a stupid gif...

[Adam The God 30,644]

Stretchy's best game. Made good decisions, tackled ferociously, kicked it well and got involved. His work rate was terrific.

[Emerald 1,744]

If we finished above 5 teams this season,how does that make us the most insignificant team Dwayne?

[Nasher 33,617]

Particularly the first half this was led by the kids: Harmes, Hogan, Brayshaw, Viney, Salem and White.

Feels a bit weird putting Viney in the "kids" list doesn't it? It feels like he's been forever - I find it easy to forget he's only a pup still.

[jnrmac 20,302]

Piece of play that sums up Howe's year......

Fine grab that is another MOTY contender, gets up and lazily kicks to to the corridor where it is turned over and GWS get a goal

Hmmmmm

[Adam The God 30,644]

Newton as a small forward works

No defensive game at all. Too soft in the contest, but he hand a big hand in the win today.

[Crompton's the man 660]

Great win. No coincidence Vince and Jones return to form and we win.

The Captain stuck his neck out

As usual

Despite needing surgery on it

[McQueen 17,867]

What a great Father's Day.

Mother in law ended up coming over and taking the kids to the park.

A very pleasurable 1/2 dozen Pale Ales consumed,

The missus sorted me out at half time, and;

The Dee's won at Etihad.

[bjDee 1,249]

Pickett should also be happy with Whites debut

Think he'll be off line for a while. Has to go find a ladder so he can clean the ceiling....

But credit to Pickett and White - I thought he wouldn't be ready, but he proved me wrong.

[Nasher 33,617]

The Captain stuck his neck out

As usual

Despite needing surgery on it

Absolutely. Him and Bernie seem to be a pair. Both went in to a stretch of horrid form together and busted out of it together in emphatic fashion in the last game. They're both so important to our fortunes.

[Pirlo 813]

Great debut by Mitch White today. 16 disposals, 6 marks, 93.7%. He's quite a bit bigger than I thought as well.

It's amazing how much better the team looks when they're given license to attack. We looked legitimately dangerous today.

I think we may have quite a scary-looking team next year. If you factor in basic improvement in the youngsters, add guys like Petracca, Frost, Tyson and possibly Trengove to the mix and assume the removal of a couple of our worst butchers. There's some firepower beginning to make an appearance.

I think we need some quality midfield depth at the top-end, and then you might be right.

Doesn't surprise me that Howe and maybe Watts/Grimes are tradebait. Get picks, turn picks into good mature players.

Maybe even get a couple of late teen/early 20 picks and trade six instead?

[Vagg 2,449]

WE WON IN SEPTEMBER!!!!

Now, we just need to turn it into a habit!!

[binman 44,683]

Not everyone. They never really looked like it today. We were on top from the opening bounce. Gawn was probably the matchwinner. Amazing what taps to advantage do for a team. We made them look slow today.

Spot on AF. They looked flat and we should have won by more. Gawny was huge. Literally and figuratively

[Chook 15,023]

Piece of play that sums up Howe's year......

Fine grab that is another MOTY contender, gets up and lazily kicks to to the corridor where it is turned over and GWS get a goal

Hmmmmm

He did pretty much the same thing after taking the Mark of the 21st Century against Sydney. Brilliantly called by Huddo (and Roosy), by the way.

[beelzebub 23,390]

He's the elite distributor we need off half back. Stretch et al need to develop in to our class outside mids.

keep him there. So much can be instigated off half back if you know what you're doing

[Wadda We Sing 10,685]

Not sure what happened to the site there. Seems the lights were on but nobody was home.

I thought the tone was set early by the youngsters - Harmes, Brayshaw and Viney in particular in the first half. The senior players stepped up in the latter half lead by Jones and Vince.

Nice to finish the season off strongly. Wasn't the perfect game in terms of ball use, but the effort was definitely there.

Loved the interview with Crossy. He was clearly on another planet, but it was great to see him able to be chaired off like he deserved. In a strange kind of way it seemed a fitting way to end his career - getting smashed in a desperate attempt to win a contest.

Happened a few times this year.......needs to be re calibrated to withstand the negativity.

[Little Goffy 14,791]

Today we also played 5 of the 6 youngest players on our list (Petracca was the other one).

Each of those 5 are also teenagers.

Of our ten youngest players, only Jayden Hunt, Max King and Christian Petracca were missing today!

And none of them looked like duds.

Maybe a couple of years from now we'll be having the 'drafting or development' argument facing the other way, deciding who to thank more out of Taylor and McCartney.

[Wadda We Sing 10,685]

We won! I’m pumped.

So who do we play next week?

Does back to back wins count across 2 seasons???

[Straight Sets Simon 23,113]

Didn't get to see the game, can't wait to see some highlights. Winning at Etihad is a big relief.

[Wadda We Sing 10,685]

Today's side had Viney, Gawn, Salem, Michie, Harmes, White, OMac, Newton, Stretch, Hogan, Brayshaw, JKH and ANB.

Most experienced of these players is Viney with 49 games.

Tyson, Kent, Frost, VDB, Toumpas and Petracca also on the list, none with more than 50 games experience.

Interesting point HT...would that make us the youngest side next year??

[radar 1,866]

Won in

March

April

May

June

July

August and

September

[pineapple dee 2,892]

My highlight today was the pre-emptive retaliation by Brayshaw who was targeted by some plonker who thought he would give him a hip and shoulder but failed miserably when Brayshaw turned towards him and got him first. That's the spirit we need from the youngsters.

[Chook 15,023]

Not sure what happened to the site there. Seems the lights were on but nobody was home.

I thought the tone was set early by the youngsters - Harmes, Brayshaw and Viney in particular in the first half. The senior players stepped up in the latter half lead by Jones and Vince.

Nice to finish the season off strongly. Wasn't the perfect game in terms of ball use, but the effort was definitely there.

Loved the interview with Crossy. He was clearly on another planet, but it was great to see him able to be chaired off like he deserved. In a strange kind of way it seemed a fitting way to end his career - getting smashed in a desperate attempt to win a contest.

Happened a few times this year.......needs to be re calibrated to withstand the negativity.