Jones - captain my captain

Viney - not as dynamic

Watts - laconic but effective 

Petracca - was rarely sighted

Lewis - good and evil

Tyson - a front runner

Oliver - some wrong options

Hibberd - dynamic and steady

Frost - reliable and composed

Melksham - impressive all game

Hannan - proving a revelation 

Pedersen - created a contest

Vince - progressively improved performance 

T.McDonald - had little influence 

O.McDonald - persistent but iffy

Hunt - lacked customary drive

Neal-Bullen - some impressive involvement 

Bugg - rough but effective 

Garlett - perfect small forward 

Jetta - had limited impact

Wagner - better second half

Harmes - rugged and valuable

Spot on for me.

Tyson was very good, I suppose 'prolific but wasteful' or 'slow and ineffective' templates didn't quite fit today so 'a front runner' had to be inserted.

I do agree with the rest though. Lewis played the classic yin yang game.

We do hold Oliver to incredibly high standards. 35 touches from a teenager is crazy but it's really just business as usual for Clarry. I don't think today was in his best 5 performances of the year. He's a freak.

Edited May 27, 20178 yr by Sylvia Saint

Watts is always laconic, it's his personality, people think he doesn't try but he does, played welll today after couple quiet weeks

Harsh on Tyson and Oliver.

Otherwise sound.

Also don't understand the continual slagging of Tyson, good player, always in it and goes unnoticed 

Dommy T gave us some run and didnt turn it over at all really. Good game

yes very very accurate Joeboy.

But I think Jetta was "good when required".

Melbourne bloody Melbourne

Bit rough on Jetta?

 

Jetta - underated as usual

43 minutes ago, joeboy said:

Jones - captain my captain

Viney - not as dynamic

Watts - laconic but effective 

Petracca - was rarely sighted

Lewis - good and evil

Tyson - a front runner

Oliver - some wrong options

Hibberd - dynamic and steady

Frost - reliable and composed

Melksham - impressive all game

Hannan - proving a revelation 

Pedersen - created a contest

Vince - progressively improved performance 

T.McDonald - had little influence 

O.McDonald - persistent but iffy

Hunt - lacked customary drive

Neal-Bullen - some impressive involvement 

Bugg - rough but effective 

Garlett - perfect small forward 

Jetta - had limited impact

Wagner - better second half

Harmes - rugged and valuable

The positivity police have got to you Joeboy.

One of your softer efforts.

Edited May 27, 20178 yr by ProDee

Good to see credit where credit's due for Melksham.

32 minutes ago, Sylvia Saint said:

Tyson was very good, I suppose 'prolific but wasteful' or 'slow and ineffective' templates didn't quite fit today so 'a front runner' had to be inserted.

I do agree with the rest though. Lewis played the classic yin yang game.

We do hold Oliver to incredibly high standards. 35 touches from a teenager is crazy but it's really just business as usual for Clarry. I don't think today was in his best 5 performances of the year. He's a freak.

 

29 minutes ago, Dappa Dan said:

Harsh on Tyson and Oliver.

Otherwise sound.

 

29 minutes ago, davo said:

Also don't understand the continual slagging of Tyson, good player, always in it and goes unnoticed 

 

29 minutes ago, danielE288 said:

Dommy T gave us some run and didnt turn it over at all really. Good game

 

Tyson was literally useless until the tide turned.

And the turning of the tide came from Nathan Jones, our skipper. 

Tyson got involved once the ball got rolling and as others have stated, he is a front runner. Watch how hard he runs forward compared to when he needs to chase.

And as for turnovers. ^ I guess some supporters will see only what they want to see. He is floating at the moment and is lucky to be in the side.

3 minutes ago, stevethemanjordan said:

Tyson was literally useless until the tide turned.

And as for turnovers. ^ I guess some supporters will see only what they want to see. He is floating at the moment and is lucky to be in the side.

I disagree. Got plenty of the ball. Got in to the packs better than he has earlier this year.

No. That's Condescending. The tide turned partly because he came of the back of the square, and did it well. You have to give credit where it's due. When we got going, he created. He didn't create because we got going. He actually created turnovers.

Agree generally with your point though. Up until this game, he's been disastrously out of form. No confidence. Looked slow. Today was an improvement.

Opinions are opinions, but it's fair enough that supporters got behind him today. He improved somewhat. You don't know more than other people just because you have a beef with a player (albeit an understandable one).

45 minutes ago, joeboy said:

Jones - captain my captain

Viney - not as dynamic

Watts - laconic but effective 

Petracca - was rarely sighted

Lewis - good and evil

Tyson - a front runner

Oliver - some wrong options

Hibberd - dynamic and steady

Frost - reliable and composed

Melksham - impressive all game

Hannan - proving a revelation 

Pedersen - created a contest

Vince - progressively improved performance 

T.McDonald - had little influence 

O.McDonald - persistent but iffy

Hunt - lacked customary drive

Neal-Bullen - some impressive involvement 

Bugg - rough but effective 

Garlett - perfect small forward 

Jetta - had limited impact

Wagner - better second half

Harmes - rugged and valuable

Laconic

adjective

1.

using few words; expressing much in few words; concise:

a laconic reply.

 

Did this trait really have an effect on his game?

 

Heard Alister Lynch also use the term during commentary today in relation to Jack Watts - so you aren't Robinson Crusoe joeboy! 

 

PS Apologies for my pedantry - it's just that the misuse of this word has been a pet-hate of mine for a very long time now. Find it very hard to just let it slip by without comment.

 

PPS Thanks for the weekly reports - much appreciated. 

49 minutes ago, davo said:

Watts is always laconic, it's his personality, people think he doesn't try but he does, played welll today after couple quiet weeks

He is the link man in the forward line, and can kick straight which is a pleasant change

Watts 'laconic'? Was he not speaking much on the ground?

Typical Melbourne Performance. Thank f$#@ for the bye, 5-5 I'll take it in the circumstances. We can't be doing this against a half gd team any other team bar GC and Bris would have beaten us today.

I'm overseas and just seen the result. Who played on Tom Lynch to keep him to 2 goals? That seems a fair effort considering how most key forwards have been having days out against us

The whole back 6

1 hour ago, Dappa Dan said:

Harsh on Tyson and Oliver.

Otherwise sound.

Oliver had 35 possesions Derm reckons his peripheral vision could be the best of all time ! Or words to that effect!

50 minutes ago, stevethemanjordan said:

I guess some supporters will see only what they want to see.

Yep, and whilst I enjoy the insights both you and 'joeboy' post, when it comes to Tyson I take the views with a grain of salt...

Just now, rjay said:

Yep, and whilst I enjoy the insights both you and 'joeboy' post, when it comes to Tyson I take the views with a grain of salt...

That's fair enough!

joeboy and others don't understand Tyson. He's not fast. In the first half of matches he tends to be under pressure. But as the game progresses his extraordinary strength in the packs increasingly prevails. It's not front running. It's just that he's better in the second half! 

we should offer greater recognition to Harmes and Hannah. At least Harmes can kick straight and his goals, when things were desperate, were vital. And Hannah is a born opportunist. It's true that Bugg, as a forward, has a great defensive game, but for some reason he's poking at his kicks rather than kicking through the ball. If he could cure this, and his kicking action is sound enough, he would be very valuable. And we would have won last week.

26 minutes ago, picket fence said:

Oliver had 35 possesions Derm reckons his peripheral vision could be the best of all time ! Or words to that effect!

Was unreal. When we needed to kick a couple more to get the game under control his handballs created goals. And not just dinky inside ones. Long looping 15 metre ones too.

Joe Boy is right about Tyson.  6 clangers all in the first half.  Built up his stats in the last quarter after the game was won.  Will not chase, will not tackle.